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Elon Musk Demolishes Snarky Superior Editor of The Economist
The extremist didn't like being told that she's the actual extremist.
Elon Musk sat down with The Economist's editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, and boy, did she get more than what she was asking for. If she thought she could lob a bunch of accusations against him, and he'd just take it sitting down. He didn't. Instead, Beddoes got schooled, and the internet is still talking about it. The interview covered plenty of ground, but two exchanges stood out as the moments Musk completely dismantled Beddoes' entire premise. The first came when she tried to paint Musk as a supporter of Europe's "far right." "You support not just the populist right, but the far right, in fact, very fringe parties in some countries," Beddoes said. Musk wasn't having it. "No, I support the normal people -- what do you call the far right, falsely," Musk said. Beddoes pressed on, asking if Musk really believed those parties represented normal people. Musk's response exposed exactly how the media manufactures its labels. "Yes, literally, you could go back 10 or 15 years, and these policies were completely normal," Musk said. "One of the tricks that I think is funny is to take a speech from Obama and Hillary, and then go to someone who's sort of on the sort of what I call the lunatic left, and say, 'What do you think of the speech by Trump?' They're like, 'Oh wow, he's the worst person ever.' 'Actually, that was a speech by Obama,' or 'Actually, that was a speech by Hillary.' Literally." Beddoes tried to pivot, insisting she wasn't talking about the Democrat Party's leftward lurch but about specific figures like Rupert Lowe. Musk shut that down, too, laying out exactly what "far right" actually means to people like Beddoes. "It's actually just normal people. And here are the principles -- tell me which of these sound terrible: That we should have secure borders? That we should have safe cities? That we should have sensible spending?" Musk asked. "Which of those three are far right fringe? I would like to just admonish you and the media for the absurd characterization of the far right. It is false and misleading and nonsense."
Phil Trubey
@PTrubey ... And then came the oh-so-typical, increasingly tiresome part of most long journalist interviews: the interviewer constructs a straw-man version of Elon and argues against it. Elon carefully explained that he isn't a raging far-right extremist, racist Nazi who kills puppies ... and the journalist still didn't believe it. It is so effing tiresome. The lack of self-awareness on the part of journalists is off the charts. She complained about Elon's supposed misperception of how dangerous London is, while remaining oblivious to the role she plays in creating the giant misperception of Elon as a person in her own writing. Elon defended his political views, saying he is for secure borders, locking up criminals, and balanced government spending, something even she had to admit didn't sound crazy. And... that's about it for an 85-minute interview. I couldn't help but think that the next long-form interview Elon does should be conducted by an AI.
Just common sense! pic.twitter.com/GG5jnhgQ8f
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 23, 2026
Is he right that if you go back 10, 15 years, you hear Democrat establishment politicians claiming (dishonestly) that they believe in border enforcement? Well yes he is right:
Here ya go. pic.twitter.com/rNyy8dY3bz https://t.co/jmxuchyhHK
— MAZE (@mazemoore) July 23, 2026
When this greasy twat told him that millions of people hated him, he told her that millions of people hate her, too.
🚨 Elon Musk just NUKED this reporter to her face in a MASTERCLASS
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 23, 2026
"People loathe you!"
ELON: "I don't care. The fact that a quarter billion people follow me means a lot more people like me than don't."
"I think a lot more people hate YOU and the MEDIA than you realize!"
🫳🏻🎤 pic.twitter.com/BOj528BGE8
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 24, 2026 01:21 PM (XHO5P)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 24, 2026 01:21 PM (eVWBS)
Their priests assured them this was forever the truth.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 24, 2026 01:22 PM (XHO5P)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 24, 2026 01:22 PM (eVWBS)
Posted by: steevy at July 24, 2026 01:22 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:22 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:22 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 24, 2026 01:22 PM (XHO5P)
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 01:24 PM (Nyq9f)
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 01:24 PM (Fi81e)
There is a speech by Bernie Sanders where he says of course letting illegals in will lower salaries for Americans and therefore we shouldn't do it.
But that's before the left figured out how to properly grift off of illegals and harvest their ballots
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:24 PM (sKqQm)
Hilarious, Obama promising to go after employers of illegal aliens. Not even the GOPe would do that now.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 24, 2026 01:24 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 24, 2026 01:24 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 01:25 PM (SgdqL)
Decades of just accepting party-line narratives might be as bad for the brain as crack.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:25 PM (RWrid)
Wealthy elderly white woman blames world's problems on African American.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:25 PM (sKqQm)
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Actually the first practical intelligence test was invented in 1905 by French psychologists Alfred Binet and Théodore Simon. The term IQ was coined several years later.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 24, 2026 01:26 PM (Nyq9f)
youtube.com/watch?v=K3oQn3Y6Blk
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 24, 2026 01:26 PM (diia5)
Thinking for yourself has gotten a number of left of center celebs cancelled. They all know it is dangerous to deviate from the narrative.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:26 PM (sKqQm)
Thinking for yourself has gotten a number of left of center celebs cancelled. They all know it is dangerous to deviate from the narrative.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:26 PM (sKqQm)
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"Wait...did that freakish looking person just say that he's a woman? He's obviously a dude. He has a beard."
*Invasion of the Body Snatchers scream*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:26 PM (RWrid)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 24, 2026 01:27 PM (bNf8H)
Yeah, I looked at this yesterday.
Elon held his own well.
Posted by: Axeman
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He refused to back down, but I'm not seeing the kind of "DESTRUCTION!" and "SCHOOLING!!!!" that these video masters always promise. One could argue that the interviewer held her own, too.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 24, 2026 01:27 PM (mmrXZ)
One for each hole
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 24, 2026 01:27 PM (B78cn)
It sounds like a joke. If you wanted to make up a silly British name, you couldn't do better. Well, maybe Raymond Luxury Yacht or Throatwarbler Mangrove.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 01:27 PM (Riz8t)
to have Elon and Trump on the scene at the same time in history is a stroke of good fortune
Posted by: Don Black at July 24, 2026 01:27 PM (ZxPkt)
Actually the first practical intelligence test was invented in 1905 by French psychologists Alfred Binet and Théodore Simon. The term IQ was coined several years later.
Lefties will tell you IQ is rayciss then brag about their IQ scores on reddit.
Again we live in stupid times
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:27 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2026 01:27 PM (vDZgA)
Posted by: wth at July 24, 2026 01:28 PM (UjdFS)
Elon - and in all fairness, Democrats starting with Obama - grasp something that most of the Republican Leadership still won't.
If you try to please everyone, you please no one. Now that's not an idea original to me by any means. And noticed I used won't instead of don't.
But that's the thing. So it all comes down to the margins. Barry Sortoro was perfectly fine with pleasing 51% at the expense of the other 49%. I don't know that I'd advise cutting it that close. But if you're on the 75% side of the argument ? Screw the other 25%. Especially when its the same 25% you're always at odds with on everything.
The flaw in everything I just said ? It assumes an opposition party. The GOP is not.
Posted by: Zombie Smedley Butler at July 24, 2026 01:28 PM (RhUi2)
I got a different vibe. She was intellectually completely outmatched and she knew it. She was being a lot more careful than a lot of them are because she knew the risk of humiliation was very high.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 01:29 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Point / Counter Point at July 24, 2026 01:29 PM (wVcYX)
*Romanian Christmas buffs its nails*
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2026 01:29 PM (vDZgA)
Last few times I've seen stuff from it - I think their editorials - they've been the same sophomoric illiterate arrogant morally narcissistic undergrad crap one gets from the rest of the "press" for a few decades now. Unserious garbage.
Sad!
Posted by: rhomboid at July 24, 2026 01:29 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:25 PM (RWrid)
Except no one's giving out 5 dollar blow jobs to get some party line narrative
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 01:29 PM (Nyq9f)
Target them means pull their broadcast license due to provable , numerous lies and distortion over many years time.
If Trump wants to fire up his base for the mid terms let him make an example of one of the many deserving MSM targets.
Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at July 24, 2026 01:29 PM (isn6i)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 01:29 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 01:29 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Zombie Smedley Butler at July 24, 2026 01:28 PM (RhUi2)
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People need to remove themselves from the idea that that GOP of today is the same as the GOP of 2003.
It's not.
It's actually shifted a lot. And the loss of five key old school senators next term (Mitch, Ernst, Cassidy, Cornyn, and Tillis) is going to shift the Senate GOP caucus heavily to the right.
https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2058609208287789558
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:30 PM (RWrid)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:25 PM (RWrid)
Except no one's giving out 5 dollar blow jobs to get some party line narrative
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 01:29 PM (Nyq9f)
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"You obviously aren't invited to the good parties."
-MTG
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:31 PM (RWrid)
I predict Fetterman will go I but caucus with us, while Murk will switch to Democrat. She might as well, since I think she's gone in '28 regardless.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 01:32 PM (Riz8t)
They see themselves at Square One: perfectly reasonable, well-thought out, morally superior.
There is no 'left' in their world view.
To their right is The Far Right. Everything is Far Right, camped out on the edge of evil.
Posted by: Don Black at July 24, 2026 01:32 PM (ZxPkt)
It's not.
........
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:30 PM (RWrid)
It can shift as much as it wants. It's still not an opposition party.
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 01:32 PM (Nyq9f)
Do you think Collins is going to lose in Maine?
Posted by: Nazdar at July 24, 2026 01:33 PM (NcvvS)
Seeing is believing. And I have not yet seen.
As of today ... Trump still operates under the threat of removal. Because 34 GOP Senators have not came forward and pledged it will not happen.
That is today's GOP.
Posted by: Zombie Smedley Butler at July 24, 2026 01:33 PM (RhUi2)
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 01:29 PM (Nyq9f)
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"You obviously aren't invited to the good parties."
-MTG
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:31 PM (RWrid)
It's Diddy time!
Posted by: Diddy Freak Off Productions at July 24, 2026 01:33 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 24, 2026 01:33 PM (SwCxT)
I predict Fetterman will go I but caucus with us, while Murk will switch to Democrat. She might as well, since I think she's gone in '28 regardless.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 01:32 PM (Riz8t)
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Murkowski loses her committee assignments if she switches. No Democrat is going to give up their positions on committees. She'll be bottom of the totem poll outside of maybe some newbies. This is why party switches never happen.
And Fetterman? I think he knows he's toast in politics and is just riding out the rest of his term. Maybe he'll try for a governor run in 2030 or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:34 PM (RWrid)
When will Trump target one one of false narrative fabrication machines known as the MSM?
Target them means pull their broadcast license due to provable , numerous lies and distortion over many years time.
If Trump wants to fire up his base for the mid terms let him make an example of one of the many deserving MSM targets.
Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters
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I keep nursing fantasies about the White House pressers. "I won't be taking any questions from your organization until we get a front-page retraction of falsehood X along with an explanation of why it happened."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 24, 2026 01:34 PM (mmrXZ)
But that's before the left figured out how to properly grift off of illegals and harvest their ballots
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:24 PM (sKqQm)
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Dave Rubin featured this speech of a former or current progressive (don't know which), but he was speaking to some youngsters and he said "I don't know who has fooled you, but fighting illegal immigration was long *core* to progressive politics because of the negative effects it had on the lower classes and employment".
He didn't mince a single word.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 01:34 PM (Fi81e)
Hard to believe they believe this nonsense but maybe they do. Definitely believing their own propaganda.
Posted by: Ripley at July 24, 2026 01:34 PM (GUOwU)
They see themselves at Square One: perfectly reasonable, well-thought out, morally superior.
There is no 'left' in their world view.
To their right is The Far Right. Everything is Far Right, camped out on the edge of evil.
Just ask the media about their political biases. They'll insist they're right down the middle, with no bias whatsoever.
How they say that with a straight face is unknown.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 01:34 PM (Riz8t)
I predict Fetterman will go I but caucus with us, while Murk will switch to Democrat. She might as well, since I think she's gone in '28 regardless.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 01:32 PM (Riz8t)
The only thing decent about Fetterman is his attitude towards antisemitism. Other than that, he is pro drug, pro abortion, pro socialized medicine, the list goes on.
Posted by: Piper at July 24, 2026 01:34 PM (Dd38x)
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Trump still operates under the threat of removal. Because 34 GOP Senators have not came forward and pledged it will not happen.
That is today's GOP.
Posted by: Zombie Smedley Butler at July 24, 2026 01:33 PM (RhUi2)
Is there a list?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2026 01:34 PM (vDZgA)
Do you think Collins is going to lose in Maine?
Posted by: Nazdar at July 24, 2026 01:33 PM (NcvvS)
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The woman won in 2014 by 37 and in 2020 (worst GOP year EVAR) by 8.
The Democrats have had to undemocratically replace their nominee because he's a Nazi rapist with an uglier dude who does not have any grassroots appeal.
Collins wins by 20 at least.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:35 PM (RWrid)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 01:35 PM (77rzZ)
Supply and demand. More low skill workers, lower salaries for lower skill workers.
This has been known forever, hell, one of the points that constantly comes up in discussions on the black death is it raised salaries for those that survived because nobles now had a shortage of workers.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:36 PM (sKqQm)
And Fetterman? I think he knows he's toast in politics and is just riding out the rest of his term. Maybe he'll try for a governor run in 2030 or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Trying for governor ain't toast in politics. And realistically, do you think he's up to it? Maybe more like a Jesse Ventura political career -- one and done, then onto the podcasts and product/service endorsements?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 24, 2026 01:36 PM (mmrXZ)
Hate Trump? No
Love Democrats? A bit
Want the general makeup of BOTH parties under strict controls? Ding ding ding
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 01:36 PM (Nyq9f)
People who believe that Nazis were "right-wing" are simply still spewing pap that Joe Stalin stuffed down the throats of the CPUSA mid-20th century.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 01:36 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 01:35 PM (77rzZ)
War is a Racket came out in 1935. I need to get some stuff off my chest. Its been a minute.
Posted by: Zombie Smedley Butler at July 24, 2026 01:36 PM (RhUi2)
As of today ... Trump still operates under the threat of removal. Because 34 GOP Senators have not came forward and pledged it will not happen.
That is today's GOP.
Posted by: Zombie Smedley Butler at July 24, 2026 01:33 PM (RhUi2)
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After 1/6, Trump was impeached again.
His second impeachment.
The Senate trial ended with 7 GOP Senators voting to convict him, to potentially remove him from politics forever. They could have just gotten 7 more and done it, but they failed.
5 of the 7 are out of Congress now.
No, there is absolutely no realistic threat of Trump being convicted of impeachment. If they couldn't do it after 1/6, they can't do it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:36 PM (RWrid)
It's Diddy time!
Posted by: Diddy Freak Off Productions at July 24, 2026 01:33 PM (wVcYX)
*strokes cock*
Posted by: LeBron James at July 24, 2026 01:36 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 24, 2026 01:37 PM (Cqx++)
I predict Fetterman will go I but caucus with us, while Murk will switch to Democrat. She might as well, since I think she's gone in '28 regardless.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 01:32 PM (Riz8t)
The only thing decent about Fetterman is his attitude towards antisemitism. Other than that, he is pro drug, pro abortion, pro socialized medicine, the list goes on.
Posted by: Piper at July 24, 2026 01:34 PM (Dd38x)
I thought he was also for having a secure border?
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at July 24, 2026 01:37 PM (9ZFZd)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 24, 2026 01:37 PM (NcvvS)
The hypocrisy of supporting free speech but being so distrusting of people with different thoughts and values, and so belittling when being challenged, showed how immature he is
What’s the relationship between aircon and guns? Why the comparison in deaths? Or are they just two things Americans are weirdly obsessed with?
He needs that centrist and left wing money back to push up his stock prices. Not gonna happen.
He needs the governments money. I'm convince Tesla only got big from that tax rebate of 7500 USD.
He saw Tucker go on this show and saw that it was generally seen as successful in right wing circles, so he was like “lemme try”
“I’m not racist, i have kids with 4 women and one of them is half Indian” (even though she totally looks white)
Racism Allegations: **DEFEATED**
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 24, 2026 01:37 PM (7qRkV)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 01:35 PM (77rzZ)
Doof and Piper still post quite often.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 01:37 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Archimedes
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"It's not a lie, if you believe it."
Posted by: Don Black at July 24, 2026 01:37 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Piper at July 24, 2026 01:34 PM (Dd38x)
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He says that we are people, not unredeemable monsters.
That makes him practically as good as any Republican even though he votes with Schumer 99% of the time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:37 PM (RWrid)
Stretch a net across the road and catch a 100 people.
Ask them "should Elon Musk be hanged?" Perhaps a quarter would probably say yes.
Then ask them "should legacy media journalists be tied to a chair and used to snuff out cigarettes for several weeks, and then fed to hungry jungle cats?" You're probably looking at closer to 80%.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2026 01:38 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: I'll also ask at July 24, 2026 01:38 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 01:32 PM (Riz8t)
The only thing decent about Fetterman is his attitude towards antisemitism. Other than that, he is pro drug, pro abortion, pro socialized medicine, the list goes on.
Just to be clear, I wasn't saying I'd vote for him, just that he's about had it with the Dems and has said if they don't cool it with the antisemitism, he's leaving. Good for him.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 01:38 PM (Riz8t)
It's easier to come off as slightly stupid and have people occasionally amazed than present oneself as really smart and fail the higher expectations.
I'm a master of satisfying low expectations.
Posted by: Reforger at July 24, 2026 01:38 PM (sWqfc)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 24, 2026 01:36 PM (mmrXZ)
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No, I don't.
I think he would try, but I don't think he'd succeed at even winning the primary. He's done in Democrat politics.
Maybe he runs as an independent, but he'll get swallowed up by the base partisanship of the age and get forgotten.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:38 PM (RWrid)
I've seen I don't know how many primary elections where political aware people hate the R incumbent and then he wins the primary.
Now in the general election plenty of people vote but in the primaries it is generally the most motivated high information voters and yet somehow these left leaning incumbent GOPers can always find enough votes.
Now, maybe I'm pulling a Kael but I know the active Republican voters in my AO and the final vote totals make no sense...
Now if we assume SAVE wouldn't just hit Dem candidates but GOPe ones as well, well everything suddenly makes sense doesn't it?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 24, 2026 01:39 PM (eVWBS)
Thanks. Surprised she was on the list of departing Senators.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 24, 2026 01:37 PM (NcvvS)
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Oh, that's a typo. I meant Cornyn.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:39 PM (RWrid)
When thinking about the Left, forget left and right for a minute. (forget it, I'm rolling, just hang on...)
When all you think about is yourself, you become the "center".
The picture looks like the following: Leftists and leftards have a circle around them that is them sized. Anyone outside that circle is a monster. And the circle moves with them.
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 01:40 PM (Nyq9f)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2026 01:38 PM (BI5O2)
Seems like a shitty way to do the cats. Large pellet-fed rotisserie smokers would serve up a better meal.
Posted by: Zombie Smedley Butler at July 24, 2026 01:40 PM (RhUi2)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 01:40 PM (NemxU)
Posted by: wth at July 24, 2026 01:40 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 24, 2026 01:40 PM (NyVHt)
Posted by: I'll also ask at July 24, 2026 01:38 PM
She's the lost 8th dwarf.
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 24, 2026 01:40 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 01:40 PM (faghi)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 01:40 PM (77rzZ)
If I wanted to spend the time I could find speeches from most prominent leftists that giving tax rebates for EVs wasn't just good for the earth but smart common sense economics.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 01:35 PM (77rzZ)
Doof and Piper still post quite often.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026
And I am faced with ridiculous dilemmas to this day, like right now. Do I go vacuum or do I go float around in the pool with my frozen grapes…
Posted by: Piper at July 24, 2026 01:40 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Ripley
They don't care whether or not it's true at this point. Zealots just want death.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 24, 2026 01:41 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 01:38 PM (Riz8t)
I'd bet he'd do a Bernie Sanders, go Independent yet still vote 100% with the Dems.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 01:41 PM (2YhKe)
Stretch a net across the road and catch a 100 people.
Ask them "should Elon Musk be hanged?" Perhaps a quarter would probably say yes.
Then ask them "should legacy media journalists be tied to a chair and used to snuff out cigarettes for several weeks, and then fed to hungry jungle cats?" You're probably looking at closer to 80%.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2026 01:38 PM (BI5O2)
Feed them to feral pigs and get bacon.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2026 01:41 PM (vDZgA)
~ Pierre Poilievre
Posted by: one hour sober at July 24, 2026 01:41 PM (J4Dwc)
Got it. Should have caught that myself, seeing how we've been celebrating Cornyn's defenestration all month.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 24, 2026 01:41 PM (NcvvS)
Unfortunately, her lack of self-awareness is such that, immediately following the interview, she probably exchanged high-fives with her producers, thinking she had owned Elon in the interview.
I got a different vibe. She was intellectually completely outmatched and she knew it. She was being a lot more careful than a lot of them are because she knew the risk of humiliation was very high.
Posted by: Archimedes
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I got Vibe #1. It wasn't a tight debate. 'You're an extremist." "No, you're the extremist." "People hate you." "They hate you more."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 24, 2026 01:41 PM (mmrXZ)
I was riding a bus in San Francisco fr quite a long way - perhaps a 25-minute ride.
Important detail: SF buses allow passengers to board either by the front door next to the driver, or by the back door. There are payment kiosks at both doors -- an electronic pad where you beep your "Clipper Card" (transit card) when you enter.
Also: Drivers are instructed to not get into arguments with passengers, or challenge them about. This is due to numerous violent incidents where crazy people attacked drivers.
Also: SF has (for decades) an intentionally lax fare-enforcement system on transit. You're supposed to pay, but the driver won't kick you off if you don't pay (see rule above).
So,m I was sitting right next to the beeper at the back door.
Over the course of 25 minutes, with probably over a hundreds passengers getting on and off...:
-- Every single black, Asian or Hispanic passenger DID NOT pay. Didn't even pretend to. Just got on via the back door, and sat down. No shame, no hiding it.
-- Every single white passenger DID pay. Every. Single. One.
Analysis?
Posted by: zombie at July 24, 2026 01:41 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Piper at July 24, 2026 01:40 PM (Dd38x)
Spit the difference.
Go vacuum the pool.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 01:41 PM (2YhKe)
I've seen I don't know how many primary elections where political aware people hate the R incumbent and then he wins the primary.
Now in the general election plenty of people vote but in the primaries it is generally the most motivated high information voters and yet somehow these left leaning incumbent GOPers can always find enough votes.
Now, maybe I'm pulling a Kael but I know the active Republican voters in my AO and the final vote totals make no sense...
Now if we assume SAVE wouldn't just hit Dem candidates but GOPe ones as well, well everything suddenly makes sense doesn't it?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)
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The SAVE Act and Voter ID is just one of those things people support but don't actually vote on.
Still, the Senate is being held up by at least five GOP senators who are leaving Congress this term and have hatred of us as a higher priority than clean elections.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:42 PM (RWrid)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)
Same reason they didn't make much of a fuss about 2020. When you are in your position due to cheating how likely are you to want to expose the methods and very existence of cheating. Uh, not at all, ever ever?
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 01:42 PM (Nyq9f)
Posted by: I'll also ask
Well in all fairness, it might be a nickname for Suzanne.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 01:42 PM (SgdqL)
Racism Allegations: **DEFEATED**
That reminds me of when the left was calling Vance a racist White supremacist. Well, uh, have you seen his wife?
Or when they told everyone Clarence Thomas was going to ban interracial marriage...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)
They see themselves at Square One: perfectly reasonable, well-thought out, morally superior.
There is no 'left' in their world view.
To their right is The Far Right. Everything is Far Right, camped out on the edge of evil.
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But that is completely counter to reality.
There IS a left, because Jacobins and Marxists have labeled themselves left. "Right" is actually any group that has reservations about "progressing" through Marx's Ages of History. Which is not one thing.
The European "right", before often represented royalist causes. No Constitutionalist American "right" has that even on the table.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 01:42 PM (Fi81e)
Got it. Should have caught that myself, seeing how we've been celebrating Cornyn's defenestration all month.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 24, 2026 01:41 PM (NcvvS)
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Too many C senators.
Get us some A senators.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:42 PM (RWrid)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:42 PM (RWrid)
Until next term when whoopsie some that are on board suddenly "evolve" in office. Or, they're hoping, it never comes up because they lose.
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 01:43 PM (Nyq9f)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2026 01:43 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 24, 2026 01:43 PM (diia5)
-- Every single white passenger DID pay. Every. Single. One.
Analysis?
It's Emmett Till all over again. When will white people stop the hate?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 01:43 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Piper
Vacuum then float.
Posted by: Tuna at July 24, 2026 01:44 PM (lJ0H4)
Analysis?
Posted by: zombie at July 24, 2026 01:41 PM (Av6i5)
Cracka's be stupid, yo.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 01:44 PM (2YhKe)
https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2058609208287789558
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:30 PM (RWrid)
As much of a, realist let's say, that I am, it would be misguided to not admit that there is a definite change in the right direction. You could add, well the left is changing too, but that's a completely different argument and where the left is going, in terms of revolution and destruction, isn't a place of long term stability.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 01:44 PM (3uBP9)
See? Vance married an Aryan woman and had a bunch of Aryan children because he is a white supremacist
Posted by: FNM gaslighting at July 24, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2026 01:44 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 01:42 PM (SgdqL)
My niece was called "Zanny". Probably until she went to college.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2026 01:44 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 01:43 PM (Nyq9f)
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We'll see, but the ones hiding behind people like Murkowski and Collins aren't brave. They're hiding because they're cowards who just want to win re-election.
With Paxton replacing Cornyn, Whatley replacing Tillis (hopefully), and Barr replacing Mitch (along with others), there are fewer people like Curtis (UT) to hide and become enemy #1 of the leader of the party.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:44 PM (RWrid)
Get us some A senators.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
They're all A-holes.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 24, 2026 01:43 PM (diia5)
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Keep firing A-holes!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:44 PM (RWrid)
I’ve been watching NTD News. It’s on free broadcast tv for me. I’m liking it quite a bit.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 24, 2026 01:45 PM (2ZBXn)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:42 PM (RWrid)
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Ah, Repeat 2018!
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 01:45 PM (Fi81e)
Over the course of 25 minutes, with probably over a hundreds passengers getting on and off...:
-- Every single black, Asian or Hispanic passenger DID NOT pay. Didn't even pretend to. Just got on via the back door, and sat down. No shame, no hiding it.
-- Every single white passenger DID pay. Every. Single. One.
Analysis?
Posted by: zombie at July 24, 2026 01:41 PM (Av6i5)
That was mighty white of them.
Posted by: Detective Harry Callahan, SFPD at July 24, 2026 01:45 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)
They wanted us to inform their base that Thomas is married to a white woman so they would hate him more.
But saying it directly is a little gauche, so make an argument that makes US say it. And voila.
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 01:45 PM (Nyq9f)
Analysis?
Posted by: zombie
When YT is gone in fulfillment the left's fever dreams, civilization will collapse.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 24, 2026 01:45 PM (Dv3i1)
Analysis?
The country was a high trust one. I suspect 40 years ago if you got on the bus without paying the driver would smack you with a stick and get a promotion for doing so.
But as more people figure out following the laws is a sucker's game everything starts to fall apart.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:45 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 24, 2026 01:45 PM (Cqx++)
==
Over the course of 25 minutes, with probably over a hundreds passengers getting on and off...:
-- Every single black, Asian or Hispanic passenger DID NOT pay. Didn't even pretend to. Just got on via the back door, and sat down. No shame, no hiding it.
-- Every single white passenger DID pay. Every. Single. One.
Analysis?
Posted by: zombie at July 24, 2026 01:41 PM (Av6i5)
1) SFPD will bust the wypepo and everyone knows it
2) Are you renting or do you own, because if you own I bet you could move just about anywhere and get a much better place, or stay at about the same size and put away a nice lump of cash savings
3) Well it is Friday, have a beverage later today
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2026 01:45 PM (vDZgA)
Posted by: zombie at July 24, 2026 01:41 PM (Av6i5)
San Francisco has become a racist shithole.
Posted by: Reforger at July 24, 2026 01:45 PM (sWqfc)
They all think that they're A senators. Capitol Hill Dunning-Kruger, anyone?
Posted by: Nazdar at July 24, 2026 01:45 PM (NcvvS)
She’s the reason England will have a swivel war.
Posted by: The Dog at July 24, 2026 01:46 PM (XodLO)
She's just a prop!!! Those aren't even his kids!!!
Wait.....we're not talking about Barack Owebama?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 01:46 PM (2YhKe)
Fugitive Fraudster Arrested
And Nick Shirley Probes Another Huge Area for Fraud, Durable Medical Equipment
That's a really good point and very true.
If Team Trump's anti-fraud efforts sometimes look a bit all-over-the-map, that's because the map is so incredibly large. The feds spend over $7 billion a year, and fraudsters look to cash in on every dime; with Vice President JD Vance on point, the White House has organized a full-court press to fight back. One day this week, the Justice Department announced it had finally nabbed a fugitive Medicare fraudster on the lam since 2022, who allegedly stole more than half a billion dollars, even as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Medicare-Medicaid czar Dr. Mehmet Oz froze over $1 billion in funding to California and Minnesota over apparent Medicaid fraud. About the same time, Scott Bessent's Treasury stopped $100 million in tax money going to dead people thanks to new verification procedures, while the IRS chief revealed that a recent scrub of the Social Security Number database found that one in 10 recipients were erroneously listed. That follows recent news of blatant adult-day-care scams in Queens and a drive to claw back $1 billion in COVID-era unemployment fraud that may still be nabbing $2 million a day in New York. Last month, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced charges against 455 people for $6.5 billion in health-care fraud. All this is robbery of the taxpayers and of the folks these government programs are supposed to help: That should outrage Republicans and Democrats alike. And politicians of both parties should be embarrassed that the crackdowns are only coming now, years after fraudsters notoriously made off with tens or even hundreds of billions in COVID-relief monies. Yes, some of the crackdown relies on new technology: Kennedy touted the use of AI, advanced analytics and "other cutting-edge tools" to ID suspicious Medicaid outlays. But much of it is just what Alexander Hamilton called "energy in the executive," meaning leadership from President Donald Trump and his top people.
For example, the FBI created a Most Wanted Fraudsters list, which has now nabbed three major suspects: Khalid Satary, the one captured this week, plus Herbert Kimble, who allegedly stole $1.2 billion in a Medicare telemedicine scheme, and Said Abdullahi Ereg, accused of fraud totaling $4.2 million in a child-nutrition program.Nick Shirley is now discovering another avenue of massive medical fraud, this one involving durable medical equipment, stuff like wheelchairs and CPAP machines and equipment like that which is supposed to last for months or years. It's a similar scam to all the others: "Enrolling" phantom patients up for supplies, billing the government for those supplies, and then, who knows, putting the equipment in a warehouse or more likely selling it on the street for pennies on the dollar. This wouldn't work... if anyone bothered checking these businesses and confirming that these were real patients. But they don't, because Democrats enable the fraud deliberately. It's how they fund their supporters who in turn donate back to Democrats and put money in bums' pockets for mail-in illegal "votes."
This is how the durable medical equipment (DME) fraud scam works:
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) July 22, 2026
- Operate around adult daycares
- Provide “equipment” for ghost clients (wheelchairs, knee braces, etc)
- Easier to open than a bank account
- Bill Medicare for millions
EXPOSE IT ALL. pic.twitter.com/sFX7Yd9eWz
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 12:11 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 12:11 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 12:11 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2026 12:12 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 12:12 PM (2YhKe)
I think this was the racket on Bad Monkey.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 12:12 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 12:12 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 12:14 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: 13times at July 24, 2026 12:14 PM (6iKlf)
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at July 24, 2026 12:15 PM (aFYHp)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 12:15 PM (RBKzD)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 12:16 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 12:15 PM (RBKzD)
In high school....I was seeing a girl in a town about 20 miles away, up the freeway.
I racked up back to back $1000 phone bills. Dad was PISSED!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 12:17 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 12:18 PM (SgdqL)
Posted by: 13times at July 24, 2026 12:18 PM (6iKlf)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 24, 2026 12:18 PM (SwCxT)
Paul "Budget Hawk" Ryan took a band-new sharpened #2 pencil, his green accountant eyeshade and a full pot of coffee to sit down and go through the budget line by line.
And couldn't find a single penny to cut.
Not one penny.
In fact, he went back to his Republican majority in the House and the Republican majority in the Senate and said, "ladies and gentlemen--we have to increase spending! Now! By a trillion dollars!"
Because that's what budget hawks do ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2026 12:18 PM (3cUTc)
I highly recommend reading Kurt Schlichter's column today. It is a synopsis of why the Dems (and the left in general) are in deep kimchi for pretty much the next generation. If you frame it as "would you rather be in their shoes or ours", the answer is pretty obvious.
Democrats Are Walking Into a Minefield
https://tinyurl.com/vab33989
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:19 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Jaimo at July 24, 2026 12:19 PM (2noDb)
Paul "Budget Hawk" Ryan took a band-new sharpened #2 pencil, his green accountant eyeshade and a full pot of coffee to sit down and go through the budget line by line.
'choot 'em!!!!
Posted by: Troy Landry at July 24, 2026 12:21 PM (2YhKe)
Have to get out and mow this afternoon but it won't kill me like it usually does in July.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 12:21 PM (SgdqL)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 24, 2026 12:21 PM (+PUOE)
AI is going to make finding fraud much easier. Simply compare citizens and what is billed for each piece of equipment or benefit. AI does that real quickly. The Biden administration may be the last big trough for fraudsters
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 12:21 PM (NemxU)
Did you have a phone sex line in Ulaanbaatar?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Victor Vector at July 24, 2026 12:21 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 12:21 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 24, 2026 12:21 PM (ypYV4)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 24, 2026 12:22 PM (U/Byj)
Well, when half the government is trying to make it easy for you in exchange for your votes, that's gonna happen.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)
So effective, California crafted a bill in his name and banned what he does from the entire state.
That tells you right there who's benefiting greatly from the fraud.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 12:23 PM (2YhKe)
None of them, not a one, are upset that this fraud is stealing money from those who actually need it.
People who desperately need help.
Every dollar that goes to a thief is a dollar that is taken from someone who is actually bedridden.
And not one Democrat anywhere gives a tinker's damn.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2026 12:23 PM (3cUTc)
It's a similar scam to all the others: "Enrolling" phantom patients up for supplies, billing the government for those supplies, and then, who knows, putting the equipment in a warehouse or more likely selling it on the street for pennies on the dollar.
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I doubt much of the equipment even gets purchased and resold. I bet most of it exists purely on paper.
Ali, of Somali Adult Helperz, Inc: "Sure, of course I purchased those 100 CPAP machines. Just ask the vendor, my cousin Guuleed at Somali Breething Center."
Auditor: "But of course. No need to hassle anybody with a pesky phone call. Precious foreigners would never lie, and a man with a head the size of yours is too smart to miss a beat. Have a nice day."
*winks, nods, wets beak*
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2026 12:24 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 24, 2026 12:24 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2026 12:23 PM (3cUTc)
**shifty eyes**
Posted by: The GOPe at July 24, 2026 12:24 PM (SgdqL)
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New York, New York
Mandami's a dork
No matter where you look for it
You'll cause a fit, it's New York
Just stick a fork in it
It's Mandami's New York
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 12:24 PM (RBKzD)
Depending on how you define fraud it it significantly more.
I ran through this with a left leaning acquittance recently. He was complaining his hospital bill was high and he had actually itemized it and the costs for items were silly.
So I asked him...remember when you said heath care should be free for those that couldn't afford it? Yes...well how do you think the hospital makes up losing money giving services to those people. But I said the rich should pay! Well, you live in a multimillion dollar home and make 6 figures. You are the rich...so why aren't you happy? BECAUSE IT ISN'T FAIR
And I couldn't get him to budge....
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 12:24 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace
Same here. 82 with 86% humidity. Feel like is 92. But cloudy. Feels really nice considering it towards the end of July.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 12:25 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:19 PM (iFTx/)
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Well, not half. Though in government programs it might be approaching 10% which is insane. Maybe 15%.
But DME is legalized theft by hospitals. Mark ups I’ve seen go as high as 1000%. Medical supplies in general have huge mark ups.
Posted by: Black JEM at July 24, 2026 12:26 PM (Kocji)
I highly recommend Elon's recent exchange with a media shill who accused DOGE of killing millions by defunding USAID and other NGOs. Among other excellent points, such as how much everyone LOATHES the media, he pointed out that the Gates and ex-Bezos wife's foundations control tens of billions of dollars, so if they really thought that, they could easily pay for it.
Left unsaid was the fact that the taxpayer's USAID money wasn't going where it was supposed to anyway; it was going to support leftist politicians.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)
It would not surprise me in the least.
Posted by: Tired of Gaslighting at July 24, 2026 12:26 PM (LGdxD)
Posted by: Wally at July 24, 2026 12:26 PM (xx1Oe)
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82F here in the MDT zone, headed for upper 90s
it's a dry heat
Posted by: Don Black at July 24, 2026 12:27 PM (ZxPkt)
And I couldn't get him to budge....
Posted by: 18-1
That's when you just point & laugh.
In. Their. Faces.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 12:27 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: Still Standing at July 24, 2026 12:27 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Don Black at July 24, 2026 12:28 PM (ZxPkt)
It will be a good night for scotch and stogie on the roof deck.
I'm instructing at a race school on Sunday. Weather looks good for that too.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:28 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Gunslinger at July 24, 2026 12:28 PM (D2d9O)
Posted by: Max Power at July 24, 2026 12:28 PM (q177U)
Humid too.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 24, 2026 12:28 PM (FVz0t)
Good friend had actual neck/back injuries from work. His tales of being upsold and pushed to use more things he didn't need, at every turn, by the disability/rehab industrial complex, were jaw-dropping.
This pathetic collapsed state even had billboards (billboards!) years ago asking people to whistleblow on disability fraud. That's how bad even the (mostly) idiotic state guvamint recognized the problem is.
I'd ballpark guess that wasteful - or actually pernicious - expenditure on social welfare fraud, near-fraud such as that described above, and "environmental" and "safety" nonsense in the US, if summed up, would be in the top 10 economies of the world.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 24, 2026 12:29 PM (U/Byj)
In. Their. Faces.
Would it be a Nelson Muntz "ha ha" type laugh? It should be.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 12:29 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM
Fine sunny day here in New England. About 82 and very comfortable.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 12:29 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Paul at July 24, 2026 12:29 PM (dFAcn)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2026 12:29 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 12:17 PM (2YhKe)
Yeah. Stick with that story.
Posted by: 976-1212 at July 24, 2026 12:29 PM (/dNQe)
Posted by: PAgirlinNC at July 24, 2026 12:29 PM (yZpsQ)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:19 PM (iFTx/)
==
Well, not half. Though in government programs it might be approaching 10% which is insane. Maybe 15%.
But DME is legalized theft by hospitals. Mark ups I’ve seen go as high as 1000%. Medical supplies in general have huge mark ups.
Posted by: Black JEM at July 24, 2026 12:26 PM (Kocji
Exactly right. Much of the legitimate billing is fraudulent.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 24, 2026 12:30 PM (ypYV4)
On it's way to 99 today.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 12:16 PM (2YhKe)
Overcast and gloomy here, but warm. Lots of smoke in the air, but I am not smelling it yet.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 12:30 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Wally at July 24, 2026 12:26 PM (xx1Oe)
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Yeah, pretty much.
They are all "low trust" tribal societies. Their only goal is to get one over on their rival tribes/clans. Because that's what the rival tribes are doing to them.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 12:30 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 24, 2026 12:22 PM (U/Byj)
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Headed to Dallas. Forecasting 103 Sunday. I’ll be happy to send you some.
Posted by: Black JEM at July 24, 2026 12:30 PM (Kocji)
Still at large, their accomplices in Congress and the various agencies who created and administered the systems intentionally.
Posted by: t-bird at July 24, 2026 12:31 PM (E24OL)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 24, 2026 12:31 PM (IMPuq)
The money and supplies are stolen period. How much money and supplies do you think that the USA has sent to African nations in the last 5 decades? How many trillions? Why is their still a need?
Posted by: Cheri at July 24, 2026 12:31 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 24, 2026 12:31 PM (bX16E)
Posted by: Archimedes
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I lived in the country but my business was in the city.
And just because you are home doesn't mean there's not
another loose end to straighten out.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 12:31 PM (RBKzD)
Hope all of you have a great weekend
Posted by: Billythesquid at July 24, 2026 12:32 PM (J/mA4)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:28 PM (iFTx/)
I thought race is something you're born with, not learned.
Man, life is so passing me by.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 24, 2026 12:32 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Minuteman at July 24, 2026 12:32 PM (CtC26)
I contacted Medicare Fraud.
They knew. They were acting against the company.
I said "Book 'em Danno" to a chuckle on the other end of the line.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 24, 2026 12:32 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: La'Shondra at July 24, 2026 12:32 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 24, 2026 12:32 PM (CG8Fj)
Posted by: Roger DePoy at July 24, 2026 12:32 PM (7wPJP)
Posted by: ace at July 24, 2026 12:32 PM (LGdxD)
Yes, but you're forgetting how many people in America got a warm frisson of self-regard for this action.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 12:32 PM (Riz8t)
The money and supplies are stolen period. How much money and supplies do you think that the USA has sent to African nations in the last 5 decades? How many trillions? Why is their still a need?
Posted by: Cheri at July 24, 2026 12:31 PM (oiNtH)
This can be said of many charities.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 12:32 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 24, 2026 12:33 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 24, 2026 12:33 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 12:33 PM (77rzZ)
Remember the reaction of the people who will tell you millions are dying because social welfare programs are underfunded yawn at billion dollar fraud schemes taking money from those social welfare programs
Posted by: 18-1
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Fuck those people. Steps are being taken, like HHS "pausing" funds for California and Minnesota, but when does the real cutting and the real punishment begin? I'm not even sure California won't get all of its billions for fraud sometime soon, probably through a judge.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 24, 2026 12:33 PM (mmrXZ)
I highly recommend reading Kurt Schlichter's column today. It is a synopsis of why the Dems (and the left in general) are in deep kimchi for pretty much the next generation. If you frame it as "would you rather be in their shoes or ours", the answer is pretty obvious.
Democrats Are Walking Into a Minefield
https://tinyurl.com/vab33989
Posted by: Archimedes
Thanks for posting that. Helps to calm some permanent black pillers. At least the genuine anxiety types, not the asshole troller types.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 12:33 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Leo Weiser Automobile Club Of America at July 24, 2026 12:34 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Cheri
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Bill Gates?
Don't forget Bush sent them mosquito nets.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 12:35 PM (RBKzD)
Depending on how you define fraud it it significantly more.
I ran through this with a left leaning acquittance recently. He was complaining his hospital bill was high and he had actually itemized it and the costs for items were silly.
And I couldn't get him to budge....
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 12:24 PM (sKqQm)
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I was in the hospital for 10 days a few years ago with a nasty blood infection. I have insurance.
Starting a few weeks after I was discharged, I started getting dozens of bills from vague-sounding medical companies and providers. The bills didn't even specify what they were for, let along itemize anything. The bills totalled well over $6,000.
You know what I did? Nothing. Never paid a dime. For some of the bigger bills, I wrote back and politely said "fuck you, I ain't paying this without detailed itemized bills of exactly what the charges are for. Suck my fat hog." None ever gave me an itemized bill.
As far as I'm concerned, whatever these companies got from my insurance, that's more than enough.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:35 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 24, 2026 12:35 PM (4NO2D)
Nice here in SoCal, as always. Might take a walk along the beach.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 24, 2026 12:35 PM (mmrXZ)
It will be a good night for scotch and stogie on the roof deck.
I'm instructing at a race school on Sunday. Weather looks good for that too.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:28 PM (iFTx/)
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Sounds wonderful. I’d choose bourbon or a nice port. With a Patel Churchill. I’ve not had that in awhile.
Posted by: Black JEM at July 24, 2026 12:35 PM (87scc)
It's 92 at 11:30. Feels like 104 TWC says. Humidity 60%. And for the Houston area that's not bad. But I am starting to wonder how I'll know if I get sent to Hell.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 24, 2026 12:36 PM (ypYV4)
Posted by: illiniwek at July 24, 2026 12:36 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 12:36 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Cow Demon
You might even think that Africans could dig their own wells after seeing it done for so many decades.
Posted by: All Cultures Are Equal at July 24, 2026 12:36 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Early days yet. You have to break through the organized resistance of the Dem political establishment including judges first. The rest becomes easier at that point.
But in a lot of cases of fraud, the fraudsters know they are caught and don't even raise claims to try to reverse the cutoff of funds. This has happened in the CA hospice fraud repeatedly, very few of the 800 plus firms have challenged being cut off. Same for dead people challenging cutoff of Social Security, etc. Those that are fraudsters are not brazen enough to try to challenge it in court. They go and do something else for try to flee the country with their ill gotten loot.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 12:37 PM (E4rtv)
Sir, this is a Wendy's.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 12:37 PM (Riz8t)
Are we talking futanari? Because I gotta say, its...interesting.
Not that I view it sexually I just like the art work you know?
Posted by: David French at July 24, 2026 12:37 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Cheri at July 24, 2026 12:31 PM (oiNtH)
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Cue the classic Sam Kinison rant about this.
MOVE WHERE THE FOOD IS
Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 12:37 PM (oqH4h)
The other day I went hiking at Palo Duro. When I left, the thermometer at the trailhead read 100. It was not even 11 am.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 12:37 PM (4g5V+)
He didn't say anything like
Make DDT Great Again.
That was a tip off wasn't it?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 12:37 PM (RBKzD)
Kurt Schlicter cruelty level: Chuy.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 12:37 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Reforger at July 24, 2026 12:37 PM (IGZcJ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 24, 2026 12:37 PM (4NO2D)
Give. Me. A. Break.
That is not routine Precious Foreigner Hijinks. That's more than half a billion damn dollars. One guy.
I'd bet my last plugged nickel that this guy was laundering money to the Middle East on behalf of our lovely foreign service.
G-d only knows for what. I'm sure whatever it is would make you puke.
Say it again with me: "it's not the system has been corrupted. Corruption is the system."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2026 12:37 PM (BI5O2)
Cue the classic Sam Kinison rant about this.
MOVE WHERE THE FOOD IS
Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 12:37 PM (
I miss Sam Kinison.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 12:38 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2026 12:38 PM (xSAlF)
Posted by: banana Dream
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Yep. Probably because he never went to journalism school nor became a 'media' personality.
College education in a lot of areas now is a hindrance to thinking and acting because of the programming kids get when they go.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 12:38 PM (E4rtv)
I'm instructing at a race school on Sunday. Weather looks good for that too.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:28 PM (iFTx/)
"There. Over there. That person is what is considered 'black.' The African American. That gentleman there is brown. He's 'Hispanic' or 'Mexican.'"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 12:39 PM (2YhKe)
Africa's population exploded because of western aide. In many places they never bothered to build any sort of sustainable economy to feed the additional population because there will always be western aide.
Posted by: David French at July 24, 2026 12:39 PM (sKqQm)
Cue the classic Sam Kinison rant about this.
MOVE WHERE THE FOOD IS
Posted by: ballistic
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Samsonite!
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 12:39 PM (RBKzD)
To a leftist, "the rich" is anyone with a penny more than them. They, on the other hand, are basically the working poor.
They have a European mindset, only people with inherited titles and government grandees are permitted more than they. Everyone else is putting on airs.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 12:39 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2026 12:39 PM (xSAlF)
He didn't say anything like
Make DDT Great Again.
That was a tip off wasn't it?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 12:37 PM (RBKzD)
Don’t they use DDT regardless?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 12:39 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 12:21 PM
For when you really want to yak it up.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 24, 2026 12:39 PM (BpKYj)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:28 PM (iFTx/)
I thought race is something you're born with, not learned.
Man, life is so passing me by.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 24, 2026 12:32 PM (sl73Y)
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It's about 90% learned. But the common misconception is that manly men can drive fast because they're manly men. So we occasionally have issues with Chadley Dudebro in his Lamborghini thinking he someone innately drive fast. He can't.
The ladies are easier to instruct. Less ego.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:39 PM (iFTx/)
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Say it again with me: "it's not the system has been corrupted. Corruption is the system."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2026 12:37 PM (BI5O2)
Is today the day we burn this motherfucker down?
Posted by: Pooh and Piglet at July 24, 2026 12:39 PM (vDZgA)
Posted by: Accomack at July 24, 2026 12:40 PM (9sK1w)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 24, 2026 12:40 PM (bX16E)
Posted by: Minuteman at July 24, 2026 12:40 PM (CtC26)
I wonder if its big enough for all these Democrat fraudsters?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 12:40 PM (yI0P+)
Posted by: Zombie Andy Rooney at July 24, 2026 12:40 PM (JM9I6)
Not only do I not have a flying car or the option of a moon vacation, the mosquitos in my area are worse then they were when I was a kid.
We continue to regress...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 12:40 PM (sKqQm)
It will be a good night for scotch and stogie on the roof deck.
I'm instructing at a race school on Sunday. Weather looks good for that too.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:28 PM (iFTx/)
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Sounds wonderful. I’d choose bourbon or a nice port. With a Patel Churchill. I’ve not had that in awhile.
Posted by: Black JEM at July 24, 2026 12:35 PM (87scc)
[Fistbump]
(but not in a gay way, in a cool way)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:40 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 12:39 PM
That's why there are no Bald Eagles in Africa.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 24, 2026 12:41 PM (4NO2D)
YT has lots of hilarious videos of mouthbreathing idjits who peel away from a light in their brand new $200k car and promptly drive it into a tree. I laugh and laugh.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 12:41 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 12:36 PM
Which is why there is no longer a "mainstream press" or such a thing as "national news."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 24, 2026 12:41 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: illiniwek at July 24, 2026 12:41 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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It went down to 80 over night.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 12:41 PM (RBKzD)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 24, 2026 12:41 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Not necessarily. The problem with IC corruption is if they have some gig giving them cash, they cannot really move against independent operators without jeopardizing their own fraud. The IC tries to swim in a sea filled with other fraudsters and relies on that for cover. So not every fraudster, maybe not even a majority of them, are covers for the IC.
But, I do think all of them have Dem and some GOPe political connections like any other organized criminal does to ward off local and even state investigations.
You pay off the authorities is rule one to operate so they see no evil, speak no evil, and hear no evil.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 12:41 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 24, 2026 12:41 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:28 PM (iFTx/)
"There. Over there. That person is what is considered 'black.' The African American. That gentleman there is brown. He's 'Hispanic' or 'Mexican.'"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 12:39 PM (2YhKe)
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"What's Kamala?"
-- Student at Blade Race School
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:41 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: one hour sober at July 24, 2026 12:42 PM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Well put.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 12:42 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: illiniwek at July 24, 2026 12:36 PM (vbXSk)
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
I say this as someone in need of a medical device that fortunately I can get off of Amazon, no problem.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 12:42 PM (4g5V+)
Not only do I not have a flying car or the option of a moon vacation, the mosquitos in my area are worse then they were when I was a kid.
We continue to regress...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 12:40 PM (sKqQm)
Where is my Mr. Fusion???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2026 12:42 PM (vDZgA)
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It was gorgeous at Monmouth Park this past Sunday. The previous day's t-storms blew out the smoke and heat and left NJ with atypically cool (<60 degree overnights!) weather. Back in Florida now. I think I can sous vide a brisket in my yard...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 24, 2026 12:42 PM (nbLIj)
Africa death rate for 2025 was 7.43, a 1.16% decline from 2024.
Africa death rate for 2024 was 7.51, a 1.14% decline from 2023.
So somewhere around $25 Billion (all sources) of HIV AIDS drugs ended when USAID was shut down.
And the death rates has declined over 4% compounded since 2024.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 12:42 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:39 PM (iFTx/)
This is true with forklifts and construction equipment too.
Posted by: Reforger at July 24, 2026 12:43 PM (IGZcJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 12:43 PM (yI0P+)
Posted by: illiniwek at July 24, 2026 12:41 PM (vbXSk)
Lows have been around 68ºF or 69ºF with 97% humidity...days have been 85ºF to just under 90ºF...
Sandy Eggo Summer...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 24, 2026 12:43 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: anachronda at July 24, 2026 12:43 PM (v3pYe)
No USA for you!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 12:43 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
Their "Hey Look Squirrel" act is getting old except for homebound elderly unable to get up and change the dial and those in Democrat industries like education and social services.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 12:43 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 12:43 PM (yI0P+)
and mosquitoes. and fleas. and ticks. and...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 24, 2026 12:43 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Anna Puma
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While she screams forever, if only I had a can of DDT spray.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 12:44 PM (E4rtv)
Is she in a hot little red robe?
Posted by: Some AWFL putting down her copy of 50 shades of grey at July 24, 2026 12:44 PM (sKqQm)
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I think the the twitchy rear end on the Porsche 911 GTs has probably killed nearly as many Wall Street investment bankers as uncut Peruvian blow.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2026 12:45 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:39 PM
Shooting is much the same, for the same reason.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 12:45 PM (SVdzD)
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STOP sending them food. Don't send another bite. If you really wanna help these people, send them luggage and U-Hauls.
Posted by: Don Black at July 24, 2026 12:45 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
Their "Hey Look Squirrel" act is getting old except for homebound elderly unable to get up and change the dial and those in Democrat industries like education and social services.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 12:43 PM (E4rtv)
They made such a big fuss about Monkey Pox that my wife's aunt asked me if she should get a vax for it...well, I assume that's why she asked and that she wasn't into any kinky business with lots of gay pustulant men...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 24, 2026 12:45 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: NJ Guy at July 24, 2026 12:45 PM (nPp6w)
No USA for you!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 12:43 PM
After they complete their Life at Hard Labor, their ashes can be deported.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 24, 2026 12:45 PM (4NO2D)
The closest anyone on the left has come to finding a single person who died because of DOGE cuts was ....
The guy who lied about dogs being used to rape Hamas, claiming some gal in Africa died in childbirth because we stopped sending her local warlord money so he could--after his skim--buy a few gallons of diesel for the ambulance.
There it is, Rethuglicans!! You are all killers! Just because you wince filling up your tank doesn't mean some fake woman in some African country didn't die when you stopped giving them free diesel.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2026 12:45 PM (3cUTc)
YT has lots of hilarious videos of mouthbreathing idjits who peel away from a light in their brand new $200k car and promptly drive it into a tree. I laugh and laugh.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 12:41 PM (Riz8t)
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Easy to do if you're an idiot. They turn off stability control, then floor it, then panic when the ass starts to slide out, and rather than correct the slide (or at least brake) they just freeze and the car slams into a hard object with their foot still on the gas.
There's a vid out of one of the first new Bugatti Tourbillions pull that shit and almost take out an oncoming car. That woulda been a $5 million wreck.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:46 PM (iFTx/)
Send their "leaders" pagers.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 12:46 PM (Riz8t)
Someone earlier had discussed a story about the plight of trans people in Nepal now that the US taxpayer isn't funding homo services in Chynah.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 12:46 PM (ExV1e)
I saw a video where the guy said:
Hey remember when the FNM told us we were all going to die from Monkeypox if we didn't get a new experimental vaccine and everyone collectively was like, Nah bro we ain't doin' this again.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 12:46 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 12:46 PM (yI0P+)
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 24, 2026 12:46 PM (och2J)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 12:42 PM (4g5V+)
That's not mine, baby.
Posted by: Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery at July 24, 2026 12:47 PM (wVcYX)
No USA for you!
Posted by: Count de Monet
I am to the point that just shooting them in a firing squad would be appropriate. Crimes like their's risk a civil war just like those promoting voter fraud. These are not victimless crimes but acts that destabilize the entire country.
We hung horse thieves in more civilized times because horses were vital for honest people to survive. And medical care is vital for honest people to survive as well. So any derivation of those funds for medical care into the pockets of a fraudster could cost someone else their lives. All for money. Just shoot them like you would a bank robber that killed a guard.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 12:47 PM (E4rtv)
Out: Sucking d*cks and getting USAID checks
In: Sucking d*cks and not getting USAID checks
Posted by: Trannies in Nepal at July 24, 2026 12:47 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 12:39 PM
That's why there are no Bald Eagles in Africa.
oh. i thought they handled that by spraying rogaine.
Posted by: anachronda at July 24, 2026 12:47 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Don Black at July 24, 2026 12:45 PM (ZxPkt)
What do you think we've been doing?
Posted by: Tim Walz at July 24, 2026 12:47 PM (0bjKf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 12:46 PM (yI0P+)
He response went flat.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 24, 2026 12:48 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Anna Puma
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You might say flattened by her realization she was an idiot on earth for giving her life on behalf of evil people akin to the Amorites.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 12:48 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 24, 2026 12:48 PM (JvZF+)
"What's Kamala?"
-- Student at Blade Race School
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:41 PM (iFTx/)
"She's what's known as a 'sanjigger.' She's actually mostly white India Indian, but pretends to be black for inclusion and racial appropriation."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 12:49 PM (2YhKe)
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I think the the twitchy rear end on the Porsche 911 GTs has probably killed nearly as many Wall Street investment bankers as uncut Peruvian blow.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2026 12:45 PM (BI5O2)
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The older models, yes. The new ones (991-present) have much better traction/stability control. So you can drive it much faster without getting into trouble.
Which is another problem: beginners think THEY are driving the car fast. They are not. The car is. Some of them don't figure this out until it's too late. The car can save you from bad driving ... until it can't.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:49 PM (iFTx/)
"The feds spend over $7 billion a year, ..."
Total fed spending is over $7 TRILLION a year.
Posted by: Reno_NV_Dave at July 24, 2026 12:49 PM (yXKEQ)
Posted by: anachronda at July 24, 2026 12:47 PM (v3pYe)
MUCH easier than trying to fit them all out with little toupees.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 12:50 PM (SgdqL)
Posted by: Just Axin' at July 24, 2026 12:50 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 12:46 PM (yI0P+)
At least she'll never have to worry about wrinkles.
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 12:50 PM (Nyq9f)
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STOP sending them food. Don't send another bite. If you really wanna help these people, send them luggage and U-Hauls.
Posted by: Don Black at July 24, 2026 12:45 PM (ZxPkt)
I had a few thoughts on this matter.
Posted by: Zombie Sam Kinison at July 24, 2026 12:50 PM (wVcYX)
"What's Kamala?"
-- Student at Blade Race School
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:41 PM (iFTx/)
"She's what's known as a 'sanjigger.' She's actually mostly white India Indian, but pretends to be black for inclusion and racial appropriation."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 12:49 PM (2YhKe)
I've heard of chiggers.
I've heard of jiggers.
I've never heard of a sanjigger...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 24, 2026 12:51 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 24, 2026 12:51 PM (fQFd2)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t)
Said I'd like to know where you got the notion
To rock the boat
Don't rock the boat, baby
Rock the boat
Don't tip the boat over
Rock the boat
Don't rock the boat, baby
Rock the boat
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 24, 2026 12:51 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: 18-1
I strongly support mandatory media vaccinations of whatever crap Big Pharma has cooked up. Let's make it a law that whatever they promote is what the proposers including politicians and Big Pharma executives have to do it first.
Then the rest of us can wait to see if it actually works. Waiting for perhaps a lifetime or so. Just to be sure that it works.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 12:51 PM (E4rtv)
I made friends with one of the local young men. He was more interested in making a better life for himself then most and had saved up money from the jobs he had been working to buy the ingredients to bake bread.
His day as a baker he went to a busy spot in the village and started selling his bread and several people bought from him as they walked to work or whatever else they had to do.
Until one of the village elders saw him. The elder came over demanded to know what the young man was doing, told him he should be ashamed because there were hungry children in the village and took the remaining bread. Now I don't know if the elder really turned around and gave that bread to hungry kids that day but the village lost a source of income and food permanently.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 12:52 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Just Axin' at July 24, 2026 12:50 PM (JM9I6)
It's a vaginal prosthetic.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 24, 2026 12:52 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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I'll go with "has become the system".
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 12:52 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Don Black at July 24, 2026 12:52 PM (ZxPkt)
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No. The vast majority are covers for Democrat theft of apportioned budget monies.
I think this particular case was laundering for the foreign service. Soooo much money, in one foreigner's hands, and that foreigner bugs out to the homeland as soon as the heat comes on.
And not one news report says where he was arrested or by whom.
Just "regional partners in the Middle East."
I'm glad he got burned - but this case is super-duper weird. I think he probably panicked under scrutiny and absconded with a shitload of the wrong agency's stolen lucre.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2026 12:52 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Is one of the 7 circles of hell for those who "meant well"?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 24, 2026 12:52 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 12:52 PM (Nyq9f)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2026 12:45 PM (BI5O2)
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Yeah too bad.
Posted by: The Day Eagle Computer Went Public at July 24, 2026 12:53 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 12:53 PM (yI0P+)
Don't miss it at all. To think I grew up there, how did I live through it? Anyway it's not too bad here today, may get some rain. They said we may hit 90.
Posted by: Case at July 24, 2026 12:54 PM (bqIVz)
Light bulb: "The system is corrupt."
Explosion: "Corruption is the system."
MOAB: "There is no system, just corruption."
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 12:54 PM (Nyq9f)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 12:55 PM (yI0P+)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Its always been this way.
Posted by: Zombie Smedley Butler at July 24, 2026 12:55 PM (RhUi2)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:39 PM
Shooting is much the same, for the same reason.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 12:45 PM (SVdzD)
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I'm sure. Track driving is mostly a guy thing, but there are some fast ladies out there.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:55 PM (iFTx/)
Outside of that the hotel was nice and since we had good weather I decided to eat at their outdoor restaurant for dinner.
The food was good but served with a serious helping of...mosquitos. Which is really appropriate as I think about it
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 12:55 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 12:52 PM (sKqQm)
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Reading Sowell now about how honesty and honest commerce is a cultural factor with demonstrable economic benefits.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 24, 2026 12:55 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 24, 2026 12:56 PM (QaH55)
You get the feeling that if we ended every cent of fraud, the DNC office would become a house of ill-repute.
Securing donations $20 at a time.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 12:56 PM (Fi81e)
I've heard of jiggers.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 24, 2026 12:51 PM (l3cgK)
This needs muldoon
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 12:56 PM (Nyq9f)
And the death rates has declined over 4% compounded since 2024.
Posted by: r hennigantx
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And yet ole Senator Cornhole from TX is making restoring billions for Pepfar (aids drugs to Africa) his line in the sand by putting holds on two Trump appointees.
This is GOPe doing constituent service for globohomo Big Pharma not to save lives, but to spend taxpayer money for corporate grift.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 12:56 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 12:55 PM (yI0P+)
::: man sneaks viagra into communion wine :::
There is now a tenth circle...
Posted by: Satan at July 24, 2026 12:56 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: PAgirlinNC at July 24, 2026 12:29 PM (yZpsQ)
People put student driver on their cars so that they can drive like assholes and think that people will care less because they didn't know. Child, the younger, had those stickers on their car until they got their regular license and the first thing they did was remove them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 12:56 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 24, 2026 12:56 PM (gm9Sb)
It will be a good night for scotch and stogie on the roof deck.
I'm instructing at a race school on Sunday. Weather looks good for that too.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:28 PM (iFTx/)
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Sounds wonderful. I’d choose bourbon or a nice port. With a Patel Churchill. I’ve not had that in awhile.
Posted by: Black JEM at July 24, 2026 12:35 PM (87scc)
[Fistbump]
(but not in a gay way, in a cool way)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:40 PM (iFTx/
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Absolutely! [Fistbump back]
Posted by: Black JEM at July 24, 2026 12:57 PM (XKu4p)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 24, 2026 12:57 PM (yI0P+)
Posted by: Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery at July 24, 2026 12:47 PM (wVcYX)
OK, that was legit funny.
Posted by: Max Power at July 24, 2026 12:58 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Don Black at July 24, 2026 12:58 PM (ZxPkt)
And not one news report says where he was arrested or by whom.
Just "regional partners in the Middle East."
I'm glad he got burned - but this case is super-duper weird. I think he probably panicked under scrutiny and absconded with a shitload of the wrong agency's stolen lucre.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Guy got arrested because we are really good at tracking dollars across the globe. That, in part, is why the whole BRICs idea came up.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 12:58 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 12:56 PM (ExV1e)
They seem to have replaced all the "Baby On Board" stickers from the past.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 12:58 PM (SgdqL)
The background here is white woman in a park with her young child has an older black child steal something out of her bag and called the kid the slur. There was a random Somali there for some reason (not related to the thieving child) because of course there was and he came over and started filming her to demand she repeat the word which she did.
What a stupid world we live in.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 12:58 PM (sKqQm)
It's 77 AF.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 12:59 PM (Fi81e)
I'll die believing the media reaction to Watergate was because Nixon was right. The DNC had the evidence of running their own prostitution ring in that building. Nixon wanted that evidence, to destroy the DNC.
So the media changed the focus to the burglary, to hide the DNC trading sex for favors.
Posted by: Zombie Smedley Butler at July 24, 2026 01:00 PM (RhUi2)
(drags thread back onto topic)
When do we start seeing a difference in the national budget? Like, the debt going down by a trillion dollars? Massive cuts to these fraud-ridden services?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 24, 2026 01:00 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Minuteman at July 24, 2026 01:00 PM (CtC26)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 24, 2026 01:00 PM (mmrXZ) .
It's dead, Jim
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 01:01 PM (Nyq9f)
Which is why I don't have Monkeypox.
Posted by: Minuteman at July 24, 2026 01:00 PM (CtC26)
Now, someone who hate f**ks monkeys, on the other hand...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 24, 2026 01:01 PM (l3cgK)
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Disorderly conduct, I believe. Up to 90 days in jail and/or $1000 fine. I wonder if this applies to each time she said the magic word (It's only magic if a non-black or not sufficiently black person says it. That seems racist.)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 24, 2026 01:01 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: F.A. "Butzi" Porsche, 911 Designer at July 24, 2026 01:03 PM (wVcYX)
Disorderly conduct, I believe. Up to 90 days in jail and/or $1000 fine. I wonder if this applies to each time she said the magic word (It's only magic if a non-black or not sufficiently black person says it. That seems racist.)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 24, 2026 01:01 PM (Dv3i1)
So much for free speech...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2026 01:04 PM (S6LVb)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2026 01:04 PM (S6LVb)
Haven't had it my entire lifetime. I'll be glad when that old trope is finally dead and buried.
Posted by: Zombie Smedley Butler at July 24, 2026 01:05 PM (RhUi2)
I can't count how many things I lost over the years that have no explanation for, no accounting for their whereabouts. Socks? Lots of them. Pens, pencils, a whole ratchet set, a set of bar stools. No trace, or explanation. Well I'm starting to wonder now.
And think about this if you will. I was born in 1970. Yeah, just think of all the unexplained phenomena that have happened since. Missing people. Disappearing farm animals. Airplanes that just drop off radar. Entire ships just gone. They have their explanations, "plausible theories", like aliens, and wotnot. Roanoke! A whole town gone. Ok that was centuries ago but I think with my colon, we're dealing with something that may defy current scientific explanation.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 01:05 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: davidt at July 24, 2026 01:05 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Zombie Smedley Butler at July 24, 2026 01:00 PM (RhUi2)
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Media was totally in on the scam.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 01:05 PM (Fi81e)
I've heard of jiggers.
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you can't say that
Posted by: Don Black at July 24, 2026 12:58 PM
Chigroes? Arachno-Americans?
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 24, 2026 01:05 PM (4NO2D)
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Sure. But that's "how," not "why."
There is *no way* this one guy stole $547m from government coffers through these cheeseball front businesses without protection by and the willful ignorance of government authorities - as in, all of them. This is a crime a couple orders of magnitude larger than we've become so sadly used to seeing from a given one of these foreign crooks.
Somebody in the US government decided it was time to shut off this cash funnel and roll this guy up, with the help of unnamed foreign police agencies in an unnamed locale.
This one stinks to high heaven.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2026 01:06 PM (BI5O2)
I can't count how many things I lost over the years that have no explanation for, no accounting for their whereabouts. Socks? Lots of them. Pens, pencils, a whole ratchet set, a set of bar stools. No trace, or explanation. Well I'm starting to wonder now.
And think about this if you will. I was born in 1970. Yeah, just think of all the unexplained phenomena that have happened since. Missing people. Disappearing farm animals. Airplanes that just drop off radar. Entire ships just gone. They have their explanations, "plausible theories", like aliens, and wotnot. Roanoke! A whole town gone. Ok that was centuries ago but I think with my colon, we're dealing with something that may defy current scientific explanation.
For the love of God, get me OUT OF HERE!!!
Posted by: Jimmy Hoffa at July 24, 2026 01:06 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:07 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 01:05 PM (3uBP9)
There's probably a metric buttload of 10mm sockets lodged in there.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Your Kraut Mick Commentater at July 24, 2026 01:07 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 01:05 PM (3uBP9)
He's just a wild colonial boy...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 01:07 PM (1z8ji)
Nixon jeopardized VIP BJs in DC.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 01:07 PM (Fi81e)
How's that working out for everyone
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 01:08 PM (Nyq9f)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 24, 2026 01:08 PM (fQFd2)
What a stupid world we live in.
Posted by: 18-1
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Stupid all around. Who keeps the n-word so handy that it flies out in a moment of anger? If I totally lost my temper, bastard or f***er might fly out. That said, the hate crime is BS. She should have said she was quoting some rapper.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 24, 2026 01:08 PM (mmrXZ)
Somebody in the US government decided it was time to shut off this cash funnel and roll this guy up, with the help of unnamed foreign police agencies in an unnamed locale.
This one stinks to high heaven.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2026 01:06 PM (BI5O2)
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Could it be that political leadership, starting at the top with Vance's fraud task force, is actually doing it's job?
Does it have to be a conspiracy otherwise?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:09 PM (RWrid)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 12:49 PM (iFTx/)
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Insurance companies say men are better drivers than women, but are more likely to overestimate their capability. So they get in fewer wrecks, but they are gloriously bad when they do. Hence every parent’s lament when their 16 year old son gets his drivers license.
Posted by: Black JEM at July 24, 2026 01:09 PM (+qOur)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 01:05 PM (3uBP9)
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* stops reading *
Nope. Nope. Nope.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 01:09 PM (Fi81e)
Stupid all around. Who keeps the n-word so handy that it flies out in a moment of anger? If I totally lost my temper, bastard or f***er might fly out. That said, the hate crime is BS. She should have said she was quoting some rapper.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 24, 2026 01:08 PM (mmrXZ)
There's a black guy I see sometimes in the metro - high or crazy or more likely both - who goes around screaming it in the faces of other, normal black guys (calls them bitches, too).
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 01:10 PM (SgdqL)
She said something dumb in anger. It was a mistake on her part. But...should this be a crime?
One of the odder things that the modern left has brought us is the notion that we should criminalize wrong choices...but only some wrong choices...that aren't traditional crimes while ignoring read traditional crimes...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:10 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 01:05 PM (3uBP9)
Flight 19 returned from the Bermuda Triangle to banana Dream's colon. All five TBM Avenger torpedo bombers and 14 crew.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Your Kraut Mick Commentater at July 24, 2026 01:10 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:07 PM (sKqQm)
Only if that man was radioactive himself...or something.
Dr. Who had an episode where a kid was telling him about spiderman and how he was bitten by a radioactive spider and got superpowers, to which Dr. Who said, "What powers? Vomiting and hair loss?"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 24, 2026 01:10 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: banana Dream
Gynecologist's speculum.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 01:11 PM (oUopv)
If your colon is 50% blocked, do you have a semi-colon?
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 01:11 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 24, 2026 01:08 PM (fQFd2)
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Every illegal who's been ordered out of the country is being fined now.
It was a provision passed into law in 1996 but never actually used until now.
$996 per day per person ordered out.
The tab is apparently $86 billion at this point.
Two things. The first is that most of these people aren't the kind that ICE Is sending out teams to collect. These are the Marias working the local Marriott and keeping their heads down. Garnishment is definitely possible.
The second is that it's a huge incentive to get out, especially when the administration is offering complete expungement of the debt upon their removal.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:11 PM (RWrid)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 24, 2026 01:11 PM (WkHm8)
Posted by: banana Dream
Pep Boys has entered the chat.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 24, 2026 01:11 PM (eVWBS)
The unasked question of the year.
It wasn't just houses and cars.
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 01:11 PM (Nyq9f)
Paul Rogers was radioactive. He wrote a song about it with Jimmy Page.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 01:12 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: banana Dream
Pep Boys has entered the chat.
Not voluntarily.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 01:12 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:12 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at July 24, 2026 01:13 PM (affD0)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 01:13 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:12 PM (sKqQm)
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I'd guess that the ruling is going to get overturned on appeal and the city is going to have to pay her legal expenses.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:13 PM (RWrid)
If your colon is 50% blocked, do you have a semi-colon?
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 01:11 PM (Fi81e)
Mine was completely cut off...I don't have any punctuation marks for that...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 24, 2026 01:13 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Richard Gere at July 24, 2026 01:13 PM (sKqQm)
It means its time for a second gerbil.
Posted by: Richard Gere at July 24, 2026 01:13 PM (sKqQm)
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"Oh, Jeethuth Christ..."
-Mr. Slave
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:14 PM (RWrid)
"Turns out, all you needed was a different President."
The power was always there.
Posted by: t-bird at July 24, 2026 01:14 PM (+ffGB)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Full stoppage :
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 01:14 PM (oUopv)
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Point deducted for not having Cap'n Kristol referring to it as the Gulf of Mexico.
Posted by: Darth Randall at July 24, 2026 01:14 PM (Feeg3)
Posted by: Axeman
Fun fact: Victor Borge was barred from including that one in his punctuation sketch any time before 11:00 pm.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 01:15 PM (SgdqL)
Somebody in the US government decided it was time to shut off this cash funnel and roll this guy up, with the help of unnamed foreign police agencies in an unnamed locale.
This one stinks to high heaven.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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That's why I keep asking about punishment. Or, "punitive measures" for those who prefer more syllables.
Minnesota whistle-blowers specifically said they were threatened by bosses if they didn't approve fraudulent expenditures. Isn't there any black-letter law to prosecute the bosses with?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 24, 2026 01:15 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Full stoppage :
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 01:14 PM (oUopv)
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Noice!
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 01:15 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Big Gerbil at July 24, 2026 01:15 PM (JvZF+)
Anybody runs up to me with their phone out making demands ? Yeah, its gonna' be a hate crime. When I stick that phone sideways straight up their ass.
We are in this place, in no small part, because too many nominally on "our side" think a weekend in county lockup is the equivalent of a death sentence. There are things worth spending 48 hours as a guest of the State. Clipping that Somalians wings would have been one of them.
Posted by: Zombie Smedley Butler at July 24, 2026 01:16 PM (RhUi2)
“They just write it off, Jerry, they just write it off” probably applies here.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 01:17 PM (/YECW)
Oh I just read another thing about that n word story. The kid she accused of stealing her stuff? He's done it so often the local cops mandated he wear a tracking chip.
Posted by: 18-1
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Well, that was a good expenditure of taxpayer money!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 24, 2026 01:17 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Full stoppage :
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 01:14 PM (oUopv)
We're here to help!
Posted by: The Otters at July 24, 2026 01:17 PM (SgdqL)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 12:56 PM (ExV1e)
They seem to have replaced all the "Baby On Board" stickers from the past.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 12:58 PM (SgdqL)
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The dumbest are those macho stickers that douches put on their cars like "Don't like my driving? Eat shit." Or my personal favorite, "Fuck the Pigs." What kind of fucking retard all but dares cops to give him tickets??
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 01:17 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Full stoppage :
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 01:14 PM (oUopv)
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Noice!
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 01:15 PM (Fi81e)
Or a space...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 24, 2026 01:17 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM
It's raining here, and the temp has actually dropped a bit below 70 - but it's 95% humidity, so it feels fairly comfy.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 24, 2026 01:17 PM (w6EFb)
Only half?
FWIW, try tracking down legit care for family members.
I'll wait.
Forever. You will face paperwork and delays that will drive you to drink
Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 01:17 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 01:17 PM (iFTx/)
"Only homo cops pull me over...."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 01:19 PM (2YhKe)
I think its clearly time that we as a nation start focusing on the terrible threat posed by the vast mystery hidden deep within my bowels. Would Newton, Copernicus, Einstein cower in fear of my colonic unknown? Or would these great men step up and dive in with a brave sense of exploration? I think we all know the answer.
Ladies, gentlemen of the horde, we stand at the precipice of not only my colon, but at a new dawn for the human experience. I pledge to you that together we will find the answers to these questions and bravely challenge the unknown with the rugged ingenuity of our forefathers.
Thank you, good night, and God Bless America.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 01:19 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 01:19 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: H@thebridge at July 24, 2026 01:20 PM (Pwwtx)
Posted by: Axeman
Mine was completely cut off...I don't have any punctuation marks for that...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
........
!!!!
Posted by: wth at July 24, 2026 01:20 PM (UjdFS)
It was as if a family had a 300,000 credit card debt, made 30,000 a year, spent 50,000 amonth and was cutting $25 from the budget.
And this was why the government “shut down”. Over a rounding error
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 01:21 PM (/YECW)
Only half?
FWIW, try tracking down legit care for family members.
I'll wait.
Forever. You will face paperwork and delays that will drive you to drink
Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 01:17 PM (XuXeR)
There's a fraudulent dance that goes on between hospitals and insurance companies...
I took my wife for a treatment outside our network, was quoted a cash price (Don't recall exactly, but was around $7K or so) but was told my insurance would cover it. The price billed to insurance was more than $30K...and they wanted me to pay the last $10K.
In the end, after I showed them how they told me there was a $100 deductible and their cash offer, they asked for the $100 and called it even.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 24, 2026 01:21 PM (l3cgK)
Right now this is all rhetoric in the press.
White hats: "We found a billion dollars in fraud."
Dem officials: "This is a political witch-hunt."
It will continue this way to the midterms, but in 2028 it should be a major issue.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 24, 2026 01:21 PM (mmrXZ)
I've heard of jiggers.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 24, 2026 12:51 PM (l3cgK)
This needs muldoon
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 12:56 PM
I don't think he'll be able to think of a rhyme.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 01:21 PM (kgE5c)
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Yes. It could be.
But that's so unlikely I can't call it more than a forlorn hope.
This one was simply too much damned money to explain away with "he's an amazing criminal genius of unparalleled ability, but our Top Ham & Eggers finally nabbed him!"
People in our government were protecting him, and covering for half a billion in missing cash, until now. Why they decided to stop is anyone's guess. We're not even allowed to know where he was when they "found him."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2026 01:21 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 24, 2026 01:21 PM (eVWBS)
Posted by: Old Prof at July 24, 2026 01:21 PM (EGlfC)
Posted by: Truck Monkey
I heard the doctor already pronounced his death at 12 midnight, August 3rd. Tragic. But convenient.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 24, 2026 01:22 PM (Dv3i1)
Nonsense. Go get six White Castles and chase 'em with a twleve pack of Old Milwaukee. You'll be fine.
Posted by: Zombie Smedley Butler at July 24, 2026 01:22 PM (RhUi2)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 01:21 PM (kgE5c)
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That's the wonderful thing about Tiggers.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 01:23 PM (Fi81e)
People in our government were protecting him, and covering for half a billion in missing cash, until now. Why they decided to stop is anyone's guess. We're not even allowed to know where he was when they "found him."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2026 01:21 PM (BI5O2)
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I think it became standard practice in the government to allow all fraud. Throw some smaller examples to the wolves every once in a while, but the assumption is that fraud is accepted, not the exception.
So, when someone like Trump comes along with the actual political will to enforce looking into fraud, there are just a lot of targets.
A couple of months ago, Vance said his task force had cut off a quarter of a trillion dollars in grants.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:23 PM (RWrid)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 01:12 PM (sKqQm)
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I'd guess that the ruling is going to get overturned on appeal and the city is going to have to pay her legal expenses.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:13 PM (RWrid)
I will point and laugh, but in a proper country all of the retards involved in such a BS case would suffer far harsher consequences.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2026 01:25 PM (vDZgA)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 01:19 PM (3uBP9)
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That was from photographic plates in the 50s and 60s. Traced back most likely to atmospheric atom bomb testing that released micro radioactive particles that landed on the plates.
New telescopes (with much, much higher resolutions) don't seem to have this problem.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 24, 2026 01:25 PM (DbmIv)
The second is that it's a huge incentive to get out, especially when the administration is offering complete expungement of the debt upon their removal.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Something similar is also possible with anchor babies taken back to home country. Simply apply the requirement for taxing the whole family back in Crapistan using US tax laws for income earned abroad. Require it be cumulative if unpaid with interest and penalties. Waive it if the kid denounces their titular US citizenship.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 01:26 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 01:26 PM (E4rtv)
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I like it!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 01:28 PM (RWrid)
Around these parts, it could be a hog breeder. You never know.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 24, 2026 01:29 PM (zdLoL)
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Sure, this Santa Clause politics. But, that's not the basis of why the DNC purposely takes down oversight while simultaneously funding these type programs with a $47 Billion increase (as Biden did).
The true benefit is more egregious and illegal. Millions, perhaps Billions, leave the country via international travel. A TSA whistleblower up in Minneapolis said three trips a week with an estimated average tranport of $6 Million each trip in cash ($18 Million). The money gets distributed. A portion is set aside to come back to the DNC coffers via small (below the reporting threshold) donations assigned by entities like ActBlue via unknowing contributors.
This same process was used with USAID, and likely Federal grants that would be sent to a Foundation Depot and laundered by passing the money down the line to various smaller "charitable" entities. Eventually, the DNC cut gets separated and moved through the ActBlue process once again. They are doing this in multiple ways.
Posted by: Orson at July 24, 2026 01:29 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 24, 2026 01:32 PM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Oglebay at July 24, 2026 01:40 PM (2ap+5)
THE MORNING RANT: Some Fools Never Learn – Ford & VW Prepare to Roll Out New Small Electric Pickups
Just a few years after announcing its ambitious intention to revive the Scout brand—once owned by the International Harvester Company—VW has issued proof of concept in the form of the 2028 Scout Terra EV pickup. Debuting alongside its Scout Traveler SUV sibling…the Terra is poised to be an amalgam of modern and traditional styling and engineering themes. For instance, it’s built on a classic truck-style body-on-frame blueprint with a crew cab and 5.5-foot bed, but it uses a modern battery-electric powertrain that’s good for an estimated 350 miles of range.In other words, with 350 miles of range, this Scout pickup truck cannot do what the small pickups of my youth did, drive from Central Texas to South Padre on a whim, with only one 5-minute refueling stop. Nor could it drive out to New Mexico for a ski trip, etc. Like all other EVs, the Scout will be a novelty that is only good for running around town. As for Ford, it has recently launched the small Maverick pickup truck, which is gasoline-powered and a huge sales success. Perhaps Ford thinks its new EV pickup will be a popular lineup addition. Ford’s EV history indicates otherwise.
[Affordable EV pickups] is still an untested market, but if expertly executed, it has the potential to take off for both buyers and automakers. Ford clearly sees the opportunity here and is aggressively angling for it. Furthermore, Ford already has tried-and-true success in the compact Maverick, and the Ranchero should offer the Maverick’s size and utility advantages while not sipping on a drop of fuel. The Ranchero also won’t be Ford’s first EV pickup. That title goes to the F-150 Lightning, whose production ceased late last year. However, where the Lightning failed is where the Ranchero could succeed, as buyers have shown an overwhelming interest and desire for more affordable vehicles. Without the federal EV tax credit to lean on, automakers are going to have to retool how they price their EVs.Jeff Bezos of Amazon fame is forever trying to copy Elon Musk’s successes, so now Bezos is launching an EV company, focusing on what else? Small, electric pickups. “A $24,950 Electric Pickup Truck? Bezos-Backed Company Ready to Take on Tesla” [Finance Yahoo - 6/26/2026]
Slate Auto, backed by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, could have the secret formula to making disruption in the pickup truck market that includes Tesla Inc, Rivian Automotive, General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co. The secret could be cost. Here's how Slate Auto is solving the key issue. Originally planning to launch a bare-bones electric pickup truck for under $20,000, the ending of the $7,500 federal EV tax credit put that pricing plan from Slate Auto into question. On Wednesday, the company unveiled its Slate Truck, which will come with an initial starting price point of $24,950 with units expected to ship in late 2026.Just like Tesla found a niche with Tesla as a boutique city car for those with a home-charger and at least one gas-powered car, there may be a market niche for a small electric pickup that serves as a status-symbol “2nd car” for running errands. Perhaps Bezos will capture that small market. But these small electric pickup trucks will never become the all-purpose vehicle for the demographic that was so loyal to small pickups decades ago. Young adults buying inexpensive vehicles tend to be transient in their housing, and places where transient people live cannot be relied on to have charging facilities. The only reliable EV demographic is homeowners with home chargers (who had to spend on average several thousand dollars to have a home charger installed.) That is not who the inexpensive pickups are being targeted for. Ford and VW are about to burn through billions more chasing a market that doesn’t actually exist. Some fools never learn.
Even more importantly, too much of our federal governance is already in the hands of unelected rulers, be they judges or bureaucrats. We, voters, would like to remove many of them, but we can’t. The last thing we should do right now is take away the ability to vote out bad senators too. How to fix the problem of left-leaning Republicans in state legislatures warrants its own discussion, but the simple fact that RINOs hold so much power in red state legislatures is enough reason not to hand them the power to choose U.S. Senators. Ted Cruz and Ken Paxton are both conservative insurgents who defied the establishment to win their U.S. Senate nominations. Neither would have ever been chosen by the Texas legislature, but conservative voters made that choice at the ballot box.This piece is not behind a paywall. I’d be honored if you’d give it a read.
My latest at The American Spectator: “Repealing the 17th Amendment Would Save…John Cornyn”
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) July 22, 2026
The same Republican voters who dumped establishment incumbents shouldn’t surrender their power to legislatures that would have kept them there. https://t.co/o0JJDoYj26
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 11:00 AM (oUopv)
Posted by: MkY at July 24, 2026 11:01 AM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:02 AM (2YhKe)
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Preventing the 17th Amendment from being passed would have done a lot.
Repealing it now would create a host of problems and probably solve very little.
The only real solution is enthusiastic and frequent primary challenges to Senators.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:02 AM (RWrid)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)
You misspelled "helicopter rides".
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2026 11:05 AM (jehhT)
There are a few (like the Toyota Chairman who was forced out) who can tell that it's a lemming trail off a cliff.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 24, 2026 11:06 AM (XHO5P)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)
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Another example.
McConnell owns the machine in Kentucky. No way on earth would repealing the 17th have led to the state legislature of KY removing him from office.
Same with Graham in SC (though I grew to like him more as we got further into the Trump era).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:06 AM (RWrid)
I think people who write for Motor Trend want us to have been waiting for it. I don't think we have been.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)
Ford, once again, f*cked up with that.
The Maverick was an affordable at the time 4 door family sedan.
What they SHOULD have done, which would've kept in line with their historical pickup truck lines, was make the new Ranger the Ford F-100 pickup, then bring in the Ranger, which was their mini pickup for years, as what they're calling the Maverick.
The Executive Board at Ford needs to be launched into the ocean via trebuchet to become shark shit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:06 AM (2YhKe)
The engineering crap was making the hose about 3" too short. It kept being kicked inside the cab, thereby flooding the passenger floorboard.
F'n inbreds.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 11:06 AM (oUopv)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)
Affinity marketing, they call it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 24, 2026 11:07 AM (Swy+8)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)
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California has term limits on its state legislators, and its government is fantastic.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:07 AM (RWrid)
Posted by: Buck Writes Good, Though at July 24, 2026 11:07 AM (JM9I6)
Riding cement trails around a golf course.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:02 AM (2YhKe)
I prefer gas golf carts. Especially ones that backfire and sound like someone popped off a 45!
Posted by: Doof at July 24, 2026 11:07 AM (Ogd6l)
Posted by: Archimedes
True, but I'm more interested in national politics than state. Having the state bufoons keep someone as a senator who's anathema to my interests would have me get VERY interested in state politics again.
Maybe not a bad thing.
Posted by: MkY at July 24, 2026 11:07 AM (q6tQZ)
How is he going to build a car that looks like a penis?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:07 AM (2YhKe)
Again, it's spelled "helicopter rides". Are you people being deliberately provocative?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)
Until you put a cooler full of ice and beer in the bed. The estimated range then drops to 275. Tow an empty trailer and you're down around the 200 mile range.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:09 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Electric Truck Lobby at July 24, 2026 11:09 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:07 AM (2YhKe)
Best I can do is the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.
Posted by: Rick Harrison at July 24, 2026 11:09 AM (3aLWR)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:07 AM (2YhKe)
That design is copyrighted!
Posted by: Oscar Meyer at July 24, 2026 11:09 AM (Ogd6l)
20 “A $24,950 Electric Pickup Truck? Bezos-Backed Company Ready to Take on Tesla” [Finance Yahoo - 6/26/2026]
How is he going to build a car that looks like a penis?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:07 AM (2YhKe)
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One piece at a time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:10 AM (RWrid)
The Senate would still be more oriented to the interest of the state and not the so swayed by "causes". Trump could actually win by making most states happy.
And that would be better than federal ideologues sitting on things not because their state couldn't use it, but because their image on a national stage would change.
Perhaps Cornryn would never have become Cornryn if the 17th amendment had never been ratified.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 11:10 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 24, 2026 11:11 AM (SwCxT)
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 11:11 AM (Nyq9f)
still like baking in ounces. I flip back and forth but I like the ounces to two decimal places. I don't see how halving or doubling 29.86 is any more or less easy than doing that to 676 grams
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026
Just the opposite, e switched to metric for baking for the dry ingredients and sugar because it is way easier to scale. Eggs remain unscalable, guess and hope,err on to much.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 24, 2026 11:11 AM (sl73Y)
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At first glans it doesn't seem possible.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 24, 2026 11:11 AM (Swy+8)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)
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Or discipline.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 11:12 AM (Fi81e)
The Senate would still be more oriented to the interest of the state and not the so swayed by "causes". Trump could actually win by making most states happy.
And that would be better than federal ideologues sitting on things not because their state couldn't use it, but because their image on a national stage would change.
Perhaps Cornryn would never have become Cornryn if the 17th amendment had never been ratified.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 11:10 AM (Fi81e)
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I think the largest problem now is federal block grants. State legislatures are addicted already, and their choices of senators would become increasingly defined by this addiction.
Yes, never having the 17th would have prevented a Cornyn maybe. Repealing it now would just enlarge other issues while solving almost nothing at all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:12 AM (RWrid)
Posted by: Shooting Yourself In Foot at July 24, 2026 11:12 AM (JM9I6)
Even Golf carts would be perfect in some places for many people.
But they aren’t interested in what actually works, they want to replace it with what sounds good.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 11:12 AM (GbFT6)
We have a golf cart for around the property.
Going to the garden, working the bees, running down to the mower shed... I would NEVER buy an etruck for general use.
Posted by: MkY at July 24, 2026 11:12 AM (q6tQZ)
I prefer gas golf carts. Especially ones that backfire and sound like someone popped off a 45!
Posted by: Doof at July 24, 2026 11:07 AM (Ogd6l)
In the middle of your downswing.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:12 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 24, 2026 11:13 AM (Swy+8)
You kids and your euphemisms for sex...
*rolls eyes*
Still, I kind of like "working the bees".
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)
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Golf carts. Perfect for this.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 11:14 AM (GbFT6)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 24, 2026 11:13 AM (Swy+
Real electric vehicles have never been tried.
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 11:14 AM (Nyq9f)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:12 AM (RWrid)
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Block grants are there because people were trying to increase the federal hold over the states. It somebody in Congress is there only because they represent the state interest, we probably will have less of that.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 11:14 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: MkY
I forgot to add... when the cart runs out of juice in the middle of the woods, I can go tow it back with a tractor.
Posted by: MkY at July 24, 2026 11:14 AM (q6tQZ)
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I think the judiciary is the bigger issue. They're responsible for upholding laws, even bad ones, or ignoring and they hand down punishments (or don't) depending on the political persuasion of the accused.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2026 11:14 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 24, 2026 11:15 AM (Swy+8)
You kids and your euphemisms for sex...
*rolls eyes*
Still, I kind of like "working the bees".
Posted by: Archimedes
Going to the garden... to plow.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 11:15 AM (oUopv)
Posted by: Suburban guys everywhere at July 24, 2026 11:15 AM (2Ez/1)
I forgot to add... when the cart runs out of juice in the middle of the woods, I can go tow it back with a tractor.
Posted by: MkY at July 24, 2026 11:14 AM (q6tQZ)
And dropping $2 to 4k every 4 to 7 years for new batteries in the cart.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:15 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:06 AM
Why do you hate us?
Posted by: The Sharks at July 24, 2026 11:16 AM (kgE5c)
Some Fools Never Learn – Ford & VW Prepare to Roll Out New Small Electric Pickups
Are they going to be radio controlled?
Will they be able to do wheelies?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 24, 2026 11:16 AM (09t5c)
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I get my HiLux diesel with a blown 4 banger?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 11:16 AM (RBKzD)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 11:16 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: RichieC at July 24, 2026 11:16 AM (n4Uod)
I've been seeing more Ford Lightnings on the road lately.
Not a lot. Just more.
I've got to assume that the dealerships are pretty much giving them away, maybe a BOGO deal or-
in a deal with McDonald's...Free with every Happy Meal.
Also, as mentioned in the last thread a lot more Volvo Snowbilly SUVs on the road recently.
Any thoughts, morons and eyes?
Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2026 11:16 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Suburban guys everywhere at July 24, 2026 11:15 AM (2Ez/1)
We don't have roving bands of terrorists parading through the desolate areas in the US.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:16 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Doof at July 24, 2026 11:07 AM (Ogd6l)
In the middle of your downswing.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:12 AM (2YhKe)
Of course!
I actually get a kick out of the backfiring cart. It gives me an opportunity to drop a reference to the Baltimore City golf course I played a lot back in the day (Clifton Park). The area it is in was less than ideal back in the 90s. I wouldn't dare go to that area these days!
Posted by: Doof at July 24, 2026 11:17 AM (Ogd6l)
Maybe not a bad thing.
Posted by: MkY at July 24, 2026 11:07 AM (q6tQZ)
This. Much of what we're seeing nowadays is the lack of interest in state and local politics, I.E., the creeper mayor in NYC. Anything that will re-align focus closer to home is a good thing.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 24, 2026 11:17 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: RichieC at July 24, 2026 11:16 AM (n4Uod)
Joe Xiden is back?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:18 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: meh at July 24, 2026 11:18 AM (XeEnw)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:15 AM (2YhKe)
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I converted our cart from lead-acid to LiPO4 two years ago, and expect to get at least another 8-10 years out of the batteries with the amount of usage the cart sees. Total cost to convert including 48v in batteries was $1800.
Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 11:18 AM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 11:14 AM (Fi81e)
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I think the fraud revelations over the last year or so have shown that there is virtually no actual control of the federal government over states regarding the states' spending of block grant moneys.
State legislatures will simply react to their sudden power over federal senators by instructing them to increase the funding and making sure the federal government doesn't investigate how they spend it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:18 AM (RWrid)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 24, 2026 11:18 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:07 AM
We're right here, you know.
Posted by: The Ambiguously Gay Duo at July 24, 2026 11:18 AM (kgE5c)
The Ford Huffy
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 24, 2026 11:18 AM (09t5c)
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The power generating capacity isn’t there either. Nor the grid capacity.
It really is an eye opener to have belligerently ignorant assholes running things. Everyone just shrugs. “Whattaya gonna do?”
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 11:18 AM (GbFT6)
Nah, $400 for the 6 from the discount battery guy.
Posted by: MkY at July 24, 2026 11:18 AM (q6tQZ)
In real life you will be lucky to get 200 miles of range on a full battery.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 24, 2026 11:19 AM (0N4FZ)
The base truck is, yes - $25k.
The paint job is extra. Yes, the paint is extra. There's no infotainment, no power anything. If you want the SUV "module" thats another $5000 if I recall, and it doesn't actually include rear seats.
The issue with all of these small EV trucks is that... the Ford Maverick exists for a $33k starting price. It doesn't have the baggage of being an EV and it's actually a damn good vehicle.
Anyone who competitively shops these vehicles - will quickly find that the Maverick is the ticket. If Ford wanted to put an electric motor in the Maverick - that would be their best chance for a success in that market - but it would be north of $45k apparently and therefore completely uncompetitive with its own model line.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 24, 2026 11:19 AM (WYStd)
The VW WeinerWagon
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 24, 2026 11:19 AM (09t5c)
Posted by: ...
By 1900, electric cars accounted for about 28% of vehicles on U.S. roads, and even President Woodrow Wilson used an electric car for official duties. However, limitations in battery range, high costs, and the rise of gasoline-powered cars eventually led to a decline in electric vehicle use by the 1930s.
The Ford Model T used a 177 cubic inch (2.9 L) side-valve, inline 4-cylinder engine producing 20 hp, renowned for its simplicity, reliability, and adaptability.
STILL OUTPERFORMED Evehicle.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 11:19 AM (oUopv)
Nice driving rig I must admit. He drives 60 miles to work everyday and that work includes driving to projects he monitors as a TxDOT engineer. All went well until he ran into the low battery scenario a couple of times. The second one had him sitting for an hour waiting to get a charge that lasted another 45 minutes in Flatonia's only charger. He got home at midnight.
Drove straight to the distributor in Houston and got his Chevy back the next day.
Posted by: DanMan at July 24, 2026 11:19 AM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Soviet Production Experts at July 24, 2026 11:19 AM (rJhDk)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 24, 2026 11:18 AM (2Ez/1)
Minus the two rear facing bed seats complete with post handles and a seat belt.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:20 AM (2YhKe)
Popular Senate elections just made an office that was a sort of "celebrity" among representatives. A more elite house.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 11:20 AM (Fi81e)
And voters would be more interested in the fools they send to their own State capitols.
I would like to see the 16th, 17th and 19th repealed and a re-recognition of the 10th.
Maybe after the gunsmoke clears after the Cloward/Piven crash whatever Heritage Americans survive can see fit to restore the Constitution as God intended.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 11:20 AM (9s47C)
I'm concerned that my conclusion, that the Chinese couldn't innovate their way out of a paper bag, that the advantages of AI are way overblown, and that electric vehicles aren't really a growth industry, is mistaken, but I guess we'll see.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at July 24, 2026 11:20 AM (Zst8M)
But making the US government and taxpayers fund it is exponentially worse with massive government mandates and subsidies and those are fortunately dead for the time being.
And I do think eventually that EVs will end up dominating the market--a) they are cheaper to make, b) battery technology continues to improve on density and cost, and c) if we nuke up then we will have cheap electricity. A great deal of trips are well within an EV range of 300-500 miles for a lot of people living in metroplexes.
They do have challenges--flammability via runaway battery fires, we don't know much about component life, and range issues/charging are a limiting factor. Those are primarily engineering issues, not feasibility of the concept itself.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 11:20 AM (E4rtv)
The Ford Huffy Flintstone Edition
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 24, 2026 11:20 AM (09t5c)
Posted by: Doof at July
Especially when you can get them to backfire at the top of someones backswing.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 24, 2026 11:20 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 24, 2026 11:19 AM (09t5c)
Anyone who does not read that as "Veener Vaggon" need not consider themselves a friend of mine.
Posted by: Doof at July 24, 2026 11:21 AM (Ogd6l)
Posted by: Eromero at July 24, 2026 11:21 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 24, 2026 11:21 AM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 24, 2026 11:22 AM (DZ9Lv)
Got a mouse in your pocket, Motor Trend?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 11:22 AM (1z8ji)
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Is it that much? A good high quality 6 volt deep cycle is maybe $300. They use four (4) in a series-parallel arrangement iirc. It’s been a while. I think batteries are expensive, not $4k expensive though.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 11:22 AM (GbFT6)
Here's a thought. If the Feds are taking in money and then immediately shipping it back to the states via block grants, why don't we just stop taxing so much at the Federal level, and let the states decide if it's worth taxing their own constituents for it?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)
Here's a thought. If the Feds are taking in money and then immediately shipping it back to the states via block grants, why don't we just stop taxing so much at the Federal level, and let the states decide if it's worth taxing their own constituents for it?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)
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Fewer opportunities for graft.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:24 AM (RWrid)
So...we were on vacation in Scotland, Portugal and London and saw and road in a lot of EVs.
Most of the Uber/Bolt drivers were using EVs. Teslas were very popular and apparently the dream.
Every ride we caught in an EV, I asked the driver what they thought about their car.
They all loved their EVs...for work. Gas prices were a big concern and with their itty-bitty cities, etc- a single overnight charge at home would carry them through the day.
Interestingly, several mentioned that their EV was their work car mostly but if they did any distance driving they used their ICE for that.
So, there you go-
EVs for Uber work or in town boutique trips to Neiman-Marcus.
And not much else.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2026 11:24 AM (iJfKG)
Maybe after the gunsmoke clears after the Cloward/Piven crash whatever Heritage Americans survive can see fit to restore the Constitution as God intended.
Posted by: Community Notes
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And I would like a pony. Constitutional amendments are dead for the foreseeable future and I doubt you will get any 2/3 majority in Congress or conventions of states and then 3/4 of state legislatures.
Any Convention of the States might end up a runaway convention nowadays like the Constitutional Convention was only supposed to provide amendments to the Articles Congress, not write a new one.
We have a lot of what we can actually do like getting rid of our foreign oppressors and their traitorous accomplices in government offices without resorting to constitutional amendments.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 11:24 AM (E4rtv)
New ones are 48V
Posted by: MkY at July 24, 2026 11:24 AM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: MkY at July 24, 2026 11:25 AM (q6tQZ)
I do not believe that the political parties or state legislatures have changed for the better in the intervening years, and I know for a fact that human nature never has and never will.
Posted by: SciVo at July 24, 2026 11:26 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Doof at July 24, 2026 11:07 AM (Ogd6l)
I have a gas golf cart here at Peon Manor. Useful little bugger, would not want an electric one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 11:26 AM (1z8ji)
Any Convention of the States might end up a runaway convention nowadays like the Constitutional Convention was only supposed to provide amendments to the Articles Congress, not write a new one.
We have a lot of what we can actually do like getting rid of our foreign oppressors and their traitorous accomplices in government offices without resorting to constitutional amendments.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 11:24 AM (E4rtv)
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A generation of deportations might change the landscape, but otherwise, yeah.
No single suggested amendment is going to survive 3/4 of state legislatures. Not even a balanced budget. Not even term limits.
The entire American political landscape needs to shift drastically before amendments are even a remote possibility again.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:26 AM (RWrid)
Posted by: DanMan at July 24, 2026 11:26 AM (8uzBS)
I'm number thirteen thousand and something.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 24, 2026 11:27 AM (2Ez/1)
I do not believe that the political parties or state legislatures have changed for the better in the intervening years, and I know for a fact that human nature never has and never will.
Posted by: SciVo at July 24, 2026 11:26 AM (Sy6m/)
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Like half the states had already switched to popular elections already by the time the 17th passed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:27 AM (RWrid)
And not much else.
Posted by: naturalfake
I can see EVs doing better in a more congested area that requires mini cars anyway. Eurolands ridiculous fetish for net zero and other stupid policies against gas and diesel are also a factor. Fuel is much higher in the EU due to taxes and scarcity as you said.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 11:27 AM (E4rtv)
Nationalism was not simply patriotism, in fact it ridiculed "mere patriotism" which didn't want to solve things at the national level.
Nationalism moved us away from an interest-balanced government to a cause-oriented government, where we got more and more momentum toward "changing the world".
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 11:28 AM (Fi81e)
The Chinese have a national economic policy of beggaring their neighbors (everyone but the Chinese. How many Chinese EVs are the Euros going to buy when they can't afford the power to charge them or groceries because their own economies and tech bases have declined into third world status?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)
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Could it be that Ford (that big Tennessee plant) and others are finding a way to make use of, find a break even point, all the tools and tech that at the moment are a total loss. ie take all the Lightening crap, re-brand it and sell it to a different market.
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Buddy just bought another car, this time, it has a battery good for 35 miles and plugs in to a standard socket. He's delighted, so is his wife, she hated the big trucks. It's his city car. He never drives over 6 miles a day. It also has a gas engine for trips.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 11:28 AM (RBKzD)
EV sales in Europe have a 25% market share.
A 350 mile drive in a truck now costs about 100 dollars in gas.
Or
35 dollars in electrons.
Posted by: Paul at July 24, 2026 11:28 AM (dFAcn)
Posted by: Doof at July 24, 2026 11:17
Franklin Park golf couse, Boston, late sixties.
IFYKYK.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 24, 2026 11:28 AM (sl73Y)
They do have challenges--flammability via runaway battery fires, we don't know much about component life, and range issues/charging are a limiting factor. Those are primarily engineering issues, not feasibility of the concept itself.
And when that happens, I'll probably buy one. My dislike for the current generation of EVs isn't based on Luddism, it's based on a sober analysis of the pros and cons.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)
Maybe modern designs can handle deep discharges. (Maybe not, they sure catch on fire a lot).
They have to do a lot of things to hide certain realities. Cold weather temps means batteries are resistant to taking a charge, and giving up current.
“350 mile range” is under optimum temps. Gasoline engines lose range too, though not cut in half. They don’t refuse to take gasoline in the tank when it hits 35F
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 11:30 AM (GbFT6)
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 11:31 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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More than half. I think it was closer to 60-70 percent by the time the amendment was ratified. We forget the problems with state legislatures picking senators--for example, when one house of the leg is one party and the other house is another. Seats often sat vacant for long stretches. Then, you also had the fact that oligarchs literally bought their seats in Congress or greasy politicians served as brokers for these oligarchs who bought state legislatures wholesale. See Roscoe Conkling and his NY state machine.
If you really want to spend political capital, it would be more advantageous to limit the judiciary's role and I would go further and institute term limits on lower court judges as well. Perhaps Scotus too and put the number of justices in the Constitution itself to prevent court packing.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 11:32 AM (E4rtv)
I do not believe that the political parties or state legislatures have changed for the better in the intervening years, and I know for a fact that human nature never has and never will.
You are wise.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)
It had the indestructible 4.0 V6.
3 speed with overdrive
rollup
only option was locking diff, AC, and CD palyer.
I think I paid 9800 cash in 2000. It had 13k miles.
Just bought daughter Bronco Sport (same platform as maverick truck). It had 38 on the window and I paid 35 out the door.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 11:33 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: MkY
>Tells you that it's easier to pump liquid out of a tank than to install a bunch of high tech gear and become a slave to your energy provider.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 24, 2026 11:34 AM (SwCxT)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 11:26 AM (1z8ji)
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Why not? Having an electric golf cart to run around your own property (So not going very far) and having a dedicated place to charge it every day if needed (your house) is honestly the only really good use case for an electric vehicle.
Plugging a cart in when needed > Filling, toting, and storing jerry cans of gasoline.
The range on my cart is 60ish miles. I charge it maybe once a week or so.
Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 11:34 AM (oqH4h)
Oh, that is interesting! Small and a manual transmission, exactly what I'm looking for.
Posted by: t-bird at July 24, 2026 11:34 AM (E24OL)
If you really want to spend political capital, it would be more advantageous to limit the judiciary's role and I would go further and institute term limits on lower court judges as well. Perhaps Scotus too and put the number of justices in the Constitution itself to prevent court packing.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 11:32 AM (E4rtv)
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I do want to increase state legislature say in the federal government, though, so I think there's room in the question of the judiciary.
Something like a majority of state legislatures can overrule a SCOTUS decision, or state legislatures can remove lower court federal judges in the district level by super majorities, or the states in a circuit can remove circuit level judges by super majorities of a majority of states in the circuit.
Something like that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:34 AM (RWrid)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:26 AM (RWrid)
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Yup that's why you should listen to the DSA's "plans" and wonder if they have any idea what it would take to change the structure of America's government to their "plan". Don't worry about it, because a society that could ratify the DSA plan, is not a society you can save.
So, I hear their "plans" and laugh at them.
Because you either live in a country where the government has taken over and the pushback of the people against simply ignoring the Constitution, or the push back is not there, or 3/4ths of the state have ratified all that crap. We have lost the handle of limited government, or checks and balances and we have lost what makes our government singular.
For something that more represents many chaotic governments across the globe.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 11:34 AM (Fi81e)
And when that happens, I'll probably buy one. My dislike for the current generation of EVs isn't based on Luddism, it's based on a sober analysis of the pros and cons.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)
For myself it's the re-sale, trade-in value. Who wants to buy an EV with battery well into its latter half of life. I certainly don't.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 24, 2026 11:35 AM (g8Ew8)
I agree with all of this, especially term limits on SCOTUS.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Hate to tell your buddy but those are engineering kludges that have horrible reliability ratings due to complexity of having two drive systems.
I don't think anyone has made something like the diesel electric locomotive systems where the carbon fuel drives a generator that provides power to the wheels.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 11:35 AM (E4rtv)
The people didn't care for electric trucks. They also don't care for small trucks. So we'll give them small electric trucks!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 24, 2026 11:36 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Common
That 350 mile range is the same test track range that gives cars 42 mpg.
No real world scenarios though.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 11:36 AM (oUopv)
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The Feds have a printing press. Or a digital confetti Buck Generator.
Ask yourself why they need your tax revenue in the first place?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 11:36 AM (GbFT6)
Seems.... dubious.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2026 11:36 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: RichieC at July 24, 2026 11:16 AM (n4Uod)
So will a used gasoline powered truck. For that kind of service, tying up many thousands of dollars of capital in a new depreciating asset is a fool's errand.
I took a load of scrap metal to the scrap dealer this week, got $592 bucks and a dime. The truck I used, a 1988 Chevy 3/4 ton, I bought as government surplus for $600, many years ago. Still no rust, runs like a pup, smooth and quiet. Never lets me down.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 11:37 AM (1z8ji)
Seems.... dubious.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2026 11:36 AM (jehhT)
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Do the EVs have air conditioners in them?
Enigma!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:37 AM (RWrid)
The entire battery pack of the extended range F150 Conflagration contains as much energy as measure in Joules - as 4 gallons of unleaded gasoline. It takes about 30 seconds to "fill" a 4 gallon gas jerry can. To charge an F150 Lightning from 0 to 100 in 30 seconds - would require a charger that is capable of output 5 Megawatts or more.
The battery technology may exist to be able to support that charge rate - but the ability to deliver that charge rate *at scale* is simply impossible. Even if you put a nuke on every street corner, that energy generation simply doesn't exist right now, nor will it unless there's some kind of civilization-changing breakthrough.
You may say that you don't need to charge from 0 to 100 in 5 minutes. That may be true, but if everyone is driving EV's then your 20 to 80% charge is going to take longer, and longer, and longer, and longer because we simply don't have a way to reliably generate that electricity.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 24, 2026 11:38 AM (WYStd)
The new rather expensive BMW EV X5 model claims-
a 435 mile range, which if true, is the minimum range I would consider for buying an EV, although-
hot temps also kill battery range and we do get a lot of that here in the Lone Star State.
The price more or less kills any EV advantage to not buying gas for years.
And then there are all the other problems with battery-driven cars. These may be engineering probs or "the limits of physics" type probs, I guess we'll see.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2026 11:39 AM (iJfKG)
Something like a majority of state legislatures can overrule a SCOTUS decision, or state legislatures can remove lower court federal judges in the district level by super majorities, or the states in a circuit can remove circuit level judges by super majorities of a majority of states in the circuit.
Something like that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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That might possibly work as well but removal I think would be better addressed by term limits with the possibility of re-appointment so a judge does not go YOLO.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 11:39 AM (E4rtv)
And the odds that Paul, who is all in on EVs yo, also opposes new data centers because they use lots of power: 100%.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)
Seems.... dubious.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2026 11:36 AM
Imma press "X" to doubt.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 11:39 AM (kgE5c)
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It would get heavily discounted in practice. Sort or like a car with a blown engine. It isn’t worthless but it is worth less.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 11:39 AM (GbFT6)
Seems.... dubious.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
How DOES an EV's ac work? Gas engine ac works off of spinning motor and turning belts.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 11:39 AM (oUopv)
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 11:32 AM (E4rtv)
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Repealing the 17th is a non-starter for me if limiting the Court is on the table!
I have mentioned before the public slappings of judges (mainly, in jest).
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 11:39 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 11:39 AM (E4rtv)
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True. There's no reason for lower court judges to be lifetime appointments.
The Judiciary Act hasn't been modified in nearly 60 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:40 AM (RWrid)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 11:22 AM (GbFT6)
Depends on the type and quantity, of course. The only golf cart I had exposure to was the one we used for the marching band. It was pretty old and had been modified a few times, but used 8 - 6v lead acid batteries at around $125 each. Putting it a $1k every 3 or 4 years because they damn sure don't make batteries like they used to. I was anticipating things moving up from there.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:41 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 11:42 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: naturalfake
You can always tell the first hot day or the first cold day by the number of stranded vehicles on the toad whose battery Amber Heard'd the bed.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 11:42 AM (oUopv)
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Untrue. The energy density of the battery chemistry is a SCIENCE issue, not an engineering issue. Nothing comes close to the energy density of gasoline and diesel fuel.
If it did, the marketplace would have rewarded it long ago.
Engineering issues get rectified relatively quickly, but when you hit the hard stop on a science issue, all you can do is add tailfins and chrome.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 24, 2026 11:42 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 24, 2026 11:38 AM (WYStd)
Considering our present power grid, it's either EVs or A/C. Take your pick.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 24, 2026 11:43 AM (g8Ew8)
He's now dead.
Draw your own conclusions.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 11:43 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:07 AM (2YhKe)
Best I can do is the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.
Posted by: Rick Harrison at July 24, 2026 11:09 AM (3aLWR)
Bloodhound Gang, "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo"
Although it's technically not explicitly obscene, the innuendo is so hot and heavy that I hesitate to link it. I don't want to get blamed for someone getting in trouble with HR. You can do a search.
Posted by: SciVo at July 24, 2026 11:43 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 11:32 AM (E4rtv)
Interesting ideas. Maybe consider removing judicial immunity.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 24, 2026 11:44 AM (3Ope8)
He's now dead.
Draw your own conclusions.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 11:43 AM (Riz8t)
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*nods sagaciously*
You sacrificed him to Satan in a ritual dressed in funny clothes while wearing a goat's head as a mask.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:44 AM (RWrid)
Without regard to the merits of the 17th... isn't it interesting how ConInc is supine and accommodating of literally everything the Democrats want, no matter how much it enrages their base?
But then, suddenly they start getting real, real conservative, as in "we need to turn the clock back on this by at least a century, even though it will take a Constitutional amendment process to get it done," the instant a reliable ConInc liberal in good standing gets taken down by that same base?
They transform from John Lindsey to Edmund Burke with a click of the fingers.
If I didn't know better, I might think the conservatism of these highly principled men was entirely situational and always predicated on protecting the rice bowls of a gang of completely unprincipled useless eaters.
But that's just crazy talk.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2026 11:44 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 11:39 AM (oUopv)
Electric A/C Compressors - which are actually now used in ICE vehicles as well since the advent of those f*cking annoying auto-start-stop buttons.
I was actually thinking of converting my H1's old HT6 style compressor to an electric version - but the BTU's required to match my compressor's output, would require 120A @ 12V which is mighty toasty. I have a 200A alternator but that's cutting it close.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 24, 2026 11:44 AM (WYStd)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 24, 2026 11:44 AM (3Ope
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Judicial immunity is a creation of the judiciary itself. No law passed or signed.
I'd love to see the judiciary react to Congress passing a law affirming that judicial immunity is unconstitutional and the president signing it, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:45 AM (RWrid)
I don't think anyone has made something like the diesel electric locomotive systems where the carbon fuel drives a generator that provides power to the wheels.
Posted by: whig
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The reliability and frequency of repair write ups were pretty good.
Also customer satisfaction.
The diesel electric as used in trains was discussed here and it was explained that the system is not feasible on small systems.
I don't know. I sounds the best to me.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 11:45 AM (RBKzD)
50 amps DC for a “fast” boost charge for a standard automotive starting battery, but it can buckle plates.
I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near large battery packs and high current DC fast charging.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 11:45 AM (GbFT6)
Draw your own conclusions.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 11:43 AM (Riz8t)
Lady to doc: Tell my husband to quit eating gainesburgers, its dog food.
doc: nothing in there is gonna kill him
year later doc see lady
doc:hows the husband
Lady Dead
doc WTFO
Lady he got runned over chasin cars
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 11:45 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: DanMan
not as good a lyric as-drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry....
Posted by: Waxing Poetic at July 24, 2026 11:45 AM (JM9I6)
You must have missed the post Cloward/Piven crash caveat.
The current composition of our ballot casting demographic and of the near total erosion of a High Trust society—as we are light years away, and never returning to the John Madison target demographic of "moral and religious people" which is a requirement for a functional Constitutional Republic, is fully incapable of dealing with those "unbridled by morality and religion".
Basically, we are just rearranging the proverbial Titanic deck chairs.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 11:45 AM (pawvM)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
6v lead acid battery 232 amp hours - 4 pack on Amazon $1,029.49.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 11:45 AM (oUopv)
At anytime the Congress pleases, it can pass it's own clarification of the Will of the People.
Of course, judges can review the Congress that they have not violated the express Constitution. Outside a Constitutional issue, the judges are only interpreting what Congress meant, before Congress speaks again through the legislation process.
I think such an intentional expression would be in line with the original purpose of the SCOTUS.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 11:46 AM (Fi81e)
I think such an intentional expression would be in line with the original purpose of the SCOTUS.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 11:46 AM (Fi81e)
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*uses time machine to eliminate John Marshall in his childhood*
*comes back to 2026 America to discover flying cars, moon bases, and the complete lack of third-worldists at the federal level*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:48 AM (RWrid)
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Posted by: RichieC at July 24, 2026 11:16 AM (n4Uod)
Joe Xiden is back?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:18 AM (2YhKe)
LOL
Anyway wouldn't the proper commie term be "EVphobe"?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2026 11:48 AM (vDZgA)
Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 11:48 AM (oqH4h)
I don't know. I sounds the best to me.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 11:45 AM (RBKzD)
Edison up is Canada building diesel elec specialty trucks.
Great power. Great economy. Each wheel has a computer controlled motor. More importantly everything is 100% off the shelf with built in right to repair.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 11:48 AM (/+uur)
Plugging a cart in when needed > Filling, toting, and storing jerry cans of gasoline.
The range on my cart is 60ish miles. I charge it maybe once a week or so.
Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 11:34 AM (oqH4h)
I put fuel in it maybe 3 times a year. Got the cart given to me (it had a cracked frame) by a neighbor in exchange for fixing his two electric golf carts. Welded up the cracked frame, and it was good to go. Had to replace the drive belt once. When I park it for the Winter, I take out the cranking battery and store it indoors. If I had an electric cart, I would have to do that, six times.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 11:48 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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We are just now beginning to get some real world stats on long term EV longevity. It is more like laptops or hand tool lithium batteries--the range goes down because the battery loses efficiency but that is in relative terms like 80 percent of charge. Right now, as I understand it, the real risk for longevity is unseen battery damage from recharging and decharging cycles that can promote the runaway battery syndrome leading to fire. But solid, sodium/aluminum ion, or gel form batteries promise to reduce that risk further.
But, if gas vehicles continue to get more and more expensive and EVs are much cheaper, then you will start to see the EVs gain ground against IC engines among yutes.
A 24k EV pickup is a lot more affordable for someone than a bloated 40-50k IC engine mini pickup. Especially if they live in a metroplex, or a business fleet for things like pest control, etc. where you have a centralized facility for nightly recharging.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 11:49 AM (E4rtv)
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Good point. Many of the 28 US states that currently have Republican led legislatures will refuse to send their best. So we wouldn't have 56 Paxsons, but closer to 56 Cornyns.
Still, there is the threat of recalling and replacing the Senator that might keep them in line, somewhat, that these losers currently do not fear today.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 24, 2026 11:49 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: whig
The new Scout that was mentioned in the story - has a BEV version and a "range extender" version which uses batteries as its traction motor fuel source - but there's a small ICE engine in the trunk that kicks in when the charge is low and tries to "extend" the life of the battery.
Except that it can't keep up. It will, eventually deplete. I think they said something like 700 miles combined range when using the range extender version - but then you have a few drawbacks:
1) the added complexity of a dual fuel source powertrain
2) you now have to refuel twice when you're out of juice.
3) additional maintenance required on both systems
4) the weight of either the battery or the ICE engine serve as deadweight when the other is being used.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 24, 2026 11:50 AM (WYStd)
I'd love to see the judiciary react to Congress passing a law affirming that judicial immunity is unconstitutional and the president signing it, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:45 AM (RWrid)
Better yet, I'd like to see the victims family of someone killed by a criminal alien who was previously released by a judge sue hat judge just to establish precedence.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 24, 2026 11:50 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2026 11:50 AM (BI5O2)
The current composition of our ballot casting demographic and of the near total erosion of a High Trust society—as we are light years away, and never returning to the John Madison target demographic of "moral and religious people" which is a requirement for a functional Constitutional Republic, is fully incapable of dealing with those "unbridled by morality and religion".
Basically, we are just rearranging the proverbial Titanic deck chairs.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 11:45 AM (pawvM)
CP works when inner city crashes and forces suburbs to pay.
When you CP a country you get East German PoPo, Cuban economy, and Venezuela Infrastructure.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 11:51 AM (/+uur)
“Batteries die in July, they just don’t usually keel over till November”. Moving them to the trunk, remote from the 200° engine bay is a pretty tood idea.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 11:51 AM (GbFT6)
Mostly because those diesels are designed to be constantly running because starting and stopping take hours, and may not happen at all if the temps are low enough.
Also, weight is good for locomotives, it adds traction. Weight is horrible for vehicles, increased starting and stopping energy losses, hard on the wheels and roadway, handling sucks. Locomotives also have very different noise and exhaust regulations.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 11:51 AM (pawvM)
I.e. no unlimited powers like "Commerce" has become.
The Congress took their claim to regulate commerce, took over 1/6 of the economy and then threw it over the transom to the "Secretary of Health and Human Services" because "the Democrats were never going to lose another major election" at that time.
In other words, invoking their power to regulate commerce, they waived that power and conferred it to the day-to-day fiat of the executive office.
That kind of cheap run around the Constitution should not be allowed. Congress is allowed certain powers because they have to answer to the people as often as they do--especially the House.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 11:51 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 11:52 AM (/+uur)
But that's with a little bitty 1800-lb battery, apparently. If I put 9000 more lbs of battery in the bed, won't that give me the equivalent of another 20 gallons of range?
Ha! Problem solved. I should probably patent this idea in metric so they'll buy it.
Posted by: t-bird at July 24, 2026 11:52 AM (E24OL)
The current composition of our ballot casting demographic and of the near total erosion of a High Trust society—as we are light years away, and never returning to the John Madison target demographic of "moral and religious people" which is a requirement for a functional Constitutional Republic, is fully incapable of dealing with those "unbridled by morality and religion".
Basically, we are just rearranging the proverbial Titanic deck chairs.
Posted by: Community Notes
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I read it. At that point, whoever has the power to gun down its opponents is what will set the rules, not a constitutional process. Takes too long so in a crash, you will get a revolution not a constitutional development process.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 11:52 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 11:49 AM (E4rtv)
Except that its not a $25k EV Pickup and a 40-50k IC that are competing.
Its a $33k ICE. That comes with paint. And power windows. And a radio.
As soon as you start stacking "options" on the Slate it gets pretty pricey.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 24, 2026 11:52 AM (WYStd)
Road eating 37 inch all terrain tires, dual floating shocks, and a 5.2L Supercharged V-8 delivering 720 HP.
She chose...wisely!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 24, 2026 11:52 AM (2WIwB)
Bloodhound Gang, "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo"
Although it's technically not explicitly obscene, the innuendo is so hot and heavy that I hesitate to link it. I don't want to get blamed for someone getting in trouble with HR. You can do a search.
Posted by: SciVo at July 24, 2026 11:43 AM (Sy6m/)
That was horrible.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:53 AM (2YhKe)
“Batteries die in July, they just don’t usually keel over till November”. Moving them to the trunk, remote from the 200° engine bay is a pretty tood idea.
Posted by: Common Tater
Let's put them behind the headlights!
Posted by: Dodge Engineers
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 11:53 AM (oUopv)
*comes back to 2026 America to discover flying cars, moon bases, and the complete lack of third-worldists at the federal level*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:48 AM (RWrid)
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But Nazis, always Nazis.
We need to break those time machines.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 11:54 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 11:48 AM (oqH4h)
Lead-acid batteries are 100% recyclable, and the tech to do so is mature.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 11:54 AM (1z8ji)
Pure corporate welfare. It's what's for dinner. And breakfast and lunch.
Also: I expect the VW plant to pull a rope-a-dope. The plant is specifically designed to be able to build other kinds of vehicles, not just EV. With the first of the Scout models at least 2 years away from production, I expect the plant will be used for other purposes.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 24, 2026 11:55 AM (iFTx/)
*shudders*
Do you really think America could produce 56 Cornyns? Is there a Strategic Douchebag Reserve with which I am unfamiliar?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 11:55 AM (Riz8t)
Must have missed the "after the gunsmoke clears"
Our ancestors were dropped off in the middle of winter with a less than helpful welcoming committee and barely more than a shovel and a dream, and within a few generations whipped the mightiest army on the Earth and a generation or so later became the world's super-power.
I have faith in the descendants of the colonists and our access to weapons.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 11:56 AM (9s47C)
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 11:56 AM (Fi81e)
Nah. Who am I kidding. The current Congress is useless.
We are progressing in paralysis.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 11:56 AM (Fi81e)
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A century of Congress ceding power to the executive has its effects.
The only real power is in the executive anymore.
Which is why Congress is a false prize. The only prize that really matters at the federal level is the presidency.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:57 AM (RWrid)
It's why we need a catalyst as a President. Because the rest of the "representative republic" is rotting.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 11:57 AM (Fi81e)
Every woman who rides in one will get a cap and start calling herself a trucker.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 11:57 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Chuck C at July 24, 2026 11:57 AM (TvrWq)
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Lead-acid batts generally can be charged at temperatures well below zero. Up until recently at least, the Lithium batteries are bricked starting at about 35F degrees or below.
They try to couch this in glowing terms, that they “incorporate protection circuitry!” But that’s not a feature it’s a bug.
I use lead acid batts in my RV year round. The Lithium were $800 to a $1000 per, and can’t be charged below freezing? fuck that.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 11:58 AM (GbFT6)
Most normal people realize that century-plus-old technology isn't *new*, faggot.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2026 11:58 AM (vDZgA)
Its a $33k ICE. That comes with paint. And power windows. And a radio.
As soon as you start stacking "options" on the Slate it gets pretty pricey.
Posted by: Defenestratus
I grew up with pickup trucks as work vehicles, not as luxe transportation. And cars were likewise not loaded up with geegaws.
To some extent, bare bones EVs actually limit a lot of that because it drains the battery. A/C was rolling the windows down, you had an AM radio with a tinny speaker, windows were crank down, there was no such thing as seat heaters, lcd displays, only a speedometer, idiot lights, and mebbe engine temp and rpm gauges.
People here argue what they want in a vehicle and assume universality. That is not the case in a free market but that has been the problem in the US. The government has put its thumb down on the market for a variety of reasons--environment, worry about Iran shutting down the gulf (CAFE), availability of refineries and thus cheaper gas, etc.
I can see someone in California metroplex looking at near 6-7 buck gas per gallon and doing mainly work to home trips looking at a cheap EV instead.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 11:59 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 24, 2026 11:59 AM (diia5)
It's why we need a catalyst as a President. Because the rest of the "representative republic" is rotting.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 11:57 AM (Fi81e)
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Until Congress is willing to actually wield the power of the purse beyond shutdown theater, all power lies in the presidency.
The House alone can shut down the executive by refusing to pass budgets, but it simply won't do it. They can shut down departments entirely by refusing to fund them, but they won't do it.
Until a GOP Congress says, "Fuck the EPA, it's unfunded," Congress is a false prize.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:59 AM (RWrid)
No consideration for Normalcy Bias? Like when Britains during WW2 were enjoying their afternoon tea sitting on the smoking ruins of their homes and businesses?
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 12:00 PM (9s47C)
Posted by: Common Tater
Sodium ion does not have that temp problem and just now hit the market. I expect it to take a big chunk out of the lead/acid battery market soon and probably price out lithium batteries for home power units like Powerwall. Aluminum ion is being tested by Tesla for similar reasons.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 12:00 PM (E4rtv)
And you only made long distance calls on Sunday.
Posted by: The world has changed at July 24, 2026 12:01 PM (2Ez/1)
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Also to a gazillion unelected unaccountable bureaucratic alphabet agencies making de facto laws but calling them “rules” or “policies”.
ProTip: if you can go to jail for breaking it, it ain’t a “rule”. It’s a law in everything but name.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 12:01 PM (GbFT6)
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Same for the "Blue Oval" plant(s) down in Glendale, KY. However those apparently were designed to produce only EV components (batteries and associated components).
The one, finished facility ran for a couple months, fulfilled the quota they were contracted for, then shut down. The other one is incomplete. Sitting there. Unused.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2026 12:01 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 11:16 AM (77rzZ)
I suspect that the issues with the Cali legislature have less to do with the interchangeable cogs who get inserted and more to do with whomever controls the cheat mechanism to ensure that a specific type of interchangeable cog gets put in.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 12:01 PM (ExV1e)
Until a GOP Congress says, "Fuck the EPA, it's unfunded," Congress is a false prize.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:59 AM (RWrid)
I fail to see how becoming a multi-millionaire for doing a job that requires very little of you whatsoever other than being able to win an election a 'false prize.'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 12:02 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: whig
Actually, if people are trying to argue about lead acid vs lithium, they should be arguing about work from home.
Why even get on the road for those jobs that don't require being in the office? We proved those jobs could be done during Covid.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 12:02 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: whig
Sodium batteries have a smaller charge than lithium. So much so that some companies are trying out 'hybrid' sodium/lithium packs. Not ready for prime time.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 24, 2026 12:02 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Rotkappchen at July 24, 2026 12:02 PM (j3Fsw)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 24, 2026 12:02 PM (fQFd2)
And you only made long distance calls on Sunday.
And we sacrificed children to Moloch! Good times.
What? I can't be the only one.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 12:03 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Community Notes
In your posited collapse, it would be more like Weimer Germany and normalcy bias goes out the window when you have Commies and fascists fighting it out in the streets.
WW2 was not a societal collapse for the Brits and instead welded them (and scarred them to some extent) to believe only by collective action could the British survive the war. They weren't fighting amongst themselves for scraps of food.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 12:03 PM (E4rtv)
Until a GOP Congress says, "Fuck the EPA, it's unfunded," Congress is a false prize.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 11:59 AM (RWrid)
I fail to see how becoming a multi-millionaire for doing a job that requires very little of you whatsoever other than being able to win an election a 'false prize.'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 12:02 PM (2YhKe)
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I was speaking from the perspective of the electorate, not those who get into office.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 12:03 PM (RWrid)
Posted by: Ralph at July 24, 2026 12:03 PM (8WZD4)
Posted by: The world has changed at July 24, 2026 12:01 PM
After 7 PM.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 12:04 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: whig
Actually, if people are trying to argue about lead acid vs lithium, they should be arguing about work from home.
Why even get on the road for those jobs that don't require being in the office? We proved those jobs could be done during Covid.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 12:02 PM (oUopv)
I think there is more heh, "backlash" from commie execs and HR turds about remote work than is realized.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2026 12:04 PM (vDZgA)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 12:05 PM (2YhKe)
Apples were spoiling because they spent so long in the machine. So Tony asks "So if we buy all the bad apples, then we can get to the fresh apples?"
Alex concludes, "They probably would think we like the spoiled apples and would never put any fresh apples into the machine."
Tony concludes "So, we can't ever have fresh apples."
The writers of Taxi were politically liberal. We used to have liberals who didn't dismiss "unintended consequences" as "right-wing talking points".
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 12:05 PM (Fi81e)
And you only made long distance calls on Sunday.
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And we sacrificed children to Moloch! Good times.
What? I can't be the only one.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 12:03 PM (Riz8t)
I thought you were Greek, not Carthginian.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2026 12:06 PM (vDZgA)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 12:06 PM (RBKzD)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 12:05 PM
*fisbump*
With a line attached to a wall.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 12:06 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 12:05 PM
*fisbump*
With a line attached to a wall.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 12:06 PM (kgE5c)
Buttons or rotary dial?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2026 12:07 PM (vDZgA)
I think it fostered poor work habits. What used to take 10 minutes in the office to resolve took a day working from home. That's my experience.
It wasn't like I could walk over to Joe's cubicle and get the answers I needed or whatever. I had to e-mail or call Joe and hope he replied in a timely fashion.
Joe never replied in a timely fashion.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2026 12:07 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2026 12:07 PM
Rotary. Then buttons.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 12:07 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 12:08 PM (77rzZ)
They try to couch this in glowing terms, that they “incorporate protection circuitry!” But that’s not a feature it’s a bug.
I use lead acid batts in my RV year round. The Lithium were $800 to a $1000 per, and can’t be charged below freezing? fuck that.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 11:58 AM (GbFT6)
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I don't play golf in 35 degree weather and I charge my cart in my garage that doesn't get down to 35F.
I cut about 200 lbs of weight out of my cart, gained 20 miles of range, and don't have to mess about with replacing heavy ass lead-acids when the Texas heat cooks them after 2-3 years.
Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 12:08 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 12:05 PM
*fisbump*
With a line attached to a wall.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 12:06 PM (kgE5c)
Buttons or rotary dial?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
"Sarah? Get me the general store".
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 12:08 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 24, 2026 12:08 PM (abScH)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
Actually, they are already out there including by some of the biggest manufacturers. Right now, the most efficient and most expensive lithium batteries have a density rating about 2:1 to sodium ion but when you consider EVs, the advantage is more like 3:2 in energy density as the most expensive batteries are just not used for mass market EVs that much.
In applications like Powerwalls, etc. the lower costs of sodium ion or aluminum shine as less fire risk, less problems with hazardous materials, and relative scarcity of lithium compared with sodium or aluminum. And sodium/aluminum can be charged and recharged more times than lithium without degradation plus a greater temp range.
We are probably closer to lithium ion limits than we are sodium or aluminum due to age of the technology.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 12:08 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 24, 2026 12:08 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 12:09 PM (RBKzD)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 24, 2026 12:08 PM
So does the RMBS Mom. Old school ftw.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 12:09 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2026 12:07 PM
Rotary. Then buttons.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 12:07 PM
Black or beige?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 24, 2026 12:09 PM (2Ez/1)
All I want for Christmas in July is the 1986 Mazda B2000 with manual transmission, windows, and door locks that my dad gave away to the local mechanic. And the 1970s Speed Queen washer and dryer that we left with the first house when we moved.
Posted by: Chuck C
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My Volvo 242 year unknown, probably 1979. 2-door, nothing power not even the steering. Some bitch rear-ended it and the insurance company called it a total loss, like maybe $500. I just saw one go for $6900 at auction.
Ditto for the laundry machines.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 24, 2026 12:09 PM (mmrXZ)
It's worse than that. "Homeowners" has an age demographic implication, so zoomers and half the millenials are immediately out. Bezos is being fucking retarded; Teslas, etc, are a luxury good for an older crowd that owns at least one home AND 2-3 gas vehicles already so they can just take the ICE cars when the WV won't get it done. There is no market for a limited range cheap EV because:
- the existing EV market isn't buying "cheap" or small
- those that could actually use a single econobox, EV or not, don't own homes, struggle with expensive parking, and likely don't have charger access. And - boomer blind spot - a shocking percentage don't have a license or know how to drive (living at home with their parents or in shitbox apartments with no parking)
HALF of those under 35 or so live with their parents. A third or so of the men don't work. Business leaders are being delusional about who can or will buy which products.
Posted by: heya at July 24, 2026 12:10 PM (ND37T)
Buttons or rotary dial?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2026 12:07 PM (vDZgA)
We had both at one point.
Then the 'cordless' phone came out.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 12:10 PM (2YhKe)
I think it fostered poor work habits. What used to take 10 minutes in the office to resolve took a day working from home. That's my experience.
It wasn't like I could walk over to Joe's cubicle and get the answers I needed or whatever. I had to e-mail or call Joe and hope he replied in a timely fashion.
Joe never replied in a timely fashion.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2026 12:07 PM (jehhT)
Then Joe is a slacker and work-from-home exposed it. Slackers are the problem, not wfh. In fact, maybe the *real* problem was the so-called management who were too chickenshit to deal with the revealed Joes and instead of rewarding the Martini Farmers, just brought everyone back to the office.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2026 12:10 PM (vDZgA)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 24, 2026 12:09 PM
It was the 70s. For all I know it could have been avocado.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 12:10 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 24, 2026 12:08 PM (abScH)
To be fair, you're still using dial up internet access......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 12:11 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: The world has changed
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Your expectations have changed, the world hasn't. If you are young and broke, you buy what you can afford or do without. Same with houses.
A lot of gee gaws are nice to have, but not essential.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 12:11 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 12:11 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 12:11 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Lily Tomlin at July 24, 2026 12:12 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2026 12:12 PM (vDZgA)
Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 12:14 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Max K at July 24, 2026 12:14 PM (WAUGm)
I think it fostered poor work habits. What used to take 10 minutes in the office to resolve took a day working from home. That's my experience.
It wasn't like I could walk over to Joe's cubicle and get the answers I needed or whatever. I had to e-mail or call Joe and hope he replied in a timely fashion.
Joe never replied in a timely fashion.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2026 12:07 PM (jehhT)"
This is the hallmark of an office that is primarily adult daycare, with people not doing real jobs, overseen by management that failed upwards. I am never wasting hours a day and a bunch of gas driving into an office again; but I don't need to, I am one of a couple dozen experts in a specific field and deliver real results.
Most office jobs are 15% people working, 70% people stealing air, and 15% actively hindering the real work. I would say this is a legit application for AI, but there is nothing else for these office decorators to do unless someone convinces them to stay home and have kids instead.
Posted by: heya at July 24, 2026 12:16 PM (ND37T)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 24, 2026 12:17 PM (ypYV4)
Posted by: free tibet at July 24, 2026 12:17 PM (iNp3L)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 12:06 PM (RBKzD)
A Diesel series hybrid is perfectly possible. 50 HP normally-aspirated 4 cylinder Diesel, driving a 30 kW generator. Make it 3-phase AC, 480 volts. A 400 volt battery pack with just enough capacity to move the car 5 or 10 miles, no more. 400 volt brushless motor at each wheel. Some power electronics. Diesel makes enough power to keep batteries charged while cruising at highway speeds or lower. To maintain speed on a big hill, the car draws power from the battery, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 12:18 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)
California has term limits. How's that working out?
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 24, 2026 12:26 PM (hmYU4)
Posted by: free tibet at July 24, 2026 12:17 PM
Not really a pickup. Just like the Ford Maverick it's a unibody. So an SUV with the back end opened up. Or a four door Chevy El Camino, if you will.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 24, 2026 12:27 PM (2Ez/1)
I think it fostered poor work habits. What used to take 10 minutes in the office to resolve took a day working from home. That's my experience.
It wasn't like I could walk over to Joe's cubicle and get the answers I needed or whatever. I had to e-mail or call Joe and hope he replied in a timely fashion.
Joe never replied in a timely fashion.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2026 12:07 PM (jehhT)
Then Joe is a slacker and work-from-home exposed it. Slackers are the problem, not wfh. In fact, maybe the *real* problem was the so-called management who were too chickenshit to deal with the revealed Joes and instead of rewarding the Martini Farmers, just brought everyone back to the office.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2026 12:10 PM (vDZgA)
I get far more work done from home than I do in the office because I don't have some jack wagon popping by my cube every 17 minutes with a question that isn't urgent, takes me away from whatever task I was already working on to answer it, and usually turns into some small talk that I have no use for because the person is a jack wagon.
Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 12:14 PM (oqH4h)
Ballistic=Joe
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at July 24, 2026 12:39 PM (igCg8)
Posted by: GWB at July 24, 2026 12:43 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: wth at July 24, 2026 12:44 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: PabloD at July 24, 2026 01:14 PM (2FqMA)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Bonaparte at the Pont D'Arcole
Antoine-Jean Gros
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No sunglasses.
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Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2026 09:33 AM (O0L8i)
Basically a smear spread by his haters.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2026 09:32 AM (3cUTc)
This message brought to you by The Foundation for Short Kings.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:34 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2026 09:33 AM (O0L8i)
3rd if you're Canadian.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 09:34 AM (2YhKe)
Basically a smear spread by his haters.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
I believe I've read that he was average height for that time period.
Posted by: Tuna at July 24, 2026 09:34 AM (lJ0H4)
Basically a smear spread by his haters.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
Tom Cruise is one inch taller than Nappy.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:34 AM (oUopv)
Posted by: George Costanza at July 24, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:34 AM (oUopv)
And 10% gayer.
But he does his own stunts so there's that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:35 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 09:35 AM (SgdqL)
For a 45 year Napoleonic era buff I am not a Napoleon fan Yet read everything I can of tje period.
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Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 09:36 AM (FZ29D)
Tom Cruise is one inch taller than Nappy.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:34 AM (oUopv)
Internet says Cruz is 5'7-3/4".......
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Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2026 09:35 AM (O0L8i)
I have never seen a portrait of her in which she looked, you know, particularly attractive.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:37 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 24, 2026 09:37 AM (26GAh)
- Napoleon
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Like this one would hang in my palatial mansion..Thx CBD, have a great weekend
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Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 24, 2026 09:37 AM (26GAh)
That flag had previously adorned a cupcake.
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Posted by: redridinghood at July 24, 2026 09:39 AM (NpAcC)
Bonaparte L' Effete - a limerick
In the midst of the battle he rose
While striking a fabulous pose
With a steely-eyed stare
From his finely coiffed hair
To the tip of his aristocratic nose!
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 24, 2026 09:39 AM (I0N4X)
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Posted by: She Hobbit at July 24, 2026 09:32 AM
Actually it's a swash. For his buckle.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 24, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)
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Posted by: redridinghood
I think it's called a sash, and it's supposed to keep your intestines from spilling out on to your mate.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 24, 2026 09:42 AM (diia5)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2026 09:35 AM (O0L8i)
I have never seen a portrait of her in which she looked, you know, particularly attractive.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:37 AM (ExV1e)
If you can't be with the one you love, honey, love the one you're with!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 09:42 AM (qRla/)
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Posted by: Sponge
*********
If you have to express your height down to the quarter of an inch, guess what...
...you're short!
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 24, 2026 09:43 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Edna Mode at July 24, 2026 09:43 AM (967/Q)
Posted by: rickb223
____
That would still make Nappy average or just a little above for his time.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 24, 2026 09:43 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher
He also portrayed Napoleon in a cute little comedy "The Emperor's New Clothes". Early 2000's IIRC.
Posted by: Tuna at July 24, 2026 09:43 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 09:43 AM (3uBP9)
A point of interest for me. Look at his eyes. They remind me of the eyes in the portrait by David done almost twenty years later. David shows an older, rounder Napoleon but the eyes are the same.
Posted by: JTB at July 24, 2026 09:44 AM (yTvNw)
https://tinyurl.com/ypuz5rws
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 09:39 AM (qRla/)
Here and I thought it would be this.........
https://youtu.be/OP653fXnd1I
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 09:44 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2026 09:44 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Skip at July 24, 2026 09:44 AM (xrWSS)
Bonaparte L' Effete - a limerick
In the midst of the battle he rose
While striking a fabulous pose
With a steely-eyed stare
From his finely coiffed hair
To the tip of his aristocratic nose!
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 24, 2026 09:39 AM (I0N4X)
*******
Well done!
Posted by: redridinghood at July 24, 2026 09:44 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Andy Warhol At The Campbell Soup Plant at July 24, 2026 09:45 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Tuna at July 24, 2026 09:34 AM (lJ0H4)
After the rest of them got their heads guillotined off, sure.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2026 09:45 AM (T2w7I)
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 09:45 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Bonaparte was supposedly between 5'5" & 5'7".
So anywhere between 3/4 of an inch to 2 & 3/4 of an inch.
"The French inch was actually longer than the British inch, leading to any height sounding shorter to the English-speaking world, including Napoleon's height."
https://tinyurl.com/45am87m8
I should have used the French inch back when dating.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:45 AM (oUopv)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 24, 2026 09:45 AM (l4RKn)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 24, 2026 09:45 AM (26GAh)
Posted by: Sir, I demand satisfaction at July 24, 2026 09:45 AM (967/Q)
Posted by: Skip at July 24, 2026 09:46 AM (xrWSS)
Posted by: Sponge
*********
If you have to express your height down to the quarter of an inch, guess what...
...you're short!
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 24, 2026 09:43 AM
I'm right here, you know.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 09:46 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: dantesed at July 24, 2026 09:46 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: JTB at July 24, 2026 09:46 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: dantesed at July 24, 2026 09:46 AM (Oy/m2)
Is his stomach full of jizz?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 09:47 AM (2YhKe)
++++
Lots of people get rounder as they get older.
Posted by: The bathroom scale at July 24, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 24, 2026 09:32 AM
Actually it's a swash. For his buckle.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
It's a sash. For his ay.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:47 AM (oUopv)
Posted by: dantesed at July 24, 2026 09:46 AM (Oy/m2)
Now that you mention it, i see it. If you want my body and you think I’m sexy 🎵
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 24, 2026 09:48 AM (26GAh)
++++
Lots of people get rounder as they get older.
Posted by: The bathroom scale
I AM in shape! Round is a shape!
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:48 AM (oUopv)
but what label? bang?
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 09:48 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 09:48 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: red speck at July 24, 2026 09:49 AM (Ve/HL)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:49 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Lincoln Arc-Welder at July 24, 2026 09:49 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:45 AM
There's a cute British chick with a EweToob cooking channel who, after carefully cutting something into six one-inch pieces, paused and said "That's what six inches is? I've been lied to all me life!"
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 09:49 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 24, 2026 09:49 AM (Nt9qU)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 24, 2026 09:49 AM (X58gq)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 09:50 AM (kgE5c)
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Luit en les loafferes - a limerick
Napoleon's expressive attaché
Did his job with a certain cachet
He floated on air
He was tres debonair
And he always had an elegant sash, eh?
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 24, 2026 09:51 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 09:51 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: The Sex Pistols at July 24, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 24, 2026 09:51 AM
So he was French Canadian?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 09:51 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: red speck at July 24, 2026 09:52 AM (Ve/HL)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 24, 2026 09:52 AM (XeU6L)
Basically a smear spread by his haters.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
I am so jaded by modern historians and journos that I suspect all histories now of bias and propaganda.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 24, 2026 09:53 AM (X58gq)
Posted by: Hair Today-Gone Tomorrow at July 24, 2026 09:53 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Hair Today-Gone Tomorrow at July 24, 2026 09:53 AM
*perks up*
Posted by: Pete Bootyjudge at July 24, 2026 09:54 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 24, 2026 09:54 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: BernieGPT at July 24, 2026 09:55 AM (967/Q)
All seriousness aside, the painting presents a strong image. The black uniform is *really* black, and the gold at his sash and belt are superbly rendered. His hair -- which makes him look like a '70s or '80s rocker, kind of like Rod Stewart -- is well textured as well.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 09:55 AM (wzUl9)
And while Nappy was a much better administrator then the old regime...he led France into another brutal conflict with all of Europe...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 09:55 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)
Almost looks a bit like Andrew Jackson.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:56 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Skip
You know, like watching CNN.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 09:57 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 09:57 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 09:55 AM
Ahhh hoooo!!!
Posted by: A London Werewolf at July 24, 2026 09:57 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 09:57 AM (wzUl9)
I see one guy's response is "The disagreement was never about whether people want secure borders, safe cities, or responsible spending. Most people do. "
and the comical thing is the responses are a mix of right leaning people saying no you idiot this is how we get those things and left leaning people saying of course we don't want any of those racist things Musk wants.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 09:57 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 24, 2026 09:57 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Just the punchline at July 24, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 09:57 AM (wVcYX)
Roger Taylor, perhaps? The drummer.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:59 AM (ExV1e)
Why not shouting to his men? Why not a little more forward angle, leaning into the charge? What the fuck is he wearing that gay little butt-scarf for?
Posted by: red speck at July 24, 2026 09:59 AM (Ve/HL)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: dantesed at July 24, 2026 09:46 AM (Oy/m2)
Hot legs!
Wearing me out.
Make me scream and shout.
I love ya, honey!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 09:59 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026
***
Mrs. Wolfus No. 2's joke, no doubt learned from her mother, was: "Why can't women measure distances or tell time? Because all their lives they've been told 'It's eight inches' and 'It's been at least twenty minutes!' "
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 10:00 AM (wzUl9)
but the bottle opener is a nice touch.
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:00 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: mr tmz at July 24, 2026 10:00 AM (rJ48h)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026
***
The untold story: Napoleon Bonaparte's affair with Maggie May!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 10:00 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: red speck at July 24, 2026 09:59 AM (Ve/HL)
I'm just impressed at the rodeo championship buckle he's wearing. I wonder what he got it for.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 10:00 AM (ExV1e)
Sophie Cunningham Reveals Exactly What She Wants in a Husband: “Lead Our House”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 10:02 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: 18-1
That's the thing with commies; the love the trappings of royalty and the murder... but mostly the murder.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 24, 2026 10:02 AM (diia5)
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:02 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 24, 2026 10:02 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:03 AM (R11M+)
Generals and Napoleon
Napoleonic Quarterly going 3 months at a time through the Napoleon era
Napoleonic Wars Podcast
Posted by: Skip at July 24, 2026 10:03 AM (xrWSS)
Posted by: Skip at July 24, 2026
***
So was Charlemagne. No wonder he was known as "Charles the Great."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 10:03 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 10:04 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: red speck at July 24, 2026 09:59 AM
It's his bustle. For his hedgerow.
Posted by: Don't be alarmed now at July 24, 2026 10:05 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:05 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 10:03 AM (wzUl9)
That and the fact that he killed everyone who called him Chuck.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 10:05 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 24, 2026 10:02 AM (qBdHI)
I seriously thought that Nick Gilder was a chick when I heard that song. Had the most feminine voice. then I saw a picture. I was still unconvinced.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 24, 2026 10:05 AM (PSEDc)
"The Peoplle Who Know Nothing Know Everything"
https://tinyurl.com/4fhuxrh4
This is an outstanding article and I highly recommend that everybody Read The Whole Danged Thing.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 24, 2026 10:06 AM (JNTt1)
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:06 AM (R11M+)
Charlemagne got very very lucky. He had a brother named Carloman and their father had split his lands between the two of them so when the father died war looked likely. But then Carloman died...probably naturally. And though he had sons of his own his wife decided to flee, essentially giving those lands to Charlemagne.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:06 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 24, 2026
***
Probably why Napoleon liked the portrait, too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 10:07 AM (wzUl9)
--
I think it was Don Kirschner's Rock Concert that I first saw him back in the '70s. I distinctly remember laughing at how weird looking (and sounding) I thought he was.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 24, 2026 10:07 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 09:57 AM (wVcYX)
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Rik Emmett of "Triumph" FTW!
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 24, 2026 10:07 AM (9EFgU)
English propaganda made it seem like he was much shorter than he was but in reality he was average height for a man of his era.
The more you know.
Posted by: Chaos at July 24, 2026 10:07 AM (GFRGc)
Charlemagne sent her a letter telling her that he had no intention of raping her and killing her children but he used the comic sans font so she didn't believe him.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 10:09 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: vmom
This smacks of McCarthyism.
Oh! I think I see what you mean. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at July 24, 2026 10:09 AM (O6Iwc)
Posted by: No Name Today at July 24, 2026 10:09 AM (8mulE)
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:10 AM (R11M+)
and sun light
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:11 AM (R11M+)
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Fascinating -- was unaware of that.
Reminder: the Mars Climate Orbiter disaster in 1999 was caused by a "unit mix-up," where one team used metric units (Newtons) while the contractor used imperial units (pound-force).
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 24, 2026 10:11 AM (9EFgU)
Don’t put them together on the same tray, or they’ll fight.
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 10:11 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: No Name Today
He used Lemon Up shampoo.
Posted by: Tuna at July 24, 2026 10:11 AM (lJ0H4)
(...wait for it...)
...a New Elbonian pull-apart?
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 24, 2026 10:11 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: From about a that Time at July 24, 2026 10:11 AM (+Iea0)
Posted by: Eromero at July 24, 2026 10:11 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Dead Yet? at July 24, 2026 10:11 AM (ftsic)
Posted by: cmeat
Chuck is like your crazy uncle in the attic.
Posted by: Ritchie Cunningham
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 10:12 AM (oUopv)
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:12 AM (R11M+)
Croissant
Danish
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:13 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:13 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: PabloD at July 24, 2026 09:36 AM
Come to think of it, Corn Pop wore ribbons and frills.
Posted by: Jos. Robinette Biden at July 24, 2026 10:14 AM (HwFfr)
Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 24, 2026 10:15 AM (JNTt1)
but only zacher torte had a war fought over it.
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:15 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 24, 2026 09:45 AM (26GAh)
In the aftermath of the Beer Hall Putsch, Schickelgruber and his posse were marching to the Feldhernnhalle when the bullets began flying. The first Nazi hit was a man whose arm was linked with Hitler's: Max von Scheubner-Richter, who took a shot to the chest and was killed instantly. As he fell, his deadweight yanked Hitler to the ground, sparing der Fuhrer from certain death.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 10:15 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2026 10:15 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:15 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 24, 2026 10:16 AM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 24, 2026 10:16 AM (HwFfr)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2026 10:17 AM (rbvCR)
"We're back again for another edition of the Republican Party's great replacement theory therapy session, where all the white men of the House Judiciary Committee lecture Americans on the importance of mass deportations."
Crockett also argued Republican immigration policies undermine what she called American values.
-
Jasmine Crockett: “Isn't it interesting that thousands of white people storming the US Capitol beating police officers made it home safely, but brown people posing no threat to ICE agents are suddenly killed in cold blood?”
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Going out with a bang.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 10:18 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 24, 2026 10:11 AM (9EFgU)
An Air Canada flight ran out of fuel mid-air right around the time Canada switched from imperial to metric. It happened because the ground crew mixed up metric and imperial units when calculating the amount of fuel needed.
Luckily for everyone there was an abandoned airport on the path of the flight that was used to land the plane safely. The pilot glided a 767 down, with no injuries for anyone on board.That’s some hero shit right there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider
Posted by: Chaos at July 24, 2026 10:19 AM (GFRGc)
Black heritage Americans see their political power reduced at exactly the same rate as white heritage Americans by the introduction of millions of muslims and Asians.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:19 AM (sKqQm)
but only zacher torte had a war fought over it.
Posted by: cmeat
The Pastry War, (1838–1839), began in November 1838 when French naval forces blockaded ports in Mexico, and captured San Juan de Ulúa in Veracruz.
You can learn a lot of useless trivia on Facebook.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 10:19 AM (oUopv)
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:19 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Hedwig, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 24, 2026 10:20 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:15 AM (sKqQm)
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BREAKING: Christopher Nolan Announces Next #Woke Project -- A Napoleon Biopic Starring Samuel L. Jackson in "Nappy."
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 24, 2026 10:20 AM (Cfsay)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:13 AM (sKqQm)
I think it was Austrian!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 24, 2026 10:16 AM (l4RKn)
Quite so. The crescent shape represents the Muslim banner.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 10:20 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:13 AM (sKqQm)
I think it was Austrian!
Correct. It was supposedly developed in honor of the Austria/Polish victory at the Siege of Vienna and later brought to France by a Viennese baker.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:20 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:20 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 24, 2026 10:21 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Don Lemon at July 24, 2026 10:21 AM (HwFfr)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 24, 2026 10:22 AM (E6ouU)
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:22 AM (R11M+)
I dare your worthless black ass to say that to the faces of the families of Ashli Babbitt and Roseanne Boyland.
Pustulent assholes like Crockett are why congress needs a shitload more Preston Brooks acolytes.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 10:22 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 24, 2026 10:22 AM (I0N4X)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. He's incredibly clean for being on a battlefield.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 24, 2026 10:22 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Pont D'Arcole at July 24, 2026 10:22 AM (Cv/v8)
Posted by: No Name Today at July 24, 2026 10:09 AM
Only his hairdresser knew for sure.
Posted by: L'Oreal at July 24, 2026 10:23 AM (2Ez/1)
I've seen plenty of threads about the people killed by ICE where the lefty poster rants that the police have no right to kill anyone peacefully protesting and when some right leaning poster brings up the murdered women on J6 the answer is always "that's (d)ifferent! They deserved to be killed. FAFO amiright?!?"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:23 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:56 AM (ExV1e)
I always thought Andrew Jackson looked a bit like Simon Bolivar.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2026 10:23 AM (rbvCR)
He'd even sent off for a set of the official weights and measures from Paris.
Only for the ship they were on to be captured by pirates.
Not a happy ending for all involved, of course.
But with the Imperial system, the US ended up:
Putting a man on the Moon
Building aircraft carriers (that still work)
Inventing the nuclear bomb
What's metric have to say for itself?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2026 10:24 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:15 AM (sKqQm)
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BREAKING: Christopher Nolan Announces Next #Woke Project -- A Napoleon Biopic Starring Samuel L. Jackson in "Nappy."
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 24, 2026 10:20 AM (Cfsay)
And Eldridge Cleaver, in his famous "Action Pants" as Napoleon's right-hand man, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, the indispensable Chief of Staff and Major-General of the Grande Armée.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 10:24 AM (wVcYX)
It's now a fashion, food, and boob thread. Might as well work guns into it.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 24, 2026 10:24 AM (HwFfr)
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 10:24 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 24, 2026 10:25 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:25 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Internationally-Acclaimed Actress Rula Lenska at July 24, 2026 10:25 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 10:24 AM (wVcYX)
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Snakes at Versailles.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 10:26 AM (Fi81e)
French: [kʁwasɑ̃]
The legends include tales that it was invented in Europe to celebrate the defeat of the Umayyad forces by the Franks at the Battle of Tours in 732, with the shape representing the Islamic crescent; that it was invented in Buda; or, according to other sources, in Vienna in 1683 to celebrate the defeat of the Ottomans by Christian forces in the siege of the city, as a reference to the crescents on the Ottoman flags, when bakers staying up all night heard the tunneling operation and gave the alarm.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 10:26 AM (oUopv)
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:26 AM (R11M+)
Pustulent assholes like Crockett are why congress needs a shitload more Preston Brooks acolytes.
Nah, they're largely going away anyway with the loss of the MM districts. Black America faces a choice; do you want to elect black faces who can appeal to more than you, or do you want to keep on electing black lunatics in ever decreasing numbers, effectively ghettoizing yourselves, and making yourselves irrelevant to a national party?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 10:26 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:56 AM (ExV1e)
I always thought Andrew Jackson looked a bit like Simon Bolivar.
Posted by: Kindltot
You mean that TV fella Simon Cowell?
Posted by: Auspex at July 24, 2026 10:27 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 24, 2026 10:11 AM
*The Gimli Glider has entered the chat*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 10:27 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 10:27 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Bumper sticker in the Smithsonian at July 24, 2026 10:27 AM (2Ez/1)
She is going to be a guest on msnbc for the next 10 years playing the angry back woman role. She knows exactly what’s she’s doing. It’s all calculated. And it’s effective because you’re talking about her.
Posted by: Chaos at July 24, 2026 10:27 AM (GFRGc)
https://shorturl.at/AwY7C
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 24, 2026 10:28 AM (XeU6L)
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During the darkest days of WWII, the Brits tried to reinforce Malta with new Spitfires. The plan was to launch them from an aircraft carrier to land on Malta. Launch point was determined by the range of the Spitfires. Unfortunately, the RAF used miles and the RN used knots so all the planes ran out of fuel and crashed into the Mediterranean.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 10:28 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 10:28 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 24, 2026 10:20 AM (Cfsay)
I am glad he abandoned the Ghengis Khan biopic project that was supposed to be a vehicle for Zendaya in the title role.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2026 10:28 AM (rbvCR)
I suspect few of those lunatics actually had a majority of voters in their district vote for them.
Yes the people in those districts aren't upset about it enough to do anything, but I don't believe that 51% of the people in those districts voted for their Hank Johnson types
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:29 AM (sKqQm)
1. Countries that use metric
2. Countries that have walked on the moon.
Posted by: Chaos at July 24, 2026 10:29 AM (GFRGc)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 24, 2026 10:29 AM (Q/e2v)
I suppose so, if you consider a minstrel show to be effective. That's what she's becoming. Both of MSNBC's viewers will like what they see.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 10:29 AM (Riz8t)
Hope you all have a wonderful day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 10:30 AM (qRla/)
It's now a fashion, food, and boob thread. Might as well work guns into it.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
The French Charleville musket vs the British Baker rifle?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 10:30 AM (oUopv)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at July 24, 2026 10:30 AM (icmmM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2026 10:30 AM (xSAlF)
This too is the story of the Nolan Odyssey...
Posted by: LizLem at July 24, 2026 10:30 AM (y1jtk)
A "Gone with the Wind" race recast was written up here a couple years ago, I think Melissa McCarthy played the Hattie McDanial role.
Posted by: Auspex at July 24, 2026 10:31 AM (Y8DZL)
1. Countries that use metric
2. Countries that have walked on the moon.
Posted by: Chaos at July 24, 2026 10:29 AM (GFRGc)
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That would cook as a meme, if it's not already.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 10:31 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 10:31 AM (3uBP9)
Don't be so mean
I like the way you look
But now I've got a date with the Duke
Not tonight ya Josephine
Don't be so mean
I'll stand on my heels for you
But now I've got a date at Waterloo
Posted by: LizLem at July 24, 2026 10:31 AM (y1jtk)
Napoleon held in a fart
Clenched his cheeks so they'd never part
Denied his backcourt
The fart left the wrong port
And blew Napoleon's Bonaparte!
Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2026 10:31 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)
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Racist bitch!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)
. . . after 5 months of BLM riots, including looting, destruction of property in the billions, and dozens dead.
Yes, Jasmine, isn't it amazing these "white people storming the capitol" managed to behave so much better than BLM and antifa.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 24, 2026 10:33 AM (X8xt3)
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Racist bitch!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
I'd be taking that all the way to SCOTUS.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 10:33 AM (oUopv)
decades later buell did the same thing.
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:34 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Chaos at July 24, 2026 10:34 AM (GFRGc)
2. Countries that have walked on the moon.
Posted by: Chaos at July 24, 2026 10:29 AM (GFRGc)
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Liberians have walked on the Moon?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 10:35 AM (FZ29D)
According to Duck.AI or something: 'The Justice Department has not published a single “resisting arrest” conviction count for January 6 cases specifically. '
Well, there must be a pattern here somewhere, I just can't quite put my finger on it.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 24, 2026 10:35 AM (w/O5Q)
EXCLUSIVE: Chuck Schumer Is A 5,000-Year-Old Shapeshifting Demon Who Lives Underground In A Flying Saucer Buried In New York!
Alex ain't wrong in principle . . .
Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2026 10:35 AM (rbvCR)
She was found not guilty with her behavior with the kid. It was behavior with the adult...saying a bad word to him...that got her convicted. Should be an easy 1st amendment case, no?
@JFGariepy
This trial was a travesty.
I am happy that the lawyer of Shiloh is energized for appeal. I will be supporting with further donations to fund the appeal.
Posted by: LizLem at July 24, 2026 10:35 AM (y1jtk)
Posted by: Chaos at July 24, 2026 10:34 AM
That, and "I can't drive 88.5" sounds stupid.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 10:36 AM (kgE5c)
1. A white woman armed with a car.
2. A white man armed with a gun.
Neither of these weapons were wielded by Jan 6th rioters.
Hardly that suddenly "brown people" are getting killed by ICE, or the people who were killed compare to protestors or rioters on January 6th.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 10:36 AM (Fi81e)
The Celsius temperature scale sucks even worse than the rest of the sucky metric system.
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: What's a fortnight? at July 24, 2026 10:36 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 10:30 AM
No love for the India Pattern Musket or Brown Bess?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 24, 2026 10:37 AM (fTdlq)
It's basically 3 lines repeating, ffs:
Hit the road, Jack
And don't you come 'round no more
No more, no more, no more
And they couldn't remember that.
Really isn't their best and brightest, is it?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2026 10:37 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Metric advocates trying to update horse racing at July 24, 2026 10:37 AM (Riz8t)
>>Two types of countries in the world
1. Countries that use metric
2. Countries that have walked on the moon.
The whole the US doesn't use metric and the world does is a misnomer, we use metric where it's appropriate and SAE where it's appropriate.
When you need a high degree of precision, shooting off rockets, piledriving structural steel, administering medicine, measuring whiskey we use metric, things that don't need precision we use SAE.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 24, 2026 10:38 AM (XV/Pl)
2. Countries that have walked on the moon.
Posted by: Chaos at July 24, 2026 10:29 AM (GFRGc)
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Liberians have walked on the Moon?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 10:35 AM (FZ29D)
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Fix: Countries that may have walked on the moon.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 10:38 AM (Fi81e)
Whose farts were a battlefield trap.
At the charge of the day,
His men ran away,
Yelling, “Mon Dieu! That’s a serious gap!”
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 24, 2026 10:38 AM (ugElV)
Posted by: What's a fortnight? at July 24, 2026 10:36 AM (2Ez/1)
And yet driving distances in Texas are measured in time.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 10:39 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Chaos at July 24, 2026 10:39 AM (GFRGc)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
"We don't use yards, we use meters! Totally different!"
Posted by: t-bird at July 24, 2026 10:39 AM (rJhDk)
Posted by: What's a fortnight? at July 24, 2026 10:36 AM
https://youtu.be/JYqfVE-fykk
Posted by: It can be hard to fathom at July 24, 2026 10:39 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 10:30 AM
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It was a French Mistake.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 10:39 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 24, 2026 10:39 AM (SwCxT)
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:40 AM (R11M+)
decades later buell did the same thing.
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:34 AM (R11M+)
I've noticed a lot more Volvo SUVs on the road recently, mostly the EX60 and EX90.
Any ideas why Snowbilly automotive technology is suddenly popular?
Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2026 10:40 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 24, 2026 10:38 AM
Tolerances of 0.001 inch or less aren't precision?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 24, 2026 10:40 AM (fTdlq)
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 10:41 AM (Fi81e)
On birthright citizenship, Fordham scholar wants ‘repercussions’ for conservative views
Law professors who support limits on birthright citizenship should be shunned in academia, according to a Fordham University scholar.
“There MUST be repercussions for the lawprofs who advanced such untenable arguments. Their behavior is — and I mean this literally, not dehumanizingly — parasitic,” John Pfaff (pictured) wrote in a since-deleted post on BlueSky.
https://tinyurl.com/5x8s35ux
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 10:41 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:42 AM (R11M+)
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It's really not useful for anything.
For everyday, it's garbage; "it's 30 degrees Celsius. You mean 86?"
For science, there's K and R that make more sense.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2026 10:42 AM (3cUTc)
We use both and are conversant in both, because they're the same.
- Ex-engineer and machinist.
Posted by: t-bird at July 24, 2026 10:42 AM (rJhDk)
And curbside pharmaceuticals.
Posted by: Drug dealers everywhere at July 24, 2026 10:43 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: banana Dream - Zed's dead, baby at July 24, 2026 10:43 AM (3uBP9)
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Ah. BlueSky. That explains the fascism.
"We can't win the argument, so we must struggle everyone who tries to win it."
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 10:43 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 10:44 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:44 AM (R11M+)
What is 1000 tons called sir? Nothing. How many yards in a mile? Nobody knows. 12 inches to a foot 12 feet to a yard? If only it were that simple.
But it’s our American thing so fuck all y'all who want to take it away.
Posted by: Chaos at July 24, 2026 10:44 AM (GFRGc)
Not a happy ending for all involved, of course.
The reasons why Jefferson went scorched earth on the Barbary pirates during his presidency becomes more and more clear!
Posted by: LizLem at July 24, 2026 10:44 AM (qqQuL)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 24, 2026 10:40 AM
The Dewey Fraction System never caught on.
Posted by: Your local librarian at July 24, 2026 10:45 AM (2Ez/1)
• Napoleon I (1769–1821), emperor 1804–14 and 1815; full name Napoleon Bonaparte; known as Napoleon.
In 1799, he joined a conspiracy that overthrew the Directory, becoming the supreme ruler of France.
He declared himself emperor in 1804 and established an empire stretching from Spain to Poland.
After defeats at Trafalgar in 1805 and in Russia in 1812, he abdicated and was exiled to the island of Elba in 1814.
He returned to power in 1815, but was defeated at Waterloo and exiled to the island of St. Helena.
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 10:45 AM (faghi)
EXCLUSIVE: Chuck Schumer Is A 5,000-Year-Old Shapeshifting Demon Who Lives Underground In A Flying Saucer Buried In New York!
Alex ain't wrong in principle . . .
Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2026 10:35 AM (rbvCR)
Frankly, I expect a lot more out a 5,000 Demon. No, Chuck is just a slimy, corrupt piece of every day garbage. He just happens to have been in place long enough to have done a lot of favors and distributed levels of graft that may be unrivaled in Human History.
He's not some supernatural force, he's the chump who threw a party with his parents on vacation and the place got trashed. He just doesn't give a F because there will be no consequences.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 24, 2026 10:46 AM (w/O5Q)
can someone explain what's up with his neck? it looks like he's fetterman's lump there under his shirt.
Posted by: anachronda at July 24, 2026 10:46 AM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 10:46 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:46 AM (R11M+)
What we didn’t do was change mileage on the highway, or mph. That’s about it. Fahrenheit works fine. Celsius works fine, anything works fine actually, and converting between standards is done all the time. Pay attention, or Bad Things happen.
It’s a non-issue, only brought up by people who have nothing better to do than rag on something they don’t really understand
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 10:47 AM (GbFT6)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 24, 2026 10:49 AM (fQFd2)
Any ideas why Snowbilly automotive technology is suddenly popular?
i thought they were owned by the chinese these days.
Posted by: anachronda at July 24, 2026 10:49 AM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 24, 2026 10:50 AM (DZ9Lv)
How it sorts out the people who can't reduce/increase fractions in their head.
What's next up from 1/2 inch? That's 4/8; so next is 5/8 or 9/16 (no one really does a 17/32 but it's there if you need it)
Metric; 10, 11, 12, 13 hur-dee-dur I can count the numbers
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2026 10:50 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 24, 2026 10:46 AM (w/O5Q)
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The Cat in the Hat is a lib fantasy. They have all the fun they want and miraculously everything is back into place at the end. Trust them. It will all work.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 10:50 AM (Fi81e)
Perferct
Posted by: Lizzy at July 24, 2026 09:54 AM (X8xt3)
98 Olgachy!
Posted by: BernieGPT at July 24, 2026 09:55 AM (967/Q)
What is up with the spelling, here?
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 10:50 AM (faghi)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 10:50 AM (3uBP9)
Again, if you are building a launch pad, you use the imperial system, if you are shooting rockets into space, from the launch pad, you are going to use the metric system.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 24, 2026 10:50 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 24, 2026 10:51 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 10:51 AM (77rzZ)
the volvos that transition from low rpm kompressor to hi rpm turbo are intriguing.
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:51 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: t-bird at July 24, 2026 10:51 AM (rJhDk)
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Oh, is that how it works? OK. Non-scholars want you run through a wood chipper. This could be a lot of fun!
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 10:51 AM (GbFT6)
Metric; 10, 11, 12, 13 hur-dee-dur I can count the numbers
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2026 10:50 AM (3cUTc)
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I've used a x/64 drill bit before.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 10:51 AM (Fi81e)
that's because texas is astronomically large.
Posted by: anachronda at July 24, 2026 10:52 AM (v3pYe)
Saw "Exit 8" last night on Shudder.
It's billed as one of those "liminal horror" movies so popular with the kids right now, and I suppose it is in a way.
But, really it's more of a psychological puzzle that's an allegory for personal and social responsibility in engaging the real world as opposed to the online/game world and indirectly addresses the falling birthrate in Japan.
*Whew* Pretty heavy lifting for a 95 minute movie, but there are no lecture at all. It all told within the context of the story with almost no dialogue.
This is definitely a "dig my groove" movie. Excellent acting, directing, story but very very slow burning.
If you can catch its vibe, you'll enjoy "Exit 8" a lot.
Check it out.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2026 10:52 AM (iJfKG)
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Well, most all liquor in the US is sold by the liter or milliliter.
Whether this is because it's sold overseas or nets big liquor more money is debatable.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2026 10:53 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: hermione at July 24, 2026 10:53 AM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 10:53 AM (xcxpd)
that's because texas is astronomically large.
Posted by: anachronda at July 24, 2026 10:52 AM (v3pYe)
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Texas is approximately 0.000132 light-years wide.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 10:53 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Socket set trivia at July 24, 2026 10:54 AM (2Ez/1)
Feet per second, mph, and nautical miles for distance.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 10:54 AM (GbFT6)
Posted by: Eromero at July 24, 2026 10:54 AM (LHPAg)
A measurement like 3 and 11.574/64" would make the metric crowd feel at home.
Posted by: t-bird at July 24, 2026 10:54 AM (rJhDk)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 10:54 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 10:54 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 10:53 AM (xcxpd)
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"Harumph!"
-Abel Gance, having made the great Napoleon epic in 1927
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 10:55 AM (RWrid)
Posted by: Eromero at July 24, 2026 10:54 AM (LHPAg)
it is an acquired skill. I never really mastered it, so I switched to handguns for EDC
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 10:55 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 10:55 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 10:53 AM (xcxpd)
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"Harumph!"
-Abel Gance, having made the great Napoleon epic in 1927
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 10:55 AM (RWrid)
I thought 'Waterloo' was the great Napolean epic.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 10:55 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 10:53 AM (FZ29D)
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Need that in AUs.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 10:55 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Jeez. 165 grains of bp. My .50 cal Hawken runs best on 70 to 90 grains.
According to Spearman in The British Gunner, the standard service charge for the Brown Bess was 6 drams (165 grains) of black powder, including the powder used for priming.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 10:55 AM (oUopv)
Toilet seats up/down, CE vs AD, the Nineteenth Amendment.
Daylight Saving. Online indicators of A Slow News Day.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 24, 2026 10:55 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:56 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 24, 2026 10:56 AM (SwCxT)
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I’ve never heard anyone say I weigh 60 kilograms or I’m a meter 78 tall. My house is measured in sq feet not meters. Water heaters are sold in gallon sizes. My shirt collar size is measured in inches not centimeters. TVs sizes are in inches. If I buy mulch I’m buying it in cubic yards. Tires sizes are inches. The list is endless.
Maybe officially the us is metric but normal every day life inside the us is lived in imperial.
Posted by: Chaos at July 24, 2026 10:56 AM (GFRGc)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 10:56 AM (77rzZ)
I thought 'Waterloo' was the great Napolean epic.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 10:55 AM (xcxpd)
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Bondarchuck can't match the effect of the triptych effect at the end of Gance's magnum opus.
Bondarchuck's War and Peace > Bondarchuck's Waterloo
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 10:56 AM (RWrid)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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Tossed her out.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 10:57 AM (RBKzD)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 10:57 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 10:53 AM (FZ29D)
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Need that in AUs.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 10:55 AM (Fi81e)
6184 furlongs.
Posted by: AoSHQ FFF Maven at July 24, 2026 10:57 AM (3aLWR)
>>Feet per second, mph, and nautical miles for distance.
Yes, because it's understandable at a human level, it's the reason why we made higher level computer languages that were human readable, because programming and visualizing at the fundamental level of the computer in 0's and 1's a tad difficult.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 24, 2026 10:57 AM (XV/Pl)
Leaked police memo warned officers to be wary of policing the BAME community during BLM riots for fear of risking community tensions.
According to a 2024 report by Lord Walney, the Government’s independent adviser on political violence and disruption, officers were “kicked to the ground” and pelted with bottles and other missiles.
However, during the riots, police were told to “be mindful of possible increased tensions when interacting with the BAME community”, and warned against arresting violent agitators.
Posted by: SMOD at July 24, 2026 10:58 AM (O7XEN)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 10:55 AM (2YhKe)
... and invite her to retort about freedom of speech? Let her rant.
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 10:58 AM (faghi)
Whether this is because it's sold overseas or nets big liquor more money is debatable.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
The best liquor is sold in mason jars.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 10:58 AM (oUopv)
Tossed her out.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 10:57 AM (RBKzD)
Voters did that. Congress needs to put her crap on record for the world to see historically in the hopes that shit like that never happens again.
I know, I know.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 10:58 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Doof at July 24, 2026 10:58 AM (Ogd6l)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 10:55 AM (2YhKe)
... and invite her to retort about freedom of speech? Let her rant.
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 10:58 AM (faghi)
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Congress censuring its own members for saying stupid shit?
Who wouldn't be censured?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 10:58 AM (RWrid)
Daylight Saving. Online indicators of A Slow News Day.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 24, 2026 10:55 AM (zdLoL)
Internet working is the best indicator of a Slow News Day
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 10:58 AM (Nyq9f)
that's because texas is astronomically large.
Posted by: anachronda at July 24, 2026 10:52 AM (v3pYe)
It's 12 parsecs across, just like the Kessel Run.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Long Ago and Far Away at July 24, 2026 10:58 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 10:53 AM (FZ29D)
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Need that in AUs.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 10:55 AM (Fi81e)
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Upon double-checking AI-generated math, I was off by a few decimal points...
It's more like Texas is 1.31 x 10^-10 light-years wide.
Or 8.32 x 10^-6 AUs
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 10:58 AM (FZ29D)
The best liquor is sold in mason jars.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 10:58 AM (oUopv)
And I'm almost out of the best I've ever had, and likely will never have again........
I haz sadz
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 10:59 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 24, 2026 11:00 AM (SwCxT)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 11:00 AM (RBKzD)
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 11:00 AM (R11M+)
Fahrenheit is more accurate than celsius.
No, it's more precise, at least as it's used in single units.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 11:00 AM (Riz8t)
In the summer of 2020, the Prime Minister appointed the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities to review the causes for race inequality in the UK. In its report, published on 31 March 2021, the Commission found that aggregate terms like ‘BAME’ (black, Asian and minority ethnic) were no longer helpful and should be dropped, advocating instead a focus on understanding disparities and outcomes for specific ethnic groups.
Posted by: SMOD at July 24, 2026 11:00 AM (O7XEN)
The fact that Napoleon remains the greatest hero of a country he killed and abandoned millions of young men tells you everything you need to know about France.
Great pic, CBD.
Posted by: Auspex at July 24, 2026 11:00 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 11:00 AM (Fi81e)
Congress censuring its own members for saying stupid shit?
Who wouldn't be censured?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 24, 2026 10:58 AM (RWrid)
There's stupid shit, then there's her inflammatory, racially biased, riot inducing, country splitting, civil war starting over the top bullshit.
There IS a difference.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:00 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 11:01 AM (oUopv)
Posted by: From about That Time at July 24, 2026 11:01 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 11:01 AM (oUopv)
Posted by: Auspex at July 24, 2026 11:00 AM (Y8DZL)
Really nice of you to add that Mitch McConnell comment as well.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 11:01 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:02 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 10:53 AM (FZ29D)
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Need that in AUs.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 10:55 AM (Fi81e)
6184 furlongs.
Posted by: AoSHQ FFF Maven at July 24, 2026 10:57 AM (3aLWR)
Or about 273,067 elephants.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Long Ago and Far Away at July 24, 2026 11:02 AM (wVcYX)
Fahrenheit is more accurate than celsius.
No, it's more precise, at least as it's used in single units.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 11:00 AM (Riz8t)
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F is also more oriented toward weather.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 11:02 AM (Fi81e)
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 11:03 AM (Nyq9f)
There IS a difference.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 11:00 AM (2YhKe)
She's reading from a script. Just their latest minstrel show.
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 11:04 AM (Nyq9f)
I think you mean America offshored manufacturing a long time ago, as anybody with a million wrenches and sockets at home can attest. The only metric thing in common usage that I can think of is a 2-liter bottle of Coke (which we all know is close enough to 1/126th of a hogshead).
Posted by: t-bird at July 24, 2026 11:06 AM (rJhDk)
Posted by: Why not hooves? at July 24, 2026 11:09 AM (2Ez/1)
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I always ask, 'what is that in imperial measurement?'.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 11:12 AM (RBKzD)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 11:13 AM (RBKzD)
Posted by: Eromero at July 24, 2026 10:54 AM (LHPAg)
it is an acquired skill. I never really mastered it, so I switched to handguns for EDC
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 10:55 AM (xcxpd)
True dat.
Posted by: Eromero at July 24, 2026 11:18 AM (LHPAg)
The Morning Report — 7/ 24 /26
Good Morning kids. With everything going on across the country and around the world today, and as you can see from the breadth and depth of the links this morning, there's a metric shit-ton of meshugas to deal with and unpack. Despite that this item just ticks me the hell off.
There Are No Ag ‘Jobs Americans Won’t Do’ If They Earn A Living WageIt's not so much the meat of the essay itself which I agree with .. .
Whenever Republicans talk about immigration enforcement, amnesty supporters chant the same tired line: What about picking crops? What about meat processing? Those are necessary jobs that Americans simply refuse to do. That argument was used to justify dozens of House Republicans’ latest mass amnesty effort. Their proposal would give illegal alien agriculture workers a pathway to legal status through the H-2A program, even though they have broken multiple laws by being in the United States illegally and getting a job without a work permit. Their employer has also violated the law by hiring these illegals.Indeed, so Psaki-Psircling back to that headline, it's this insane completely Commie Leftist garbage of a so-called "Living wage." What a person is paid is or at least in a sane world is merely a reflection of the value of the job or task performed as dictated by market forces such as the skills required to perform them and the availability or lack thereof of the people required to perform them in bringing a product or service to market at a price the public can afford and that an employer can afford to pay to have them performed to stay in business and still remain profitable. But as the author of this piece points out or at least hints at, is that it's the employers who have over the past several decades willingly employed legal and illegal aliens in order to keep their costs down and in doing so have done untold damage to the labor market and with it the societal dissolution that came with it as we are living through now. Beyond agriculture, whole industries, especially steel and automobile manufacturing and many others were off-shored deliberately so that corporate America can reap mass profits at the expense of the American worker and citizen, cheap mass-produced consumer goods notwithstanding. Forgetting the price tag for a moment, if wages across the board had parity with the cost-of-living in general would we really be paying that much more in real dollars if goods were produced here in America with American workers? Of course we still have to factor in the greed of the essentially Democrat-aligned labor unions as well as the mafia-like extortion of federal, state and local governments and their odious regulatory regimes that make everything that much more expensive. Yes, some sane and minimal degree of responsibility on the part of business is a necessary evil, but in the past that was the purview of the courts as well as enforced by a sense of moral responsibility of business owners not to kill or otherwise poison their neighbors and customers. Yes rounding up and deporting as many of the illegals as possible is to be applauded, but disincentivizing them from coming here in the first place begins with those who hire them in the first place. So this done forcefully and continually will have a salutary effect and is something we've been screaming about for years, so bravo to the President for this. Stiff fines and prison sentences will do the trick.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting Director Todd Lyons said in an interview Sunday that his agency will crack down on American companies hiring unauthorized workers. “Not only are we focused on those individuals that are, you know, working here illegally, we’re focused on these American companies that are actually exploiting these laborers,” Lyons said on CBS News’s “Face the Nation.” “These people that came here for a better life. You know, either, you know, forced labor, child trafficking, you know, a lot of these work site cases — just isn’t a victimless crime of someone here working illegally,” he added. “And that’s why we’re going there with these criminal warrants to focus on these American businesses that are trying to make an extra dollar on the backs of these people that came here for a better life.”Sadly we'll get just as much resistance from the GOP on this as we will from the Democrats, as is the gravamen of the aforementioned essay.
Pro-amnesty Republicans are allowing the agriculture industry to shut out American workers in favor of foreign migrants.Have a great weekend,
- CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
- The leaks have raised serious concerns within the Secret Service, the FBI, and the White House, given the potential risks posed by unauthorized disclosures. The suspended agent’s future remains uncertain as the investigation continues, with potential administrative or criminal consequences on the table.
Secret Service Agent Accused of Leaking Sensitive Info About Vance.
- How convenient that this new DSA crop proposes to fix the problems it’s causing.
Democratic Socialists Channel Cloward-Piven "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY - The fines aim to pressure illegal migrants to leave voluntarily while addressing economic concerns such as wage suppression and housing costs caused by illegal migration. While it is highly unlikely that it will be possible to collect the fines in full, many long-term illegal immigrants do have cars, properties, and other assets that could be seized to defray their bills, and DHS reports that over $1.2 million had been collected as of July 16.
DHS Imposes $84 Billion in Fines on Over 100,000 Illegal Migrants.
- "It’s a racket, a scam, and a public safety hazard."
Trump Forced To Release 65,000 ICE Detainees. Here’s Why.
- “When he was taken from us, it all died with him."
Illegal Who Murdered Beloved Restaurant Owner Sentenced To Prison
- Pro-amnesty Republicans are allowing the agriculture industry to shut out American workers in favor of foreign migrants.
There Are No Ag ‘Jobs Americans Won’t Do’ If They Earn A Living Wage
THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??) - “I am considering a massive attack. Bigger than ever before. I am close to making a decision. We are all set for it,” Trump told Axios, describing a potential operation that the outlet reported would exceed the scale of Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. campaign that began alongside Israel earlier this year.
Trump May Order ‘Massive Attack’ on Iran ‘Bigger Than Ever Before’ as U.S. Weighs Next Move
- “From this point forward, any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by Missile, Rocket, Drone, or any other device or weapon, the United States will bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT, including those located next to, or in, the Capital City of Tehran,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
Houthis Claim Two Attacks on Red Sea Saudi Oil Tankers as U.S. Completes 12th Night of Strikes
- Axios: “Using B-1 bombers, which can carry two dozen 2,000-lb. bombs or dozens of cruise missiles, signaled a significant escalation and expansion of the U.S. military campaign.”
Report: B-1 Bombers Deployed as U.S. Intensifies Iran Strikes
- Option A: The Iranian regime is toppled, its leaders killed or forced to flee, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is completely dismantled. Whatever government arises from the ashes is friendly to the West, or at least not openly hostile. . . At this point, President Trump has little choice but to follow through with Option A.
There Are Only Two Possible Endgames for Iran
- Yes, and the reason why is clear.
Does Iran Really Want a Nuclear Bomb?* * * * * - ...However, President Trump seems determined to see through the conflict, warning in a Truth Social post on Thursday morning that the U.S. could widen its strikes to target the Houthis in Yemen, who are currently moving to choke off the Red Sea as an alternative transit route for global oil, after Iran largely closed the Strait of Hormuz.
House Votes to Limit Trump’s Iran War Powers After Four Republicans Join Dems. DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE - The United States Geological Survey (USGS) data showed the 5.0 quake’s epicenter was just over 20 miles southeast of Spearman, Texas, KWCH reported. “The initial report shows that it could be felt as far away as an area near Kinsley, about 40 miles east of Dodge City.;Rare Magnitude 5.0 Earthquake Shakes Texas Panhandle
- The Federalist contacted 16 House Dems in competitive districts to see where they stand on packing SCOTUS and whether they’ll support HJR 1 when it comes to the floor.
Vulnerable House Dems Refuse To Say If They’ll Back Anti-Court-Packing Amendment
- The impasse comes days after a new poll signaled AOC's emergence as a formidable 2028 Democratic presidential contender.
Republicans Love This Titty-Caca AOC-Led Bill, But They Don’t Want To Pass It WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - Is there any end to this?
Muslim Migrants and the Mentally Retarded Girls They Rape OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS - ...“investigating claims that the suspect said ‘Allah Akbar,’ meaning ‘God is the greatest’ in Arabic, before one of the attacks.” The Jewish victim, Yezhak Grunhaus, was wearing a yarmulke at the time of the attack, having previously left the synagogue at Central Park Wes
Possible Hate Crime as Jewish, Asian Man Stabbed in New York City
- The New York mayor finally admits that his long-running threat to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu is a nonstarter—but did he actually believe that he could?
Mamdani and the Left’s Israel Fantasy FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - Restoring the FCC’s authority to auction spectrum licenses to the private sector was one of the many fantastic provisions of the Big Beauty that went largely unnoticed but has massive positive economic implications.
FCC To Unleash An Economic Boom, Thanks To Trump Tax Bill
- Regulation would help curb some of their biggest problems.
Prediction Market Ads Are Out of Control
- "Over the last month or so, I’ve had the opportunity to sleep with four different men ..."
Former CNN Star Reduced To Posting Risqué Photos, Blogging About Sex Life* * * * * - As the race to deploy more powerful models accelerates, so do the risks regulators and developers may not fully control.
Advanced OpenAI Model Goes Rogue and Hacks into Rival Firm’s AI System
- All roads point to one source of funding.
The Manufactured ‘Bipartisan’ Push for an AI Kill Switch
- Columbia County, Georgia, recently purchased almost 2,000 acres near an Amazon facility for the proposed data center.
Why This County Is Fighting For A Data Center THE ECONOMY, STUPID - Corporate America should understand that every act of cronyism purchases temporary protection at the expense of capitalism’s future.
Corporate America Must Reject Cronyism
- After all, you would expect that cash to flow back into the economy in two possible ways. Either it goes straight to the bottom line of the companies receiving it, as a kind of one-off bonus, or else it is passed on to customers in the form of lower prices. Judging by the data so far, remarkably little of it is showing up at the till.
Major US companies are pocketing the Trump tariff refunds and stiffing consumers. It’s time to pay up RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM - 'That sort of flexibility is just not something that I'm looking for,' Colorado Livestock Association CEO said of Manny Rutinel
Colorado Dem Running for Congress as 'Friend' of Ranchers Urged Meat Producers To 'Transition' to Plants To Fight Climate Change
- “Dear American journalists and social media ‘influencers’: for days, some of you have been criticizing and making fun of Paris because the city does not have A/C in every room…OMG, this is so rich!”
France Sees 5,700 Excess Deaths During Heatwave Amid AC Debate. CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY - The Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) said Thursday that murders in large American cities dropped 18 percent during the first half of 2026, putting the national homicide rate on pace for its lowest level since at least 1900, though eight cities recorded increases.
Report: Murder Rate on Pace for 126-Year Low, 8 Cities Buck Trend EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT - ‘The University’s deans have implemented changes,’ Harvard lawyers write in appellate brief
Harvard Touts ‘Counter-Zionist’ Professor, Palestinian Liberation Erotic Poetry Journal as Evidence of Progress Against Jew-Hate
- “Do you believe that all of us have implicit biases? Against which groups do you have implicit biases?”
Rep. Brandon Gill Grills Head of American Bar Association About DEI, Future of Law Schools THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH - There’s been a much wider spread of noncitizens on voter lists, defying the story Democrats have been telling in the Trump era.
Analysis: The Many Times Noncitizens Popped Up On Voter Rolls
- Along with a willfully complicit media.
President Trump’s Primetime Address Reaffirms Election Fraud And Deep State As America’s Greatest Threat DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY - Will the DOJ finally act?
VDH Video: Newsom Under Investigation
- AOC, Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush, and Ayanna Pressley all paid men with public money.
80% of ‘Squad’ Members Moved Money to ‘Squad-Husbands’
- The spot from Schumer's Senate Majority PAC stars Alan Harris, the romantic partner of Dan J Sullivan's Democrat campaign strategist
Chuck Schumer Denied Ties to ‘Decoy Dan Sullivan’—Then Featured the ‘Sham’ Alaska Senate Candidate’s Campaign ‘Rep’ in an Ad POLITICS - ...This is especially true when the Democrat brand is toxic even among its supporters.
'People Are Mad': House Democrats Watch Their Campaign Arm Burn Cash on Lost Causes
- We’re glad that one news network, at least, has taken us up on our advice.
Why Are Dems Dodging Questions About The DSA’s Radical Platform?
- Equating socialism with slavery is far more effective than trying to engage in pointless debates with communists.
Every American Needs To Know That Socialism Is Slavery
- It’s more of a joke than a nightmare, but it is, in fact, still scary.
‘Republicans’ Worst Nightmare’ is Apparently a Socialist Man Who Thinks He’s a Woman
- As long as the Democrats are invested in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Marxism, men of all races will abandon them.
The Democrat Party’s Intractable Masculinity Problem FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is at the East Asia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Manila, the Philippines, on Thursday and overnight Eastern Time held a bilateral meeting on the side-lines with his Russian counterpart, the veteran diplomat Sergei Lavrov. One of the only senior Russian political figures whose long career pre-dates and has survived the Putin era, Lavrov has been Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2004 and a Russian ambassador since the Soviet era.
Russia Tells Rubio America Sending More Weapons to Europe, Attempts to ‘Inflict Strategic Defeat’ are ‘Unacceptable’
- According to the latest poll from Insa, the AfD’s support climbed to 29 per cent, up half a percentage point from the previous week. Meanwhile, the governing centre-right Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) in Bavaria fell by another full point to 20.5 per cent.
Populist AfD Surges to Record Lead over German Chancellor’s Party
- If Trump can connect Saudi Arabia to the Abraham Accords, it would be a massive win.
Trump Gives Saudi Arabia Ultimatum Before He Signs Major Nuclear Deal
- Fair, nondiscriminatory treatment of U.S. companies serves both good economics and fair trade.
South Korea’s Crackdown on U.S. Companies Threatens South Koreans’ Access to Advanced Technology
- Citizens have a right to exist peacefully in their neighborhoods without being shot, intimidated, robbed or vandalized.
Italy Names the Problem. America Renames It.
- A fighting chance for democracy to prevail.
Turkey: Persecuted Opposition Leader to Create Breakaway Party to Challenge Erdogan DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS - But paranoid Israel-bashing now dominates the Democrat Party, so much so that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries didn’t dare whip Democratic votes against last week’s proposed amendment to zero out US aid to Israel, which more than half of House Dems proceeded to support.
Democrats’ shameful refusal to fund the Pentagon is making Titty-Caca AOC the heart of the party
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE - According to the report, a growing number of therapists now advise patients that cutting off parents or other close relatives is a legitimate form of self-care. A trend that treats walking away as the “healthy choice” has quietly replaced decades of therapy built around repairing family bonds.
Is This the Reason Your Leftist Relatives Are Cutting You Off?
- Christian Toto: X maestro vows to counter Nolan's 'woke' version with Grok-inspired alternative
The Perils (And Promise) of Elon Musk’s A.I. ‘Odyssey’
- The decline of LGBTQ characters in movies.
Is Hollywood Losing its Itch to Please LGBTQ Lobbyists?
- Technological progress isn’t ushering in an era of prosperity and bliss. It’s inaugurating an era of demonic, inhuman evils.
Our Transhumanist, Sci-Fi Future Has Arrived. But You’re Not Going To Like It HITHER & YON - “Several historical developments help explain EA’s success.”
Misanthropic Altruism
- What does that mean, exactly?
“I Stand with the Jews”
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 24, 2026 07:35 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 24, 2026 07:35 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 07:36 AM (/+uur)
Good morning, Horde.
Posted by: Inogame at July 24, 2026 07:36 AM (53oGX)
TGIF
Posted by: Skip at July 24, 2026 07:36 AM (xrWSS)
Posted by: fd at July 24, 2026 07:38 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Adam Smith's invisible hand at July 24, 2026 07:39 AM (2Ez/1)
May you and yours bask is the warm appreciation of your labors.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 24, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)
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"The Eyes of Texas are upon you,
All the livelong day.
The Eyes of Texas are upon you,
You cannot get away.
Do not think you can escape them
At night or early in the morn --
The Eyes of Texas are upon you
Til Gabriel blows his horn."
Just a good thing for you people to always remember!
Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2026 07:40 AM (iJfKG)
Why isn't the GOP exposing the DSA's radical platform? You don't have to answer that, we all know why..
Posted by: fd at July 24, 2026 07:40 AM (MWfyi)
THIS, my friends is how Trump is going to reverse the damage of Cash-For-Klunkers in a hugely and beautiful way.
G-Wagons and BMW M8 Competition cars going for auction prices.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 07:41 AM (xE0sV)
Sue to get paid. Repossess the Obama Monstrosity.
Dismantle, label blocks, reassembly on the NOK DMZ border as a guard tower.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 24, 2026 07:42 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 24, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)
Not when success is measured purely in YoY quarterly results.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 07:43 AM (nCgQz)
Every morning when I wake up I lie in bed for a while and promise myself that I won't go for a walk today. Then I get up and go for a walk. My will is weak.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 07:44 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 07:44 AM (2YhKe)
Willingly... or, you know, have to charge more. That'll work out well...
Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 07:44 AM (XuXeR)
They were not illegal aliens.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 24, 2026 07:45 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: one hour sober at July 24, 2026 07:45 AM (J4Dwc)
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A plane load of suspected ACRONYMS to Gitmo for an intense study session will elicit yuge amounts of so far secreted information regarding treachery toward this administration and the nation as a whole.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 07:45 AM (vC80E)
I'd really like to know the percentage of illegals here 'for a better life' as opposed to those just here for free shit and crime opportunity. I'm betting one vastly outweighs the other.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 07:45 AM (2YhKe)
Seems to me they missed the part that many people do NOT want the guaranteed national income.
Just like the 100 million or more that do NOT want the min federal wages.
They want (or need) more so they get the cert or degree. They come in early and stay late. They take that weekend shift.
Cloward and Piven assume that the 30 million poor will always be at the bottom. 56% of the bottom quintile workers move out of that within 10 years.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 07:46 AM (/+uur)
שבת שלום ומבורך
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 24, 2026 07:46 AM (KR4PD)
Si. The difference is that now so much of that Ag labor has been mechanized.
Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 07:46 AM (XuXeR)
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People will jump off bridges if you pay them enough.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 07:47 AM (vC80E)
Same people that fought keep slaves in 1860s.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 07:49 AM (/+uur)
Translation:
Marxism straight up.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 07:49 AM (nCgQz)
Posted by: Sister Agatha at July 24, 2026 07:49 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 24, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Stoner living in his parent's basement at July 24, 2026 07:51 AM (2Ez/1)
G-Wagons and BMW M8 Competition cars going for auction prices.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 07:41 AM (xE0sV)
One of the worst governmental programs ever. "Designed to help" sell cars, all it did was take quality used cars out of the market, priced existing used cars out of reach for MANY working class Americans and kept new car prices WELL out of reach for them as well.
Barack. A career out of f*cking those in the ass he was "hoped to change" for the better.
F*cking white guilt.......and fraud.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 07:52 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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A line of demarcation; Before Obama/After Obama.
Advertising in Central American newspapers, 'come on up for free stuff', changes the metric.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 07:53 AM (vC80E)
And why shouldn't men? Its the bedrock philosophy, hard-wired into women for raising a family.
Destroying the family and applying Toddler Ethics to the population at large is exactly how you end ordered civilization.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 07:53 AM (pUU4E)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 24, 2026 07:54 AM (INQN/)
Posted by: Uh, oh... at July 24, 2026 07:54 AM (2Ez/1)
But man, did it sound good in the dorm room. Especially after some weed...
/our betters
Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 07:54 AM (XuXeR)
Translation: Therapists activists advise patients to further erode the fundamental social structure—the family and continue to chip away at the intergenerational Social Contract.
Marxism straight up.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 07:49 AM (nCgQz)
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This is also what cults do.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 07:55 AM (FZ29D)
שבת שלום ומבורך
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 24, 2026 07:46 AM (KR4PD)
Godspeed, sir.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 07:55 AM (2YhKe)
Hold my beer. -- Senate Republicans
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)
/our betters
Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 07:54 AM (XuXeR)
*cuts to basement round table meetings in 'That 70's Show.'*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 07:56 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 24, 2026 07:57 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 07:57 AM (XuXeR)
This is also what cults do.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 07:55 AM (FZ29D)
Inshalla.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 07:57 AM (2YhKe)
Hold my beer. -- Senate Republicans
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)
I get whiplash hearing about how the democrats are squandering cash and in dire fund-raising straights one day and how they're rolling in contributions and set to outspend Republicans by gads the next day. This has been going on for decades.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 24, 2026 07:58 AM (INQN/)
Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 07:58 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: fd at July 24, 2026 07:59 AM (MWfyi)
"More dollars than sense."
Posted by: How many helicopters does your police department have? at July 24, 2026 07:59 AM (2Ez/1)
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Ain't gonna happen. The one's that don't pay their bills live in San Francisco.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 07:59 AM (vC80E)
In yesterday's news: Polls show that the vast majority want to socialize the AI industry with hopes to rake off the profits for underwriting their pet projects.
Which is either the biggest Pump & Dump investors are trying to stimulate because they believe that their AI investments (over $2T so far) are in trouble...
Or China knows that socializing American AI is the equivalent of sterilizing it and turning it into some freak show of reckless destruction. The virtual Trannification of Tech.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 08:00 AM (pUU4E)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 24, 2026 07:58 AM (INQN/)
Pedo O'Rourke had the largest war-chest in the history of ever and lost.
Where'd all that money go?
Talafreako is out-raising Paxton 4 to 1 or some shit........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 08:00 AM (2YhKe)
Pro-amnesty Republicans are allowing the agriculture industry to shut out American workers in favor of foreign migrants.”
This is thr core of the split in Texas between MAGA conservatives and the GOP-e, chamber of commerce, Bush family Republicans. They love their illegal immigrsnt labor because it profits them greatly and they don’t want it shut off.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2026 08:01 AM (T2w7I)
שבת שלום ומבורך
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 24, 2026 07:46 AM (KR4PD)
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Be safe, let us know.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 08:01 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: Kramer at July 24, 2026 08:02 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at July 24, 2026 08:02 AM (xrWSS)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 24, 2026 07:54 AM (INQN/)
I saw a clip where she asked him about his extreme, ultra right wing, neo-Nazi, extreme views (she likes extreme) and support for devils like Rupert Lowe. He said that normal people want secure borders, safe cities, and moderate government spending. She said... well, that's all fine... and I'm like - that's Rupert Lowe's fucking agenda, same as Trump.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 08:02 AM (ExV1e)
Let's give 'em one.
Call it a cost saving maneuver. Instead of sending them to Pantex Plant in Amarillo for decommissioning, spread them around Tehran for rapid decommissioning.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 08:02 AM (pUU4E)
Or China knows that socializing American AI is the equivalent of sterilizing it and turning it into some freak show of reckless destruction. The virtual Trannification of Tech.
Posted by: Community Notes
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Door #2.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 08:03 AM (vC80E)
The plumbing contractor at the Obama Abomination got stiffed to the extent of $4 m. The story is being ignored by the propaganda ministries. I wonder if they will ignore the stiffing of minority contractors?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 08:03 AM (NemxU)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 24, 2026 08:03 AM (qFwJc)
As for the term "living wage" I mock that as much as I mock "fair share" because no one ever wants to give a concrete example of either.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 24, 2026 08:04 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 24, 2026 08:04 AM (bkuEU)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 24, 2026 07:58 AM (INQN/)
The difference is that now The Democrats are squandering cash and in dire fund-raising straights while specific Democrats, who aren't going to win, are rolling in contributions and set to outspend their opponents.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 08:05 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: fd at July 24, 2026 08:05 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Smell the Glove "
He had to shut his business down. 30 jobs lost.
Posted by: fd at July 24, 2026 08:06 AM (MWfyi)
...asking for a friend.
Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 07:58 AM (XuXeR)
Just remember, when you sleep with her you also sleep with all the guys she's slept with. And she's gone from I was on the app for 30 minutes to 5 hours to a couple days to I've banged 4 guys this month. She's working her way up to an assembly line.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 08:07 AM (ExV1e)
They are devoted to the political strategery of "Concentrated benefits and dispersed costs"
They worship Mancur Olson as a god.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 08:07 AM (pawvM)
The plumbing contractor at the Obama Abomination got stiffed to the extent of $4 m. The story is being ignored by the propaganda ministries. I wonder if they will ignore the stiffing of minority contractors?
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Thought donors for the construction of presidential libraries put the money up front. What contractor is going to spend $4 million of his company money on the come?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 08:07 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 08:03 AM (NemxU)
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It would be kind of funny if the next time BHO needs a plumber to fix a leaky faucet at his house either no one will take the job or they'll tack on a $4 million surcharge...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 08:07 AM (FZ29D)
And then some Republicans come out in favor of amnesty. The Republicans could screw up a wet dream
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 08:07 AM (NemxU)
The plumbing contractor at the Obama Abomination got stiffed to the extent of $4 m. The story is being ignored by the propaganda ministries. I wonder if they will ignore the stiffing of minority contractors?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 08:03 AM (NemxU)
I'm trying real hard to feel bad for them, but I'm betting they ALL voted for that fraud and they're learning who he is good and hard.
Lord, please forgive me.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 08:07 AM (2YhKe)
And then some Republicans come out in favor of amnesty. The Republicans could screw up a wet dream
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 08:07 AM (NemxU)
But pandering works sooooooo good for the Democrats.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 08:08 AM (2YhKe)
See my comment #6.
Posted by: fd at July 24, 2026 08:08 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Trust fund kid at July 24, 2026 08:08 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 24, 2026 08:09 AM (TqDYN)
Of all the criticism of Trump, the one that lands true is his coddling of business.
Given his generation and background, I can understand his aversion to punishing corporations.
But the reality is, these massive entities are not only destroying our country with their practices, they are funding the enemies of freedom (the Dems) while doing so.
There is no long-term downside to gutting Cargil, Tyson, Sysco, et al.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2026 08:10 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: windbag at July 24, 2026 08:10 AM (QBuyb)
Posted by: Greenpeace at July 24, 2026 08:10 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 24, 2026 08:10 AM (u82oZ)
Conveniently after the primaries. Which is why members of Congress should be fitted with agonizers which can be triggered by any citizen for a small fee.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e)
The NFL preseason is 20 days away!!!!
Where you can pay full price for tickets and parking to watch a bunch of scabs stink up a field in an effort to make the special teams or practice squads while you drink $14 beers.
FOAD.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 08:11 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 24, 2026 08:11 AM (INQN/)
That's the best they can come up with. Says something, don't it?
Posted by: fd at July 24, 2026 08:11 AM (MWfyi)
++++
Bill Clinton came out of nowhere.
Posted by: Rhyming history at July 24, 2026 08:11 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 08:11 AM (2YhKe)
NYC is entirely too full of itself. Much like DC, it either needs to be broken apart back into separate, independent boroughs and the media, political and professional headquarters installed there scattered to the winds.
There is no reason that the mayor of NYC should have any more national attention than the mayor of New Orleans or Scranton.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 08:11 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 24, 2026 08:09 AM (TqDYN)
I dunno. Every time AOC gets mentioned at least a dozen guys here will go slack jawed and start droning on about her tits.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 08:07 AM (FZ29D)
Or, at least a $150,000 security deposit prior to initial inspection.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 08:13 AM (2YhKe)
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How about talking them to death?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 24, 2026 08:13 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 08:12 AM
So it's a boob thread?
Posted by: Just got here at July 24, 2026 08:14 AM (2Ez/1)
Isn't that sort of reversed?
Who makes all the DRAM, the SSDs, most appliances, most advanced phones, the highest tech cars (e.g. Genesis) KR or US?
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 08:14 AM (9Hs2w)
This being me, when I read "Shiloh was asked if she wanted to make a statement" and I knew the perfect thing she could have said.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 24, 2026 08:14 AM (/k3in)
I dunno. Every time AOC gets mentioned at least a dozen guys here will go slack jawed and start droning on about her tits.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)
I mean, there's like 4 guys patiently waiting for her to be forced to start an OnlyFans channel to survive...........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 08:14 AM (2YhKe)
Anyone that does that tells us they have not made a comprehensive study of the breast / personality conundrum.
Hint: Personality for the win.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 24, 2026 08:15 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Just got here at July 24, 2026 08:14 AM (2Ez/1)
By definition, all threads are boob threads.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 08:15 AM (ExV1e)
If the laws and policies are still there, enforce them. I think that's exactly what the administration's doing. The left's trying to justify them being ignored.
They're lawless little shits.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2026 08:15 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Carlos Ramirez at July 24, 2026 08:15 AM (JM9I6)
There is no reason that the mayor of NYC should have any more national attention than the mayor of New Orleans or Scranton.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 08:11 AM (qRla/)
*waves*
*shits jizz*
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at July 24, 2026 08:16 AM (2YhKe)
By definition, all threads are boob threads.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 08:15 AM (ExV1e)
All threads follow the guidelines:
1. Topic at hand
2. Boobs
3. Guns
4. Puns
5. Movies
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 08:18 AM (2YhKe)
Something like a 25 point loss.
But they're winning in deep blue seats!!
LOL
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2026 08:18 AM (3cUTc)
How about talking them to death?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 24, 2026 08:13 AM (JvZF+)
When you have to bomb, bomb. Don't talk. President Trump needs to shut his taco bowl hole and get to work.
Posted by: Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Ramirez Maria at July 24, 2026 08:18 AM (ftsic)
You mean the hot/crazy matrix?
https://youtu.be/pInk1rV2VEg
Posted by: Provided as a public service at July 24, 2026 08:18 AM (2Ez/1)
The US is poised to make good farmland much more productive with bio-engineered plants, laser week-killers, and mechanized harvest robots.
Ranching is currently outside that capital-intensive loop.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 24, 2026 08:18 AM (u82oZ)
Other than the fact that NYC is larger in population than 30 other states, has a GDP larger than 45 other states, and collects more tax revenue than 38 other states.
No factor, right?
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 08:19 AM (9Hs2w)
(shakes magic 8-ball)
My reply is no.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 24, 2026 08:21 AM (1Ff7Z)
How about talking them to death?
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Starvation is a great motivator.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 08:21 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 24, 2026 08:11 AM (INQN/)
I keep repeating that the majority GOP stance now is to wait Trump out, even if opposing him means that a few 'good' people have to be sacrificed.
Once Trump is out of office, who is going to champion the SAVE act with his energy? Vance? Rubio? RFK?
Trump is sui generis. MAGA may live on as a movement after his presidency, but I predict that it will be a wan shadow of itself. The right-leaning electorate simply does not have the stomach for the utter defenestration of the party that needs to occur. The GOP has been running on a 'business as usual' platform since Dewey; they're not going to change now.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 08:21 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 08:22 AM (vC80E)
Now if Sophie Cunningham ran as a Republican...
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 08:22 AM (NemxU)
Posted by: Dominique at July 24, 2026 08:22 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 24, 2026 08:22 AM (ugElV)
Posted by: fd at July 24, 2026 08:23 AM (MWfyi)
Good analysis. It really is up to us.
I hope you are feeling better.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 24, 2026 08:23 AM (u82oZ)
She went after him on all the issues we would expect, claiming he killed people with DOGE cuts to USAID, called him far right and said people hate him.
Elon countered very calmly by saying he is not even on the right, he's a centrist, but people on the left like her have gone so far left they claim everyone who doesn't agree with them is far right. He told her he didn't DOGE didn't kill anyone and USAID was a political organization, all his team did was identify areas of waste and all decisions were made by the administration and aid services were still be administered by State as appropriate. He also told her she had no idea how many people hate her and the media.
Kind of sums up where we are. The Overton Window moves both directions. That needs to be considered in looking at the political future.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2026 08:23 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Case at July 24, 2026 08:23 AM (bqIVz)
https://tinyurl.com/yv3svdmk
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 24, 2026 08:24 AM (punzO)
88 Trump May Order ‘Massive Attack’ on Iran ‘Bigger Than Ever Before’ as U.S. Weighs Next Move
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How about talking them to death?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 24, 2026 08:13 AM (JvZF+)
Time for more Teddy Roosevelt; a lot less talk, much bigger sticks. A bit ironic is that the Iranians are now forcing the US to Go Big whether we really want to or not.
As JJ’s link said, we have only two choices left - Forever War at this level, or go really big and end it that way.
“Negotiation” is only a fantasy choice now. (And that’s all it ever was)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2026 08:24 AM (T2w7I)
It's got electrolytes. Plants love it.
Posted by: Brawndo at July 24, 2026 08:25 AM (2Ez/1)
No factor, right?
Make it a state, then, and elevate its mayor to gubernatorial status. The opinions and actions of one city's mayor take up entirely too much attention.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 08:25 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Dominique
Dominique went to her head, resigned, lesbian, suicide. Sad.
Posted by: Do NUNS Get Defrocked, Or Only Priests? at July 24, 2026 08:25 AM (JM9I6)
Here is an alternative idea on why Trump talks:
He threatens, and our Intelligence agencies carefully look at what changes. For example, a truck leaving Pickaxe Mountain now can be followed to discover a new site.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 24, 2026 08:25 AM (u82oZ)
Look at last year's map.
Look at year before map.
Look at most of the maps.
Intensive blue votes in extreme blue areas where cheating is know to be order of the day.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 08:25 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 08:26 AM (NemxU)
Or the certain outcome: Immediately following Jan 20, 2029 The US surrenders to Iran in the same way the US surrendered to the Afghanistan Taliban.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 08:27 AM (BvPIe)
As I have said elsewhere, I am at the point that when I read about a journalist getting killed my first reaction is "What did they do to deserve it?"
Posted by: NR Pax at July 24, 2026 08:27 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 24, 2026 08:28 AM (JvZF+)
https://tinyurl.com/yv3svdmk
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 24, 2026 08:24 AM (punzO)
The last meme is perfect. She's the next generation's Bernie Sanders.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 08:28 AM (2YhKe)
On the topic of a "living wage", I am thoroughly sick and tired of hearing the dead weight do-nothing Bernie Sanders bloviate about it and countless other economic topics about which he knows nothing, much less has any practical experience in them.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 24, 2026 08:28 AM (s9VOe)
That's the best they can come up with. Says something, don't it?
Posted by: fd at July 24, 2026 08:11 AM (MWfyi)
I still think The New Bill Clinton will come.
Probably, after November's election.
Not sure who it will be. Someone mostly unknown or barely known. Probably, from the South or Midwest. Likely to be a white or black male. His(her) views will not be known, so he(she) can be labeled "a new way", which will be the same way as everybody else but said(disguised) with centrist words.
Actually, Walz, if he wasn't such a corrupt, stupid, hapless goofball and hadn't run with Harris, would pretty much fit the bill, He even has the "sassy, smart" "partner" that Dims love so much.
Someone like that though.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2026 08:28 AM (iJfKG)
Until then, there's not much motivation to get it done when a cheap alternative is readily available.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2026 08:28 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 24, 2026 08:29 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: The Blue Dress at July 24, 2026 08:29 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 08:21 AM (vC80E)
Not as great as we’d wish. 90% of North Koreans have lived at starvation levels for decades, and the 10% who run the system don’t care. 90% of Cuba is starving right now, but they’re too weak and sick to overthrow anything.
A government that hates its own people doesn’t care about starvation - it often makes them stronger, as they use food to reward their supporters. (Just like Stalin did)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2026 08:30 AM (T2w7I)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 08:21 AM (qRla/)
I agree on the sui generis part. But not so sure about the aftermath. Trump has unleashed something beyond any one man. What happens post-Trump is rich with possibilities that we cannot see yet. Expect the unexpected.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 24, 2026 08:30 AM (INQN/)
Good analysis. It really is up to us.
I hope you are feeling better.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 24, 2026 08:23 AM (u82oZ)
**shrugs**
Thanks, but it's no real analysis, just a reflection of my own cynicism and depression. I'm just an asshole commenter on a Smart Military Blog; JJ or CBD are the men for true, incisive analysis.
As for me personally, the cold has more or less broken. It doesn't hurt to swallow anymore, but my right ear is still blocked and I still have a lot of mucus rattling around in my chest. I'm trying to edit my novel, but I find myself so obsessive about it now that I'm nearly paralyzed by word choices and find myself rewriting sentences half a dozen times before going back to the original.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 08:30 AM (qRla/)
I want to decorate appropriately.
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 24, 2026 08:30 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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Aye, that's why the bombing was one week on and one week off.
Watch them scurry about.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 08:30 AM (vC80E)
"That's my girl! I'm so proud of her!" No parent ever.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 24, 2026 08:31 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 08:11 AM (qRla/)
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Except to say the city has a larger budget than all but six state governments, according to Grok. Only Texas, California, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and New York State spend more than NYC.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 24, 2026 08:31 AM (zOVA2)
Rochester NY announced a ban of late night gatherings of 10 or more after a shooting left 8 wounded including one yute of 12. There were already protests last night.
You can't expect the yutes to allow Midnight Basketball go the way of the Dodo, can you?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 24, 2026 08:31 AM (s9VOe)
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https://tinyurl.com/4vkmx5n5
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 08:32 AM (ndZc7)
Today Is National Tequila Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 24, 2026 08:29 AM (NpAcC)
In the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave-
Every day is National Tequila Day!
*takes shot*
Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2026 08:32 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Or Both? at July 24, 2026 08:32 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 08:32 AM (77rzZ)
"That's my girl! I'm so proud of her!" No parent ever.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 24, 2026 08:31 AM (/k3in)
Sad thing is, there ARE parents, or at minimum, mothers that celebrate that shit......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 08:32 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 08:11 AM (qRla/)
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Population of my hometown: ~ 5,000
Population of New York City: ~ 8,300,000
NYC alone accounts for about 2.4% of the total population of the US. Plus it is, for the time being at least, the financial capital of the world.
We don't have to like it, but there it is.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at July 24, 2026 08:32 AM (3ImbR)
Our local meatpacket was Rath. Maybe you remember them. Rath hams and Bacon and such. Not a great place to work maybe, but people - Americans - were able to afford a car, buy a house, raise a family on their wages.
By the 1990s it was long gone, replaced by $9 an hour more or less slave labor illegals living 25 to an apartment.
“Democrats are the party of the working man” is a huge load of bullshit. This happened on their watch. Not that Republicans were much better.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 08:32 AM (E4+QS)
That’s not the platform or marker of a political party. It’s part of our essence and who we are.
That won’t be extinguished by anyone or any political ideal. God put that on us, and no person will take it away.
MAGA simply encompasses that ideal, and that’s demonstrably true. It’s fairly clear to see almost all of its aims and goals are centered on liberty, and those who oppose it are not.
Liberty has long outlasted the alternatives, and every so often we have to hoist the black flag to protect it- and we will.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 24, 2026 08:33 AM (K+75H)
In the RCC, a nun can be 'laicized,' meaning to be stripped of their vows and returned to the lay state. Orthodox churches can do the same thing to nuns, though they tend to call it 'defrocking.'
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 08:33 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 08:33 AM (qRla/)
Wasn't that a Tesla song?
Don't defrock me, don't DEfrock ME!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 08:34 AM (2YhKe)
Holy unsustainable.
Posted by: Nunz punz? at July 24, 2026 08:35 AM (2Ez/1)
Until then, there's not much motivation to get it done when a cheap alternative is readily available.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2026 08:28 AM (jehhT)
This brings us back to the topic of artificial silicone gripping fingers from a few weeks ago….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 24, 2026 08:35 AM (26GAh)
On the topic of a "living wage", I am thoroughly sick and tired of hearing the dead weight do-nothing Bernie Sanders
...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:
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Stop listening to him.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 08:35 AM (vC80E)
We hear daily, often from our own side, have awful and extreme our side is while downplaying at best how bug fuck nuts the left has become.
Just yesterday we had a liberal sports writers slamming Caitlin Collins and her defenders for killing Emmett Till for the crime of defending against black lesbian attackers. That's today's Democrat Party and it's getting increasingly selective.
We are becoming the Big Tent Party by default because unless you support black racism, trannies, open borders, crime, fraud, etc. you are now far right.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2026 08:35 AM (viF8m)
That's not a joke - that's true...although replace thinks with play-acts as, b/c those are the smart predators who get access to women where they are vulnerable...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 24, 2026 08:36 AM (tOcjL)
That’s all gone now. But, I bet they have Methamphetamine and illegal aliens, tax base dried up, shitty roads, and a dollar general.
This is why you got Trump. Can Democrats figure this out, or do they care? Fucked up big cities, dystopian countryside. What’s next?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 08:36 AM (E4+QS)
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Harvard Touts ‘Counter-Zionist’ Professor, Palestinian Liberation Erotic Poetry Journal as Evidence of Progress Against Jew-Hate
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Pron ain't what it used to be.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 08:37 AM (ndZc7)
This should be one of the biggest motivators to get out the vote. We need to replace judges and confirm judges. We will be at neutered if we don't win the majority in the Senate in 2026 and win the White House in 2028.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 24, 2026 08:37 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Ex-CNN Reporterette at July 24, 2026 08:37 AM (JM9I6)
I looked up the stats a while back and there are only 1M farm hand jobs in the US.
So if the argument is we need 40M illegals to do 1M jobs well...that's a stupid argument.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 08:38 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 24, 2026 08:38 AM (26GAh)
That is someone who knows absolutely nothing about Colorado, or intends to destroy Colorado's agriculture economy.
CO farms and ranches make up 29.2 million acres, of that classic row crops are approximately 5 million.
Most of CO's land and climate is incompatible with growing crops but excels at herding and pastureland. The state's natural comparative advantage is livestock—particularly cattle, sheep and dairy feed production.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 08:38 AM (xE0sV)
Option A is ground war. Who is sending their own kids? Bueller?
It's a false option, and the article is a stinking pile of ground war, false dilemma, propaganda garbage.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 24, 2026 08:38 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: The More You Know at July 24, 2026 08:39 AM (2Ez/1)
Currently it is 66 and sunny here at Stately Poppins Manor. I'm just cruising through the thread with a hot cup of Ty-Phoo tea, psyching myself up to get back to work on my novel.
I had a missed opportunity yesterday. I was driving along MA Route 1 when I passed by a modified bicycle with the sign "Ride For Suicide Prevention" pulled up at the side of the road, with the rider resting on the grass. As soon as I blew past, I realized I should have turned around, but then thought that the fellow was riding to raise money, not as an invitation for every nickelfucker to stop and unload their misery on him. I'm going to have to see if the fellow has a website that I can donate to.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 08:40 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 24, 2026 08:40 AM (u82oZ)
Stop listening to him.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 08:35 AM (vC80E)
I have a cousin that visited with her mother during one of Bernie's campaigns for President. I saw the sticker on her car and said "You're a communist?"
She wasn't pleased. "Do YOU make $250k a year?"
"No, but why should I be punished if I do?"
She went away pretty mad......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 08:40 AM (2YhKe)
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Well, those squad-husbands have had to crawl on their bellies like reptiles and do things that would cause a normal man to die by unstoppable vomiting.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 08:41 AM (ndZc7)
Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign platform is far reich wing extremism per the left now.
That discussion between a reporter and Karen was kind of interesting in how the FNM tries to frame this too "oh there has been a shift in the terrain to the left"...no you bint leftwing politicians are legislating things they said were rightwing fever dreams a few years ago.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 08:42 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 08:42 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Sustained at July 24, 2026 08:42 AM (2Ez/1)
And of course, the general condition of illegals does a lot of heavy lifting. Even absent those other advantages, these people are ventilating their low wages into a third world economy with a weak currency, and living ten to a unit in Section 8 slave kennels.
The better way to state it is "jobs Americans won't do at artificially low wages a law-abiding American family can't live on, but one in Guatemala can, as long as everyone turns a blind eye to the whole scam."
It's the same as every other thing America. Major institutions reaping huge dividends by screwing the subject classes at every turn.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2026 08:43 AM (BI5O2)
Even the more educated class of programmers and such keep getting their cheap labor from India and other places, while they kick out Americans while forcing them to train their replacements ("you will not replace us" chants ring in my head).
And yet so much of the wealthier half of America keep pouring chunks of their paychecks into the inflated stock markets, which keep soaring, apparently on "the greater fool theory". Greenspan himself (and Trump may have said this as well, iirc), that the government could/should "invest" in the stock (and bond) markets.
So how to unwind that bubble, without shaking The Economy? idk, but we must start with a stoppage of the giving away of our country itself, to foreigners that hate us and call us racist, and are electing their own anti-American foreigners to congress. It is insane, but no one wants to dent all the 401Ks.
Posted by: illiniwek at July 24, 2026 08:43 AM (vbXSk)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2026 08:35 AM (viF8m)
That was one of the most bizarre claims yet - Emmit Till? So one tragic murder by a couple idiots 65 years ago justifies all black violence against any white man or women forever? That fool saying doesn’t even realize that’s the recipe for a race war like Charlie Manson wanted.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2026 08:43 AM (T2w7I)
The value of money began to change radically in the 70's.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 08:43 AM (vC80E)
Ayanna Pressley's net wealth went from -$12K to $8M in the 8 years she's been in congress making $174K/year.
Amazing how that works.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 08:43 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 08:43 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: No Sunburn Risk, Though at July 24, 2026 08:44 AM (JM9I6)
No one is "sending their own kids" Every single member of the Military volunteered to be where they are knowing full well that POTUS could send them into harms way at any time.
Posted by: Will Robinson at July 24, 2026 08:45 AM (SExz7)
Posted by: Bigsmith at July 24, 2026 08:45 AM (1Au9i)
Ayanna Pressley's net wealth went from -$12K to $8M in the 8 years she's been in congress making $174K/year.
Amazing how that works.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 08:43 AM (sKqQm)
It must involve calculus, or one of them other hi-falutin' maths.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 08:45 AM (wVcYX)
They are illegal aliens.
Posted by: Please make a note of it at July 24, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1)
Elon brought that up in the interview. He said he likes to recite portions of speeches to people and tell them they were said by Trump. He claims they usually react by going on a tirade about Trump being a monster.
He then tells them they are portions of speeches by Obama and Hillary from a few ago.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2026 08:46 AM (viF8m)
Yep. We replaced one American, who probably ended up on some form of welfare with an illegal who gets paid half as much...but with that illegal and his whole family ALSO on welfare.
So we saved 5 cents of labor costs on a head of lettuce in return for double digit inflation, an almost $40T in debt, and a federal and state budgets many times higher then they should be.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 08:46 AM (sKqQm)
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The Donks are looking for that sweet spot lie that doesn't repulsed the normals but satisfies the wackos. You know, that Goldilocks zone of crazy enough but not too crazy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 08:46 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Sustained at July 24, 2026 08:42 AM (2Ez/1)
I'm doin' yo girlfriend, that's sumpthin you can't believe.....
Posted by: Brian 'Sex Machine' Stelter at July 24, 2026 08:46 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 08:43 AM (sKqQm)
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What is more amazing is the lack of accountability and media interest about unethical emolument among elected and appointed officials.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 24, 2026 08:47 AM (JvZF+)
That's an even more crowded field then leftwing infotainment media...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 08:47 AM (sKqQm)
This is a great article about a Manhattan(?) dinner party "discussion" of Israel and Palestine:
Funny in all the right ways. Very cleverly written.
Would make a great one-act play or perhaps a key scene in a smart social comedy.
Read it all:
"The Peoplle Who Know Nothing Know Everything"
https://tinyurl.com/4fhuxrh4
Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2026 08:49 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: one hour sober at July 24, 2026 08:49 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 08:49 AM (oUopv)
Posted by: The West Virginia Employment Commission at July 24, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Fairy Tales Are For Children at July 24, 2026 08:49 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: illiniwek
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One of the first escalators of the illegal flood was free stuff.
Than you SCOTUS. Until the mid 80's illegals were not entitled to medical or any services without paying. illegal children could be enrolled in schools. Same with free school breakfast or lunch.
The bad began.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 08:50 AM (vC80E)
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Well, why don't you hold your breath until your face turns blue and you pass out.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 08:50 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Zombie Kevin Samuels at July 24, 2026 08:50 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 24, 2026 08:38 AM (dK+Kv)
No one is proposing ground troops in mainland Iran. But the other option is Forever War, just like Iraq, just like Afghanistan. As one poster said above, there is a third option, do like Biden and just surrender and run away.
Im not being glib or facetious, can you come up with any possible option now outside of those three?
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2026 08:50 AM (T2w7I)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2026 08:51 AM (BI5O2)
The Dems by and large want the same things as the DSA but the Dems wanted to do in slower and milk the change for political power. Unfortunately for them the Bolsheviks are stomping on the Mensheviks
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 08:52 AM (NemxU)
Let the naval blockade keep going. Bomb the shit out of everything in the south of Iran. Kill IRGC from the air.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 24, 2026 08:52 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: one hour sober at July 24, 2026 08:52 AM (J4Dwc)
Funny in all the right ways. Very cleverly written.
Would make a great one-act play or perhaps a key scene in a smart social comedy.
Read it all:
"The Peoplle Who Know Nothing Know Everything"
https://tinyurl.com/4fhuxrh4
Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2026 08:49 AM (iJfKG)
+1, very funny..in a sad kinda way! Someone should make a short (AI will work) and post on the intertubes. Because people don't read.
Posted by: runner at July 24, 2026 08:53 AM (GD0B3)
Hollowing out an economy means hollowing out the people, too.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 08:53 AM (E4+QS)
Clearly, I don't watch girls basketball either.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2026 08:53 AM (viF8m)
Is it ok for a man to aggressively ask a woman to go on a date with him including touching her against her will or should that merit strong action from the not just the authorities but the other people present?
The current NPC software will degenerate into REEEEing
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 08:53 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2026 08:50 AM (T2w7I)
I don’t think of the status quo as “forever war”… semantics i know but most associate forever war with a ground quagmire. We can continue current operations indefinitely with the risk to our military personnel essentially equivalent to the risks of peacetime training
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 24, 2026 08:54 AM (26GAh)
Rutinel clearly doesn't understand what the term "Representative" means and thinks it is a synonym for Tyrannical Rule.
Someone with no skin in the game, mentally retarded, a cultist in a dying faith system, zero understanding of economics, either personal or regional, confesses that they hate their fellow man and refuses to allow people to make their own choices in the most basic functions of life like choosing a career or choosing what to eat—both in order to simply survive.
Your life is nothing compared to my dogged obedience to a Sadistic Malthusian dominated faith and my need to force that on to others.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 08:54 AM (NzX/y)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 08:54 AM (SgdqL)
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I'd wager the 4 guys she purports to have had sex with are reevaluating their life choices about now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2026 08:54 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 24, 2026 08:54 AM (qFwJc)
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The Donks are looking for that sweet spot lie that doesn't repulsed the normals but satisfies the wackos. You know, that Goldilocks zone of crazy enough but not too crazy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 08:46 AM (ndZc7)
This is why The New Bill Clinton is coming. (Sorry, Blue Dress)
I'm pretty sure that except for Blue Shithole and Zones of Massive Vote Fraud the DSA candidates will all prove to be duds.
TNBC will arise specifically to prove the Democrats aren't all insane, blue-haired, gross, trannie, communist monsters or enablers.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2026 08:55 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
I'm not the least bit surprised and that annoys me.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 24, 2026 08:56 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 24, 2026 08:56 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: runner at July 24, 2026 08:56 AM (GD0B3)
_We would not have pornography, whores on the internet, or any of the like.
_We would not have socialist proponents in education.
_We would not be buying other families children breakfast and lunch.
_We would not have a welfare class that our taxes support.
_We would not have an influx of illegals that we have.
Every degradation of family, country and quality of life has been brought about by a permissive SCOTUS.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 08:56 AM (vC80E)
She wasn't pleased. "Do YOU make $250k a year?"
"No, but why should I be punished if I do?"
She went away pretty mad......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 08:40 AM (2YhKe)
If we cap annual income, for everyone other than politicians (cuz you know they'll still be getting more), at $200k per year, how is YOUR life improved?
None of them can answer that one either.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 08:57 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 08:57 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: runner at July 24, 2026 08:57 AM (GD0B3)
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OK, we'll give him that one.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 08:57 AM (ndZc7)
Axlerod is out whining today that the Wisconsin governors race is in danger of driving the Democrats off the cliff and potentially handing a House seat to Republicans because of the DSA. Van Jones, Snake Head and other old timey Dems are equally worried about the direction of the Party.
They might even start losing ground.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2026 08:59 AM (viF8m)
I am darkly amused that we have both a food stamp program and a hot breakfast/lunch program in the schools.
Apparently the yutes won't get fed unless we pay the schools to feed them even though their mother is home all day getting $$$ from Uncle Sugar to feed her kids.
So why don't we just END food stamps/EBT and have the schools provide free dinner too?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 08:59 AM (sKqQm)
That's an even more crowded field then leftwing infotainment media...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 08:47 AM (sKqQm)
There's no saturation value though. Sluts will always find guys willing to fuck them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 08:59 AM (ExV1e)
"No, but why should I be punished if I do?"
She went away pretty mad......
I know a bunch of people that support Bernie that do make $250K/year. They also tell me THEY are taxed too much already
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 09:00 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 08:53 AM (E4+QS)
Hold on. I'm seeing plenty of spherical people when out and about. Mass effect, even.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 09:00 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 09:02 AM (NemxU)
But the 1970s was more pervasive. Oil quadruped in price in short order. While the dollar was severed from any tether. Floating currencies.
It’s no coincidence in my mind that Beef, Eggs, Butter, Dairy, and the rest of it were suddenly declared “bad for you” and simultaneously replaced with margarine and less expensive expedient fats. The “Food Pyramid” eventually followed.
Affordable was an issue then too, they wanted to reduce demand for real food, or at least provide an excuse for all those families slurping powdered milk and eating generic Pasta elbows.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 09:02 AM (E4+QS)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 24, 2026 08:54 AM (26GAh)
We have to do something about the Houthi now, or else oil prices will stay above $100/bbl through the midterms. One of the great ironies of the MOU disaster was that it was supposed to keep this war from being fought during the midterm elections; instead, it guaranteed that would happen.
Iran’s strategy is now clearly to cause as much chaos for us as possible going in to the midterm elections, in the hope we’ll break from the pressure.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2026 09:03 AM (T2w7I)
@EndWokeness
How will ICE ever recover from this?
https://tinyurl.com/mswatz77
Posted by: redridinghood at July 24, 2026 08:56 AM (NpAcC)
A bunch of white women. I wonder how many of them have husbands and children.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:03 AM (ExV1e)
"The Peoplle Who Know Nothing Know Everything"
https://tinyurl.com/4fhuxrh4
Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2026 08:49 AM (iJfKG)
+1, very funny..in a sad kinda way! Someone should make a short (AI will work) and post on the intertubes. Because people don't read.
Posted by: runner at July 24, 2026 08:53 AM (GD0B3)
Then Death shows up at the door referencing the salmon mousse.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 09:03 AM (wVcYX)
Amazing how that works.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 08:43 AM (sKqQm)
It must involve calculus, or one of them other hi-falutin' maths.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 08:45 AM (wVcYX)
Deifferential Equatin' and shit.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 24, 2026 09:04 AM (dK+Kv)
So I can't say things were worse . I'm looking at their children and it's tracking the same for the most part.
Posted by: polynikes at July 24, 2026 09:04 AM (KC5Lt)
We have lost 15 personnel. We (our military) lose that many on a natural. Iran is degraded to the extreme, their supply lines are cut,
they are starving, they must rely on reserves and they are running out.
This is a sea change of how conquest is accomplished.
We will have peace and hemispherical independence.
Patience.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 09:04 AM (vC80E)
Technically we would as it was put in place by state judges first and states recognize each other's marriages. Refusing to do that would end up destroying the country.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:05 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: La'Shondra at July 24, 2026 09:05 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:05 AM (oUopv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 09:05 AM (NemxU)
It's a false option, and the article is a stinking pile of ground war, false dilemma, propaganda garbage.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 24, 2026 08:38 AM (dK+Kv)
Why? You have a problem with false dilemmas? When the alternative is straight up lying?
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 09:05 AM (Nyq9f)
They are illegal aliens.
Posted by: Please make a note of it at July 24, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1)
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Illegal alien INVADERS.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 24, 2026 09:05 AM (JNTt1)
Alert of violation of the no-math rule: assume a bushel of apples is about 120 medium sized apples, and you can pick 12 bushels an hour (sloppy AI internet research tells me this is the case). That's 1440 apples per hour. If my current wage is $11/hour (again, sloppy AI research on low end of the wage), but an American won't do it for less than three times that (wild guess), the raw labor cost to pick my apple went from $.007 to $.023. In other words, in increased by less than three cents. I don't see any reason that any other downstream costs change (though I acknowledge if illegals are doing these they could). Is it really going to collapse the economy if we have to pay $0.36 more per dozen apples? Particularly when this means more Americans have jobs?
I recognize different crops have different inputs, but is there any real study on what the actual impact to my grocery bill would be? With all the frivolous shit people spend money on, and existing government subsidies already in place, is it really doomsday?
Posted by: DPICM at July 24, 2026 09:06 AM (zweKz)
Posted by: Count de Monet
Moose don't eat salmon, it's the bears!
Posted by: Who Remain Out Of Control at July 24, 2026 09:06 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Shame they don't recognize concealed carry and the 2Am like driver's licenses.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:06 AM (oUopv)
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Ha! It is to laugh. That came to the forefront during the lockdowns. Schools closed, but our district had year round free meals. Even on Saturday and Sunday. Even during the summer months. Insane
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 09:06 AM (E4+QS)
Oh I'm sure the DSA is gonna keep getting just as "lucky"
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 09:06 AM (Nyq9f)
Posted by: Count de Monet
Thanks to bad fish we got Airplane!
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:07 AM (oUopv)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 09:00 AM (sKqQm)
Whatever I make, I'm taxed too much but anyone who makes even $1 more than me should be taxed at 99%. -- Bernie socialists
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:07 AM (ExV1e)
@EndWokeness
How will ICE ever recover from this?
https://tinyurl.com/mswatz77
Posted by: redridinghood at July 24, 2026 08:56 AM (NpAcC)
The best thing from the comments is the graphic showing the most annoying thing about every state.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 24, 2026 09:08 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Oglebay at July 24, 2026 09:08 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Common Tater
Someone in your district was getting a kickback from Sysco.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:08 AM (oUopv)
Stolen by old greek homos
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 24, 2026 09:09 AM (7C01W)
It will evolve, regionally, and in phases. The Roma tomato came about because it was more mechanization friendly than previous varieties. How does the market accept and price a change in their crops?
Another is the incorporation of Computer Vision and robotics which is becoming more integrated as resource availability changes. For example, water and fertilizer got to be so expensive that AI driven planting, weeding and watering became a viable option.
If the jump becomes big enough, there could be a surge in green house and controlled environment agriculture where the full cycle can be managed under one roof—like how poultry has been until the Marxists push for free-range (and how we get millions of kill-offs due to feed stock contamination by overflying Canadian geese)
Very dynamic, and influenced heavily by propaganda originating from our enemies who want us to fail.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 09:11 AM (a3CJ+)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:06 AM (oUopv)
I wonder if anyone has taken that to court. I wonder how they would argue it. I'm sure that the courts would shoot it down - heh - because they only use the Constitution when it suits them but it would be interesting to see.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:11 AM (ExV1e)
We lost almost the same number of militarily personnel to training exercises and non combat deaths than combat deaths in the 20 years of the War on Terror in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Posted by: polynikes at July 24, 2026 09:11 AM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: Oglebay
Until the computer glitches at 3:00 am. Then it takes a half dozen people to figure it out.
Iowadairyfarmer on Facebook.
He has the robotic system.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:12 AM (oUopv)
I didn't, but this is probably the stuff that is freaking out the traditional Democrats. There is a lot of infighting on the left and it's just getting started.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2026 09:12 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: one hour sober at July 24, 2026 09:08 AM (J4Dwc)
****
Yeah, I saw that. So true and so embarrassing..
Posted by: redridinghood at July 24, 2026 09:13 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Oglebay
What fun is that?
Posted by: Minotaur Milking Farm #9 at July 24, 2026 09:13 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 09:03 AM (wVcYX)
🤣🤣
Posted by: runner at July 24, 2026 09:14 AM (GD0B3)
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Why the fuck are we sending anything to that squirt in Ukraine?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 09:14 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: Oglebay at July 24, 2026 09:14 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 24, 2026 09:14 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 09:05 AM (Nyq9f)
Nice recursive humor. We approve. I have problems with both, but i was addressing the article.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 24, 2026 09:15 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: runner at July 24, 2026 09:16 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 09:03 AM (wVcYX)
"But I didn't eat the mousse!"
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 09:16 AM (SgdqL)
Posted by: I used to have a different
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Refusing to allow degradation would destroy the country.
Illogical.
#2 - It went from lower courts to the Supremes - they canonized it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 09:17 AM (vC80E)
The Dem Bones Number from White Christmas is in my youtube and google and duckduckgo feed.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 09:17 AM (/+uur)
Deifferential Equatin' and shit.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 24, 2026 09:04 AM (dK+Kv)
Discrete Math.
A class I had to take in college.
It's so discrete, no one's ever heard of it.
I failed it. Twice.
Posted by: Brian 'Sex Machine' Stelter at July 24, 2026 09:17 AM (2YhKe)
Jake Tapper
@jaketapper
A CNN investigation — 18 Days In Minnesota: The false claims, chaos and coverups behind the Trump administration’s killing of two American citizens
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It's the Pretti Good Show!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 09:19 AM (ndZc7)
A class I had to take in college.
It's so discrete, no one's ever heard of it.
I failed it. Twice.
Posted by: Brian 'Sex Machine' Stelter at July 24, 2026 09:17 AM (2YhKe)
Classroom number and building are never posted.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 09:19 AM (/+uur)
I disagree. Trump is dealing with the Iran problem that we've let fester for 50 years. FFS, Obama/ValJar wanted them to be a regional hegemon -- with nukes.
The goal is to make Iran irrelevant and they soon will be. With no oil revenue they'll be lucky to keep the lights on at home. Everyone in the region is now allied against them. China will no longer support them.
The IRGC's antics give Trump the cover to keep bombing them back to the stone age. They won't have the internal know-how and resources to rebuild.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 24, 2026 09:19 AM (dtajH)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 09:19 AM (77rzZ)
That was my way of saying good morning and Happy Friday
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 09:19 AM (Nyq9f)
Posted by: polynikes
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Problem with that is, the mindfuck and non-lethal casualties and their care.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 09:20 AM (vC80E)
The Dem Bones Number from White Christmas is in my youtube and google and duckduckgo feed.
Posted by: r hennigantx
I searched to find the correct way to write 1-877-KARS4KIDS for a throwaway comment three weeks ago and now those kids won't leave!
Posted by: Donate Your Car Today! at July 24, 2026 09:20 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 09:21 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 09:21 AM (SgdqL)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Had someone try to explain it to me once.
I still didn't buy his explanation.
If another state honors a driver's license, marriage license, professional license, there's no reason not to honor the 2nd Amendment. Art IV, Section 1 doesn't say "everything BUT the 2nd Amendment.
Article IV, Section 1:
Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:22 AM (oUopv)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 09:22 AM (/+uur)
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Apply that to every food item purchased at the grocery store. 36 cents alone isn’t a big deal. But 36 cents to 50 items in a shopping cart, every week does become a big deal.
Is it going to collapse the economy? No. But it will have an impact.
Posted by: Chaos at July 24, 2026 09:23 AM (GFRGc)
@jaketapper
A CNN investigation — 18 Days In Minnesota: The false claims, chaos and coverups behind the Trump administration’s killing of two American citizens
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18 days? WTF
Had this ass clown talked to any citizen who lives there, in 10 minutes they'd have the "story." The "story" being two idiots put ICE officers in life or death danger and were relieved of their lives for being stupid shits.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2026 09:23 AM (jehhT)
I still didn't buy his explanation.
If another state honors a driver's license, marriage license, professional license, there's no reason not to honor the 2nd Amendment. Art IV, Section 1 doesn't say "everything BUT the 2nd Amendment.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:22 AM (oUopv)
My car legal in Texas but illegal in Cali.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 09:24 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: runner at July 24, 2026 09:24 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: MkY at July 24, 2026 09:25 AM (q6tQZ)
A class I had to take in college.
It's so discrete, no one's ever heard of it.
I failed it. Twice.
Posted by: Brian 'Sex Machine' Stelter at July 24, 2026 09:17 AM (2YhKe)
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I won't tell anyone.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 24, 2026 09:25 AM (s/uMh)
Posted by: runner at July 24, 2026 09:24 AM (GD0B3)
Waldorf Salad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZoUH43nI4w
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 09:26 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: runner at July 24, 2026 09:24 AM (GD0B3)
Oh, shit, not again!
Posted by: Basil Fawlty at July 24, 2026 09:26 AM (SgdqL)
Pretti is more of a sad case. The guy decided to go to a riot armed and fight with a cop. He got shot when he was being disarmed and his gun went off. Unlike Goode he wasn't trying to murder a cop, but his actions also led directly to him being shot
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 09:26 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 09:26 AM (Nyq9f)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 09:19 AM
Park's closed.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 09:26 AM (kgE5c)
@WesternLensman
Gavin Newsom bemoans politics being injected into everything, like sports.
"I used to love sports because it wasn't political."
Man, if only we could figure out who did this.
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It's getting where you can't even beat a white c*nt basketballer without everyone making a big deal out of it!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 09:26 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 09:26 AM (NemxU)
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 09:19 AM (Nyq9f)
You, too, and it is. Little has two games of his last tournament, and oldest is going to practice with the big dogs (HSers) and local baseball royalty.
As a 9th grader, LBR wants him on varsity next year, partly due to their dearth of catching in the pipeline. On his talent and hard work, too. Dude is pulling under 2.5 s pop time, without really pushing it, which is pop time is low MLB levels. Poptime is catcher mitt to 2B mitt time, lower is better, and it is an indicator of solid catching and preventing the steal.
A very good day.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 24, 2026 09:27 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 09:22 AM (/+uur)
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Odds are there are some exchanges of dick pics out there too
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 24, 2026 09:27 AM (s/uMh)
To bottled water? To Cardboard & Plastic (aka "Kraft Macaroni and Cheese"), to breads and cereals that haven't been touched by human hand at any point, to eggs and milk which have been automated and optimized since forever?
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 09:27 AM (BvPIe)
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 09:27 AM (Nyq9f)
@EndWokeness
How will ICE ever recover from this?
https://tinyurl.com/mswatz77
Posted by: redridinghood at July 24, 2026 08:56 AM (NpAcC)
A bunch of white women. I wonder how many of them have husbands and children.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:03 AM (ExV1e)
Husband? Children? Nope. Cats: definitely.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 24, 2026 09:27 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 09:26 AM (Nyq9f)
Why was her daughter their filming?
Did they expect pile of dead protestors?
Notice no violence until the police show up with flashbangs.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 09:28 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: runner at July 24, 2026 09:24 AM (GD0B3)
Waldorf Salad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZoUH43nI4w
Posted by: r hennigantx
Made with Taco Bell lettuce!
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:28 AM (oUopv)
Is it going to collapse the economy? No. But it will have an impact.
But it is NOTHING compared to the costs in welfare spending for the illegals, welfare spending for the displaced worker, and the crime the illegals bring with them.
So yes to use your example another $50/week month in groceries (maybe) but trillions less in federal and state spending.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 09:28 AM (sKqQm)
Do you need a license to buy a newspaper? To go on the internet and acquire information, to share it. No.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 09:28 AM (vC80E)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZoUH43nI4w
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 09:26 AM (/+uur)
Every time some asshoe says "It easy, just...." I think of that one!
Posted by: runner at July 24, 2026 09:28 AM (GD0B3)
Jesus I thought at first you meant the ball getting out of his glove. Damn
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 09:28 AM (Nyq9f)
People - especially of the younger generation - live most of their lives online in supportive communities or ones that cater to their deviance. I think it has not yet hit the DSA wunderkind that their pasts are fair game and that just because they see no problem having Rule34.xxx in their daily feed doesn't mean John Q Public will overlook it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 09:29 AM (qRla/)
Is it going to collapse the economy? No. But it will have an impact.
Posted by: Chaos at July 24, 2026 09:23 AM (GFRGc)
Now do the effect of more Americans having jobs because they haven't been taken by illegals. Now do the effect of less spending on illegals in 'education' and 'healthcare', and less crime, and lower rents, and...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:30 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Donate Your Car Today!
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A while back it was brought forward that Car4Kids is a scam; that most of the money goes to the operator and virtually none to the stated goals.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 09:30 AM (vC80E)
The Associated Press
@AP
In impoverished Nepal, where a conservative culture leaves openly transgender people with few legal job options, the impact on aid workers’ lives was particularly crushing. Starving and scared, around 100 LGBTQ+ aid workers left jobless by the funding cuts have turned to sex work to survive, walking the streets alongside the very people they once fought so hard to help.
https://tinyurl.com/2y5tf5jj
Posted by: redridinghood at July 24, 2026 09:30 AM (NpAcC)
We are seeing rent and other costs including food coming down in areas all across the country.
It's amazing how costs react when demand is reduced by removing millions of illegals from the country. Some should do a study on supply and demand. It might be a thing.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2026 09:30 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 09:30 AM (Nyq9f)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:31 AM (oUopv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 09:26 AM (NemxU)
The Ravens gave him a "clean slate", telling him what he does on the field, and the work he puts in will speak for him. Speaks volumes to his (lack of) character. Only Heisman runner-up to not be drafted. He could have had the world by the balls and blew his chances. What a waste of God given talent.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 24, 2026 09:31 AM (N39Ws)
The Associated Press
@AP
In impoverished Nepal, where a conservative culture leaves openly transgender people with few legal job options, the impact on aid workers’ lives was particularly crushing. Starving and scared, around 100 LGBTQ+ aid workers left jobless by the funding cuts have turned to sex work to survive, walking the streets alongside the very people they once fought so hard to help.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 09:32 AM (ndZc7)
Note, that they never tell you what the money is going for. The do have an earworm jingle that sounds sketchy—trading cars for children, or giving children semi-functioning cars.
The name doesn't have any correlation to the entity's purpose.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 09:34 AM (NzX/y)
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 09:28 AM (Nyq9f)
Yeah, I think low target there is 0.6 seconds. Some HSers get pop times down sub 2 seconds. So he's got some work to do. It's an art. And he was one of the best we'd seen, when he was on, this year, even among single A teams who could have 17 year olds.
But there's more talent in the pipeline, so no time to rest.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 24, 2026 09:34 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 09:32 AM (ndZc7)
....and blowing them"
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 09:34 AM (Nyq9f)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 24, 2026 09:34 AM (dK+Kv)
You don't get it. They don't want Americans doing this for decent money. They want people that are a little desperate and won't cause labor issues.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 24, 2026 09:35 AM (bkuEU)
Mike Flynn (not the general) used to make a point of calling them "foreign nationals". They are not "humans lost at sea, adrift, and from nowhere", they are citizens of another country, even if they tossed their papers in the Rio Grande.
Posted by: illiniwek at July 24, 2026 09:35 AM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Chaos at July 24, 2026 09:36 AM (GFRGc)
The Associated Press
@AP
In impoverished Nepal, where a conservative culture leaves openly transgender people with few legal job options, the impact on aid workers’ lives was particularly crushing. Starving and scared, around 100 LGBTQ+ aid workers left jobless by the funding cuts have turned to sex work to survive, walking the streets alongside the very people they once fought so hard to help.
https://tinyurl.com/2y5tf5jj
Posted by: redridinghood at July 24, 2026 09:30 AM (NpAcC)
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I might be going to Nepal next year. I’ll report back!
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 24, 2026 09:37 AM (Nt9qU)
Welfare spending probably juices grocery prices by maybe ten per cent or more. Corn chips are peasant food, literally field corn, oil and salt there’s no reason for them to cost $7 or $8 a bag. They pay more for the bag, maybe. Maybe $1 or two. Transportation costs factor. But they can get it, because the Eagle shits once a month.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2026 09:38 AM (E4+QS)
Posted by: Some Nepali former USAID recipient at July 24, 2026 09:38 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 09:39 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: Donate Your Car Today!
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A while back it was brought forward that Car4Kids is a scam; that most of the money goes to the operator and virtually none to the stated goals.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 09:30 AM (vC80E)
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K4K is not much different than any other charity. The money always gets eaten up by advertising and bullshit. The reason K4K has a bad reputation is because it’s a religious Jewish charity. God forbid!
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 24, 2026 09:42 AM (Nt9qU)
You don't get it. They don't want Americans doing this for decent money. They want people that are a little desperate and won't cause labor issues.
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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Has nothing to do with the costs of operation. Right?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 09:42 AM (vC80E)
Me love you long time!
Posted by: Some Nepali former USAID recipient at July 24, 2026 09:38 AM (sKqQm)
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Pics?
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 24, 2026 09:43 AM (Nt9qU)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 24, 2026 09:45 AM (Nt9qU)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 24, 2026 09:46 AM (bkuEU)
It's amazing how costs react when demand is reduced by removing millions of illegals from the country. Some should do a study on supply and demand. It might be a thing.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Now do paying Americans rent, buying Doritoes and phones for them while we pay for their cable connection to watch The View.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 09:47 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 24, 2026 09:42 AM (Nt9qU)
Didn't know that. I thought the bad rep came from the ear worm jingle.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 24, 2026 09:51 AM (dK+Kv)
Allocation of Funds by Kars4Kids
Kars4Kids, a nonprofit organization, allocates its funds primarily to program expenses and operational costs. Here’s a breakdown of how the money is spent:
Percentage of Funds Allocated
Category Percentage of Total Funds
Program Expenses 44%
Advertising and Overhead Approximately 66%
Key Insights
Program Expenses: 44% of the funds raised are directed towards program expenses, which primarily benefit its sister organization, Oorah.
Impact in Minnesota: A compliance review indicated that only 1% of the funding from Oorah was believed to have benefited children in Minnesota during the years 2012 to 2014.
This allocation highlights the significant portion of funds that go towards operational costs, including advertising, which can limit the direct impact on local communities.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 09:55 AM (vC80E)
Well, if they didn't before, they certainly do now. I suspect they wanted one already. But, if so, it's pretty surprising that they don't already have one after all this time, given how easily India and Pakistan did it with less info and without the benefit of massive oil revenue.
Posted by: Lurkyloo at July 24, 2026 10:23 AM (PZ7h8)
Begun, the AI wars have...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 24, 2026 10:37 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 08:12 AM
So it's a boob thread?
Posted by: Just got here
And what's wrong with that?
AOC Psychodancing with a REMAIN SINWAR camisole and matching FREE GAZA hotpants next to the 1960's Klingon MADMANI as he smirks while presiding over the next 911 and Year 1 Kirkiversary -- think of the merchandizing opportunties!
What could possibly go wrong?
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 24, 2026 11:06 AM (8r1LU)
Last week, undocumented immigrant enforcement & what might be done for enforcement was discussed on your podcast.
As to farms (east coast): A substantial & growing share of East Coast agriculture relies on international H-2A guest workers, heavily recruited from countries like Jamaica and Mexico. Under the federal U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) regulations, H-2A temporary agricultural workers are legally entitled to a comprehensive set of guaranteed financial, housing, and contractual benefits: The Three-Fourths Guarantee (income protection); free, certified housing; inbound and outbound transportation costs; guaranteed premium wages; food or kitchen facilities; workers' compensation and tool coverages, and explicit tax exemptions.
When factoring in the above, especially the AEWR, 2A workers are frequently far more expensive per hour to an employer than a local U.S. workers. (Note: If a farmer hires even one H-2A worker, they are legally mandated to pay that exact same elevated AEWR wage, and the same benefits, to any domestic U.S. workers doing the same job.)
And to get their H-2A visas approved, farmers need to
Continued
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 24, 2026 11:35 AM (NFX2v)
Now, the labor force working on Chinese & East Asian vegetable farms on the East Coast is generally split into three distinct categories: migratory Latino laborers; older first-generation Chinese immigrants, and first-generation Chinese immigrants.
Family run, or generational labor frequently relying on extended family networks, sometimes supplemented by older Chinese immigrant workers from nearby urban hubs
(like New York City's Chinatown) or seasonal Chinese student workers during peak summer seasons.
And Next-Gen Asian-American Cooperatives are a
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 24, 2026 11:35 AM (NFX2v)
The people working on those cooperative farms are typically the farm owners themselves, local community apprentices, urban volunteers, and paid seasonal interns. Because these farms prioritize social justice and community building over corporate profit, their labor force has a 'unique' demographic and structural profile. 🤷♀️
Now from above, 'Pro-amnesty Republicans are allowing the agriculture industry to shut out American workers in favor of foreign migrants.'
Allegedly, the primary objective of allowing certain undocumented workers to apply for temp H-2A status is to transition them into sectors that currently cannot legally use such labor, i.e., seasonal limitations, daily & livestock facing domestic labor shortages.
Therefore, undocumented workers already working in year-round sectors would transition to a legal framework within those specific jobs, completely bypassing the seasonal field positions held by traditional, reliable H-2A contract workers. 🤬
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 24, 2026 11:35 AM (NFX2v)
Give them a little time.
Good weekend 🤗
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 24, 2026 11:35 AM (NFX2v)
Form I-9 Section 1: Must be completed and signed by the employee on or before their first day of work.
Section 2: Must be completed by the employer within 3 business days of the employee's first day of work, which includes inspecting physical or authorized alternative identity documents.
E-Verify System Electronic Check: E-Verify is a separate online system that compares Form I-9 data against federal databases.
Mandatory Status: While Form I-9 is MANDATORY for all employers, E-Verify is voluntary nationally unless required by specific state laws, federal contracts, or specific legal settlements.
Don't create a pattern that your "employees" just happen to engage in identity fraud but you've had no idea it could be or was going on.
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ALL info. in above related postings can be easily found online, libraries, state and/or US representatives, etc.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 24, 2026 12:02 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: runner at July 24, 2026 08:53 AM (GD0B3)
I opened it in another tab and read the entire thing while the horde was jabbering on about "stuff". I forwarded it to a number of people to see if I get any replies. They probably won't take the time to read it. I really does exhibit the thought process of most leftists. The phrase I always uttered to them was, "you don't know what you don't know". I usually received the 'deer in the headlights' response.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 24, 2026 12:14 PM (hmYU4)
Daily Tech News 24 July 2026
Top Story
- AMD has announced its new Zen 6 Epyc server CPUs and we know, if anything, less about them than we did before the announcement. (WCCFTech)
Here's the problem: Zen 6 is strongly rumoured to increase the core count per chiplet from 8 to 12, and increase the L3 cache and X3D cache per chiplet by 50% to match. Which means that the raw numbers of cores and cache do nothing to confirm or deny the 12 core rumour. It doesn't help that the announced mainstream products focused on 96 core models which would have the same numbers whether that's twelve 8-core chiplets or eight 12-core chiplets.
Until you get all the way down to the bottom of the chart for Socket SP8 processors and find the 8-core Epyc with 48MB of cache which rather hints that 12 core chiplets are not a lie.
Oh, also supported (officially) are PCIe Gen 6 - probably for servers only, and 12.8GHz MRDIMMs - also probably for servers only. And up to 16 memory channels per socket, which at 12.8GHz delivers close to three times the bandwidth of Epyc Zen 5.
Tech News
- Ryzen 7 has been confirmed on track for 2028, bringing with it support for DDR6 memory and the new ACE instruction set for matrix operations. (WCCFTech)
There is no spoon. As far as I can see some bugger has nicked the entire cutlery draw.
- There's also the "new" X199 embedded CPU which is AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with a much more convenient name and a power budget of 55W. (Tom's Hardware)
It's competing with Intel's Panther Lake laptops chips and is unsurprisingly faster, although I'm not sure it's possible to manufacture competitively.
- Patreon has laid off 20% of its workforce. (Tech Crunch)
CEO Jack Conte blamed AI and not his own malicious incompetence.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: I'm in the middle of fifteen things, all of them annoying.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 04:30 AM (faghi)
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 04:31 AM (faghi)
Posted by: clarence at July 24, 2026 04:31 AM (1QT7n)
Posted by: Skip at July 24, 2026 04:35 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 04:36 AM (faghi)
****
I'm in the middle of fifteen things, all of them annoying.
*Proffers 9mm and two extra magazines.*
Posted by: clarence at July 24, 2026 04:39 AM (1QT7n)
Posted by: SciVo at July 24, 2026 04:42 AM (Sy6m/)
https://tinyurl.com/tbw6bh97
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2026 04:43 AM (xSAlF)
Posted by: clarence at July 24, 2026 04:43 AM (1QT7n)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 24, 2026 04:46 AM (YoT4f)
Posted by: Skip at July 24, 2026 04:49 AM (Ia/+0)
Followed by a prayer and reflection.
https://tinyurl.com/5fbyjs35
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2026 04:52 AM (xSAlF)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 24, 2026 04:52 AM (D0X9e)
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 04:53 AM (faghi)
https://tinyurl.com/2v6r7k9a
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2026 04:58 AM (xSAlF)
AMV - I'm So Classy
1,143,361 views Dec 23, 2013
I'm So Classy amv edited by STICKYGAIDEN
Music - Jesse Valentine (F-777) - I'm So Classy
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 04:58 AM (faghi)
Posted by: Skip at July 24, 2026 05:01 AM (Ia/+0)
And he'd stop purring.
And he was a very god boy at the vet, but he climbed up my arm to sit on my shoulder. It didn't hurt me.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2026 05:01 AM (xSAlF)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 24, 2026 04:52 AM (D0X9e)
Your grammar is a little substandard.
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 05:01 AM (faghi)
(If I may.)
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 04:53 AM (faghi)
It's short for "knowledge devourer," since I'm practically a compulsive reader and learner.
Posted by: SciVo at July 24, 2026 05:05 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 24, 2026 05:10 AM (BLOW1)
(If I may.)
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 04:53 AM (faghi)
It's short for "knowledge devourer," since I'm practically a compulsive reader and learner.
Posted by: SciVo at July 24, 2026 05:05 AM (Sy6m/)
Thank you!
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 05:11 AM (faghi)
Posted by: meh at July 24, 2026 05:11 AM (XeEnw)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 24, 2026 05:13 AM (AMvSw)
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 05:14 AM (faghi)
Posted by: Case at July 24, 2026 05:14 AM (bqIVz)
Posted by: fluffy at July 24, 2026 05:16 AM (V0/Sp)
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 05:17 AM (faghi)
https://tinyurl.com/4p6f77br
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2026 05:19 AM (3OyJk)
When I started bringing bird feeders and such out on to the deck I could hear it more clearly. There was a fox nearby.
There were no bunnies to greet my and the little dog got a light on her collar.
Posted by: fluffy at July 24, 2026 05:21 AM (V0/Sp)
@18/FenelonSpoke: Millard obviously trusts and loves you. Well done! (The shoulder-perching kitten bit made me laugh - "You'll save me from the thermometer, right? RIGHT?")
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 24, 2026 05:22 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Twitchy editors at July 24, 2026 05:22 AM (V0/Sp)
*sad face*
*** even sadder face ***
Posted by: Twitchy editors at July 24, 2026 05:22 AM (V0/Sp)
haha
I hadn't been there in forever.
https://twitchy.com
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 05:26 AM (faghi)
Yes; He didn't like the thermometer up his backside. Can't say I blame him. We have purchased pet insurance which I think will be a wise investment.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2026 05:30 AM (dom7w)
Fen, the kitten sounds like a charmer. I recall bringing little Arizona home from the SPCA, and trying to enclose him with his food and litter box in the kitchen of our apartment by rigging up a cardboard shield in the doorway (it had no door). The next morning I woke to find a tiny bundle of red tabby fur buzzing on my pillow.
Big cat, as he grew to be, slept on my bed in one area of it or another pretty much his whole life.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 05:33 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2026
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I've been considering pet insurance for my two furballs. What company did you go with?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 05:34 AM (wzUl9)
Work harder on that portal technology, because I'm pretty sure an open portal between you and Wolfus in New Orleans would help both of you with your mutual temperature challenges.
{ Rejoinder: You are now in the middle of sixteen things... }
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 24, 2026 05:38 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2026 05:41 AM (lt7On)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 05:41 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2026 05:42 AM (lt7On)
“The more we have learned to use these new tools, the clearer it has become that they are not substitutes for the creativity, judgment, detail orientation, or craftsmanship that our teammates have in spades...."
The card game?
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 05:43 AM (faghi)
{ Rejoinder: You are now in the middle of sixteen things... }
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 24, 2026
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Yes! A twenty-five-degree drop in my temps and a similar rise in Pixy's would give us both about 57-60 F.!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 05:46 AM (wzUl9)
https://tinyurl.com/mr28waau
Skip the next comic after that one (it's filler), but then read the four subsequent ones.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 24, 2026 05:46 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 24, 2026 05:49 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2026
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Oh, Arizona could be difficult and prickly. He hated going to the vet, hated moving, didn't like other cats, didn't like new male visitors to his territory (he was fine with the female ones!). But from the second day, there was never any question. He was my cat, I was his human, there, that's settled. Now when's dinner?
Stirling here, though much more easygoing, has pretty much the same attitude about me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 05:51 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at July 24, 2026 05:56 AM (xrWSS)
My Win10 computer refuses to boot up. I don't know if it's a boot order problem or a impending disk failure. Got it sort of running and now I'm desperately saving my music, documents, pictures and website over to a 1 TB drive.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2026 05:56 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 24, 2026 05:58 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 24, 2026 06:01 AM (Hbeqj)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 24, 2026 05:49 AM (BLOW1)
Bundle up! In case the wind BLOWs.
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 06:01 AM (faghi)
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 06:02 AM (faghi)
I have to use my phone as a hot spot to get internet and had been using Firefox as a browser. That no longer works because the computer is Win10. Brave still works.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 24, 2026 06:02 AM (abScH)
I am sleepy. I first read that as "my wino computer."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2026 06:04 AM (XvETL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2026 06:06 AM (XvETL)
XP and Windows 7 were the last truly good versions of windows in terms of "Fairly decent UI, and the OS gets out of the way to let you get on with using your computer the way you want to."
Microslop lost the plot with versions 8.0 and beyond.
I don't see things getting any better unless they lose a LOT of market share and are honest with themselves about all the bad decisions the company has made in recent years.
(Yeah, that's not happening.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 24, 2026 06:06 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 24, 2026 06:08 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 24, 2026 06:15 AM (amcLV)
I tried to talk to the IRS yesterday about my long-errant refund check. Both of the numbers they give on their website bring you to an automated assistant, who even with my SSN, etc., "can't find" my refund. There seems to be no way to talk to an actual human without making an in-person appointment at the only office downtown. The website has a "refund tracker" feature which gave the same info. Today I'll try it again and enter my original refund amount instead of the amended one. Maybe I'll get a new response.
I'm rapidly coming to the point of saying "I guess I'll never see that check" and consider it found money if it ever does show up.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 06:16 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Rosasharn at July 24, 2026 06:16 AM (PzBTm)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 24, 2026 06:16 AM (abScH)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 24, 2026
***
Sometimes I miss MS Word for DOS, ca. 1989.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 06:19 AM (wzUl9)
@twitchyteam
ICYMI: Trimming the Fat: ABC Slashes The View's Hosts’ Salaries and Wardrobe Budget, More Cuts Coming
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 06:19 AM (faghi)
*twirl*
Posted by: Rosasharn at July 24, 2026 06:16 AM (PzBTm)
YAY!
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 06:20 AM (faghi)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2026 06:24 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 06:19 AM (faghi)
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If that means skimpier clothing, I see put the money back in the budget!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 24, 2026 06:27 AM (T8aW9)
Posted by: m
I just looked it up. 21 April 2021 was the first day on this server, though for about three weeks before that we were limping along on a smaller server after the datacenter fire and I think I was posting then as well.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 24, 2026 06:27 AM (BLOW1)
G'mornin' everyone!
50 degrees, light breeze, cloud cover indeterminate until the sun crosses the horizon ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 24, 2026 06:31 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 24, 2026 06:31 AM (abScH)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
Another day older and deeper in debt.
Posted by: Tuna at July 24, 2026 06:31 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 06:19 AM (faghi)
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If that means skimpier clothing, I see put the money back in the budget!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 24, 2026 06:27 AM (T8aW9)
Cancel The View, only because it sucks. Not that I want those hags canceled.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 06:32 AM (8l6/L)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 24, 2026
***
"How now, you secret, black, and midmorning hags!"
( -- Macbeth, guesting on The View)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 06:33 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 24, 2026 06:34 AM (abScH)
Posted by: m
I just looked it up. 21 April 2021 was the first day on this server, though for about three weeks before that we were limping along on a smaller server after the datacenter fire and I think I was posting then as well.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 24, 2026 06:27 AM (BLOW1)
Thank you! I was estimating "during the pandemic" but I couldn't get closer than that. Happy 5-year anniversary plus a bit!
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 06:34 AM (faghi)
Mrs Eez's machine for performing Graphic Arts.
all file transfers via thumb drive
only one in the house, everything else runs Linux Mint
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 24, 2026 06:37 AM (VyBeY)
The dang thing is running Win 98 and has been continuously since about 2003. It never gets turned off. Kind of amazing it still works. I bet the inside of that thing is a horror show but I'm not going to look. I told them it's time to get a new POS system but I'm not going to provide it.
Posted by: fd at July 24, 2026 06:44 AM (MWfyi)
The dang thing is running Win 98 and has been continuously since about 2003. It never gets turned off. Kind of amazing it still works. I bet the inside of that thing is a horror show but I'm not going to look. I told them it's time to get a new POS system but I'm not going to provide it.
Posted by: fd at July 24, 2026
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Oh. Oh! POS = "point of sale"! Now I get it. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 06:46 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: fd at July 24, 2026 06:51 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: fd at July 24, 2026 06:53 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 24, 2026 06:56 AM (sUMTS)
Posted by: Just Wondering at July 24, 2026 06:58 AM (2Ez/1)
Microsoft reports that their "Windows OEM and Devices" revenue increased 3% at over $13.5B in revenue.
Office: $33.1B for the quarter, ↑16% commercial ↑21%
Azure: $75B Annual ↑34% YoY
The products for business way overtakes the Xbox, Surface, Windows, Search revenue. Windows is the ink jet printer, all the crap that runs on it is the ink.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 07:01 AM (rgGn5)
You buy from Amazon, you deserve the heartbreak. POS is an integrations business. The actual POS terminal's devices all have their own drivers and OPOS/UPOS which was the common device communications protocol hasn't been supported in nearly a decade except through crappy iterations of JavaOPOS.
The point being, POS doesn't just plug-in and magic occurs, there is a ton of integration work that the hardware software vendors have to work out and nearly 100% of that is outsourced to India because POS is a commodity item.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 07:07 AM (NzX/y)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 07:09 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: fd at July 24, 2026 07:10 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 07:09 AM (wzUl9)
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Kaylee the Calico Kitty Cat (the cutest little cat of them all) doesn't react when I say the words "food" or "breakfast" or "dinner."
However, if I say the word "treats" she immediately perks up and chirps at me.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 07:12 AM (FZ29D)
Haven't put anything on local HD in years. Have three fat WD's in the box. Right now hooked to two SanDisc externals, one for music and movies, the other for stuff. If the computer goes south I just plug the HD's into another one.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 07:12 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 07:12 AM (wzUl9)
Well, you have to setup accounts and enter inventory. It's not that difficult. The packages offered include the hardware and software that already works together. For a single station setup, it's easy enough.
Posted by: fd at July 24, 2026 07:14 AM (MWfyi)
However, if I say the word "treats" she immediately perks up and chirps at me.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026
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Stirling and Dagny know the cabinet where I keep the treats, and will vault up to the counter beneath it whenever I open the door. I'm not sure if they know the word "treats," but I would not be surprised.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 07:14 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 07:14 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 07:16 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: fluffy at July 24, 2026 07:16 AM (V0/Sp)
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Buddy had a Stirling. Honda and Toyota parts on a British chassis, assembled in England, designed in England. What could go wrong?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 07:17 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: fd at July 24, 2026 07:17 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 24, 2026 07:19 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: fd at July 24, 2026 07:20 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: fd a
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That's a push.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 07:20 AM (vC80E)
https://tinyurl.com/yv3svdmk
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 24, 2026 07:21 AM (9nc7W)
Works fine for as long as the wear items can be replaced spec-for-spec.
Now add a PIN Pad... with NFC. What does your encryption software look like and does it work with your vendor and payments processor? Adding a scale? A security scale? How about a money exchanger? If all you are doing is scanning UPC codes and printing receipts that works until it breaks. Anything more aggressive requires integration.
Printers themselves are all over the map in what they can do. simple, single receipt? OK. drawing a bar code? some can't do that. drawing a logo or something else - forget it. Do you want to do journaling? how wide is that receipt paper?
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 07:24 AM (nCgQz)
I've seen bigger steam engines -- on ships.
It was impressive moving down the tracks.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 24, 2026 07:25 AM (u82oZ)
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Shakgylion sounds like a painful skin boil.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 24, 2026 07:28 AM (qBdHI)
That is all they have been doing on the old system for about 25 years. The system they have does exactly what they want and they would not even consider replacing it if the computer wasn't dying. They would be happy to run it another 25 years. Like most people though, they don't want to change.
Posted by: fd at July 24, 2026 07:28 AM (MWfyi)
I've seen bigger steam engines -- on ships.
It was impressive moving down the tracks.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
__________
After seeing the Big Boy, the Soviets tried to make an even larger version. Did not work out well.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 24, 2026 07:29 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: fd at July 24, 2026 07:29 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Shakqylion's mom at July 24, 2026 07:29 AM (2Ez/1)
I'm not sure Iran wants to piss off Amazon.
Amazon was building drones to deliver significant payloads right to your front door. Do they really want some of the most brilliant minds and hardest working software engineers to have a mission that looks a lot like their recreational video games?
Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 07:30 AM (nCgQz)
Posted by: fd at July 24, 2026 07:32 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2026 07:33 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 24, 2026 07:33 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: The More You Know at July 24, 2026 07:34 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 24, 2026 07:35 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 24, 2026 06:27 AM (BLOW1)
Ah. Around the green orange era. I liked the alt blog software but the horde can’t be trusted with image imbeds in comments. Or moving marque fonts.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 07:43 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 24, 2026 08:19 AM (xComp)
Thursday 7/23/26 ONT in the Doghouse [Hour of the Wolf]
Source: Charles M. Schulz Museum
People have conflicting theories. Literal Origins: The Doghouse as a Symbol of Disfavor
The term “doghouse” has been part of the English language since at least the mid-1500s, referring to a shelter for dogs. In the late 19th century, the term evolved to describe the backyard structure for a single dog. The figurative use of “in the doghouse,” meaning to be in temporary disgrace, emerged by 1932.Earliest Printed Record: Winsor McCay’s Comic Strip
The earliest known printed use of “in the doghouse” in its idiomatic sense appears in Winsor McCay’s comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend between 1904 and 1905. This predates the 1926 glossary Criminalese by J.J. Finerty, which defines “in dog house” as “in disfavor.Maritime Theory: Sailors’ Punishment Quarters
Another theory suggests that the idiom originated in the 19th century when sailors slept in small huts on a ship’s deck, referred to as “dog houses.” Punished sailors were made to sleep in these cramped, uncomfortable spaces, leading to the association of “being in the doghouse” with being in trouble.Source, and some other theories: theidioms.com Today's Funnies
Two rabbits were being chased by a pack of hungry wolves. The wolves chased the rabbits into a thicket. After a few minutes, one rabbit turned to the other and said,
"Well, do you want to make a run for it, or should we stay here for a few days and out number them?"
She said it rang a bell, but she wasn't sure if it was there or not.
And one candidate I'm considering for 2028.
Today's Poll
Your opinion only, not your dog's, please. Mine is D.
Comments
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Posted by: mindful webworker - man v beast at July 23, 2026 10:00 PM (M5tgA)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 23, 2026 10:00 PM (B2pWp)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 10:00 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 10:01 PM (vE0+H)
Do y'all even CARE about the Earth and climate change??
I'm so outta here.
Posted by: Al Gore at July 23, 2026 10:02 PM (JLqL/)
Posted by: Al Gore at July 23, 2026 10:02 PM (JLqL/)
https://youtu.be/Twivg7GkYts
Posted by: mindful webworker - true story at July 23, 2026 10:02 PM (M5tgA)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 10:03 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 10:03 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 10:03 PM (O0L8i)
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Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 23, 2026 10:04 PM (ok2JK)
Posted by: Safe at Home OrangeEnt at July 23, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)
I seem to have missed all the Snoopy things today
Posted by: Don Black at July 23, 2026 10:04 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: scampydog at July 23, 2026 10:05 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 10:05 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Piper
I'm not sure it's a whole genre. Seems to be just the one band.
Or two, if you count Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr.
Posted by: mikeski at July 23, 2026 10:05 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 10:06 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 10:06 PM (BI5O2)
Oh that's right. It turns out you can just say things.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 10:06 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 23, 2026 10:04
Whatever could you be referring to? We have never seen this ONT! Not at all! Ever! Especially on a Tuesday!
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 10:06 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: lin-duh at July 23, 2026 10:06 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: scampydog at July 23, 2026 10:05 PM (41CYW)
You're welcome. I tried to include something for everyone, but missed Robert the Cat.
Hopefully Piper and Bulg both enjoy the yoga video....
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 23, 2026 10:07 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Piper
I'm not sure it's a whole genre. Seems to be just the one band.
Or two, if you count Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr.
Posted by: mikeski
The Royal Guardsmen
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 10:07 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: mikeski at July 23, 2026 10:07 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 10:03 PM (Dd38x)
Hour of the Wolf bringing good content! You might have some competition for Doof Enterprises employee of the month.
Posted by: Doof at July 23, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Derak at July 23, 2026 10:07 PM (bixZP)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 23, 2026 10:08 PM (D/6p1)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 23, 2026 10:08 PM (ok2JK)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 10:08 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Piper
Dounds like there's a two day delay in the afterlife. Since this is Thursday.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 10:08 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 10:03 PM (Dd38x)
Vince Guaraldi Trio
https://tinyurl.com/387hspk8
https://tinyurl.com/bd6zuch5
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 23, 2026 10:08 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: mindful webworker - life is like a box of melted chocolates at July 23, 2026 10:08 PM (M5tgA)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 10:08 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 23, 2026 10:04
Whatever could you be referring to? We have never seen this ONT! Not at all! Ever! Especially on a Tuesday!
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 10:06 PM (Dd38x)
It sounds like Piper got snoopy earlier this week.
If she's Snoopy, what does that make J? Woodstock, Charlie Brown, or Linus?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 23, 2026 10:08 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Chocoholic at July 23, 2026 10:10 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Born Free at July 23, 2026 10:10 PM (raD1m)
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Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 23, 2026 10:10 PM (WL2lA)
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 23, 2026 10:10 PM (ftFVW)
Now I want to watch The Blue Max.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 10:10 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 23, 2026 10:10 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 10:11 PM (BI5O2)
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Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 23, 2026 10:11 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 23, 2026 10:11 PM (ok2JK)
Posted by: 496 at July 23, 2026 10:11 PM (sOtuf)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 10:11 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: mnw at July 23, 2026 10:12 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 10:12 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 23, 2026 10:12 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: huerfano at July 23, 2026 10:12 PM (VJX5o)
Posted by: wth at July 23, 2026 10:13 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: huerfano at July 23, 2026 10:13 PM (VJX5o)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 10:13 PM (ExV1e)
It is 9 fucking 13
will someone rid me of these beast
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 10:13 PM (/+uur)
Well, hey, I know how we can fix this sort of thing before it gets to shooting...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 10:14 PM (sKqQm)
Bite into the expensive chocolate, get a mouthful of sawdust. Bleh.
Posted by: mikeski
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::fistbump::
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 10:14 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Case at July 23, 2026 10:14 PM (bqIVz)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 10:15 PM (mP0Kj)
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Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 10:15 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: From about That Time at July 23, 2026 10:15 PM (a89qc)
It sounds like Piper got snoopy earlier this week.
If she's Snoopy, what does that make J? Woodstock, Charlie Brown, or Linus?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 23, 2026 10:08 PM (qx7Zg
Oh gosh, definitely not Charlie Brown. Hmmm. I don’t know that he fits a character, really.
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 10:16 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: 496 at July 23, 2026 10:11 PM (sOtuf)
You definitely didn't see it on Tuesday when I was copy/pasting content into the thread builder and accidentally pasted it over my own live thread. Nope - definitely not.
Posted by: Doof at July 23, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
Now I want to watch The Blue Max.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 10:10 PM (2WIwB)
Flyboys... may go watch it.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 10:16 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 23, 2026 10:16 PM (WL2lA)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 10:16 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 23, 2026 10:16 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: DPICM at July 23, 2026 10:17 PM (zweKz)
Posted by: mindful webworker
Oh so that's what the kids are calling it these days!
Posted by: Tonypete at July 23, 2026 10:17 PM (6x1Uq)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 10:17 PM (/+uur)
And the shelter on a drilling rig where the driller's console and the geolograph are located, is called the doghouse. When I was working in the patch, my dog Pogo would climb all the stairs to the doghouse at mealtimes, and mooch off the crew. I had several toolpushers tell me, "you know, when your dog is on the lease, the crew are on their best behavior."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:17 PM (1z8ji)
I watched The Blue Max a long time ago. I thought it was really clunky, fwiw. It doesn't even give good Ursula Andres.
She's still alive at age 92, btw.
Posted by: mnw at July 23, 2026 10:17 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: huerfano at July 23, 2026 10:12 PM (VJX5o)
Over under on which pops first...
Los A earthquake, or Bay Area... we're due.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 10:18 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 23, 2026 10:18 PM (WL2lA)
Posted by: Barack Obama at July 23, 2026 10:18 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 23, 2026 10:18 PM (YoT4f)
Caramel
Toffee
are all inedible
Posted by: vmom
How can someone be exactly right and exactly wrong in the same post? Caramels are yum.
Posted by: mikeski at July 23, 2026 10:18 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at July 23, 2026 10:18 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: mnw at July 23, 2026 10:19 PM (RCjYY)
I do LOVE the dog who looks like Gregg Allman.
Cheers, y'all!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 10:19 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 23, 2026 10:19 PM (ok2JK)
The Apollo 10 crew named the command module Charlie Brown, and the lunar module Snoopy.
Snoopy was set off in a heliocentric orbit, where it was well, went on eternal patrol you might say. In 2019, some astronomers think they might have found it:
https://t.ly/Btvfm
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 10:19 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 10:20 PM (s2K/A)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 23, 2026 10:16 PM (0Htd1)
It should have been built in Martha's Vineyard. It would have worked so well on a small island just offshore, with a big rotating light and a fog horn.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 23, 2026 10:20 PM (qx7Zg)
Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 10:20 PM (oUopv)
.......
Hey, it created one permanent job. Cobweb Guy.
Posted by: wth at July 23, 2026 10:20 PM (oq9dX)
The MaCoys
https://t.ly/obESo
Some pretty fine dancing there btw.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 23, 2026 10:20 PM (6x1Uq)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 23, 2026 10:16 PM (0Htd1)
The Left's schtick is to try to destroy what is good.
So, they redefine beauty... they redefine what is a Man... they redefine what is a Woman...
They redefine right from wrong, good from evil...
Because if you cannot even define an actual problem, then you can't fix it.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 10:20 PM (mP0Kj)
She's still alive at age 92, btw.
Posted by: mnw at July 23, 2026 10:17 PM (RCjYY)
Ursula Andress made young Diogenes feel funny inside.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 10:20 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 10:21 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 10:21 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 10:22 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 23, 2026 10:23 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 10:23 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Safe at Home OrangeEnt
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Prolly in the basement.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 10:23 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: Safe at Home OrangeEnt
You can get Russell Stover chocolates that are all creams. No nuts, and no toffee.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 23, 2026 10:23 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
It would be the world's ugliest lighthouse, and second place wouldn't be close.
It belongs on the island with the rest of Alcatraz.
Posted by: mikeski at July 23, 2026 10:23 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: TxAnn at July 23, 2026 10:23 PM (SjAWL)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 23, 2026 10:16 PM (0Htd1)
No, it's meant to be an insult to anyone who gazes upon it. It intentionally defies critique. It is criticism itself. An entirely godless soulless structure. Leftists are very very bizarre people.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 10:23 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 23, 2026 10:24 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 23, 2026 10:19 PM (ok2JK)
Where is he? I haven’t seen him on X either.
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 10:25 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 10:23 PM (vE0+H)
The Vogon poetry of architecture
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 23, 2026 10:25 PM (7gFa4)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 23, 2026 10:26 PM (YoT4f)
He got ran over
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 10:26 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 10:23 PM (vE0+H)
Calling it a Nazi flak tower is an insult to the architects of Nazi flak towers. They at least had some symmetry to them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:26 PM (1z8ji)
Les was a cool guy. Taught me a lot.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: H at July 23, 2026 10:26 PM (27rXu)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 10:27 PM (/+uur)
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22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American
Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute
shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms."
23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive,
meaningless art."
--excerpt from the Congressional Record at:
ecjones.org/1963_Communist_Goals.pdf
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 10:27 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 10:06 PM (Dd38x)
HA! Thanks for the heads up. I just went and read Tuesday's for a fresh one (to me).
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 23, 2026 10:27 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 23, 2026 10:19 PM (ok2JK)
Where is he? I haven’t seen him on X either.
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 10:25 PM (Dd38x)
I thought I saw him post once last night. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 23, 2026 10:27 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 10:25 PM (Dd38x)
He popped in here earlier today.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:27 PM (1z8ji)
PERFECT
(or should I say PREFECT)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 10:27 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 23, 2026 10:27 PM (7gFa4)
Loud talking, fighting inside (grudges wait for Saturday afternoon), sitting with dirty pants on bunks, or failing to return pop bottles earns time in the DOG HOUSE.
"Any man don't keep order spends a night in....the DOG HOUSE."
Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 10:27 PM (dIske)
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 10:28 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: huerfano
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Read somewhere that there are big faults all over TX but the deep clay is moist which lubricates the slide.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI3pne1IbWM
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 10:28 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 10:28 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: wth at July 23, 2026 10:28 PM (oq9dX)
But Democrats are very concerned some "extremists" might be taking over
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 10:28 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 23, 2026 10:23 PM (0Htd1)
I like a Heath every once in a while. Toffee should be crunchy. I can see how it wouldn't work in a truffle shape.
Posted by: Safe at Home OrangeEnt at July 23, 2026 10:28 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 23, 2026 10:29 PM (MYQ7F)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI3pne1IbWM
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 10:28 PM (51ygH)
There are big faults everywhere, but only a small fraction are active. Some have not moved in a billion years.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:30 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Doof at July 23, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
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Your efforts, as always, are very much appreciated!
Posted by: 496 at July 23, 2026 10:30 PM (sOtuf)
Posted by: mikeski
Caramels are good if they are the soft, gooey kind.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 23, 2026 10:31 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 23, 2026 10:31 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 10:28 PM
Yes.
Their *concern* is duly noted. LOL.
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 10:31 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 10:32 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Don Black at July 23, 2026 10:33 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 23, 2026 10:34 PM (SwCxT)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 10:34 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: huerfano at July 23, 2026 10:36 PM (VJX5o)
Posted by: President Emeritus! at July 23, 2026 10:36 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Don Black at July 23, 2026 10:36 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: From about That Time at July 23, 2026 10:37 PM (a89qc)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 10:23 PM (vE0+H)
Calling it a Nazi flak tower is an insult to the architects of Nazi flak towers. They at least had some symmetry to them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:26 PM (1z8ji)
It looks like buildings you see on planets in the video game . Nothing good comes out of those either.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 10:37 PM (S41Gd)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy6uLfermPU
Posted by: Reno_NV_Dave at July 23, 2026 10:37 PM (yXKEQ)
Posted by: Don Black at July 23, 2026 10:36 PM (ZxPkt)
Whitman Sampler used to have that.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 23, 2026 10:38 PM (SjAWL)
Posted by: VW Drivel at July 23, 2026 10:38 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 10:13 PM (ExV1e)
Inspector: Number five: Ram's Bladder Cup. (beat) Now, what sort of confectionery is that?
Mr. Hilton: Oh, we use only the finest juicy chunks of fresh Cornish Ram's bladder, emptied, steamed, flavoured with sesame seeds, whipped into a fondue, and garnished with lark's vomit.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 23, 2026 10:38 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 10:38 PM (S41Gd)
Definitely D
Posted by: Raymond Babbitt at July 23, 2026 10:38 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Don Black
The earthquake must have rearranged them.
Posted by: mikeski at July 23, 2026 10:38 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 10:38 PM (51ygH)
Carnegie did not force you to buy the books.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 10:39 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 10:39 PM (S41Gd)
Most likely the bear got hooked on meth and was trying to steal some copper to sell for scrap and feed his nasty habit far away from home so his neighbors wouldn't come looking to kick his ass when the power went out.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 23, 2026 10:39 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 10:38 PM (51ygH)
Drugs are less addicting.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 10:40 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 23, 2026 10:04
Whatever could you be referring to? We have never seen this ONT! Not at all! Ever! Especially on a Tuesday!
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 10:06 PM (Dd38x)
It sounds like Piper got snoopy earlier this week.
If she's Snoopy, what does that make J? Woodstock, Charlie Brown, or Linus?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 23, 2026 10:08 PM (qx7Zg)
I think we've got Charlie Brown covered, here on this blog already.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 23, 2026 10:40 PM (0CU3H)
Of that group, I can't say I have one that I disliked. The tequila one did make my eyes water a little, however.
Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 10:41 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 10:28 PM (51ygH)
There are big faults everywhere, but only a small fraction are active. Some have not moved in a billion years.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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You know what you did to cause the fault.
Posted by: Mother Earth at July 23, 2026 10:41 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 10:03 PM (Dd38x)
Hour of the Wolf bringing good content! You might have some competition for Doof Enterprises employee of the month.
Posted by: Doof at July 23, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)
I am not giving him my parking spot.
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 10:41 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Safe at Home OrangeEnt
I don't normally like toffee, but I knew a woman who would make homemade chocolate covered toffee for Christmas gifts. It was incredible, you could tell that it was made with real butter. The flavor was just so much better than commercial stuff, like a Heath bar. If you like a Heath bar, you would love the homemade stuff.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 23, 2026 10:42 PM (0Htd1)
We got lost due to construction in Laramie trying to find their Chick-fil-A, and wound up on the campus of the University of Wyoming. We saw mule deer grazing on their practice football field, haha! We also saw the nicest parking garage I've ever seen on the edge of campus. It almost looked like a castle made of sandstone.
Posted by: pookysgirl will be sad to leave Wyoming at July 23, 2026 10:42 PM (DuDKq)
Most likely the bear got hooked on meth and was trying to steal some copper to sell for scrap and feed his nasty habit far away from home so his neighbors wouldn't come looking to kick his ass when the power went out.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 23, 2026 10:39 PM (+9wcF)
I thought that was an AI video
https://tinyurl.com/8tsz8rke
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 23, 2026 10:43 PM (w/O5Q)
Not nearly enough, not nearly enough.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 23, 2026 10:43 PM (kdtv/)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 10:43 PM (/+uur)
My favorite piece of clothing in my whole young world!
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 10:44 PM (T2w7I)
Posted by: DPICM
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Dentists everywhere prefer toffee Good money maker for them--pulls fillings right out of the teeth.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 10:44 PM (E4rtv)
https://tinyurl.com/fs5jxev9
Posted by: Ex Rex Reede
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I don't think Hank did it that way.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 10:44 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 10:41 PM (Dd38x)
I thought you had cats guarding it. For some reason, though, both dogs and cats seem to like me. It's people that give me trouble.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 23, 2026 10:45 PM (qx7Zg)
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Candy Coated Communism, part one million. Are you ready for this bs for the next two plus years?
So now commies invented libraries. What a fucking retard spouting retard shit, scripted specifically for the dumbest of retards among us to zombify within.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 10:45 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: How To Make Friends at July 23, 2026 10:47 PM (JM9I6)
Here's one of the iconic Apollo 10, Snoopy photos:
https://t.ly/oXRZu
There's a story behind that. The gal there is Jayme Flowers (later Coplin), who was Gordon Cooper's secretary. She and Gene Cernan had a thing going on. Well, not *that* kind of thing, but they clowned around. Gene told her to give a him something and he'd carry it around the Moon for her as a souvenir.
So she got that giant stuffed Snoopy as a gag that that was she wanted him to carry along. The result was these photos, which occurred with Gene after Stafford in the above photo, from a Reddit thread:
https://t.ly/JlcEN
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 10:47 PM (w6EFb)
Dentists everywhere prefer toffee Good money maker for them--pulls fillings right out of the teeth.
Posted by: whig
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Jolly Rancher enters the chat.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 10:47 PM (51ygH)
I think it might have been MP4 (and if it wasn't, apologies to him) who said that Snoopy was the downfall of "Peanuts." And I've come to agree with that.
"Peanuts" was about how flawed characters dealt with their flaws, and how they became real by doing so. While Charlie Brown never won at anything, but it never dented his determination to continue. While he would despair over his outcomes, he would never allow his failures to consume him.
Snoopy, on the other hand, was a perpetual winner who was never disappointed and was admired by all. He was the breakout character for the strip, and it's certainly understandable that Schulz would capitalize on him.
I just never liked Snoopy that much after realizing that. Sorry.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 23, 2026 10:47 PM (CHHv1)
The sick thing is they want us to argue and set out our case for why they are wrong. They want us to burn brain cells and ink and pixels proving every angle about why they are wrong. As if they aren't already hyper aware of why they are wrong.
I will never forget when Romney made some proposal in 2012 during the election and Obama actually had the front to make a speech and lecture Romney that with a "government" program like what Romney was suggesting, the government doesn't pay for any of it. "The people do. The taxpayers."
They love doing this stuff. They love it.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 10:47 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: huerfano at July 23, 2026 10:36 PM (VJX5o)
Pookette is struggling with the concept of Wyoming being filled with a whole lotta nothin'. I was gobsmacked that they water their hayfields here! Back in Iowa, the hayfields are mowed probably at least three times a year with no irrigation necessary.
Posted by: pookysgirl does not live in a desert at July 23, 2026 10:48 PM (DuDKq)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 23, 2026 10:42 PM (0Htd1)
It's the preservatives and additives that make machine made taste less good than handmade.
Posted by: Safe at Home OrangeEnt at July 23, 2026 10:48 PM (1Ff7Z)
Your opinion only, not your dog's, please. Mine is D.
Totally the nasty coconut one. Roach poison.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 23, 2026 10:48 PM (QVmho)
Yeah, she changed the lock on my back door
Now my key, it won't fit no more
Move it on over
Rock it on over
Move over little dog, a big old dog is movin' in
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 10:48 PM (T2w7I)
Posted by: ...
Don't think ole Ben Franklin was a commie and he founded the Library Company of Philadelphia for books. Andrew Carnegie was a filthy capitalist but funded libraries across the US.
Commies prefer to burn books rather than build libraries stocking badthink books.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 10:49 PM (E4rtv)
Mamdani on the free lending library: a new idea that no-one could've imagined until recently
Except that Cosimo Medici established his free lending library circa 1450
Posted by: mnw at July 23, 2026 10:49 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 23, 2026 10:47 PM
Most beagles are very humble.
Posted by: huerfano at July 23, 2026 10:49 PM (VJX5o)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 10:39 PM (/+uur)
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Actually, in a way they do. Most funds for public libraries come from county property taxes....which is a pet peave of mine. Public libraries should be all donations. I see it as something very similar to PBS and NPR. You could argue that it improves the quality of living in the area by offering potentially free education and resources. I would argue that it is a 1st world luxury.
Fire Companies is a non-starter. It is a public safety organization and a necessity. It is no different from a paved road in a philosophical sense.
Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 10:50 PM (dIske)
Posted by: LASue at July 23, 2026 10:50 PM (mFhj8)
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 10:44 PM (E4rtv)
My brother was eating a Black Cow (cousin of the Slo-Poke) back in the day and it literally pulled a filling out.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 23, 2026 10:50 PM (SjAWL)
Posted by: ...
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Celebrating satanically via lies and inversions of truth. Mick should have named his song, Sympathy for the Democrats.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 10:50 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
It's your animal magnetism, obviously.
Posted by: mikeski at July 23, 2026 10:50 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Frankie at July 23, 2026 10:50 PM (+z1Lr)
Posted by: pookysgirl does not live in a desert at July 23, 2026 10:48 PM (DuDKq)
When you drive across Wyoming at night, you don't see nothing out there, except Sinclair.
Posted by: Safe at Home OrangeEnt at July 23, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 10:51 PM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 23, 2026 10:51 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: TxAnn
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Only thing better for dentists are Jolly Ranchers-guaranteed to glue teeth together when they don't break off chunks of a tooth.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 10:51 PM (E4rtv)
How you been. I got the sense today you were in worse pain than usual. Day ending in Y, I know. Anyway sending best wishes.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 10:52 PM (vE0+H)
The average salary for a Library Director in Harris County, Texas is approximately $79,260 per year, with a typical pay range between $62,597 and $101,476 annually. Top earners can make up to $125,940.
hahahaha
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 10:52 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 10:53 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 10:53 PM (T2w7I)
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Candy Coated Communism, part one million. Are you ready for this bs for the next two plus years?
So now commies invented libraries. What a fucking retard spouting retard shit, scripted specifically for the dumbest of retards among us to zombify within.
Posted by: ... at July 23
Libraries, fire stations. It's called free associations, guaranteed in one of those early listings of constitutional things.
Don't think communists are big on this.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 23, 2026 10:53 PM (a89qc)
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 10:54 PM (KC5Lt)
And for terrible chocolates, the cherry cordial. Second worst is rasperry. To my taste bbuds, fruit and chocolate don't mix.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 23, 2026 10:54 PM (cBDov)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 10:53 PM (vE0+H)
Commies built the sun. That's why it's red at the end of the day; it's disguise has burned off.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 23, 2026 10:54 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Where is the Old Madrid fault?
*Oh grok. . . *
Posted by: Tonypete at July 23, 2026 10:55 PM (6x1Uq)
Posted by: r hennigantx
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But you know what he did? He built some architecturally beautiful buildings to house those books.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 10:55 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 23, 2026 10:51 PM (0Htd1)
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That sounds nice, but it seems to me the alcohol would likely evaporate during cooking. The one's I got, they somehow figured out how to create a lining within the chocolate which sealed just short of a half of shot of pure goodness. The chocolate was pretty high quality as well. They didn't last long.
Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 10:55 PM (dIske)
Snoopy, on the other hand, was a perpetual winner who was never disappointed and was admired by all. He was the breakout character for the strip, and it's certainly understandable that Schulz would capitalize on him.
I just never liked Snoopy that much after realizing that. Sorry.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
If you did not add Snoopy into Peanuts for a little joy, the strip would have been equivalent to a Dostoevsky novel--Crime and Punishment.
Dogs bring a bit of joy and innocence even into the darkest hours of a human. So too did Snoopy as he gave heart to Charlie Brown to try again from demonstrating it is not a sin to be glad you are alive.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 10:56 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 10:56 PM (/+uur)
Most libraries were built by one of the biggest capitalists in history.
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 10:56 PM (KC5Lt)
The pronunciation of "Madrid" in New Madrid is different as well.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 10:56 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 23, 2026 10:57 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: whig
Jolly Rancher enters the chat.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Jolly Rancher and Molar Crown have left the chat.
Posted by: mikeski at July 23, 2026 10:57 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 10:55 PM (dIske)
Another fine use for Flex-Seal!
Posted by: Phil Swift at July 23, 2026 10:58 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 10:58 PM (KC5Lt)
Snoopy, on the other hand, was a perpetual winner who was never disappointed and was admired by all. He was the breakout character for the strip, and it's certainly understandable that Schulz would capitalize on him.
I just never liked Snoopy that much after realizing that. Sorry.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
Now do Curious George (the little shit). Destructive little asshole that was never held responsible for any of his theft, vandalism, and B&E.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 23, 2026 10:58 PM (6x1Uq)
Posted by: Piper
+++++
I'm not sure it's a whole genre. Seems to be just the one band.
Or two, if you count Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr.
Posted by: mikeski
****
The Royal Guardsmen
Posted by: rickb223
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I'm sure that there are licensing issues involved with centering your music around a copyrighted character. Once the RG did the first song, no one else wanted to get in a negotiation.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 23, 2026 10:59 PM (cBDov)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Failed rift zone in the North American plate. Some argue that it is a dying fault, others do not. The huge amount of sediment in the Mississippi River Valley is what makes it so potent for destruction. Shakes like a bowl of jelly with liquefaction etc.
You can still see sand blows yards in diameters all through the Eastern part of Arkansas from the New Madrid fault. As a kid, I could remember occasionally farmers digging up logs of cypress that fell during the earthquakes and were buried under the muck after. Cypress is one of the few woods that does not rot much at all due to water exposure.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:00 PM (E4rtv)
A little bit rebellious but mostly free.
Being in the house means the house owns you.
On the house means you can survive.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 11:00 PM (/+uur)
Mining, research, forward staging.
Clean fusion, desalination, calorie independence.
Welfare, Medicaid, Balkinization, programmed racial and class-envy systemic destruction, intellectual capacity assassination, serfdom, slavery, genocide ona scale unimaginable...
Heinlein, you magnificent bastard. Bet you're glad you're dead...
Posted by: Just Sayin at July 23, 2026 11:01 PM (sgKnS)
The pronunciation of "Madrid" in New Madrid is different as well.
Posted by: publius
Right next to Cairo IL and also pronounced different than Cairo Egypt. Pronounced like the Karo syrup.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:01 PM (E4rtv)
I will indulge in some peanut M&Ms now and again, or a Payday bar.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 23, 2026 11:02 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 23, 2026 11:02 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 23, 2026 10:54 PM (qx7Zg)
Nice
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 11:02 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: PabloD at July 23, 2026 11:02 PM (9eWA/)
Posted by: buddhaha
I will pray for you. No one is beyond help.
Posted by: The Crystal Cathedral. at July 23, 2026 11:02 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 23, 2026 11:03 PM (6x1Uq)
When the Medici family started lending their books out for free, printing had not been invented.
But the Medicis lent their books to scholars at no charge, so that they could be copied & studied. Copying by hand was the closest thing they had to printing back then.
And the Medicis were by no means Democratic Socialists.
Posted by: mnw at July 23, 2026 11:03 PM (RCjYY)
The average salary for a Library Director in Harris County, Texas is approximately $79,260 per year, with a typical pay range between $62,597 and $101,476 annually. Top earners can make up to $125,940.
hahahaha
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 10:52 PM (/+uur)
As a state employed slug, I make more than this. But I bet those folks work less than I do. Hell, I'd bet that any work they do is "work." I wonder what it would take to get hired on there.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 23, 2026 11:03 PM (gKT4z)
G is usually the one I try hardest to avoid. Though, anymore, any of them that are excessively sticky inside are not enjoyable. (Ummm, fudge is NEVER excessively sticky.)
Posted by: GWB at July 23, 2026 11:03 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
Blue hair and pushing pron and tranny books to kindergarteners.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 23, 2026 11:04 PM (6x1Uq)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
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Probably have to learn to direct homeless weirdos to the best fetish pron sites that the library's internet can reach.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:05 PM (E4rtv)
Most libraries were built by one of the biggest capitalists in history.
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 10:56 PM (KC5Lt)
you could feed the chillrens for the cost of the books
you could give the pregnant abortions
I hate people that tell millionaires and billionaires how to spend their money.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 11:05 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 10:41 PM (Dd38x)
I thought you had cats guarding it. For some reason, though, both dogs and cats seem to like me. It's people that give me trouble.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 23, 2026 10:45 PM
The cats are much better guards than Saijo. He is very much an every man for himself kinda guy.
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 11:05 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 23, 2026 11:05 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: PabloD
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I take it you don't like fruit in your cookies.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:06 PM (E4rtv)
Maybe not the *best* Ursula Andress, but certainly not *bad* Ursula Andsress.
Any naked Ursula Andress is good Ursula Andress.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 11:06 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: huerfano at July 23, 2026 11:06 PM (VJX5o)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
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Probably have to learn to direct homeless weirdos to the best fetish pron sites that the library's internet can reach.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:05 PM (E4rtv)
I'm overqualified!
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 23, 2026 11:06 PM (gKT4z)
Posted by: Radar Love at July 23, 2026 11:06 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: publius
I've always been fascinated by the New Madrid fault. I read "The Frontiersmen", which is a semi-fictional account featuring Simon Kenton. Tecumseh is a large part of the story, and he predicted the great New Madrid quakes.
That was a truly terrifying event. The blessing being the land was pretty sparsely populated at the time.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 23, 2026 11:06 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: whig
But if they find a library some capitalist built, they'll fight tooth and nail to make sure the kid's section has the appropriate books, like Gender Queer and Heather Has Two Mommies.
Posted by: mikeski at July 23, 2026 11:07 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Hundreds of them, sometimes in unlikely places. Here's a state by state list:
https://shorturl.at/XQLd2
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2026 11:07 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mamdani at July 23, 2026 11:07 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Jen the original at July 23, 2026 11:07 PM (EiUt/)
I remember when the librarian was a much older woman: kindly, discreet, unattractive.
We didn't know anything about her private life.
We didn't want to know anything about her private life.
She didn't have a private life.
While you're thinking about that, think about this: The library closes at five o'clock, no exceptions. This is your final warning. Got that, kewpie-doll?
Posted by: Lt. Bookman at July 23, 2026 11:07 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 11:07 PM (Dd38x)
you could give the pregnant abortions
I hate people that tell millionaires and billionaires how to spend their money.
Posted by: r hennigantx
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It could also buy yards and yards of duct tape to shut up leftists and bind them to telephone poles.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:07 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: GWB at July 23, 2026 11:03 PM (kU0PQ)
Tell me about it!
Posted by: Kamala at July 23, 2026 11:08 PM (vE0+H)
Choppers.
Posted by: Gary Burghoff at July 23, 2026 11:08 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Wonder how them people pronounce Sakkaliner
Posted by: Miklos, rejoicing on the banks of the Saluda at July 23, 2026 11:08 PM (sxR7k)
Posted by: Phil Swift at July 23, 2026 11:08 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Jen the original
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Ted Cruz made the comment today on X that he expected Mamdani to take Schumer's senate seat and AOC to run for Prezzie.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:08 PM (E4rtv)
To me, the greatest candy bar in history is the Chase Candy Company Cherry Mash, which has cherry fondant filling encased in a chocolate and peanut shell.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 11:08 PM (qpyNK)
Except that Cosimo Medici established his free lending library circa 1450
Posted by: mnw at July 23, 2026 10:49 PM
A mere 500 + years off. Probably counts as 'right' in Mamdami's commie world
Posted by: LASue at July 23, 2026 11:08 PM (mFhj8)
I think they estimate that 1811 New Madrid quake at 7.0 - 8.0.
I think there are very small little quakes at that fault all the time?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 11:09 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 10:56 PM (/+uur)
Which reminds me of the Twilight Zone episode where book lover Burgess Meredith survives a nuclear apocalypse, finds a library only to have his glasses break.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 23, 2026 11:09 PM (SjAWL)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 23, 2026 11:02 PM
I do. Have you seen the price of books? I can't afford my habit.
Posted by: huerfano at July 23, 2026 11:09 PM (VJX5o)
Posted by: mikeski
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And make sure there are gloryholes in the gender neutral bathrooms.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:09 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 23, 2026 11:09 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Orson
One of my uncles would keep some Grand Marnier-filled chocolates on hand. Kids get a little to rowdy? *Uncle C's Knockout Drops* to the rescue!
Probly would be frowned upon, these days....
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 11:09 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Kamala at July 23, 2026 11:08 PM (vE0+H)
Like you even remember when you still had a cherry, Kammi.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 11:09 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Jen the original at July 23, 2026 11:07 PM (EiUt/)
Yes. Today he announced a pied-à-terre tax for those with 2nd homes in NYC over $5M.
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 11:09 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:00 PM (E4rtv)
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Son went to FSU and said there was a guy in one of his computer science class whose father owned a huge amt of land along swampy ground. Country FL boy. Their business (or bidness?) was taking ancient cypress that had been underwater to be milled into fancy furniture and built their entire house with this cypress. I think I have that right.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
https://tinyurl.com/458cj64f
Trippy, man. I was listening to Foreigner's "Cold as Ice" and remembered that song as I wrote that sentence.
I must be trilingal/tri-brained something or other.
My brain is a juke box sometimes, among other things we won't discuss.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 11:09 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: whig
Americans have traditionally been a very practical people.
Posted by: Miklos, looking at 3M stock at July 23, 2026 11:10 PM (sxR7k)
Posted by: publius
Right next to Cairo IL and also pronounced different than Cairo Egypt. Pronounced like the Karo syrup.
Posted by: whig
New Prague, MN, rhymes with "plague," not with "frog."
Posted by: mikeski at July 23, 2026 11:10 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Jen the original at July 23, 2026 11:10 PM (EiUt/)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
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Quick...how does the Dewey Decimal System work?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2026 11:10 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mamdani at July 23, 2026 11:07 PM
I don't trust anyone who smiles as much as that asshole. Or is a Muslim.
Posted by: huerfano at July 23, 2026 11:11 PM (VJX5o)
https://shorturl.at/XQLd2
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2026 11:07 PM (XeU6L)
There is a Carnegie Library in Vancouver, B.C. On Main Street.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 11:11 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 11:11 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: whig
Americans have traditionally been a very practical people.
Posted by: Miklos, looking at 3M stock at July 23, 2026 11:10 PM (sxR7k)
We meet at dawn. Put me down on the list to help.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 11:11 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
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Quick...how does the Dewey Decimal System work?
Posted by: Mike
I'm pretty sure that's white supremacy, bruv. Books end up where they belong.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 23, 2026 11:11 PM (gKT4z)
See how he responds.
Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 11:12 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 23, 2026 11:12 PM (ibDUx)
I think they estimate that 1811 New Madrid quake at 7.0 - 8.0.
I think there are very small little quakes at that fault all the time?
Posted by: publius
Three big quakes 1811-1812 that have been around mid 7.0's after changing their initial guesses at magnitude. A strong one in the late 1890's. Most recent was a 4 point something that I felt as a little kid living in NE Arkansas at the time. Centered on Marked Tree Arkansas.
Lots of smaller ones mostly unfelt and deep with a few reminding people now and again a fault is sleeping there.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:12 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 11:09 PM (w6EFb)
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Yes, there are.
You can feel them in southern MO/southern IL.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 23, 2026 11:12 PM (IMPuq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 11:13 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Jen the original at July 23, 2026 11:07 PM (EiUt/)
Note how the national spokespeople kind of come and go. Romney disappeared. Cheney disappeared. Bernie shows up every four years. Clinton hangs around. The Obamas hang around. Hunter *Biden* has "appeared".
The script has to be fed through people that are well known (a well known last name helps a LOT) or have a novel presence.
Mamdani was an op from the word go, and now he's gonna be one of the main spokespeople for candy coated communism as they ramp up the operation to wherever they plan to move us post Trump.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 11:13 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:12 PM (E4rtv)
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Yep.
Very disconcerting.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 23, 2026 11:14 PM (IMPuq)
Probly would be frowned upon, these days....
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 11:09 PM (rdVOm)
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That's awesome. I wonder how Nyquil tastes with chocolate.
Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 11:14 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Obscure library trivia for 200, Alex at July 23, 2026 11:14 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Jen the original
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New York and California are sad unfunny jokes nowadays and I can see why you feel that way.
DSA are sort of like Heath Ledger's Joker.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:14 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
*checks*
You have been volunteered for the Tar and Feathering Team
Posted by: Miklos, with Official Clipboard at July 23, 2026 11:14 PM (sxR7k)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 23, 2026 11:14 PM (SwCxT)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 11:15 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Jen the original at July 23, 2026 11:07 PM (EiUt/)
Yes. Today he announced a pied-à-terre tax for those with 2nd homes in NYC over $5M.
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 11:09 PM (Dd38x)
***********
Mandingo wants to be Emperor of the World.
That smile of his is pure evil. A villian from a cartoon.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 11:15 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2026 11:10 PM (XeU6L)
Well, you make sure that all applicants to be your library students include their measurements along with their photographs.
Then you rate them on hotness. No students below an 8.9 need apply.
Dewey was a cad, even by the standards of the era.
Posted by: Melvil Dewey at July 23, 2026 11:16 PM (qpyNK)
Very disconcerting.
Posted by: SMH
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Descriptions of the 1811-1812 shocks are pretty apocalyptic.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:16 PM (E4rtv)
I've never had a bad experience with one, ever. I never saw a derelict there. The librarians are unfailingly courteous, too.
Mine has a policy of throwing anyone who tries to access pron offline. Spare me, "How do YOU know? Ha Ha" There are printed rules about using the 'Net.
Also they have adult literacy classes there, and lots of similar programs.
Posted by: mnw at July 23, 2026 11:16 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Miklos, hygrometer in use at July 23, 2026 11:16 PM (sxR7k)
Posted by: Case at July 23, 2026 11:17 PM (bqIVz)
+++++++
Yu know about the cup sizes?
Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 23, 2026 11:17 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: huerfano at July 23, 2026 11:11 PM (VJX5o)
Or is a communist.
Posted by: Melvil Dewey at July 23, 2026 11:18 PM (qpyNK)
It could also buy yards and yards of duct tape to shut up leftists and bind them to telephone poles.
Posted by: whig
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There is a fellow down in Mexico that calls himself Batman.
He catches motorcycle thiefs and duct tapes them to telephone poles next to the bike. Then writes the word, thief, across their forehead.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 11:18 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
If there's no room on the shelf, round up?
Posted by: mikeski at July 23, 2026 11:18 PM (VHUov)
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That they are.
What would happen now, even more so.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 23, 2026 11:18 PM (IMPuq)
You must live in a red area.
Libraries in most of the blue areas are filled up with masturbating drunks who shoot drugs in the toilets.
Which is still better than "Drag Queen Story Hour".
Posted by: Melvil Dewey at July 23, 2026 11:19 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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Bring ropes and torches.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2026 11:19 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Miklos, hygrometer in use at July 23, 2026 11:16 PM (sxR7k)
That's what I call taking a shower with Ashley
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 23, 2026 11:19 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Zombie Rock Hudson at July 23, 2026 11:19 PM (6x1Uq)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 23, 2026 11:20 PM (NnhvP)
Humilarity, as this redneck gal here (long gone) used to pronounce it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 11:21 PM (w6EFb)
I've never had a bad experience with one, ever. I never saw a derelict there. The librarians are unfailingly courteous, too.
Mine has a policy of throwing anyone who tries to access pron offline. Spare me, "How do YOU know? Ha Ha" There are printed rules about using the 'Net.
Also they have adult literacy classes there, and lots of similar programs.
Posted by: mnw
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My university library for my doctorate had a piece of shit 'homeless' person decide to torch it by lighting off papers in government documents section. Massive fire and smoke damage--fortunately I already had my dissertation data and references when it happened.
Most urban libraries have significant problems with mentally ill, homeless, and perverts using the libraries for their rest and recreation.
The US is not as it was in a helluva lot of places.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:21 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Peeps and candy corn at July 23, 2026 11:21 PM (2Ez/1)
Now do wet bulb temp.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 11:21 PM (w6EFb)
He catches motorcycle thiefs and duct tapes them to telephone poles next to the bike. Then writes the word, thief, across their forehead.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 11:18 PM (51ygH)
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Did that in Iraq just for funsies.
But on cots instead of telephone poles.
And crude drawings of penises on foreheads instead of the word 'thief'.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 23, 2026 11:22 PM (IMPuq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 11:22 PM (JvZF+)
Having access to the Big University Research Liberry for $50 certainly saves bookshelf space.
Maybe other university liberries have the same?
Posted by: Miklos, reading at or above his Grade Level at July 23, 2026 11:23 PM (sxR7k)
Posted by: Miklos, with Official Clipboard at July 23, 2026 11:14 PM (sxR7k)
*************
That's in NC, right? I once briefly had a long distance romance with a Tar Heel Frat boy from UNC. Met him at Mardi Gras in college one spring trip to NOLA. He was smitten with this redneck and wrote me at the dorm and called sometimes (shared payphone). As I never dated it encouraged the dorm that I was not totally weird.
He showed up on our farm one day and alarmed my mother, then went to the college (junior college convent across the street from my HS). He found out pretty quickly after dinner than I was a good girl and he was a gentleman about it. I don't know why he thought otherwise. Who traveled far for basically not a lot with a friend (who apparently scored with someone I knew. I was oblivious to everything that she was a loose girl).
Anyway, it will take airtravel to NC but I'll be there! My husband will be confused but I'll bring him as well! "Honey, we have to fly to NC tomorrow," and try explaining Morons. But once he figures out why he'll be in and approve. (I can talk him into anything). XXXX
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 11:23 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Orson
Eww. Probably not so good.
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 11:23 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: SMH
Art grant AWARDED
Posted by: The National Endowment at July 23, 2026 11:24 PM (sxR7k)
He catches motorcycle thiefs and duct tapes them to telephone poles next to the bike. Then writes the word, thief, across their forehead.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Read that, I approve. We could be very creative with judicious applications of duct tape. For example, doing so to these dash and diners--duct tape them on a lamppost near their dine and dash restaurant as a warning for the others.
Stocks were designed mostly to shame miscreants without the expense of locking them up and feeding them three square meals a day, recreation, etc. Need to bring that back.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:24 PM (E4rtv)
Details that have emerged: this "woman" is an ugly tranny.
My speculation: guys shows up for his date with this "woman" and declined to continue after seeing that it was a dude.
Whereupon the psycho tranny shot him.
We'll see if my theory plays out.
"She" must've been using a fake picture or something. There's not enough tequila in the world to convince someone that "she" is a woman.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 11:24 PM (qpyNK)
Will Netflix borscht this?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 11:25 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 11:25 PM (hzuYO)
What would happen now, even more so.
Posted by: SMH
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Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee is an example along with the Mississippi reported as running backwards. Old Testament stuff.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:25 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Orson
Eww. Probably not so good.
Posted by: JQ
Skittles
Posted by: Prpl Drank at July 23, 2026 11:25 PM (sxR7k)
Posted by: whig
+++
Jolly Rancher enters the chat.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Corn Nuts enters to a fanfare, and kicks Toffee and Jolly Rancher out of the way.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 23, 2026 11:26 PM (cBDov)
Is this persyn a Senate candidate in Maine?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 11:26 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Braenyard
They are all around Austin.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 23, 2026 11:27 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 11:27 PM (2GVsD)
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[recoils in horror]
Brother Miklos is a Sandlapper, not a Tarheel.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2026 11:28 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: buddhaha
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I even hate the smell of Corn Nuts. Nasty things.
Funyuns, on the other hand, despite removal of all skin in the mouth, are quite tasty.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:28 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 23, 2026 11:20 PM (NnhvP)
Send it all my way, please! . Its my absolute favorite
Posted by: LASue at July 23, 2026 11:29 PM (mFhj8)
Posted by: Orson
Drink enough nyquil and you won't even taste the chocolate.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:29 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 11:26 PM (2GVsD)
Certainly fits the pattern insofar as deceptive advertising goes. That should be a capital offence for trannies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 11:29 PM (1z8ji)
301 There is a fellow down in Mexico that calls himself Batman.
He catches motorcycle thiefs and duct tapes them to telephone poles next to the bike. Then writes the word, thief, across their forehead.”
He should call himself El Guano.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 11:30 PM (T2w7I)
Posted by: whig
+++
Jolly Rancher enters the chat.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Corn Nuts enters to a fanfare, and kicks Toffee and Jolly Rancher out of the way.
Posted by: buddhaha
You people just lame
Posted by: Stuckey's Peanut Brittle at July 23, 2026 11:30 PM (sxR7k)
Back when I could walk a lot better, I did one-on-one adult literacy tutoring. In that capacity, I went to some libraries in not very prosperous places. They weren't any different than the nice library I use, as far as I could tell.
Posted by: mnw at July 23, 2026 11:30 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Sophisticated Diner at July 23, 2026 11:30 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: whig
Or substitute Jagermeister-- at least it doesn't contain acetaminophen.
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 11:31 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 11:31 PM (qpyNK)
Details that have emerged: this "woman" is an ugly tranny.
My speculation: guys shows up for his date with this "woman" and declined to continue after seeing that it was a dude.
Whereupon the psycho tranny shot him.
We'll see if my theory plays out.
"She" must've been using a fake picture or something. There's not enough tequila in the world to convince someone that "she" is a woman.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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How exactly do you write a country song about something like this?
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:31 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 11:31 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Sophisticated Diner at July 23, 2026 11:30 PM (JM9I6)
Beet sugar, chalk, and despair. But mostly despair.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 11:32 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Sophisticated Diner at July 23, 2026 11:30 PM
Sugar, foam rubber and disappointment.
Posted by: huerfano at July 23, 2026 11:32 PM (VJX5o)
Posted by: Sophisticated Diner
Dust bunnies and melted yellow-orange crayons.
Not Crayola. Some off brand from the dollar store.
Posted by: mikeski at July 23, 2026 11:32 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: JQ
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Heh. That always tasted like licorice to me and I can't stand licorice. Only way I could drink it was so cold that you could not taste it much.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:32 PM (E4rtv)
https://shorturl.at/XQLd2
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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The original is in John Fettermsn's Braddock,PA
Posted by: buddhaha at July 23, 2026 11:33 PM (cBDov)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
*respectful bow from a lowly lowlander to Mike of the Mountain People*
Posted by: Miklos owns land that is basically just sand at July 23, 2026 11:33 PM (sxR7k)
Posted by: Sophisticated Diner
Stale, ground up and dyed four year old Marshmallow Peeps?
Posted by: Tonypete at July 23, 2026 11:33 PM (6x1Uq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 11:33 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Cooter Brown. at July 23, 2026 11:33 PM (JM9I6)
The US is not as it was in a helluva lot of places.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:21 PM (E4rtv)
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At a library near the med center I was once chased out of the loo by a troll woman lunatic. Before it got REALLY bad with homeless. It was her home, she said. I then went to the beach town library and, once, had a bedbug in the pocket of a book (identified by my husband). Then I debated microwaving the books due to potential bugs, but put them on the dash in the sun instead (FL...hot).
Now I order from Amazon and my husband frets over a bookcase in our bedroom about once a year as "it was not built for all these books...that I have not read." I tell him it will be fine.
I have a pervy library story! A former co-worker of my dude's had a deal of placing his "member" in a slot after removing a book. The books faced each other and lady on the other side would have a surprise! His wife divorced him and I think he moved to Texas.
I was shocked then laughed wildly when he told me this. I know I am going to hell, but try to be good.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 11:33 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 11:34 PM (rdVOm)
https://youtu.be/Twivg7GkYts
Posted by: mindful webworker - true story at July 23, 2026 10:02 PM (M5tgA)
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6:30AM here. I'm usually in dreamland when the ONT comes out. That's the first thing that came to mind.
So what present did HOTW give his wife for her birthday/anniversary? Post your theories, morons.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 23, 2026 11:34 PM (RkR9o)
Posted by: Sophisticated Diner at July 23, 2026 11:30 PM (JM9I6)
Beet sugar, chalk, and despair. But mostly despair.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Cracker Jacks>Peeps>Circus Peanuts
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:34 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:31 PM (E4rtv)
You Ain’t Woman Enough by Loretta Lynn?
Posted by: TxAnn at July 23, 2026 11:34 PM (SjAWL)
Some songs would be a lot better without the heavy orchestration, often sappy.
https://youtu.be/o5gtVoA2upU
G'nite, y'all.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - old and sappy at July 23, 2026 11:35 PM (M5tgA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy6uLfermPU
Posted by: Reno_NV_Dave at July 23, 2026 10:37 PM (yXKEQ)
I’m going with “Spring Surprise” being the worst.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 11:35 PM (wWU6x)
Posted by: whig
"The button on the jukebox was XY...."
Posted by: David Allen Miklos at July 23, 2026 11:35 PM (sxR7k)
Posted by: Cooter Brown. at July 23, 2026 11:33 PM (JM9I6)
Plus the belladonna alkaloids.
There's a reason medieval witches used that shit in their "flying ointment".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 11:36 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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Never change. The Lord himself is quite a comedian.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:36 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Sophisticated Diner
Marshmelons, artificial colors, artificial flavors. Surprisingly, the ones I looked at didn't include preservatives.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 23, 2026 11:36 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 11:36 PM (77rzZ)
Artificially flavoured expanding foam.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 11:31 PM (2GVsD)
***********
I have never had one! They look like cadever toes!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 11:36 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: whig
Definitely has the *ICK* factor. Won't ever drink it again.
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 11:36 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Kinky Miklos-Friedman at July 23, 2026 11:37 PM (sxR7k)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 11:37 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:36 PM (E4rtv)
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 23, 2026 11:37 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 11:38 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 11:36 PM (hzuYO)
And that's not even close to the most offensive toe-related candy name.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 11:38 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:31 PM (E4rtv)
You Ain’t Woman Enough by Loretta Lynn?
Posted by: TxAnn at July 23, 2026 11:34 PM (SjAWL)
You Ain't Woman Enough For This Man.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 23, 2026 11:38 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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The artificial preservatives are sulfuric acid and the artificial flavor is arsenic coated pressure treated sawdust. Same as Twinkies and they will be present long after we are all gone.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:39 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 11:39 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Trio at July 23, 2026 11:39 PM (sxR7k)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
"Short stories are two stacks over."
Posted by: the likely response at July 23, 2026 11:39 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 11:40 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Cooter Brown. at July 23, 2026 11:33 PM (JM9I6)
*************
This was my college cure!
I noticed in the '80's it mostly made me hallucinate and feel weird and stopped. Stuff makes me hyper vs sleepy.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 11:40 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 11:38 PM (qpyNK
Just leave us out of it.
Posted by: Brazil Nuts at July 23, 2026 11:41 PM (T2w7I)
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:31 PM (E4rtv)
You Ain’t Woman Enough by Loretta Lynn?
Posted by: TxAnn at July 23, 2026 11:34 PM (SjAWL)
You Ain't Woman Enough For This Man.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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San Francisco by Morning?
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:41 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 23, 2026 11:41 PM (gKT4z)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 11:41 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 23, 2026 11:42 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 11:42 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: whig
And it burns burns burns
The Ring of Fire
The Ring of Fire
Posted by: Miklos hopes Johnny is laughing at July 23, 2026 11:43 PM (sxR7k)
The Ring of Fire
The Ring of Fire
Posted by: Miklos
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Golf Clap. Heh.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:43 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: mnw at July 23, 2026 11:44 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Kramer at July 23, 2026 11:44 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
The ones that would have been peanut-butter flavored, if they weren't bland? A piece of taffy dried to a Mohs scale 5, or so?
Yeah, those were brutal.
I baited a mousetrap with one, and the mouse gave me the finger.
Posted by: mikeski at July 23, 2026 11:44 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 11:44 PM (77rzZ)
"in the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
in the desert make straight a highway for our God"
Posted by: gKWVE at July 23, 2026 11:45 PM (gKWVE)
I declare, some of those NASA '60s secretary and other geek girls are sort of hot in a nerdy librarian kind of way. Here's Jim Lovell's secretary seeing him off on Apollo 13:
https://t.ly/A4xUp
She reminds of some TV character back in the day I can't quite place.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 11:45 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 11:45 PM (wWU6x)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 11:47 PM (wWU6x)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 11:45 PM (w6EFb)
Looks rather like Barbara "Agent 99" Feldon.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 11:47 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 11:45 PM (wWU6x)
Emetics are "medicine", for some values of "medicine".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 11:47 PM (1z8ji)
Of course, that could just be my diabetes talking…
Posted by: Bulg
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Pretty much and now most of the milk chocolate is now emulsified vegetable oil. Literally flexible Hershey bars. Reese's descendant called out Reeses over their substituting vile concoctions for cocoa butter in their chocolate.
Now all of chocolate tastes like stale Easter Bunny and other such obnoxious 'treats' did.
But, there is a funny bit by Jean Shepard in "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash". Same book that the Christmas Story came from. In it, Jean describes the delights and dangers of candy in the Depression. Funny guy he was.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:48 PM (E4rtv)
"Short stories are two stacks over."
Posted by: the likely response at July 23, 2026 11:39 PM (VHUov)
**************
LOL
I told my husband I would have beaten it with a book for his own surprise. Especially once he came to and realized I was married to a co-worker as he was hauled out with the EMT's and police.
From what I remember he was a tiny nerdy guy but his wife seemed fairly normal.
I also once worked with a perv pediatrician.Big group. Worked around baby son's kindergarten hours and weekends in the newborn nursery at the med center.
He'd left the practice and one day the nursery director told me he'd been arrested with a number of charges. I had to sit down and was wut? Attempted rape, kidnapping and guns.
I then remembered a few perv 0530 crank calls and knew the voice, as he said my name, but couldn't place it til then. He knew I'd answer the phone vs dude because that was when they'd call me off if they did not need me. Lawsie.
The calls stopped when I mentioned the calls at the ped office and having Bell South trace them. It was him!
He was arrested, in prison, his RN wife did not believe the charges until he tried to run over her with his car.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 11:48 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 11:47 PM (qpyNK)
Who was a stone hottie. What became of her?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 11:48 PM (1z8ji)
The Ring of Fire
The Ring of Fire
Posted by: Miklos hopes Johnny is laughing at July 23, 2026 11:43 PM (sxR7k)
The Preparation H song!
I sat down on a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 11:48 PM (T2w7I)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 11:49 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 23, 2026 11:49 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Anna Puma
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You Don't Even Know What's Between My Legs.
Apologies to Mr. David Allen Coe and his songwriter, Mr. Steve Goodman, both RIP.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:50 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 23, 2026 11:50 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Sophisticated Diner
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Not every ingredient, but I can guarantee that the #1 is high fructose corn syrup.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 23, 2026 11:51 PM (cBDov)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Was still alive a few years ago. But I think she retired from acting long ago.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:51 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:41 PM (E4rtv)
Or the lesser known flip side of Stand By Your Man by legend Tammy Wynette, Stand By Your Trans.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 23, 2026 11:52 PM (SjAWL)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 11:48 PM (1z8ji)
Still alive. 93 years old.
Wikipedia says she hooked up with her producer after divorcing her junkie husband, Lucien Verdoux-Feldon.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 11:52 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Close enough for Jaegermeister to imitate syrup of ipecac if you consume enough of it. Nasty hangover from it too.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:53 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 11:38 PM (qpyNK
Just leave us out of it.
Posted by: Brazil Nuts at July 23, 2026 11:41 PM (T2w7I)
************
Why I read here. Goodnight you crazy people!
Caught Up in You
38 Special
https://tinyurl.com/4726x9cu
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 11:54 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: TxAnn
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You win best in Thread.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:54 PM (E4rtv)
I thought from the beginning that there was something like this going on, what with the Mossad infiltration of Iran as it is, that we should just air drop gun after gun after gun.
Project/mission/mission Carpetbagger was a defined expansion of a previous mission, I think it's still technically off the records but not classified of just dropping weapons down into the "resistence.
Link to summary of "operation carpetbagger" https://tinyurl.com/OperationCarpetbagger
but before that, there was another experimental operation where the allies, along with bombs, would finish their runs and just drop handguns, with a single load of ammunition. All of a sudden, there were personal arms all over the place, with only a single load. So yeah, it's not a war armament, but it's enough to destabilize the enemy, while also allowing coordination against an enemy if enough people are armed with enough to capture more weapons and ammo.
We should have been bombing the fuck out of Iran, and just airdropping guns left and right.
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 23, 2026 11:54 PM (pxyHa)
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 11:56 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 23, 2026 11:57 PM (CHHv1)
You'd swallow the antimony pill, immediately puke it up, then the pill could be recovered for reuse.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 11:58 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Case at July 23, 2026 11:59 PM (bqIVz)
Don't bomb to destroy, bomb with the love of self defense.k
The Buff can deliver a lot of freedom in 6 cylinder packages.
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 23, 2026 11:59 PM (pxyHa)
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 23, 2026 11:54 PM (pxyHa)
Yup, all the confiscated gang banger weapons and ammo from the US should be dumped into iran. Fuck melting them down, give them to the resistance so they can melt down their leaders instead.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 24, 2026 12:00 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Miklos is Copascetic at July 24, 2026 12:01 AM (sxR7k)
Well my wife and kid are Australian, so, not in a big hurry to come back. Besides, as my wife says, "He's an American, and not just that, a Marine, he carries his Freedom with him."
Which is TRUE.
Though I get exhausted with how BITCH the politics is down here. Outright propoganda every day.
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 24, 2026 12:01 AM (pxyHa)
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 23, 2026 11:54 PM (pxyHa)
There’s a sad possibility that the loyal Shiite civilians outnumber the would be rebellious citizens. True regime change probably requires a civil war with millions of casualties, and no outside force wants to be involved in that tragedy.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2026 12:02 AM (T2w7I)
I honestly thought something like this had already happened.
we have done it twice, but not this time? why not?
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 24, 2026 12:03 AM (pxyHa)
But he left all the books to her.
Chaucer!
Rabelais!
Bal-zc!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 12:04 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 23, 2026 11:54 PM (pxyHa)
There’s a sad possibility that the loyal Shiite civilians outnumber the would be rebellious citizens. True regime change probably requires a civil war with millions of casualties, and no outside force wants to be involved in that tragedy.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2026 12:02 AM (T2w7I)
This is my "fuck" face, do you see it? because I don't have it, and I definitely don't have a spare to give.
They let it happen (with the help of Carter) Let them clean it up, while we keep making a mess.
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 24, 2026 12:05 AM (pxyHa)
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 24, 2026 12:06 AM (pxyHa)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 12:06 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Miklos develops a sudden lisp at July 24, 2026 12:08 AM (sxR7k)
The Buff can deliver a lot of freedom in 6 cylinder packages.
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 23, 2026 11:59 PM (pxyHa)
Find out what calibers of pistol ammo are readily available to the regime thugs in Iran, and drop pistols chambered in something else. So that dropped pistols that fall into the hands of the regime thugs add only marginally to their firepower. Same pistol falling into the hands of a resistance fighter vastly increases his firepower.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 12:08 AM (1z8ji)
Here's another iconic photo of a NASA geek girl, Margaret Hamilton. She's standing next to the source code listing for the Apollo Guidance Computer:
https://t.ly/79vW8
I say NASA girl, but she worked for what was then the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory. That was founded by Charles Stark Draper, the father of inertial guidance. She went on to found a couple of software companies.
That source code was all in assembler, and the computer was a custom built one, with a unique instruction set, of course. There was one instruction that just dubbed "Fred's instruction" or whatever his name was. He requested a specialized instruction that would make some task much easier, and got it. It was only used a few times, but it was worth it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 12:08 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at July 24, 2026 12:10 AM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: wickedpinto
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Sorry to hear that but glad that you and your family are thriving otherwise.
Rarely on the ONT myself but tonight, had the computer on and thought why not. The dog memes lured me in.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 12:10 AM (E4rtv)
That Margaret Hamilton is not be confused with actress Margaret Hamilton, who was the Wicked Witch of the West.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 12:10 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Count de Monet
Say it Ball Sack and it will be on the blue haired librarian's Recommended list for Story Time
Posted by: Miklos, sadly but truthfully at July 24, 2026 12:10 AM (sxR7k)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2026 12:02 AM (T2w7I)
As long as most of the dead are muslims, I fail to see the downside.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 12:10 AM (1z8ji)
The regime has closed all the cafes in Tehran, according to Iran International.* This is new.
We would call them coffee shops, I think. The regime doesn't want there to be places where citizens can meet and talk.
* an excellent source for war news
Posted by: mnw at July 24, 2026 12:11 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Smart idea and the same reason that Warsaw Pact and NATO had different ammo cartridges.
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 12:11 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 24, 2026 12:11 AM (Swy+8)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 12:12 AM (77rzZ)
https://t.ly/79vW8
Mo of dat White Supremancy
Posted by: Ladies of Color from NASA at July 24, 2026 12:13 AM (sxR7k)
https://sniplinks.in/FFMpSb
Goes to Wikipedia.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 24, 2026 12:13 AM (wWU6x)
Posted by: Count de Monet
Say it Ball Sack and it will be on the blue haired librarian's Recommended list for Story Time
Posted by: Miklos, sadly but truthfully at July 24, 2026 12:10 AM (sxR7k)
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Just don't mention Dumb-Ass even though he wrote The Count of Monte Cristo.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 24, 2026 12:13 AM (Swy+8)
we have done it twice, but not this time? why not?
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 24, 2026 12:03 AM (pxyHa)
I wish I had an answer. My gut is saying because trump thinks every problem is solved with a "deal". My Roman ancestry says sometimes it handled with the Carthage protocol.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 24, 2026 12:13 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 24, 2026 12:13 AM (pxyHa)
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Wonder how many Kb's of object code that produced
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 24, 2026 12:15 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Cicero
Wait for the reboot of the Man in the Iron Mask
Posted by: Miklos can only imagine, and won't at July 24, 2026 12:15 AM (sxR7k)
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 24, 2026 12:13 AM (pxyHa)
A desirable goal, but like unachievable in practice.
It's Friday morning in Tehran. Time to blow up some Shiite mosques known to be frequented by members of the regime.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 12:18 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: whig at July 24, 2026 12:18 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 11:45 PM (w6EFb)
Looks kinda like Edna Mode from The Incredibles
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 24, 2026 12:19 AM (SRRAx)
And a MUCH less irritating voice than Billie Burke.
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 12:20 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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There may well be loyal Shite civilians, but they're nowhere near the majority. Any regime that has a Secret Police is one that can be toppled, and the larger Secret Police, the more vulnerable.
The Shah had the Savak , which was primarily aimed at the Commies, but which would indiscriminately scoop up anyone making the slightest anti-Shah comment, and he was overthrown by a combination of commies, idealists and religious nuts. The IRGC is many times the size of the Savak and even more hated. If the bombing can seriously degrade the IRGC, the mullahs are out.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 24, 2026 12:21 AM (cBDov)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 24, 2026 12:21 AM (XeU6L)
Before Margaret went to work on that MIT guidance job, she worked with Ed Norton Lorenz, the discoverer of Chaos Theory. He was meterologist/mathematician who discovered that from early weather prediction model code. They had saved some intermediate during a run to restart later, but the saved values were rounded for storage, and that produced entirely different results.
Margaret was working for him on that software in 1961.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 12:22 AM (w6EFb)
That's fucked.
Brit Lass was getting some such calls to her business where he would breathe down the phone on her and then one on a Saturday night where he left a message and... "finished" on it.
A few weeks later he called during the day and she picked up as she had done before, only this time she said "you forgot to hide your number, you dozy bastard, I have it right here" and she read out the name of the company he was calling from and began to read out the number. He hung up and calls stopped.
Until about six months later when the idiot called again and she immediately said "you again?" and the name of the company again, and reminded him he'd already forgotten to hide the number once, at which point he hung up again, and the calls ceased permanently. Local construction company.
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 12:23 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 24, 2026 12:24 AM (wWU6x)
60,000 lines
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
"uh, Mr. Kranz.....Todd just knocked all the punch cards off the table..."
Posted by: Miklos regrets to report at July 24, 2026 12:25 AM (sxR7k)
The core ROM memory of the Apollo computer was about 72KB. It used 16-bit word size, but 1 bit was a parity bit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 12:25 AM (w6EFb)
60,000 lines
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Back in about that day, we used to feel that 10 lines a day of bug-free code was nominal.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 24, 2026 12:26 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 24, 2026 12:26 AM (ibDUx)
It's very good to see you around.
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 12:28 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Fuzzy Logic at July 24, 2026 12:28 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 12:29 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 23, 2026 11:54 PM (pxyHa)
Apparently right now we are paying off all the shipping companies that the IRGC forces are targeting with assets seized from where the IRGC had stowed it in the Gulf States banking systems.
That is how you make shipping insurance work!
Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2026 12:30 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: publius
So 15 useful bits, so octal instead of hexadecimal for shorthand.
Posted by: mikeski at July 24, 2026 12:30 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: frammish at July 24, 2026 12:30 AM (rcENI)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 12:29 AM (77rzZ)
Like a Red Wedding?
Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2026 12:30 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 24, 2026 12:06 AM (pxyHa)
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This kind of goes without saying.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 24, 2026 12:31 AM (JvZF+)
A few weeks later he called during the day and she picked up as she had done before, only this time she said "you forgot to hide your number, you dozy bastard, I have it right here" and she read out the name of the company he was calling from and began to read out the number. He hung up and calls stopped.
Until about six months later when the idiot called again and she immediately said "you again?" and the name of the company again, and reminded him he'd already forgotten to hide the number once, at which point he hung up again, and the calls ceased permanently. Local construction company.
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 12:23 AM (vE0+H)
Have you considered raping him? Not in a gay way, but to show dominance.
Posted by: Graham Platner at July 24, 2026 12:31 AM (GVeZJ)
One of my fathers best friends was a Kurdish Iranian.
He hates Iran, well, hated, he's dead now, but hated the current rule, then again, he was "I am a Kurd" I think he was in a defined line of royalty because he had money and his name was "Amir Huschang Baghurpor" which means Prince, Huschang, but anyways. Though Huschang , who we called huchang because, "You ain't a prince, you are barely a dude" . . anyways.
There are sunni kurds, and non practicing kurds, there are zoroastrians, who my father wrote one of his Phillosphy post grad essays about because one of his best friends was an Iranian Kurd, who would tell him stories. I know for myself a number of secular Iranians.
Iran used to be a modern nation until Carter, the french and the fraud kohmenei subjugated a nation 4 times larger than their number through terror.
IN FACT.
Random fact. When I enlisted in The USMC, I was in The Marine Corps at one time, I don't know if I mentioned, I was slated to be an intel analyst or linguist, because I was qulified in my testing, 0212, and 0214 ? It's been a long time I can't remember the specific MOS designations, what with it having been 30
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 24, 2026 12:32 AM (pxyHa)
I would be surprised if he and Elon haven't had a few talks
Posted by: Miklos so suspects at July 24, 2026 12:32 AM (sxR7k)
Posted by: frammish at July 24, 2026 12:32 AM (rcENI)
Gary Burghoff played Charlie Brown in the off-Broadway show "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown". They are both little blockheads.
Posted by: Radar Love
You're a Good Man, Albert Brown
https://youtu.be/9BrIGQ4Rbps
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 24, 2026 12:33 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: wickedpinto
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The evergreen Schwartzkopf comment
'Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 24, 2026 12:33 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: wickedpinto
This kind of goes without saying.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
You know what else goes without saying?
Posted by: mikeski at July 24, 2026 12:33 AM (VHUov)
Back to post 34.
Posted by: Goatweed at July 24, 2026 12:34 AM (jK3NL)
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 24, 2026 12:06 AM (pxyHa)
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This kind of goes without saying.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 24, 2026 12:31 AM (JvZF+)
Why not have the French invade Iran? If they want to tell the world how to fight a war, they need to show that they know what they're talking about.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 24, 2026 12:34 AM (qx7Zg)
My Dill platoon thought I was some better than them dork who got to skate easy and shit because I was constantly testing, then I did the pre intel check, and it was Huschang, my fathers friendship with huschang that kept me from being in the 0200 family, instead I ended up with the 2800 group.
And STILL got the clearance!
I don't mind, I loved all my time in The Corps, even the bad parts, the bad parts (court-martial) made me better.
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 24, 2026 12:34 AM (pxyHa)
Posted by: Graham Platner at July 24, 2026 12:31 AM (GVeZJ)
It's practically all I've ever thought about since the day I heard him finish have I overshared
Posted by: ... at July 24, 2026 12:34 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Goatweed at July 24, 2026 12:35 AM (jK3NL)
Posted by: mikeski at July 24, 2026 12:33 AM (VHUov)
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Never talk about Fight Club?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 24, 2026 12:36 AM (JvZF+)
"Stand By Your Man" by Tammy Wynette
Wasn't that one of Hillary Clinton's favorite songs?
Posted by: Case at July 23, 2026 11:59 PM (bqIVz)
Hillary Clinton is the reigning World Champ of Cucks. How many times you think she's seen Bill cheat on her? It's way North of fifty.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 24, 2026 12:36 AM (w/O5Q)
There was a Block I and Block II version of the AGC. Block I was used for the ill-fated Apollo 1, and then the unscrewed Apollo 4 and 6 Saturn V tests. Block II was used for all flights afterward.
Block II contained that special requested instruction, called "EDRUPT", or "Ed's Interrupt". It acted like an interrupt in some ways, but wasn't a real interrupt.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 12:36 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Bulg
A Genuine Made in the USA set of Groucho Marx glasses with the nose and moustache are hard to come by these days. None of that cheap Chinese crap.
You can borrow mine though
Posted by: Miklos has some snappy one liners around here somewhere at July 24, 2026 12:37 AM (sxR7k)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 24, 2026 12:34 AM (qx7Zg)
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Well, they kicked our ass
Posted by: Greenpeace at July 24, 2026 12:37 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 24, 2026 12:38 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 24, 2026 12:38 AM (pxyHa)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 12:39 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
>Nowadays, all we write is buggy code. Seems like my system wants to reboot every night. The os, the browser, virus protection, the support apps. I spend more time logging in thru security than being productive. Fucking IT geeks run wild.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 24, 2026 12:40 AM (SwCxT)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 24, 2026 12:40 AM (qx7Zg)
Wow. The AGC contained a sophisticated interpreter for a virtual machine that had a more complex pseudo-instruction set. The navigational routines used this, and it provided double precision floating point, both scalar and vector, and even Matrix*vector instructions.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 12:41 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 12:42 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 12:42 AM (77rzZ)
Heh. The software on the AGC for the command module for the lunar missions was called "COLOSSUS". The LM had its own AGC, and the package for that was called "LUMINARY".
One of Margaret's main things with this was trying to predict the kind of human error the astronauts would be likely to make interacting with the system, and how to best mitigate against that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 12:45 AM (w6EFb)
Those virtual machine psuedo-instructions took on average 24 ms for the AGC to execute.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 12:48 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 24, 2026 12:48 AM (qx7Zg)
1) declare victory and cut and run. That’s what the MOU was looking like, but thank heaven that Trump wouldn’t go through with it.
2) continue bombing like we are now, and count on the constant degradation them. Could work, or it could just become another forever war.
3) go truly massive and break down all the structures that support a society. When you face a military force that is extremely resilient, then neutralize the civilian population that supports it.
The third option is the only one that can result in victory, but it requires killing a whole lot more people than we’ve been willing to so far.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2026 12:48 AM (T2w7I)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 12:52 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 24, 2026 12:58 AM (DZ9Lv)
It is 9 fucking 13
will someone rid me of these beast
Posted by: r hennigantx
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Take up playing the violin (even if you don't know how, which is better) and sit outside. You can torment them for hours. With any luck, you can drive the dogs crazy enough to eat their owners... ;-)
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at July 24, 2026 12:58 AM (YrUo/)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 24, 2026 12:59 AM (DZ9Lv)
No, it wasn't, but it's funny. I got Cm'd for "abuse" It's complicated, I told the story here a few times, basically a woman was blowing a married guy in my toilet during a hurricane in Oki. I needed to take a piss, I called her a whore and him a fuck up, because he was married, and about to process out. It turned into a thing, because the guy felt guilty and walked away from my fury, reasonable. I just wanna take a piss and i'm walking into what I thought was an inappropriate situation. Especially because I knew the guys situation. He's married, and he's risking it for a blowjob, from a whore.
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 24, 2026 01:01 AM (pxyHa)
I said to my friends, and to here, "I don't want anything to do with this." everyone is like "Oh it's cool, she's cool" and shit. . .NO, NO NO NO NO
I said, "What if she's a whore?" I said it in front of her, I said, "not that you are, but what if you are and he thinks that?" meaning her husband who was my SNCOIC Barnum.
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 24, 2026 01:06 AM (pxyHa)
Posted by: huerfano at July 23, 2026 10:13 PM (VJX5o)
I dislike nougat because it reminds me of coconut. I was horrified to learn that it is mutilated almond. I like cisalmond plain and love it coated in dark chocolate, but even the highest-quality transcoconut leaves me ambivalent or conflicted at best. It's like the wigger of candy; it's bad enough to be what you're not, but why emulate something worse?
Posted by: SciVo at July 24, 2026 01:07 AM (Sy6m/)
_-_
Careful, though. 15 minutes a day of focused practice, and in a couple of years you'll pretty much be worth listening to.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 24, 2026 01:10 AM (j13NH)
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 24, 2026 12:36 AM (w/O5Q)
Hell, I think she and Bill have probably shared each other's sloppy seconds more than once.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 24, 2026 01:10 AM (qpyNK)
But she also talked to her "husband" a few times every week, who was going to be my SNCOIC and talked about all of us, me mostly about how mean we were when she picked us up at a club designed for catching pussy.
I caught most of it, but that fucking cunt made a point, because he ended up becoming a First Sgt, I don't get it.
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 24, 2026 01:11 AM (pxyHa)
ME in particular because I told his wife, "You are a Marine wife, and you are fucking another Marine, You are fucking all of us."
She didn't tell her cuck husband what I actually said, she just said I was really offensive.
So, I had a cloud over me the entire time I was in "The Fleet" as we say, and I fucked up, Oh, yeah I fucked up, don't get me wrong, but it was made into a CM because of that cuck's defense of his whore wife,and his political connections within the MOS that got me the CM.
I plead to what I was guilty of 18 counts of disrespect, 18 counts of refusal to obey a lawful order, with comment (they weren't lawful orders, so I entered a comment in the plea, but in the Marines lawful orders are fungeable) a couple counts of verbal assault, one count of "sexual assault" I did not touch the person I called her a worthless bitch, while pointing at her and saying I didn't want her to ever touch me. Pointing is simple assualt, i used sexual laguange, so sexual assault, I was not convicted of that though the charge still exists.
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 24, 2026 01:16 AM (pxyHa)
Mustafa Dayib Ali.
Yeah. "Twin Cities man".
Who just happens to have been born in Somalia.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 24, 2026 01:16 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Judge James Gion at July 24, 2026 01:24 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2026 01:28 AM (1z8ji)
1) declare victory and cut and run. That’s what the MOU was looking like, but thank heaven that Trump wouldn’t go through with it.
2) continue bombing like we are now, and count on the constant degradation them. Could work, or it could just become another forever war.
3) go truly massive and break down all the structures that support a society. When you face a military force that is extremely resilient, then neutralize the civilian population that supports it.
The third option is the only one that can result in victory, but it requires killing a whole lot more people than we’ve been willing to so far.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2026 12:48 AM (T2w7I)
On number 2, does it have to be a forever war? There's a whole lotta plans to bypass Hormuz and maybe in a couple of years it's not needed and they can rot.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 24, 2026 01:29 AM (w/O5Q)
It is 9 fucking 13
will someone rid me of these beast
Posted by: r hennigantx
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A more subtle approach would be to get a dog whistle and get the dogs to respond to it, train them to do things. Your own little psychological warfare program. And you can be the silent neighbor the whole time... ;-)
p.s. It doesn't work at all with cats...
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at July 24, 2026 01:30 AM (EH0wv)
It is 9 fucking 13
will someone rid me of these beast
Posted by: r hennigantx
Have you considered raping them? Not in a gay way, but to show dominance.
Posted by: Graham Platner at July 24, 2026 01:33 AM (qi2kW)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 01:36 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Skip at July 24, 2026 01:39 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 01:39 AM (77rzZ)
Just feeling so grateful for this place every night, pour myself a night cap and learn about so many things, Cheers Horde.
JQ, I hope that you survive the heat, do you need a cold drink?
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 24, 2026 01:46 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 01:48 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: P-Hustle at July 24, 2026 01:50 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 24, 2026 01:53 AM (ibDUx)
I get sentenced, I lose my money, and I spend 30 days in brigg, and it wasn't surprising. All through the "hearing" he did nothing, of course, because Summaries are just that. You don't really have to do anything, the adjudicator will just do what he was told, and he was told to fuck me. So he did, and I didn't care, because he might have the rank but he don't have the balls, (it's recorded in my page 14)
He stands up, The funniest thing is that the two people who were to escort me to the brigg after judgment were my friends.
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 24, 2026 01:54 AM (pxyHa)
Anyway, I worked early days & long shifts, so wasn't thrilled to hear doggo all night. One night, I was sleeping soundly until the jerk put out his dog for the night's disruption at ~2am.
I went to the window and shouted: AW, SHUDDUP! as loudly as I could. Doggo was let back in. Ugh. At least the asshoe got the message.
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 01:56 AM (rdVOm)
FUCKING ROLLERCOSTER, and a lot of times miserable, but still, other than my time with my wife and kid, the best time of my life.
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 24, 2026 01:56 AM (pxyHa)
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 24, 2026 01:59 AM (pxyHa)
It is 9 fucking 13
will someone rid me of these beast
Posted by: r hennigantx
Have you considered raping them? Not in a gay way, but to show dominance.
Posted by: Graham Platner at July 24, 2026 01:33 AM (qi2kW)
Nice. Well, not, but.
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 02:03 AM (faghi)
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 02:03 AM (rdVOm)
They way I got it was funny as hell. We were in Ft Irwin for NTC and at the end of the 96 hour ARTEP all I wanted to do was lay down. I found an excuse to in an F16 flying over which was the enemy. So I announced I was following protocol and lay down and started shooting at it while chastizing my buddies for not helping me. As I was doing this 4 evaluators walk up just as I hit it and a big puff of smoke blows out the back.
I jump up yelling "I fukin hit it! I did that!" everybody is all "bullshit" Well I did. There was a big to do and I was the only one shooting at the time.
I went from scrubbing shitters on extra duty at the beginning to the highest peacetime medal during that NTC trip.
Posted by: Reforger at July 24, 2026 02:11 AM (gE8mJ)
The
Every summer, we get a few days or weeks of misery heat. Just the way it is.
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 02:11 AM (rdVOm)
Swamp coolers don't work worth shit with water in the air.
Posted by: Reforger at July 24, 2026 02:16 AM (gE8mJ)
Then he smoked with a buddy, hahaha, but then... same # came up the following week! Oh sh!t, but I don't believe all samples were tested because nothing came of it.
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 02:17 AM (rdVOm)
LOL. Similar here, except a/c unit pulls the water out of the air, leaks it onto the tray below & then it evaporates... then gets pulled out of the air again next day.
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 02:19 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Reforger at July 24, 2026 02:21 AM (gE8mJ)
_-_
Careful, though. 15 minutes a day of focused practice, and in a couple of years you'll pretty much be worth listening to.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 24, 2026 01:10 AM (j13NH)
I did a stint repairing violins. I soon arrived the conclusion that if you spend a lifetime practicing you won't sound like 2 cats fucking. What a horrible instrument in the wrong hands. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 24, 2026 02:24 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)
Great stories wickedpinto and Reforger, I raise my last sip to you both.
JQ, stay cool!
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 24, 2026 02:27 AM (ibDUx)
Which is what led to the coming up hot in the US. They actually did do a trip every month with bottles. I didn't think they did.
Posted by: Reforger at July 24, 2026 02:28 AM (gE8mJ)
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 02:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 02:32 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 24, 2026 02:33 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Reforger at July 24, 2026 02:33 AM (gE8mJ)
Posted by: Reforger at July 24, 2026 02:39 AM (gE8mJ)
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 02:43 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 24, 2026 02:57 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 24, 2026 03:00 AM (DZ9Lv)
What ails people?
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 03:09 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 23, 2026 11:45 PM (gKWVE)
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Sabbath starts slightly before sunset. So, maybe in Australia. 10:10AM here in northern Israel. Cooking to do!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 24, 2026 03:09 AM (D0X9e)
Won't mow the weeds until some cooler day next week.
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 03:13 AM (rdVOm)
OROFINO [Idaho]—The Clearwater County Sheriff's Office provided a formal notice of our intent not to renew and to terminate their agreement for the Flock Safety camera system, effective September 22, 2026, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract governing non-renewal and/or termination for convenience.
After evaluating the program during its implementation, the Clearwater County Sheriff's Office has determined that it does not meet the operational needs and priorities of their agency to justify its continued cost. As a result, they have elected to discontinue participation in the program.
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 03:20 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: TxAnn at July 23, 2026 10:23 PM (SjAWL)
"Ten, 20, 30, 40, 50 or more." 🎶
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 03:31 AM (faghi)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 24, 2026 03:34 AM (D0X9e)
Posted by: m
My best friend had the 45. We listened to it almost every day! And "Windy"
Everyone knows it's Windy!!! bump bump bump bump...
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 03:38 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 03:09 AM (rdVOm)
MPAI, laziness and The Deservening. They all go back to the Garden of Eden and the Fall, since human nature never changes.
Most People Are Idiots. You might think that's impossible with how bell curves work, but IQ is only potential. Most people don't even use the brains God gave them.
Every cheater has the same reason: "I *deserve* it." Martial infidelity, embezzling, using AI on tests -- it's all the same, and goes back to Eve. She *deserved* to have the Knowledge of Good and Evil, and decide for herself what was right. To this day, The Deservening is the source of much evil.
Adam, however, was a lazy git who had the opposite failing. He wanted to be able to just go with the flow, and not have to think for himself. Well, he could've just followed God's instructions; but He wasn't standing right there when Eve handed him the fruit, was He? (Spoiler: it was Adam who wasn't thinking of Him, not the other way around.) And to this day, people will thoughtlessly go along with peer pressure, when their hearts are shouting God's law at them.
This has all happened before, and it will all happen again.
Posted by: SciVo at July 24, 2026 03:45 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 03:51 AM (rdVOm)
Carnegie did not force you to buy the books.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 10:39 PM (/+uur)
The false choice argument of Socialism. Because we have a paid fire department that means the government should seize the medical industry and give you a doctor’s services for “free”. Because the government has a police force to enforce laws the government should forcibly seize countless industries and give you their services for free”free”.
It’s a false choice: Statism/Socialism or anarchy.
I wonder if this dummy has any idea how much of the United States is covered by the protection of VFDs.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 03:54 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 03:55 AM (rdVOm)
I just never liked Snoopy that much after realizing that. Sorry.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 23, 2026 10:47 PM (CHHv1)
Snoopy was and is our fantasies. That’s it.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 03:56 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 10:50 PM (dIske)
And even so, many of them operate for free…unless you donate money to them or attend one of their fundraisers.
But to a Socialist, if you want a police force, that means the government should do absolutely everything else and you should pay 70-80% of your taxes for it with a smile on your face. Socialism or anarchy, that is their argument.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 04:00 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 03:55 AM (rdVOm)
Volunteer Fire Departments
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 04:00 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: Skip at July 24, 2026 04:00 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 04:01 AM (pKv0r)
Yeah, the commie argument is all or nothing, really. You either want mommy gubmint or orphanhood.
Given the choice, I'd take anarchy. Easier to sort out, imo.
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 04:03 AM (rdVOm)
I eventually realized that the recurring pattern was the Daughters of Eve recapitulating her original sin, the Sons of Adam recapitulating his, and both going to great lengths to avoid God's curse. In particular, Pearl has zeroed in on the command for wives to obey their husbands, and the great difficulty even devout Christians (of both sexes) have with it -- and I think it's relevant that it's part of the *curse*. Both Adam and Eve would *hate* that.
I don't even think she's particularly religious herself, although with fluency from a religious upbringing. But her s***-stirring ends up pointing at eternal truths.
Posted by: SciVo at July 24, 2026 04:05 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 04:01 AM (pKv0r)
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There's a cure for that:
https://youtu.be/G2uCNd1AVJo
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 24, 2026 04:05 AM (D0X9e)
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 04:10 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: m
My best friend had the 45. We listened to it almost every day! And "Windy"
Everyone knows it's Windy!!! bump bump bump bump...
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 03:38 AM (rdVOm)
new earworm!
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 04:22 AM (faghi)
Everyone knows it's Windy!!! bump bump bump bump...
Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 03:38 AM (rdVOm)
new earworm!
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 04:22 AM (faghi)
In some of the lyrics, she's like the female version of a Greek god of wind.
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 04:28 AM (faghi)
Posted by: m at July 24, 2026 04:30 AM (faghi)
Posted by: DinsdalePiranha at July 24, 2026 04:32 AM (EjK1h)
Posted by: wickedpinto at July 24, 2026 04:56 AM (pxyHa)
Posted by: raimondo at July 24, 2026 05:02 AM (Ql+6U)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 24, 2026 06:31 AM (8l6/L)
But I thought you wrote: "I got a little nookie earlier today, so tonight I'm in the doghouse."
It might be worth being in the doghouse if you got a little nookie earlier today.
Posted by: Ralph at July 24, 2026 10:47 AM (8WZD4)
Thursday Cafe
Anskar Lenzen
Is it Friday yet? Mother shepherd inspecting her puppies.
Charging up your puppy. Wombats wombats wombats! Baby guinea pig has something to say. Rescue toucan. He's a real froot loop. Dog and duck are farm friends. Dog and duck are more than friends. Ice cream truck!
A little groundhog is trying to stop its parents from arguing..🐾😊 pic.twitter.com/MYCEqZK31l
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) July 23, 2026
Size of an ostrich pic.twitter.com/v2XwpOcnwI
— Science girl (@sciencegirl) July 21, 2026
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Posted by: JuJuBee at July 23, 2026 07:40 PM (YSQQv)
They're big but their brains are the size of a walnut.
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 23, 2026 07:40 PM (YSQQv)
__________
Like The Big Dummy
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Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 07:45 PM (6fKvw)
“America, America, God shed his grace on thee. I can’t think of eight words that mean more to me than those. You know, we have a lot of born-agains nowadays; people are born-again this and born-again that. Some of them mean it and a lot of them are phonies. But one thing I hope we’ll never have is a born-again American. This country is the greatest place on earth, and even though we have some problems it just keeps getting better and better for all of us."
- Bobby Knight
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I'd like to see him try that with a cassowary.
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Posted by: Joe Biden at July 23, 2026 07:49 PM (B0NCh)
It feels great. Can't believe the guy even still had me on his list.
Posted by: Lincolntf
That’s fantastic news! How cool is that? Good for you! Damn, I’d love to be able to know it’s you I’m listening to though.
Congratulations!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 07:50 PM (yEz+x)
Human on ostrich violence. An unusual choice for the cafe.
The ostrich asked for it, though.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 23, 2026 07:51 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 23, 2026 07:49 PM (B0NCh)
And Humper got kneed in the nadz trying to date one.
Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2026 07:51 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 23, 2026 07:52 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Cap'n Quirk at July 23, 2026 07:54 PM (MWfyi)
I thought ostriches could kick people to death.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 23, 2026 07:55 PM (VWtfl)
Her Majesty and I have one (1) frosted sugar cookie each after dinner. Borzoi, we have found, love frosted sugar cookie.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 07:56 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2026 07:47 PM
Only pay for what you need.
Posted by: Liberty Mutual at July 23, 2026 07:56 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 07:44 PM (O0L8i)
Coming down like cats and dogs, here.
Posted by: Count de Monet has opinions at July 23, 2026 07:57 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2026 07:47 PM (LHPAg)
The dog be like "WTF dude!!??"
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 07:57 PM (2WIwB)
Coming down like cats and dogs, here.
Posted by: Count de Monet has opinions at July 23, 2026 07:57 PM (wVcYX)
____________
Actually we got very little rain at Schloss Hadrian. But Missouri City and Sugar Land just up Highway 6 got absolutely pasted.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 07:58 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2026 07:59 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 08:01 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Pudinhead at July 23, 2026 08:02 PM (KGj36)
Posted by: Wally at July 23, 2026 08:03 PM (1uEMB)
Got back from watch the "Big Boy" train go through Chapman, Kansas.
I've seen bigger steam engines -- on ships.
It was impressive moving down the tracks.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:05 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Pudinhead at July 23, 2026 08:02 PM (KGj36)
Canada goose. Most punchable POS bird ever. Why are they a protected species? They are friggin' everywhere. It should be legal to bash them with bats and feed them to the hogs.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 23, 2026 08:06 PM (0aYVJ)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2026 08:07 PM (Ia/+0)
Once I n a while a guy’s got to punch a bird. It’s just what it is.
Posted by: Pudinhead at July 23, 2026 08:02 PM (KGj36)
_____________
What would Alex Karras do?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 08:08 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 23, 2026 08:09 PM (kpS4V)
250 94 Sophie is very pretty and ballsy, she should be a trophy wife not fighting for her life against lesbian thugs.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
From what i've seen of her, she likes fighting those stupid trogled*kes. She seems to go after the ones that foul Clark. Good on her; Clark's coach as far as I can tell is almost as useless as the ref's in that f**king league.
Posted by: Nelly
Sophie is a black belt. She knows what she's doing.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:09 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: Pudinhead at July 23, 2026 08:02 PM (KGj36)
_____________
What would Alex Karras do?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 08:08 PM (O0L8i)
I don't think Alex would ever punch Webster. /bucket of sarc tags
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 23, 2026 08:10 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Count de Monet has opinions at July 23, 2026 08:10 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Yer Sistahs Tomato at July 23, 2026 08:10 PM (aaVMM)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549
Filthy things. Nasty and aggressive. I never feel bad when I see one that's been squashed on the highway.
Posted by: Tuna at July 23, 2026 08:11 PM (lJ0H4)
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When we were kids, my sister had a guinea pig. We said he said, "Oink squeek oink squeak!"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 08:11 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Wally
Neither Miss Canfield nor Miss Landers did that to us.
Posted by: Disappointed Beaver and Larry. at July 23, 2026 08:12 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 23, 2026 08:13 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 23, 2026 08:14 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549
Add sea gulls to the list. Why can't we shoot those thieving bastards?
Posted by: From about That Time at July 23, 2026 08:14 PM (sl73Y)
Sarah For Trump🇺🇸🇮🇱
@SarahAllisonFl
The Iranian regime dropped a clip to threaten the US army where the IRGC dudes are so elite some of them got three hands, Lmao😂
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 08:14 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 08:08 PM (O0L8i)
I don't think Alex would ever punch Webster. /bucket of sarc tags
Posted by: Pug Mahon
Useless trivia:
Alex Karras & Susan Clark were married in real life. Not just on the show.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:16 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 08:16 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 23, 2026 08:17 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: banana Dream
Painted on black velvet with blacklight paints.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:17 PM (oUopv)
@SarahAllisonFl
The Iranian regime dropped a clip to threaten the US army where the IRGC dudes are so elite some of them got three hands, Lmao😂
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 08:14 PM (E4rtv)
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Those are the guys who've mutated after working too closely on their nuke program without proper shielding.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 08:18 PM (FZ29D)
Push their head down, pull up their jersey, and start wailing on their head while they can't see you.
The more things I learn at AOS, the smarter I become as a Moron.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 23, 2026 08:18 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 08:16 PM (O0L8i)
Between Willowbrook and Tomball, just west of Vintage Park area.
Posted by: Count de Monet has opinions at July 23, 2026 08:19 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549
Filthy things. Nasty and aggressive. I never feel bad when I see one that's been squashed on the highway.
Posted by: Tuna at July 23, 2026 08:11 PM (lJ0H4)
Princeton University had a big problem with goose crap on the LaCrosse feilds. Um they actually authorized a kill a goose deal I remember reading that. I worked in the carpanters union building the chem lab building.. No I did not meet whacos Cornel West of Michelle OBlowjob
Posted by: Yer Sistahs Tomato at July 23, 2026 08:19 PM (aaVMM)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Those are the guys whose mom & dad are brother & sister.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:19 PM (oUopv)
Or even better, how about Peter Dinklage?
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 08:19 PM (T2w7I)
Y'all can take credit for the ambience, and thanks to the AoSHQ Café custodial engineers for their near-unceasing efforts on improving the bouquet!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 08:20 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 23, 2026 08:14 PM (3uBP9)
Would hang.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 23, 2026 08:20 PM (zYpTz)
@SarahAllisonFl
The Iranian regime dropped a clip to threaten the US army where the IRGC dudes are so elite some of them got three hands, Lmao😂
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 08:14 PM (E4rtv)
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Those are the guys who've mutated after working too closely on their nuke program without proper shielding.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 08:18 PM
We should probably send them some fish from the cooling lake at Homer Simpson's nuclear plant!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 23, 2026 08:20 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
Educated Morons are the most dangerous.
Posted by: Chief Inspector at July 23, 2026 08:20 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 23, 2026 08:20 PM (8ETm8)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:22 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 08:19 PM (T2w7I)
'Elliot' Page.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 23, 2026 08:22 PM (GTqXr)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:23 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
No. Webster died, but at least everything he said lived on in the dictionary. He may be gone, but he’ll always have the last word.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 23, 2026 08:24 PM (6x1Uq)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 23, 2026 08:24 PM (8ETm8)
LOL. 😂
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:24 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
No. Webster died, but at least everything he said lived on in the dictionary. He may be gone, but he’ll always have the last word.
Posted by: Tonypete
ISWYDT.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:25 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:25 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549
My brother killed one on the golf course with a low "worm burner" off of his 3-wood.
Five years later, his golf buddies still call him up to tee off first when the fairway is covered with geese.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 23, 2026 08:25 PM (HlyYF)
The 20-year-old, who is majoring in musical theater at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, will appear in Midsummer!, a contemporary adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Suri will perform in the 90-minute production alongside other classmates at the Trust Arts Education Center's Peirce Studio in Pittsburgh.
The show will play two nights, July 31 and August 1. Following these exclusive previews, the production will head overseas for a UK run at the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe from August 7 through August 31.
Though it has been reported previously that she was leaning towards a degree in fashion, it appears that Suri is now fully embracing her thespian roots and heritage.
In her senior year at high school, she portrayed Philoclea in Head Over Heels and starred as Morticia Adams in The Addams Family: A New Musical
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at July 23, 2026 08:26 PM (0sNs1)
Few were spared from the unspeakable terror, and old timers still speak of the mephitic memory, describing it as something akin to a bad can of anchovies and a barrel of rotten sauerkraut.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at July 23, 2026 08:26 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:23 PM
You do realize this is the internet, right?
[Howdy NaCly!]
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 23, 2026 08:26 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
Seems to be the only way I can hit them.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:27 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 23, 2026 08:28 PM (4HoLg)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:28 PM (u82oZ)
I left you a "you were right and I was wrong" post at the end of quick hits.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:23 PM
1) I should have left a
at the end of my message.
2) I am *impressed* that you could forget those examinations!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 08:29 PM (0sNs1)
We still talking about Elliot Page?
Posted by: NaCly Dog
She/It falls into that category.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 23, 2026 08:30 PM (8ETm8)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:27 PM
Geese or tee-shots?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 08:30 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:27 PM
Just walk up to the tee box and announce you are going to hit a "Tiger stinger".
It is much more impressive when your buddies think you hit that shot on purpose!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 23, 2026 08:30 PM (HlyYF)
One of the widows I walk with is from Wichita. She has one daughter in town. If I visit Wichita with her, maybe we can go to some nice place for dinner.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:30 PM (u82oZ)
Brothers Chris and Tim Vanderhook, who own MySpace through their company Variant Technologies, appear in a new documentary simply titled “Myspace,” where they open up about how much money they’ve put into keeping the platform alive and make clear their work isn’t done.
Here’s the part that surprises people. MySpace has quietly grown from around 200,000 monthly active users in 2023 to 6 million in 2026, driven almost entirely by Millennials burned out on algorithmic feeds and platforms designed to keep you scrolling rather than actually connecting. The Vanderhooks brought back the original features people loved, customizable profiles, the Top 8 friend ranking, profile songs, and a chronological feed, all of which modern social media stripped away years ago.
The platform that everyone wrote off as a digital ghost town is now its first profitable year in over a decade. Whether a full relaunch is coming remains to be seen, but the owners are clearly paying attention to the moment.
We don't deserve Tom.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:31 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 08:31 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:28 PM
Which is why the AOS Headquarters is NOT like the rest of the hangouts on the internet!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 23, 2026 08:32 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:32 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:27 PM
Geese or tee-shots?
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Tee shot. Knee high for two hundred yards.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:32 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Dad and couple uncles got his bartended by him at the Lindell A.C. while he was under suspension in '63. Said he was a riot to be around, a fun drunk.
Posted by: Auspex at July 23, 2026 08:32 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:30 PM
Can do!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 23, 2026 08:33 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 23, 2026 08:34 PM (DZ9Lv)
So you're saying there's a chance?
Posted by: Prodigy at July 23, 2026 08:35 PM (wVcYX)
250 years ago, a new nation was born from the belief that freedom and opportunity belonged to the people. And, if necessary, was worth fighting for. Since then, more than 41 million men and women have answered the call to defend our freedom. This monument honors them.
Standing tall in Washington, D.C., The National Military Monument™ is a living tribute to the generations of military members whose service and sacrifice made this historic milestone possible for our country.
https://monument250.usaa360.com/
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 23, 2026 08:35 PM (IMPuq)
Hopefully you won't be getting any of the roto-rooter procedures in the next 20 years.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 08:36 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Accomack at July 23, 2026 08:36 PM (GbONR)
Posted by: rickb223 at Jul
No one can hit a high worm burner. Just can't be done.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 23, 2026 08:37 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:32 PM
Q: How high is the first cervical vertebrae of an adult Canadian Goose?
A: Knee high ... to an adult human male.
I know a couple of golf courses around here where they might let you play for free in the spring!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 23, 2026 08:37 PM (HlyYF)
A: Knee high ... to an adult human male.
I know a couple of golf courses around here where they might let you play for free in the spring!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
*snort
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:40 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: Dawn Kee Peanus at July 23, 2026 08:41 PM (l8OOG)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 08:41 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: San Diego Tourism Board at July 23, 2026 08:42 PM (FhXTo)
I hear how strongly you feel about what you saw, and I’m not here to dismiss your experience. But I am going to stay grounded in what’s actually documented — and also help you make sense of the gap between what you personally witnessed and what official records show.
Let’s slow this down and separate the pieces so we can get to the truth without escalating.
Copilot:This is the part that aligns with what you saw.
Municipalities in New Jersey — including Princeton Township and Princeton Borough before consolidation — did participate in USDA‑supervised goose culls, especially around:
Community parks
Public ponds
Golf courses
Township‑managed open spaces
Second: Princeton Town absolutely DID kill geese
These culls involved roundups and euthanasia, usually by CO₂ gas, performed by USDA Wildlife Services.
Those events were real, documented, and absolutely involved killing geese.
If you saw “hundreds of geese killed in Princeton,” that fits municipal or USDA operations, not university operations.
Posted by: Yer Sistahs Tomato at July 23, 2026 08:42 PM (aaVMM)
2 ounces dark or navy rum
4 ounces pineapple juice
1 ounce orange juice
1 ounce cream of coconut
Pineapple wedge, for garnish
Grated nutmeg, for garnish
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:42 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 23, 2026 08:42 PM (4HoLg)
Posted by: Yer Sistahs Tomato at July 23, 2026 08:43 PM (aaVMM)
"I think Jake is a complete and utter asshole. I think he is a really poor journalist and beyond that I don't think he's a very decent human being. As a person, I don't like Jake. I think he's full of fucking shit."
-- Hunter Biden
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 08:44 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 08:44 PM (n5tGW)
That's how we put raptors down when they were too injured to be fixed.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:44 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Yes. Spool it up as necessary.
Every bar in the BVI would pour them out of pitchers.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:46 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 08:47 PM (a6PrB)
Nadler stated (in context of immigration enforcement): people have the right to defend themselves against federal agents.
JD Vance said: “Nadler is OPENLY calling for people to shoot federal law enforcement! This is DESPICABLE behavior from an elected official!”
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:47 PM (oUopv)
*ahem*
Y’all - 1 to a few
All y’all - everyone in the group.
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 08:48 PM (hftzA)
*ahem*
Y’all - 1 to a few
All y’all - everyone in the group.
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 08:48 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 08:48 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 08:51 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: Accomack at July 23, 2026 08:52 PM (8jVAy)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
I loved my week there.
Surf & turf dinner on Anegada. Hit all the big islands. Different island every day. Four couples rented a 48 ft catamaran. One of the guys had his captain's license so we didn't have to hire a crew.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:56 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: Piper
That's the afterlife for you.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:57 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 08:59 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 08:51 PM
It's hard to be kale and hearty in the ether.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 09:02 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Our captain was an American Airlines mechanic. Another mechanic had a sailing school in Grapevine, Texas. He made a bunch of mechanics captains. They actually earned it. It wasn't a gimme. Gerry & his wife flew for free and would go down six or eight times a year and rent from the same place. Usually had two or three boats traveling together. That week was a blast.
RIP Gerry.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 09:06 PM (oUopv)
That's how we put raptors down when they were too injured to be fixed.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:44 PM (oUopv)his and pr103 These culls involved roundups and euthanasia, usually by CO₂ gas, performed by USDA Wildlife Services.
That's how we put raptors down when they were too injured to be fixed.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:44 PM (oUopv)
This and Princeton liberals like Martha's Vineyard residents condone reality based solutions only when it meets their needs....
Posted by: Yer Sistahs Tomato at July 23, 2026 09:07 PM (aaVMM)
Posted by: Piper
Storm Bertha having an effect . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 23, 2026 09:10 PM (wVcYX)
He don't lie, he don't lie, he don't lie...
Posted by: Eric Clapton at July 23, 2026 09:15 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: Hunter/Garcia at July 23, 2026 09:16 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Joemarine at July 23, 2026 09:17 PM (y171U)
94 All y'alls do know that Her Strut is about Jane Fonda, right?
Posted by: Dawn Kee Peanus at July 23, 2026 08:41 PM (l8OOG)
At least they DO respect her butt!
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 09:18 PM (T2w7I)
Posted by: Count de Monet
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Oh, Bertha, Bertha, where are you? What happened?
You feel so cold. Was it that wave that turned you away?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 09:19 PM (51ygH)
——-
What a piece of shit.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 09:21 PM (QN7a1)
Alex Karras & Susan Clark were married in real life. Not just on the show.
Posted by: rickb223
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Alex told a bit from the old days.
When he played, pre-season pay was $50 a game and if you were injured, TS., you're on your own.
So, it's pre-season, - he and Big Daddy Lipscom are lined up against each other. He says something to Big Daddy about his mother. Hilarity ensues, both are thrown out of the game and survive to play in the regular season.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 09:26 PM (51ygH)
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What a piece of shit.
Posted by: Common Tater
Since it wasn't said "in the well", I wonder just how much trouble he could be in?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 09:26 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 09:18 PM
This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Brie Larson at July 23, 2026 09:27 PM (0sNs1)
They should be deported. And all their possessions confiscated. And their bank accounts.
And the recipients of remittances taxed at 100%.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 09:27 PM (yEz+x)
Not N₂ gas? (ooh, cool. I have to look up the code for that subscript-2)
Posted by: t-bird at July 23, 2026 09:28 PM (oSFyF)
-- Hunter Biden
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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I always thought that this retort was stupid, admitting accuracy while gaining no points for yourself.
However, as a third party comment, it is powerful:
"Takes one to know one!"
Posted by: buddhaha at July 23, 2026 09:35 PM (cBDov)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 09:36 PM (wWU6x)
Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2026 09:36 PM (LHPAg)
Just had a brief t-storm, got breezy for a while & rained just enough to turn outdoors into a steam-bath. Ugh. Ground barely got wet.
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 09:36 PM (rdVOm)
2h
U.S. forces started another night of strikes against Iranian military targets at 6:45 p.m. ET today. This is the 13th consecutive night of strikes aimed to hold Iran accountable and diminish threats from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to commercial shipping.
U.S. Concludes 13th Night of Strikes on Iranian Military Targets @CENTCOM · 7m
CENTCOM targeted Iranian military command centers, drone storage facilities, communication networks, coastal surveillance sites, and maritime capabilities to further diminish the threat Iran poses to civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
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Centcom says they have released the video but it's not found.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 09:36 PM (51ygH)
2h
U.S. forces started another night of strikes against Iranian military targets at 6:45 p.m. ET today. This is the 13th consecutive night of strikes aimed to hold Iran accountable and diminish threats from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to commercial shipping
Time to team up with the IDF and go in that Rat Hole and kill the cancer that resides in Tehran.
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 23, 2026 09:40 PM (OLtEb)
So if you are working outside of the US ? Nurse, you are more right than you know.
Which is what floors me ... absolutely floors me ... about the attitudes regarding illegals here. From both Dems and Repubs.
To work in any other country ? I have to have a Passport. Always a valid hotel reservation. And usually a Travel Medical Policy. Which is cheap, by the way. Less than a $100 a week. For what you are buying ? Pay the money.
Sometimes I need a letter from who is paying me to show up. Sometimes I need to show a return ticket. The point is ... from Customs ... I'm there for a good time. Not a long time.
But here ? From that "we're all just here together mentality" ? And its always the Yankee mentality.
We're just an economic zone. Fucking Morons.
Posted by: PRS at July 23, 2026 09:40 PM (NHUWL)
You are a fool. Not how it works, literally, in any other country.
Fuck ... just got to Canada. Commit a DUI. Then tell us about your "rights".
Seriously. You are a purposeful fool.
Posted by: PRS at July 23, 2026 09:42 PM (NHUWL)
They should be deported. And all their possessions confiscated. And their bank accounts.
And the recipients of remittances taxed at 100%.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 09:27 PM (yEz+x)
But then where will the Uniparty get their pennies on the dollar labor?
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 09:43 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
They have the right to safe passage out of my country.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 09:46 PM (Vrdez)
It is going to go from 300 fpm, to 900.... and the warning was not to swim in it...
Now, they made it sound like this was some natural condition... but... uh... it's late July, snow run off was months ago....
Oh... they are opening the spillways on the dams because they are getting to full. /facepalm
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 09:48 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: rickb223
Now that Goggle has destroyed its search engine functions, can we see a revival of Alta Vista?
Posted by: mindful webworker - showing my age at July 23, 2026 09:48 PM (M5tgA)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
You are seriously one of the dumbest fucking people I"ve ever seen here. And it gets to the point, with people like you, where rough language has to be used.
If a "Human Being" starts kicking down your door, is it OK to shoot their ass ? Now extend that to Nation States and International Borders.
Posted by: PRS at July 23, 2026 09:50 PM (NHUWL)
Posted by: Count de Monet
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Oh, Bertha, Bertha, where are you? What happened?
You feel so cold. Was it that wave that turned you away?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 09:19 PM (51ygH)
Bertha Butt? one of the Butt sistahs?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 09:51 PM (mP0Kj)
I would have let the bird have my bike and would not have thought once of beating it. I might remember to sock a shark in the nose but not to beat an ostrich.
Like looking at songbirds but fear chickens due to a pecking trauma of childhood. If there is an apocalypse my husband has to fetch the eggs. I'll deal with the horse, cow and goat.
We also had a really mean green parakeet as small children, Ricky, and he pecked out fingers which we poked through his cage. He never talked and I don't remember what happened to him.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 09:51 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 09:51 PM (51ygH)
Maybe they have some fires planned and need the reservoirs empty.
Posted by: t-bird at July 23, 2026 09:55 PM (oSFyF)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 09:55 PM (wWU6x)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 09:56 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: mindful webworker - man v beast at July 23, 2026 09:56 PM (M5tgA)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 09:57 PM (51ygH)
This is a distinction without a difference.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 09:58 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 09:58 PM (wWU6x)
Posted by: mindful webworker - at long last at July 23, 2026 10:01 PM (M5tgA)
Maybe they have some fires planned and need the reservoirs empty.
Posted by: t-bird at July 23, 2026 09:55 PM (oSFyF)
Wait... weird... just went and looked and Exchequer Dam on the Merced river is NOT FULL... NOT EVEN CLOSE.
So, now I'm totes confuselated as to what the hell is going on... except the enviros of Calif Gov are whackadoodle.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 10:01 PM (mP0Kj)
Obviously Scogg. Surprised it hasn't been called out.
Somebody tell Fen to knock on Dildo's door.
Posted by: PRS at July 23, 2026 10:01 PM (NHUWL)
Posted by: Ducks for Trump at July 23, 2026 10:02 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 09:58 PM (vE0+H)
Read the Constitution. Not following the constitution is what got us into this mess.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 10:03 PM (wWU6x)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 10:04 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 10:04 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 10:03 PM (wWU6x)
Defintely Scogg. What a troll. Can't stand that guy.
Posted by: PRS at July 23, 2026 10:04 PM (NHUWL)
Read the Constitution. Not following the constitution is what got us into this mess.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 10:03 PM (wWU6x)
If the Constitution applies to invaders then they possess almost all the rights granted by it. Which I don't believe is what you wrote.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 10:10 PM (vE0+H)
That's how we put raptors down when they were too injured to be fixed.
Posted by: rickb223
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Assuming that bird respiratory and circulatory system are the same as mammals, that's cruel.
Our breathing rate and depth is controlled by the CO2 levels in our blood. Increased levels of CO2 increase respiration rate, and high level produce the sensation of strangling. Placing animals in a CO2 chamber is, to their sensations while dying, the agony of asphyxiation.
Per my proposal for human execution, sticking them in a nitrogen chamber will kill them, but without without the pain.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 23, 2026 10:24 PM (cBDov)
Quick Hits
Crime fell 18% last year, on its way to a historic low.
Crime rates are on the decline in U.S. cities with the national homicide rate falling by 18%, inching closer to a historic low, the Council on Criminal Justice said Thursday. The Council on Criminal Justice released its mid-year report examining patterns for 13 types of crime in 36 U.S. cities. It found that nine of the 13 crimes were on the decline through mid 2026. ... Lopez, a senior research specialist for the Council on Criminal Justice, and Boxerman, a research scientist for the Regional Justice Information Service based in Missouri, added in their report that there is not a single explanation for the current crime trends.Of course. The "experts" always say the same thing after a tough-on-crime policy succeeds: "There are too many variables to say what has caused this."
The national homicide rate increased by 30% from 2019 to 2020. Of the nine types of crime that declined in the first half of the year, carjacking had the greatest decrease, falling by 47%. Drug offenses have continued to rise, marking the biggest upward trend at 12%. The Council on Criminal Justice projected that the end of 2025 homicide rate would likely be the lowest since 1900. It says its mid-year data "suggest" the homicide rate in 2026 will fall even further, "reaching a new historic low."
Poll of NH: AOC, Bootyjudge lead race for Democrat nominee for president; Kamala Harris is near the bottom.
But, John Nolte says, national polling puts Kamala Harris out front:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and failed former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg now lead among Democrat presidential primary voters in New Hampshire. This poll of 648 primary voters released on July 22 shows AOC at the top with 22 percent support. Buttigieg is right below her with 21 percent. Everyone else is in single digits. U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) earns nine percent support. Failed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is at eight percent. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) earns just six percent. Former Vice President Kamala Harris is at five percent.
One might speculate that whites are looking at Kamala Harris' actual performance, while blacks and black women especially are looking at the Racial Injustice of not nominating a black woman. Democrats: Let's make every single aspect of culture, society, and politics relentlessly about race and "racial identity." What's the worse that can happen?
In the national polling, according to the RealClearPolitics poll of polls, Kamala is in first place, up by 11.3 points over second-place Newsom (27.9 percent to 16.6 percent). ... Democrats are also captured entirely by an obsession with identity, and Kamala ticks off three of those vital boxes: She's black, she's a woman, and although no one will say so, she's a useful idiot. This means that South Carolina is most likely to come first because it has a large black population. The Democrat Party simply cannot afford to alienate black voters in 2028, especially black women. You can ask James Talarico about that.
Iowa had traditionally been at the front of the line in assigning delegates (in caucuses, not a primary), but the Democrats decided the state was too white and too conservative to have such a prominent role anymore. Technically, New Hampshire was the first primary in 2024, but it awarded zero delegates anyway. South Carolina, which saved Joe Biden's bacon in 2020, was the first real primary that mattered. And in South Carolina, the black vote is king in the Democratic Party. For the 2028 primary season, the Democrats are having an internal battle over the first-in-the-nation status, and it has devolved into some nasty racial politics, because of course it has. This is what Democratic Party voters live, breathe, and fight about, because the only way to overcome racism is to think about race every second of the day, and have nightmares about microaggressions at night.
“If Nevada gets elevated over South Carolina, it would be because of their Latino vote,” says @ChristaleSpain. “So you would then be telling Black voters that you matter less than brown voters. And I refuse to believe that our party wants to send any type of message like that.” https://t.co/FLmzfrAKGl
— Michael Kruse (@michaelkruse) July 22, 2026
Step 1: “Voter fraud doesn’t happen,” CNN
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 22, 2026
Step 2: “Fine, voter fraud happened,” CNN
Step 3: “Voter fraud happening doesn’t mean what you think it means,” CNN pic.twitter.com/aqLjjhqzYj
32/35 students failed this professor's midterm using AI because he secretly hid some white font in his text. pic.twitter.com/yjcsVND4aT
— Boochie is the Name (@stoppfeenin) July 23, 2026
CNN: We can't air Trump's address. There might be misinformation.
— MAZE (@mazemoore) July 23, 2026
Also CNN every single day for over two years... pic.twitter.com/Gj5CbRCHVi
A rural New York school district plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot named "Sally" as a teaching assistant tool in 11th- and 12th-grade classrooms, beginning this fall. The Daily Wire reports that the Salamanca City Central School District purchased the lifelike robot, featuring silicone skin, long brown hair, and a mobile upper body and facial expressions, for less than the median annual salary for a New York teacher.
The school district will become one of the first in the nation to introduce a humanoid robot in a U.S. K-12 classroom. Andrew Kiguel, CEO of Realbotix, the company which is currently building the robot, told the New York Focus that "Sally" will have access to the student's learning data, exclusively using it to provide specialized support based on their profile. "They'll be able to say, 'Hey, I'm student number 1234,' and then the robot will be like, 'Hey, we were talking about this yesterday, do you want to continue that conversation?'" Kiguel said. Salamanca Superintendent Dr. Mark Beehler emphasized the program's strict privacy guidelines, noting that the robot does not have open internet access, does not feature facial recognition, cannot record audio or video, and will not transmit student data back to Realbotix. The pilot program is sparking mixed reactions from parents regarding the integration of AI into the classroom.
Humanoid Sally will replace a human teacher at an American school
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) July 20, 2026
The robot named Sally will start teaching children this autumn at a school in New York State. The “teacher” created by an American company will cost the school less than a human educator. It will teach computer… pic.twitter.com/1bnTg6tS81
Sophie Cunningham was mercilessly henpecked by outraged woke Karens (who never played sports) over her claim that women's sports should be reserved to women: "I said what I said."
Sophie Cunningham responds to criticism over her recent comments to ESPN about wanting to protect women's sports from "biological men."
— Genevieve Gluck (@WomenReadWomen) July 23, 2026
"I said what I said. I think it's kind of common sense.
When it comes just to protecting young girls in sport and women in sport, I feel very… pic.twitter.com/2uh0MWj8zM
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 23, 2026 06:27 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 23, 2026 06:27 PM (u73oe)
When's Disney's first Canadian aboriginal princess.
Asian stuff is so refreshing in it's lack of diversity.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy watch. Ughhh. at July 23, 2026 06:28 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:30 PM (Ot/FD)
You get more of what you subsidize.
Posted by: USAID at July 23, 2026 06:30 PM (AaEou)
Posted by: Fox Butterfield at July 23, 2026 06:31 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 06:31 PM (KC5Lt)
How many pollsters did Kumala have to drop down on her knees for to get these results?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 06:32 PM (l3cgK)
Ain't no Baron of Waxawitcheewoowoo, or Duke of Manawhatsafuckit.
The hell they got princesses for?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:32 PM (Ot/FD)
According to Pew Research Center's analysis of the 2024 election, Black voters supported:
Hillary Clinton (2016): about 94% Democratic / 6% Republican
Joe Biden (2020): about 92% Democratic / 8% Republican
Kamala Harris (2024): about 83% Democratic / 15% Republican
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 06:33 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: WinLinBSDAdmin at July 23, 2026 06:33 PM (uDSNN)
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She better pay her fvcking dues.
Posted by: Randi "Butch" Weingarten at July 23, 2026 06:34 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: WinLinBSDAdmin at July 23, 2026 06:33 PM (uDSNN)
Sex scandal.
First week.
Mark it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:34 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 06:34 PM (vE0+H)
I've never seen that before.
Oh, mental health may have been a factor......
Sure....
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy watch. Ughhh. at July 23, 2026 06:34 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 23, 2026 06:34 PM (xcxpd)
...Kamala Harris is near the bottom.
Anterior of the bottom actually.
Just below the navel.
And moving up and down rapidly.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 06:34 PM (iJfKG)
Mustang Sally (Stripper by night)
Lay down Sally (Stripper job doesn't work out, so has to get down and dirty)
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Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 06:35 PM (dIske)
Will wonders never cease?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:35 PM (Ot/FD)
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{{ding}}
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 06:35 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 23, 2026 06:36 PM (xcxpd)
and kung-fu grip.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 06:36 PM (4NO2D)
Joe Biden (2020): about 92% Democratic / 8% Republican
Kamala Harris (2024): about 83% Democratic / 15% Republican
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 06:33 PM (vE0+H)
Those republicans ain't never been republican though it brings me back to Gunny , R Lee Ermey admitting he voted for Obama the first time. Lost a lot of respect for him and wish he would have kept that to himself.
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 06:37 PM (KC5Lt)
With that in mind my Dr has said it's time, I absolutely need a colonoscopy and has forwarded me to some gastrointestinal place. $$$ My wife just made the suggestion that like my hair cut she could do the whole thing, we got a web cam, some tubes, a bicycle pump, she could whack me on the head with a rock first, she's got it all planned out. She's a planner.
So, good idea? great idea? What do you all think?
Posted by: banana Dream at July 23, 2026 06:37 PM (3uBP9)
and kung-fu grip.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 06:36 PM (4NO2D)
above or below?
asking for a friend...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 23, 2026 06:37 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2026 06:37 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 23, 2026 06:37 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Vengeance at July 23, 2026 06:38 PM (Y3swt)
Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 06:38 PM (dIske)
Bootyjudge 21%
Mark Kelly 9%
Newsom 8%
Bernie 6%
Kumala 5%
It would be entertaining to watch their internal demons fight among each other for dominance on a public stage.
For a grand finale, have Associazione Internazionale degli Esorcisti show up and perform exorcisms.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 06:38 PM (a6PrB)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 23, 2026 06:37 PM (3uBP9)
I mean definitely do it on the porch, if that's what you're asking.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:38 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 23, 2026 06:38 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 23, 2026 06:38 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 06:38 PM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:39 PM (Ot/FD)
and kung-fu grip.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 06:36 PM (4NO2D)
*nurse at the ER, on the intercom*
"We have robot hand grasping a man's penis..."
H/T Big Bang Theory
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 23, 2026 06:39 PM (0aYVJ)
So, good idea? great idea? What do you all think?
Posted by: banana Dream
I am reminded of the "Time-Life Home Surgery" Far Side cartoon
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 23, 2026 06:40 PM (vJrRc)
NYSUT President Melinda Person blasted the decision, stating, “A robot built by a company associated with sex dolls has no business in our classrooms.”
Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 06:40 PM (dIske)
I give it two days.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 23, 2026 06:41 PM (x/Rva)
Posted by: WinLinBSDAdmin at July 23, 2026 06:33 PM (uDSNN)
Sex scandal.
First week.
Mark it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:34 PM (Ot/FD)
With a mouth like that, she's askin' for it, Buck! beedeebeedeebeedee
Posted by: Twiki at July 23, 2026 06:41 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 06:41 PM (4NO2D)
After seeing the video, I foresee a large uptick in students seeking psychological counseling for the trauma caused by dealing with that thing. Far better to forego trying to make it 'human' and just have it be a robot.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 06:41 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 06:40 PM (dIske)
Should have made the thing look black.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:41 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 06:38 PM (KC5Lt)
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Yes, with 1940's movie checker cab type guys.
"Where to, Mac?"
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 23, 2026 06:41 PM (kpS4V)
NYSUT President Melinda Person blasted the decision, stating, “A robot built by a company associated with sex dolls has no business in our classrooms.”
Grooming children for sex with adults should be left to the professionals within the teacher's union.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 06:41 PM (pawvM)
33m
Please let this statement serve to represent, until further notice, that from this point forth, any and all damages done to Ships, Cargo, or anything related thereto, will be paid for by Iranian Money that the United States has in its possession, and controls.
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Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 06:42 PM (VPNgR)
Kinda tough to go on strike, isn't it?
Posted by: t-bird at July 23, 2026 06:42 PM (oSFyF)
Having one with "facial expressions" would have scared the crap out of me.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 23, 2026 06:42 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 06:42 PM (abScH)
Will that qualify the car to be in the 2+ passengers rule to use the HOV lanes?
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 06:43 PM (pawvM)
Posted by: Orson
"We prefer that our student be molested by flesh-and-blood human teachers."
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 23, 2026 06:43 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:43 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 06:43 PM (n5tGW)
Steve Mammal.
Mary Human.
Who you trying to fool, skinwalker?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:44 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2026 06:45 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
I bet it used to be "Mann" but she changed it because it was sexist.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 23, 2026 06:45 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 06:45 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 23, 2026 06:37 PM (3uBP9)
I mean definitely do it on the porch, if that's what you're asking.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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And you'll still have to do the prep drink, unless she's got some ideas on how to clean you out first. But not sure I'd want to hear those.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 23, 2026 06:45 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 06:45 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 23, 2026 06:45 PM (XvL8K)
"Better out than in"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:45 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 23, 2026 06:46 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 23, 2026 06:45 PM (vJrRc)
I larfed
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:46 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 06:46 PM (abScH)
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Being a Democrat has to be a miserable experience. There's no room for joy or happiness or even contentment.
It's nonstop envy and rage day in, day out, 24/7/365.
No wonder they snap under pressure.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 06:46 PM (FZ29D)
How about you just STFU about race? Tribalism is Evil in a multi-ethnic society. There is no way around this.
If you want to start a race war, this is how you do it. If there must be bloodshed, let’s get it over with, M’k?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 06:47 PM (iJVoP)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 06:48 PM (sMkB+)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 06:48 PM (FZ29D)
I heard she is looking for a solid Christian man (who is taller than her) who will be a great spiritual leader.. I don't know how many of the 6's she is demanding but we know one of them is height.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 06:48 PM (pawvM)
Just put a robot face, not that doll face please
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 23, 2026 06:48 PM (J5RCE)
https://x.com/LifeNewsHQ/status/2080387493350838732?s=20
Posted by: Ian S. at July 23, 2026 06:49 PM (qRNmP)
I believe the reporting of crime is down. I believe the enforcement of crime is down. I believe the rate of convictions for crimes are down. I believe the rate of incarcerations for crimes are down.
Furthermore, I believe that the very worst crimes, crimes against humanity (like C19), are UP. And absolutely no one is doing the first thing about them.
Why? Because TPTB want to report that crimes is down.
Posted by: call me skeptical at July 23, 2026 06:49 PM (6zAdN)
A very mixed blessing.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy watch. Ughhh. at July 23, 2026 06:49 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2026 06:49 PM (LHPAg)
Prepare to be amused. Just look at the latest scholastic aptitude tests—pretty low bar.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 06:50 PM (U4c/V)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 23, 2026 06:50 PM (3uBP9)
Delivered to the school by Johnnie Cab.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 23, 2026 06:51 PM (ZypAx)
So that’s going to be something.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 23, 2026 06:51 PM (tfDmq)
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 06:50 PM (U4c/V)
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Exactly. When students' performance scores jump through the roof because Sally can teach them better than a human teacher, the NEA will go ballistic. More so than usual.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 06:52 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 06:52 PM (abScH)
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There was a really good Suspense! radio episode or one of those that revolved around mannequins. A gal finds a diary in a coat she bought at a department store. Turns out she falls asleep in the store, and the mannequins come alive at night. It was written and done right, so kinda scary.
Andy Griffith where Barney dresses up as a Hunter mannequin trying to nab a shoplifter is one of the better scenes in the series, classic Barney.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 06:53 PM (iJVoP)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:32 PM (Ot/FD)
There is a little Pocahontas in every one of us
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 06:53 PM (rbvCR)
Just put a robot face, not that doll face please
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
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Yes. However, with the proper programming it may be far superior to what we have today.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 06:54 PM (VPNgR)
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This could be the Kamala 2028 campaign slogan
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 06:54 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 06:54 PM (rbvCR)
To be put in a classroom full of horny 16 and 17 year old boys.
They better not record her teaching because just possessing a day's worth of video will earn the company a SWAT raid for CP
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 06:55 PM (U4c/V)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 06:55 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 06:55 PM (sMkB+)
Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2026 06:55 PM (Ia/+0)
Democrats are in the midst of a partisan reckoning, and nobody should be happier than Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The environment is shaping up for her to have a legitimate shot at the 2028 nomination.
"AOC's 2028 chances" Bro I'm still not even sure about America's 2026 chances
2028 is going to be a reality check for the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Either they're as large and influential as they claim, or they aren't. If they aren't, I hope we don't get another round of "corporate Dems rigged it." Maybe the simpler explanation is that there are still a whole lot of centrists in the Democratic Party.
We’ve already found out women are unelectable in America. Two women lost to *Donald fucking Trump*, the worst candidate in the history of the country. If two qualified women can’t beat fucking Trump, then America is still too sexist to vote for a female president.
It's not only white men. Latino and Muslim moves massively towards Trump in part because the alternative was a black woman.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 23, 2026 06:55 PM (Xy2sd)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 23, 2026 06:56 PM (Wx316)
It's not only white men. Latino and Muslim moves massively towards Trump in part because the alternative was a black woman.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 23, 2026 06:55 PM (Xy2sd)
Sigh....
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 06:57 PM (FtULh)
WTF is there piano music playing in the background of that clip? And especially WTF is it playing louder than the guy who is talking?
Retards are taking over the world.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 23, 2026 06:57 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 06:58 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 23, 2026 06:58 PM (tfDmq)
To be put in a classroom full of horny 16 and 17 year old boys.
They better not record her teaching because just possessing a day's worth of video will earn the company a SWAT raid for CP
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 06:55 PM (U4c/V)
'Good morning, class. My name is Cherry.'
Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2026 06:58 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 23, 2026 06:58 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 06:59 PM (sMkB+)
That’s awesome! Especially for math and science.
No strikes
No calling out sick
No benefits
No raping of students
Win win win for the kiddos!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 07:00 PM (tHKLd)
1) Where's Bruce Springsteen? He should help butcher the music by screeching badly.
2) When do Sting and The Police stop here to arrest these people for horrible singing?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 23, 2026 07:00 PM (qx7Zg)
They now join more than 36,000 others already tracked in the department’s WoW database
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 07:01 PM (VPNgR)
STAHP!
I can only get so hard!!
Posted by: The Glass Ceiling at July 23, 2026 07:01 PM (zGzrB)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 07:01 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2026 07:01 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 23, 2026 06:56 PM (Wx316)
----
I'm waiting for Elon to develop his own version of "A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer" for the masses.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 07:02 PM (FZ29D)
I figured Bootygig would be near the bottom. Is this a race for the bottom?
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 07:02 PM (MWfyi)
She's got pipe-fitter lips.
--Big Pussy Bonpensiero
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 23, 2026 07:02 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: NYC PS 186 at July 23, 2026 07:02 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 07:03 PM (n5tGW)
To be put in a classroom full of horny 16 and 17 year old boys.
They better not record her teaching because just possessing a day's worth of video will earn the company a SWAT raid for CP
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 06:55 PM (U4c/V)
'Good morning, class. My name is Cherry.'
Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2026 06:58 PM (LHPAg)
***
Day three the kids come to class.
The door slams shut.
Teacher comes out in black leather holding a whip.
"Johnny, you were a very bad boy in detention."
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 07:04 PM (2WIwB)
This distracted me, bigly...
The professor (and right on, man!) who failed 32 of 35 students...I recognized his accent. Looked him up and he's from MS. I recognize my people. My mother and brothers have black friends who agree against the George Floyds.
Their part of the county has a facebook page alerting farms to bad people. Not many bad people bother them. Bro once had a white meth head neck tattoo guy walk by to use the phone, & house is hidden with trees down a long driveway. Told to leave & called neighbors and sheriff. Two black deputies arrived and said next time to shoot him and make their lives easier.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 07:04 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 06:34 PM (vE0+H)
I used to put the Lorem Ipsum in size 2 white font as the automatic header of my work email.
We were required to keep all client data hidden unless it was going to specific people who could see it, and I noticed that some of my cow orkers would put the name and other identifying information on line one, so that it would show in the email queueueu
I stopped doing it when it started to be a problem because a cow orker couldn't figure out how I was doing it and suspected I was "hacking" the system somehow
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 07:05 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 07:05 PM (vE0+H)
That’s awesome! Especially for math and science.
No strikes
No calling out sick
No benefits
No raping of students
Win win win for the kiddos!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 07:00 PM (tHKLd)
***
Home schooling has entered the chat.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 07:06 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 07:06 PM (/+uur)
And then ran a geriatric corn cob with kernel abortion when they decided to actually go Full Steal.
Pull the other one.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 07:06 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 07:09 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:43 PM (Ot/FD)
Why do you say that?
Posted by: Una Persson, time traveler extraordinaire at July 23, 2026 07:09 PM (rbvCR)
Think, think, think. . . what has changed in the past year?
Gosh, couldn't be that Trump's ICE is staking out places where criminal illegal meet (e.g., secret Denver area bars where TdA hangout) and doing mass arrests and deportations, right?
Nah. Must be global warming!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2026 07:10 PM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Ralph at July 23, 2026 07:10 PM (8WZD4)
I've never seen that before.
Oh, mental health may have been a factor......
Sure....
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy watch. Ughhh.
We may never know the motive.
Posted by: Tuna at July 23, 2026 07:11 PM (lJ0H4)
Todays was the bitch with 3 PR Bonds let off for often terminating probation "unsatisfactorily,".
There is no legal term.
There is no Texas law.
There is no juris prudence.
Fuck you judges.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 07:11 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Reforger at July 23, 2026 07:12 PM (gE8mJ)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 23, 2026 07:13 PM (fZiTB)
Posted by: Ben Had
👍 Copper harvesting. They learn at *whoever's* knee.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 07:13 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: nckate at July 23, 2026 07:13 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 07:06 PM (2WIwB)
You think the Missus will let me buy one of those to do home schooling?
She might get suspicious, though.
We don't have kids.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 07:14 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at July 23, 2026 07:14 PM (aFYHp)
If it the kind of data that says hispanics and asians are "white" then it's suspect as hell.
Posted by: browndog says woof at July 23, 2026 07:14 PM (3sXRv)
1. The democrats are now so stupid they to piss in the big tent, not out.
2. Ace is now just trolling morons with the retarded WNMA shit.
Posted by: Auspex at July 23, 2026 07:14 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: I would climb that lofty peak at July 23, 2026 07:14 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:43 PM (Ot/FD)
Why do you say that?
Posted by: Una Persson, time traveler extraordinaire at July 23, 2026 07:09 PM (rbvCR)
The surname Null gives (or used to give) computers real problems...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 07:15 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Vasco de Gamasutra at July 23, 2026 07:15 PM (qXqZm)
Posted by: I would climb that lofty peak at July 23, 2026 07:14 PM (TbWk/)
6' 1"...
She'd tower over me...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 07:15 PM (l3cgK)
On Sunday, an ex-boss called me out of the blue. We talked. He offered me an opportunity to come back on a much bigger platform starting next month. I'll be National on radio (He's thinking mid-Majors to start) for 13 NCAA football games, with Men's and Women's BB also on the table for the winter.
I feel a bit like the old movie meme of the grizzled Veteran called in one for "one last mission". It feels great. Can't believe the guy even still had me on his list.
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 23, 2026 07:15 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 07:15 PM (l3cgK)
----
Yep. I've encountered that problem.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 07:17 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Lincolntf
---
Congrats.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 07:17 PM (VPNgR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 07:17 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Vasco de Gamasutra at July 23, 2026 07:15 PM (qXqZm)
Inner City version needs to do roll call...A-A-Ron! Je-Quellin!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 07:17 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 07:05 PM (rbvCR)
Well I meant Herr Trump but I guess the judges would accept you too!
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 07:17 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 07:17 PM (sMkB+)
Posted by: Chaos at July 23, 2026 07:17 PM (GFRGc)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 23, 2026 07:17 PM (vDZgA)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 07:18 PM (abScH)
Posted by: Vasco de Gamasutra at July 23, 2026 07:15 PM (qXqZm)
I wanna know who decided to give Sally pouty pouty lips that all the teen boys will be drooling over. Should have made her a gray haired granny with a mean look.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 07:19 PM (edUvp)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 07:19 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 23, 2026 07:15 PM (vV6n9)
Congrats, man!
Posted by: Ian S. at July 23, 2026 07:19 PM (v8+Kf)
Posted by: Public health hazard at least at July 23, 2026 07:19 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 23, 2026 07:15 PM (vV6n9)
Nice to hear / read some good news ...
Go get 'em tiger!
Posted by: browndog says woof at July 23, 2026 07:20 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2026 07:20 PM (Ia/+0)
Depends if she's made by Boston Dynamics.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 23, 2026 07:20 PM (v8+Kf)
Very cool! Kick ass, take names, brother.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 23, 2026 07:20 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 07:21 PM (VPNgR)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 07:19 PM (edUvp)
---
No one ever makes sex bots that look like Trigglypuff.....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 07:21 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 07:02 PM (MWfyi)
In Bootygig's place, it's a race BY the bottom.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 07:21 PM (edUvp)
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 07:21 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: CaliGirl at July 23, 2026 07:22 PM (z2Bza)
Posted by: Lincolntf
All the lists I'm on are black. Good on you, mate.
Posted by: Congratulations are in order at July 23, 2026 07:22 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 23, 2026 07:22 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 07:05 PM (vE0+H)
Sorry the privilege pole no longer has white gays on top. Too many have gone Republican.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 23, 2026 07:22 PM (uhVAy)
That would just be embarrassing.
We'd have to just make up something to tell our children over our rat on a stick dinner over an open garbage fire.
"Uh, yeah.... government... uh... Army robots. That's what happened. Definitely. "
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 07:23 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 07:15 PM (l3cgK)
Not if you play your cards right...
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 07:23 PM (vE0+H)
That is excellent news!
Congratulation
Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2026 07:23 PM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Billythesquid at July 23, 2026 07:23 PM (gN+5I)
Posted by: Oldcat at July 23, 2026 07:22 PM (uhVAy)
Wait, that's what Pete calls my penis!
Posted by: Chasten Buttgig at July 23, 2026 07:24 PM (TbWk/)
On Sunday, an ex-boss called me out of the blue. We talked. He offered me an opportunity to come back on a much bigger platform starting next month. I'll be National on radio (He's thinking mid-Majors to start) for 13 NCAA football games, with Men's and Women's BB also on the table for the winter.
I feel a bit like the old movie meme of the grizzled Veteran called in one for "one last mission". It feels great. Can't believe the guy even still had me on his list.
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 23, 2026 07:15 PM (vV6n9)
CAN HE GO ALL THE WAY ?!
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 23, 2026 07:24 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 23, 2026 07:22 PM (vV6n9)
---
"That's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for 'em."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 07:25 PM (FZ29D)
STAHP!
I can only get so hard!!
Posted by: The Glass Ceiling
I actually responded that I could think of two worse candidates. We'll see if there's any coping and seething. Not DU, just the general r/politics, so I might not get banned lol.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 23, 2026 07:25 PM (Xy2sd)
Posted by: Oldcat at July 23, 2026 07:22 PM (uhVAy)
They have abandoned gays and the rest entirely to the Muslims so I don't really see it. But these people are impossible to truly predict and I do see them going with a safe white guy unless the general is rigged.
At the moment it looks like the skids are being greased good style for AOC.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 07:25 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 23, 2026 07:26 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 23, 2026 07:15 PM (vV6n9)
Very cool and congrats. Go make it happen!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 07:26 PM (2WIwB)
——
They are just so insistent that Mrs. Clinton was the most qualified individual ever to run.
She was married to a President. How is that a qualification? Facts by assertion. “Because we said so”. Fuck you. I’m so very tired of the gaslighting
“You won’t vote for me because I’m a woman”
Maybe nobody wants to vote for you because you are a terrible campaigner. Bill was widely regarded as an expert politician. Nobody ever said that about mrs Clinton.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 07:27 PM (6fKvw)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2026 07:27 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 23, 2026 07:22 PM (vV6n9)
---
"That's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for 'em."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 07:25 PM (FZ29D)
Ooh! Do a Fred Willard when you're announcing!
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 07:28 PM (edUvp)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway"
She's got two humps.
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 07:28 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 23, 2026 07:22 PM (vV6n9)
That was a very well executed play. Almost like a run of puns by Da Horde!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 07:29 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at July 23, 2026 07:29 PM (KaHlS)
Posted by: t-bird
We demand 40 watts power and four recharging breaks a day!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 07:30 PM (ndZc7)
14m
U.S. forces started another night of strikes against Iranian military targets at 6:45 p.m. ET today. This is the 13th consecutive night of strikes aimed to hold Iran accountable and diminish threats from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to commercial shipping.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFiD5nLf8YU
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 07:30 PM (VPNgR)
To be fair, she was a senator and secretary of state...jobs she only got because she was former first lady, but still...
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 23, 2026 07:30 PM (Xy2sd)
Sally are you a woman?
Posted by: Mike Hammer"
Tell her that you always lie.
Posted by: Cap'n Quirk at July 23, 2026 07:31 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike
---
It's under the eldest son's first car.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 07:31 PM (VPNgR)
Seriously?
*scribbles notes furiously*
Posted by: Guys everywhere at July 23, 2026 07:31 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 23, 2026 07:32 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 07:32 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway"
She's got two humps.
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 07:28 PM (MWfyi)
You want Cherry 2000
You'll end up with TrigglyPuff 2000...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 07:32 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy watch. Ughhh. at July 23, 2026 06:28 PM (Sco7b)
Check out how Dragonball handles diversity!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 07:32 PM (kd1a0)
Seriously?
*scribbles notes furiously*
Posted by: Guys everywhere
Contact their pimp.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 07:32 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 07:32 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 07:33 PM (abScH)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 23, 2026 07:32 PM (vV6n9)
Few years back Elli De La Cruz hit a looong home run against the Dodgers and the Reds' announcer cried "THAT BALL HAD A FAMILY!!!"
Posted by: Oldcat at July 23, 2026 07:33 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2026 07:33 PM (Ia/+0)
Have any of the other Democrat Presidential front-runners?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 07:33 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: DanMan at July 23, 2026 07:33 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 07:34 PM (VPNgR)
Seriously?
*scribbles notes furiously*
Posted by: Guys everywhere at July 23, 2026 07:31 PM (2Ez/1)
Cheaper than marriage at any price.
Posted by: And far less destructive at July 23, 2026 07:34 PM (TbWk/)
Have any of the other Democrat Presidential front-runners?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 07:33 PM (0sNs1)
So she was sucking up?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 07:34 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 07:32 PM (l3cgK)
For a quirky little movie, that had some really fun parts. I liked in the beginning when he's trying to pick up some girl at a bar and get her to go home with him for the night, and instantly the house lawyer pops up with a multi page contract that must be witnessed and signed in triplicate detailing everything that will or may happen after they leave the establishment.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 07:35 PM (edUvp)
If you want to know where the low IQ voters are, look no further than the Democrat party.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 23, 2026 07:35 PM (SwCxT)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 07:33 PM (abScH)
I honestly don't think she cares to.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 07:35 PM (vE0+H)
Congratulations and good luck, Lincolntf! Hope it works out for you.
Posted by: Retired, thank God at July 23, 2026 07:35 PM (va0Yo)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 07:33 PM (abScH)
Not just Benghazi.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 07:35 PM (kd1a0)
You'll end up with TrigglyPuff 2000...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 07:32 PM (l3cgK)
Like a robotic beanbag chair stuffed with gelatin.
Posted by: You will be assimilated at July 23, 2026 07:36 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 07:36 PM (vE0+H)
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Lincolntf - Now I'm wondering what you might have done with Charlie Choo-Choo Justice.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2026 07:36 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 07:37 PM (edUvp)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 23, 2026 07:37 PM (LlSak)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 07:33 PM (abScH)
Not just Benghazi.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
-------
Coming around that the Borgia's got nothing on the Clinton's.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 07:37 PM (VPNgR)
Seriously?
*scribbles notes furiously*
Posted by: Guys everywhere at July 23, 2026 07:31 PM (2Ez/1)
This makes me sad. Bride and I are going on 38 years, and she is still my best friend. I know it often does not work, but we somehow won life's lottery.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 23, 2026 07:37 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 07:37 PM (vE0+H)
You'll end up with TrigglyPuff 2000...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 07:32 PM (l3cgK)
Like a robotic beanbag chair stuffed with gelatin.
Posted by: You will be assimilated at July 23, 2026 07:36 PM (TbWk/)
Except it's always angry...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 07:38 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 23, 2026 07:38 PM (vV6n9)
Seriously?
*scribbles notes furiously*
Posted by: Guys everywhere at July 23, 2026 07:31 PM (2Ez/1)
This makes me sad. Bride and I are going on 38 years, and she is still my best friend. I know it often does not work, but we somehow won life's lottery.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 23, 2026 07:37 PM (0aYVJ)
I only had 26 years with mine...wasn't enough.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 07:39 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 07:34 PM
IIRC, she did at the very start to Ace and the CoBs, but after that, they were erudite testimonies to her love of word salads.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 07:39 PM (0sNs1)
Competence is white supremecy!
Posted by: tankdemon at July 23, 2026 07:39 PM (LlSak)
Seriously?
*scribbles notes furiously*
Posted by: Guys everywhere at July 23, 2026 07:31 PM (2Ez/1)
Like, forcing all this emotional labor on me just like gives me the total ick. Like, be a man! Man up! Men are supposed to provide for and support women! We just have to like show up!
Posted by: I AM the table! at July 23, 2026 07:40 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 07:39 PM (l3cgK)
*awkward bro-hug* Dude
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 23, 2026 07:40 PM (0aYVJ)
With a bolt action rifle. Seriously, I’m not making this up.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 07:41 PM (6fKvw)
I said what I said and I meant what I meant.
A man's not a woman. One hundred percent.
Madagascar
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 23, 2026 07:41 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 23, 2026 07:41 PM (QaH55)
Maybe if she got off her knees...
Posted by: tankdemon
She does rimjobs too?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 23, 2026 07:42 PM (Xy2sd)
“You won’t vote for me because I’m a woman”
Nope. I won't vote for you because you're gawd damned commie, super tits.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 23, 2026 07:42 PM (rk74j)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 23, 2026 07:37 PM (0aYVJ)
Congratulations.
Posted by: Some will win, some will lose at July 23, 2026 07:42 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 07:43 PM (6fKvw)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
Yes you did. Congratulations!
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 07:44 PM (oUopv)
A man's not a woman. One hundred percent.
Madagascar
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 23, 2026 07:41 PM (Cqx++)
I like to move it move it
I like to move it move it
I like to move it move it
I like to I like to move it!
Posted by: King Julien, physically fit at July 23, 2026 07:47 PM (TbWk/)
This makes me sad. Bride and I are going on 38 years, and she is still my best friend. I know it often does not work, but we somehow won life's lottery.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
Well met, sir. Smash & I will celebrate rate 43 this October. She is absolutely the best thing that ever happened to me.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 23, 2026 07:48 PM (rk74j)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 07:49 PM (kd1a0)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 07:49 PM (abScH)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 23, 2026 07:49 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at July 23, 2026 07:49 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 07:50 PM (rbvCR)
I've seen bigger steam engines -- on ships.
It was impressive moving down the tracks.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 07:50 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 23, 2026 07:51 PM (rk74j)
So, good idea? great idea? What do you all think?
Posted by: banana Dream at July 23, 2026 06:37 PM (3uBP9)
I couldn't possibly imagine anything going wrong.
https://tinyurl.com/4fzpbuzb
The way I originally heard this linked story, the liposuction itself went fine, it was the anesthesia overdose that was the problem, so your plan to have her bonk you on the noggin is probably the safer course of action.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 23, 2026 07:51 PM (LlSak)
19 years married to my late wife. 1.25 years since she died.
Still was the best thing I ever did.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 07:53 PM (u82oZ)
I agree, it will be five years since my wife died, come early September.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 07:49 PM (kd1a0)
2 1/2 years tomorrow...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 07:53 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 07:54 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 07:55 PM (u82oZ)
So, good idea? great idea? What do you all think?
Posted by: banana Dream at July 23, 2026 06:37 PM
You should get it done by the professional. To help defray the cost, ask them if they could find and retrieve your urologist's class ring, which you could then sell, or ask for a return fee credit.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 07:55 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 07:55 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 07:55 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 07:56 PM (abScH)
I've seen bigger steam engines -- on ships.
It was impressive moving down the tracks.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Lucky you.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 07:57 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 07:58 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 07:58 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 23, 2026 07:59 PM (kd1a0)
So, good idea? great idea? What do you all think?
Posted by: banana Dream at July 23, 2026 06:37 PM
You should get it done by the professional. To help defray the cost, ask them if they could find and retrieve your urologist's class ring, which you could then sell, or ask for a return fee credit.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Get video. Call yourself a female.
Sell copies on Onlyfans.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 07:59 PM (oUopv)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 23, 2026 06:38 PM (kpS4V)
Now I want to see MMA Robots featured in an "Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting" music video.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 23, 2026 07:59 PM (LlSak)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 07:59 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 23, 2026 06:58 PM (tfDmq)
From what i've seen of her, she likes fighting those stupid trogled*kes. She seems to go after the ones that foul Clark. Good on her; Clark's coach as far as I can tell is almost as useless as the ref's in that f**king league.
Posted by: Nelly at July 23, 2026 08:00 PM (6+ehB)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 08:01 PM (Ot/FD)
Colon = gastroenterologist or proctologist.
Urethra = urologist
Colon =/= urethra.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 07:59 PM (u82oZ)
Unless you're a bird, so your cloaca is the expressway for composite poop/pee and sex...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 08:02 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:02 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:03 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 08:03 PM (l3cgK)
You absolutely have to be looking for an excuse to cry "racism" to even pretend there is a racial connotation to that phrase.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 23, 2026 08:06 PM (LlSak)
Colon = gastroenterologist or proctologist.
Urethra = urologist
Colon =/= urethra.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 07:59 PM
I had no idea SWO urologists never digitally checked a prostate. * thinking * Does this imply a lack of prostates? Moving to 2nd-order thinking, does this explain the well-known preference demonstrated at every O-Club in the world by nubile females for Naval Aviators and Submariners?
You've given me something to ponder.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 08:06 PM (0sNs1)
You are right. I had forgotten all the prostate exams (way many more than warranted) while I was in the Service. Plum forgot.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:12 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 23, 2026 09:46 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 23, 2026 09:46 PM (Q/FnY)
He looks like he stuck his head in a giant pencil sharpener. And his satellite dish ears freak me out.
If he runs and campaigns I do hope he does not drag poor Gabby around. I feel sorry for her for being shot and also being married to this eejit.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 09:58 PM (hzuYO)
House Passes "Stop Insider Trading" Bill to Forbid Congressmen from Trading Individual Stocks (Using Insider Information);
Noted Lifelong Inside-Trader Nancy Pelosi Votes Against It
The bill would allow congresmen to own stocks as part of money markets or indexes -- big groups of stocks traded by managers without input from the customer.
They, and their families, will just be barred from buying and selling individual stocks, where a congressman could make a killing based on insider knowledge of coming government action that could boost, or crush, a specific company's valuation. But congressmen have been permitted to use their insider information -- either granted to them by their position on a committee or tipped to them as a straight-up bribe by company officials seeking official favor -- for decades. That's why every other congressman is a millionaire in six years. This bill would stop that. Except for when Congress starts modifying the bill by adding exceptions.House passes 'Stop Insider Trading Act' in bipartisan vote Democrats who opposed the legislation argued that the bill does not go far enough because it prohibits members of Congress and their families from buying new individual stocks, but it doesn't prevent them from owning them. The House of Representatives in a bipartisan vote on Wednesday passed the "Stop Insider Trading Act," which bans lawmakers and their families from trading individual stocks. The bill passed in a 232-198 vote, with 13 Democrats supporting the legislation. A similar bill is in the Senate. Democrats who opposed the bill argued that it does not go far enough because it prohibits members of Congress and their families from buying new individual stocks, but it doesn't prevent them from owning them. "For too long, Americans struggling to make ends meet have watched as lawmakers have entered office just to leave as multi-millionaires," House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a statement. "This type of behavior is unacceptable and diminishes the American people's trust in this institution.Nancy Pelosi has been a virulent opponent of such a ban in the past. That's because she's become one of the richest women of the country while "serving" in Congress. The Democrats voted against this bill with the pretextual excuse "we want the bill to go farther" but one suspects they don't want the bill at all. Democrats have shown that they go into politics to plunder money from the public.
In 2021, Nancy Pelosi was asked if Congress should be banned from trading stocks and responded, “No… This is a free market.”
— Money Ape (@TheMoneyApe) July 23, 2026
She exposed herself previously. 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/TuW35yLPwJ https://t.co/ucglQ1YsUS
Nancy Pelosi responds to Trump demanding an investigation into Nancy Pelosi for insider trading:
— HOT SPOT (@HotSpotHotSpot) July 31, 2025
"That's ridiculous. I very much support the stop the trading of members of Congress...I'm not into it, my husband is” https://t.co/8S6Tys90p4 pic.twitter.com/hUH8t8xDVo
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 23, 2026 05:21 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 23, 2026 05:22 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy watch. Ughhh. at July 23, 2026 05:22 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy watch. Ughhh. at July 23, 2026 05:24 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Don Black at July 23, 2026 05:27 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 05:28 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 05:28 PM (abScH)
It is hard to make the case you should be bound by something someone else does. But if it holds up then you just move to the next relative, or family held trust in line.
I still think their assets should be put in a government held trust which returns an amount equal to the increase in GDP minus the inflation rate. Then all of the incentives would be correct.
Posted by: Thatch at July 23, 2026 05:28 PM (S6YCM)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 05:28 PM (Ot/FD)
Like I asked last night: what's the catch? there's got to be a workaround in there somewhere.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 05:29 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 05:30 PM (abScH)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 05:30 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Thatch at July 23, 2026 05:28 PM (S6YCM)
GDP includes government spending, even deficit spending. So, I am against that idea.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 05:30 PM (rbvCR)
- nancy
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 05:30 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 05:30 PM (VPNgR)
Posted by: Hillary! at July 23, 2026 05:30 PM (4qpnH)
Posted by: Blutarski, gradually then suddenly at July 23, 2026 05:30 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 05:31 PM (sMkB+)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 05:28 PM (Ot/FD)
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Speaktrix Margarita.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 05:32 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Thatch
If you subtract government spending first, otherwise it might be worse.
Posted by: Kratwurst at July 23, 2026 05:32 PM (36bTp)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 23, 2026 05:32 PM (VnOY5)
Clickbait Xeet. Trump didn't "demand" an investigation. He just tossed it out there -- she should be investigated.
I'm not sure how you prove insider trading. Anyone can claim "I got lucky."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 05:32 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 05:32 PM (XuXeR)
I still think their assets should be put in a government held trust which returns an amount equal to the increase in GDP minus the inflation rate. Then all of the incentives would be correct.
Posted by: Thatch at July 23, 2026 05:28 PM (S6YCM)
It isn't hard to audit. There's only so many of the little bastards running around. I can't cash a check bigger than twenty bucks without some IRS clanker catching wind, but you can't keep tabs on if some law-shitter buys five yachts with her great-nephew's money ten days after she retires?
Nah, tracing cash is what uncle Sam does best. Better than logistics. Better than psy ops. Better than anything.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 05:32 PM (Ot/FD)
Let's do the same with the Executive and Judicial branches, and all their employees.
Posted by: gp at July 23, 2026 05:33 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at July 23, 2026 05:33 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 05:33 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Kratwurst at July 23, 2026 05:33 PM (5k0TE)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at July 23, 2026 05:34 PM (Ko6vr)
It is hard to make the case you should be bound by something someone else does....
Posted by: Thatch at July 23, 2026 05:28 PM (S6YCM
Supreme Court already ruled on the issue. We just need Congress to follow laws that fall upon everyone else. "US Supreme Court ruled unanimously to uphold an insider trading conviction of an individual (tippee) who traded while aware of material non-public information (MNPI) received from a friend (tipper) who did not receive a financial benefit for providing the tip. Salman v. United States, No. 15-628, 2016 WL 7078448 (U.S. Dec. 6, 2016). The ruling, written by Justice Samuel Alito, settles a split of authority between the US Court of Appeals for the Second and Ninth Circuits regarding whether a tipper receives a “personal benefit” for purposes of establishing insider trading liability by simply conveying MNPI to a family member or friend."
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 05:34 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 05:34 PM (VPNgR)
“The votes aren’t there”. - John Iscariot Thune.
Posted by: Blutarski, gradually then suddenly at July 23, 2026 05:34 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Thatch at July 23, 2026 05:28 PM (S6YCM)
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We hereby proclaim the opening of America's borders, the extension of birthright citizenship to people born anywhere in the world, and a massive increase in government spending.
Posted by: Congress at July 23, 2026 05:34 PM (4qpnH)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 05:35 PM (abScH)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 05:35 PM (GD0B3)
Make them obey the same laws we have to.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 05:35 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Young and Naive at July 23, 2026 05:36 PM (GFRGc)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 23, 2026 05:36 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: huerfano at July 23, 2026 05:36 PM (VJX5o)
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 05:36 PM (Fi81e)
>>“The votes aren’t there”. - John Iscariot Thune.
Could be right because the bill also includes parts of the Save Act.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 05:37 PM (viF8m)
What was the vote on the amendment to the bill that the Democrats put forth that would have made it go further?
Posted by: tankdemon at July 23, 2026 05:37 PM (LlSak)
If I traded on that information, she and I would go to jail. And the federal government is pretty good at figuring out who is doing it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2026 05:38 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Young and Naive at July 23, 2026 05:36 PM (GFRGc)
It's cute you think it's about actually stopping them by statute, and not pure politics to make the issue a talking point and help to further wreck their popularity.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 05:38 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 05:39 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 23, 2026 05:39 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 23, 2026 05:39 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: Yer Sistahs Tomato at July 23, 2026 05:39 PM (aaVMM)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 05:39 PM (n5tGW)
Precluded?
They turned it into a fucking 50/50, and we buy their ticket.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 05:40 PM (Ot/FD)
Period. I don’t get a pension. I don’t get gold plated medical care for the rest of my life. They work for me. They should not have benefits that I PAY FOR that I can’t have.
Assholes. All of them.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 05:40 PM (Wxl9t)
Posted by: runner
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What was it?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 05:40 PM (VPNgR)
I'm not sure how you prove insider trading. Anyone can claim "I got lucky."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 05:32 PM (mmrXZ)
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It’s actually not that hard to prove. Because there’s always a paper trail or pattern that is highly suspicious.
And in the case of congess, it will be easy to prove insider trading when Congresscum X finds out on Monday that there’s gonna be a new regulation that hugely benefits Company Y, and on Wednesday X makes a big buy in Y.
That’s why congress is so afraid of this.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 23, 2026 05:41 PM (JgYL0)
______________________
So, call their bluff and be very, very loud about calling their bluff. Make it illegal to own stocks when serving as a House or Senate representative. Make full divestiture a condition of holding national office. I have no problem with that. And, when the hold outs come back with another condition, THEN go full press on showing the public what's going on. Use real numbers of actual accounts via public filings and put some faces on the abuse.
Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 05:42 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 05:40 PM (VPNgR)
what was what? They upheld an insider trading conviction.
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 05:42 PM (GD0B3)
And a US Judge has given them subpoena power over his Businesses, Staff, Family, and CABINET... totally destroying the very idea of Executive Privilege... so they can defend their deceptive edit, as truth with information they would not have had when they made the edit...
We have Judges that are just making shit up to get Trump.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 05:43 PM (mP0Kj)
>>“The votes aren’t there”. - John Iscariot Thune.
Could be right because the bill also includes parts of the Save Act.
Posted by: JackStraw
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So, what we are witnessing is showboating for election votes.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 05:43 PM (VPNgR)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 05:43 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 05:43 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Unkaren at July 23, 2026 05:43 PM (p7UGH)
>>“Republicans have corrupted their so-called stock trading bill with a decaying piece of the SAVE American Act corpse,” Morelle said during debate on the legislation.
https://tinyurl.com/bp9sc5fn
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 05:44 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 05:44 PM (VPNgR)
Posted by: nckate at July 23, 2026 05:44 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: nckate at July 23, 2026 05:44 PM (enNUy)
You can , just don't trade on insider information.
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 05:45 PM (GD0B3)
Sometimes half-measures are stupid-- you can't take two bounds to leap across a chasm, but usually doing something now will be helpful in the long run. "Don't make the perfect the end of the good." (Though, as the boss points out, we know the D'rats are just claiming they want a better bill because the thought of any type of bill on the subject erases most of their motivation for even being in Congress.)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 23, 2026 05:45 PM (LlSak)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Try proving that you didn't trade on inside information.
Posted by: Martha Stewart at July 23, 2026 05:46 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 05:47 PM (abScH)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 23, 2026 05:39 PM (vJrRc)
This doesn't need to be a bill.
It needs to be an amendment (though I will accept it as a bill.)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 23, 2026 05:48 PM (LlSak)
Posted by: nckate at July 23, 2026 05:48 PM (enNUy)
Back when I was at Big Law, it was impossible to trade individual stocks because the firm was always working on some big merger or litigation that wasn’t public. But I would know about it. If I was able to trade on this info, I woulda made millions of dollars a year. Easy.
Congress has access to even more info than I did, but they are free to trade on it. Unreal.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 23, 2026 05:48 PM (JgYL0)
Posted by: mrp at July 23, 2026 05:49 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 05:45 PM (GD0B3)
It's a lot more restrictive in many parts of finance. There are often blanket prohibitions against trading individual stocks, no matter what. There are also massive restricted lists.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2026 05:49 PM (l4RKn)
Remember this scenario the Left was declaring was true:
Foreign Ambassador @ WH: "Great Exalted One! Our humble nation seeks [a totally lopsided] trade deal"
Trump: [insert lengthy meandering, superlative laden paragraphs...] No
FA: "Did I tell you that I stayed last night at the Trump International Hotel Washington DC?
Trump: [another lengthy praise circumlocutions and rambling] Lets get the press in here and announce the deal.
Because staying a couple nights in a Trump branded hotel would easily bribe a multi-billionaire into going against the country's best interest.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 05:50 PM (xE0sV)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 23, 2026 05:51 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 05:51 PM (GD0B3)
When you make a fortune trading stocks of companies that have issues before Congress it's not really all that hard to prove.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 05:51 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Try proving that you didn't trade on inside information.
Posted by: Martha Stewart
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They will prosecute anyone they want. The prohibitions on prosecuting Pelosi come from multiple resistance points from within the Administrative State.
Taking several suspects to Gitmo for treatment would elicit a treasure trove of useful information.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 05:52 PM (VPNgR)
Because staying a couple nights in a Trump branded hotel would easily bribe a multi-billionaire into going against the country's best interest.
Posted by: Community Notes
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Everyone wants clicks.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 05:52 PM (mmrXZ)
@bennyjohnson
Elon Musk Just Called Out Mass Muslim Migration DESTROYING Western Civilization
“If people come with antithetical views, I am against that.”
“I am against rape and murder. Against imposing rules contrary to the West.”
“It’s a crying shame the media like YOU don’t recognize this"
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 23, 2026 05:52 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 05:45 PM (GD0B3)
It's a lot more restrictive in many parts of finance. There are often blanket prohibitions against trading individual stocks, no matter what. There are also massive restricted lists.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2026 05:49 PM (l4RKn)
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This. See my post above. I forget exactly what the firm’s rules were, but they were so restrictive it made trading individual stocks almost impossible. And they did not fuck around. The last thing they wanted was some news report on how one of their employees traded on attorney-client info. You broke the rules, you were gone. So nobody did. They all invested in managed funds and ETFs.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 23, 2026 05:53 PM (JgYL0)
And it doesn't prevent family members from trading. It doesn't do anything but act as a Trojan horse.
Among the complaints was that the measure exempts the president and vice president while allowing lawmakers to keep stocks they already own. Brought to you by the people who called for Joe Biden to go to prison for profiteering from his office.
Sooo are we fucked? Like, I know it's not law yet, but are basically about to pass the fucking SAVE act? Will Dems in the Senate vote against a bill with this name in an election year?
Moskowitz makes a lot of headlines during hearings, but he shows his true colors when it comes time to vote. You’ll see his name quite often voting with Republicans. The guy's a fucking plant.
Obviously the republicans are trash but these sell out democrats are just as bad. No integrity at all
That’s it. Final straw. Might as well kiss goodbye to any semblance of democratic justice. The country is truly fucked.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 23, 2026 05:53 PM (Xy2sd)
What about selling short? Still allowed?
Posted by: No Name Today at July 23, 2026 05:53 PM (8mulE)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 05:53 PM (6MCJI)
Also, whip them daily.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 05:54 PM (BI5O2)
And in the case of congess, it will be easy to prove insider trading when Congresscum X finds out on Monday that there’s gonna be a new regulation that hugely benefits Company Y, and on Wednesday X makes a big buy in Y.
That’s why congress is so afraid of this.
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Exactly.
Posted by: Crusader, Former Federal Bank Examiner at July 23, 2026 05:55 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: nckate at July 23, 2026 05:55 PM (enNUy)
AOC 22%
Bootyjudge 21%
Mark Kelly 9%
Newsom 8%
Bernie 6%
Kumala 5%
‘28 gon’ b lit y’all
Posted by: Chaos at July 23, 2026 05:56 PM (GFRGc)
@EricLDaugh
38m
🚨 NOW: 2 Jewish men have been STABBED in New York City on Manhattan's upper west side, a man is in custody
THIS IS ZOHRAN MAMDANI'S NYC"
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 05:56 PM (GD0B3)
Part of the reason.
But every now anyone the slope brains at Reddit gets something right. This is the big reason they hate it.
>>this version of the bill has the VoterID law baked in. That's why the dems voted No.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 05:57 PM (viF8m)
That was one of the funniest stories of an invader I can think of other than The Platner Plan.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 05:57 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 05:58 PM (Ot/FD)
59 Pelosi is still alive! Are you sure? Was she pre-embalmed?
Posted by: Unkaren at July 23, 2026 05:43 PM
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Yeah.
Posted by: Ethyl Alcohol at July 23, 2026 05:58 PM (VWtfl)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 05:53 PM (6MCJI)
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Insider trading was the genesis of the investigation, but she was never convicted of that. Common misconception that she was. She was convicted of obstruction of justice and related process crimes.
She was an idiot or got terrible legal advice. Or both. It was a small stock trade, barely a rounding error in her net worth. But she was defiant to the SEC/DOJ and basically told them to fuck off. They said ‘fuck me? No, fuck YOU.’ And they went after her hard. And nailed her.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 23, 2026 05:58 PM (JgYL0)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 05:58 PM (GD0B3)
Government employees should retire on social security and Medicare.
Period. I don’t get a pension. I don’t get gold plated medical care for the rest of my life. They work for me. They should not have benefits that I PAY FOR that I can’t have.
Assholes. All of them.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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I worked for a candidate who put this on his platform. Get a 401k, Social Security, and Medicare like the rest of us. His platform was called "Fix Congress First." He said a few pols were secretly asking, "You're joking, right? You're not actually going to do this to us if you get elected? This is just for votes, right?"
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 05:58 PM (mmrXZ)
If I traded on that information, she and I would go to jail. And the federal government is pretty good at figuring out who is doing it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2026 05:38 PM (l4RKn)
That’s ok. You can tell me instead.
Posted by: RI Red at July 23, 2026 05:58 PM (30Gj0)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 05:57 PM (hzuYO)
BOTH STORIES ARE ABOUT BUTTFUCKIN'
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at July 23, 2026 05:59 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 05:59 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: sonny bono at July 23, 2026 06:00 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 06:01 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 05:59 PM (GD0B3)
Keep him around in office but make him live in Staten Island.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:01 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 06:01 PM (abScH)
Posted by: Unkaren at July 23, 2026 05:43 PM
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Yeah.
totally
Posted by: disney imagineers at July 23, 2026 06:02 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:01 PM (Ot/FD)
I like my plan better....
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 06:02 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at July 23, 2026 06:02 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: RI Red at July 23, 2026 05:58 PM (30Gj0)
Hah!
They are actually good at ferretting out that sort of insider trading as well.
They take it really, really, seriously.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2026 06:03 PM (l4RKn)
Well, I'll be darned if my "Foundation" isn't making out like a bandit...
Posted by: Sen. John Blutarski at July 23, 2026 06:04 PM (AaEou)
Why is the same not true of Congresscritters? Same government. Same contracts. Same conflicts of interest.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 06:04 PM (4MD6J)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:04 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: steevy at July 23, 2026 06:04 PM (BbJqV)
Pretty damn amazing on a $174K salary.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 06:05 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 06:05 PM (abScH)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 06:05 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2026 06:05 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: nckate at July 23, 2026 06:05 PM (enNUy)
Kumala 5%
‘28 gon’ b lit y’all
Posted by: Chaos
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No way. This just shows the insanity of polls.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 06:06 PM (mmrXZ)
Because the leader of the Free World must be some retarded, aging Latina bartender.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 06:06 PM (pUU4E)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 06:07 PM (sMkB+)
Meanwhile these political assholes can access dark money, do insider trading deals, get sinecure positions if they get voted out, rake in cash deals for "books" they "write," etc. They passed the ethics laws that applied to me, but not to them.
All Congresscritters need to be smacked down a bit, I think.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 06:07 PM (4MD6J)
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at July 23, 2026 06:07 PM (bufu1)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 06:05 PM (abScH)
Call USACE. They will have the contracts before the rubble has stopped bouncing.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 06:08 PM (4MD6J)
Posted by: runner
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@NYCMayor
1h
If you have a second home in New York City worth more than $5M, check your mailbox when you’re back in the five boroughs — because you've got mail.
Today, we sent notification letters to property owners, letting them know that our new pied-à-terre tax is coming soon.
The best city in the world deserves the best parks, libraries, and schools in the world. That's only possible when we all pay our fair share.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 06:08 PM (VPNgR)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 06:09 PM (abScH)
Posted by: RI Red at July 23, 2026 06:09 PM (30Gj0)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 06:08 PM (VPNgR)
Fair? I don't think that word means what he thinks it means.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 06:10 PM (4MD6J)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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How is a butler going to resolve this situation?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 06:11 PM (VPNgR)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 23, 2026 06:11 PM (xvV+O)
$5M ? What does that buy in NYC, a squalid 800 sqft interior studio next to the elevator shaft?
I would hate to be a an insurance company holding fire policies for $5M 2nd homes.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 06:12 PM (pawvM)
Mr. FBI Agent, you’ve got to be kidding me.
Posted by: RI Red at July 23, 2026 06:09 PM (30Gj0)
Then again, you are a chicken, so there's that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 06:12 PM (4MD6J)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 06:12 PM (abScH)
......
You'd think she could afford a nice wig.
Posted by: wth at July 23, 2026 06:12 PM (UjdFS)
Long after LBJ died, his broker disclosed that during the blind trust years, LBJ would call him every night & "suggest" trades.
Posted by: mnw at July 23, 2026 06:12 PM (RCjYY)
>>“The votes aren’t there”. - John Iscariot Thune.
Could be right because the bill also includes parts of the Save Act.
Posted by: JackStraw
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So, what we are witnessing is showboating for election votes.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 05:43 PM (VPNgR)
Query - when are we not?
Posted by: Retired, thank God at July 23, 2026 06:12 PM (va0Yo)
Mr. FBI Agent, you’ve got to be kidding me.
Posted by: RI Red at July 23, 2026 06:09 PM (30Gj0)
Then again, you are a chicken, so there's that.
A rooster, dammit!
Posted by: RI Red at July 23, 2026 06:12 PM (30Gj0)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 23, 2026 06:11 PM (xvV+O)
She TOLD us she is just a little old Italian gramma. You mean she lied? I shan't believe it.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 06:13 PM (4MD6J)
That was just Dearborn, right? How about the rest of the state?
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 06:13 PM (pawvM)
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I stopped counting the lies in those two sentences at 5.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 23, 2026 06:13 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 06:13 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: RI Red at July 23, 2026 06:12 PM (30Gj0)
Okay, a rooster, with damned fine aim. But, well, still a chicken.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 06:14 PM (4MD6J)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:15 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 06:15 PM (abScH)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 23, 2026 06:15 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 06:12 PM (abScH)
He has never had a real job or had to pay real bills. He is financially illiterate. He is also American Cultural illiterate. Clueless spoiled fuck from Africa. If anyone should be deported...
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 06:15 PM (4MD6J)
Department of State
@StateDept
SECRETARY RUBIO: "The President's policy is a head for an eye."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 06:16 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 06:16 PM (GD0B3)
A Pentagon official has been placed on leave after he was filmed bashing President Donald Trump and promising he would “stay” until Trump leaves office so he can “undo whatever’s been done.”
A report from Newsweek identified the man as Brandon Newsom, a senior official in the office of the Secretary of the Navy.
He was filmed by reporter James O’Keefe, of O’Keefe Media Group, who conducts undercover investigations and interviews.
“In the footage, Newsom can be heard saying that he wanted to ‘stay and stick it out’ at the Pentagon, adding: ‘So that way, when the time comes, I can undo whatever’s been done [by the Trump administration],’” the report said.
He said his job has challenged his “morals” and confirms he would not allow “one specific prayer service.”
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 23, 2026 06:16 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 06:17 PM (abScH)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:17 PM (Ot/FD)
130 Ayanna Pressley's net worth went from -12K to $8M in the 8 years she was in congress.
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You'd think she could afford a nice wig.
Posted by: wth at July 23, 2026 06:12 PM
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She spends on a high-end Simonize job instead.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 23, 2026 06:18 PM (4Aqsh)
Posted by: The Mantastic Tor at July 23, 2026 06:18 PM (We5PL)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 06:18 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: RI Red - at July 23, 2026 06:19 PM (30Gj0)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 06:19 PM (GD0B3)
A survey finding that 70% of Americans support putting half the stock of major AI companies into a public wealth fund reveals a deeper cultural shift toward viewing wealth as zero-sum and favoring redistribution of innovation rewards, unlike the more market-accepting attitude during the internet era.
This is what I call an Oh Shit moment when investors in AI realize that their stock is WAY overvalued and are looking to dump it off on an unsophisticated buyer.
The Mother of All Pump-n-Dump. How else does one explain how 70% of the population is even aware that a public wealth fund is even a Thing unless there has been massive propaganda efforts by the very people who own and control social media.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 06:19 PM (rgGn5)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 06:19 PM (abScH)
“In the footage, Newsom can be heard saying that he wanted to ‘stay and stick it out’ at the Pentagon, adding: ‘So that way, when the time comes, I can undo whatever’s been done [by the Trump administration],’” the report said.
He said his job has challenged his “morals” and confirms he would not allow “one specific prayer service.”
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
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That's what I'm talking about. Take a planeload of suspects to Gitmo and get some answers.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 06:20 PM (VPNgR)
AOC 22%
Bootyjudge 21%
Mark Kelly 9%
Newsom 8%
Bernie 6%
Kumala 5%
‘28 gon’ b lit y’all
Posted by: Chaos
Agreed. Unlike 2016, where they had an anointed candidate, it'll be like 2020, where there was a wild free-for-all. The young radical Left was not happy with the Party forcing Biden on them, and Kamala in 2024, and will burn shit down if they feel they're being railroaded again. They feel like they're winning, and it's time for the old Establishment elites to bend to them.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 23, 2026 06:21 PM (Xy2sd)
Like anything posted to reign in Congress. They're out of control.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 06:21 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 06:21 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: RI Red - at July 23, 2026 06:22 PM (30Gj0)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 23, 2026 06:23 PM (JgYL0)
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If that was true, we'd all still be living in caves. Idiots.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 23, 2026 06:23 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: RI Red
I believe it's The Paolo's middle name.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 23, 2026 06:24 PM (Xy2sd)
forty-two!
Posted by: deep thought at July 23, 2026 06:24 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at July 23, 2026 06:07 PM
That would have left Strom Thurmond long on Amalgamated Cordage and Whips.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 06:25 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 23, 2026 06:16 PM (Cqx++)
This raises all sorts of questions. Which prayer service? What kind of prayer services does the Pentagon hold? Why is this guy in charge of allowing or disallowing them?
Posted by: Emmie at July 23, 2026 06:25 PM (OlzlW)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 23, 2026 06:23 PM (JgYL0)
It's hilarious that no one actually knows. Not even them.
If they were forced on pain of death to deliver an auditable number for how many people are actually employed within some reasonable amount of time, i doubt anyone actually could.
It really is a Leviathan of stupid gay leftist saboteurs.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:26 PM (Ot/FD)
A report from Newsweek identified the man as Brandon Newsom, a senior official in the office of the Secretary of the Navy.
He was filmed by reporter James O’Keefe, of O’Keefe Media Group, who conducts undercover investigations and interviews.
“In the footage, Newsom can be heard saying that he wanted to ‘stay and stick it out’ at the Pentagon, adding: ‘So that way, when the time comes, I can undo whatever’s been done [by the Trump administration],’” the report said.
He said his job has challenged his “morals” and confirms he would not allow “one specific prayer service.”
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 23, 2026 06:16 PM (Cqx++)
This kinda thing always makes me wonder-
Just how many people in gov't and/or the military are there to support the system and serve the American people, and how many are there to purposely subvert the system as much as possible?
Subversion
The Squeaky, Little Egoist's Revenge On Life
Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 06:26 PM (iJfKG)
That was just Dearborn, right?
No, we've only gotten as far as Alvarez
Posted by: Michigan at July 23, 2026 06:26 PM (AaEou)
They're used tp park wealth, launder money, and keep clear of overseas inflated liability settlements.
Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 06:27 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 23, 2026 06:27 PM (u73oe)
Long after LBJ died, his broker disclosed that during the blind trust years, LBJ would call him every night & "suggest" trades.
Posted by: mnw at July 23, 2026 06:12 PM (RCjYY)
He never said it was a DEAF trust
Posted by: Oldcat at July 23, 2026 06:27 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Halfhand at July 23, 2026 06:28 PM (djaq4)
Well, not exorcism, that's for damned sure!
Posted by: Pentagon. Totally not Pentagram! at July 23, 2026 06:28 PM (AaEou)
Bootyjudge 21%
Mark Kelly 9%
Newsom 8%
Bernie 6%
Kumala 5%
I couldn't think of a more immoral , evil , incompetent group of people . Mark Kelly is probably the most evil imo.
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 06:29 PM (KC5Lt)
Those demos don't really have the Judeo-Christian respect for the sanctity of life. Not a group of people worth pissing off.
Posted by: Zombie Jamal Khashoggi at July 23, 2026 06:32 PM (a6PrB)
Bootyjudge 21%
Mark Kelly 9%
Newsom 8%
Bernie 6%
Kumala 5%
It would be entertaining to watch their internal demons fight among each other for dominance on a public stage.
For a grand finale, have Associazione Internazionale degli Esorcisti show up and perform exorcisms.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 06:35 PM (a6PrB)
AI doesn’t think billwould apply a young Warren Buffet while his father was in Congress!
Posted by: Goatweed at July 23, 2026 07:12 PM (jK3NL)
Posted by: sidney at July 24, 2026 08:02 AM (Uy/WF)
Amazing: Female USA "Sports" Columnist and Woke Karen Argues That Caitlin Clark Should Accept Being Fouled by Black Lesbians Because If She Complains She's Putting Black LGBTs in Danger
This nasty Karen claims that Caitlin Clark is "flopping" -- pretending to have been hurt when another player fouls her, or she wants a ref to call a foul on the player that collided with her.
And she says that Caitlin's flopping is a Matter of National Concern, because Caitlin Collins' alleged flopping is "putting the lives of blacks and queers in danger." She doesn't mention, at all, Clark being the target of unnecessarily rough "you don't belong here white girl" fouls. She pretends those away. She just claims that Caitlin Clark's "flopping" is different from the flopping of all other women in the WNBA -- or the "men" playing in the World Cup, who flop on the ground and start twitching if you even breather in their direction -- because her white tears might, hypothetically, provoke a hypothetical white supremacist to avenge her. Oh, and she brings up racial martyr Emmet Till, killed seventy years ago, as the reason that Caitlin Clark has to take her Physical Reparations like a good girl and shut up about it.Otherwise, it's Selma all over again. Here's a couple of passages from this Woke White Savoir Sermon:
This woke white bitch got dragged online, and protected her tweets. (Which will become grist for her next "sports" column, When White Supremacy Came for Me. Per TMZ, she's doubled down since then:
USA Today writer invokes Emmett Till, says Caitlin Clark puts Black and queer players 'in danger' by flopping
Nancy Armour's column argues Clark's reactions to officiating fuel racist harassment of opponents By Dan Zaksheske USA Today columnist Nancy Armour wants Caitlin Clark to stop flopping and berating WNBA officials. Plenty of people agree with that take, including OutKick's Dan Dakich. Others would argue that Clark's frustration is understandable, given the physical treatment she has received and the WNBA's inconsistent officiating. Either way, Armour is well within her rights to criticize Clark's behavior on the court. But Armour's latest column goes much further than that. Much, much further, as she invoked the murder of Emmett Till to try and make a point. Armour argues that Clark's reactions to missed calls put "Black" and "queer" WNBA players "in danger," essentially blaming Clark for alleged racist messages sent by people she doesn't know and has publicly condemned. ... Armour is using disputed basketball plays to push a left-wing narrative about "Black and queer" women in the WNBA. ... And this isn't the first time Armour has worked backward to make Clark the problem. After DiJonai Carrington poked Clark in the eye during the 2024 playoffs, leaving Clark with a black eye, Armour wrote that Clark needed to "call out the toxic segment of her fan base." Both Clark and Carrington said the contact was not intentional, but Clark was the player left with a black eye. Yet Armour decided Carrington was the victim and Clark was the perpetrator. What Nancy Armour didn't write about Now, let's contrast those incidents with what Armour didn't feel the need to write a column about. Last month, Alyssa Thomas drove her fist to Clark's throat during a game between the Fever and Mercury. Officials didn't call a foul, but the WNBA reviewed the play afterward, assessed Thomas a Flagrant 2 and suspended her for one game for "recklessly making contact" with Clark's throat area. Armour doesn't appear to have written a single word about that, at least not that I could find. There was no demand from Armour that Thomas consider the wider consequences of her behavior. No lecture about how her actions might inflame an already toxic situation involving the league's most visible player. But a troll sent Gray a nasty message after a different game, and Armour suddenly had enough concern about player safety to write an entire column blaming Clark. There are people who treat words on the internet as equal to physical violence, if not worse. Armour's coverage certainly suggests she belongs in that group. Thomas struck Clark in the throat. Stokes kneed Clark in the quad. Carrington poked Clark in the eye. Chennedy Carter hip-checked Clark when her back was turned. The list goes on. Yet, Armour casts Clark as the dangerous person. Clark is the one constantly subjected to excessive physicality from other WNBA players, and Armour still finds a way to make the aftermath her responsibility. When someone else receives an ugly message online, Clark gets blamed for that, too. No matter what happens, Armour arrives at the same conclusion: Caitlin Clark is the problem. ... But if you think Armour had already taken this argument too far, we've got some bad news. She wasn't done. Armour then invoked Emmett Till. Again, not satire. "The WNBA's All-Star Game this weekend is in Chicago, Emmett Till's hometown, and a local art gallery is currently hosting an exhibit imagining his life if he hadn't been lynched. While it's incumbent on the WNBA to do more to protect its players, there also should be an expectation on Clark to recognize the wider consequences of her actions," Armour wrote. Wow. By invoking Till, Armour invites readers to connect Clark complaining about disputed foul calls to the history of false accusations by white women leading to violence against Black people. Clark didn't falsely accuse Gray or Stokes of committing a crime. She certainly didn't ask anyone to harm them. She complained about the referees during a basketball game. Not only that, Armour doesn't identify a single incident in which a Black or "queer" WNBA player was physically assaulted by a stranger because of something Caitlin Clark said or did. Her alleged danger is entirely hypothetical.
... Meanwhile, some of the most serious, documented off-court safety incidents in women's basketball have involved Clark, Sophie Cunningham and Paige Bueckers. Men have been arrested and charged with stalking all three players. Clark's stalker traveled to Indianapolis and sent her hundreds of threatening and sexually explicit messages. Paige Bueckers' stalker flew across the country with an engagement ring and lingerie because he believed he was going to marry her. Earlier this year, another man was charged with stalking Cunningham after allegedly sending threatening messages and delivering a package to Gainbridge Fieldhouse. All three players are White. Those cases don't prove that only white players face danger. They do show how backwards Armour's argument is. She has no documented example of Clark's behavior causing someone to physically attack a Black or "queer" player, yet she invokes Emmett Till while portraying Clark as a threat to their safety. The actual arrests tell a very different story. But Armour isn't following the evidence. She's forcing Clark into a racial and political narrative that has little to do with what actually happens on the court. ... That is exactly what NBA Commissioner Adam Silver recently criticized when he said it was "incredibly unfair" that Clark had become a political football when she simply wants to focus on basketball. Armour's column proves his point. A discussion about Clark flopping and mistreating officials turns into an argument about white nationalism, American racial violence, queer identity and Emmett Till. Talk about hitting every left-wing talking point and even throwing in a few extras.
... That is exactly what NBA Commissioner Adam Silver recently criticized when he said it was "incredibly unfair" that Clark had become a political football when she simply wants to focus on basketball. Armour's column proves his point. A discussion about Clark flopping and mistreating officials turns into an argument about white nationalism, American racial violence, queer identity and Emmett Till. Talk about hitting every left-wing talking point and even throwing in a few extras.
"In my recent column, I made an inartful comparison with the murder of Emmett Till," she wrote. "I intended to connect the issues the WNBA is currently facing with its All-Star Game being hosted in Till's hometown of Chicago. I obviously did not provide enough context for that." Then she doubled down. "However, this point stands: There is a history in this country of perceived threats to white women being weaponized against African-Americans, and the danger that poses to Black players in the league. Players have been abused online and have reported receiving death threats. That has to be taken more seriously."
Caitlin Clark got punched in the throat & stepped on by Alyssa Thomas.
— Jon Root (@JonnyRoot_) June 25, 2026
No foul, of course 🙄 pic.twitter.com/peBy5K3kfi
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 04:25 PM (qF+Bw)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 04:26 PM (sMkB+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 04:26 PM (sMkB+)
It's just reparations of a different "color".
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 23, 2026 04:27 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 23, 2026 04:27 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Diddy at July 23, 2026 04:27 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Sharkman at July 23, 2026 04:28 PM (UTY2E)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 04:28 PM (7d1L5)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 23, 2026 04:28 PM (2+SeL)
Force the NBA to divest from the WNBA. Antitrust grounds, or whatever.
Let the WNBA falter until they're borrowing space in high school stadiums to play their games.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:28 PM (mnAVU)
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Our most important Americans.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 04:29 PM (Fi81e)
Maybe if their bastard kids from different fathers were on the sidelines cheering them on.
Sorry, sperm donors.
I denounce myself.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 23, 2026 04:29 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Gref at July 23, 2026 04:29 PM (5rh/l)
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Wait.
Are we talking about basketball or soccer?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 04:29 PM (FZ29D)
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Is there any more important story than how the world affects laptop class white women?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:30 PM (mnAVU)
Caitlin Clark should stand being fouled because
* checks notes *
black people were lynched by Democrats!
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 04:30 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Christian Grey at July 23, 2026 04:30 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:28 PM (mnAVU)
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Then where will the pro wrestling gigs go?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 04:30 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 04:30 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: dantesed at July 23, 2026 04:30 PM (w1twS)
Posted by: Auspex at July 23, 2026 04:30 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: nckate at July 23, 2026 04:31 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 04:32 PM (MWfyi)
The left takes it as gospel that Till was innocent. So far as I can tell, their "proof" is the accuser recanted when she found out the local men were going to kill him.
Yeah, that's not proof her accusations were false. It's just as likely her accusation was true, but she felt guilty the local men were going to murder Till.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 23, 2026 04:32 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 04:32 PM (MWfyi)
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Racism can only happen when one has political power. Blacks have no political power as long as America exists. Thereforce, blacks cannot be racist.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:33 PM (mnAVU)
Without the WNBA, most of us would never see a large black lesbian beating on a white woman.
Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at July 23, 2026 04:33 PM (+fQLP)
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 04:33 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2026 04:34 PM (xPsv8)
And to paraphrase the old hockey line, I was on a Carnival Cruise and saw a bunch of black women mugging a white lady.
And then a WNBA game broke out.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy watch. Ughhh. at July 23, 2026 04:34 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2026 04:34 PM (zGzrB)
I just noticed the top headline by me and I don't know if I should drink gin (a day early) until I pass out or laugh.
That sentence sums up my entire summer as I hate hot weather.
No, I do not care than I should be immune from it in my DNA of generations of Southerner's. Nor do I want to hear one word of the dry heat nonsense. You can die from a steam radiator as easily as an oven on broil. I hate both and have informed my husband that from now on he has to take me somewhere cooler this time of year. I hate that Canada stinks right now with wildfires and rabid weirdos.
I long for snow.
XXXX
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 04:35 PM (hzuYO)
AWFL savior complex
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 04:35 PM (sMkB+)
I've seen some of the flagrant fouls. It's rather obvious what's going on, and that just speaks to how amateurish the talent in the WNBA happens to be. In real basketball, hits happen hard, and all the time. Elbows in the paint is a given. It's part of the game. And, a crafty player can get away with them by being discrete and timely. Throwing punches, tripping, kicking....all that tells me is that women in the WNBA have no idea how to play the game.
(Disclaimer: Unless you were guarding Michael Jordan back in the day. Breathe funny and they called a foul)
Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 04:36 PM (dIske)
Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2026 04:36 PM (zGzrB)
Clark was given a technical after she responded to trash talk with ' take a look at the scoreboard'.
I've not watched a minute of a WNBA game but it's always part of the news so I feel like I'm involved.
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 04:36 PM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: nckate at July 23, 2026 04:36 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: Marooned at July 23, 2026 04:36 PM (kt8QE)
Posted by: dantesed at July 23, 2026 04:30 PM (w1twS)
You can also see a lot of flopping in busty lesbian documentary movies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 04:36 PM (1z8ji)
I guess I will just read for the Moron insults.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 04:37 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 04:32 PM
Whoa.....let's not get carried away here.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 23, 2026 04:37 PM (0N4FZ)
1) She wants to ban cheerleaders
2) She's very proud of being a Jesuit student
3) She's ranted about how women are treated in sports her whole time as a "sports journalist"
4) She complains both that she is "privileged" and that white women are discriminated against
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 04:37 PM (sKqQm)
Journalists use passive voice to hide the actor. Show proof or GTFO.
> ... and have reported receiving death threats.
Self reported threats are false until proven. We're all familiar with bad actors who trot out the fake death threat claim to cast themselves as victims.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 23, 2026 04:37 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Who, whom?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 23, 2026 04:37 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 04:38 PM (XNYK+)
Posted by: wth at July 23, 2026 04:38 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 04:38 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Marooned at July 23, 2026 04:36 PM (kt8QE)
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It's known that Greek homos stole sports from Africa.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 04:38 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Obligatory at July 23, 2026 04:39 PM (sKqQm)
* wanders off to yesterday's tit sweat thread.
Posted by: Reforger at July 23, 2026 04:39 PM (gE8mJ)
I feel bad for the guy who has to give them their PAP Smears.
Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2026 04:39 PM (zGzrB)
You being a deeply retarded bitch is the takeaway here. LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 04:39 PM (pY2C3)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 04:40 PM (sMkB+)
I'd bet more than a few sponsors are not going to be happy at the soon-to-be sh*tty ratings.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at July 23, 2026 04:40 PM (k9OZB)
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 23, 2026 04:40 PM (QFHf0)
I can't think of anything gayer then two guys wrestling each other naked on a hot day in Olympia in front of a bunch of other mostly naked dudes.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 04:40 PM (sKqQm)
Little known fact: Emmett Till was only lynched because of a Facebook post stirred up a lot of hatred for him.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 04:40 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 04:41 PM (FtULh)
Then she can move on to the Gingerians.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 04:41 PM (0sNs1)
She said she got her job "by accident" when her college paper gave her assignment. I can't find any actual athletics in her background and honestly reading a few of her stories the sports coverage is distantly tangential to whatever leftwing narrative she goes on about
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 04:42 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: beckster at July 23, 2026 04:43 PM (kX27y)
WNBA players would rather have the league be poor and black than have a white woman succeed and make them rich. Go crow on your pile of midden
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 04:43 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at July 23, 2026 04:43 PM (Uvvcx)
Then what's the point of the Congressional Black Caucus?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 04:43 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 23, 2026 04:43 PM (DNU6e)
And then a WNBA game broke out.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy watch. Ughhh.
.......
Before or after the buffet?
Posted by: wth at July 23, 2026 04:43 PM (UjdFS)
I know you must have read about that somewhere, because nobody here has any first-hand experience with that.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 04:44 PM (0sNs1)
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"in ANY interaction, The Oppressor Class is ALWAYS The Victimizer and The Oppressed Class is ALWAYS The Victim, H8Rs!"
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 23, 2026 04:44 PM (QFHf0)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 04:42 PM (sKqQm)
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Just from the "Let's talk about Emmett Till" article, I had that feeling about her.
I'd bet that she doesn't want to write "just about sports..."
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 04:44 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly
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Welfare league--NBA finances the WNBA.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 04:44 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 23, 2026 04:44 PM (zZu0s)
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WNBA players would rather have the league be poor and black than have a white woman succeed and make them rich. Go crow on your pile of midden
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 04:43 PM (O0L8i)
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Posit:
The WNBA cannot be made rich. Clark's contributions are ultimately immaterial to the financial well-being of the league because it is just a large money pit that the NBA shoves cash into in order to keep it alive.
The WNBA leadership understands this better than anyone else, so they have no incentive, at all, to do anything but protect their sinecures and fiefdoms and racialist/gender/sexual biases.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:45 PM (mnAVU)
Posted by: Unkaren at July 23, 2026 04:45 PM (p7UGH)
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 04:45 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 04:40 PM (sMkB+)
Maybe because what they write about is so breathtakingly unimportant in the overall scheme of things?
I would hazard a guess that the enshittification of sports correlates very well with the rise of legal sports betting.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 04:45 PM (1z8ji)
Then what's the point of the Congressional Black Caucus?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 04:43 PM (Riz8t)
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Grifting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:45 PM (mnAVU)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 04:45 PM (4NO2D)
Posit:
The WNBA cannot be made rich. Clark's contributions are ultimately immaterial to the financial well-being of the league because it is just a large money pit that the NBA shoves cash into in order to keep it alive.
The WNBA leadership understands this better than anyone else, so they have no incentive, at all, to do anything but protect their sinecures and fiefdoms and racialist/gender/sexual biases.
Clark herself is quite rich. She has a $28M shoe contract. She could probably buy the WNBA.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 04:46 PM (Riz8t)
Not shocked, mind you, but surprised a little.
Posted by: mnw at July 23, 2026 04:46 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Zombie Emmet Till at July 23, 2026 04:46 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 04:45 PM
He was, unquestionably, the last American auteur.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 23, 2026 04:46 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 04:40 PM (sMkB+)
Maybe because what they write about is so breathtakingly unimportant in the overall scheme of things?
I would hazard a guess that the enshittification of sports correlates very well with the rise of legal sports betting.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 04:45 PM
Imagine a journalist who only covers education issues.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 04:47 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: little people at July 23, 2026 04:47 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 23, 2026 04:47 PM (bX16E)
1) She wants to ban cheerleaders
2) She's very proud of being a Jesuit student
3) She's ranted about how women are treated in sports her whole time as a "sports journalist"
4) She complains both that she is "privileged" and that white women are discriminated against
Posted by: 18-1
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The proper response to her rhetoric is to call her ugly inside and out, undesirable by anyone, bitter at failed relationships, and destined for a death eaten by cats in a cluttered apartment.
All of her shit is blather designed to hide the fact that she is a miserable person trying to climb the social hierarchy by putting down far better women than herself. A grotesque unfunny witch.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 04:47 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 23, 2026 04:48 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Unkaren at July 23, 2026 04:45 PM (p7UGH)
All the white women should quit the WNBA.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 04:48 PM (1z8ji)
The racism coupon has expired.
It no longer has any currency value in this era.
Dig deep, bring some relevant policy offer, or go home.
Posted by: Speller at July 23, 2026 04:48 PM (pSotA)
This seems retarded.
I wonder how many times "Emmett Till" has been googled?
George Floyd wheezes, "What about me? Am I now nothing with my meth and fentanyl?"
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 04:48 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Rex B at July 23, 2026 04:48 PM (wlyRx)
They could be run as a marketing expense by the makers of green dildos.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 23, 2026 04:48 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: nckate at July 23, 2026 04:31 PM (enNUy
Except for breaking WNBA records.
By the way you watch the WNBA ?
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 04:48 PM (KC5Lt)
The Heel versus the Babyface
The Hero leaps into the ring to rescue the Babyface
Next up, somebody will climb up on the backboard and leap off it to do a body slam.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 23, 2026 04:49 PM (PH3st)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
In a lot of cases, they were too dumb to put into better journalism categories like nat sec, White House, etc. So the stupid idiots burn and they end up writing politics instead of sports because that is what they want to do. Same for dweeb guys writing about sports as well.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 04:49 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Bulgarian Judge at July 23, 2026 04:49 PM (0sNs1)
Was going to bring it up on the Sophie Cunningham thread that Sophie videos were sure looking like a lot of fouls by Black players onto Sophie and other White players. So was thinking it was a bit of racist battles going on.
Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2026 04:49 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 04:50 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 04:50 PM (viF8m)
All "specialty" journalism has been swamped by people who are bitter they didn't get hired for a hard news editorial position where they can lovingly run their tongue up Chuck Schumer's sack. So they make do with what the journalism they have.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 23, 2026 04:50 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 23, 2026 04:52 PM (bkuEU)
I've been seeing this all over social media. And the part that cracks me up is Obama is black because he's got one black parent, but Jose Medlin and Muhammed Muhammed Muhammed are all listed as "white" in official police statistics. Do they have one white parent or something?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 04:52 PM (sKqQm)
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Posted by: beckster at July 23, 2026 04:52 PM (kX27y)
And yes, I was surprised he's still alive (he's 93).
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 04:52 PM (Riz8t)
She apologized for her inartful language but her point stood that fear of black on white woman violence was historical in this country.
AWFL savior complex
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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What inartful language? The whole column is an affront to reason.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 04:52 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Rex B at July 23, 2026 04:48 PM (wlyRx)
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Must have been some PoC in the crowd, so they couldn't wink at him and let him go.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 04:52 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 04:49 PM (E4rtv)
It was not always this way. First half of the 20th Century, some of the best writing to be found in newspapers was in the sports section. Back then, for many sports fans, the only news about the games was printed in the sports pages. No radio broadcasts, no TV games.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 04:52 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: nckate at July 23, 2026 04:53 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: JackStraw
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And that is why anyone that brags they read or watch the main stream news should be considered an imbecile and not allowed to run with scissors.
You can get good information out of a biased source but it requires adopting the same rules that lawyers use when questioning a hostile witness. Statements against interests are probably true, bits and pieces of a news article may be correct as to names, locations, etc. but only the gullible assume that the whole thing is the unadulterated and homogenized truth.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 04:53 PM (E4rtv)
The Washington Post News
Education Dept. eliminates tool used to prove racial discrimination.
From Yahoo?? Like its a bad thing lmao...
https://tinyurl.com/5fnjdh4j
Posted by: Yer Sistahs Tomato at July 23, 2026 04:53 PM (aaVMM)
Posted by: beckster at July 23, 2026 04:52 PM (kX27y)
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To this day, nobody can tell you what that means.
It will have to remain a mystery.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 04:54 PM (Fi81e)
Most sports journalists/pundits can't chew gum and walk at the same time. They have as much insight to being an athlete as a blind man being an art critic.
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 04:54 PM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: Wally at July 23, 2026 04:54 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 04:55 PM (n5tGW)
Because standout NBA players NEVER have to deal with stalkers, haters, and all-around weirdos. Ever.
* excepting LeBron James.
Posted by: weew at July 23, 2026 04:55 PM (9TspW)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 23, 2026 04:55 PM (26GAh)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Grantland Rice among others but that was in the days when newspapers competed with each other for the best news. That vanished about the same time that the journalism degree became de rigeur and they became journalists rather than the humble reporter.
And radio/tv made it much worse in that someone well spoken and handsome/pretty with a mellifluous voice was watched not for what they said, but how they looked.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 04:56 PM (E4rtv)
Hey, don't sell them short. The Gardening and Interior Design beat is full of tough hombres and social significance!
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 04:56 PM (Riz8t)
My mistake.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 23, 2026 04:57 PM (bX16E)
Malone News
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For more than five years, the American public was told that the science was settled. The laboratory-origin hypothesis was dismissed as implausible, The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2 became the definitive scientific narrative, and those who questioned it were censored, ridiculed, and marginalized
Congressional testimony from Dr. Ralph Baric and thousands of pages of private Slack messages reveal that the scientists closest to the evidence privately debated laboratory scenarios, acknowledged uncertainty, discussed gain-of-function research, and questioned many of the very assumptions that were presented to the public as settled science.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 04:57 PM (rbvCR)
I am pretty sure that Jordan, Kobe, Lebron, etc. never received that high of a percentage.
Shaq probably received the most intentional fouls, but those were hacks on his forearms mostly, and not flagrant fouls.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 23, 2026 04:57 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Wally at July 23, 2026 04:54 PM (0e5Te)
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Black people were lynched by Democrats!
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 04:57 PM (Fi81e)
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I was just walking through the locker room, when Caitlin Clark said to me "you come in heah, boy, and bust up this chifforobe, and I'll give you a nickel."
Posted by: Brittney Griner at July 23, 2026 04:58 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 23, 2026 04:58 PM (0U5gm)
Sophie offering to make me a sandwich might get my attention.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 04:58 PM (viF8m)
She is an incredible player and her treatment is disgusting.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 23, 2026 04:58 PM (Gh3UR)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
Fake league with thug ghetto players dominating and refs that allow it to happen. And it exists mainly because of largesse from the NBA financing the whole deal. Affirmative action welfare league.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 04:58 PM (E4rtv)
DARVO is hard-wired into the Leftist and NPC firmware.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 04:58 PM (9Hs2w)
The problem with bringing up lynching black's to support a lack of punishing fouls, is that both are not supposed to happen.
Neither of them should be happening.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 04:59 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Dad was a newspaper reporter about the time I was born. His beat was city hall, the courts and the legislature, but he lost a bet with the Sports editor and had to write up the wrestling match at the National Guard auditorium.
He claimed he did it well.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 04:59 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 05:00 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 23, 2026 05:00 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 05:00 PM (KC5Lt)
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killed Emmett Till!
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 05:00 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 23, 2026 05:00 PM (EqY/n)
Posted by: JM
From what little I have seen, the coach encourages it.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 23, 2026 05:01 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
She is in on it. Nasty slag that defended the thug player that took Caitlin down the other day and got suspended for it by the reluctant WNBA.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 05:03 PM (E4rtv)
Anyway, we wuz watching the WNBA and sawz Caitlin -- who we done named our honorary Nazi Queen -- get fouled again. That really done chapped our hides. You shoulda seen the ruckus Bubba put up, swearing at the refs and all. (We don't like no authority figgers anyways.)
What's the world coming to when a guy caint watch no WNBA games without seein a white chick get beet-down???
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at July 23, 2026 05:03 PM (cSmE1)
OK. I made that up.
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at July 23, 2026 05:03 PM (pE12i)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 23, 2026 05:00 PM (wGerL)
It's just neck reparations.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 05:03 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 05:00 PM (KC5Lt)
Do they have a Ladies' Tee at the free-throw line?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 05:03 PM (1z8ji)
But, Nancy Armour did not play college basketball, she is white, and she is a Milwaukee native who built her career through The Associated Press before joining USA Today.
bellisario psu edu: She has covered almost every major sporting event, including every Olympics since 1996, six World Cups and the end to the Cubs' 108-year World Series drought. A Milwaukee native, she graduated from Marquette in 1991 with degrees in journalism and political science.
Her session is part of the ongoing Journalism Speakers Forum, cosponsored by the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism.
She's just an AWFL.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 05:04 PM (NFX2v)
Shoot a Black guy and starts riots
Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2026 05:05 PM (Ia/+0)
Until A.H. Belo Corp, owner of the Dallas Morning News bought out Dallas rival the Dallas Times Herald, there was a vicious fight to dominate in the sport section news.
Customers won because the best sports writing in the nation was right there for 50¢
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 05:06 PM (9Hs2w)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 05:06 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 05:06 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig
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Leave the radio off that. Some of the best, even today, are on radio. But the tv types are total crap with only a handful of exceptions.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 23, 2026 05:06 PM (XvL8K)
mind you, those can be pretty nasty
Posted by: michelle fields at July 23, 2026 05:06 PM (v3pYe)
Which really takes away from the virtuoso performance that they put on the rest of the time.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 05:06 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 05:07 PM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 05:06 PM (Ot/FD)
Worth a try! They couldn't possibly play any worse wearing hockey gloves...
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at July 23, 2026 05:07 PM (cSmE1)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
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Fair enough but I was discussing the recent crop rather than the homer classic announcers of the days of yore.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 05:09 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 05:09 PM (sMkB+)
Here she is, slamming the USA on June 11, 2026, before the World Cup main events.
Headline (USA Today 06/11/26):
"United States has already lost World Cup with its greed and hostility"
Excerpt:
"The U.S. men’s national team could make a historically deep run and the tournament could be filled with wondrous goals and compelling games. It will not change the fact that we have shown ourselves to be a hateful and greedy nation, one where leaders are only willing to welcome a world as they want to see it rather than as it exists, and the love of the game is exploited for top dollar."
LINK: https://tinyurl.com/2tdmddrc
Posted by: mrp at July 23, 2026 05:09 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 05:09 PM (NFX2v)
I recently watched some out takes where the blood (Sophie?) was giving it back just as rough as the BAP Lezbos were dishing it out. You'd thought someone was pulling fingernails off with pliars the way those bitches reacted.
Evidently no one has given any of them a lesson on what happens to bullies prior to that experience.
Posted by: BifBewalski at July 23, 2026 05:09 PM (P+M4Q)
Women's Rugby with this shit going on would have been way more entertaining.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 05:10 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Too late in the year. School is getting ready to start in a number of places and the time has run out on riot season across the US. Plus, I suspect AID money was paying for a lot of that shit.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 05:10 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 05:11 PM (n5tGW)
Louis Till was an American soldier who served in World War II. After enlisting in the United States Army following trial for domestic violence against his estranged wife Mamie Till, and having chosen military service over jail time, Till was court-martialed on two counts of rape and one count of murder during the Italian Campaign. He was found guilty and was executed by hanging at Aversa. Till was the estranged father of Emmett Till, whose murder in August 1955 at the age of 14 galvanized the civil rights movement
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 23, 2026 05:11 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 05:10 PM (Ot/FD)
Only the home team gets to wear shirts.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 05:12 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 23, 2026 05:12 PM (PH3st)
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Bitter spoiled asshat says what?
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 05:13 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 23, 2026 05:13 PM (WL2lA)
From what little I have seen, the coach encourages it.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
The coach needs the Nancy Kerrigan treatment.
Posted by: BifBewalski at July 23, 2026 05:13 PM (P+M4Q)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 05:14 PM (n5tGW)
Want some more Nancy Armour?
LINK: https://tinyurl.com/2tdmddrc
Posted by: mrp
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One could swear she doesn't mean a word of it and is laughing her ass off at the gulls who pay her to write this stuff.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 05:14 PM (mmrXZ)
Shoot a Black guy and starts riots
Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2026 05:05 PM (Ia/+0)
Remember when a Minneapolis black cop shot and killed an innocent white person and there weren't even protests much less national riots.
He served less than 4 years. Another Minneapolis cop only white is serving 21 years in Federal prison for following Minneapolis PD training and having the Black perp die of a drug overdose.
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 05:14 PM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 05:12 PM (1z8ji)
Topless Women's Rugby League.
What they lose in jersey sales, they gain in ad revenue.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 05:14 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 23, 2026 05:11 PM (Cqx++)
You don't suppose the kid took after his old man?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 05:14 PM (1z8ji)
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BREAKING: DHS confirms to
@FoxNews
that ICE has arrested a Southwest Airlines flight attendant while at work on July 14th. DHS says Lorenzo Thompson is a Jamaican illegal alien who came to the US on a visa on 4/27/2021, which was set to expire on 10/16/2021, but he illegally overstayed it and failed to depart.
DHS says he will remain in ICE custody pending his immigration proceedings.
In a statement, Thompson's Dallas-based union (TWU Local 556) acknowledged his arrest, and said they've been in communication with his family and legal counsel.
The Labor Council for Latin American Advancement is decrying his arrest, claiming he has no criminal record, a valid work visa, and was "following every legal step toward citizenship.”
Posted by: beckster at July 23, 2026 05:15 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 05:15 PM (sMkB+)
And radio/tv made it much worse in that someone well spoken and handsome/pretty with a mellifluous voice was watched not for what they said, but how they looked.
I would never characterize Norm Hitzges or Randy Galloway—absolute legends in sport talk, not play-by-play as handsome, pretty or with mellifluous voices.
Dittos with Steve Fredericks and Howard Eskin of Philadelphia WCAU, later WIP
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 05:16 PM (BvPIe)
Birthday: B/W 1966-1968
Age: 55-57 years old (as of 2023)
It also seems that sports journalist Nancy Armour is the granddaughter of Captain Cassin Young, a decorated U.S. Navy officer who received the Medal of Honor for his extreme bravery during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 05:16 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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I think that has already happened and flopped. Aka Teen Takeovers. I think they wanted black kids dead so they could riot afterwards but unfortunately it did not work out for them.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 05:16 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 05:17 PM (sMkB+)
Netflix has taught me that all black women are lesbians.
Clark is endangering an entire race!!!!
Gynogenicide is real, people!!!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 05:17 PM (iJfKG)
Do you mean the woman, in her pajamas, who was the one who had called the police, and approached their car to speak with them?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 05:17 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 05:14 PM (n5tGW)
Well, certainly not in the case of Britney Griner.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 05:17 PM (1z8ji)
What inartful language? The whole column is an affront to reason.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Oh, found it. She diminished the tragedy of Emmett Till.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 05:17 PM (mmrXZ)
"Once in a while, though, one stumbles across a piece of unintentional comedy. On Tuesday, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' propaganda outlet on X (Yes, they have one) posted a video loudly proclaiming that the IRGC has "begun assassinations within Israel" using a drone. They were, of course, lying. Painfully and obviously so.
How so? Watch:
Iran has begun assassinations inside Israel.. This is one of the successful operations carried out by the IRGC within Israel using a drone! 🇮🇷🇮🇱 pic.twitter.com/vXBQ6dqYXD
— IRGC (@IRGC_Press) July 21, 2026
Did you get that? That's right - the Iranian/IRGC "drone" was an American A-10, going BRRRRT on a target that absolutely wasn't in Israel. And yes, this actually made me burst out laughing when I first viewed it. That's not easy to do these days."
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 05:17 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
***She is in on it. Nasty slag that defended the thug player that took Caitlin down the other day and got suspended for it by the reluctant WNBA.***
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Wait, whaaat???
Posted by: EFG at July 23, 2026 05:17 PM (NrP4p)
The disputed facts of the Emmett Till case are whether he chatted her up or just whistled at her. No one, including Carol Bryant, claimed he touched her. He did not deserve to die. His father did.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 23, 2026 05:17 PM (wGerL)
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Some people can only see ugliness, which is just a projection of their own profound ugliness. Sad.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 23, 2026 05:18 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Speller at July 23, 2026 05:18 PM (pSotA)
Posted by: whig
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I think even the recent crop is fairly good. To call a game on radio, you have to be able to actually convey what's going on. At least the play-by-play guy. I regularly put the radio audio over any game I'm watching on TV if I can get the timing to line up.
But you're right in that I was spoiled by listening to Marty Brennaman and Joe Nuxhall call the Reds when I was growing up. Nuxhall, who was probably drunk, would say nothing for 30 seconds at a time, just letting the crowd noise come through. Crack of a bat in the background.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 23, 2026 05:19 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: L
Eh, quite a few villains have distinguished ancestry which is why it should not really count for or against someone. All I can say is in Armour's case, she dropped pretty far from the ancestral tree and rotted on the ground.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 05:20 PM (E4rtv)
David Burge
@iowahawkblog
7h
In short this is not a women's sports league. It's a joyless, angry, violent, race obsessed non-stop 2018 Oberlin struggle session filled with entitled lunatics unable to survive without someone else picking up the bill. They whine when they don't get attention, and whine 10x harder when they do. They whine hardest about the problematic "new fans" who quadrupled their pay, tripled their TV audiences, 10x-ed their franchise valuations, got them charter jets, and staved off their inevitable bankruptcy for 10 years or so.
I sincerely hope they achieve their dream of exorcising themselves of CC and all those dreaded "new fans," and return to their beloved Paradise Lost of half-empty 1000 seat high school gyms attended by girl fight fetishists with giveaway tickets printed on Subway Sandwich receipts.
Jul 23, 2026 · 1:34 PM UTC
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 05:20 PM (rbvCR)
They are applying their skills acquired and sharpened in airport waiting areas and McDonald's ordering lobby.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 05:21 PM (rgGn5)
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 05:20 PM (E4rtv)
I would have assumed she was of the rancid industrial strength hot dog branch of the family.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 05:21 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 23, 2026 05:13 PM (WL2lA)
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I am so glad I don't watch sports anymore.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 23, 2026 05:21 PM (IMPuq)
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Caitlin's minutes are down. Rumor is that coach can't quite figure out how to fit her in to the offensive system she is trying to establish. Best solution is to fire the coach.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 23, 2026 05:22 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 23, 2026 05:17 PM (wGerL)
Not suggestion he did, but male children of abusive fathers often become abusive, or at least disrespectful of women later in life, having learned by example.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 05:22 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 05:23 PM (sMkB+)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 23, 2026 05:19 PM (XvL8K)
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For me, it was Ernie Harwell and Ray Lane (followed by Paul Carey).
Posted by: mrp at July 23, 2026 05:23 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: whig
Yes, indeed. And not uncommon, regardless of gender.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 05:23 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Golf clap.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 05:23 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 05:24 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 23, 2026 05:19 PM (XvL8K)
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For me, it was Ernie Harwell and Ray Lane (followed by Paul Carey).
Posted by: mrp
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Jack Buck, Cardinals fan.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 05:25 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy watch. Ughhh. at July 23, 2026 05:25 PM (Sco7b)
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Fans who want to see quality basketball. Clark is a great individual player, but she also elevates the play of the entire team, making WNBA approach something watchable. These kinds of fans are obviously "White Nationalists".
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 23, 2026 05:26 PM (Dv3i1)
If you took out black and Hispanic crimes out of US statistics, America has the same crime rate as the Czech Republic, even with the millions of guns in this country. That’s such a stark difference that it’s obviously racist
Posted by: UGAdawg at July 23, 2026 05:26 PM (sGroZ)
The wokesters wouldn't admit that blacks can be racist even if every single person who worked in the government were black and had passed laws forbidding people paler than a grocery bag from talking to, looking at, or working in the same jobs as black people.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 23, 2026 05:27 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2026 05:29 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 23, 2026 05:31 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Accomack at July 23, 2026 05:31 PM (/Chlc)
Until A.H. Belo Corp, owner of the Dallas Morning News bought out Dallas rival the Dallas Times Herald, there was a vicious fight to dominate in the sport section news.
Customers won because the best sports writing in the nation was right there for 50¢
I blame Mike Lupica for the beginning of the decline of sports journalism. He wanted to be more than a back page reporter, and had delusions of grandeur in trying to send A MESSAGE.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 23, 2026 05:32 PM (IKpRc)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 04:46 PM (Riz8t)
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And that's why they hate her.
Posted by: Decaf at July 23, 2026 05:37 PM (ZNpJk)
The reason why people hate these stupid ugly thugs is because they act like stupid ugly thugs. Ever seen a hallmark movie about grade school bullies? They cast some tall fat ugly kid who cheap shots the hero kid until he finally gets nut kicked into the human race. What happens to Clark looks just like this; stereo type bullies. I don't know much about Clark beyond my standard lusting after tall athletic women but I can't believe she puts up with this.
If I bought this sh*t league, before i shut it down and fired everyone I would call in every ref they employ, i would spend a large amount of time playing highlights of all the sh*t they don't call, and then i would fire them and try to find some way to legally not pay them their pensions. And maybe i would employ some day labor Blackwater guys to physically throw the refs out of the building. That entire league is a disgrace.
Posted by: Nelly at July 23, 2026 06:18 PM (6+ehB)
She'd be literally killed (or at least, maimed)in the NBA.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 23, 2026 08:30 PM (cBDov)
Tell you what, get back to me when a named person does an actual THING to one of these black players assaulting Clark. Till then get stuffed.
Posted by: Green Shades at July 23, 2026 09:13 PM (lR2Tk)
Speaking of lives cut short, I can imagine some 50 million lives if they hadn’t been aborted.
Posted by: Nowut Ameen at July 23, 2026 09:22 PM (gBsII)
Posted by: DaveL at July 24, 2026 06:06 AM (xZYma)
CIA Report: Air Power Alone Can't Win Wars
I've been saying this since day one.
Since WWII, air power theorists have promised a victory from the skies alone. It's never happened. (You can say "Japan" but that was an atomic bomb, and there was an ongoing ground and sea war going on at the same time, and the promise of a land invasion of the home islands.) Technology is always advancing so there is often a plausible argument for why a victory through the skies is possible now -- the B-52 can drop more bombs than any aircraft ever imagined, cruise missiles can hit a specific window of a building, etc. -- but it's never once panned out. Ukraine is proving you can fight the Russian army and navy to a standstill -- or better -- with air power, specifically, drone power. But drones are fairly short-range. I'd love a drone invasion of Iran, but those drones would have to be launched and serviced from inside Iran, or at least right on the border. So what is the endgame here? I don't think it's going to be an actual victory. It might just be the unsatisfying situation after the Gulf War, when Saddam remained in power and remained belligerent but the US just kept up a regime of "maintenance bombing," as one guy put it, for years and years. But an actual victory? Not likely.Report: CIA Says Iran Won't Yield to US StrikesThe CIA are a bunch of paper-pushing failed-academic clowns but I think they're basically right.
But that's all nonsense. It's just the "Muslim way of war" -- attack attack attack, and then call for phony "peace talks" while you re-arm and plan your next attack. "Negotiations" just mean "give Iran time to procure new Chinese missiles and build more drones." We could maybe kill enough Iranian regime thugs that eventually there are too few of them to control the country, but that will take years. The likely path to victory -- excluding a ground invasion, which seems politically impossible -- will come after a year of bombing so devastating the economy completely collapses and the public is willing to wade into heavy machine-gun fire because they're starving and rip the Muslim conquerors to pieces. And I don't know if we have any other choice than that grim endgame. In very expected bad news, oil is over $100 per barrel again.
A new CIA report indicates that U.S. military strikes are unlikely to change Iran's negotiating stance with the Trump administration. U.S. military strikes won't significantly alter Iran's negotiating stance, according to a new CIA report. A new U.S. intelligence assessment, first reported by The Washington Post, concludes that despite days of sustained U.S. airstrikes, Tehran is unlikely to soften its position or make major concessions in negotiations with the Trump administration. According to current and former U.S. officials cited by the newspaper, CIA analysts believe the United States and Iran remain locked in an uneasy cycle of conflict that falls somewhere between war and peace, with neither side showing signs of backing down. The assessment has reportedly been briefed to the Trump administration as U.S. forces continue retaliatory operations following renewed Iranian attacks in the Middle East.
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Despite the military pressure, intelligence officials reportedly believe Iran's leadership remains focused on preserving the regime and is prepared to absorb significant losses rather than accept U.S. demands. ... "They continue to send signals that they want to talk, that they want to negotiate, but their behavior is what we're responding to," Rubio recently said, noting Iran has continued launching missiles and drones at ships in the region.
Global oil prices on Thursday crossed $100 a barrel for the first time since May, after Houthi militants in Yemen claimed to have struck two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea. The reported attack, which came alongside continued strikes between the United States and Iran, threatened to worsen an oil shock that had already amounted to one of the largest in history.Trump threatens to attack Iran every time its proxy army in Yemen attacks ships, but I don't think that's much of a threat, because he's already attacking Iran. The jihadists of Iran plan to fight until the last dead civilian. Below: The US Marines rappelled down to the deck of an Iranian shadow tanker and seized it. Everyone understand a machine-gun pointed right at your head.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:18 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 03:18 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:19 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:19 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:18 PM
Hopefully the civilians will be able tor rise up when the IRGC are disabled enough
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 03:19 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 03:19 PM (Nhyh3)
They had infiltrated quite a bit of Iran previously. Let them do it again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:20 PM (2YhKe)
We learned this in Desert Storm. We put on an absolute clinic vis a vis air power and still had to put boots on the ground.
The difference here, though, is the mission. We're not trying to throw Iran out of a neutral nation. We're trying to kick them in the nuts until they stop trying to get a nuke and deplete their ability to spread fuckery around the world.
We CAN achieve that through the air.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 23, 2026 03:20 PM (AdHga)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 03:21 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 23, 2026 03:21 PM (2ocoG)
We CAN achieve that through the air.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 23, 2026 03:20 PM (AdHga)
There's a fair chance but no more "pauses".
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 03:21 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 03:21 PM (lmdht)
Ahem. WW II?
/Stanley Baldwin
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 03:22 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 23, 2026 03:21 PM (2ocoG)
Yeah... I don't trust the CIA .
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 03:22 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 03:21 PM (FtULh)
To be fair, Trump had to look like he was open to a peaceful solution. He allowed the mad mullahs to show their duplicitous hand, and now he no longer needs to look like he is open to anything but unconditional surrender.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 03:23 PM (lmdht)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 03:23 PM (XuXeR)
/Stanley Baldwin
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 03:22 PM (XuXeR)
How you say.......Weee?
Posted by: Hilarity Baldwin at July 23, 2026 03:23 PM (2YhKe)
And that is not going to happen in iran.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 23, 2026 03:23 PM (0N4FZ)
What is the objective? Whatever the goal is for the Iranian regime, it was certainly different for Japan, and Germany. Round the clock bombings of civilian targets aren’t part of the plan afaik.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 03:23 PM (xAdLC)
Also CIA, water is wet. Jasmine Crockett doesn’t wash her vagina.
Captain Obvious called. He said WTF
Posted by: Vengeance at July 23, 2026 03:24 PM (aLiqC)
We leveraged the Persian population early on and they were cunning enough to point out high value targets to both the US and the Israelis. They're not helpless. They've been on the sidelines for too long.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 03:24 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:18 PM (2YhKe)
*pats Sponge lovingly on the head*
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 03:24 PM (lmdht)
Captain Obvious called. He said WTF
Posted by: Vengeance at July 23, 2026 03:24 PM (aLiqC)
Wow.
That comment took a wrong turn rather quickly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:24 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 03:25 PM (Rem44)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 03:25 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 03:25 PM (FtULh)
And that is not going to happen in iran.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 23, 2026 03:23 PM (0N4FZ)
This idea only works if you define victory as 'seizing Tehran.' In that case, yes, of course, you're right.
But that's not what we want to do here.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 23, 2026 03:25 PM (AdHga)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:25 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 03:25 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 03:25 PM (Rem44
What she said....
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 03:25 PM (FtULh)
They want a bomb, so I guess we should give them one.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 03:26 PM (lmdht)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 03:21 PM (4NO2D)
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And there's the traditional Great Britain coalition strategy, updated for the 21st century:
Maintaining air and sea supremacy while subsidizing regional powers to do the land fighting against a common enemy.
Posted by: mrp at July 23, 2026 03:26 PM (rj6Yv)
Why? Even if they come to the table, any deal will be broken as we have already seen.
Why not be more proactive? I don't want the "grim scenario" either; but let's hope we're at least arming the Iranian resistance so they have something to fight back with.
Posted by: Duke at July 23, 2026 03:26 PM (SPHOV)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 03:26 PM (Rem44)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 03:21 PM (FtULh)
Don't you think it's weird it "paused" in time for the 250th and then restarted a few days later?
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 03:26 PM (Nhyh3)
The little cheap suicide drones are short ranged, but, as Grok summarizes:
Large Iranian drones (primarily reusable UCAVs/MALE/HALE types, distinct from smaller one-way loitering munitions like the Shahed-136) have claimed operational/combat ranges typically from ~1,500–4,000+ km, depending on the model, payload, altitude, and mission profile (e.g., one-way strike vs. round-trip with return).
While for the US:
MQ-9 Reaper (Predator B) – Primary US Armed Drone
Operational range: ~1,150–1,900 miles (1,850–3,000+ km), depending on configuration and sources (e.g., combat radius often cited around 1,000–2,250 nautical miles in some operational contexts). Payload: Up to ~3,800 lb (1,700+ kg) across hardpoints — Hellfire missiles, GBU-12/38 bombs, JDAMs, etc.
That's pretty good range, payload, and (for the US especially) precision.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 23, 2026 03:26 PM (Xy2sd)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 23, 2026 03:26 PM (n9eFH)
Posted by: ace at July 23, 2026 03:26 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 03:26 PM (Nhyh3)
Point taken...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 03:27 PM (FtULh)
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If regime collapses it is a victory. There have not been enough bombings and targeted assassinations. And not continuously. Those mullahs and IRGC who do not want to be blown up, should move to Phakistan. The rest should wrap themselves in kafans.
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 03:27 PM (GD0B3)
I'm a total naif here. How hard would or should it be to keep Iran from developing a usable nuclear weapon?
Kind of funny that administrative options are off the table since there's no world body that would support us in ordering the mullahs to drop their ambitions, so we just have to be the king of the jungle and make them do it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 03:27 PM (mmrXZ)
What some may consider a form of chemical warfare, yes. But air power, no.
Posted by: Big Penguin at July 23, 2026 03:27 PM (oMRBS)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 03:28 PM (Rem44)
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 03:28 PM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: ace at July 23, 2026 03:26 PM (1wjle)
No One Left to Ill was the forgotten Beastie Boys album sequel to Licensed to Ill.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:28 PM (2YhKe)
Are you saying that they are wrong?
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 23, 2026 03:28 PM (k1E2D)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 03:28 PM (Rem44)
Guuuurl power
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 03:28 PM (FtULh)
They don't care about having a functioning country, so long as they can sell oil to China to finance their war machine.
And once they get a nuclear weapon (which may be a forgone conclusion now), they'll use it on Israel. Who will have no choice but to utterly obliterate Iran with their own nukes, if they can.
Iran is in a death spiral, and millions of people will suffer and die as a result.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 03:28 PM (FZ29D)
I’m completely serious. Can you win a short term military engagement where the objective is degrading capability, infrastructure and supply lines with just air power.
Yes, yes you can douchebags.
What you want to achieve is ultimately about your objective. How you engage on the battlefield and what you define as victory drives what assets you use to achieve a successful outcome.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 23, 2026 03:28 PM (aLiqC)
So I'm thinking about the drones Ukraine uses, which are not single-use "suicide drones," but drop land mines and grenades on top of individual soldiers. When you're just killing one or two guys, you can't justify the cost of a single-use Reaper. You need a cheaper way to deliver the kill.
That's what I mean when I say these drones need to be serviced (refueled/charged up) and re-armed with more grenades to drop on people's head.
Posted by: ace at July 23, 2026 03:28 PM (1wjle)
This isn’t an all hands on deck declared war, all out total war. And maybe that’s the problem. But, depending on the objective, “winning” being a bit of a red herring, air power may be able to achieve the objective if not total unconditional surrender and a signing ceremony on the USS Missouri in the Gulf of Hormuz
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 03:29 PM (xAdLC)
Iran leaders would rather die (and take their people with them) than admit defeat to the U.S. Who didnt know this that was born before 1979.
Posted by: Turn 2 at July 23, 2026 03:29 PM (Y2/Vj)
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at July 23, 2026 03:29 PM (x69Nb)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 03:28 PM (Rem44)
You're all in sync?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:29 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 23, 2026 03:29 PM (XdJ05)
Posted by: mr tmz at July 23, 2026 03:29 PM (rJ48h)
And I don't know if we have any other choice than that grim endgame.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:18 PM
Additionally, if we just hand control over to the Iranian people, they will realize that they couldn't do it.
It's a moral issue and will lead to a weak society. We need to make it clear to the Iranian people, their only hope is to rise up. Yes, many will die, but it's better to die on your feet than live on your knees. They need a Braveheart (the fictional one) moment.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 23, 2026 03:30 PM (XHO5P)
maybe but wasn't the ground element provided by the KLA and various Muslim militias?
Posted by: ace at July 23, 2026 03:30 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: ace at July 23, 2026 03:26 PM
This critter is mindbending.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tYtJaMY9C4
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 03:30 PM (4NO2D)
That's what I mean when I say these drones need to be serviced (refueled/charged up) and re-armed with more grenades to drop on people's head.
Posted by: ace at July 23, 2026 03:28 PM (1wjle)
It's raining.
It's pouring.
The old man
is exploding.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:30 PM (2YhKe)
I think we should use gunships if we have indeed dismantled their air defenses.
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 03:30 PM (KC5Lt)
But I don't see the inherent problem with an air-based strategy. At all.
I see the inherent problem with unrealistic victory conditions. It's a chronic issue for American leadership in foreign wars.
I see the problem with ridiculous ROEs. It's a related chronic issue.
It can be done - but you have to be willing to employ naked brutality without compunction or any concern for the civilians. In fact - you have to put them on the table, purely for resource and area denial.
People want to marry bombing to surgical tactics against an asymmetrical opponent. Retarded. Pipe dream. Ridiculous bullshit. It's a total warfare strategy, not a man trying to restrain an errant but beloved child.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 03:30 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 23, 2026 03:25 PM
What exactly do we want to do in iran?
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 23, 2026 03:30 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 23, 2026 03:30 PM (XHO5P)
By the way they are still executing the "protestors" They basically have nothing to lose..
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 03:31 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 03:28 PM
I had some thoughts on that.
Posted by: Joni Mitchell at July 23, 2026 03:31 PM (oMRBS)
They attacked a tanker the other day.
Also read about some Somali pirates getting back in the game last week. I’m guessing now that the fraud funds drying up in Minnesota has forced them back to work for the first time in over a decade. It also may have something to do with the U.S. Navy being budy elsewhere.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 23, 2026 03:31 PM (6ydKt)
Iran leaders would rather die (and take their people with them) than admit defeat to the U.S. Who didnt know this that was born before 1979.
Posted by: Turn 2 at July 23, 2026 03:29 PM (Y2/Vj)
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Gas and food prices are no worse than they were under Sleepy Joe's watch so that's a clown argument.
Your daughter needs to stop watching MS NOW.
Posted by: ballistic at July 23, 2026 03:31 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 23, 2026 03:31 PM (6ydKt)
Uh huh.
I'll be over in the corner mixing a cocktail.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 23, 2026 03:32 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 03:32 PM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: Vengeance at July 23, 2026 03:32 PM (aLiqC)
Posted by: Obviously Obvious at July 23, 2026 03:32 PM (GFRGc)
Posted by: Common Tater
Getting goat fuckers fitted in those gay mourning suits would cost a fortune.
Posted by: Auspex at July 23, 2026 03:32 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 03:32 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 03:33 PM (mmrXZ)
But muh clicks!
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 23, 2026 03:33 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 23, 2026 03:33 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: That Old Italian Pimp at July 23, 2026 03:33 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2026 03:33 PM (paOhA)
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I was told that this doesn't matter, and that I should stop complaining about an extra car payment to fill up the tank each month. Uh-huh.
Posted by: That Guy at July 23, 2026 03:33 PM (JDkBU)
It's a moral issue and will lead to a weak society. We need to make it clear to the Iranian people, their only hope is to rise up. Yes, many will die, but it's better to die on your feet than live on your knees. They need a Braveheart (the fictional one) moment.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 23
With what do they rise? They don’t have guns. And when they did rush to the streets in the beginning of this, thinking we were going to save them, they were shot right there.
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 03:34 PM (hftzA)
I'm an oil isolationist. Fuck selling our natural resources on the open market. Drill, pump, refine, and sell our own shit. Get high on our own supply. Everyone else can deal with the Strait of Hormuz for their oil.
Posted by: ballistic at July 23, 2026 03:34 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 23, 2026 03:34 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 23, 2026 03:21 PM (2ocoG)
Well, they will say the money is for transgender operas in Siberia, but then they would actually use it to undermine elections and foment unrest in America.
Posted by: SciVo at July 23, 2026 03:34 PM (Sy6m/)
What exactly do we want to do in iran?
Posted by: Mister Scott
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Kill their nuclear program as far as I know.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 03:34 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 23, 2026 03:34 PM (K+gBX)
But especially if it goes contrary to anything at all related to Trump.
And it's not a "maybe this is right, IDK" it's "they all squandered any and all trust--and they've done nothing to rebuild it. So they're lying unless proven otherwise."
"CIA says" is brought to you by Valarie Plame, sitting at her desk in DC, while her husband sips sweet tea with ethnics in Africa running down rumors of yellowcake uranium sold to Saddam.
LOL
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 23, 2026 03:34 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: J. Random Moron at July 23, 2026 03:35 PM (oMRBS)
The war is won when the people kill enough IRGC and get enough guns. That's my thinking anyway.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 03:36 PM (n5tGW)
Not to mention the impossible task of getting the Mullahs to wear round spectacles and recite "So sorry, prease!"
Posted by: Auspex at July 23, 2026 03:36 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 23, 2026 03:36 PM (NpAcC)
I agree and energy prices could be lowered significantly with the building of nuke plants.
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 03:36 PM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: Vengeance at July 23, 2026 03:36 PM (aLiqC)
Posted by: James at July 23, 2026 03:37 PM (2K4Lo)
Your daughter needs to stop watching MS NOW.
Posted by: ballistic at July 23, 2026 03:31 PM (5aZAZ)
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You’re not wrong. But two years ago she wasn't paying her own bills, exclusively. She's too young to understand the long game like we do. Like Rush said, history starts the day you were born for most people.
Losing voters like her has been my main concern with Trump's action with Iran.
Posted by: Turn 2 at July 23, 2026 03:37 PM (Y2/Vj)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 03:34 PM (mmrXZ)
How quickly the forgot.
Posted by: June 2025 Bombing That Killed Their Nuke Program at July 23, 2026 03:37 PM (GFRGc)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 23, 2026 03:38 PM (NpAcC)
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That’s a good point. They also had a lot of seething resentment built up about that …. leading to a trope or meme eventually of “the stab in the back”; and … you know who
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 03:38 PM (xAdLC)
No power, no water, no bridges, no food. Something will change.
Posted by: fd
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Quantitative only. People will just get more miserable. There are dozens of countries with worse standards of living and worse infrastructure than Iran, and they keep on truckin'.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 03:38 PM (mmrXZ)
I'm an oil isolationist. Fuck selling our natural resources on the open market. Drill, pump, refine, and sell our own shit. Get high on our own supply. Everyone else can deal with the Strait of Hormuz for their oil.
Posted by: ballistic at July 23, 2026 03:34 PM (5aZAZ)
I said it over 30 years ago. You don't like terrorism? Stop buying oil from the middle east. Become self-sufficient.
The money for terrorism dries up rather quickly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:39 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 03:30 PM (BI5O2)
I see you watched Young Washington, where our greatest general also had to learn you can't fight the new war with the old war's tactics...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 23, 2026 03:39 PM (tOcjL)
Losing voters like her has been my main concern with Trump's action with Iran.
Posted by: Turn 2 at July 23, 2026 03:37 PM (Y2/Vj)
And it's a valid concern
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 03:39 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 03:39 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 03:28 PM (Rem44)
I don't think so at all. Just like the most strident revolutionaries under Mao were women.
Only right wing women aren't retarded like lefty women. That's actually my second favorite thing about conservative women vs. lefty women.
My favorite thing about them is that they don't have dicks.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at July 23, 2026 03:40 PM (/B9J1)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 23, 2026 03:38 PM (NpAcC)
With what? They have no viable military.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:40 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:29 PM (2YhKe)
*once again, pats Sponge lovingly on the head*
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 03:40 PM (lmdht)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 03:39 PM (4NO2D)
There's a new seamy dough-eyed poofter in town......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:40 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 23, 2026 03:40 PM (DbmIv)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at July 23, 2026 03:40 PM (/B9J1)
You neglected to mention sweater puppies.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 03:40 PM (lmdht)
For better or worse gas price affects people’s view of the economy. When it’s $4 or even $5 in some places, the average voter is angry and angry voters don’t vote for the incumbent party.
Posted by: Politics 101 at July 23, 2026 03:41 PM (GFRGc)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 03:40 PM (lmdht)
That would technically be second AND third
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 03:41 PM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: ace at July 23, 2026 03:26 PM (1wjle)
No One Left to Ill was the forgotten Beastie Boys album sequel to Licensed to Ill.
i was under the impression that "no one left to ill" was the end goal of gain-of-function research.
Posted by: anachronda at July 23, 2026 03:41 PM (v3pYe)
*once again, pats Sponge lovingly on the head*
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 03:40 PM (lmdht)
I'm sensing some sarcasm in your wit......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:41 PM (2YhKe)
The goal of this administration pertaining to Iran, as has been stated many times, is to ensure no ability of Iran to make a nuclear weapon and the free flow of traffic in Hormuz strait.
It is not the goal of this administration to defeat Iran in a war.
I would however rejoice if the civil people in Iran would take up arms (why don't we smuggle them in) and kill the sons of bitches.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 03:41 PM (ogcfP)
They don't care if a squad of IRGC troops dies manning a missile facility but they will care if you blow up the #3 guy's home....with him in it...and all of the neighborhood around it.
Stopping fighting this like a modern forever war, start fighting it in the ways that work.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 03:41 PM (sKqQm)
Interesting. What is her solution? And how old is she again?
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 03:41 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 23, 2026 03:41 PM (bX16E)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 23, 2026 03:38 PM (NpAcC)
With what? They have no viable military.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:40 PM
I started to ask which one and then realized the answer was Yes.
Talk about a cripple fight..
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 03:41 PM (4NO2D)
______________________
Our discrete spy agencies sure have interesting ways of applying their craft. The primary purpose of this "report" is to put pressure on the US administration to back down. Regardless of whether it's accurate or not, whoever continues to use the Wash Post as a sounding board needs to disappear, permanently.
Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 03:42 PM (dIske)
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* knock! knock! knock! *
It's Maintenance! Just here to bomb ya'!
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 03:42 PM (Fi81e)
Take away that leverage and bring oil prices down and Iran be steadily degraded for a long time with drones, bombs, and missiles.
Easier said then done, I know, but it’s the main problem keeping this thing going like it is.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 23, 2026 03:42 PM (6ydKt)
For example, what if we actually destroyed Iran's bridges and power plants? Their economy would be completely trashed, and they would be facing mass starvation. Am I supposed to believe that at that point Iran would not either 1) surrender 2)cease actions that annoyed us, without officially capitulating or 3) occasionally chucking cheap drones around but otherwise ceasing to matter to the rest of the world as the population drops 70-80%?
Posted by: the lower depths at July 23, 2026 03:42 PM (Yh7zv)
Your daughter needs to stop watching MS NOW.
Posted by: ballistic at July 23, 2026 03:31 PM (5aZAZ)
But they aren't better...and folks with lower incomes and pay raises (not talking folks on gov money, like SS or welfare, b/c they get inflation increases every year) are still hurting...and it's the "well I gave this guy a shot...he failed...then I gave this guy a shot...he failed...now I might as well try the next guy"...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 23, 2026 03:42 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 03:40 PM (lmdht)
I'm sensing some sarcasm in your wit......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:41 PM (2YhKe)
Well bless your heart
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 03:42 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 03:42 PM (n5tGW)
My favorite thing about them is that they don't have dicks.
Will that leaders more women for me to minister to. And by minister I think you know what I mean...
Posted by: David French at July 23, 2026 03:43 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 23, 2026 03:36 PM (NpAcC)
I doubt Trump thinks of Putin as a friend. You don't get to pick the leaders you have to deal with.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 03:43 PM (lmdht)
Talk about a cripple fight..
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 03:41 PM (4NO2D)
TIMMEH!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:43 PM (2YhKe)
This is the way
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 03:43 PM (sKqQm)
Well bless your heart
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 03:42 PM (FtULh)
You just want to date me.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:44 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 03:42 PM (dIske)
This is what I'm thinking
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 03:44 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Road Warrior at July 23, 2026 03:44 PM (wHUXH)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken
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SEE THE TROLL.
READ THE TROLL'S WORDS
Consider that just like all Democrats everything they say is a mirror image to reality.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 03:45 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 03:45 PM (4NO2D)
But we're back to gas prices. I can't even remember what the meme about why "we" are going to lose was three weeks ago. It stopped being gas prices for a while. Now it's back. If gas prices drop it will be something else.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 03:45 PM (Nhyh3)
The IRGC doesn't care about small scale loses of military assets and personal or civilians.
So to get leverage you need one of two things;
1) Large scale military/civilian losses
2) Direct losses to the IRGC leadership
I prefer #2, but #1 would work as well
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 03:45 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:44 PM (2YhKe)
Whipper Snapper... I think you're closer to my Sons age
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 03:45 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:41 PM (2YhKe)
Well bless your heart
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 03:42 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 03:45 PM (lmdht)
It's a thought, albeit admittedly a very dark, horrible thought.
Posted by: troyriser at July 23, 2026 03:46 PM (v1M8F)
Posted by: 18-1
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What should he do?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 03:46 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 23, 2026 03:34 PM (K+gBX)
Didn't the Russians get a few feet into Germany before the Huns pushed them back into Russia early in the war?
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 23, 2026 03:46 PM (k1E2D)
Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 03:42 PM (dIske)
When's the last time the CIA did something that actually benefitted the United States?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:46 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Road Warrior at July 23, 2026 03:44 PM
It did not work with Japan in 1945 and the civilian population was starving at that point.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 23, 2026 03:46 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 23, 2026 03:30 PM (0N4FZ
I'm honestly shocked people are still asking this.
From the beginning the administration has said over and over and over that they have four goals.
1. Destroy Iran's missile capabilities.
2. Destroy Iran's navy.
3. Destroy Iran's ability to get the bomb.
4. Destroy Iran's ability to sponsor terror.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at July 23, 2026 03:46 PM (/B9J1)
Posted by: Politics 101 at July 23, 2026 03:46 PM (GFRGc)
Bomb TF out of them.
Trump needs to do an address that says for 47 years we've put up with this bullshit and we are now here because nobody wanted to do anything about it.
Enlist the world and if you choose the wrong side, good luck and say hi to a bunch of dead Iranian henchmen o the other side.
Frame it so the media/Ds cant have an open microphone to fill the airways. This may or may not be a winning issue. But he can help blunt the non-stop BS.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 23, 2026 03:46 PM (ItWcy)
Posted by: anachronda at July 23, 2026 03:46 PM (v3pYe)
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But, who needed this report to know this?
Yeah, you can't win without a ground push. Okay.
I think Trump is hoping some other faction provides the ground support, if he's even depending on that.
Trump's going to bomb them until they consistently adhere to an MoU that they have signed.
Boots on the ground gets men killed.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 03:47 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 03:47 PM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:44 PM (2YhKe)
The AOC gambit? Really?
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 03:47 PM (lmdht)
My advice is direct bombing/missile strikes of the areas where IRGC leadership lives.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 03:47 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Politics 101 at July 23, 2026 03:46 PM (GFRGc)
It's rather hard to import food if there is no way to cross a river or a gorge outside of swimming.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 23, 2026 03:48 PM (Yh7zv)
Then we can bug out and leave it to the Kurds. They were supposed to go in the first place, so maybe they'll be more motivated if there's less risk of casualties.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at July 23, 2026 03:48 PM (jYRYu)
I think Trump just needs to give up on ceasefires and negotiations until the Strait of Hormuz problem is eliminated.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Expanded and new pipelines set to go in 2027. Too late for the midterms, but maybe 2028.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 03:48 PM (mmrXZ)
The AOC gambit? Really?
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 03:47 PM (lmdht)
Why not? She's a real thinker. I want to fit in.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:48 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: troyriser at July 23, 2026 03:46 PM (v1M8F)
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Well, he was initially trying to stay away from civilian assets.
But Muzzies don't learn. So, he's stepped it up to taking out power plants.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 03:48 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 23, 2026 03:46 PM (0N4FZ)
It would have eventually worked but we came up with another option.
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 03:49 PM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: Ironwood at July 23, 2026 03:49 PM (ob2d4)
you can pick your friends. you can pick your nose. but you can't pick the leaders you have to deal with's noses.
Posted by: anachronda at July 23, 2026 03:49 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:48 PM (2YhKe)
I could fit two or three of you in
Posted by: Kamala at July 23, 2026 03:49 PM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at July 23, 2026 03:48 PM (jYRYu)
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Personally, I don't want to inflict the Kurds on the Persians. That's just allowing another group of Muzzie militants to rule them.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 03:50 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:48 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 03:50 PM (lmdht)
This makes me sort of believe we CAN do something productive with Air Strikes.
Remember, this is the same CIA who has done everything in its power to diminish, prosecute, sabotage, and dismiss absolutely anything President Trump has said or done.
And... note.... it's leaked.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 03:50 PM (mP0Kj)
I don't want the Revolutionaries, if they win, to inherit a completely wrecked country.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 03:51 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 03:51 PM (KC5Lt)
I disagree that the goal should be "winning" this war in the conventional sense. We don't want any Iranian territory. We aren't trying to reverse an invasion.
What we want can be mostly done via air power. And that is a complete degradation of the Iranian military and the Iranian nuclear effort.
Sure...regime change would be great, and I was one of the suckers who thought it might happen. But the Mullahs and the IRGC have been weakened enough that regime change is now possible (albeit unlikely), and Iran's enemies (Israel, the Kurds, etc) can feast on it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2026 03:51 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 23, 2026 03:51 PM (bX16E)
I too have worked for the Republican Party for the last 18 gorillion years. I will no longer do so. This time Trump has gone too far! Who is with me?
[walks around corner and takes off party mustache]
Posted by: the lower depths at July 23, 2026 03:52 PM (Yh7zv)
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 03:52 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Nova Local at July 23, 2026 03:39 PM (tOcjL)
Like the poor bastards that were doing calvary charges in WW1 AND WW2.
I remember hearing that the biggest technological advances come during times of war as we went from biplanes right before WW2 to jets by the end of it.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 23, 2026 03:52 PM (k1E2D)
Calif now adds $1.25 in taxes and fees on every gallon of gas... by Calif State regulations...
Yet somehow, they blame Trump for high gas prices?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 03:53 PM (mP0Kj)
It's indefensible in the air or on the water, or under it.
This is a matter of both comparative and absolute advantage - we'd be fools to engage them on their best footing.
But it can only work if we're willing to use our advantage.
If we're going to make our first line of attack a bunch of jaw-jaw, augmented by a little swat-swat here and there in the middle of a war-war, we'll lose-lose.
Just fucking annihilate this shithole. We can live a bunch of queens crying about it. They always cry anyway. Nothing stops the tears. We can't suffer another defeat in a major war. Our deterrence has faded. It's almost gone, and we just can't afford for that to happen again.
Destroy this country.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 03:53 PM (BI5O2)
I could fit two or three of you in
Posted by: Kamala at July 23, 2026 03:49 PM (Nhyh3)
Even with that guy looking for his car keys?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:53 PM (2YhKe)
I've just come to realize it doesn't even matter.
Posted by: Tired of Gaslighting at July 23, 2026 03:53 PM
Well, bye.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 03:54 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at July 23, 2026 03:54 PM (4qpnH)
Posted by: Sid
and a skittles-shitting unicorn in every garage, no doubt.
Posted by: anachronda at July 23, 2026 03:54 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 03:52 PM (Fi81e)
Yup, pure Deep State crap... undermining the Lawfully elected Commander in Chief.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 03:54 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: the lower depths at July 23, 2026 03:54 PM (Yh7zv)
Yet somehow, they blame Trump for high gas prices?
the fact they are forced to keep increasing the gas taxes just illustrates the depths of perfidy of orangemanbad.
Posted by: anachronda at July 23, 2026 03:55 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: anachronda at July 23, 2026 03:49 PM (v3pYe)
You can prick your finger......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:55 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Tired of Gaslighting at July 23, 2026 03:53 PM (BCWUp)
Boy, oh boy does Canada have a program for you!!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at July 23, 2026 03:55 PM (/B9J1)
Yet somehow, they blame Trump for high gas prices?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 03:53 PM (mP0Kj)
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Michigan chose the time that gas was coming down to bump up their gas tax.
I'd guess blow states don't want a visible win for Trump.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 03:55 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 03:56 PM (aEdvU)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 23, 2026 03:56 PM (2YhKe)
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About half of Iran's food is imported. A full 25% of all its imports is food.
The ceasefire and MOU that allowed them to import again, might have gotten them one cargo ship of food. Another was due to arrive a couple of days after the end of the ceasefire, and the US Navy turned them around.
They're probably starving now. Not to mention the issues with their currency.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 03:56 PM (mnAVU)
But you'll be here to bitch about it. I hate hate quitters.
Maybe I'm crazy but as I've said before I'm the guy who dives for a loose ball with 15 seconds left and down by 10.
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 03:56 PM (KC5Lt)
I am entirely comfortable with a program of intermittent bombing for years on end. Iran has been a fount of violence ever since the shah was deposed, and it will continue to be so until stopped. An extended period of reaping as it has sowed is in order.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 23, 2026 03:57 PM (2+SeL)
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NO, because Israel will continue, regardless what US administration is in place. The nukes are set back a few decades.
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 03:57 PM (GD0B3)
Destroy this country.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 03:53 PM (BI5O2)
There are very few transportation routes in and out of Iran... we control the Sea Lanes already. Start at the borders and bomb Bridges, and Rail lines and hubs... cut pipelines and energy infrastructure.
If they want to live like Mohamed? That can be implemented via airpower.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 03:57 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 03:47 PM (KC5Lt)
With the advent of television it has become increasingly difficult for any Western democracy to commit large scale assaults on civilian populations.
The only large country that can come close and get away with it is Russia, which is only a democratic facade. The Russians favorite tactic in urban warfare is to use artillery to level a city before capturing it. They did that throughout the first few years in Ukraine which enabled them to take several cities. They did allow evacuations before the shells started dropping, so even the Russians have some limits.
America hasn’t been able to inflict real pain on an entire nation since WWII because we do not want to be thought of as the bad guy, I guess.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 23, 2026 03:57 PM (6ydKt)
Iran or California?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 23, 2026 03:57 PM (2ocoG)
Pave it with bombs. Every substation. Putting their electric system down puts them on their feet. Plus no public water or sewer.
Should take about a week.
Posted by: torabora at July 23, 2026 03:57 PM (MB0hg)
Hiya!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 03:56 PM (aEdvU)
You just made his life worth living.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:58 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 03:58 PM (4NO2D)
I'll never vote for a Democrat, but as of now, I am not planning to vote for the first time in 35 years.
I have worked at the voting precincts for our county chapter of the Republican Party for the last 12 years during early voting and on Election Day campaigning for candidates, but I'm done with it this year.
Posted by: Tired of Gaslighting at July 23, 2026 03:49 PM (BCWUp)
As a concerned, Christian, conservative (I voted for Reagan!!!!!!), I must agree!
Mamdani, AOC, and Plantir are really hip to what needs to be done in this country!
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 23, 2026 03:58 PM (k1E2D)
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That video is like too many informative videos, twice too long. It's irritating. 1.35x and I still skip much.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 03:58 PM (ogcfP)
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NO, because Israel will continue, regardless what US administration is in place. The nukes are set back a few decades.
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 03:57 PM (GD0B3)
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3 full years of no imports is a long time. US attacked Caspian ports and railroads into Iran from Turkmenistan in the last couple of weeks.
And that's assuming Dems win in 2028 on the platform of black girl magic and import the world.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 03:58 PM (mnAVU)
We severed Iran's only rail line to China last week.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at July 23, 2026 03:58 PM (/B9J1)
Iran or California?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 23, 2026 03:57 PM (2ocoG)
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Welcome to the Ho'el California!
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 03:58 PM (Fi81e)
Let them eat pistachios!
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 04:00 PM (4NO2D)
We severed Iran's only rail line to China last week.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at July 23, 2026 03:58 PM (/B9J1)
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And we bombing their Caspian Sea port a couple of days ago.
But, it doesn't really matter. Something like 95% of their imports were through their ports on the Persian Gulf, strait, and Gulf of Oman. And those are shut down. Hell, we hit Bandar Abbas a week ago, their major port.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:00 PM (mnAVU)
March-level bombing of Southern Iran and sending destroyers to physically escort tankers will open the Strait. Blockade will break Iran in two months if kept up. Israel sucker punching Iran would accelerate things. Doesn't matter if the IRGC refuses to give up. Physically prevent their fight to the last Nazi mentality from mattering.
Posted by: deepelemblues at July 23, 2026 04:00 PM (dxkJd)
And that's assuming Dems win in 2028 on the platform of black girl magic and import the world.
In which case, being nuked by Iran would be an act of mercy on their part.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 04:00 PM (PVBkQ)
Posted by: troyriser at July 23, 2026 03:46 PM (v1M8F)
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Have been sacked.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 04:00 PM (Fi81e)
I've thought about it.
Tell Israel to go ahead and nuke 'em. Who's going to fuck them up over it?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 04:00 PM (mmrXZ)
Let them eat pistachios!
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 04:00 PM (4NO2D)
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The bigger problems is that they import a large amount of grain for their livestock.
Their livestock are starving.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:01 PM (mnAVU)
Posted by: toby928(c) a
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You betcha', and when it hits 100 I'm buying smores.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 04:01 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 03:58 PM (4NO2D)
Wait for their next success.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 04:01 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 23, 2026 03:57 PM (2+SeL
Yup.
Destroy the country.
Fly by daily afterward. If they try to think they can rebuild it, then snuff out those dreams in the cradle.
In twenty years when it's a depopulated wasteland, let the world look at it, shudder and fear our empire.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 04:01 PM (BI5O2)
I was talking more about inconveniences or losses we might suffer during a military action or any type of 'catastrophe'. I understand that's a broad brush as there are exceptions.
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 04:02 PM (KC5Lt)
Destroy the country.
Fly by daily afterward. If they try to think they can rebuild it, then snuff out those dreams in the cradle.
In twenty years when it's a depopulated wasteland, let the world look at it, shudder and fear our empire.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 04:01 PM (BI5O2)
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Their GDP contracted about 40% during the Iran/Iraq war.
I wonder how much their GDP has contracted since March? With effectively no trade at all and their manufacturing base 80% destroyed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:02 PM (mnAVU)
They're experts and shit, and they always have the country's best interests in mind.
Posted by: a.moron at July 23, 2026 04:03 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 04:03 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:40 PM
I started to ask which one and then realized the answer was Yes.
Talk about a cripple fight..
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026
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Iran telling them that by allowing US access to military bases they are aiding the U.S. and have been put on notice that there will be consequences.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 23, 2026 04:03 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 04:03 PM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 03:58 PM (4NO2D)
The big analysts are bullish in the long term.
I'm going to wait for it to drop some more, but the space business isn't going anywhere, and SpaceX is absolutely the world's leader.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2026 04:04 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Nova Local at July 23, 2026 03:42 PM (tOcjL)
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Gas prices were vastly better up until a couple months ago, food prices are also better, objectively. However the 10% inflation under Biden got baked into the cake and here we are. If you think any president is going to miraculously put us into a deflationary state you're delusional.
Posted by: ballistic at July 23, 2026 04:04 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 04:04 PM (JvZF+)
But we don't need a ground invasion to erase the idea of Iran as a polity. From the air, every electrical generation facility, bridge, petroleum storage tank and water desalination plant can be destroyed. Total civilizational collapse within weeks.
Not saying I want to do that, but we can absolutely end Iran from the air.
Posted by: Jack Package at July 23, 2026 04:04 PM (+93Us)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 23, 2026 04:03 PM (NpAcC)
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Iran also says that it mined the Omani side of the strait which has had regular traffic through it for a couple of months now despite anything Iran says.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:04 PM (mnAVU)
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"All we are saying ...
Is give nukes a chance."
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 23, 2026 04:05 PM (KdsrD)
We severed Iran's only rail line to China last week.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
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They were getting more than food from China.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 04:05 PM (ogcfP)
That's what I mean when I say these drones need to be serviced (refueled/charged up) and re-armed with more grenades to drop on people's head.
Posted by: ace
I don't think that's what's needed to win a war through air power. You just destroy critical infrastructure (and kill individual leaders) until they capitulate or are so devastated that the are no longer a threat (and serve as a warning to others).
Trump could knock out bridges, power, oil production, major factories, dams, and completely stone age them. He hasn't yet, but he could, leaving them crippled for a decade or more.
Posted by: Military Moron at July 23, 2026 04:05 PM (Xy2sd)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 04:05 PM (ogcfP)
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And look at all the good it's done them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:06 PM (mnAVU)
It's the Saudi vs Houthi thing I'm really watching.
Arab League is not happy...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 04:06 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 04:06 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Military Moron at July 23, 2026 04:05 PM (Xy2sd)
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We've been hitting power plants for a few days, actually.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:06 PM (mnAVU)
Iran telling them that by allowing US access to military bases they are aiding the U.S. and have been put on notice that there will be consequences.
Posted by: redridinghood
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lol What the hell could Iran do to the UK?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 04:07 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 04:07 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 04:07 PM (mmrXZ)
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Tell the incoming government to nuke London?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:07 PM (mnAVU)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 04:07 PM (n5tGW)
Seizing the oil production and related logistical infrastructure would be a worthwhile objective for the neighboring countries to undertake with US assistance. But that's apparently not possible.
And, if reports are true that Iran (with help from either/or both China and Russia) is targeting the billeting quarters at regional bases to kill Americans in an attempt to curry favor with anti-American forces here at home and abroad, then we really oughta' target a mosque a day and level it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 04:07 PM (jehhT)
It's not some shit you can stick together from bubblegum and toothpicks.
No roads, no water, no power, no nuclear business.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 04:07 PM (BI5O2)
CIA leaks a report that it won't work, directly undermining the Commander in Chief, and giving aid and comfort to our enemy...
Is this 'report' flat out treason?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 04:07 PM (mP0Kj)
I'm not sure that's true. I don't believe anything coming out of Ukraine, but it seems like Russia is continuing to slowly grind through the remaining hard defenses. Slowly but surely. I could be wrong, but that's how I read the news reports.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 04:07 PM (mmrXZ)
What the hell could the UK do to stop them?
Talk about two monkeys trying to fuck a football.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at July 23, 2026 04:08 PM (/B9J1)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 04:06 PM (GD0B3)
Good point. The combination of the CIA and the Washington Post is almost a guarantee of a massively slanted report that might not be even close to reality.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2026 04:08 PM (l4RKn)
lol What the hell could Iran do to the UK?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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They had/have missiles that could reach the UK.
Is too funny.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 04:08 PM (ogcfP)
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When a CIA assessment sounds like a declaration by the mullahs...
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 04:08 PM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 03:52 PM (Fi81e)
Yup, pure Deep State crap... undermining the Lawfully elected Commander in Chief.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 03:54 PM (mP0Kj)
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Concur. While the basic premise is correct, this was a political story.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 04:09 PM (2WIwB)
They had/have missiles that could reach the UK.
Is too funny.
Posted by: Braenyard
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No, it's not funny, but those missiles couldn't be intercepted on their way from Iran to the UK?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 04:09 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 04:09 PM (2WIwB)
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Can I just say that 8 months of only bombing completely toppled the Libyan leadership and descended the country into chaos and civil war?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:10 PM (mnAVU)
Is this 'report' flat out treason?
Posted by: Romeo13
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For starters, a good waterboarding is in order.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 04:10 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 03:58 PM (4NO2D)
The big analysts are bullish in the long term.
I'm going to wait for it to drop some more, but the space business isn't going anywhere, and SpaceX is absolutely the world's leader.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2026 04:04 PM
At some point SpaceX might turn a profit. I think the Starlink component is slightly profitable, but that might be by cost shifting.
I do remember wondering when Amazon would ever turn a profit, and look at them now.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 04:10 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:10 PM (mnAVU)
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No, you may not!
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 04:11 PM (Fi81e)
There's an entire civilian population that if properly armed and let loose would likely have this wrapped up in about a month. Just don't work through a middleman like the fucking Kurds.
We leveraged the Persian population early on and they were cunning enough to point out high value targets to both the US and the Israelis. They're not helpless. They've been on the sidelines for too long.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 03:24 PM (jehhT)
We need to stop relying on the lace panty Ivy League poofters at CIA to arm the average man-on-the-street Persian. I guarantee that they gave all the weapons/ammo to the Kurds because randomly distributing weapons without having strict serial number control of every Glock and AR15 that entered the country would be icky and turn the Persians into swarthy rednecks demanding a NASCAR Tehran 500 race.
Give the mission to the E4 Mafia at Department of War. Randomly air drop a bunch of yeet cannons, Glocks and Evil Black Rifles into Tehran, Qom and Isfahan, especially over the universities. Include Farsi subtitled DVD copies of Rambo III, kick back on the porch with a beer and contemplate the paradise of a mullah-free world.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 23, 2026 04:11 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: tcn in AK
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It is not mentioned much but the dynamics of this oil crisis has the money staying in the US to develop more oil and gas resources domestically and in Venezuela rather than shipping it abroad to Arabs and paying for it in inflationary petro dollars like in the 1973, 1979, and subsequent oil shocks.
And we are actually selling high priced oil to foreigners which makes this oil crisis ahistoric by recent standards making its effects on the US far different than in previous episodes. As a result our trade deficits are dropping.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 04:11 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:10 PM (mnAVU)
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No, you may not!
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 04:11 PM (Fi81e)
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Well, it's a good thing I only typed it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:11 PM (mnAVU)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 04:11 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 04:02 PM (KC5Lt)
Oil prices have been pissing people off since 2003.
Price inflation overall really hurt after 2008 and 2020.
I think it's down to "Damn, Look At The Price of That Now!" fatigue.
We soldiered on through 11 years and 20 years of Irag & Afgahnistan.
The shitshow that is the Middle East and fighting against crazy Muslims for over two decades is wearing thin, too.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 23, 2026 04:11 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Unkaren at July 23, 2026 04:12 PM (p7UGH)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 04:06 PM (mP0Kj)
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Lollypop league>>>than the Arab League
Posted by: Dorothy at July 23, 2026 04:12 PM (DNU6e)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 04:07 PM (mP0Kj)
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Was it co-signed by fifty intelligence "experts"?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 04:12 PM (JvZF+)
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Bomb the shit out of The Houthi underground rats in Yemen.
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 23, 2026 04:12 PM (KdsrD)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 04:10 PM (4NO2D)
Once StarLink has a critical mass of satellites I think it will become reasonably profitable. I would be shocked if they were close right now because of all of the launches they are doing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2026 04:12 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 04:13 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:10 PM (mnAVU)
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No, you may not!
Posted by: Axeman
To be fair, there has long been an internal cleavage in Libya like in most African nations. centered around Tobruk v. Benghazi centers of power.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 04:13 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 04:09 PM (mmrXZ)
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Considering Iran's targeting capabilities at that long range, those missiles are likely to fizzle out over a Muslim banlieue outside of Paris.
Hilarity ensues.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 04:13 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 04:13 PM (E4rtv)
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Iran being an oppressed nation by foreign invaders is probably some kind of cleavage.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:13 PM (mnAVU)
Muslims have demonstrated for centuries that they are completely incompatible with civilization. We have maintained live demonstration reminders of this fact now for at least two generations.
So why do we allow Muslims to settle in the US and the West?
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 04:13 PM (9s47C)
companies and banking connections are mostly dried up. The IRGC and regular army are not getting paid.
Food , water, medicine , electricity and gasoline are in short supply.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 04:14 PM (abScH)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 04:14 PM (T2w7I)
So your Blockbuster video card still has value.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 04:15 PM (9s47C)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:10 PM (mnAVU)
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Libya's Ghaddafi-led regime was already facing substantial rebellions from both the west and the east, with the western forces eventually breaking through, due to the assistance from NATO air power, and capturing Tripoli (and Ghaddafi himself). This was similar to the proposals in March for assisting a rebellion that would have advanced from Tabriz to Tehran, but these proposals were rejected by elements in the United States government opposed to regime change in Iran.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at July 23, 2026 04:15 PM (4qpnH)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2026 04:12 PM
Merging xAI with the space sector is what puts me off of holding the stock long. That sector is just a bleeding wound.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 04:15 PM (4NO2D)
What the hell could the UK do to stop them?
Talk about two monkeys trying to fuck a football.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
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Call NATO?
Okay, I'll stop. Good question though, and I lol'd at your answer.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 04:15 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 04:06 PM (mP0Kj)
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Lollypop league>>>than the Arab League
Posted by: Dorothy at July 23, 2026 04:12 PM (DNU6e)
True, the Munchkins DID have a military unit armed with Muskets. Never did figure out why they just didn't shoot the bitch, I mean witch.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 04:15 PM (mP0Kj)
Winning wars means destroying not physical stuff - but the will of the enemy to oppose your will.
If they don't value their stuff, or their own civilians' lives enough to say "enough" - then there's nothing left to do than kill them all.
Sorry to be so blunt about it, but thats the fact. They won't surrender - therefore they must all die.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 23, 2026 04:15 PM (WYStd)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 04:14 PM (T2w7I)
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We've largely kept Iran's regular army intact. No leadership strikes on them, even when Israel was mercing everyone they could locate for 6 straight weeks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:15 PM (mnAVU)
Loved the awesome video, Ace! Thank you and I will be sending to others! Thankful to be an American!
My father was a WWII Marine Sgt who spent 30mo in the Pacific Theater, including Peleliu. BS degree in chemistry he claimed to us he mostly goofed off and helped make stills for his friends to ferment anything (he said he just watched).
Nothing stopped him in life, and nothing will stop the US Marines.
I love all of our armed forces and pray for them every night.
While some wail over the price of gas, another quagmire, etc, it had to be done for the first time in 47yrs. President Trump knew this. The armchair quarterbackers can wail away. However, you cannot negotiate with terrorist barbarians. Decimate them all.
There were already "boots on the ground" in my humble and ignorant mind/opinion. Special Forces working with Israel's Mossad and before the first bomb a year ago.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 04:15 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 04:07 PM (BI5O2)
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Nucular.
Posted by: George Bush at July 23, 2026 04:15 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 04:13 PM (9s47C)
Because our Communists love Muslims.
Fellow totalitarian supremacists.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 23, 2026 04:16 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: toby928(c)
The ironic thing is that AWS and in house advertising on Amazon itself with its product placement in searches has become the company rather than selling goods.
Their margins on ads and AWS is far higher than the meager single digit growth and profit rate in their retail business which is why you see so much TEMU like crap there--a lot of better brands are not sold on Amazon as they were in previous times.
Instead, you get the brand of the day generic product from a Chinese mfg that changes with the day.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 04:16 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:15 PM (mnAVU)
And most of its leadership. Interesting, that...
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 04:17 PM (GD0B3)
Obviously the bombing is only good for the MIC and military recruitment goals.
Maybe its time to change incentives and get more international involvement.
For every ship Iran or Yemen attacks, the US deports 10,000 Muslims.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 04:17 PM (9s47C)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 04:07 PM (BI5O2)
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Not a single luxury...
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 04:17 PM (Fi81e)
But the naval blockade and the destruction of Iran's ability to function might. Bomb the bridges. Isolate the south. Bomb the power stations. Kill the IRGC where ever you can find them.
Be patient. I am patient.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 23, 2026 04:18 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 04:14 PM (T2w7I)
Absolutely not.
Israel has a huge army (500,000+). I doubt it is much smaller than Iran's.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2026 04:18 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Gilligan at July 23, 2026 04:18 PM (2Ez/1)
Trump is done being jerked around by the Iranian govt. They are "liars and scum."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 23, 2026 04:19 PM (qFwJc)
But the naval blockade and the destruction of Iran's ability to function might. Bomb the bridges. Isolate the south. Bomb the power stations. Kill the IRGC where ever you can find them.
Be patient. I am patient.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 23, 2026 04:18 PM (qFwJc)
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The blockade is the real killer for Iran. How are they going to pay China for new military equipment when their GDP collapses by at least 50% in a few months and its rial is worthless and it can't get dollars because it can't trade oil?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:19 PM (mnAVU)
Really? Wow!
That's some top-men level anal-y-sis right there.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 23, 2026 04:19 PM (XV/Pl)
Really? Wow!
That's some top-men level anal-y-sis right there.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 23, 2026 04:19 PM (XV/Pl)
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Trump should combine it with some economic pressure. Maybe some kind of wholesale ending of 90% of the country's trade...
But how could he possibly do that?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:20 PM (mnAVU)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 23, 2026 04:20 PM (fZiTB)
Really? Wow!
That's some top-men level anal-y-sis right there.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 23, 2026 04:19 PM
After all, this is a Smart Military Blog™.
Posted by: Your mileage may vary at July 23, 2026 04:21 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 04:21 PM (JvZF+)
No, it's not funny, but those missiles couldn't be intercepted on their way from Iran to the UK?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 04:09 PM (mmrXZ)
They could. But considering how the Limeys have hated, Hated, HATED Americans since we pulled their asses out of the fire at least twice in the 20th Century (three times if you count the Marshall Plan).... Fuck them. They didn't want to spend their own money to maintain their own defenses, so I don't have a problem with standing on the sidelines watching them learn that it was a really bad idea.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 23, 2026 04:21 PM (y9nCu)
Trump made sure that the US was well on its way to being energy independent before initiating corrective measures on Iran.
Imagine fuel prices if a demoncrat were in charge? We would have no fuel and a collapsed grid.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 04:22 PM (9Hs2w)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 04:21 PM
Didn't we pound an armored division a few days ago? At the same time as we were hitting those bridges.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 04:22 PM (4NO2D)
>>But how could he possibly do that?
Don't start wars/kinetic actions you are not prepared to go all the way with.
The only bigger Trump stan than me is Jack Straw and even I'm getting tired of his conduct of the Iran Kinetic Action.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 23, 2026 04:23 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 04:21 PM (JvZF+)
All the more reason to up the pain of the bombing. Let's see if they get off their asses if the prospect of the people they know starving to death presents itself.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 23, 2026 04:23 PM (Yh7zv)
News and Insights
Mortgage Rates Rise Further as Iran War Sends Oil Back Above $100, July 23, 2026
It begins, "Mortgage rates continued their ascent this week, climbing to a new 11-month high as the escalating conflict with Iran puts upward pressure on oil prices."
Nothing compared to years ago: Mortgage rates in the early 1980s did spike past 18 percent, hitting an all-time high average of 18.63 percent in October 1981. This happened because the Federal Reserve raised interest rates heavily to stop runaway inflation.
Nevertheless, buyers nowadays are .... softer. And the msm loves it because Trump. And it didn't mattered for Biden though 30 year mortgaged were peaking near 7.8% in late 2023, hovering significantly higher than at the start of the POTatUS' term.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 04:23 PM (NFX2v)
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But That's Not Who We Are™.
Posted by: Effeminate leaders everywhere at July 23, 2026 04:23 PM (2Ez/1)
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Help Israel invade and plant their flag. Game over.
Bonus: Shrieking from the left.
Posted by: wth at July 23, 2026 04:23 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 04:23 PM (KC5Lt)
Oh wait Italians with no support vs British with Herculean support.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 04:24 PM (7d1L5)
1. The lost their biggest customer for refining crude (Venezuela)
2. Their inflation rate prior to any hostilities was pushing up near 40%.
3. Infrastructure in Iran prior to hostilities was atrocious. Over 1/2 of school buildings had partial or full collapse of roofs. Water desalination was abysmal in efficiency, and agricuture was in the toilet.
4. Protests were starting to ramp up.
Then Israel (and eventually the US) started dismantling their intelligence and IRG hierarchy. But, the protests dissipated. This was because the Iranians in power set up countrywide check points that disallowed people to travel to hot spot protesting areas. I thought sure we'd see those checkpoints targetted to encourage an internal changing of the guard. I even thought there would be Israeli teams on the ground addressing them directly. But, that never seemed to happen.
Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 04:24 PM (dIske)
When peeps at Amazon see a lower price for a product on a competing site, looking at you Walmart, Best Buy, Target, Newegg, etc., they then contact the supplier of said product and threaten to stop selling that product if they don't raise the price on the competitor or make the product an Amazon exclusive.
Only they've got a team on it using AI, to keep up with the tens of thousands of products on Amazon.
Somehow some emails got leaked and they've got all the 'pricing negotiations' in them.
And I'm old enough to remember when Walmart was in this same hot seat.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 23, 2026 04:25 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 04:25 PM (7d1L5)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 04:26 PM (qF+Bw)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 04:26 PM (GD0B3)
289 @282
>>But how could he possibly do that?
Don't start wars/kinetic actions you are not prepared to go all the way with.
The only bigger Trump stan than me is Jack Straw and even I'm getting tired of his conduct of the Iran Kinetic Action.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 23, 2026 04:23 PM (XV/Pl)
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Eh.
He's killing Iran with the blockade. Literally, the country is dying. Malnutrition has definitely started for most of the population. Starvation has probably started for a good chunk. The GDP has collapsed. All that Iran has left is sending out PR notices about things that they definitely haven't done in the strait while randomly firing a handful of missiles a day into Gulf nations who aren't happy about it.
This war started 47 years ago. Trump is ending it by ending Iran as a nation that can do anything outside of its own borders since the leaders aren't interested in anything other than being a state sponsor of terrorism.
The 12th iman can rule Iran as long as they are poor and can't threaten anyone.
All while the Gulf moves to make the strait unimportant by building new pipelines, so even if Iran starts threatening the strait again, it doesn't matter.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 23, 2026 04:26 PM (mnAVU)
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 04:22 PM (9Hs2w)
We should be 100% nuclear by now. 6 or 8 hundred plants all over the place. I'm pissed that when all of a sudden when the surveillance state needs huge data centers we can suddenly do it again.
Posted by: Reforger at July 23, 2026 04:27 PM (gE8mJ)
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Dozens of election workers who helped facilitate the 2020 presidential election in Pennsylvania have reportedly come forward claiming they were personally ordered by the then-Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar to TRASH over 100,000 ballots cast for President Trump and count over 100,000 fraudulent Biden ballots allegedly cast in the names of dead voters and illegal aliens.
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Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 04:27 PM (Fi81e)
I'm just coming up with explanations.
Can we blame Boomers?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 23, 2026 04:27 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 04:28 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 04:23 PM (KC5Lt)
Above was in reply to ^^^^
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 23, 2026 04:28 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 04:29 PM (n5tGW)
What the hell could the UK do to stop them?
Talk about two monkeys trying to fuck a football.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
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Call NATO?
Okay, I'll stop. Good question though, and I lol'd at your answer.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 04:15 PM (mmrXZ)
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I can't remember the type of UK warships and, I think, 2 aircraft carriers...but the number total was around 5 of the former British Navy.
Several were rusted and in dry dock. Two ships, nuclear powered, were going for a parade or something and stalled and had to be hauled back for repair.
This is the Mighty Britannia long may she wave goodbye.
I read this months ago and it may not be accurate from memory...but basically they are not a lot of help on the seas at this point. Can't even defend barbarian invaders in rubber rafts arriving daily from Calais across the English Channel.
I guess Startled Starmer had no concern nor the cane thumping government about spending on the military.
Our military, thanks be to God and President Trump, are the best and most modern in the entire world. We have weapons unheard of, and I am fine without knowing what could be being developed.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 04:29 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 04:23 PM (KC5Lt)
Above was in reply to ^^^^
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 23, 2026 04:28 PM (6ydK
👍 I'm just tired of the constant complaining of how hard it is these days about just about everything.
Posted by: polynikes at July 23, 2026 04:31 PM (KC5Lt)
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It's in the Book
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 04:33 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 04:36 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 23, 2026 04:38 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 23, 2026 04:38 PM (qFwJc)
National Interests Org
A US-Israel Reset Is About More Than Benjamin Netanyahu, July 22, 2026, By Lawrence J. Haas
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 04:39 PM (NFX2v)
Voting for the war powers resolution, as all DEMs & 4 Republicans did today, encourages the IRGC (aka Iran) to believe they can just wait this out.
The U.S. can not "bomb Iran every day for the next year" because a war weary Congress won't allow that.
What really caused the sudden collapse of the South Vietnamese govt was the DEM landslide in 1974, and the immediate end of aid to South Viet Nam pursuant to the seating of the new Congress.
Posted by: mnw at July 23, 2026 04:41 PM (RCjYY)
I don't know. But the silent majority hasn't voted yet and these SDS Commies do not sit well with a lot of folks.
Suppose the Dems win. Trump will continue the blockade.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 23, 2026 04:44 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: FrankinTexas at July 23, 2026 04:58 PM (SFMsh)
Iran is winning this war. At this point there are 3 Senate races that are toss ups. If the Dems will all they will have a majority. We could easily see 5 buck has this summer how will that affect those 3 races?
Posted by: Paul at July 23, 2026 04:59 PM (LmGfb)
Posted by: Williebrownsmattress at July 23, 2026 05:00 PM (jcCxK)
And the part about the Four Unforgivable Words and the Two Words That Must Not Be Spoken.
And been called the usual names for saying it.
And here we are, at the Copybook Headings part of the program.
Posted by: Sam at July 23, 2026 05:17 PM (7jMef)
Posted by: Goatweed at July 23, 2026 05:44 PM (jK3NL)
Posted by: Gil Westrum at July 23, 2026 05:46 PM (yqhRp)
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at July 23, 2026 05:51 PM (KaHlS)
Posted by: Black JEM at July 23, 2026 06:00 PM (7/DDO)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 03:21 PM (FtULh)
To be fair, Trump had to look like he was open to a peaceful solution. He allowed the mad mullahs to show their duplicitous hand, and now he no longer needs to look like he is open to anything but unconditional surrender.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 03:23 PM (lmdht)
The U.S. forces flew in excess of 10,000 combat sorties in 39 days -- with the loss of 12 KIA (6 due to a mid-air collision) and a half-dozen-ish aircraft. That is an amazing achievement. No other military in the world could have achieved that. But if you don't think the aircrews were getting fatigued and weapon-stocks getting low, you don't understand warfare.
The operational pause was for two reasons:
1) Rest the aircrews and refit the aircraft
B) Give Iranian leadership a chance to not be savage goat-fuckers and refrain from attacking neutral shipping in international waters.
Since the IRGC failed the test, we get to keep kicking them in the 'nads. This is essentially a siege.
Yes, we're paying a bit more for gasoline at the pump, but China has been really hurt. No more cheap oil from Iran.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 23, 2026 06:08 PM (ksbjf)
You may fly over a land forever. You may bomb it, atomize it, and wipe it clean of life.
But if you desire to defend it, protect it, and keep it for civilization you must do that on the ground, the way the Roman legions did, by putting your young men into the mud.
I've encountered some Army types altering 'young men' to 'soldiers', no doubt for politically correct reasons.
Posted by: exile on bank street at July 23, 2026 08:28 PM (BolFG)
Posted by: mudderfugger at July 23, 2026 09:45 PM (VIDLi)
Ethiopian Migrant Culturally Enriches Three American Citizens In, Get This, Minnesota
But I'm sure he was an engineer or doctor or scientist developing a cure for cancer. So the three senseless, barbaric murders he committed are balanced out.
This "migrant" could not convince the government to let him bring his family over from Ethiopia. He decided that he was being discriminated against because he was black and an immigrant, which is exactly the murderous grievance instilled in him by the American left.Suspect charged with killing three people in St. Paul apartment leasing office Charges filed against the man accused of fatally shooting three people in St. Paul on Monday allege he opened fire on the apartment management company employees after being told he could not cancel his garage parking contract. Tsegaab Ademassu Binessu, 30, was charged Tuesday in Ramsey County District Court with three counts of second-degree murder. He's accused of killing Nansi G. Fuentes Zambrano, 25, of Inver Grove Heights; Dena M. Silcox, 56, of St. Paul; and Adam J. Wilwerding, 43, of Oakdale. They were fatally shot inside an apartment complex leasing office on St. Paul Avenue on Monday afternoon. The charges state that the shooting was captured on surveillance video and claim that Binessu also confessed to his roommate. Court documents allege that Binessu "executed" the three victims. ... Binessu's longtime roommate reportedly called police and said Binessu had confessed to the shooting. He said Binessu had quit his trucking job and planned on enlisting in the Navy -- and that he had just sold his vehicle. "The roommate thought Binessu planned to speak with apartment management about cancelling his $65/month parking garage contract because he had sold his car," the complaint states. "The roommate spoke to Binessu hours later. Binessu said he had argued with apartment management and ended up killing three people." .... The shooting happened a short time later. The complaint alleges that surveillance video shows Binessu shooting each of the victims multiple times. The complaint states that he was arrested Monday night on the Iron Range, driving the car of one of the victims. Binessu allegedly told investigators "he hated the American system," the complaint states. "Binessu complained of unsuccessfully trying to bring his wife and children from Ethiopia for seven years. Binessu said the prolonged immigration process contributed to his divorce and separation from his children." He also reportedly complained that apartment management would not help him, and that he believed he was "treated unfairly because he is Black and an immigrant."
As Black Conservative Perspective wonders: How long until Tim Walz pardons him?
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled late Tuesday that illegal aliens do not have the constitutional right to roam the nation during their removal proceedings. The ruling, led by Chief Judge Jennifer Elrod, appointed by George W. Bush, overturned the lower court's decision granting bond hearings and releasing three illegal immigrants from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, putting the lower court's orders on hold pending a full appeal. The Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Division's Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate said the decision makes clear that "illegal aliens do not have a constitutional right to roam free in the United States during their removal proceedings." The lower court's February decision -- approving the petition for a writ of habeas corpus -- came after the petitioner, an illegal alien named Ignacio Sosnava Rodriguez, was arrested during a traffic stop in 2025. Rodriguez, who had lived in Texas for 22 years, filed the petition while being held by ICE, arguing that detaining him without bond violates his Fifth Amendment due process rights. The court, using the precedent of the three-factor test from Mathews v. Eldridge, determined that Rodriguez's petition was valid. However, the appeals court disagreed, denying Rodriguez's petition without the appeal needing to reach the court's full bench of judges. Shumate said Tuesday's decision sets an "extraordinary precedential order" that will be used in similar cases going forward. Similarly, the appeals court also stayed the petitions of two other illegal aliens, Alejandro Villegas Angel and Miguel Angel Gomez.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:14 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:15 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: 496 at July 23, 2026 02:15 PM (ffqrs)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at July 23, 2026 02:16 PM (fapp/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 23, 2026 02:17 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 23, 2026 02:17 PM (TlQ7Z)
The guy didn't have a hot girlfriend to share with me so screw him
Posted by: Tim Walz at July 23, 2026 02:18 PM (sKqQm)
He could have been working on deflecting asteroids!!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 23, 2026 02:18 PM (vDZgA)
Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2026 02:18 PM (zGzrB)
Posted by: Tim Walz at July 23, 2026 02:18 PM
Clearly an imposter. Walz likes 13 year old boys.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 23, 2026 02:18 PM (2ocoG)
The Associated Press, ladies and gentlemen:
In impoverished Nepal, where a conservative culture leaves openly transgender people with few legal job options, the impact on aid workers’ lives was particularly crushing. Starving and scared, around 100 LGBTQ+ aid workers left jobless by the funding cuts have turned to sex work to survive, walking the streets alongside the very people they once fought so hard to help.
Damn you, Trump!
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 23, 2026 02:18 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Tim Walz at July 23, 2026 02:18 PM (sKqQm
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This one took me a minute. Woof. Brutal but funny
Posted by: 496 at July 23, 2026 02:19 PM (ffqrs)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 02:19 PM (XuXeR)
Dude looks like former Red Sox pitcher Pedro Hernandez.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:19 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2026 02:18 PM (zGzrB)
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Backstroke
Posted by: 496 at July 23, 2026 02:19 PM (ffqrs)
Can you imagine what FDR would have done with these lower courts? Oh you say I have to let Japanese "undocumented immigrants" free in the country while you consider if I can imprison them?!?
You get a treason trial and you get a treason trial and you get a treason trial!
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 02:19 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 496 at July 23, 2026 02:15 PM (ffqrs)
Doesn't the NRA just give guns away on street corners?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:20 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2026 02:18 PM (zGzrB)
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Turn left at Greenland?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 23, 2026 02:20 PM (amcLV)
LOL.
Learn to Fake it.
Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2026 02:20 PM (zGzrB)
Posted by: The Minnesota Star Tribune at July 23, 2026 02:20 PM (6W6ju)
>>Binessu complained of unsuccessfully trying to bring his wife and children from Ethiopia for seven years.
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Oh man. How long before the AWFLs and nose-ringers blame the whole thing on our evil immigration policies? Or am I behind? Too lazy to check social media, but I'm sure murdering 3 people is the "natural response to our cruelty" blah-blah.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 02:20 PM (mmrXZ)
The Associated Press, ladies and gentlemen:
In impoverished Nepal, where a conservative culture leaves openly transgender people with few legal job options, the impact on aid workers’ lives was particularly crushing. Starving and scared, around 100 LGBTQ+ aid workers left jobless by the funding cuts have turned to sex work to survive, walking the streets alongside the very people they once fought so hard to help.
Damn you, Trump!
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 23, 2026 02:18 PM (aD4fx)
Stop dressing like retards and get real jobs. Idiots.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 23, 2026 02:20 PM (vDZgA)
You know I'm pretty sure if the trannies leave their party city wigs at home and just dress however men normally do in Nepal that this won't be a problem.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 02:21 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 02:21 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at July 23, 2026 02:21 PM (RAxGY)
You went to Nepal. What did you think the result would be?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:22 PM (2YhKe)
How the fuck do you get here from Ethiopia?
Posted by: garrett
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On a plane most likely. The nasty secret is that most of our illegals are actually middle class or higher in their own countries--they aren't the wretched masses in that idiotic Lazarus poem. They are on the make and have money enough for smart phones, plane tickets, etc. but come here to grift.
A lot come in via a visa and never leave.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:22 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 02:22 PM (n5tGW)
The left: America is a deeply racist country that kills black people for sport. We should strive to be more like progressive minority countries like Ethiopia where the people live at peace with each other and nature.
Also the left: How dare the government not let this black guy bring his family here from that shithole Ethiopia.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 02:22 PM (sKqQm)
Tsegaab Ademassu Binessu, 30, was charged Tuesday in Ramsey County District Court with three counts of second-degree murder.
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He sure showed them.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 23, 2026 02:23 PM (HLgI3)
The foreigners seem to be keeping the funeral/death industry going strong.
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 23, 2026 02:23 PM (OkYzo)
Illegal aliens don't have any constitutional rights, to be honest. They're not citizens, so they're not covered.
GTFO.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:23 PM (2YhKe)
SpaceX hardest hit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:24 PM (2YhKe)
They tend to be a model immigrant group, for whatever little that's worth, and not meddle too much with the natives.
I wonder if this guy is from the Muslim minority, or just a whackjob who moved to the US and got all fucked up on American ghetto black ideology.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 02:24 PM (BI5O2)
Why didn't he just go back to Ethiopia if he cared about being separated from his wife and children so much?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2026 02:24 PM (Sz4/F)
I mean my house needs repairs, my local roads look like there has been a war, and my country owes $40T but making sure trannies in another country don't have to work? See the left is focused on the important things.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 02:24 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 02:24 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 02:25 PM (MWfyi)
Canada is now making him leave, which is deeply, deeply Unfair.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 23, 2026 02:25 PM (aD4fx)
You went to Nepal. What did you think the result would be?
Posted by: Sponge
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I don't think they are US citizens but rather some of the sordid payments to sex workers that the US AID did to promote globo homo in places where they don't want it. Probably dreamed up by some deviant in the US AID office that wanted some exotic tail on their travels.
Same as having presentations on gay sex practices in Afghanistan before we left. I guess the theory is if we don't care what our body parts hook up with, then there will be less conflict in the world or some other stupid rot.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:25 PM (E4rtv)
I ran across an interesting stat the other day, not only to legal African immigrants make more then black heritage Americans, they make more then white heritage Americans.
But uh structural racism or something.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)
Oh. So he's a Democrat.
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 02:25 PM (MWfyi)
He came to America and voted democrat. Now that he's going to prison, he'll be voting democrat twice as much.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:26 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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And that is the problem, most people never find out that their perceptions are based on small n samples which are not representative of the group.
They have to go back if the US is to live.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:27 PM (E4rtv)
Same as having presentations on gay sex practices in Afghanistan before we left. I guess the theory is if we don't care what our body parts hook up with, then there will be less conflict in the world or some other stupid rot.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:25 PM (E4rtv)
Hairy man ass. Hairy goat ass.
Same difference, right?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:27 PM (2YhKe)
Spicey Bits
@SpiceyBits
Tsegaab Ademassu Binessu is an import, but now a naturalized U.S. citizen.
He possesses a valid U.S. passport and Social Security card, which confirm U.S. citizenship.
News reports describe him as an immigrant from Ethiopia who has lived in the U.S. for at least seven years.
Posted by: beckster at July 23, 2026 02:27 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the children They do not Kill at July 23, 2026 02:27 PM (gxokI)
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 23, 2026 02:27 PM (OkYzo)
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Driving? Because the primary "stay awake" drug of Ethiopian Truck drivers is Khat. Who wants to make a wager that he didn't QUIT but was terminated because of the DOT crack down?
Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 02:27 PM (dIske)
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It was one day!
We can't start judging people on their highest body-count day!!
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 02:28 PM (Fi81e)
I remember seeing a video from a US program to teach Afghan women about art - I don't know if it was a USAID program or not.
And you'd figure if you were going to do this, and knowing Islamic sensibilities, you'd bring in artists from moderate Muslim countries and cover things like landscape paintings or some such
Oh no...
So in this room of Afghan women covered head to toe you had one flaming American guy and one American woman in a tight t-shirt teaching them about Duchamp's urinal. The Afghan women looked so confused.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 02:29 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Sponge
If he did that in the South, he would qualify for the death penalty x 3 for such a stupid reason. Up North, the idiot judge and jury in Minnesota will simply cry along with the defendant about how unfair it is and give him the equivalent of a parking ticket for killing three people. Same crap as in the UK. Suicidal empathy for shitheads.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:29 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at July 23, 2026 02:21 PM (RAxGY)
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My money is that the plan was to this very thing in the Navy.
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 23, 2026 02:29 PM (86Q0u)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 23, 2026 02:29 PM (6EhGL)
Martinez?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 23, 2026 02:29 PM (6EhGL)
Oops. Yes. That guy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:29 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at July 23, 2026 02:30 PM (Xkol+)
Posted by: mr tmz at July 23, 2026 02:30 PM (rJ48h)
Illegal aliens don't have any constitutional rights, to be honest. They're not citizens, so they're not covered.
GTFO.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:23 PM (2YhKe)
This needs to be shouted from every rooftop.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 23, 2026 02:30 PM (N39Ws)
You kill 23 people in one day? Fine, we'll give that to you, but you'd better not kill anymore!
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 02:30 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 23, 2026 02:30 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: 18-1
This is why we lost in Afghanistan and why we should never try to run other countries. We are as Jerry Pournelle called us, incompetent when running an empire.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:30 PM (E4rtv)
Pro tip: always check the content -- including below the fold -- before making what you think is an original joke.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 23, 2026 02:31 PM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:31 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: mr tmz at July 23, 2026 02:30 PM (rJ48h)
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Blue poisoning has worked it's way through the entire body.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 02:31 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 02:28 PM (Fi81e)
On average he has killed far, far fewer than one person per day.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 02:31 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 23, 2026 02:32 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: mr tmz at July 23, 2026 02:30 PM (rJ48h)
Black lives matter, yo.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:32 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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His whole family got paid by the Saudis with oil deals and more. So Islam has been berry berry good to GWB. I half suspect that he and his wretched family are some of the instigators in Islamic invasion of Texas.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:32 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: 496
That damned Indiana state gun loophole I warned you about.
Posted by: BHO at July 23, 2026 02:32 PM (Xkol+)
Cultural enrichers enriching the soil.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 02:32 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:31 PM (2YhKe)
Kill everyone, and all you did was ruin poker night.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 02:32 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 02:32 PM (JvZF+)
- the cops
- the reporters
- the jailers
- the prosecuting attorney
- the judge
- all of the above
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 02:32 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: mr tmz at July 23, 2026 02:30 PM (rJ48h)
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An example of 'falling' - Lakeville is a rural suburb outside the Twin Cities. From the Red Star Tribune:
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Every Friday, members of the Al Hadi Association gather for prayers in a building owned by the Lakeville school district. It’s a cramped, rented space, with other tenants scattered throughout the building who must work around others’ schedules.
So members of the group rejoiced in June, when the southern suburb’s planning commission recommended the City Council approve a necessary permit for their proposed 3,600-square-foot mosque. The mosque, the second that could be approved in Lakeville in less than a year, reflects the shifting demographics of a once more racially and religiously homogenous community.
“Just like any other religious institute, we have the community need to run our services as well as the programs for our youth, so they can understand our faith,” said Muhammad Shabaz, a leader of the nonprofit association that organizes prayers at a rental location. “So that is the reason we are looking for a bigger space.”
Posted by: beckster at July 23, 2026 02:33 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:27 PM (E4rtv)
Oh, I'm with ya, 100%. Everyone must go, and we have to shut the shit off for at least 25 years.
I'm just saying, if I had to choose, non-Muslim black Africans would be my choice for immigration. In general, their heads aren't full of anti-American poison right from the jump like the Whites and Indians and Asians and Arabs, and they aren't obligate socialists with ties to organized crime, like the Hispanics.
They tend to be much better. But still... shoo, fly.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 02:33 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 02:32 PM (JvZF+)
Because everything is someone else's fault.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:33 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: redridinghood a
Who needs prisons when you have prisoners dig their own graves before being shot and happy fun work camps for others. Just like Chicoms and Soviet Union created.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:33 PM (E4rtv)
This is the part where my crystal ball gets cloudy. It was never real great to begin with. I couldn’t imagine politics and corporate culture being this retarded 25 or 35 years ago. It was obvious the usual suspects had been trying to whip up a racial war for decades, but.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 02:33 PM (xAdLC)
Kill many, you're a conqueror.
Kill 'em all, you're a GOD!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:31 PM (2YhKe)
Captive honor ain’t no honor.
Posted by: Megadeth at July 23, 2026 02:34 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 02:32 PM (JvZF+)
Because everything is someone else's fault.
Posted by: Sponge
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This is the way most of the world thinks and why shitholes predominate--bad things happened because some other bastard stole my cheese. Sometimes it is even true.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:34 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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I'll tell you what. Walk down 9th Street in Washington DC, and see if your theory holds. You'll want to do an inventory when you get to the Shaw neighborhood. Ethiopians are legendary for their pick pocketing. They work in teams, and those not participating are usually sitting on the stoop chewing on khat and watching the show.
Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 02:35 PM (dIske)
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 02:35 PM (RHGPo)
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Politically speaking, this needs to be grinded in the face of libs and progs.
They blamed Tucker (back when he was on Fox News--that Tucker) for the Laredo shooting because the shooter expressed concerns about "replacement theory" that Tucker had expressed concerns about on his show.
This is the same thing. Same principle. They have been pushing a narrative and one of their crazies got crazed over it.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 02:35 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 02:35 PM (RHGPo)
He bought his ticket. He knew what he was getting into.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:36 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 02:36 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:33 PM (2YhKe)
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Which is why I'm still married after so many years.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 02:36 PM (JvZF+)
Christopher Lambert does ok though he does too many silly flourishes, but Mr Krabbs/Clancy Brown...ugh.
He's a bigger man wielding a longer sword. He should have been using his reach against Lambert and nope....he did everything but hold his sword gangster style...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 02:36 PM (sKqQm)
How the fuck do you get here from Ethiopia?
Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2026 02:18 PM (zGzrB)
No idea.
Posted by: Wright Bros at July 23, 2026 02:36 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 23, 2026 02:37 PM (bNf8H)
Rodriguez, who had lived in Texas for 22 years, filed the petition while being held by ICE, arguing that detaining him without bond violates his Fifth Amendment due process rights.
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When does the funding dry up for whoever is advising these illegals? ChatGPT gave me about 10 organizations besides the ACLU.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 02:37 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 23, 2026 02:37 PM (0zUq5)
Posted by: one hour sober at July 23, 2026 02:31 PM (J4Dwc)
You must be new here.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 23, 2026 02:37 PM (zZu0s)
Same difference, right?
Posted by: Sponge
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"And will people please have sex with the troons--they are so lonely."
This is what our CIA spends its time doing with its cultural rot affiliate AID.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:37 PM (E4rtv)
How the fuck do you get here from Ethiopia?
Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2026 02:18 PM (zGzrB)
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Mexican border.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 02:38 PM (Fi81e)
We have been successfully using that procedure for decades, treating them like others on bail with ankle bracelets. Its why we used them besides the SCOTUS ruling that the 5th CoA ignored.
The Trump regime did it so the two private prison companies, who are Trump donors and who Tom Homan worked for, can take $15 MILLION every DAY from US taxpayers to hold these people in inhumane conditions.
There's no incentive for them to go to court appearances if ICE ambushes people at trial, either, and MAGA had no problem with that.
as terrible as this is, it’s also going to be a catalyst for a lot of long overdue change in our country. You might say the bubble is about to burst. We are closing in on mid terms and after that, it will be a dog fight to the 2028 election, but these wrongs will be made right.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 23, 2026 02:38 PM (Xy2sd)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 02:38 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 02:36 PM (RHGPo)
And he was heard yelling "This is MAGA country!" as he was escorted out of the courtroom.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:38 PM (2YhKe)
I don't disbelieve you.
But they had a fairly large presence in Denver. I worked in a factory near their neighborhood as a young guy. It was pretty decent, by the standards of immigrant neighborhoods in Denver.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 02:38 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 02:38 PM (4g5V+)
Fixt.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:39 PM (2YhKe)
https://tinyurl.com/mppv3ak6
Posted by: beckster at July 23, 2026 02:39 PM (kX27y)
There is an active coup being conducted against Americans and our government. These cowards never show themselves. This discovered agent should be treated as a foreign threat and waterboarded and be benefit of whatever else means necessary to help him divulge all the information he possesses of his co-conspirators.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 02:39 PM (ogcfP)
Please! Think of the kittens!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 23, 2026 02:39 PM (0zUq5)
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 02:39 PM (RHGPo)
I know, I know. I kid. I kid. But I swear an illegal could walk into an immigration office waving around a bloody machette like Jason Vorhees, screaming "I will kill" over and over, and they'll just wave him through.
I'll bet any amount of money that this ain't the first time Binessu was violent. I'm sure he was known to police.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 02:40 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: one hour sober at July 23, 2026 02:31 PM (J4Dwc)
I do not understand those words in that order.......
Posted by: Amy Schumer at July 23, 2026 02:40 PM (2YhKe)
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Well, no, but if you'll come right this way, please, I can explain further.
*indicates waiting helicopter*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 02:40 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 02:41 PM (sMkB+)
But I foresee much, much worse days in his future.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 23, 2026 02:41 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
8 Trillion bucks has a lot of federal bucks sloshing around to fund this shit via third party NGO cutouts. That is why Senator Cornhole aka Cornyn of Texas is trying to keep the PEPFAR farce going on in Africa to the tune of six billion bucks.
A lot of that money stays here because it is given in grants to these NGOs and they then turn around and spend it on globo homo immigrant services and Democrat voter mobilization/registration schemes.
I'm sure that Cornhole expects a slice from big Pharma for his soon to be created Foundation of RINOism in Texas so he can live in the style he is accustomed to live.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:41 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 02:41 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 02:41 PM (Ot/FD)
The ones in South Africa found by the Brits to round up the Dutch was a way to control a minority group they were at war with. Really the same thing in FDR's case with the Japanese.
So...no. Western style concentration camps don't have anything to do with standard prisons.
Now socialist concentration camps? They mix and match - regular criminals, "race criminals" and political criminals.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 02:41 PM (sKqQm)
Tell me you don't read the blog without telling me you don't read the blog.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:41 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 02:38 PM (4g5V+)
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I too marvel at my necessarily superhuman powers of self-control.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 02:42 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 02:43 PM (xAdLC)
Tell me you don't read the blog without telling me you don't read the blog.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:41 PM (2YhKe)
Heh. Beat me to it.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 23, 2026 02:43 PM (PSEDc)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 02:43 PM (Nhyh3)
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Actually related to the topic, City Journal contributor Susan Crabtree posted on X:
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The real problem in the Secret Service is not the leaks -- it's the lowering of standards and training and ongoing DEI issues. The current leadership team, led by USSS Director Sean Curran and Deputy Director Matt Quinn, have held back on Hegseth-like reforms to the Secret Service, as I've reported multiple times.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 02:43 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2026 02:43 PM (XeU6L)
That might be a difference from Ethiopians in DC? I dunno.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 02:43 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 02:41 PM (sKqQm)
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Black triangles
Yellow triangles
Red triangles
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 02:44 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:41 PM (E4rtv)
Cornyn is going home in six months.
To DC.
I am positive he thinks he needs a passport to visit TX.
(The rest I can see.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 02:44 PM (4g5V+)
https://tinyurl.com/4arjv29h
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2026 02:44 PM (3OyJk)
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 02:44 PM (RHGPo)
https://tinyurl.com/yps5tbbh
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)
Pedro Martinez.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:44 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 23, 2026 02:45 PM (j+aD2)
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Abdi Nor Iftin is a naturalized U.S.citizen who came to the country when he was 29-year-old.
He first talked about his experience in December 2025.
He said he won a green card lottery, and got the US around 2014. Even with strong English skills, and his desire to get far away from Somalia, he says the first questions from fellow Somalis were about his tribe. Then came the instructions on getting 'free' benefits.
Details:
🔺Somali migrants pressured him to get Section 8, and sign up for Welfare
🔺When he said he wanted to work and become American, he faced backlash with the migrants refusing to integrate and viewing welfare as a 'way of life'
🔺The same Tribal loyalties from Somalia continued, and those who spoke against the pattern were shut down.
🔺He said the Somalis were used to depending on money sent from abroad, so they didn't work to better their own community or rebuild.
🔺The idea of receiving things the easy way “evolved and became part of our way of life for 30 years.”
🔺He said that there are like-minded Somalis but they are silenced.
Posted by: beckster at July 23, 2026 02:45 PM (kX27y)
The real problem in the Secret Service is not the leaks -- it's the lowering of standards and training and ongoing DEI issues. The current leadership team, led by USSS Director Sean Curran and Deputy Director Matt Quinn, have held back on Hegseth-like reforms to the Secret Service, as I've reported multiple times.
Posted by: Axeman
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What the FUCK? Todd Blanche, I know your hands are full, but maybe get on this?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 02:46 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
All the bullshit in popular media about people just snapping and killing people is fake and gay. Killers show escalating criminal behavior before they kill someone including violent threats, assaults, etc.
And in most US murders, both the victim and the perp have criminal records--depending on the city picked, it can be as high as 80-90 percent.
Criminals do criminal actions and if they are not caught, they often escalate from non violent to violent crimes because doing crime becomes enjoyable for them psychologically. And that is why recidivism is so high. Same as drug addicts or pedophiles. Wire your brain where you enjoy doing evil shit, then it takes effort that most criminals or addicts are not willing to do to get out of that lifestyle. Faith is about one of the few ways that seems to accomplish it and sometimes not even then.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:46 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 02:46 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 02:46 PM (sMkB+)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 02:47 PM (abScH)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Secret Service is not under DoJ nor Treasury anymore but in the crappy Dept of Homeland Security with Markwayne Mullins.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:47 PM (E4rtv)
... and prove that Islamophobia is a myth
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 02:47 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 23, 2026 02:48 PM (ZBho7)
I'm beginning to think these immigrants might not share our values.
Posted by: mikeski at July 23, 2026 02:48 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 02:41 PM (Ot/FD)
Ethiopia is poor AF. But it's much wealthier/more advanced than their horrible Muslim neighbors in Somalia and Sudan. Kenya has more Christians too, and is consequently much more advanced too. They have stuff like airports, dams, and roads around the cities. It's not just Hell.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 02:48 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:47 PM (E4rtv)
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The Department of Homeland Security Might Be A Good Idea If We Try It.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 02:49 PM (Fi81e)
The Village people could have used a Witch Doctor.
Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2026 02:49 PM (zGzrB)
But Andrew Breitbart's dying wish was that everyone skip Ace's posts and just read the comments.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 23, 2026 02:49 PM (2ocoG)
According to court documents, Binessu had quit his truck driving job two months prior. He had recently completed an interview with a military recruiter and told his roommate he thought the interview went very successfully.
Because he was preparing to join the Navy, he sold his car to CarMax on the morning of the shooting. He then called the Davern Park Apartments leasing office to cancel his $65 a-month parking contract since he no longer owned a vehicle.
During interviews with investigators, after the murders, he expressed extreme frustration with the "prolonged immigration process," stating he had been unable to bring his wife and children to the United States for seven years. He claimed this prolonged separation contributed to his divorce and that "life without his family no longer made sense."
Thank heavens he didn't get into the US Navy!!!
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 02:50 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 02:50 PM (RHGPo)
To DC.
I am positive he thinks he needs a passport to visit TX.
(The rest I can see.)
Posted by: Cow Demon
Most of these critter create their foundations back in their home states while they live in style in DC or NYC. My guess is to still exercise a bit of influence peddling back in the home state for profit. Same of Obammy creating his library in Shitcargo or Clinton in Arkansas-while they live elsewhere.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:50 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 02:50 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 02:44 PM (RHGPo)
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Those Haitians needed the weekend to get their ducks in a row
Posted by: 496 at July 23, 2026 02:50 PM (ffqrs)
For one thing, the allies were getting their ass beat for the past prior several years. America was not pre-destined to prevail, and the people in charge knew this.
They had instituted a system of rationing and price controls and all but nationalized every business and factory large and small. No civilian consumer goods were manufactured in any quantity, it all went to war material production. You had to turn in your empty toothpaste tube to purchase a new one. Gasoline rationed to a few gallons a week for most. 35 mph speed limit. Car tires? Forget it. And on and on and on.
Workers, materials like lumber, concrete, copper wiring, etc., there is no way in hell they would have went to the logistical trouble to incarcerate thousands in remote hastily built camps, unless they really thought there was a threat. Possibly remote, but they weren’t taking or leaving anything to chance.
Remember, they actually wanted to win, and minimize American casualties. Weird, I know, but they actually did stuff like that back then.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 02:51 PM (xAdLC)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 02:51 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 23, 2026 02:49 PM (2ocoG)
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And reading the content is commonly considered "A rookie mistake".
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 02:51 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: garrett
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Probably drove a cab.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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They take that rail line Biden built across the Indian Ocean.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 23, 2026 02:51 PM (6EhGL)
GTFO.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:23 PM (2YhKe)
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When illegal aliens are detained and held in federal establishments and then given a hot, one-way ticket out of the country courtesy of Expulsion Airlines, that's a gut-punch to the grifting NGO industry.
No grift for lodging illegals for months/years in classy hotels
No grift for taxpayer-funded health care
No grift for taxpayer-funded education.
No grift for tax-payer funded food stamps and welfare assistance.
Posted by: mrp at July 23, 2026 02:51 PM (rj6Yv)
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This happened to an in-law relative of a friend. He was born in MX and soon after his parents legally immigrated here. But he never did anything, his parents should have done it when he was an infant, to become a legal resident.
He's a good guy, works hard, married, etc. But he fooled around all his life without getting a card. Things were lax, to say the least, with no expectation of change. Cops ran a check at a traffic stop.
Bam! elections matter.
He is now a resident of Guerro MX.
That's where his parents family lives. His mom went with him for a couple of weeks to help him acclimate to the 'foreign' culture.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 02:51 PM (ogcfP)
Tell me you don't read the blog without telling me you don't read the blog.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:41 PM (2YhKe)
Heh. Beat me to it.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 23, 2026 02:43 PM (PSEDc)
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Seriously. If yer gonna threadjack the blog, at least put some effort into it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 02:51 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Axeman
nope, best to have separate departments with their own. Secret Service under Treasury was a crackerjack unit. Went to shit when it was one among many at DHS.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:52 PM (E4rtv)
Communism is always on The March.
Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2026 02:52 PM (zGzrB)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 02:41 PM (Ot/FD)
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I think a high percentage of these criminals are known criminals in their home countries. The home country just gives them a plane or ship ticket just to get rid of them. For sure, Cuba, Venezuela, and the like were doing that for decades. Castro was well known for just opening up his jails and herding them all to us.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 02:52 PM (iFTx/)
I don't think anyone ever looks very good in mug shots. I could not tell from looking at the picture without knowing anything further about him, and without reading the story whether he was "ok" or not except that in the picture he looks high and intense.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2026 02:52 PM (6ZG1g)
Posted by: Rum Dum at July 23, 2026 02:53 PM (JM9I6)
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I’m pretty sure you are not supposed to notice stuff like that, Comrade!
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 02:53 PM (xAdLC)
Posted by: SMOD
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Well, let's hope that, if so, there is no islamic backlash.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2026 02:53 PM (XeU6L)
I'm beginning to think these immigrants might not share our values.
Posted by: mikeski at July 23, 2026 02:48 PM (VHUov)
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The university I work for is jacking up its parking fees next month.
I don't think anyone's going to get killed over it, but you never know...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 02:54 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 02:51 PM (FZ29D)
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Take this thread to Cuba!
Posted by: Threadjacker at July 23, 2026 02:54 PM (Fi81e)
Give him time. Walz can pardon him based on the "Don't Judge Me By My Worst Day" legal doctrine, so that Binessu, who hates this country yet wants to be in the US Navy, can murder his way into a day that is even worse than this one.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 02:54 PM (BvPIe)
the first questions from fellow Somalis were about his tribe.
🔺The same Tribal loyalties from Somalia continued
Posted by: beckster
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This is exactly the angry response Ilhan Omar made when her balloon-headed protege Fateh lost that election to Jacob Frey. She blamed it on some tribe. He's still in the MN state senate by the way, heavily favored to win re-election this year.
Renouncing this way of thinking is effectively in the oath of citizenship, and people who fail it should be denaturalized and shipped back to the place where they can live among the like-minded.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 02:55 PM (mmrXZ)
Wakanda was expected to issue a diplomatic protest over the arrest, but has seemingly disappeared from all maps, historical records dating from before 1966.
Stanley Martin Lieber and Jacob Kurtzburg, also going by the names Stan Lee and Jack Kirby evidently invented the whole existence of this country out of thin air with help of an unspecified foreign intelligence agency to some nefarious end.
Posted by: Auspex at July 23, 2026 02:55 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 02:55 PM (BI5O2)
If this CHUD knew what The Blade pays for parking, he woulda shot everyone in the entire city.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 02:55 PM (iFTx/)
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Mariel boat lift, or something like that. They should have dropped a bunker buster right on that fucker’s head. Unlike fine wine, bad news does not improve with age. See Also: Iran, North Korea, Los Angeles, etc
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 02:56 PM (xAdLC)
... and prove that Islamophobia is a myth
Posted by: SMOD
Nothing needs to be provocative. Surely they dream of celebrating 9/11, a quarter century ago, and our 250th anniversary.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 02:56 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 23, 2026 02:56 PM (SwCxT)
Just to troll the idiot students, I would say that we are raising parking fees to pay for additional campus Flock cameras
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 02:56 PM (BvPIe)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
The Winnie Mandela necklace.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 02:56 PM (ffLro)
Posted by: Threadjacker at July 23, 2026 02:54 PM (Fi81e)
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You youngsters don't remember that was a thing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 02:56 PM (JvZF+)
Seriously. If yer gonna threadjack the blog, at least put some effort into it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 02:51 PM (FZ29D)
CBD has suggested many times he should start his own blog.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:56 PM (2YhKe)
You can't judge people on ONE DAY!!
Except, January 6th.
That's the only exempted day.
This is not ad-hoc.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 02:57 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Person who likes "get this" at July 23, 2026 02:58 PM (2Ez/1)
Bam! elections matter.
He is now a resident of Guerro MX.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Wow. If he's the blaming type, I hope he knows where to place it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 02:58 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: GWB at July 23, 2026 02:58 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2026 02:52 PM (6ZG1g)
Trump looked good.
Tom DeLay looked pretty good in his as well.
Glamor Shots in the holding cell waiting room.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:59 PM (2YhKe)
But not anymore. *sips iced tea*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 02:59 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 02:51 PM (FZ29D)
CBD has suggested many times he should start his own blog.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:56 PM (2YhKe)
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Yep. He seems to be getting lazier about his posts as he routinely posts something that's already been covered by Ace or the COBs. This latest attempt is particularly dumb because it was literally covered in the LAST THREAD.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 02:59 PM (FZ29D)
The answer is the Niihau incident. A Japanese pilot landed on a small island that was mostly populated by ethnic Hawaiians but a few ethnically Japanese people.
The Hawaiians captured the pilot but then the Japanese people helped him escape.
The American government took this to mean there was a serious risk of ethnically Japanese Americans assisting Imperial Japan.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 02:59 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 02:59 PM (Fi81e)
🔺The same Tribal loyalties from Somalia continued
Posted by: beckster
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This is exactly the angry response Ilhan Omar made when her balloon-headed protege Fateh lost that election to Jacob Frey. She blamed it on some tribe. He's still in the MN state senate by the way, heavily favored to win re-election this year.
Renouncing this way of thinking is effectively in the oath of citizenship, and people who fail it should be denaturalized and shipped back to the place where they can live among the like-minded.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 02:55 PM (mmrXZ)
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The company I work for has businesses in which Africans are heavily involved as customers, employees, vendors, etc. Also heavily Muslim.
Some of the tribal rivalries and hatreds are so intense it's impossible for them to be in the same room with each other. Not joking.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/)
If this CHUD knew what The Blade pays for parking, he woulda shot everyone in the entire city.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 02:55 PM (iFTx/)
The fuck was he parking, a matchbox car?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 03:00 PM (Ot/FD)
Secret Service is not under DoJ nor Treasury anymore but in the crappy Dept of Homeland Security with Markwayne Mullins.
Posted by: whig
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Woops, I knew it was DHS, I meant Markwayne.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 03:00 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: whig
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I think the neural pathways of stimulation/pleasure are the same for sex, gambling, and crime.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 03:01 PM (ogcfP)
Tell me you don't read the blog without telling me you don't read the blog.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:41 PM (2YhKe)
Heh. Beat me to it.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 23, 2026 02:43 PM (PSEDc)
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Seriously. If yer gonna threadjack the blog, at least put some effort into it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 02:51 PM (FZ29D)
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"Threadjack? Is that like jacking off in port-a-potties while surrounded by the sweet sweet smell of human feces?"
-- Maine Gay Nazi
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 03:02 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Mike Hunt Hertz at July 23, 2026 03:02 PM (bX16E)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 23, 2026 03:02 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 02:59 PM (sKqQm)
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Michelle Malkin wrote a fair analysis about this. She raises the point that immigrants and 1st generation Japanese maintained strong bonds of loyalty to Japan and fealty to the Emperor. Many were educated in Japan. There was a legitimate fear of 5th column action.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 03:02 PM (JvZF+)
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Flying used to be fun. You could show up at the last minute and basically drive your car out on the tarmac at some places and get on the plane. Buy a ticket with cash, all sorts of things that are not allowed today, ever. Nobody gave it a second thought.
“D.B. Cooper” and just a few clowns like that ruined commercial civilian aviation experience in a lot of ways. And then September 2001. Seems the government hadn’t learned much. It was an open secret for decades the great security fear was hijacked airliners. Anyone who lamented “who could have seen this coming” is full of shit
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 03:03 PM (xAdLC)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 23, 2026 03:04 PM (bX16E)
Posted by: Ralph at July 23, 2026 03:04 PM (8WZD4)
Posted by: whig
Two felony convictions and off to Devil's Island you go.
Posted by: mr tmz at July 23, 2026 03:04 PM (rJ48h)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/)
A simple “we don’t do that shit here” would be appropriate.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 03:04 PM (wLzbH)
If this CHUD knew what The Blade pays for parking, he woulda shot everyone in the entire city.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 02:55 PM (iFTx/)
The fuck was he parking, a matchbox car?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 03:00 PM (Ot/FD)
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I assume it was some shitty apartment complex where all the residents -- including this scumbag -- are heavily subsidized by us the taxpayer, and the landlord figured out a way to make a few extra bucks charging for outdoor parking spaces. $65 will barely get you parking for a day in a major city.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 03:05 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/)
A simple “we don’t do that shit here” would be appropriate.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 03:04 PM (wLzbH)
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There are videos of the 2 main Somali clans duking it out in the Somali areas of MPLS.
Posted by: beckster at July 23, 2026 03:06 PM (kX27y)
Also, I know Trump's hands are full and there's only so much reorganizing and defunding he can do in four years, but I hope fixing (dissolving?) DHS is on his list.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 03:06 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/)
A simple “we don’t do that shit here” would be appropriate.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 03:04 PM (wLzbH)
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Next you'll tell me we can settle the Middle East conflicts like that ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 03:07 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: mrp at July 23, 2026 03:07 PM (rj6Yv)
A simple “we don’t do that shit here” would be appropriate.
Posted by: nurse ratched.
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I'd love it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 03:08 PM (mmrXZ)
CBC - PM talking about Detroit Bridge
FoxNews - Iran
CNN - Saudi Arabia and Trump
MS Now - Iran
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 23, 2026 03:08 PM (Sco7b)
Also, I know Trump's hands are full and there's only so much reorganizing and defunding he can do in four years, but I hope fixing (dissolving?) DHS is on his list.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Woops, totally blew that. I meant to say I hope it's on Rubio's list. For 2028 and beyond!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 03:08 PM (mmrXZ)
That sentiment is discouraged among our new arrivals from the vibrant Third World.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 23, 2026 03:09 PM (bX16E)
Plus I am a chomo.
Posted by: Tim Walz, chomo at July 23, 2026 03:09 PM (e2lsi)
CBC - PM talking about Detroit Bridge
FoxNews - Iran
CNN - Saudi Arabia and Trump
MS Now - Iran
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 23, 2026 03:08 PM (Sco7b)
Excellent update! thanks
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 03:09 PM (GD0B3)
https://tinyurl.com/37yuaawh
Posted by: beckster at July 23, 2026 03:10 PM (kX27y)
Being an amateur student of history to some degree, I’m really not persuaded at all when somebody in government claims they can’t do anything about some problem. If the government won’t address some problem, then … they want it that way, basically.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 03:10 PM (xAdLC)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 03:09 PM (GD0B3
Literally the least I can do.
You're welcome.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 23, 2026 03:10 PM (Sco7b)
I assume it was some shitty apartment complex where all the residents -- including this scumbag -- are heavily subsidized by us the taxpayer, and the landlord figured out a way to make a few extra bucks charging for outdoor parking spaces. $65 will barely get you parking for a day in a major city.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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I was gonna say, a parking contract that obligates you for a year or whatever is a POS anyway.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 03:11 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 23, 2026 02:56 PM (SwCxT)
"Politics is what we do to each other"
--Hillz the Clinton
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 03:11 PM (rbvCR)
"Politics is what we do to each other"
--Hillz the Clinton
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 03:11 PM (rbvCR)
"In the butt, Bob."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:12 PM (2YhKe)
And your Somalian-adjacent brain couldn't see the solution?
Posted by: t-bird at July 23, 2026 03:12 PM (/IZKJ)
Curious whether the dude could have had a month-to-month parking contract for, say, $75/month.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 03:12 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: t-bird at July 23, 2026 03:12 PM (/IZKJ)
I mean, he murdered 3 people. What did you WANT him to do?
Geez.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:13 PM (2YhKe)
Wow. If he's the blaming type, I hope he knows where to place it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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No, he's a good guy. He's a father, a husband, a worker, he has no accent, totally integrated into American society.
I think this has happened to many, he just fell prey to the laxity of the times. Ever since Reagan, if one participated in society as a citizen there was no kickback and zero motivation from anywhere to go forward for citizenship or residency. A don't make waves or don't ask don't tell attitude from the govt.
It's easily conceivable that this happened to hundreds, especially before mass public awareness that Trump was serious. And more than that, That he was capable of carrying out the threat.
So many politicians say they are going to do something and don't
These type of events are what have encouraged and caused the huge numbers of self deportation.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 03:13 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 23, 2026 03:13 PM (8mE42)
And your Somalian-adjacent brain couldn't see the solution?
Posted by: t-bird at July 23, 2026 03:12 PM (/IZKJ)
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He won't have to think too much for a long while.
Posted by: mrp at July 23, 2026 03:14 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: jwest at July 23, 2026 03:14 PM (BwWDk)
And a Shotspotter system.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 23, 2026 03:15 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: The Mantastic Tor at July 23, 2026 03:16 PM (We5PL)
That sentiment is discouraged among our new arrivals from the vibrant Third World.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 23, 2026 03:09 PM (bX16E)
Now if I could just get the Californicators out of AK...
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 03:16 PM (lmdht)
Posted by: jwest at July 23, 2026 03:14 PM (BwWDk)
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The best plans in Ethiopia include organic feed for your donkey.
Posted by: mrp at July 23, 2026 03:16 PM (rj6Yv)
Tim Walz appointee sentenced to life in jail for murdering Democrat lawmakers last year
https://tinyurl.com/2e5p2vhe
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Maybe they weren't Democrat Democrats.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 03:17 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 03:18 PM (lmdht)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:19 PM (2YhKe)
Tim Walz appointee sentenced to life in jail for murdering Democrat lawmakers last year
Makes perfect sense. She voted against Walz's wishes on a bill, and under his weird gay Democrat version of omerta that's a death sentence.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 23, 2026 03:19 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 03:04 PM (wLzbH)
And get the old fart at the Cubbies game to smack them upside the head.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 03:19 PM (lmdht)
It's easily conceivable that this happened to hundreds, especially before mass public awareness that Trump was serious.
Posted by: Braenyard
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I was asking because of one such case where a guy was here from infancy and got shipped back to the UK and hated it. He blamed his parents. They never got him papers and he actually had no idea he was illegal because -- as you note -- lax or nonexistent enforcement.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 03:22 PM (mmrXZ)
Brandon Ortiz-Vite, illegal alien who murdered his girlfriend and dumped her body along a Grand Rapids highway, is demanding a public apology and $75 million from Donald Trump, who he says caused the whole thing.
Posted by: Auspex at July 23, 2026 03:23 PM (Y8DZL)
It would get the point across.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 03:23 PM (Rem44)
Little Marco
With his Little Marco hands
Posted by: Commissar of plenty
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Little Marco told Otega and the rest of them (Lula) that we aren't going to put up with his bs.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 03:24 PM (ogcfP)
In the spirit of Aloha, a Hawaiian then beat him to death with a club.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 23, 2026 03:28 PM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 02:41 PM (Ot/FD)
Catholic (and other churches) "Charities" - fully funded by our tax dollars. They're a major player in the invasion.
Posted by: Peaches at July 23, 2026 03:38 PM (eh7Rr)
You went to Nepal. What did you think the result would be?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:22 PM (2YhKe)
Nepal is what, 100 miles wide from N to S? And it would likely be downhill as well. Take a bus out of the country.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 23, 2026 03:47 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: t-bird at July 23, 2026 03:12 PM (/IZKJ)
I mean, he murdered 3 people. What did you WANT him to do?
Geez.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 03:13 PM (2YhKe)
Drive to North Minnesota, where he is sure going to fit in perfectly.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 23, 2026 03:50 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Harun at July 23, 2026 04:15 PM (IuIym)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 23, 2026 04:27 PM (zdLoL)
One of JD Vance's Secret Service Agents Is Under Investigation for Leaking "Sensitive" Information
Just filled with rotten apples, one after another.
The agent is on administrative leave as the government conducts both administrative and criminal investigations.
A member of Vice President JD Vance's Secret Service detail is under investigation for allegedly leaking sensitive information, the agency confirmed Thursday. The administrative investigation could become a criminal inquiry, Anthony Guglielmi, the Secret Service's chief of communications, said, according to CBS News. "While we will not comment on the specifics of this matter, one principle is unequivocal: any conduct that potentially threatens the safety of a protectee will not be tolerated," Gugliemi said. The allegations, according to Gugliemi, involve compromising operational and information security. Gugliemi didn't provide specific allegations, nor did he name the person under suspicion.
This follows last week's story that the White House teleprompter operator had made $100,000 making political bets on Kalshi, based, assumedly, on inside information about what Trump would be talking about before he actually said it.
President Donald Trump's longtime teleprompter operator is believed to have made tens of thousands of dollars by placing bets on more than a dozen of Trump's speeches on the prediction market Kalshi, federal investigators with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission found, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Gabriel Perez, a technical assistant to the president who has been operating Trump's teleprompter since 2016, is in talks with federal regulators to settle allegations he used his inside knowledge of the president's speeches to win more than $100,000, the sources said. According to the sources, Kalshi alerted its regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), to the suspicious activity on its "Mentions" market, where users can bet on whether specific words, phrases or topics are uttered during a public speech. "Our surveillance team promptly flagged and referred these trades to the CFTC, and we are cooperating and assisting regulators," Kalshi's head of enforcement, Bobby DeNault, said in a statement provided to ABC News. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday afternoon, following ABC News' report, that Perez has been put on unpaid administrative leave. Leavitt said she spoke with President Trump about it, and he thought it was a "disgrace" and made the decision himself to put Perez on unpaid.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Open Channel D at July 23, 2026 01:19 PM (gYnrv)
Posted by: Open Channel D at July 23, 2026 01:20 PM (gYnrv)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 23, 2026 01:20 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 23, 2026 01:21 PM (YRncM)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 01:22 PM (2YhKe)
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Posted by: Open Channel D at July 23, 2026 01:22 PM (gYnrv)
Posted by: LASue at July 23, 2026 01:23 PM (lCppi)
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Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2026 01:24 PM (dom7w)
Posted by: Billythesquid at July 23, 2026 01:24 PM (J/mA4)
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I'll wager "douchebag" for $100 in J.D. Vance's next speech.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 01:25 PM (JvZF+)
Good for him. "Prediction market" my ass. It's gambling, and the house was losing.
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 01:25 PM (XuXeR)
Some of that could be AI backed arbitrage but it screams insider trading
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 01:25 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2026 01:27 PM (lt7On)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 01:27 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 01:27 PM (JvZF+)
The Little Orange Book
Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2026 01:27 PM (zGzrB)
If only someone had actually followed up on their big talk and cleaned up the org.
Oh well, Podcasting pays so well, I can see the appeal.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 23, 2026 01:28 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 23, 2026 01:28 PM (xyuoi)
There have been 3 serious attempts - one guy is dead and the other two are in jail.
But there has been no visible effort to do anything to the groups working with the would be assassins or even an effort to roll up the people providing them material assistance.
If Trump goes down does Vance keep this going the same way or does he actually role up leftwing networks?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 01:29 PM (n5tGW)
A judge has ruled that Cher owns the copyright on songs, not Sonny Bono's widow. But Cher has to pay her lawyers a million dollars in fees.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 01:29 PM (7d1L5)
Posted by: torabora at July 23, 2026 01:29 PM (EiY+S)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 01:29 PM (n5tGW)
He must think he's a congressman or something
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 23, 2026 01:29 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: The_Hoser at July 23, 2026 01:30 PM (H4qGm)
I gave Bongino a brief benefit of the doubt window when he promised to spill his reasons once he was back in private life.
He didn't. Dead to me now.
Posted by: Delurker at July 23, 2026 01:30 PM (2Drhq)
Posted by: Billythesquid
It will be a doozy. A must read.
Posted by: Tuna at July 23, 2026 01:30 PM (lJ0H4)
Some of that could be AI backed arbitrage but it screams insider trading
Posted by: 18-1
And probably more than one IC is engineering events through informers who get to place bets for the upcoming event.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 23, 2026 01:30 PM (diia5)
As for the Teleprompter guy,
[Stan Marsh gif of, 'I thought this was America!']
Joe Biden's teleprompter guy was making the same bet but with 'He will sound like he has a mouthful of marbles when he gives his speech' caveat
Posted by: Blanco at July 23, 2026 01:30 PM (q83gU)
Posted by: Polka will never die at July 23, 2026 01:30 PM (RUm4z)
Posted by: man
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All gambling is a prediction market. Can't bet on the past.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 23, 2026 01:30 PM (6EhGL)
Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2026 01:27 PM (zGzrB)
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The Little Orange Hand Grenade
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 01:31 PM (JvZF+)
DC is not a swamp. It's a cesspit.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 01:31 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Delurker at July 23, 2026 01:31 PM (2Drhq)
Why is this illegal?
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 01:32 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 23, 2026 01:32 PM (yQO77)
Well, that's gotta be a gold mine, right? Can anyone name more than one?
Posted by: Oddbob at July 23, 2026 01:32 PM (JJfPO)
Look, if you're a Secret Service officer, setting up a Presidential candidate to be shot by a sniper is about as bad a job as you could possibly do. It's gotta be #1 at the top of the "DON'T" side of the "Do's & Don'ts" page in your orientation packet when you get hired.
But long before they pulled that fun little stunt, they were plagued by scandal after scandal after scandal, from Thai hookers and blow, to shaking down Ukrainian hookers and Arizona cops to cover for Hunter Biden's little oopsies, and all sorts of fun stuff in between.
If there was a police agency begging to be defunded, it's that one.
Get rid of it.
Let the candidates and Presidents recruit their own loyal executive protection, and just pay for that.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 01:33 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Maize and Blew at July 23, 2026 01:33 PM (qUkBO)
"Well you MAGA are supposed to believe in Free Speech...." -- Some Lib Somewhere.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 01:33 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 01:33 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 23, 2026 01:33 PM (SwCxT)
Heck I can name more Cher songs than Sonny and Cher songs.
Posted by: Delurker at July 23, 2026 01:33 PM (2Drhq)
Posted by: Homer Simpson at July 23, 2026 01:33 PM (Lff4o)
Posted by: Polka will never die at July 23, 2026 01:34 PM (RUm4z)
Posted by: Polka
I'm not understanding how being a native born American is not a BFOQ for the job of protecting the president of the United States.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 23, 2026 01:34 PM (0U5gm)
The RCMP officer (34-year-old Evenson Dumerlus of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec) was stripped of his G7 duties the same day, sent home, and suspended. He was, eventually, charged.
I suppose the US press missed this one.
Posted by: Orson at July 23, 2026 01:34 PM (dIske)
Well, that's gotta be a gold mine, right? Can anyone name more than one?
Didn't she have that one song she sang about how hard it is to be an Indian halfbreed?
Of course I'll be honest, I didn't even know there were American Indians in Armenia for Cher's ancestors to be there...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Maize and Blew at July 23, 2026 01:33 PM (qUkBO)
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Moar much moar of this!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 01:34 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Delurker at July 23, 2026 01:34 PM (2Drhq)
-=SECRET=- Service.
Not the "Ooooooooh have I got something to tell yoooooou" Service.
Damn nincompoops.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 01:34 PM (Ot/FD)
Why is this illegal?
I don't understand the question.
Posted by: Nancy P. at July 23, 2026 01:34 PM (JJfPO)
It does have a counting cards feel to it, doesn't it? If you know too much you can't play.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 01:35 PM (n5tGW)
Check out the video. She was... good looking. Very.
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 01:35 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 01:35 PM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: Autopen at July 23, 2026 01:35 PM (EiY+S)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 01:36 PM (sMkB+)
Yeah.
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 01:36 PM (XuXeR)
I'll bet he's never gonna get into the hall of fame now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 01:36 PM (edUvp)
A member of Vice President JD Vance's Secret Service detail is under investigation for allegedly leaking sensitive information, the agency confirmed Thursday.
The allegations, according to Gugliemi, involve compromising operational and information security. Gugliemi didn't provide specific allegations, nor did he name the person under suspicion.
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Something about the new Air Force One defenses?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 23, 2026 01:36 PM (hZ1gu)
No unionizing permitted but I'm looking forward to responses by United States Secret Service Association (USSSA) & Special Agents Mutual Benefit Association (SAMBA).
And, of course, the democratic socialist American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE).
AFGE Press Release, for Immediate Release June 4, 2026
Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses James Talarico for U.S. Senate in Texas
Categories: Senate, Congress, Election 2026
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 01:36 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 01:32 PM (4NO2D)
If it involves foreign policy or law enforcement secrets it ought to be. That's for the President to decide when the enemy hears about it.
If someone is throwing bets online about this shit, you can be sure some little yellow heathen is monitoring it, and informing all his lowlife pals around the world about it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 01:37 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 01:37 PM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 01:37 PM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: toby928
Because the speeches are typed in beforehand. Trump does wander off during his speeches, but at least half of what he will say is loaded hours before the speech.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 23, 2026 01:37 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
We have to change laws on shooting people who are potentially dangerous.
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 01:38 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 01:38 PM (ffLro)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 01:38 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Polka will never die at July 23, 2026 01:30 PM (RUm4z)
I mean he was wearing a mustache as a disguise so how could they know it was a honey trap?
Posted by: CaliGirl at July 23, 2026 01:38 PM (yCOgV)
It should not be illegal if the platform is legal. But yes it is unethical in an administration IMO.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 01:39 PM (n5tGW)
Imagine how the current left would react when a private secret service shot some lefty running at the president.
Zer just wanted to shake Trump's hand you NAZIs!
But he had a gun?
Don't you wingnuts know having a gun is legal via the 2nd Amendment?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)
What does this f*ckwit do? Leak information on his principle? I hope they throw the book at him so hard he gets a f**king concussion. Leaking information on someone you're supposed to protect makes you a spy.
I'm sure nothing will happen but I think h*nging is a perfectly reasonable possiblity.
Posted by: Nelly at July 23, 2026 01:39 PM (6+ehB)
Also if he bets that Trump would lose his place, that's obviously something that a teleprompter guy can affect.
I guess since in the form of a conflict of interest regardless, it's a good thing the WH took action.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 01:39 PM (Fi81e)
Is vpotus' secret service leak a dude or a chick?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
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Dude. Tomas Escotto.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 01:39 PM (mmrXZ)
if you want to make a bet on who wins an election or a sports game, cool. A lot of the other types of bets lend themselves to government corruption, not much different than insider trading with stocks.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 23, 2026 01:40 PM (O8L9K)
It should not be illegal if the platform is legal. But yes it is unethical in an administration IMO.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 01:39 PM (n5tGW)
They technically are "futures". That's how it's legal. Somehow. I don't know the details. But i've heard that much, anyway.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 01:40 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Auspex at July 23, 2026 01:40 PM (Y8DZL)
I can tell you know if O'Keefe got an attractive woman to flirt with pretty much any of my cow-workers they would spill every corporate secret they had...
And this is how Anna Chapman's "espionage" worked too
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: torabora at July 23, 2026 01:41 PM (EiY+S)
how hard could it be to get rid of this type of detritus?
btw "foreign" was equivalent to other DEI categories and a prized feature - this person could be white and blonde and still its a DEI plus to be foreign. so, not being racist I just do not think foreigners should make up agencies like this!!! (or really any govt! but this one is egregious)
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 23, 2026 01:41 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Maize and Blew at July 23, 2026 01:33 PM (qUkBO)
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Moar much moar of this!
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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I'm curious how he got caught on such a small amount. But I have heard options markets are incredibly transparent and it can be obvious to a regulator who comes out of nowhere with insider info.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 23, 2026 01:41 PM (O8L9K)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 01:41 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 23, 2026 01:41 PM (QZThv)
Don’t be surprised in the next 10 years if one or more major sports leagues have major gambling scandals. They already have minor ones left and right. An NFL executive for the Cardinals suspended for making bets on the draft… college football players making bets on their own team. When the app is on your phone it’s push button betting…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 23, 2026 01:41 PM (yz/88)
Posted by: torabora at July 23, 2026 01:42 PM (EiY+S)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 01:42 PM (NFX2v)
FAILURE!! CALL IT OUT!
A true neocon administration would carefully sweep this whole thing under the rug as to not taint the perception of the administration. Because that is who they are.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 01:42 PM (rbvCR)
Run around the tree till the tiger turns to butter.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 01:43 PM (2YhKe)
Have not heard a Pelosi or disciple of the Nan clan disciplined. 😈
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 01:42 PM (NFX2v)
Her husband got his ass punished, I heard.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 01:43 PM (Ot/FD)
Democrat House leader Hakeem Jeffries claims that Democrats will now fight fraud:
“We will hold the crooks accountable…If you have been stealing from the American people, we’re coming after you.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 01:44 PM (ndZc7)
Draftfanceasersduel stadiums wave "hi"
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 01:44 PM (XuXeR)
Have not heard a Pelosi or disciple of the Nan clan disciplined. 😈
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 01:42 PM (NFX2v)
Feinstein had a f*cking Chinese spy as her driver for 20 years and that f*cker is STILL getting tax dollars paid to him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 01:44 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 01:44 PM (JvZF+)
Don’t be surprised in the next 10 years if one or more major sports leagues have major gambling scandals. They already have minor ones left and right. An NFL executive for the Cardinals suspended for making bets on the draft… college football players making bets on their own team. When the app is on your phone it’s push button betting…
Posted by: LinusVanPel
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Agreed.
I'm pro free market on most broad issues, I dont think more people gambling is a good thing for society. Even if you can make a libertarian case for it.
Online gambling really is becoming a real problem.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 23, 2026 01:44 PM (O8L9K)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 23, 2026 01:41 PM (yz/8
The NBA has already had several.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 01:45 PM (2YhKe)
Her hubby too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 01:44 PM (JvZF+)
HAMMERTIME!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 01:45 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 01:45 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: CaliGirl
There probably should be a different term when the trap is for a homosexual, but given their predilections, I hesitate to suggest an alternate word.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 23, 2026 01:45 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 01:45 PM (XuXeR)
Personally I want to know what happened to all the agents that immobilized Trump on stage after the first volley of shots in Butler. I also want to know what happened to the agents that were supposed to sweep the golf course ahead of Trump in West Palm Beach and apparently decided it was a good day to drink coffee instead.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 01:46 PM (rbvCR)
Heck I can name more Cher songs than Sonny and Cher songs.
Posted by: Delurker at July 23, 2026 01:33 PM (2Drhq)
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Is there one about their kid adding a dick?
Posted by: The_Hoser at July 23, 2026 01:46 PM (H4qGm)
Kalshi doesn't want it for the same reason that pro players can't gamble, because they can affect the outcome. But that's internal to them, I just don't see a criminal element here.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 01:46 PM (n5tGW)
Online gambling really is becoming a real problem.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 23, 2026 01:44 PM (O8L9K)
It's fine to believe that but being consistent on it in any broad way will be very difficult.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 01:46 PM (Nhyh3)
The rich bastards who win get richer and can afford to do more bastarding.
The poor bastards who lose go on the dole and get to bastard around for the rest of their lives for free.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 01:47 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 23, 2026 01:47 PM (qFwJc)
If you're not that careful it's pretty shocking you managed to graduate law school in the first place (unless of course you cheated your way through that too).
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 01:47 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 01:45 PM (2YhKe)
They sure brushed that Tim Donahoe officiating scandal under the rug really fast… not to mention the more recent one involving a coach and players (Chauncey Billups IIRC)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 23, 2026 01:47 PM (yz/88)
“I said what I said. I think it’s kind of common sense. … I think it’s really important to protect children.”
“I don’t dislike anyone. … I’m there to love, but I’m also there to love biological women. …”
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When she's right, she's right.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 01:47 PM (ndZc7)
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"Becoming" is in the rear view mirror
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 01:45 PM (XuXeR)
"Really is became" wouldn't sound right.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 01:47 PM (Nhyh3)
Pooh jar? Loose sphincter? Stool pusher?
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 01:47 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 01:48 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at July 23, 2026 01:48 PM (JBGnb)
Posted by: CaliGirl at July 23, 2026 01:48 PM (yCOgV)
He's gone butch!
Democrat House leader Hakeem Jeffries claims that Democrats will now fight fraud:
“We will hold the crooks accountable…If you have been stealing from the American people, we’re coming after you.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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LOL as if.
What's perfectly clear is that someone is looking for unfaithful comrades to purge. But since this is coming from Hack'em Jeffries, the only question is who is he aiming at? The commie upstarts like Darializa Chevalier, or party old-timers who he considers to be so much baggage?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 01:48 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 01:46 PM (rbvCR)
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Are you implying there is a BAD day to drink coffee?
Posted by: The_Hoser at July 23, 2026 01:48 PM (H4qGm)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 01:43 PM (Ot/FD)
Well, i thought that's why the homeless guy was there; to do the *ss part but then i guess negotiations broke down because i'm sure ol' Paul the millionaire wanted his homeless guy booty on the cheap so out came the renegotiation hammer. That's how real millionaires go out; beaten to d*ath by g*y male homeless pr*stitutes.
Posted by: Nelly at July 23, 2026 01:49 PM (6+ehB)
If you want to make a living gambling you can do it most easily with tennis, from my understanding.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 01:49 PM (Nhyh3)
Everyone I know was buying Exxon and Chevron hand over fist in 2020-2021, because it wasn't rational for oil to be driven down by idiotic rumors smashing the futures market.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 23, 2026 01:49 PM (0U5gm)
Online gambling really is becoming a real problem.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 23, 2026 01:44 PM (O8L9K)
Sports betting sponsoring sports is a HUGE problem.
Everything is graft. Everything is rigged. Nothing is watchable.
I'm a fan of the NHL and even THAT has troublesome officiating more often than I'd like to admit.
There were MULTIPLE outlets declaring the World Cup rigged for Argentina. They got to the final, then looked like a 14u team against Spain.
24 saves by the Argentina goalie? FFS......They had NO BUSINESS being in the final with that shit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 01:50 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 01:50 PM (XuXeR)
Honey Bucket.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 23, 2026 01:50 PM (kYmoU)
That gives me an idea for a story. And a casual family restaurant.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 23, 2026 01:50 PM (rQpPw)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 01:49 PM (Nhyh3)
But then you'd have to watch tennis.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 01:50 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 23, 2026 01:50 PM (j+aD2)
It's fine to believe that but being consistent on it in any broad way will be very difficult.
Posted by: ...
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I think it's pretty normal to say you can oppose socialism and big government, but you dont then think any private transaction escapes government regulation for the good of society.
I dont think there's many traditional conservatives that think open trade barriers without tariffs (free trade) should be in all cases or that meth and fetanyl should be legal to buy at a 7/11.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 23, 2026 01:50 PM (O8L9K)
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 23, 2026 01:50 PM (XdJ05)
Honey Bucket.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 23, 2026 01:50 PM (kYmoU)
The so-called 'honey hole'...........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 01:51 PM (2YhKe)
Feinstein had a f*cking Chinese spy as her driver for 20 years and that f*cker is STILL getting tax dollars paid to him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
The gods are as bit angrier today. 🤗
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 01:51 PM (NFX2v)
“We will hold the crooks accountable…If you have been stealing from the American people, we’re coming after you.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 01:44 PM (ndZc7)
Is he going to chase you down with his little butt bat and give your squeak hole a lesson in the meaning of the word 'respect' ?
Posted by: Nelly at July 23, 2026 01:51 PM (6+ehB)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 01:51 PM (XuXeR)
Her hubby too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 01:44 PM (JvZF+)
HAMMERTIME!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 01:45 PM
Can't touch this!
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at July 23, 2026 01:52 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 01:53 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 23, 2026 01:50 PM (XdJ05)
I just need this chair....and this remote control.....
Posted by: Navin Johnson at July 23, 2026 01:53 PM (2YhKe)
That bitch Kerry O'Grady never got anything worse than a demotion after she posted in 2016 that she'd do jail time sooner than take a bullet for Trump. I wonder what's become of her. No hit on her pension anyway!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 01:53 PM (mmrXZ)
I started on 10 Oct, 2025 with $24,671.
Current value is $29,729.
Total dollar gain: $5,057
Simple total return: +20.5%
Annualized return: ~26.9% per year
Time elapsed: 286 days
Over the same time period, the S&P500's simple total return was +14.4% and annualized return was +18.8%. I comfortably beat the market.
I did options trading with cash secured puts and covered calls.
Posted by: Idiots at July 23, 2026 01:53 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Obama Presidency Facts at July 23, 2026 01:54 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Jaimo at July 23, 2026 01:54 PM (2noDb)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 01:49 PM (Nhyh3)
Video poker.
Posted by: Reforger at July 23, 2026 01:54 PM (gE8mJ)
Posted by: no one of any consequence
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Fat Tony wasnt going to the courts when he needed to collect.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 23, 2026 01:54 PM (6EhGL)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 23, 2026 01:54 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: The_Hoser at July 23, 2026 01:48 PM (H4qGm)
It is like Colombian hookers. There is a time and place for everything.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 01:54 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 01:54 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 01:54 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: bonhomme at July 23, 2026 01:55 PM (mkw2N)
"Moose, Rocko, help the judge find his wallet"
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 01:55 PM (XuXeR)
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Operative word is "was." And I supose it was always a matter of taste. She had sort of skinny hippie chick with long hair vibe going on.
Posted by: Martin Tell at July 23, 2026 01:55 PM (OTAXA)
Posted by: Jaimo at July 23, 2026 01:54 PM (2noDb)
He said the thing first and foremost on his mind after leaving the FBI was..........Israel.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 01:55 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 01:55 PM (4NO2D)
The best! Yuge! Like nothing anyone has seen before!
Posted by: Minnfidel at July 23, 2026 01:56 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: Maize and Blew at July 23, 2026 01:33 PM (qUkBO)
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Moar much moar of this!
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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I'm curious how he got caught on such a small amount. But I have heard options markets are incredibly transparent and it can be obvious to a regulator who comes out of nowhere with insider info.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 23, 2026 01:41 PM (O8L9K)
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He bought stock while the deal was pending and then sold it right after it was finalized and went public. Obvious red flag.
Posted by: Maize and Blew at July 23, 2026 01:56 PM (qUkBO)
I agree. However the argument that things are bad for society and should therefore be illegal or heavily regulated (whichever) is going to have a line you are willing to draw and stand on, that's all I'm saying. And just be aware I'm sincerely not attacking you or what you're saying. I think it's interesting.
Do I think legal gambling is good for society? No. Do I think legal weed is good for society? No. Would I more likely fight one over the other? Probably. There will be many other such things that people want to argue against on the same grounds.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 01:56 PM (Nhyh3)
They've been doing that for a while now. I'm not a current student and even I've heard about this trick.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 23, 2026 01:56 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 23, 2026 01:50 PM (kYmoU)
The Leather Cheerio Trap.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 23, 2026 01:56 PM (AdHga)
Posted by: Barry Soetero at July 23, 2026 01:57 PM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 01:57 PM (Nhyh3)
Since time immemorial, these Praetorian Guards have always been trouble, and they only get worse as time goes on.
Our Presidents are effectively emperors, and weak ones who don't have a lot of power in the first place, and are always vulnerable to their retinues and the enemies within them.
Let them select their own security, and let the checks come from them personally, even if the funds start as a public disbursement. If these button men owe their highly paid positions to one man, they'll cover his ass, come hell or high water, let alone on a hot day with a gently sloping rooftop and a lot of encouragement from his opponents who are also their current bosses.
It really is a stupid system we have, if you give it any thought. It's already gotten a bullet into at least one President's face. Just shut it down.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 01:57 PM (BI5O2)
“I said what I said. I think it’s kind of common sense. … I think it’s really important to protect children.”
“I don’t dislike anyone. … I’m there to love, but I’m also there to love biological women. …”
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When she's right, she's right.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 01:47 PM (ndZc7)
Wow, she's really not "doing phrasing." And she knows what league she's in. Troll queen!
Posted by: SciVo at July 23, 2026 01:58 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at July 23, 2026 01:58 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Reforger at July 23, 2026 01:54 PM (gE8mJ)
Sorry I meant to specify sports gambling but yes.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 01:58 PM (Nhyh3)
That gives me an idea for a story. And a casual family restaurant.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 23, 2026 01:50 PM (rQpPw)
Have I ever bored you with my hypothesis that Little Black Sambo is narratively related to the story of Little Red Ridinghood, the Asian fairy tales of the Tiger Grandmother, and the myths of Astarte, and Demeter and Persephone, in a broader Central Asian myth structure? If not, remind me.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 01:59 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: steevy at July 23, 2026 01:59 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: bonhomme at July 23, 2026 01:56 PM (mkw2N)
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A student who got caught on this would be almost allergic to verification of anything. I can just see the AI response:
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Okay,
• You want me to use "Madagascar" in a way that makes no sense!
...
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Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 01:59 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 01:57 PM (Nhyh3)
That's hot!!
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at July 23, 2026 01:58 PM (2YhKe)
Wear sunscreen.
Posted by: Josh Brolin at July 23, 2026 02:00 PM (PiwSw)
If you want to make a living gambling you can do it most easily with tennis, from my understanding.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 01:49 PM
Boxing is holding on line 2.
Posted by: Minnfidel at July 23, 2026 02:01 PM (ewjUl)
Return to the former model.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 23, 2026 02:01 PM (yz/88)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 02:02 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 02:02 PM (77rzZ)
...
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Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 01:59 PM (Fi81e)
SLOWLY I turned. Step by step . . . No, wait, let me try again.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 02:03 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 02:02 PM
And Penguins who fly planes!
Posted by: Minnfidel at July 23, 2026 02:03 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 02:03 PM (sMkB+)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 02:02 PM (77rzZ)
It's the only place I couldn't kill in the Pandemic game after destroying the rest of the world.
If you start there, the disease never leaves the island.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:04 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 02:02 PM (77rzZ)
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*nods approvingly*
Posted by: Big Lemur at July 23, 2026 02:04 PM (6W6ju)
Posted by: Jaimo at July 23, 2026 02:04 PM (2noDb)
SLOWLY I turned. Step by step . . . No, wait, let me try again.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 02:03 PM (rbvCR)
You asked for it......
https://youtu.be/w91sX8UQpxU
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:05 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: torabora
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Might depend on whether the judge is himself betting on his own decisions.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:06 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:06 PM (E4rtv)
Is that wrong? Should I not do that?
Posted by: Lord God King Boasberg at July 23, 2026 02:07 PM (2YhKe)
The picture with the article is of her running in basically a bathing suit.
So apparently its not fair that if she runs around in her underwear people look at her.
And yes horde, she is decent looking especially if your thing is a runner...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 02:07 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 23, 2026 02:07 PM (wVcYX)
I'm old enough to remember Sonny and Cher introducing their daughter Chastity on TV back in the 70's.
Last I heard she was doing a Simon Oakland tribute life.
Posted by: Auspex at July 23, 2026 02:08 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:06 PM (E4rtv)
Is that wrong? Should I not do that?
Posted by: Lord God King Boasberg at July 23, 2026 02:07 PM (2YhKe)
It's fine.
Posted by: Pete Rose at July 23, 2026 02:08 PM (wVcYX)
The picture with the article is of her running in basically a bathing suit.
So apparently its not fair that if she runs around in her underwear people look at her.
And yes horde, she is decent looking especially if your thing is a runner...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 02:07 PM (sKqQm)
Yeah. She hates the attention......
https://shorturl.fm/gepjn
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:09 PM (2YhKe)
If you want to make a living gambling you can do it most easily with tennis, from my understanding.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 01:49 PM
Boxing is holding on line 2.
Posted by: Minnfidel at July 23, 2026 02:01 PM (ewjUl)
Soccer is up there.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 23, 2026 02:09 PM (mkw2N)
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Okay,
• You want me to use "Madagascar" in a way that makes no sense!
Asking an AI to do something absurd in a straight context can be hilarious and possibly the noblest use of AI. I asked grok to write a wedding toast and include a reference to President McKinley's pet wallaby. It was kind of epic.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 23, 2026 02:09 PM (ZO1EW)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 23, 2026 02:09 PM (qx7Zg)
Well, at least JD Vance and Marco Rubio won't be attending tomorrow's White House Correspondents dinner tomorrow.
Posted by: redridinghood
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Good to hear. That thing should become as irrelevant as the Oscars.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 02:09 PM (mmrXZ)
Soccer is up there.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 23, 2026 02:09 PM (mkw2N)
*knocks on door*
Hello? Anyone there?
Posted by: F1 at July 23, 2026 02:10 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 02:10 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 02:02 PM
And Penguins who fly planes!
Posted by: Minnfidel at July 23, 2026 02:03 PM (ewjUl)
Just smile and wave, boys. Smile and wave.
Posted by: Chief Penguin at July 23, 2026 02:10 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 02:10 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: whig
Talk about insider trading.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 02:11 PM (ffLro)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
My guess is that is how the Democrats (and probably some GOP roll)--they leave their classified info in such a way as to be easily accessible and then get paid by donations to campaigns or their non profits to launder the cash. So Killary leaves her info on a deliberately unsecured server and makes bank from foreign donations to the Clinton Global Initiative.
Debbie lets ISI Pakistani scammers provide all the Dems with top classified info and the Democrat campaign funds get millions in laundered cash donations. And I suspect that info ended up in Iran and China with ISI simply being the collector of it.
The other part of the scam was to have a commonly accessed gmail account and post draft emails with attachments but never send them. Anyone with the account and password could then take a look at what was in there without it being passed via email and easily intercepted. Discord chat logs are also being used as I suspect other chat type channels likewise
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:11 PM (E4rtv)
Then this one guy gets arrested and convicted and right back to "nope no game fixing going on here, just that one guy"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 02:11 PM (sKqQm)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz had a couple of Pakistanis on her staff who fled the country before they could be arrested as I recall. They were computer experts with access to all kinds of stuff
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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That whole case never got properly investigated or prosecuted to my knowledge. Just stunk to high heaven.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 02:12 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 02:12 PM (ffLro)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 02:03 PM (sMkB+)
****
And Little Paulie Ryan (spit!!), spawn of Jabba the Bennett, shrugged his shoulders and said "nothing to see here and anyway, that's not who we are".
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 23, 2026 02:12 PM (DNU6e)
Posted by: Pixar at July 23, 2026 02:12 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 02:09 PM (mmrXZ)
It's already less relevant.
I'd like it to be a lot more relevant.
But just one time.
When the cameras roll, and then the doors are locked, and the Washington DC Press Corps faces off with their bare fists against the revaneous jungle cats released from backstage.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 02:12 PM (BI5O2)
Not for us!
/ESPN
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 01:51 PM (XuXeR)
I'll believe the media cares about sports betting when they quit mentioning the odds or the spread in their reporting.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 23, 2026 02:13 PM (uhVAy)
Huh? Whuh? What was I saying?
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 02:13 PM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 02:13 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 02:13 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 02:12 PM (BI5O2)
hey, think of the kitties!
Posted by: Oldcat at July 23, 2026 02:13 PM (uhVAy)
That gives me an idea for a story. And a casual family restaurant.
Posted by: Oddbob
I see ashes. 🫣
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 02:13 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: rickb223
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We have a ruling class that looks at Americans as a resource to be plundered. They no longer look abroad for plunder but instead plunder us with the rest of the world's refuse adding on to the cost. No wonder we are 39 trillion in the hole, about half of it has been stolen from our government to make the world economy work. Neither the ruling class nor the imported peasants they bring in to retain power have any American sympathies in their bones--they are all globalist scum out to make a buck by any means possible. Post Americans besieging Heritage Americans.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:14 PM (E4rtv)
Ain't we all, sister.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 23, 2026 01:55 PM (4NO2D)
Um, nope!
Posted by: LASue at July 23, 2026 02:14 PM (lCppi)
I'll believe the media cares about sports betting when they quit mentioning the odds or the spread in their reporting.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 23, 2026 02:13 PM (uhVAy)
ESPN ran it's own gambling platform.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:14 PM (2YhKe)
Heh
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 02:14 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 02:14 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 02:15 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at July 23, 2026 02:16 PM (fapp/)
I get what you're saying, but society was also better when it was easier for the stupid to ruin their own lives.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 23, 2026 02:16 PM (2ocoG)
Time to just take the Kharg island and level Tehran Infrastructure and have the IDF participate......
The people in power in Iran just don't care....
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 23, 2026 02:16 PM (X7dyz)
Not for us!
/ESPN
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 01:51 PM (XuXeR)
I'll believe the media cares about sports betting when they quit mentioning the odds or the spread in their reporting.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 23, 2026 02:13 PM (uhVAy)
Wait until the gambling industry, sex robotics, and the porn industry collaborate to create a new online megalopolis cash machine.
Posted by: Count de Monet has opinions at July 23, 2026 02:17 PM (wVcYX)
It was Penn, now part of Draft kings. Originally a 1.5 Billion dollar deal (gambling isn't widespread... yeah)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 02:17 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly
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He got paid too. Probably for other matters like keeping his donors informed on key committee and tax legislation before it happened and perhaps letting them write much of the bill.
We would do better if we followed the jury draft system and simply called people up to serve for a terms in Congress except the damned ruling class would rig that too.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:18 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Mike Hunt Hertz at July 23, 2026 02:20 PM (bX16E)
Posted by: Bonjino at July 23, 2026 02:23 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 02:14 PM (E4rtv)
They bank their goodies in the City of London, and places like Dubai and British Virgin Islands. That is one of the main reasons.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 02:24 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: vivi at July 23, 2026 02:25 PM (OFw3k)
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The real problem in the Secret Service is not the leaks -- it's the lowering of standards and training and ongoing DEI issues. The current leadership team, led by USSS Director Sean Curran and Deputy Director Matt Quinn, have held back on Hegseth-like reforms to the Secret Service, as I've reported multiple times.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 02:26 PM (Fi81e)
Jim Jordan Makes a Criminal Referral to the DOJ For Jack Smith's Perjury; Melania Presses Sanctions Against Democrat Media Party Hatchet Man Michael Wolff
I know, I know: file it in the "Nothing Will Happen" folder.
But still. The criminal referral is for his perjury in denying that he and his team had read the contents of congressmen's texts.Melania is meanwhile seeking judicial sanctions against Michael Wolff, a persistently unethical and loathsome gay gossip columnist posturing as a journalist.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan issued a criminal referral against former Special Counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday for allegedly making "willfully and intentionally false statements" when testifying before Congress last December. "The Committee on the Judiciary writes to refer strong evidence that appears to show Jack Smith, former Special Counsel, knowingly made false statements during his December 17, 2025 deposition," Jordan wrote in a letter sent to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. In the letter, Jordan questioned what Smith said under oath about obtaining phone records of 44 lawmakers who communicated with President Donald Trump and other members of the White House related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. "This information calls into question the completeness and accuracy of statements that Mr. Smith made under oath to the Committee regarding his team's access to the content of Members' text messages," Jordan wrote. Jordan stated that responses by Smith during congressional testimony "gave the impression that neither Mr. Smith nor his team had access to the content of members' privileged text messages." "We now know this to be false," Jordan wrote. "His conduct can only be understood as an effort to thwart the Committee's inquiry by intentionally making false statements and representations before Congress. We therefore believe that sufficient evidence exists for DOJ to examine whether Mr. Smith's actions warrant a charge," the letter added.
Melania Trump files for sanctions against Michael Wolff over Epstein-linked allegations he made Her legal team argued the first lady should be granted the sanctions because Wolff allegedly manufactured a jurisdictional dispute in an attempt to keep the case in New York state court, used litigation for improper purposes and made a "frivolous" claim. First lady Melania Trump filed a motion for sanctions Tuesday against journalist Michael Wolff, after he tried to sue her to prevent her from suing him over allegedly defamatory statements he made regarding her and Jeffrey Epstein. The first lady is now looking to recover costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in Wolff's lawsuit, along with other appropriate relief, saying the lawsuit was "a fundraising drive and a political spectacle," according to Fox News. ... "Plaintiff and his counsel asserted a legally frivolous claim, propped it up with factual contentions that lacked any evidentiary support, and used them to run a political and commercial campaign," her team said in the filing. "They should pay for Mrs. Trump's fees and expenses incurred for the process they abused." The legal team argued Wolff wrongly claimed the first lady was heavily involved in the Epstein scandal, despite her denying a friendship with the late convicted sex-offender and his ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell.Hello!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Open Channel D at July 23, 2026 12:20 PM (gYnrv)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 23, 2026 12:20 PM (REZGq)
Posted by: Polka will never die at July 23, 2026 12:20 PM (RUm4z)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 12:20 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Polka will never die at July 23, 2026 12:20 PM (RUm4z)
Posted by: George Carlin at July 23, 2026 12:21 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: sithkhan at July 23, 2026 12:21 PM (UjjDn)
Posted by: Piercello at July 23, 2026 12:21 PM (Ht/sz)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2026 12:21 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 12:21 PM (2YhKe)
Sleeves will roll.
(I wish I thought of that line, but another Moron beat me to it earlier this week)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 23, 2026 12:21 PM (REZGq)
Posted by: steevy at July 23, 2026 12:22 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Open Channel D at July 23, 2026 12:23 PM (gYnrv)
But still.
The people who shout "nothing will happen" the loudest are the same people who shout "why aren't they doing something" the loudest. You may not like what they're doing, but it's something.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 12:23 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 12:23 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: I was in line for the food truck at July 23, 2026 12:23 PM (2Ez/1)
217 O'CrazyHo-Tittycaca probably thinks "debate" means "to give up masturbation", a subject that I'm sure she's intimately familiar with.
I mean, given that no human female (including her) has ever gotten wet for that pudgy little Birkenstock-wearing manlet she calls her "fiance".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 12:24 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 12:24 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at July 23, 2026 12:24 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: Open Channel D at July 23, 2026 12:23 PM (gYnrv)
I agree with you, however that will not stop me from firmly believing he should be tried, convicted and hanged by the neck until dead in the public square.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 12:24 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 12:25 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Ann at July 23, 2026 12:25 PM (SHHm+)
Posted by: one hour sober at July 23, 2026 12:25 PM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 12:25 PM (1z8ji)
Jordan is such a fraud.
Oh, and nothing will happen, etc.
Posted by: Brewingfrog at July 23, 2026 12:25 PM (7Ia87)
When was the last time something happened?? Even then, we can count them all on one hand probably, going back to Harding or whatever. Cynicism is not an unreasonable position, you think?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 12:25 PM (JBnqc)
This should bring the nation to a screeching halt. the president has literally weaponized the justice department and is going after his political/legal adversaries. Any other president would be impeached for even thinking about doing this!
I hope Jack comes through with his usual mixture of grace, integrity, and quiet enthusiasm for shoving this administration's lawfare right back into their faces. Let's see the discovery phase on this one
so the Republicans have officially delivered more consequences to the guy who investigated the jan 6th coup than the guy who planned it. Sickening but not surprising.
These guys must not think they're ever going to lose power again. Do they not realize that this political persecution is going to inspire those who will want to do the same to them when they regain power?
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 23, 2026 12:26 PM (5+LQ2)
.......
Sorry, folder is full. Garden gnome out front shoulda told ya.
Posted by: wth at July 23, 2026 12:27 PM (UjdFS)
I hope Jack comes through with his usual mixture of grace, integrity, and quiet enthusiasm for shoving this administration's lawfare right back into their faces. Let's see the discovery phase on this one
Ok, reddit is just one big troll........I'm convinced.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 12:27 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 23, 2026 12:27 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Delurker at July 23, 2026 12:27 PM (2Drhq)
Sanctions are usually -- and deliberately -- hard to get. The law allows and assumes that parties will litigate their cases aggressively and push the envelope. So it takes some truly outrageous behavior and/or truly frivolous legal arguments to get an award of sanctions.
I've seen it only a few times in my entire career, and even then almost always after the judge already told the plaintiff/defendant to knock it off. Such as the infamous "Motion to Kiss My Ass" that some lunatic made years ago.
I don't know enough about this case to opine on Melania's chances of winning the motion. But I do know she will start with at uphill climb even in the best circumstances.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 12:27 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 12:25 PM (JBnqc)
Missionary > Cynicism
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 12:27 PM (2YhKe)
When was the last time something happened?? Even then, we can count them all on one hand probably, going back to Harding or whatever. Cynicism is not an unreasonable position, you think?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 12:25 PM (JBnqc)
Cynics are playful and cute.
Posted by: Polka will never die at July 23, 2026 12:28 PM (RUm4z)
Posted by: Dept. of Compliance at July 23, 2026 12:28 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Delurker at July 23, 2026 12:27 PM (2Drhq)
We prefer to just be called Jim.
Posted by: The 3 Jims at July 23, 2026 12:28 PM (2YhKe)
It's cute the way they ignore that they started it.
Posted by: Delurker at July 23, 2026 12:28 PM (2Drhq)
Jordan is such a fraud.
Oh, and nothing will happen, etc.
Posted by: Brewingfrog
.......
But you should Send Money (tm)
Posted by: wth at July 23, 2026 12:28 PM (UjdFS)
Ha ha ha, so fucking funny wasn't it. Soooo funny. And now Trump yo president again, motherfuckers. China, Iran and Venezuela are being fucked dizzy. Jan 6 defendants released. Domestic frauds being discovered and publicized daily. Sources of funding slashed. All those plans you had for President Harris and for continuing your bs in perpetuity, gone. A cultural revolution of people not as afraid to speak out against your so-called woke mind virus.
Ho ho ho, indeed!!!
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 12:29 PM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 23, 2026 12:31 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Jimmy at July 23, 2026 12:31 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: BJ Bill Clinton at July 23, 2026 12:31 PM (l3cgK)
I got a fundraising email from Mr. Jordan referring to this very thing earlier today.
Here comes Mr. Jordan.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 23, 2026 12:32 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 12:27 PM (iFTx/)
You're probably right. That said, she strikes me as an incredibly intelligent woman and I would hope she has a top tier legal team. I guess we shall see.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 12:32 PM (2WIwB)
Wolff is the very definition of "slimy creep".
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 12:32 PM (sMkB+)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2026 12:32 PM (UvtrC)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:20 PM
Jerry… Hello!! — Uncle Leo
I like this story and imagine Jim Jordan had his sleeves rolled up to his armpits with a wife beater Tshirt underneath when he made this referral
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 23, 2026 12:32 PM (+gA9j)
Ace, I'm not so sure. Trump 2.0 has a much better FBI and DOJ, and they have shown that they are much more willing to take criminal referrals seriously and prosecute criminal scumbags. And for sure Trump and his team despise this Jack Smith cocksucker, and would love to nail his cryptorchidist balls to the wall.
I put the chance of "something will happen" at about 40%.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 12:32 PM (iFTx/)
Hey! Just curious how you are doing. I know you went through some stuff.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 12:32 PM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: Dept. of Compliance
He'd have to have them first.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 23, 2026 12:31 PM (NnhvP)
There are melon spoons...
Posted by: BJ Bill Clinton at July 23, 2026 12:32 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2026 12:32 PM (UvtrC)
In flames, ala Mr. Inbetween's brother......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 12:33 PM (2YhKe)
Too bad the founding fathers backed jealousy over laziness when they were working out checks and balances.
Posted by: Clay at July 23, 2026 12:33 PM (UwOfL)
Posted by: Lionel at July 23, 2026 12:34 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 12:32 PM (iFTx/)
So approximately the reciprocal of the base of the natural logorithm (aka e)… sounds about right. Maths!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 23, 2026 12:35 PM (+gA9j)
Posted by: wth at July 23, 2026 12:35 PM (UjdFS)
Wolff is the very definition of "slimy creep".
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 12:32 PM (sMkB+)
***
I had to look him up.
He looks like a creep.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 12:35 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Lionel at July 23, 2026 12:34 PM (w/O5Q)
No, your 'hello' is followed by a question mark, not an exclamation point.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 23, 2026 12:36 PM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2026 12:32 PM (UvtrC)
He needs to get arrested and booked on a Friday so he spends the weekend in the lock up. Cellmates should include dudes named Spike, Bubba and Chains.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 12:37 PM (2WIwB)
Is it me you're looking for?
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Not really. Could you put Adele on the line?
Thanks so much
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 23, 2026 12:39 PM (zafwz)
Delegate or abdicate your authority to a third party. Bureaucracies, alphabet agencies, judiciary. Now you don’t have to take the heat, politically speaking, for your decision or indecision. Congress members too often speak or act like spectators to the ruin around us. For ceremonial purposes only, I guess.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 12:39 PM (JBnqc)
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wow
even before I could click Comments
Ace Of Spades, ladies and gentlemen
making his championship run down the spectators' side
Posted by: Don Black at July 23, 2026 12:40 PM (ZxPkt)
Significance - the size of the beams means that tree ring patterns are clearly identifiable, and they believe that they will now be able to date the building of the 1st Temple complex to within 10 years.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 12:40 PM (edUvp)
I think JJ had that in his links some days ago.
Posted by: BJ Bill Clinton at July 23, 2026 12:41 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Paul McCartney at July 23, 2026 12:41 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 12:41 PM (l3cgK)
I had to look him up.
He looks like a creep.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 12:35 PM (2WIwB)
Man was not designed to swallow man juice.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 12:41 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Lionel
He makes a great mascot. https://tinyurl.com/yf89am4r
Posted by: Military Moron at July 23, 2026 12:41 PM (5+LQ2)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 12:37 PM (2WIwB)
Corn Pop!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 12:42 PM (2YhKe)
I admire Melania Trump for many things, but I simply cannot forgive her for cutting short "Doctor" Jill's projected dance cycle in five parts of assholes leaping, prancing, and pirouetting through the halls of the White House for the year end holidays. Why, the stillborn Kwanzaa movement alone, as envisioned with the grace and glamour of Big Mike, would have been worth more than all the art treasures in the Louvre!
Great art smothered in its cradle, as it were.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 23, 2026 12:42 PM (s9VOe)
All of which he is the exact opposite of.
Posted by: Auspex at July 23, 2026 12:43 PM (Y8DZL)
Man, there are times I wish our side would behave the way the left accuses us of behaving, we may actually bring them back to reason and civilization that way.
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 23, 2026 12:43 PM (86Q0u)
All of which he is the exact opposite of.
Posted by: Auspex at July 23, 2026 12:43 PM (Y8DZL)
Well, it could be sarcasm...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 12:44 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 12:45 PM (2YhKe)
All of which he is the exact opposite of.
Posted by: Auspex at July 23, 2026 12:43 PM (Y8DZL)
We want them to regain common sense and sanity, they want to put us in camps and ovens.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 12:45 PM (l3cgK)
Do they just say things enough times that it becomes truth to them? Or are both sides living in different simulations?
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 12:45 PM (hftzA)
We want them to regain common sense and sanity, they want to put us in camps and ovens.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 12:45 PM (l3cgK)
But we're the Nazis.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 12:46 PM (2YhKe)
We want them to regain common sense and sanity, they want to put us in camps and ovens.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 12:45 PM (l3cgK)
But we're the Nazis.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 12:46 PM (2YhKe)
That irony is entirely lost on them
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 12:47 PM (l3cgK)
Do they just say things enough times that it becomes truth to them? Or are both sides living in different simulations?
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 12:45 PM (hftzA)
They sound vaccinated.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 12:47 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 12:45 PM (hftzA)
When you don't really care about truth, it turns out you can just say things.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 12:47 PM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 12:46 PM (2YhKe)
The fact that they had to put us in camps proves we are Nazis.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 12:48 PM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 12:45 PM (hftzA)
When you don't really care about truth, it turns out you can just say things.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 12:47 PM (Nhyh3)
look at my female penis!
Posted by: Transgender Drag Qween at July 23, 2026 12:49 PM (l3cgK)
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith as special counsel. Garland named Smith to the post on November 18, 2022, to oversee federal criminal investigations involving President Donald Trump.
👉🏼U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland; November 18, 2022, for Investigations into classified documents retention and the events of January 6, 2021.
Before serving as a U.S. special counsel, Jack Smith worked at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, serving as the Investigation Coordinator in the Office of the Prosecutor from 2008 to 2010. In that role, he supervised sensitive international investigations targeting foreign government officials and militia members for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.
👉🏼The United States is not a state party to the Rome Statute and does not recognize the International Criminal Court's (ICC) jurisdiction over American citizens.
Lots of AI.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 12:49 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 12:50 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Piper
__________
I've got a commie buddy. Whenever I put facts to him, his inevitable response is "That's just your news."
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 23, 2026 12:50 PM (6EhGL)
A lot of people of late have been noting the left just pretends to not understand how basic things work to "win arguments". This is another thing they do though, completely ignore context.
Back during the 2016 campaign people on the left noted that even if she was guilty charging Hillary Clinton would be a something out of a banana republic - in a democracy you don't arrest the opposition and Trump listened.
And as a reward in 2020-4 he was charged with various BS non-crimes. Based on the standards the left themselves claim to endorse, Smith should be investigated, arrested, and spend years in jail. "No one is above the law!" right?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 12:50 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 23, 2026 12:50
Oh. Okay. So we are able to create our own facts, I guess. Cool, cool.
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 12:51 PM (1hgaQ)
Do they just say things enough times that it becomes truth to them? Or are both sides living in different simulations?
Posted by: Piper
There really are "two Americas."
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 23, 2026 12:51 PM (Cqx++)
Allegations, without proof, unverified, unchecked for accuracy, unconfirmed, un..
Aw screw it, I'm done with writing Kristen Welker's Sunday monologue
Posted by: Auspex at July 23, 2026 12:52 PM (Y8DZL)
That Dem candidate in TX running on a platform of putting Jews in a concentration camp did lose...but she still got 40% of the vote.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 12:52 PM (sKqQm)
Critical Drinker's Review of "The Odyssey" is up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_W0z6hZlrI
Technically impressive, emotionally flat pretty much sums it up.
I haven't seen it yet. Probably this weekend, but-
That's how I've felt about Nolan's last 3 movies.
I can stay interested but I'm never immersed.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 12:52 PM (iJfKG)
Well if he bothered to read anything not written by a communist he'd have to use the "This time it will be different" argument instead.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 12:53 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Piper
I mean....it's effective. The entire Left, and many normies, think Trump is a pedophile and Israel has been genociding innocent Palestinians for the last 40 years.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 23, 2026 12:53 PM (5+LQ2)
But we're the Nazis.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 12:46 PM (2YhKe)
Do people know you Nazi around?
Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 12:54 PM (iJfKG)
When you don't really care about truth, it turns out you can just say things.
Posted by: ...
What about MY truth?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 23, 2026 12:54 PM (Cqx++)
——
“We believe in truth, not facts.” Joe Biden
They don’t believe in objective reality, get right down to it. It gets a little complicated, but … they are also crazy.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 12:54 PM (JBnqc)
Despite Melania Trump’s victory — and the scathing nature of Vyskocil’s order against Wolff — the judge cautioned the first lady about the “very high burden” for success with a sanctions motion and suggested she should perhaps quit while she is ahead.
“I wonder if it’s in the best interest of the parties to continue litigating in this court,” Vyskocil said from the bench at a July 1 conference.
Hurry and publicize her victory to-date for the commoners know nothing about it.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 12:55 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Piper"
It's my reality and I'm sticking to it.
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 12:55 PM (pcKgh)
I think 0% of them think Trump is a pedo. The Israel thing that though...yeah.
And the reason I'm pretty sure they don't believe their Epstein claims against Trump is that to a zer-son they all argued their were no Epstein clients/files before 2024 AND now they are trying to legalize underage prostitution in CA and reduce the sentence for people caught in online honeypot stings for pedos in WA....
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 12:56 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 12:57 PM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 23, 2026 12:50
Oh. Okay. So we are able to create our own facts, I guess. Cool, cool.
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 12:51 PM (1hgaQ)
***
We are what we eat. This applies to what goes into the tummy as well as what we put into our heads.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 12:57 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Piper
Have I told you that get late-night booty calls and e-mail mash notes from Sydney Sweeney?
I'm married, so of course I turn them down. But she persists.
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 12:58 PM (77rzZ)
Do people know you Nazi around?
Posted by: naturalfake
But we're too busy singin'
To put anybody down
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 23, 2026 12:58 PM (Cqx++)
They argue that since those arguments obviously convinced some people that might convince you so...protect yourself by only listening to approved sources of information
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 12:58 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: JB1000 at July 23, 2026 12:59 PM (YPIjd)
His ridiculous WH tell-all/smear job was a prop in one of my favorite political pranks ever.
It was that piece of crap book from which some wag "leaked" fake excerpts ahead of publication, about beleageured WH staffers who had to create a fake Gorilla Channel because the insane Dear Leader believed this nonexistent channel was real, and then had to winnow it down to just the fight footage, because the rest was too boring to hold his attention.
I done know if that was a Leftist or a Populist joker who planted it on Twitter, but the retarded press maggots sure latched onto that silly bullshit like a bunch of remoras.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 12:59 PM (BI5O2)
We are what we eat. This applies to what goes into the tummy as well as what we put into our heads.
I've seen lefties I know go off the grid for a while and come back as completely different people...until they plug back into the Matrix and get the latest NPC update
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 12:59 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Harshly Worded Letter at July 23, 2026 12:59 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 12:59 PM (RHGPo)
We used to call them fabulists if we were polite. Lying cocksuckers if not.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 01:00 PM (7d1L5)
They argue that since those arguments obviously convinced some people that might convince you so...protect yourself by only listening to approved sources of information
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 12:58 PM (sKqQm)
I GUESS that's better than burning books...
Posted by: Transgender Drag Qween at July 23, 2026 01:00 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 01:00 PM (l3cgK)
It’s been said many times before but worth repeating: If Israel has been engaging in genocide for that long they’re really not good at it. The Nazis almost completely exterminated European Jewry in just a few years but Israel can’t deal with the Gaza Strip in 40…. I think it’s just a line for most. Propaganda…. Only retards believe that
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 23, 2026 01:01 PM (yz/88)
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 01:01 PM (pcKgh)
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 01:01 PM (RHGPo)
The Trump administration is weighing military action in the West African country of Mali to target an al-Qaeda-affiliated group known as JNIM, said current and former U.S. officials familiar with the deliberations.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 23, 2026 01:01 PM (Cqx++)
My favorite "oops I guess we forgot to cover that" is the picture of the owner of the Atlantic hanging out with Maxwell in their bathing suits. Pool party? Date Afternoon? Having some *young* guests over together? Oddly the FNM was never interested in how that picture came to be...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 01:02 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 12:57 PM (Nhyh3)
Pffft. Whatever.
Oh, Did you hear a Christian was looked at funny by an Israeli? I’ll spend 10 hours of my show on it.
Posted by: Ultra Christian Tucker Carlson at July 23, 2026 01:02 PM (e4LaW)
Says who?? Democracies do this all the time. Eventually. In fact it’s baked in the cake snd one of the main reasons democracies are to be studiously avoided. Mobocracy. Attitude towards property communistic. Chief characteristics are License, agitation, discontent.
That said, I wanted Mrs Clinton arrested at the Inauguration, 1201 pm. I know there was some question whether or not she was going to attend. It’s possible there was at least some concern, however remote, that this was a possibility. Lost opportunity
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 01:02 PM (JBnqc)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 01:02 PM (7d1L5)
They seem to be doing something on drugs, financial crimes and human trafficking. The FBI is even working with Cambodia to dismantle "pig butchering" call center scams.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 01:03 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 12:32 PM (Nhyh3)
Good, thanks for asking.
The most recent scope showed no sign of any cancer recurrence, so I'm pretty happy for the moment.
If the next one is also clean, we can cautiously assume it's gone, at least for now.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 01:03 PM (qpyNK)
The Muslim population in Israel has increased every year since the "genocide" started
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 01:03 PM (sKqQm)
I'm pointing out that was the left's argument at the time.
I agree she should have been prosecuted.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 01:05 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 23, 2026 01:01 PM (yz/8
But we do make up a majority of the population.
Posted by: Retards at July 23, 2026 01:05 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: Weasel at July 23, 2026 01:05 PM (lTr5A)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 01:00 PM (7d1L5
Which is very different from being fabulous. 😊
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 01:06 PM (1hgaQ)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 01:05 PM (sKqQm)
I don't agree.
Posted by: Reasonable prosecuter at July 23, 2026 01:06 PM (gE8mJ)
——-
They’ve been doing that forever. I suppose the problem now is the ease of obtaining actual facts versus curated cultivated bullshit. It used to be a lot more difficult.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 01:06 PM (JBnqc)
But we do make up a majority of the population.
Posted by: Retards at July 23, 2026 01:05 PM (e4LaW)
Retards are people too.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 01:07 PM (2YhKe)
They argue that since those arguments obviously convinced some people that might convince you so...protect yourself by only listening to approved sources of information
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 12:58 PM (sKqQm)
These are spooky times.
But one of the spookiest things I've ever seen was back in '21-'22... the full-court press, whole-of-society effort to convince people that reading and thinking is not only bad for you, but a subversive, antisocial thing that Garbage People do, and how Good People should ignore and ostracize the antisocial elements who do this evil "reading" and then have the temerity to pollute the public discourse with uncredentialed mindthoughts.
It was one of those moments in life where you look around and think "wow. I didn't notice exactly where it happened, but somewhere along we got... here. People are actually able to say this shit without being laughed out of public life."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 01:07 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 01:07 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Weasel at July 23, 2026 01:05 PM (lTr5A)
As said in the brilliance of this blog:
Sleeves will roll.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 01:08 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Weasel at July 23, 2026 01:05 PM (lTr5A)
Yes. Great collegiate wrestler too.
And about as effective a Congressman as Trey, the Rooster, Gowdy
Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at July 23, 2026 01:08 PM (IJm95)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 01:02 PM (7d1L5)
=====
I am coming and I am pissed.
Posted by: Landru at July 23, 2026 01:08 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: The Left at July 23, 2026 01:08 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: SMOD
Gotta admit, dat's some sweet shit!
Posted by: Auspex at July 23, 2026 01:08 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 23, 2026 01:08 PM (wTZkm)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 12:59 PM (sKqQm)
I've got a theory that the left went barking fucking mad when the Soviet Union collapsed and they stopped getting regular Pravda upgrades.
The ChiCom stuff doesn't work as well because 1) the ChiComs don't give a shit and 2) even if they did, their psychology is so different from ours that it's hard for them to generate propaganda of the quality that the Sovs did at their peak. They can generate short-term screeching (e.g., the recent pitchfork mobs going after "data centers", when not one out of a hundred of them has a fucking clue what a data center even is), but it doesn't have the staying power that the best Soviet Big Lies did.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 01:09 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 01:09 PM (7d1L5)
Around that time a majority of Dems wanted pure bloods rounded up and put in concentration camps.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 01:09 PM (sKqQm)
I am coming and I am pissed.
Posted by: Landru at July 23, 2026 01:08 PM (JvZF+)
It's really really hard to do both at the same time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 01:09 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 01:10 PM (ndZc7)
Do they just say things enough times that it becomes truth to them? Or are both sides living in different simulations?
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 12:45 PM (hftzA)
Both. Critical Theory turns their brains to mush resembling that of a gnostic cult, compounded by the usual problem of narcissistic habitual liars getting high from sniffing their own farts, and then cemented by the echo chamber of the Bugmen Collective.
Posted by: SciVo at July 23, 2026 01:11 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Sid at July 23, 2026 01:11 PM (VVHEZ)
Headlines on the group blare "is chaired by a Tea Party co-founder!"
And how it's rallying conservatives with 142 protests around the country.
But ....
Humans First is littered with far-left groups, DEI and Green Party.
That's as conservative as Ronald Reagan.
And the start-up funds came from the Center for AI Safety, a non-profit out of San Fran.
I'll bet the Center for AI Safety is open and transparent about where they get their funds ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 23, 2026 01:11 PM (3cUTc)
Just because a few key leaders are appointed doesn't mean the so-called ham and eggers (whatever the fuck does that mean btw?) have changed. Just my opinion, gained through many decades of disappointments.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 23, 2026 01:12 PM (xyuoi)
Will Jack Smith at least feel nervous for 5 minutes? I'll take what I can get.
And Go Melania. Push that case to the wall. How much does justice shirk away because its institutions are too complex?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 23, 2026 01:12 PM (mmrXZ)
This is a fun one because it is pretty obvious China is the primary anti-Data center driver, but our domestic leftist oligarchs want more compute power for their AI businesses so they've even dropped support for Global Warming.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 01:12 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Ultra Christian Tucker Carlson at July 23, 2026 01:02 PM (e4LaW)
To be fair, I haven't heard Ben Shapiro or Mark Levin be too vocal about Africa either. Probably outside of their areas of interest.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 01:12 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 01:12 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: George Costanza at July 23, 2026 01:13 PM (Lff4o)
He's smart enough to know that he'd be among the first sent to the wall if the O'CrazyHo-TittyCaca wing takes power.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 01:13 PM (qpyNK)
They argue that since those arguments obviously convinced some people that might convince you so...protect yourself by only listening to approved sources of information
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 12:58 PM (sKqQm)
exactly what all cults do.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 01:13 PM (edUvp)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 23, 2026 01:12 PM (xyuoi)
Blue collar everyman that eats standard breakfast just like everyone else.
Or, the FBI.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 01:13 PM (2YhKe)
They argue that since those arguments obviously convinced some people that might convince you so...protect yourself by only listening to approved sources of information
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 12:58 PM (sKqQm)
I often ask myself if my beliefs are correct. One of the positive signs that I'm on track politically is that my "tribe" freely quotes the opposition, usually even in context. And, outside of brainwashing our children, we welcome freedom of speech for both sides because it allows us to make our case and also allows everyone to see that our opposition is insane and can't make a rational case for their beliefs.
On the other hand, the opposition can't afford to allow alternative views to be heard and do everything they can to protect their bubble.
Posted by: Emmie at July 23, 2026 01:13 PM (OlzlW)
… being fed through a wood chipper.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 01:13 PM (JBnqc)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 23, 2026 12:50
====
I engage with them all the time. They are remarkably confident in so much that is factually incorrect it is impossible to use reason and logic.
This is why I am a bid advocate of the Pinochet Solution. THERE IS NO REASONING WITH THEM.
And THEY WILL NOT STOP.
Posted by: Landru at July 23, 2026 01:14 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 01:14 PM (7d1L5)
making his championship run down the spectators' side
S&G Baby Driver ?
Posted by: kactus at July 23, 2026 01:14 PM (twS2i)
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 23, 2026 01:14 PM (aJQbY)
Let's not forget the Brit uppercrusteyness' infatuation with the Soviets, and that influence on the American left.
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 01:14 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 01:14 PM (JvZF+)
The Facts About Facts,
Rod C. Taylor, Ph.D., 11 minute read
Nothing more meant than interesting reading.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 01:14 PM (NFX2v)
Awesome! I always enjoy your contributions but I am weird so it's not exactly a ringing endorsement.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 01:14 PM (Nhyh3)
Carburetor Over Easy with a Side of Bacon.
Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2026 01:15 PM (zGzrB)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 01:07 PM (jehhT)
Someone smarter than me posited that it's a fool's errand to think you can convince and persuade these types to become patriots and do the right thing, but it is possible to scare them into doing the right thing. By doing exactly what you state. Starting with some judges.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 23, 2026 01:16 PM (xyuoi)
I look at the stuff the other side backs with fervor and I know that whatever my side is it can't possibly be wrong. And I question it all the time. I don't mean like celebrating deaths and stuff. We do that too even if it's "different".
I mean like the mass sexualization of children, etc. Stuff no one asked anyone to do.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 01:17 PM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 01:17 PM (7d1L5)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 01:17 PM (XuXeR)
There are different flavors of lefties.
The people in my sphere are lefties to get social points. I'm pretty sure they don't believe a damn thing they say either though they still vote as if they did.
As soon as it stops being a bonus for saying lefty crap they'll stop. But the difficult part is how do you get the various oligarchs, NGOs, and media figures that give this social credit for quoting leftwing talking points to stop?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 01:17 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 23, 2026 01:12 PM (xyuoi)
That is a choice on how you want to see the world. I have seen reports of bitter-enders in the USDoJ all decide to quit together , and heard Harmeet Dhillon refer to that as a gift. FBI is actually doing something about actual people who are actually hurting people, which is a nice change.
If it is a smoke screen, then at least it is accomplishing the agency goals. Also, Patel was targeted by Smith, so there may be some animus there.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 01:17 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 01:18 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 01:18 PM (7d1L5)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 01:18 PM (sMkB+)
Posted by: Emmie at July 23, 2026 01:13 PM (OlzlW)
Don't listen to people "just asking questions" because they may be secret anti-semites.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 01:19 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 01:19 PM (sMkB+)
Joe D is fishing for The Deep State -- not the dime a dozen willing executioners. Aka the thug chum.
The brains and the funders of the sedition and treason still have to worry about JoeD in Florida.
Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at July 23, 2026 01:20 PM (ly/QO)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 01:20 PM (XuXeR)
Or, the FBI.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 01:13 PM (2YhKe)
Got it. Thanks.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 23, 2026 01:20 PM (xyuoi)
Van Jones is a communist of the evil (but smart and sane) variety, not the evil (but stupid and batshit crazy) variety.
He's smart enough to know that he'd be among the first sent to the wall if the O'CrazyHo-TittyCaca wing takes power.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
=================
I must re-read my modern Chinese history. Did Mao cleanse the inner party first, or did he begin by oppressing the landlords and intellectuals?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 23, 2026 01:20 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 01:06 PM (1hgaQ)
You are fabulous Piper. In fact you are so fabulous, if you were a dude you would be a flaming homosexual. I mean like Rip Taylor fabulous. Confetti everywhere.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 01:20 PM (Nhyh3)
@GrageDustin
Steve Bannon opted to not have Mike Lindell on War Room after I posted Lindell’s interview of him supporting amnesty.
Haven’t seen a campaign collapse so quickly. Truly wild stuff
https://tinyurl.com/yc7eu5bu
Posted by: redridinghood at July 23, 2026 01:20 PM (NpAcC)
I also have another filter I apply since I've been talking politics with people for a long time now is "what would a leftwing in good standing 20/30/40 years ago say about this?"
And the results are comical. For example during the gay marriage debate there were people that argued that it was a slippery slope and we would get things like...tranny rights.
And the left's answer at the time was: no wants wants special rights for trannies, we all know they are mentally ill and need help (though free mental health of course) and that has nothing to do with gay marriage anyway h8ter
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 01:21 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 23, 2026 01:12 PM (n5tGW)
Drop him off in the middle of the Gaza Strip dressed as an orthodox rabbi holding a sign that says "I trained the dogs that raped your mother"
Posted by: Polka will never die at July 23, 2026 01:21 PM (RUm4z)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 01:21 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 01:19 PM (sMkB+)
I've not seen one review that actually says it's a good movie recommended to be seen.
Everyone either says 'meh' or 'holy crap this thing sucks.'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 01:21 PM (2YhKe)
My whole life, I read and thought and read and thought some more, and while I'm no genius, it eventually dawned on me around the age of 14 that the teachers and professors and journalists and so on who constantly remind everybody that they are super-smart intellectuals and that people like me are ignorant, uneducated, cousing-humping hillbillies were actually total retards, if you look a millimeter beneath their precious paperwork.
Then, on a dime, they all did an about face and said, as one: "those who read and think about things are fools. Dangerous fools. Put down that lengthy abstract from that scientist, you stupid nerds, before we have to kick your asses."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 01:21 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 01:22 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 01:14 PM (XuXeR)
Yeah, there's still this bizarre belief among our so-called "intellectual" class that the Brits are far more intelligent and sophisticated than us.
I'd like to sit them down in front of one of the British episodes of the old COPS series and disabuse them of that notion.
The one I saw featured a drunken white chav fighting a drunken black chav over the dubious charms of some ugly 300 pound white chavette, followed by an incompetent car thief trying the old "it's my cousin's car and I don't know where the paperwork is" ploy, when the car was actually stolen from a police office.
It turns out that you can, in fact, say "dindunuffin" with a British accent. Just exchange "hood" or "trailer park" with "council housing estate". Same shit, different accent.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 01:22 PM (qpyNK)
Meh, I listen to them too. They are wrong in ways very, very similar to the left as a whole.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 01:23 PM (sKqQm)
They argue that since those arguments obviously convinced some people that might convince you so...protect yourself by only listening to approved sources of information
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 12:58 PM (sKqQm)
It's exactly the same way of thinking that had Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge kill people who wore glasses. Because people with glasses might read and that's dangerous. These are psychotic rabid animals.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 23, 2026 01:23 PM (xyuoi)
Pol Pot had some thoughts about the educated.
There's an "intersection" I can't wait to watch. But the Left loves using people for their own destruction. At this point it's not even a pattern anymore, it's basically a Law.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 01:24 PM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 01:24 PM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 23, 2026 01:25 PM (SwCxT)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 23, 2026 01:26 PM (xyuoi)
They do this over and over on everything. Because it works. All the cool kids are sitting here. You want to hang around the cool kids, right?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 01:26 PM (JBnqc)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 01:26 PM (sKqQm)
If they try Smith in DC, nothing will happen. No matter how far it goes.
DC is the definition of a cooked venue.
Posted by: Axeman at July 23, 2026 01:30 PM (Fi81e)
Bear climbs to the top of a New Mexico utility pole, gets electrocuted
https://tinyurl.com/5f72dpzb
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 01:33 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 01:21 PM (sKqQm)
Yes, watching to see results of lefty policies is also a way to test truth. Unfortunately, it doesn't work on the lefties. A major example in my life is a relative who told me how much better off I would be when ObamaCare passed. Our insurance premiums quadrupled. She actually kindly helped us pay for it for a few months but still believes ObamaCare helped people in our situation. I lost my insurance to ObamaCare and have found it completely unaffordable ever since.
I had tried appealing to another relative to not vote for Obama's second term, telling her I would lose my insurance if he won (I did lose it). Not long after ObamaCare was instituted she was bewailing how unaffordable insurance was for her young adult kids. No, she did not admit I was right. She just didn't understand how this could be.
Just one example where they deny the totally predictable outcome of lefty policies.
Posted by: Emmie at July 23, 2026 01:36 PM (OlzlW)
The Morning Rant
Ocasio-Cortez has been coy about her 2028 plans and careful not to rule out either a White House run in the race to succeed term-limited President Donald Trump, or a bid for the Senate against longtime Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, who is up for re-election in two years. When asked about a run for higher office, Ocasio-Cortez recently said her goal is to "change the country."
Americans might complain about the direction the country is taking, as they have many times in the past. But they usually draw the line before supporting pie-in-the-sky progressives. Just take a look at Stevenson (twice!), Humphrey, McGovern, Mondale, Dukakis, etc. Alexandra Donkey-Chompers might want to reevaluate her public pronouncements if she wants to be successful on the national stage. As a comparison, look to the election of 1968, when the country was in the throes of a calculated campaign to split the country, drive us out of Vietnam, and catastrophically "change the country." The result was an unpopular Republican getting elected by a large margin (301 electoral votes) even with Wallace's third party splitting the vote! Hopefully the DSA and their ilk will continue to drown out the traditional crypto-socialists like Buttigieg and Newsom, although the thought of Chlamydia Harris running another presidential campaign warms the cockles of my heart. Just imagine the debates between AOC or Harris, and Vance or Rubio. If that doesn't make you smile, nothing will! [Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Tonypete at July 23, 2026 11:00 AM (6x1Uq)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 23, 2026 11:00 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 23, 2026 11:01 AM (xcxpd)
Harris 2028 White House bid ‘not going to happen’: Former Biden aide
https://tinyurl.com/ujvkh7z6
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 11:01 AM (Riz8t)
I don't hope she wins, to be clear, I just think she'd be a trainwreck.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 23, 2026 11:02 AM (xcxpd)
Don't think they wouldn't try that here. After all, they've sure been laying the groundwork...
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 23, 2026 11:02 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 11:02 AM (NFX2v)
Harris 2028 White House bid ‘not going to happen’: Former Biden aide
https://tinyurl.com/ujvkh7z6
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 11:01 AM (Riz8t)
I blame Hammer
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 23, 2026 11:02 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
She might become so desperate that she'd finally show us her boobs.
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ)
While I think you are correct, America is a very different country than it was when Nixon was reelected. The Dems relentless efforts to import leftist 3rd worlders are bearing fruit.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
She might become so desperate that she'd finally show us her boobs.
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ)
The glory days of her boobs and juicy booty are long past but....I'd take a look at them.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 23, 2026 11:03 AM (xcxpd)
That wouldn't work. Probably.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)
Now we have the Boomers trying to relive their youth by embracing leftism and the wrong have been brainwashed for 50+ years.
Posted by: Hadley Lamarr at July 23, 2026 11:04 AM (o1mb2)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 23, 2026 11:04 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Bulg
Already to her navel, on the way to Pelosi status.
Posted by: Gravity of the Situation at July 23, 2026 11:05 AM (JM9I6)
You're still interested in those saggy knee knockers?
Posted by: Will Robinson at July 23, 2026 11:05 AM (SExz7)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:05 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 23, 2026 11:03 AM (xcxpd)
You’d get a real good look at her belly button.
Posted by: Hadley Lamarr at July 23, 2026 11:06 AM (o1mb2)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:06 AM (2YhKe)
AOC's got that squeaky, little, annoying voice.
Almost like a Minnie Mouse type cartoon character.
She won't play well even in the DemocratCandidate Debates.
She needs to start smoking 10-20 stogies a day along with gargling cask strength bourbon to get that annoying voice of her an octave or two lower.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 11:07 AM (iJfKG)
There will be accusations of sexism before the debates are even over and all major media outlets will use the same template to report it.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 23, 2026 11:09 AM (RjOoY)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 23, 2026 11:09 AM (g8Ew8)
Stevenson may have been a poseur and a weakling but he was a rather ordinary Democrat of the time, as was Humphrey. They also held responsible positions as governor or senator. The current DSA crew are from little political monocultures.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 11:10 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Will Robinson
You know as well as I do that there is at least one man who would look at her and say "I will smash that like an angry god."
Posted by: NR Pax at July 23, 2026 11:10 AM (RjOoY)
Lo fo voters are dumb dumb dumb. And high info ones aren't much smarter.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 11:11 AM (Nhyh3)
I hope Harris is prepared to burn down the competition in the Dim Candidates Debates.
Go get'em, honey!!! You deserve the nomination.
And all those late-comers are trying to steal your glory.
Bring the mud and get ready to throw!!!
You can do it!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 11:11 AM (iJfKG)
MUNKEY
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 23, 2026 11:12 AM (iqcvy)
Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 11:07 AM (iJfKG)
Vocal timbre in women is measured in miniPleshettes.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 23, 2026 11:12 AM (PiwSw)
We cannot underestimate either of them - retarded as they may be.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 23, 2026 11:14 AM (GTqXr)
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at July 23, 2026 11:14 AM (VkY89)
Posted by: Hadley Lamarr at July 23, 2026 11:04 AM (o1mb2)
I think the efforts to clean up the voter roles and strengthen voting security will bear fruit. Maybe not as much as we want, but enough.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2026 11:14 AM (l4RKn)
Holmes leveraged a distaff baritone to perpetrate one of the biggest financial frauds of the last few decades.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at July 23, 2026 11:14 AM (MNCvZ)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes
That replaced by the Miniturner in the 80s. (Kathleen)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 11:16 AM (77rzZ)
But I do not expect Kamala. AOC is dangerous and has the right stuff and backers to both run and win. But I don't think it will be a woman at this point. I don't think they are going down that road in 2028. Not if there is real danger of losing to the R.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 11:16 AM (Nhyh3)
The stench of that old fossil will follow her, without any of the shine of the newer generation of commies. She is done. All the fake push-polls in the world won't change that.
She's lucky she's not being challenged in a primary by a new fresher face.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 11:16 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 23, 2026 11:09 AM
Once by white guilt. Twice by fraud.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:17 AM (2YhKe)
And Thune is doing his best to thwart the cleanup. He must go. It really astonishes me that he can't see (or doesn't care) how much this is enraging the base.
Backstabbing Thune Blocks Election Integrity, Military Funding House Workaround
https://tinyurl.com/22p88wsk
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)
So they set about short circuiting the electoral process has been my sense for many years now. I couldn’t prove it, but it was obvious.
Election fraud also means they don’t even have to pay lip service to moderation or tacking to the center. When was the last time they did that? 1992
Since that time it has been only an ever increasing cacaphony of whacked out bizzaro world absolute shit. That simply doesn’t happen absent a thoroughly corrupt electoral system.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 11:18 AM (JBnqc)
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at July 23, 2026 11:14 AM (VkY89)
Ah, they're being more open about it now
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 23, 2026 11:18 AM (xcxpd)
Harris 2028 White House bid ‘not going to happen’: Former Biden aide
https://tinyurl.com/ujvkh7z6
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 11:01 AM (Riz8t)
I have a low degree of confidence in this statement. Biden's aides were also assuring us he was fit as a fiddle and running circles around them every day.
Texas is demonstrating why Harris is absolutely going to be the nominee. Black voters are absolutely incensed that they had their chosen candidate 'removed' for someone else. Given the propensity of black voters to actually VOTE and the frequency with which they vote for Dems, as a bloc, they are required. Add in South Carolina's early primary and demographics...
It's going to be Harris. It has to be. Without Harris, black voters don't show up - a fact about which black Democrats are going to be shrieking from the moment after Talarico loses until November 2028.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 23, 2026 11:18 AM (AdHga)
He doesn't give a shit.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 23, 2026 11:18 AM (KUAUH)
I've seen AOC speak to news people and she is looking like it's all getting to be a bit much for her. She was never that bright but now the spotlight seems to be too bright and she's unsure of herself
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 11:18 AM (sMkB+)
She's lucky she's not being challenged in a primary by a new fresher face.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 11:16 AM (iFTx/)
If she had no higher expectations, she would be re-elected by New Yorkers until she died at the ripe old age of 93.
She's not done. You're just being silly if you think she is.
The DSA will NOT go away quietly. If at all.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:19 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes
That replaced by the Miniturner in the 80s. (Kathleen)
I prefer the metric MiniRachelWard units.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)
So, the only thing the R's have to do is remind the country that SHE'S NOT BLACK.
She's as black as Lizzie Warren is Native American.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:20 AM (2YhKe)
Remember this crowd & their big U.S. press?
AI Overview: The Patriotic Millionaires are a nonpartisan group of high-net-worth Americans who first formally pleaded with Congress to raise their own taxes in November 2011, and have continuously lobbied for higher wealth and income taxes since the group was founded in 2010. (Note: Millionaires, not billionaires)
They're back. Independent, Thursday, July 23, 2026, 'Who are the patriotic millionaires? The UK figures begging Burnham to tax them more'
Distinct progressive groups both targeting economic inequality & the influence of extreme wealth in politics, though they operate from very different political frameworks. (And, the true believers ARE far apart)
My belief the Left is using the psychological & negotiation strategy is known as anchoring or using a decoy option. By setting an extreme or absurd initial reference point, the proposer shifts the psychological scale so that a secondary, sub-par option suddenly appears reasonable. (Wikipedia)
'Competition for Maine's Democratic Senate nomination down to just two candidates,' 7/22
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 11:21 AM (NFX2v)
She's as black as Lizzie Warren is Native American.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:20 AM (2YhKe)
I don't know about you, but I desperately want Kamala to be the Dem nominee.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake, and Democrats are absolutely, 100%, pure, concentrated enemies.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 23, 2026 11:21 AM (AdHga)
—-
Whatever happened to Susan Estrich? There was a voice
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 11:21 AM (JBnqc)
Posted by: MiniRonstadt at July 23, 2026 11:22 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 11:22 AM (sMkB+)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 11:21 AM (NFX2v)
Trump does this all the time. He's masterful at it.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 23, 2026 11:22 AM (AdHga)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 23, 2026 11:22 AM (0U5gm)
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According to Pew Research Center's analysis of the 2024 election, Black voters supported:
Hillary Clinton (2016): about 94% Democratic / 6% Republican
Joe Biden (2020): about 92% Democratic / 8% Republican
Kamala Harris (2024): about 83% Democratic / 15% Republican
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 11:22 AM (Nhyh3)
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She is unelectable. They has to know that, too. Now what?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 11:23 AM (JBnqc)
They do know they can write a check to the drunken sailor Uncle Sam any time they want, right?
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 11:23 AM (MWfyi)
So, the only thing the R's have to do is remind the country that SHE'S NOT BLACK.
She's as black as Lizzie Warren is Native American.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:20 AM (2YhKe)
Billy Paul has thoughts
https://youtu.be/tQiSz-gD75s
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 23, 2026 11:23 AM (xcxpd)
I don't know about you, but I desperately want Kamala to be the Dem nominee.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake, and Democrats are absolutely, 100%, pure, concentrated enemies.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 23, 2026 11:21 AM (AdHga)
I don't care who it is, really. They're bench is so incredibly shallow, they're running actual Nazi's, trans lunatics and quasi religious freakazoids across the country.
They've got nothing. And their base is dwindling and turning into members of Code Pink.
Our side just REFUSES to take advantage of it.
Because we're just not allowed to have nice things.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:23 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 11:22 AM (sMkB+)
You heard her. Let's get cracking!
Posted by: Hillary's Powered Exoskeleton Support Team at July 23, 2026 11:24 AM (PiwSw)
https://tinyurl.com/ujvkh7z6
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 11:01 AM (Riz8t)
I have a low degree of confidence in this statement. Biden's aides were also assuring us he was fit as a fiddle and running circles around them every day.
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Except that Biden is now irrelevant so his ex-aides have nothing to lose by telling the truth.
I also think that the Dems are slowly awakening to the realization that they can't keep kowtowing to blacks, because the rest of the country finds it offputting, and blacks who are politically successful in the current climate are simply far too left for the rest of the country. Finally, it is also true that black men do not like Kamala. They detest her.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)
Billy Paul has thoughts
https://youtu.be/tQiSz-gD75s
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 23, 2026 11:23 AM (xcxpd)
Nicely done, sir.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:24 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 11:22 AM (sMkB+)
On it, boss!
Posted by: Hillary's Bollard Evasion Team at July 23, 2026 11:25 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 11:16 AM (iFTx/)
If she had no higher expectations, she would be re-elected by New Yorkers until she died at the ripe old age of 93.
She's not done. You're just being silly if you think she is.
The DSA will NOT go away quietly. If at all.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:19 AM (2YhKe)
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Nah. Her popularity has always been a media myth. I always laughed at endless talk of her beating Schumer for Senate. And now her moment passed her by. She's technically DSA, but not not one of the newer faces.
There's no need to challenge her in a primary at the moment, but the second she becomes expendable -- or if someone newer and cooler wants her seat -- she is done.
I think for sure she is gone after redistricting after the census, if she even makes it that far.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 11:25 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 11:25 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Delurker at July 23, 2026 11:26 AM (2Drhq)
Isn't this also known as "motte-and-bailey"?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 11:26 AM (sMkB+)
Posted by: Delurker
A Griffith, I think. (Melanie)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 11:27 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 11:27 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: LSMFT at July 23, 2026 11:27 AM (JM9I6)
(vodka) no more feeling bad
(Vodka) your eyes are shining
(vodka) you are the real man
(Vodka) wipes away your tears
(vodka) removes your fears
(Vodka) everyone is gorgeous
(vodka) yeah, vodka
Posted by: Korpiklaani at July 23, 2026 11:28 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Delurker
A Griffith, I think. (Melanie)
Melissa Rauch (Bernadette on BBT)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 11:23 AM (JBnqc)
Yes. She is. Categorically.
So the Dems are now in a box canyon of their own making. They've spent at least two generations driving to this precise point.
And now it's blowing up in their faces - something with which Harris is familiar.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 23, 2026 11:28 AM (AdHga)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 11:29 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 11:29 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Delurker at July 23, 2026 11:29 AM (2Drhq)
Posted by: burrrton at July 23, 2026 11:31 AM (kah0Z)
It's getting worse, and it's public.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 23, 2026 11:31 AM (AdHga)
It's getting worse, and it's public.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 23, 2026 11:31 AM (AdHga)
____________
All Democratic constituencies have an expiration date.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 11:33 AM (O0L8i)
Don't think they wouldn't try that here. After all, they've sure been laying the groundwork...
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 23, 2026 11:02 AM (OUMaO)
Everybody knows.
You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 23, 2026 11:33 AM (zafwz)
And then, for starters, we'll find out how helpful those Flock cameras & our credit card issuers are.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 11:33 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Time will tell at July 23, 2026 11:33 AM (TbWk/)
They wouldn’t try to run Harris or Clinton again would they??
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 11:33 AM (JBnqc)
It's getting worse, and it's public.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 23, 2026 11:31 AM (AdHga)
They shit in her bed?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 11:34 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Brenda Vacarro at July 23, 2026 11:34 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 11:22 AM (sMkB+)
On it, boss!
Posted by: Hillary's Bollard Evasion Team at July 23, 2026 11:25 AM (PiwSw)
We are too.
-------Evenstan & Flanders Embalming Service
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 23, 2026 11:35 AM (g8Ew8)
(vodka) no more feeling bad
(Vodka) your eyes are shining
(vodka) you are the real man
(Vodka) wipes away your tears
(vodka) removes your fears
(Vodka) everyone is gorgeous
(vodka) yeah, vodka
Posted by: Korpiklaani at July 23, 2026 11:28 AM (MWfyi)
Yeah, but whiskey gives you balls.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 23, 2026 11:35 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 11:36 AM (sMkB+)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)
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Normal black people are finding themselves in the same boat as normal gay people. Those that want to just be quiet and live a regular life are attached by default to the most ridiculous elements of their respective tribe, and everyone is tired of those people.
Posted by: ballistic at July 23, 2026 11:36 AM (oqH4h)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 11:36 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
If they try to abandon us, they'll regret it. We can be a huge pain in the ass.
-- the gerbils
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 11:36 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: garrett at July 23, 2026 11:36 AM (zGzrB)
It's getting worse, and it's public.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 23, 2026 11:31 AM (AdHga)
They shit in her bed?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 11:34 AM (1z8ji)
I was going for 'shit THE bed,' but it still works.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 23, 2026 11:36 AM (AdHga)
Posted by: Sponge -
This times ten. I will go to my grave convinced that mincing pansy was not legitimately elected. Just the regular fraud in big cities was enough to put him over the top.
Posted by: Dandalo at July 23, 2026 11:37 AM (3QsZU)
More accurately, pseudo religious freakzoids
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 11:29 AM (O0L8i)
I accept that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:37 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 11:38 AM (4g5V+)
It's getting worse, and it's public.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 23, 2026 11:31 AM (AdHga)
That's quite the pivot. Alienate the group you usually pander to in order to pander to another group that literally, in the actual, correct, literal meaning of the word "literally," wants to murder the entirety of the first group.
Posted by: Strange bedfellows indeed at July 23, 2026 11:38 AM (TbWk/)
Even the savage muslims know to avoid the sodomites, until the rape begins. Then all holes are open.
Posted by: 3 holes, no waiting at July 23, 2026 11:38 AM (F1rMs)
(vodka) no more feeling bad
(Vodka) your eyes are shining
(vodka) you are the real man
(Vodka) wipes away your tears
(vodka) removes your fears
(Vodka) everyone is gorgeous
(vodka) yeah, vodka
Posted by: Korpiklaani at July 23, 2026 11:28 AM (MWfyi)
Yeah, but whiskey gives you balls.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 23, 2026 11:35 AM (N39Ws)
Which you can't use on account of whiskey dick.
Posted by: word to your moms at July 23, 2026 11:39 AM (MPakS)
Posted by: one hour sober at July 23, 2026 11:39 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 11:39 AM (JBnqc)
They shit in her bed?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 11:34 AM (1z8ji)
I was going for 'shit THE bed,' but it still works.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 23, 2026 11:36 AM (AdHga)
Amber Heard didn't shit her bed. She shit HIS bed. But, the operative being 'shit' and 'bed.'
It is known that Amber Heard'ing is shitting a bed, regardless of who's it is.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:39 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Dandalo at July 23, 2026 11:37 AM (3QsZU)
The forever image of his presidency.......
https://youtu.be/E0mTVax2-1w
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:41 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 23, 2026 11:41 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 23, 2026 11:09 AM (g8Ew
Obama won because in 2008 the Republican Party was a mess. Under Bush, they ignored their middle-class base. The Democrats were going to win, it was just a matter of how much.
Different factions in the Democrat Party at that point had enough of the Clintons and their control over the party. They went with Obama over Hillary which really pissed her off. She knows she would have won.
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at July 23, 2026 11:42 AM (w3u3d)
Um…. What?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 11:39 AM (JBnqc)
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Scott Bessent.
Posted by: ballistic at July 23, 2026 11:42 AM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 23, 2026 11:42 AM (u/oMr)
Um…. What?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 11:39 AM (JBnqc)
People who are homosexual but otherwise just want to live their lives in peace, who don't have "being gay" as their entire personality, identity, and reason for existence, and aren't interested in donning leather G-strings and pole-dancing on a parade float in San Francisco.
Posted by: Something like that at July 23, 2026 11:42 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 23, 2026 11:41 AM
She should sue her plastic surgeon after beating the shit out of him with a crutch.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:43 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 23, 2026 11:43 AM (amcLV)
I have been talking about this here for four weeks like the lunatic I am, telling everyone to please watch for it - and here it is already. Sorry I got the wording wrong. I repeatedly called it Democrat MAGA.
Watch them try to steal the energy and branding Trump took a decade to build. Right before everyone's eyes. Like it was the most natural thing in the world.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 11:43 AM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:43 AM (2YhKe)
Agree.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 23, 2026 11:44 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Dandalo at July 23, 2026 11:37 AM (3QsZU)
Ditto. I'm also convinced that the reason Hitlery didn't call for a recount/audit was she couldn't without exposing it all. They went to great lengths to make her President but it wasn't enough.
Posted by: Reforger at July 23, 2026 11:44 AM (gE8mJ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 23, 2026 11:42 AM (u/oMr)
I believe she was a waitress and never a bartender.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:44 AM (2YhKe)
tinyurl.com/5dpmzh6f
Posted by: hide yo daughters at July 23, 2026 11:44 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)
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Normal black people are finding themselves in the same boat as normal gay people. Those that want to just be quiet and live a regular life are attached by default to the most ridiculous elements of their respective tribe, and everyone is tired of those people.
Posted by: ballistic at July 23, 2026 11:36 AM (oqH4h)
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Agree and would add that normals in each of those demographics are finally realizing that the "activists" that purport to represent them are in fact grifters and sleazy scumbags who would -- and do -- sell the normals down the river to make a buck.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 11:45 AM (iFTx/)
Don't think they wouldn't try that here. After all, they've sure been laying the groundwork...
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By electing Trump twice the America electorate has proved beyond any doubt that it can't be trusted with democracy.
It wil have to stand in the corner for three, maybe four decades.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 23, 2026 11:45 AM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:39 AM (2YhKe)
It's a deliberate act.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 11:45 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 23, 2026 11:41 AM
She should sue her plastic surgeon after beating the shit out of him with a
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:43 AM (2YhKe)
FIFY. She was cute as a button in Top Gun.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 23, 2026 11:45 AM (N39Ws)
If you're still compulsively voting by middle age, you've learned nothing. I'd argue that young people who don't vote are prodigies.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 11:45 AM (BI5O2)
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Remember the CF when they tried it in Michigan in 2016?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 23, 2026 11:45 AM (amcLV)
He doesn't give a shit.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 23, 2026 11:18 AM (KUAUH)
He’s got his: why should he?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 11:45 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Delurker at July 23, 2026 11:46 AM (2Drhq)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 23, 2026 11:46 AM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 23, 2026 11:46 AM (SwCxT)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 11:46 AM (0JyZG)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 11:45 AM (BI5O2)
We'll disagree on this for at least awhile longer.
We have two methods of correction:
1 - Voting
2 - Guns
Trump has pushed the adoptation of #2 off the the right for a bit. I'm not sure how far, but to the right. What happens after him will determine if it gets pushed again or not.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 23, 2026 11:47 AM (AdHga)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 23, 2026 11:45 AM (N39Ws)
She WAS girl next door smoking hot.
Now, she's ducklipped fugly.
hollywood ruins, completely.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:47 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 11:48 AM (sMkB+)
Now we have the Boomers trying to relive their youth by embracing leftism and the wrong have been brainwashed for 50+ years.
Posted by: Hadley Lamarr at July 23, 2026 11:04 AM (o1mb2)
Defeatist cynicism is an arrogance that we too know an outcome – we do not. Our Creator expects us to fight for good until HE ends the game, not us.
Posted by: Robert W. Pratt at July 23, 2026 11:48 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 23, 2026 11:42 AM (u/oMr)
I believe she was a waitress and never a bartender.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:44 AM (2YhKe)
She graduated from Boston University with a B.A. degree in internatoinal relations and economics. Who knew you could get a degree laying on your back being "loved" by a foreigner after he takes you out to Applebees.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 23, 2026 11:49 AM (N39Ws)
If you're still compulsively voting by middle age, you've learned nothing. I'd argue that young people who don't vote are prodigies.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 11:45 AM (BI5O2)
So why are you here?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 11:49 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 23, 2026 11:45 AM (N39Ws)
She WAS girl next door smoking hot.
Now, she's ducklipped fugly.
hollywood ruins, completely.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:47 AM (2YhKe)
That was also 40 years ago.
Posted by: Age and cosmetic surgery are killers at July 23, 2026 11:49 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 11:50 AM (sMkB+)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 23, 2026 11:49 AM (N39Ws)
BU should be embarrassed with her performance on the international stage a few months ago..........Not only is her foreign relations a f*cking nightmare, her 'knowledge' of economics rivals a 3 year old.
"Higher" education, alright.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:50 AM (2YhKe)
Still enrages me the way Margaret Brennan and Norah O'Donnell kept smugly and robotically repeating "We have SO much to get to" every time some actual debating threatened to break out during that debate.
Posted by: Delurker at July 23, 2026 11:50 AM (2Drhq)
Posted by: Something like that at July 23, 2026 11:42 AM (TbWk/)
People have deceived themselves into believing this is a real demographic. It's how gay marriage became "no big deal" among "conservatives."
And now they're all sad they have to bake the cake, and treat men in dresses like their women, and let men compete in women's sports. The entire gay subculture is inherently transgressive. Just like polls about black opinion on the OJ trial showed it isn't just a small sliver that has screwed up values, the gays are largely the same way. Trying to pretend the occasional Bessent is representative and that you can make some sort of peace with the gays without any of the weird stuff is folly.
Posted by: word to your moms at July 23, 2026 11:51 AM (MPakS)
Posted by: Zhou Youguang at July 23, 2026 11:51 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 11:51 AM (77rzZ)
Watch them try to steal the energy and branding Trump took a decade to build. Right before everyone's eyes. Like it was the most natural thing in the world.
They need to work on the whole "subtlety" thing.
https://tinyurl.com/4p6fytc5
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 11:51 AM (Riz8t)
That was also 40 years ago.
Posted by: Age and cosmetic surgery are killers at July 23, 2026 11:49 AM (TbWk/)
She actually wasn't aging too bad.......
I can't imagine waking up and looking in the mirror after doing that. It HAS to f*ck with your brain.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:51 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 11:50 AM (sMkB+)
Not the same. Him and Gropin' Joe, their sphincters have sphinked out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 11:52 AM (1z8ji)
Um…. What?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 11:39 AM (JBnqc)
People who are homosexual but otherwise just want to live their lives in peace, who don't have "being gay" as their entire personality, identity, and reason for existence, and aren't interested in donning leather G-strings and pole-dancing on a parade float in San Francisco.
Posted by: Something like that at July 23, 2026 11:42 AM (TbWk/)
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There are a few normal gays in my family's friend circle. They look, dress, and act in public just like normal people. They aren't pushing their sexuality on anyone. They want to live their lives in peace. Some are even MAGA.
As I have long said, I think what people do behind closed doors with other consenting adults has nothing to do with me. I have nothing against gay men. I hate faggots and creeps trying to push their perversions on me.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:53 AM (2YhKe)
Not the same. Him and Gropin' Joe, their sphincters have sphinked out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 11:52 AM (1z8ji)
This is what happens when you become one with your sphincter.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:53 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 11:54 AM (sMkB+)
(vodka) no more feeling bad
(Vodka) your eyes are shining
(vodka) you are the real man
(Vodka) wipes away your tears
(vodka) removes your fears
(Vodka) everyone is gorgeous
(vodka) yeah, vodka
Posted by: Korpiklaani
Yeah, but whiskey gives you balls.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed
Tequila makes your clothes fall off.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 11:54 AM (ffLro)
dems were stoked when trump got the nom in 2016 and look how that turned out
Her chances of winning a national election aren’t good. Democrats have a horrible track record of female candidates and she’s especially polarizing.
Same with Pete. He’s extremely qualified and very good as an orator/debater. He always comes off a very intelligent and reasonable. The country isn't ready for an openly gay man or female president.
Both the female candidates they put up were centrist and generally unpopular. Polarizing can be good. Polarizing drives some people to vote against you (but let’s be real, republicans are always polarized) but it also drives people to vote FOR you on your side.
Mark Kelly needs to run on the Dems side. He would be a fantastic candidate for a general election.
Harris needs to stop. It’s insane she’s getting any attention at all in this. As much as I love AOC this isn’t the time. Later yes. We’ve got to clutch. CLUTCH.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 23, 2026 11:54 AM (5+LQ2)
People also forget one crucial thing: the young don’t vote.
Posted by: Cow Demon
Every four years we are told that THIS will be the year the young turn out in droves to vote.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 23, 2026 11:55 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)
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lol a boss I had a few years ago was gay and he and his partner were bigger Republicans than I was at the time
Posted by: ballistic at July 23, 2026 11:55 AM (oqH4h)
Tequila makes your clothes fall off.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 11:54 AM (ffLro)
Tequila makes my food come back.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:55 AM (2YhKe)
"Higher" education, alright.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:50 AM
*sigh*
Goddaughter The Older is going to BU this fall. STEM, though, so she has that going for her. That and a Moron godfather who has been a big influence in her life.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 23, 2026 11:55 AM (Wnv9h)
Hillary was not centrist. Harris was very very not centrist.
Posted by: Delurker at July 23, 2026 11:55 AM (2Drhq)
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Man these people have good drugs
Posted by: ballistic at July 23, 2026 11:56 AM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 23, 2026 11:56 AM (amcLV)
On it, boss!
Posted by: Hillary's Bollard Evasion Team
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Say...did you fellows ever find the missing shoe?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2026 11:56 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 23, 2026 11:09 AM (g8Ew
Complacency is the devil.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 11:56 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Sponge -
Thank you for the correction. I was too busy thinking about peak Meg Ryan to notice.
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 11:57 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
>Does he frequent taco bell? You'll get extra leakage when you roll out of the sheets.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 23, 2026 11:57 AM (SwCxT)
Posted by: Zhou Youguang at July 23, 2026 11:51 AM (4g5V+)
My cancer therapy this morning was late. Very late. Since you have to arrive with an uncomfortably full bladder, I remained optimistic that it would not explode. I'm still alive so I guess your statement is true.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 11:58 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 11:07 AM (iJfKG)
Vocal timbre in women is measured in miniPleshettes.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 23, 2026 11:12 AM (PiwSw)
Guys love my little girl voice.
Posted by: Bernadette Rostenkowski at July 23, 2026 11:58 AM (hmYU4)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 23, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)
Same. Truly don’t care. Bessent, Pressler, Ric Grenell, etc, a few of my personal friends.
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 11:58 AM (Dd38x)
Narrator: He in fact is not qualified or a good debater/orator
He always comes off a very intelligent and reasonable.
Narrator: He in fact did not come off as anything but shallow and equipped only to parrot talking points.
The country isn't ready for an openly gay man or female president.
Narrator: It was, in fact, ready for only one of these.
Posted by: Narrators narrating at July 23, 2026 11:58 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 23, 2026 11:55 AM (Wnv9h)
Godspeed to her, and a blessing she has such a Godfather.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:58 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Cute ladies telling you to drop trou?
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 11:59 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Robert W. Pratt at July 23, 2026 11:48 AM (4g5V+)
God: Over? Did you say over? Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
Gabriel: Germans?
Michael: Forget it, He's rolling.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 23, 2026 11:59 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: word to your moms at July 23, 2026 11:51 AM (MPakS)
I think the takeaway is that some gays are good people despite[/] being gay. They know that letting their freak flag fly in public will drive their straight friends away.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 11:59 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 11:59 AM (sMkB+)
Thank you for the correction. I was too busy thinking about peak Meg Ryan to notice.
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 11:57 AM (77rzZ)
Understandable.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:59 AM (2YhKe)
Vance and Rubio are both far, far better candidates than McLame and Mutt Rombley.
Posted by: Delurker at July 23, 2026 11:59 AM (2Drhq)
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I think I see the problem.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 23, 2026 11:59 AM (XeU6L)
I'm going to be working in DC for the next year so. gotta keep reminding myself.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 23, 2026 12:00 PM (XV/Pl)
Guys love my little girl voice.
Posted by: Bernadette Rostenkowski at July 23, 2026 11:58 AM (hmYU4)
Seems you've misspelled tits.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 12:01 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: NALNAMSAM
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They were sold about 2020 or so to Michael Bloomberg's Borg News operation and since then has been standard boilerplate Dem crap. Not that Murdoch family news is much better.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 12:02 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 11:59 AM (sMkB+)
I wonder if that idiot even showed up on the job as SecTrans.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 12:02 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 11:59 AM (sMkB+)
Oh, he sucks alright......
Posted by: Chasten Buttigieg - Mother/Father at July 23, 2026 12:02 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 12:01 PM (2YhKe)
Why, you cad!! *blush*
Posted by: Bernadette Rostenkowski at July 23, 2026 12:02 PM (hmYU4)
I wonder if that idiot even showed up on the job as SecTrans.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 12:02 PM (4g5V+)
He rode his bike to work!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 12:02 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 11:59 AM (sMkB+)
Oh my GOD, that man couldn't suck a good díck to save his life! Friday nights always end up with me in the bathroom with a copy of Men's Fitness and a bottle of Jergens.
Posted by: Chasten Buttgig at July 23, 2026 12:03 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Delurker at July 23, 2026 12:03 PM (2Drhq)
Narrator: He in fact is not qualified or a good debater/orator
When they say that he's a good debater/orator, they mean that he uses his tongue purtier than a $20 whore. I have no idea if they're correct or not.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 12:03 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 11:59 AM (sMkB+)
Reminder I know him, do not discount how incredibly likable he is. The reason he is a failure is he is amazingly persuadable in his quest to be this friendly, approachable guy. He agrees with the person standing in front of him if that person is presenting what sounds like a decent argument. I got him to be on my side in a lockout in South Bend. Sooooo…..
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 12:04 PM (Dd38x)
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Another extremely dangerous myth. It is one of the very first they deployed on an unsuspecting public, particularly in schools.
It seemed plausible 50 or 60 years ago, maybe. Not now, no way, no how.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 12:04 PM (JBnqc)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:51 AM (2YhKe)
Meg Ryan looks just fine!
Posted by: Jocelyn Wildenstein at July 23, 2026 12:04 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Mattress Back at July 23, 2026 12:05 PM (kZmOS)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 11:59 AM (77rzZ)
I did have cute ladies today but I was too focused on not peeing on the equipment to enjoy it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 12:05 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Which is why the sequel, When Harry Met Sally and Got Divorced was never greenlighted for production. And the sequel to You've Got Mail is that Tom's character strings her along and never marries her.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 12:05 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 12:05 PM (0JyZG)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 11:58 AM
*fistbump*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 23, 2026 12:06 PM (kgE5c)
Guys love my little girl voice.
Posted by: Bernadette Rostenkowski at July 23, 2026 11:58 AM (hmYU4)
Can I have a Coke, Mr. Senator?
Posted by: Christine Blasey-Ford, Vocal Fry Gold Medallist at July 23, 2026 12:06 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 12:07 PM (sMkB+)
Every four years we are told that THIS will be the year the young turn out in droves to vote.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 23, 2026 11:55 AM (Cqx++)
And usually because they are motivated by some Socialist bullshit. So goes the story every four years.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 12:07 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 12:05 PM (E4rtv)
When Sally Made False Rape Accusations Against Harry
Posted by: Too on the nose at July 23, 2026 12:07 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: torabora at July 23, 2026 12:07 PM (kZmOS)
Posted by: Piper
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He is an unaccomplished DEI hire that did miserably as mayor of South Bend and did even worse as Sec. of Transportation. Didn't appear to do much in the military either in his brief stint.
His biggest hope is that some top of the ticket nominee picks his worthless ass for VP. Like Kamala or AOC.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 12:07 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Too on the nose
Heh. Sexless in the City.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 12:08 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Eddie Murphy Was A Prophet at July 23, 2026 12:09 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 12:04 PM (Dd38x)
So he is a weathervane, then?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 12:09 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 12:07 PM (sMkB+)
Right, but most Dems aren’t going to tell a Union they are being rediculous and get back to the table or that the companies offer is really, really good. I am not exactly intimidating, either. But I did put on a brand new playground right before all of this. lol. All the tools in the toolbox.
He isn’t slimy when you speak to him. Chasten is kind of whiney, though.
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 12:10 PM (hftzA)
CBD, you miserable bastard, how dare you ignore us.
Posted by: The Gays and The Transgenders at July 23, 2026 12:10 PM (/eAef)
As I have long said, I think what people do behind closed doors with other consenting adults has nothing to do with me. I have nothing against gay men. I hate faggots and creeps trying to push their perversions on me.
Agree completely. The "I hate faggots" types seem to be compensating for something, but I'm not going to engage with them.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 12:10 PM (Riz8t)
Chasten is kind of whiney, though.
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 12:10 PM (hftzA)
I guess we know who the wife in the "marriage" is.... I denounce myself...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 12:11 PM (0JyZG)
Posted by: Eddie Murphy Was A Prophet
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And gets it. Sequel movie ends with Harry living in a homeless shelter.
Posted by: whig at July 23, 2026 12:11 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 12:12 PM (BUXCz)
I don't think there are too many people here who wouldn't vote to confirm AtC as Attorney General of the United States.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 23, 2026 12:12 PM (AdHga)
Agree completely. The "I hate faggots" types seem to be compensating for something, but I'm not going to engage with them.
Sorry, Elric, I didn't make the connection between what you said and what I said. I was thinking of the Scogg or Scogg-adjacent fool from earlier.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 12:13 PM (Riz8t)
Oh.
Ohhhhh.
Wait a minute..........
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 12:14 PM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 12:11 PM (0JyZG)
Terrible, donna. TERRIBLE.
I want to go on record.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 12:15 PM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: Bernadette Rostenkowski at July 23, 2026 11:58 AM (hmYU4)
Seems you've misspelled tits.
Posted by: Sponge
That's the secret to my success!
Posted by: Leana Lovings at July 23, 2026 12:16 PM (5+LQ2)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 11:49 AM (4g5V+)
Where's the lever at AoS? Where are the ballots? Politicians don't pay any mind to this place and they despise the people who comment here.
There is literally zero connection between this website and elections.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 12:17 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at July 23, 2026 12:17 PM (/eAef)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Except if we're voting on which chick has the best rack.
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 12:18 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 11:59 AM (sMkB+)
Seems like sucking would be a feature not a bug in that case
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 23, 2026 12:19 PM (zafwz)
There is a straight line from “what people do in the privacy of their own bedroom is none of your business” to the kiddie fuckers trolling for children at libraries and kindergarten and all the other degenerate tranny shit.
Them’s the facts.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 12:19 PM (JBnqc)
Posted by: Cow Demon
We've added virulent, open antisemitism to our platform. It has a proven, historical track record in motivating young voters!
Posted by: DSA at July 23, 2026 12:19 PM (5+LQ2)
I mean, given that no human female (including her) has ever gotten wet for that pudgy little Birkenstock-wearing manlet she calls her "fiance".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 12:19 PM (qpyNK)
Oh.
Ohhhhh.
Wait a minute..........
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 12:14 PM (Nhyh3)
The difference between a fag and a queer was, a fag was a guy that wouldn't go downtown with you beating up queers.
Posted by: George Carlin at July 23, 2026 12:20 PM (2YhKe)
Klansmen? Secretly black.
It is known.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 23, 2026 12:21 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 12:21 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 12:21 PM (2YhKe)
Them’s the facts.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 12:19 PM (JBnqc)
But we just want to get married like straight couples and adopt children and...
Posted by: The Slippery Slope at July 23, 2026 12:22 PM (F1rMs)
They act hurt for a bit, and them resume babbling about their proclivities again. That's when I whip out photos of my grandbabies and they shrink away like vampires from sunlight.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 23, 2026 12:23 PM (bX16E)
Posted by: Ancient Israel at July 23, 2026 12:23 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 23, 2026 12:24 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: Green Shades at July 23, 2026 02:10 PM (lR2Tk)
Just what is wrong with owning personal property?
Our U.S. Government was established to secure personal property. It is up to each citizen to increase their personal wealth through hard work and nurturing their family.
That is orthogonal to Government control. Our U.S. Constitution was specifically created and endorsed to limit government authority, that 'prohibited' citizens' inalienable rights. Democrat Socialism cannot exist without destroying our 'inalienable rights'!
Posted by: John at July 23, 2026 02:45 PM (9NUKl)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Francesco Hayez
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 09:30 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 23, 2026 09:31 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 23, 2026 09:31 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 23, 2026 09:31 AM (wVcYX)
Fine art. Belongs in the lobby of every Mosque in the world.
Posted by: Auspex at July 23, 2026 09:32 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: George Costanza at July 23, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 23, 2026 09:32 AM (auR21)
Posted by: Tuna at July 23, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)
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Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Shabbos Goy at July 23, 2026 09:33 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 09:34 AM (O0L8i)
- Your average mainstream media talking head.
Posted by: PabloD at July 23, 2026 09:34 AM (5Ide7)
Posted by: gp at July 23, 2026 09:34 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Squawking crows in the media at July 23, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2026 09:35 AM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Loot 'n' Skoot at July 23, 2026 09:35 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Dr_No at July 23, 2026 09:35 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Unwillin' Barkis at July 23, 2026 09:35 AM (/G2NI)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 23, 2026 09:36 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Tuna at July 23, 2026 09:37 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:37 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Down With It at July 23, 2026 09:37 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Ancient Israel at July 23, 2026 09:37 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2026 09:37 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 09:34 AM (O0L8i)
Actually possible now that they've jettisoned the cancer that is LeBitch James.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:37 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: dantesed at July 23, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 09:38 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: dantesed at July 23, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)
Christopher Titus is a liberal shitstick. F*CK that guy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:39 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Art Maven at July 23, 2026 09:39 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 09:40 AM (0JyZG)
Posted by: Dr_No at July 23, 2026 09:40 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 09:41 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Dr_No at July 23, 2026 09:40 AM
They held up a "No Caesars" protest sign.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 23, 2026 09:41 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Takin' A Dive at July 23, 2026 09:41 AM (JM9I6)
Matt 24.
Posted by: gp at July 23, 2026 09:42 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Dr_No at July 23, 2026 09:42 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 09:42 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 09:43 AM (sMkB+)
A four month siege followed by around a week of street fighting after breaching the walls might have that effect.
The youtube channel "Invicta" has a pretty good video on the siege of Jerusalem.
Posted by: History watcher at July 23, 2026 09:44 AM (9etX0)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 23, 2026 09:41 AM (kgE5c)
Romani ite domum
Posted by: Brian at July 23, 2026 09:45 AM (GTqXr)
Posted by: Dr_No at July 23, 2026 09:45 AM (ayRl+)
We know very little about Zerubbbabel's Temple, of which Herod's was almost a complete do-over.
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ)
The Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem" is a significant historical painting completed in 1867. It depicts the catastrophic event of the Second Temple's destruction during the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE. This moment marked a pivotal point in Jewish history, leading to widespread diaspora and suffering.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 23, 2026 09:45 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Pizza! Pizza! at July 23, 2026 09:46 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 23, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)
"World War Z: The Early Years"*
*You know if you've read it. Or even seen the movie>
Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 09:47 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Monty Python at July 23, 2026 09:47 AM (Jea84)
There's a great speech that Herod Agrippa made. Stupid shits didn't want to listen to reason.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 23, 2026 09:47 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 09:48 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Dr_No at July 23, 2026 09:48 AM (ayRl+)
short list of fave reads. absolute crap film. pitt's faction was bidding against clooney's for the rights.
Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 09:48 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: LA Music Scene, 1964 at July 23, 2026 09:48 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Emergency! Junkie at July 23, 2026 09:49 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Ancient Israel
Not really. They recognized Judaism and granted citizenship to Jews (e.g., Saul of Tarsus).
But you just didn't rebel against the Empire, something the Jews were unable to grasp, to their detriment, on several occasions.
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 09:50 AM (R11M+)
I don't like the BCE and CE crap. Give me the BC and AD designation.
Posted by: dantesed at July 23, 2026 09:51 AM (Oy/m2)
It doesn't happen because everyone fears islham. F*CK islham.
Know islham, no peace.
No islham, know peace.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:51 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sandford - Townsend at July 23, 2026 09:51 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Emergency! Junkie at July 23, 2026 09:49 AM (JM9I6)
Negative, Rampart.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:52 AM (2YhKe)
From a distant fire perhaps?
Posted by: Sandford - Townsend at July 23, 2026 09:51 AM (wVcYX)
*rubs man in boat*
*soils panties*
Posted by: Gwen Walz at July 23, 2026 09:53 AM (2YhKe)
I can't trivialize a depiction of one of the major events in the tragic history of the long-suffering yet bravely persisting Jewish people. Shalom.
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 23, 2026 09:53 AM (I0N4X)
But you just didn't rebel against the Empire, something the Jews were unable to grasp, to their detriment, on several occasions.
Posted by: Bulg
Which is ironic, considering they were willing to use it against those they considered political enemies. Including one in particular where it backfired pretty soundly...
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 23, 2026 09:53 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 09:50 AM (R11M+)
Hayez had one also. https://tinyurl.com/ms6m5cef
Better, IMO.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 09:53 AM (ExV1e)
https://tinyurl.com/mrbrrm6u
Posted by: gp at July 23, 2026 09:54 AM (Jr5Lq)
Is that pronounced like Bocephus?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:54 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 09:55 AM (R11M+)
Hayez had one also. https://tinyurl.com/ms6m5cef
Better, IMO.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 09:53 AM (ExV1e)
How about you start with a little kiss?
You don't have to go stampeeding right to the clitorus!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:56 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 23, 2026 09:56 AM (kwzqw)
Posted by: Sponge
Didn't Bocephus found Boc-ees in Caesarea?
Over 200 feeding stalls for the horses and mules.
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 09:56 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 23, 2026 09:53 AM (I0N4X)
Who are you and what have you done with Muldoon?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:56 AM (2YhKe)
https://tinyurl.com/mrbrrm6u
Posted by: gp at July 23, 2026 09:54 AM (Jr5Lq)
I picked up a copy of the complete works of Josephus, and I suspect it is going to be a long read
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 09:57 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 09:57 AM (R11M+)
https://tinyurl.com/mrbrrm6u
Posted by: gp at July 23, 2026 09:54 AM (Jr5Lq)
TL;DR
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:57 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 09:58 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Kindltot
I've got one. I'm on his Antiquities of the Jewish People now. I'm bogged down in it, because I've reached the part where he's just rehashing the laws from Leviticus.
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)
"Hey! Hey, I gotta delivery here from Katz' Deli.
Who ordered the Pastrami on Rye, extra mustard, extra pickles? Side of potato salad.
Who order...ugh. These meshugas. Who...
Hey, you with the funny broom hat and sword, you know who ordered Pastrami on Rye, extra mustar-
Alright, fine. Good. I'm moving. I'm moving.
...
..."
Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 10:01 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)
He was writing for people who had no real contact with Jews or had any familiarity with the religion.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 10:01 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2026 10:02 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 09:58 AM (R11M+)
Mmmmmmmm........cleavage..........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:02 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2026 10:02 AM (LHPAg)
I had the same thought.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:02 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Monty Python at July 23, 2026 10:03 AM (Jx/ci)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 10:03 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot
Oh, I know. I'm tempted to just skip over it, but I don't like doing that. I like to experience the work as a whole.
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:04 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ol exJarhead GRUNT at July 23, 2026 10:04 AM (WaGMI)
Posted by: Bulg
1. Wait one hour after eating before swimming.
2. Cross only at a crosswalk.
3. Righty tighty, lefty loosey.
4. No catsup on Hebrew National franks.
. . . . and so on
Posted by: Tonypete at July 23, 2026 10:04 AM (6x1Uq)
Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 10:05 AM (R11M+)
Oh, I know. I'm tempted to just skip over it, but I don't like doing that. I like to experience the work as a whole.
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:04 AM (77rzZ)
I miss my days of work at the 'hole.
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at July 23, 2026 10:06 AM (2YhKe)
The structure would remain, no? Unless an effort was made to raze it. I presume.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 10:06 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 10:06 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:06 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 10:05 AM (R11M+)
"Ward? Weren't you a little hard on the Cleav last night?"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:07 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: LASue at July 23, 2026 10:07 AM (lCppi)
Black Friday at the Jerusalem Wal-Mart.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 23, 2026 10:08 AM (iqcvy)
The structure would remain, no? Unless an effort was made to raze it. I presume.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Fire can't melt stone!
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:08 AM (77rzZ)
. . . . and so on
Posted by: Tonypete
What?? Catsup isn't kosher??
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)
The structure would remain, no? Unless an effort was made to raze it. I presume.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
I was wondering the same thing. Seems fire snuffing would be easy.
"Just push it there to the middle. It'll be done soon."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:10 AM (2YhKe)
At all points, though, one iron-hard fact remained, and caused all these developments: a universalist, monotheistic faith cannot coexist within a polytheistic Empire that demands obeisance be paid to its civic gods.
One or the has to give up eventually. Something's got to give.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 10:10 AM (+6XxY)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:10 AM (2YhKe)
The structure would remain, no? Unless an effort was made to raze it. I presume.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
I was wondering the same thing. Seems fire snuffing would be easy.
"Just push it there to the middle. It'll be done soon."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:10 AM (2YhKe)
Could've had wooden support beams and ceiling beams.
A lot of those old buildings did.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 10:11 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 10:10 AM (+6XxY)
Let the bodies hit the floor......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:11 AM (2YhKe)
. . . . and so on
Posted by: Tonypete
What?? Catsup isn't kosher??
Posted by: Bulg
The ketchup on hot dog controversy raises its ugly head again.
Posted by: Tuna at July 23, 2026 10:11 AM (lJ0H4)
The structure would remain, no? Unless an effort was made to raze it. I presume.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
1 wall still stands but most of it was razed and built on by the muslims. The Dome and stuff. But not forever!
Posted by: LASue at July 23, 2026 10:12 AM (lCppi)
The structure would remain, no? Unless an effort was made to raze it. I presume.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Roof beams, which would compromise the building as a whole. Like Notre Dame a few years ago.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 23, 2026 10:12 AM (iqcvy)
Posted by: Boc-ee's at July 23, 2026 10:12 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)
https://shorturl.fm/onR9Z
Posted by: Sponge
Face looks like Kate Mara.
I know, I know..."She has a face?"
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:13 AM (77rzZ)
'The Destruction of Susa' is my fave piece of ancient art:
https://tinyurl.com/y5p6b9v6
It shows the flames shooting out the top, and a bunch of guys going at it with hammers, with debris flinging off the sides, and slaves and treasure being hauled away.
It says everything that needs to be said about the human condition, on one stele.
Posted by: gp at July 23, 2026 10:14 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:13 AM (77rzZ)
Slightly, but better.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:14 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 23, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)
Just sayin'........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:15 AM (2YhKe)
Linkee no workee
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 23, 2026 10:15 AM (QRV42)
. . . . and so on
Posted by: Tonypete
What?? Catsup isn't kosher??
Posted by: Bulg
The ketchup on hot dog controversy raises its ugly head again.
Posted by: Tuna at July 23, 2026 10:11 AM (lJ0H4)
The rule was set on the third tablet that Moses accidentally broke on the way down:
11th Commandment:
Thou Shalt Not Adorn Thine Hot Dogs With Catsup, or even Ketchup, for It Is An Abomination.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 10:15 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)
Linkee not Linkee
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 23, 2026 10:16 AM (QRV42)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 23, 2026 10:16 AM (g8Ew8)
*polite cough*
Posted by: Scrolls. Lots of scrolls at July 23, 2026 10:16 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:13 AM (77rzZ)
You KNOW it's a pretty face when it distracts from the rest.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:17 AM (2YhKe)
Linkee not Linkee
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 23, 2026 10:16 AM (QRV42)
Bulg saw it, so it works for some.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:17 AM (2YhKe)
F the CE crap.
Posted by: LASue at July 23, 2026 10:07 AM
Ask your favorite academic just what event, exactly, makes it the "common" era. Wait for heads to explode.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 23, 2026 10:18 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 09:30 AM (jehhT)
How do stone buildings burn?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:19 AM (1z8ji)
Ask your favorite academic just what event, exactly, makes it the "common" era. Wait for heads to explode.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 23, 2026 10:18 AM (kgE5c)
"Pornography. I was watching pornography."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:19 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Confused at July 23, 2026 10:19 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 23, 2026 10:20 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Sponge
Not really "distract." A nice rack and a pretty face complement each other.
Throw in a nice butt and great legs (which, in my experience, usually go together) and you've got the trifecta of perfection.
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 23, 2026 10:20 AM
But it can make it crack up.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:20 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: King Tut at July 23, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)
*looks at flammable liquids stored haphazardly in garage*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 10:22 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Graham Platner at July 23, 2026 10:23 AM (vMIar)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 23, 2026 10:24 AM (xcxpd)
Have You Noticed The Final Line in Every Single Local News Story This Decade? - a limerick
According to a historical sage
It was the landmark event of the age
"How can we rebuild the temple?"
Well, the answer is quite simple:
You've got to start a Go Fund Me page!
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 23, 2026 10:24 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 10:24 AM (MLPVw)
One thing about it though, if you mistakenly get a tiny dab of it on something, a jacket or blanket or whatever, the odor sticks around. Must. Find. Source. Blech!
Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 10:24 AM (wptpM)
Linkee not Linkee
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 23, 2026 10:16 AM (QRV42)
Bulg saw it, so it works for some.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:17 AM (2YhKe)
Great rack, not quite a butterface but...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 23, 2026 10:25 AM (xcxpd)
Francesco Hayez
The painting is well done, very detailed.
The Destruction of The Temple of Jerusalem is an 1867 history painting by the Italian artist Francesco Hayez. It depicts the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the storming of the city by Roman Army during the Great Jewish Revolt. (Wikipedia)
Reportedly, the Temple in Jerusalem has been destroyed twice in history. Both destructions occurred on the same date on the Hebrew calendar, the 9th of Av (Tisha B'Av), a day of mourning marked annually at the Western Wall Plaza.
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The First Temple (586 BCE): The Babylonian Empire led by King Nebuchadnezzar II.
The majority of the Jewish population was exiled to Babylon, beginning a period of captivity that lasted for decades.
The Second Temple (70 CE) The Roman Empire led by General (later Emperor) Titus.
Culminating a four-year Jewish insurgency in Judaea, the Romans besieged Jerusalem during Passover. After breaching the city defenses, Roman legionaries set the Temple complex on fire. The destruction was total.
There is much more detail available. Read.
A fine lesson. I might hang today's art offering.
Thanks.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 10:25 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 10:10 AM (+6XxY)
Let the bodies hit the floor......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:11 AM (2YhKe)
\m/
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 23, 2026 10:27 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 10:27 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 23, 2026 10:18 AM (kgE5c)
I just read CE as "Christian Era".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:28 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
Dude, clean your glasses. That chick is nowhere near a butterface.
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 10:28 AM (MLPVw)
Posted by: George Bush at July 23, 2026 10:29 AM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: Some Stupid W/a Flare Gun at July 23, 2026 10:29 AM (JM9I6)
During the destruction of the Jerusalem Temples, the massive fires were fueled by flammable structural wood, furnishings, and stored oils rather than the stone walls themselves. While the buildings were made of stone, they contained extensive internal wood and combustibles.
Roof beams, cedar and sycamore framework, ceiling panels, and large doors. Tapestries, woven linen, curtains, and wooden furniture.
Sacred olive oil stored for the menorah, alongside other flammable goods in adjacent storerooms.
Intense heat from burning wood and oil scorched, cracked, and caused the limestone structures to collapse.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 10:30 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 10:30 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 10:30 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 10:31 AM (ffLro)
The family had dined at a bar and grill restaurant just prior to boarding the boat. I sure hope Grandpa hadn't been consuming alcohol to the point that it put his BAC above the legal limit.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 23, 2026 10:31 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Paul...who likes the flavor of his dog's excrement at July 23, 2026 10:31 AM (wTJ2j)
Posted by: Real World Calling at July 23, 2026 10:29 AM (fsQeR)
I have yet to see any proof that AI is good for much.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:32 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 23, 2026 10:32 AM (2YhKe)
One thing about it though, if you mistakenly get a tiny dab of it on something, a jacket or blanket or whatever, the odor sticks around. Must. Find. Source. Blech!
Posted by: Common Tater
Considering the two plants are closely related, it's an interesting combo...
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 23, 2026 10:33 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:33 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 10:34 AM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: Real World Calling at July 23, 2026 10:29 AM (fsQeR)
I have yet to see any proof that AI is good for much.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:32 AM (1z8ji)
----
And I don't expect great things out of Chinese AI, considering the standards (or lack thereof) they apply in other areas.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 10:34 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 10:34 AM (R11M+)
Guess who said that.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 10:34 AM (Nhyh3)
Barack Owebama?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:34 AM (2YhKe)
The Chinese have played this brilliantly. Five minutes ago nobody knew what a data center was. Then through propaganda on social media everyone thinks data centers are the worst thing ever.
Notice where data centers are not banned? China of course. Weird how that works.
They will eat our lunch in AI if this shit doesn’t change asap.
Posted by: Real World Calling at July 23, 2026 10:29 AM (fsQeR)
That just means that red states like Texas, Florida, etc, will rake in the jobs, money, taxes and benefits they bring.
I'm fine with that. States like NY apparently prefer to go back to a pre-modern agricultural muslim state. Enjoy the Big Falafel, a-holes!
Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 10:34 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
"Dude, what's with all these paintings of naked women? And WTH is that thing on an ottoman?"
-- Perf. Squirrel's co-workers
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:34 AM (77rzZ)
I have yet to see any proof that AI is good for much.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:32 AM (1z8ji)
AI is programmed by man. Man is corrupt. AI is corrupt and not worth the technology it runs on.
Liberalism ruins absolutely everything.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:35 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: one hour sober at July 23, 2026 10:36 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:32 AM (1z8ji)
AI is programmed by man. Man is corrupt. AI is corrupt and not worth the technology it runs on.
Liberalism ruins absolutely everything.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
GIGO
Shit in, shit out.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 10:36 AM (ffLro)
The family had dined at a bar and grill restaurant just prior to boarding the boat. I sure hope Grandpa hadn't been consuming alcohol to the point that it put his BAC above the legal limit.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 23, 2026 10:31 AM (J4Dwc)
Kids should have been wearing life jackets, which falls on the elders to enforce. And how do they get "ejected", unless they are riding in a precarious position in the first place? Up on the foredeck of a runabout?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:36 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Real World Calling at July 23, 2026 10:29 AM (fsQeR)
I have yet to see any proof that AI is good for much.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:32 AM (1z8ji)
It makes great fantasy imaging. The way it can duplicate people's images onto implausible scenarios is scary though.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 23, 2026 10:36 AM (g8Ew8)
That just means that red states like Texas, Florida, etc, will rake in the jobs, money, taxes and benefits they bring.
I'm fine with that. States like NY apparently prefer to go back to a pre-modern agricultural muslim state. Enjoy the Big Falafel, a-holes!
Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 10:34 AM (iJfKG)
There are two significant DC projects going on in Texas at the moment.
One outside of Amarillo and the other, a goolag facility, in Vernon.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:36 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:36 AM (1z8ji)
This. Lifejackets are mandatory. And if the kids were of a young age where they hadn't learned to swim, it was incredibly negligent of the GP's to not have them wearing one.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:38 AM (2YhKe)
GIGO
Shit in, shit out.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 10:36 AM (ffLro)
One of the very first rules of data.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:39 AM (2YhKe)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I hope to go to Jerusalem one day.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 10:39 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 10:40 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at July 23, 2026 10:40 AM (MWfyi)
30-foot Tidewater Custom 280. I presume they were riding in the bow without lifejackets, yes.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 23, 2026 10:41 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at July 23, 2026 10:40 AM (MWfyi)
FUN you stupid idiot.....
Posted by: Anthrax at July 23, 2026 10:41 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: The moneychangers at July 23, 2026 10:41 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:41 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:43 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:45 AM (77rzZ)
The one that stuck out for me was the one about prophet Zechariah. They point out that the people of the Second Temple were wondering if they should bother fasting since, you know, the Temple's back.
Ezra-Nehemiah closed the issue when they instituted the Wood Festival around that time. Of course when the temple was destroyed again several of those festivals weren't able to be held.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 23, 2026 10:45 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:45 AM (77rzZ)
Contemplate this in the Tree of Crows!
Posted by: Oblivious at July 23, 2026 10:47 AM (+viZh)
Posted by: Sponge
**********
You are amazing! They're actually doing it! Or I mean they're NOT doing it!
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 23, 2026 10:47 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 23, 2026 10:47 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: News You Can Use at July 23, 2026 10:47 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: News You Can Use
Pfft. Pikers.
-- Springfields
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:48 AM (77rzZ)
Slowing the US down is their only hope to remain competitive in the AI race.
So, of course the left is going to help them. *spits*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 10:49 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:49 AM (2YhKe)
"Bethlehem" was the name of the happy home the Brits would have put Paul in. It got pronounced "bedlam".
Posted by: gKWVE at July 23, 2026 10:49 AM (gKWVE)
You are amazing! They're actually doing it! Or I mean they're NOT doing it!
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 23, 2026 10:47 AM (I0N4X)
Sun shines on a dog's ass every once in a while.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:49 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:50 AM (77rzZ)
Today's artwork (according to Wikipedia) depicts the destruction of the second Jerusalem Temple ... On a similar note, burned wooden beams from Jerusalem’s First Temple destruction were recently found preserved after 2,600 years.
https://tinyurl.com/mrbycuah
Posted by: Kathy at July 23, 2026 10:51 AM (MOK4W)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 23, 2026 10:52 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:50 AM (77rzZ)
I noticed that late......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:52 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: creeper at July 23, 2026 10:53 AM (80oeU)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 23, 2026 10:52 AM (PiwSw)
Dan Simmons (pbuh) also had a Wandering Jew in Hyperion.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 23, 2026 10:54 AM (gKWVE)
Slowing the US down is their only hope to remain competitive in the AI race.
So, of course the left is going to help them. *spits*
I agree with everything except the idea that China will never become competitive. 1.5B smart, hardworking people will make progress no matter what. That is not to say that China won't try to steal anything that isn't tied down. They will, and we need to take appropriate countermeasures.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 10:54 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge
If you would notice the faces more, like I do, you could screen the nasal piercings out ahead of time.
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:54 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Monty Python at July 23, 2026 10:03 AM (Jx/ci)
Carthage won battles against Rome, some in spectacular fashion. Ergo, a threat that needed to be eliminated.
The Jews were just a pain in the ass, not an existential threat
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 23, 2026 10:55 AM (zafwz)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 10:57 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 23, 2026 10:55 AM (zafwz)
👀
-CBD
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 10:57 AM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: gKWVE
They're finding stuff in those caves. Incredible.
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:58 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: anachronda at July 23, 2026 10:58 AM (v3pYe)
feather boas?
Posted by: anachronda at July 23, 2026 10:58 AM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 23, 2026 11:01 AM (g8Ew8)
feather boas?
Posted by: anachronda at July 23, 2026 10:58 AM (v3pYe)
And sparkly hats.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 23, 2026 11:02 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 11:05 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 11:05 AM (77rzZ)
New what, cave or feather boa???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 23, 2026 11:10 AM (vDZgA)
Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 11:23 AM (R11M+)
At my work every single fucking meeting involving anybody from IT about literally any topic is just some clanker-lovin' tin-skins saying "AI is AI and AI is gonna AI you right in your AI if you don't AI AI before AI AL'S you and I'm personally going to get an AI dildo implanted in my asshole but you can just get an AI chip in your brain like a basic bitch if want. AI AI AI. A.I." for a goddamned hour straight.
Please... can we all just agree to leave this shit at the office? I'm soooooo tired of hearing about this religion.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 11:36 AM (BI5O2)
The Morning Report — 7/ 23 /26
Good morning kids. Say what you will about President Trump, and it is my opinion that he will be remembered in the fullness of time as among our greatest of President's primarily for reestablishing sane American foreign policy that both ensures our own national security but ultimately results in the true liberation of the oppressed masses suffering under the yoke of tyrannical communism/socalism especially here in our own hemisphere. As CBD and I discussed on the latest episode of the podcast linked here and in the sidebar as well as available on the popular platforms listed at the bottom of this post, led by for once by an intelligent, driven and unabashedly pro-American Secretary of State in the person of Marco Rubio, Latin America which for far too long had been relegated to basket case status is undergoing a reverse domino effect wherein socialist hellhole nations have rid themselves of socialism and are embracing liberty and freedom. Most notably Nayib Bukele in EL Salvador as well as Javier Milei in Argentina. Although Hugo Chavez and the Maduro-ista cancer has been excised from Venezuela the situation there is still in flux. But that said, I think America and Americanism are on the march here in our hemisphere for sure. And that said, there are rumblings in the air that the long imprisned Caribbean Island gulag of CUBA might before long breathe free for the first time in over 66 years. About the only people who would not be celebrating would be our fellow citizens in name only — the cadres and leadership of the Democrat/Left.
The secretary noted that the end goal would be to uproot the communists and have "Cuba where the people of Cuba can experience prosperity, safety, security and a better life moving forward." “We’re prepared to be realistic about how you do that and patient about the serious process that leads to that. We’ve engaged them from time to time in that regard and know where we stand on that issue. Hopefully that’s where it arrives.That would be marvelous but how can we uproot the communists right here at home and ensure that America and the American experiment can survive and thrive for another 250 years. Despite the rise of the so-called Democratic Socialists who are neither of those things although Socialism is the cancer from which untold millions can will and have perished. It must be utterly smashed if we are to continue, and there seem to be positive signs. We reported on a recent poll indicating a broad swathe of the nation are genuinely terrified and revolted by the prospect of Communism,
Four in ten Americans view communists in the United States as posing a major or moderate threat, a recent weekly survey from the Economist/YouGov found. The survey asked respondents, “How much of a threat, if any, do Communists in the United States pose today?” Across the board, 43 percent considered communists in the U.S. as at least a moderate threat. More specifically, 18 percent consider it a “major” threat, and 25 percent consider it a “moderate” threat. Another 23 percent consider it a “minor” threat, and 33 percent said communists in the U.S. pose no threat at all.And yet, this shit:
There’s little question that the Democratic Socialists of America are more influential than any time in recent history. Indeed, it’s perhaps the most influential arm of the Democratic Party today, wielding policy clout and winning local elections. But are DSA policies really so popular? July’s I&I/TIPP Poll asked voters to find out. The DSA’s recent “Workers Deserve More!” document outlined its main policy goals. For I&I/TIPP’s July Poll, taken by 1,473 Americans from June 29 through July 2, voters were asked whether they agreed or disagreed with five separate DSA proposals. The poll has a margin of error of +/-2.8 percentage points. First, I&I/TIPP asked about DSA’s proposal for the “abolition of jails and prisons.” Only 26% agreed either strongly (10%) or somewhat (16%) with this plan, while 62% disagreed strongly (47%) or somewhat (15%).The other questions/DSA policy aims are equally revolting as I'm sure you can imagine. I guess most people who are reportedly terrified of communism are unaware that its precursor is socialism. At some point you just throw up your arms at this mess. We'll see if the two term presidency of Marco Rubio can deal with this. I look forward to that, Democrat election thievery notwithstanding. Have a good day,
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- California uses the same software…
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- The problems start at the top. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer continues to redefine "feckless." I swear, the longer he's in Congress — 45 years since he was first elected to the House before going to the Senate — the more mystified he seems by how all of it works. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is only three years into his leadership gig, and has never been anything more than Nancy Pelosi's puppet. Unfortunately for the Democrats, she's too drunk and old to properly pull his strings.
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- ... Damianos made clear that the Cypriot government believes that Trump pursuing energy dominance is extremely important for his region but also for the whole world. Cyprus is a member of the European Union, but it also is the closest European nation to the Middle East. The island, which is mostly controlled by Greek Cypriots who comprise the Republic of Cyprus, also has a small portion of the northern part of the island currently controlled by Turkish occupants.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 07:25 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 07:25 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 07:26 AM (u82oZ)
The campaigns internal polling must be horrific for him to make this statement.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 23, 2026 07:27 AM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 07:28 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 23, 2026 07:29 AM (JNTt1)
knowingly giving false information when registering to vote is a felony under federal law, punishable by up to $10,000 in fines and/or up to five years in prison.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 07:29 AM (/+uur)
He is not unfamiliar with the taste of todger.
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 07:31 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 07:32 AM (4g5V+)
Maybe he misread the room. Or is just scarfing up coastal "elites" campaign money.
Is the overall level of black Texan disenchantment with big screen TVs and air conditioning so high he has a chance?
Magic -* ball says No Way, Jose.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)
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Letting the rioters know they're succeeding. Not sure it's the best course of action, but whatever.
I still contend the rioters should be kept 500 ft. or more from any entrance or gate. If they advance, shoot to kill.
The rioting will cease either out of fear of death or lack of live rioters.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 07:32 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 07:33 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 23, 2026 07:27 AM (0N4FZ)
As we have seen over the past week, his campaign is in a bad way with blacks.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 07:34 AM (4g5V+)
Reparation Maths:
Obama has zero African Slave Blood
Michelle is 50/50 to a Great 3x grandmother
If the payout is $10,000
How much do Sasha and Malia get?
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 07:34 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Case at July 23, 2026 07:34 AM (bqIVz)
The rioting will cease either out of fear of death or lack of live rioters.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 07:32 AM (jehhT)
Shoot to kill orders are the fastest way to stop a riot.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 07:35 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 23, 2026 07:27 AM (0N4FZ)
Those of us watching in Texas knew this was coming as soon as the Dem party put its finger on the scales and shafted her out of the nomination.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 07:35 AM (T2w7I)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 07:35 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 07:35 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 23, 2026 07:36 AM (+gA9j)
Will this be a good thing?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 07:36 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 23, 2026 07:36 AM (VyBeY)
Sure. Right after they pass the SAVE act.
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 07:36 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 23, 2026 07:37 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 07:37 AM (T2w7I)
Posted by: Cow Demon"
Fire hoses will put a damper on it too.
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 07:37 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 23, 2026 07:38 AM (+gA9j)
Daniel Ortega says hello.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 07:38 AM (ExV1e)
More than what?
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 23, 2026 07:40 AM (2Ez/1)
We saw how a weaponized FBI acted on January 6th. We need similar will. We have the technology.
Use cell phone data and a geo-fence. Facial recognition. AI to link the mob to financial payments from NGOs gone commie.
No money, less protesters. Use civil forfeiture to take cells phones away. Find the networks. Go after the leaders with fines and de-banking.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)
Daniel 2:20-21 "...God removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding."
4:17 "...the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men"
4:25 "...the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will."
Job 12:23 "He makes nations great, and He destroys them; He enlarges nations, and leads them away."
Fear not, we're in Good Hands.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 07:41 AM (9Hs2w)
The only good spot is Iran seems to be running out of missiles. Not drones, however.
No electrical power, no threat.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 07:42 AM (u82oZ)
I might possibly get a flying unicorn.
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 07:43 AM (MWfyi)
Link returns to main page.
Good link: https://tinyurl.com/ytpd93b3
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 07:43 AM (ExV1e)
End all of their and their immediate family's access to any and all federal programs. No SSI, no Medicare, No student loans.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 07:43 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Don Black at July 23, 2026 07:44 AM (ZxPkt)
Good. Hopefully the US will have the will to evaporate Iran and all it stands for and once the radioactive dust settles whoever move in can clean the place up.
Posted by: Make War, Not Love at July 23, 2026 07:45 AM (F1rMs)
Posted by: The person who always says that at July 23, 2026 07:46 AM (2Ez/1)
It is no accident communism is on the rise in the US and countries around the world. It was a plan and it was centered in Cuba.
Here's a link to the report. It's really well done.
https://tinyurl.com/5ynvedwx
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 07:46 AM (viF8m)
Sure. Right after they pass the SAVE act.
They have far more interest in passing Amnesty.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 07:46 AM (PVBkQ)
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Yay! It's trash day ... the day my trash would be delivered to the dump, if only my "dog parent" neighbors did NOT throw dog feces in my cart ... so my wife and I dispose of our trash at stores, fast food restaurants, and gas stations. I keep my trash cart in the garage and do NOT want my house to smell like my filthy neighbors' dogs asses. Another neighbor found a sticker which requests that said "dog parents" NOT use his cart. Gosh, that Tree of Liberty is looking undernourished.
Posted by: Marooned at July 23, 2026 07:46 AM (kt8QE)
And I think if Cuba is free from the tyranny of Not Real Communism™, there will be flags flying at half staff and professors crying harder than when the Berlin Wall fell.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 23, 2026 07:47 AM (RjOoY)
What kinda scares me is this is an 'original' story. All leaked photos are of the Federation. Feddie uniforms are the blue with red trim.
Some are getting excited after spying the TAKIM logo, saying the writers are hardcore UC Gundam fans.
JJ 'lens flare' Abrams would like a word with you.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 07:47 AM (2GVsD)
Unfortunately, Iran is not the Paraguay of the War of the Triple Alliance. In that war, 95% of Paraguayan men died. And before you ask, our erstwhile allies in the Gulf have asked us not to bomb mosques.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 07:48 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Don Black at July 23, 2026 07:48 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 07:48 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: They're the worst at July 23, 2026 07:48 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 07:50 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 23, 2026 07:51 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 07:52 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 07:52 AM (2GVsD)
Hey, we have standards! Use plastic!
/American Association of Paper Bag Manufacturing
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 07:52 AM (XuXeR)
Obama has zero African Slave Blood
Michelle is 50/50 to a Great 3x grandmother
If the payout is $10,000
How much do Sasha and Malia get?
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 07:34 AM (/+uur)
We'd need to know the numbers for their parents.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 07:53 AM (ExV1e)
Let's hope it doesn't fall into Carl von Clausewitz' concept of escalation to the extremes.
What we are in may be Kahn's Escalation ladder/Escalation Dominance
What is most interesting is if we fall into William Zartman's Mutually hurting stalemate, which is possible if the Muslims decided to bring the war here to the point where Heritage Americans are tired of seeing their churches burn down and their infrastructure wrecked.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 07:53 AM (PVBkQ)
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{{{Salty}}}
First problem would be getting the duct tape through the fish hook.
Yes, I'm being catty. I'm so ashamed. *hangs head*
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 23, 2026 07:54 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ)
The article about Schumer and Jefferies is great. I've been saying for months that it looks as if the two of them have been pithed. They babble but usually at Trump. They have no idea how to deal with the crazies of the the DSA. Fun to watch, dangerous for the nation.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 07:54 AM (sMkB+)
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 07:54 AM (PVBkQ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog"
The shower scene.
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 07:54 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 23, 2026 07:55 AM (gm9Sb)
Sure. Right after they pass the SAVE act.
They have far more interest in passing Amnesty.
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Yeah, I wistfully hear things like this and know there's barely a snowball's chance in Hades it will ever happen. Sure, they could fix it. Sure, they could pass the SAVE Act. They'll do neither, or it would've already been done. Trump can harangue Thune to Kingdom come. He apparently has no plans to do anything the people want. I detect a problem in all of this...
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 23, 2026 07:56 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 07:56 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 07:57 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 07:57 AM (2GVsD)
It's already been happening. Another historic church in Buffalo, NY was torched again just the other day.
Iran has been at war with us for 50 years. They've been killing our citizens and military, infiltrating our schools, helping flood our country with drugs and on and on and on. People are just finally waking up to what has been happening, it didn't just start 15 minutes ago.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 07:57 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 07:57 AM (u82oZ)
Ok, that's funny right there.
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 07:48 AM (XuXeR)
Someone should ask him when he's gonna step aside in favor of Crockett.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 07:57 AM (ExV1e)
Some reports, a couple years ago, suggested Iran had at its disposal 10's of thousands of drones and thousands of ballistic missiles in storage. With more being assembled weekly.
I'd imagine the materials for those, if not domestically available, are running very low. But the stockpile apparently is robust enough to continue hitting local targets in the Gulf area. Longer range stuff, able to hit Israel or further, is apparently nearly depleted.
TL ; DR Iran's running out of shit to fight with. Slowly.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 07:57 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 07:57 AM (sMkB+)
Danny is 80 years old. He is Latin America's Bob Mugabe. Soon he will be wheeled away never to be seen again.
Posted by: Managua, Nicaragua at July 23, 2026 07:57 AM (F1rMs)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 07:59 AM (2GVsD)
>>@JasonMBrodsky
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1h
>>This is a really significant revelation during the trial in Salman Rushdie's case. Basically Hadi Matar had planned the attack on Salman Rushdie, where he was almost stabbed to death including in the eye, with a person based in #Iran.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 07:59 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 23, 2026 07:59 AM (fZiTB)
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 07:59 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: fd
Pour gasoline over it & light it.
Morning all.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:00 AM (ffLro)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 23, 2026 08:01 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 08:01 AM (sMkB+)
Posted by: fd
This is a good solution. I think it can apply to a lot of other places.
https://youtu.be/IGJ2jMZ-gaI
Posted by: NR Pax at July 23, 2026 08:01 AM (RjOoY)
anytime I see 'SAVE Act' or 'investigate' or 'Congress must (yada yada yada)' I can just blow right past the nonsense and get to the really important stuff
Posted by: Don Black at July 23, 2026 08:01 AM (ZxPkt)
And poke some holes in it so the gasoline will go deep. Then glass it over so no other ants will come back.
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 08:02 AM (MWfyi)
https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ is your friend. Have at it.
We can get the radiation confined to a small area if we use a deep penetrator bomb to dig a hole first.
A better alternative is to seal all entrances and bomb every ventilation outlet. With conventional explosives.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:03 AM (u82oZ)
Every week there is a report where data researchers just look at data to compare two sets of facts.
Example: In the 60 years from 1907 to 1966 vs. 1967 to 2026 how many days were over 95 degrees. So you just read the data from 100 (or whatever number is sig.) and then compare the 2.
The second set of data (67 to 26) had 18% FEWER days over 95.
It is not getting warmer.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 08:03 AM (/+uur)
https://tinyurl.com/3p254ke2
Posted by: Don Black at July 23, 2026 08:03 AM (ZxPkt)
A better alternative is to seal all entrances and bomb every ventilation outlet. With conventional explosives.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:03 AM (u82oZ)
Release a balrog into the mine.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 08:04 AM (ExV1e)
But it hasn't risen to the point where Heritage Americans are willing to do what needs to be done.
Instead, they vote them into political office so that their destruction is amplified and sanctified with endless tax dollars and the police powers of the State.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 08:04 AM (9Hs2w)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 08:01 AM (sMkB+)
Something like 12k college students have traveled to Cuba over the years to learn good communist ways.
Bass out is Cali is one of them.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 08:04 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 08:04 AM (MWfyi)
It would be a lovely day to enjoy were it not for the fact that I have an awful cold, with a unique addition - every time I try to swallow, my right ear and right side of the neck feel as if someone is stabbing me with a knife. Someone who's had a similar cold says that it's a symptom that's going to hang on for a long time. I'm full of mucus and can barely sleep.
I'm going to try to edit my novel today and see if I can distract myself from the sickness.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 23, 2026 08:05 AM (qRla/)
Not a coincidence that Latin America is throwing off the yoke of communism while we are taking down the source where it emanated from, Venezuela and Cuba and their benefactors in Iran and China.
What is happening all around us everyday are not a bunch of isolated incidents, they are related. The Red/Green alliance of communism and Islam have been at war with us for generations. And largely winning. Not so much anymore.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 08:05 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 07:37 AM (T2w7I)
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It's an interesting dynamic.
The US has the technological capability to obliterate Iran, but not the will to do so.
If they could, Iran would obliterate the United States, but they lack the technology to make it happen.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 08:05 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 23, 2026 08:05 AM (qBdHI)
Middle Class White College Educated are the number 1 killer of minorities.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 08:07 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 08:07 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 08:07 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 23, 2026 08:07 AM (fZiTB)
Posted by: Not Kill Them at July 23, 2026 08:08 AM (JM9I6)
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That's a defeatist attitude. I think that going after Fauci is the ideal test case to determine the validity of the Autopen pardons.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 23, 2026 08:08 AM (cBDov)
Rancid Tlaib is power armor that only works if she goes further underground?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)
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IIRC the "transgenders for guns" or whatever they called themselves... the weirdos who supposedly trained "military style" and ambushed ICE agents in TX some time ago, nearly killing one or two, had gone to Cuba for "training."
I'd look it up, but too lazy this morning.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 08:09 AM (jehhT)
....
Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?
Posted by: E. Scrooge at July 23, 2026 08:09 AM (2Ez/1)
Some of us are. That's why we voted for Trump. Some heritage Americans are on the other side.
It's helpful to step back and look at the big picture of what is going on all around the world instead of focusing like a laser on individual actions.
Iran has tried multiple times to kill Trump. Still trying. China helped rig the 2020 election. Venezuela flooded the US with gangs and drugs. Cuba has been trying to infiltrate our institutions and turn our people against us. And they are all allies. Or were.
What the Trump administration is doing is not random.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 08:09 AM (viF8m)
Fan of Phase IV? Big Ant got to you? With sugar cubes?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 08:09 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 08:10 AM (/+uur)
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OA, it is a slow burn. But a very good, atmospheric movie.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 23, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 23, 2026 08:10 AM (RjOoY)
Posted by: I was busy at July 23, 2026 08:11 AM (2Ez/1)
We'll be right over!
Posted by: A Zanti Misfit at July 23, 2026 08:11 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Don Black at July 23, 2026 08:12 AM (ZxPkt)
Fan of Phase IV? Big Ant got to you? With sugar cubes?
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Empire of the Ants! Wait your turn to step into the booth to be sprayed with pheromones by the Queen.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 23, 2026 08:12 AM (qBdHI)
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That's a defeatist attitude. I think that going after Fauci is the ideal test case to determine the validity of the Autopen pardons.
Posted by: buddhaha
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Hold his upcoming senate committee appearance in a deep red area rather than Washington. Let him lie there and be indicted there. He has no immunity for new perjury.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 23, 2026 08:12 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: The Great Poof at July 23, 2026 08:13 AM (JM9I6)
There is a lot of justification for that argument. The US has transmogrified from a Rule of Law nation into one of How Much Justice Can You Afford, where the auctioning off of "justice" begins in the law universities and political party machines before it gets to the actual courtroom.
At the rate the US is socially plummeting to meet the third world lawlessness and corruption that has defined all cultures since expulsion from the Garden, justice will become defined by the fiat of regional warlords.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 08:14 AM (nCgQz)
Posted by: Why Nobody Told Me? at July 23, 2026 08:14 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 08:14 AM (sMkB+)
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Why minimize and whitewash the brutal Turkish occupation, displacement, and expulsion of Greek Christians from their homes.
Only some occupations matter.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 08:15 AM (JvZF+)
First thing you do is set up CRUD
C reate
R read
U pdate
D elete
That is the list of users and the permissions in the data.
NJ knows exactly who allowed the illegals to register.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 08:15 AM (/+uur)
"Trump: The U.S. will approve a civilian nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia, but only if Riyadh joins the Abraham Accords.
Trump said the deal would allow only non military nuclear energy with no uranium enrichment, adding that the U.S. supports peaceful nuclear programs under those conditions."
so, in another 1000 years ?
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 08:15 AM (GD0B3)
I'd say that Xi's purges of fellow Communists in CCCP government and military, coupled with his new ethnic cleansing policies, will cause a revolt in China. He is helping the US of A, in a funny but predictable way.
If there is no revolt, then his power projection ability is greatly diminished.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:15 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Old Lady Birx at July 23, 2026 08:16 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)
She'd aid them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 08:16 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 23, 2026 08:12 AM (qBdHI)
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There's a hilarious episode of King of the Hill where Bobby Hill becomes enslaved to a fire ant queen.
"Yes, my queen!"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 08:17 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 08:14 AM (nCgQz)
You have just described the lawlessness of the Blackrobbed terrorist in local state and district courts.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 08:17 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 23, 2026 08:17 AM (+gA9j)
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He hasn't got the black voters so he's decided to also lose the white voters.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 08:17 AM (ndZc7)
Been going on since Smyrna in 1922. Turkey is not advancing under it's current leader. It is regressing.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:18 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 08:18 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 08:18 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 23, 2026 08:19 AM (+gA9j)
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The Nerd never got any until an innocent looking goldigger got her claws into him. Years later, Epstein worms his way (money!) into his life and introduces him to woman who treat him like a hottie (because they've being paid indirectly, or because they're the type that Kissinger described as reacting to power as an aphrodisiac) and he goes batshit. Goldigger sees chance to make bank and divorces him.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 23, 2026 08:19 AM (cBDov)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 08:19 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 08:19 AM (GD0B3)
I'm dead from high has prices due to Trump's war in Iran.
Course, I died last year due to his high price of eggs.
It's like my 6th or 7th death under Trump ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 23, 2026 08:20 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Big Penguin at July 23, 2026 08:20 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2026 08:20 AM (lt7On)
>>I'd say that Xi's purges of fellow Communists in CCCP government and military, coupled with his new ethnic cleansing policies, will cause a revolt in China. He is helping the US of A, in a funny but predictable way.
>>If there is no revolt, then his power projection ability is greatly diminished.
Again, I don't think that is random, Salty. Trump was asked the other day if he plans to do anything about China meddling in our elections. He replied something along the lines that it was old news. And generals got purged.
Meanwhile, he has taken control of 2 of China's major oil and gas stations. Which just so happens to be crushing Cuba at the same time.
To me the most overlooked part of all it was regaining western control over the Panama Canal, arguably a much more strategic waterway than Hormuz.
Strategary.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 08:21 AM (viF8m)
The MIC might be satisfied with that (probably not), the US must keep conflict going on somewhere around the world so that the paychecks and pensions keep flowing.
Bombing Iran is turning into a nice reliable incoming stream. Sort of like owning rental units.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 08:21 AM (pawvM)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 08:21 AM (sMkB+)
"Gad Saad
@GadSaad
Jul 22
Dear @ZohranKMamdani, thank you for improving the lives of New Yorkers by spending your days either explaining to the Americans that Islam should rule the US, and/or why Israel is an evil entity. The United States failed its citizens when they allowed your family to become Americans. You are as American as a man who sleeps in a stable becoming a horse."
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 08:23 AM (GD0B3)
I agree. Thwarting China has and is at the heart of our actions. And it is going very well.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:23 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 23, 2026 08:23 AM (T2w7I)
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Sounds dangerous. Maybe they could put acid in their wooden shoes.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 08:23 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 08:23 AM (GD0B3)
That only works if you actually believe.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 23, 2026 08:01 AM (qRla/)
And frequently not even then.
Posted by: He will let you down over and over at July 23, 2026 08:24 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Big Amdro at July 23, 2026 08:24 AM (JM9I6)
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Sounds dangerous. Maybe they could put acid in their wooden shoes.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 08:23 AM (ndZc7)
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Why couldn't they wait until it was built?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 08:24 AM (FZ29D)
hahahaha
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 08:25 AM (/+uur)
Now if Trump can regain western control over the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Hueneme and San Diego.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 23, 2026 08:25 AM (pawvM)
Bass out is Cali is one of them.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 08:04 AM (/+uur)
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Karen Bass is a member of the Venceremos Brigade. A soldier trained by the Communist party to bring down the United States.
You will soon be hearing more about this.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 08:25 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Pawl at July 23, 2026 08:26 AM (MWfyi)
But the uniparty isn't offering anything. The uniparty seems
inert and ineffectual, offering nothing but warned over versions of the policies that created the situation the communists have seized upon.
And the uniparty leadership is ... well, Mitch McConnell more or less.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 23, 2026 08:26 AM (wD0hb)
My brains read this as Dutch Climate alligators which scares the shit out of me.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 08:26 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 08:26 AM (sMkB+)
The snarky attitude of a failed argument being settled by the irrefutable "Because I said so" has become so ingrained with leftists that it has become it's central talking point.
That, and the tiresome "Trump is a monster" stuff.
I long for lost era of "Government can fix anything" Democrat mendacity.
Posted by: Auspex at July 23, 2026 08:27 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Don Black at July 23, 2026 08:27 AM (ZxPkt)
>>You will soon be hearing more about this
You can read more about this right here.
https://tinyurl.com/5ynvedwx
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 08:27 AM (viF8m)
J.J. is over the target, fighting the good fight. If he was not influential against the Left, there would be no trolls.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:29 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 23, 2026 08:30 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 23, 2026 08:17 AM (+gA9j)
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Disagree. "No more endless wars!"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 08:30 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: The Sun at July 23, 2026 08:30 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 08:30 AM (77rzZ)
My brains read this as Dutch Climate alligators which scares the shit out of me.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 08:26 AM (/+uur)
They are pretty tall you know.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 23, 2026 08:31 AM (wVcYX)
Oof. OK, I may have to throw money at that man and buy his books.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 23, 2026 08:31 AM (RjOoY)
SCOTUS ruled that technique unconstitutional.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Posted by: FBI at July 23, 2026 08:31 AM (hmYU4)
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 08:31 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Cow Demon
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It doesn't even need to be a riot, just a feisty protest.
Ask China and Iran.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 23, 2026 08:31 AM (cBDov)
Posted by: Don't Matter Much Now, Though at July 23, 2026 08:31 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Will Robinson at July 23, 2026 08:32 AM (SExz7)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 23, 2026 08:32 AM (fZiTB)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 08:33 AM (sMkB+)
Will this be a good thing?
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Ask me after I've seen the
Posted by: buddhaha at July 23, 2026 08:33 AM (cBDov)
hahahaha
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 08:25 AM (/+uur)
"Most enrolled, not most educated"
Posted by: Zombie Kevin Samuels at July 23, 2026 08:33 AM (wVcYX)
Also, their supporters are dumb as posts. Well educated idiots. That's what our schools have been producing for years and it wasn't by chance.
Interesting poll came out the other day that is making the rounds. It show that most DSA supporters are highly educated and downward mobile. Baristas with PhDs. Look at the Columbia riots. We all know the type. And they are bitter and angry that all that learning has made them unemployable in anything other than menial work and they are looking for someone who will make it right.
Enter the Mamdani's of the world preaching revolution to redistribute the wealth to the truly deserving.
Communism 101.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 08:34 AM (viF8m)
Ask China and Iran.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 23, 2026 08:31 AM (
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Sitting right here, boss.
Posted by: Kent State at July 23, 2026 08:34 AM (2Ez/1)
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I'm dreaming of a white genocide
Just like South Africa used to know
Where the flaming bodies glisten
And the children listen
To hears screams coming from below
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 08:34 AM (ndZc7)
Next she will want to cut the Dem Bones act out of White Christmas.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 08:34 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
War... War never changes.
Somehow, the desire for power is deep in our ur-DNA. But evidence is the human DNA has changed for the better since 40,000 years ago. Except with Islam and the Left.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:34 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: East Timor at July 23, 2026 08:34 AM (JM9I6)
SCOTUS ruled that technique unconstitutional.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Posted by: FBI at July 23, 2026 08:31 AM (hmYU4)
You're why SCOTUS ruled that technique unconstitutional.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 08:35 AM (ExV1e)
Iran just called B-52 on their bingo card.
Looking at the air tanker assets in theater, this will be soon.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:36 AM (u82oZ)
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Did nothing? LYING IS NOT NOTHING!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 08:36 AM (ndZc7)
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Everyone focuses on "four ded in oh high oh" but forgets the rioting stopped.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 08:36 AM (JvZF+)
Communism 101.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 08
I have seen this poll, and want to know what jobs these people thought they were going to get upon graduating. I think that would be the most interesting part.
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 08:37 AM (Dd38x)
Posted by: fd
50% accomplished.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 23, 2026 08:37 AM (RjOoY)
Posted by: Songs That Made The Hit Parade at July 23, 2026 08:37 AM (JM9I6)
Israel has been in a constant state or war since the day it was founded.
No more losing.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 08:37 AM (viF8m)
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Our purported "side" lies with such ease.
Is this our side? Are they fair and balanced? They are liars spreading propaganda.
The people who want you to believe the DSA is "influential" - without the blessing of the Establishment who reigns over our media and intelligence and many aspects of existing government at all levels - are selling you are story. Buy it at your peril.
The Democrat Establishment is about to entrance a lot of people, it seems. "Democrat MAGA" here we come. And all out of nowhere, and the Party gives up nothing in return except for some old farts they don't give a fuck about anyway. The Party is not its people, it's the ideology. Always was.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 08:37 AM (Nhyh3)
That's a new one. Now explain why I should care.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 23, 2026 08:38 AM (RjOoY)
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Then explain Mitch McConnell.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 08:38 AM (ndZc7)
I suspect the Canadians that go there for underage sex tourism would not be happy about it
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 08:39 AM (sKqQm)
I must have missed that. Or do you mean the "Mandy" sequence?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 23, 2026 08:39 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Birmingham sheriff Bull Connor at July 23, 2026 08:39 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: 18-1
I'm sure there are at least one or two African nations that will step up.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 23, 2026 08:40 AM (RjOoY)
Geo-fencing is a warrantless search. Wht the SCOTUS ruled the way it did.
So find a judge that will issue a warrant, tightly focused on the protesters. All legal.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:41 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: East Timor at July 23, 2026 08:34 AM (JM9I6)
Our women have the biggest . . . well, let's just say that a certain Mr. Sir Mix-A-Lot would be very appreciative.
Posted by: Khoekhoe Tribe (Don't Call Us Hottentots!) at July 23, 2026 08:41 AM (wVcYX)
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Then explain Mitch McConnell.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Whippersnapper.
Posted by: The ghost of Strom Thurmond at July 23, 2026 08:41 AM (2Ez/1)
They aren't thinking about it that deeply. It is more like "Should workers have more rights? Yes of course"
Now did they actual read what the "rights" were? Probably not. And did they think about the implications of those "rights"? Not at all
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 08:41 AM (sKqQm)
I wouldn't be surprised in the near future to see someone try to do the same to Mamdani for the same reason
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 08:42 AM (sMkB+)
Cuba is closer and whiter I think that will be a big problem for African nations that want to step up to serve our Canadian betters.
Before Cuba got seriously into the business they went to Southeast Asia.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 08:43 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Songs That Made The Hit Parade at July 23, 2026 08:37 AM (JM9I6)
That's nothing.
Posted by: Ricky Ricardo at July 23, 2026 08:43 AM (wVcYX)
The Bill Ayers types, who were early participants in the Cuban influence campaign, have infested our universities for decades. They focus largely on the struggle against the imperial forces that have enslaved people who go to Ivy League schools when they aren't summering in the Hamptons.
The key, of course, is to redistribute the wealth from the rich to those who truly deserve it, the workers. Because only people in menial jobs work. Story kind of ends there.
Remember when AOC famously said Elon was stupid and didn't deserve his money cause he didn't earn it? They believe the hardest working guy on the planet doesn't really work. That's what they are taught.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 08:43 AM (viF8m)
https://tinyurl.com/5ynvedwx
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 08:27 AM (viF8m)
Jack, do you actually believe anyone on this board will actually take time out of their busy day of commenting, to read this report? I already downloaded it as a PDF file and will sit down over coffee in a while to read it. Too many conservatives I know just will not take the time to actually read. How many here actually read the links that JJ has gone through the trouble of gathering and posting. Show of hands. I have been emailing many of JJ's links to fellow conservatives (around 26 of them), and only two or three actually respond and comment. Meanwhile, the left eats, drinks and sleeps politics. 24/7. Our side is too busy doing, well, something. I have finally stopped sharing with other conservatives. Over the years I have given them links to AOS, and other conservative sites, going back to my Facebook days in 2012 or so. I would post a link to a story, and less than a minute later, someone would comment. They read the headline. That's it. The left i at war. Our side is at the mall.
Posted by: FBI at July 23, 2026 08:43 AM (hmYU4)
Posted by: The Ghost of Diane Feinstein at July 23, 2026 08:43 AM (sMkB+)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:43 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 08:44 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Oglebay at July 23, 2026 08:44 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 08:44 AM (sMkB+)
Posted by: Birmingham sheriff Bull Connor at July 23, 2026 08:39 AM (2Ez/1)
One me.
Posted by: Walker, Texas Ranger at July 23, 2026 08:44 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 23, 2026 08:39 AM (qRla/)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_loMMpJEABI
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 08:44 AM (/+uur)
Back in my college days I remember I was talking with a classmate that was about to graduate. I asked what her major was, Women's Studies and then, 100% innocently...oh what kind of job do you get with that degree? and got to watch one of the first cases I had personally seen of someone REEEEEing.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 08:46 AM (sKqQm)
Maybe look at it through the lense of He's trying to teach you something.
Some of us, and I include myself, are slow learners.
YaVonne DeCarlo (sp? ) asked Charleton Heston a very pertinent question in The Ten Commandments...
Can a man judge God?
Posted by: TeeJ at July 23, 2026 08:46 AM (dAv7M)
And that education has taught them they are "owed" something for their troubles.
We're either going to nip this shit in the bud, now, or be dealing with it for decades to come.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 08:46 AM (jehhT)
I wouldn't be surprised in the near future to see someone try to do the same to Mamdani for the same reason
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Mayor Jihadi is a goatfucker, not a commie.
Huge difference.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:47 AM (ffLro)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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This is no surprise. The National.lawyers guild has been a Commie front since its inception in the 30s.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 23, 2026 08:47 AM (cBDov)
The right should response to that by banning government cash transfers and share the savings with taxpayers but...the GOP hasn't been interested in that in decades.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 08:47 AM (sKqQm)
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that number is vastly low - the venceremos brigades were active even back in the 60s, 6 or 800 every year if I remember right.
big competition to get into them, too ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 23, 2026 08:47 AM (VyBeY)
Our side is winning.
I don't expect anyone to be as interested in some of this stuff as I am. I was raised with it and I find it fascinating.
If a couple people read the stuff and pass it on, great. If not, it never hurts to try.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 08:48 AM (viF8m)
The Morning report and comments here are the executive summary of the executive summary.
We know, without a deep dive into the weeds, what is going on.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:48 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: 18-1
Like a glitching computer trying to reset.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:48 AM (ffLro)
And bang children, but mostly...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 08:49 AM (ExV1e)
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*raises hand*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 08:49 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 08:49 AM (/+uur)
https://tinyurl.com/2vdh53av
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2026 08:49 AM (lt7On)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 08:43 AM (viF8m)
AOC does pure provocation. Like Obama but somehow distilled into something more self assured and annoying.
Don't assume that she believes anything she says. But believe that she will say anything.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 08:49 AM (Nhyh3)
I wouldn't be surprised in the near future to see someone try to do the same to Mamdani for the same reason
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Mayor Jihadi is a goatfucker, not a commie.
Huge difference.
Posted by: rickb223
Oh, one other thing. Goatfuckers will eat commies alive.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:50 AM (ffLro)
We know, without a deep dive into the weeds, what is going on.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 08:48 AM (u82oZ)
I've been promoted to Senior Executive at last?!??!!?
Woo!
Posted by: Count de Monet, Your Kraut Mick Commentater at July 23, 2026 08:50 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 08:51 AM (77rzZ)
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*raises hand*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 08:49 AM (JvZF+)
#me too
Posted by: FBI at July 23, 2026 08:51 AM (hmYU4)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 23, 2026 08:51 AM (rii+a)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 08:47 AM (sKqQm)
I would bet 6 out of 10 (R) in the house and senate actually believe that EBT, Welfare, Sect 8 etc actually works.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 08:51 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 23, 2026 08:52 AM (hmYU4)
Posted by: 18-1
Did you then "console" her? Details, man!
Posted by: Count de Monet, Your Kraut Mick Commentater at July 23, 2026 08:52 AM (wVcYX)
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the DEI class
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 08:52 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 23, 2026 08:51 AM (rii+a)
3) they live in the world of facebook, tik tok, X and the like. They believe these are real world experiences.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Oglebay at July 23, 2026 08:44 AM (2ap+5)
Without Trump around, it's far more likely the Republicans will be rolled by a totally fake "movement" suddenly sweeping the nation that more than half our side will believe was organic and somehow unstoppable because "young people".
And most elected Republicans still want to be rolled. They find it far easier to lose and complain and collect scraps from the big boy table than to command the big boy table.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 08:54 AM (Nhyh3)
While feminists weren't quite the hot messes then that they are now she was not my type and if it wasn't obvious she wasn't happy with me for asking the question.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 08:54 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 08:51 AM (77rzZ)
I am more worried about Short-Spine Big Racoon.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 08:55 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 08:55 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 08:55 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: 18-1
High school guidance counselors should force students to answer what they are going to study, how they are going to pay for it and how they are going to make money with it.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 23, 2026 08:55 AM (RjOoY)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 08:55 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 08:56 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 23, 2026 08:56 AM (NpAcC)
But the Women Studies PHD? I mean why would I pay someone to insult me?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 08:57 AM (sKqQm)
Mayor Jihadi is a goatfucker, not a commie.
Huge difference.
Posted by: rickb223
Oh, one other thing. Goatfuckers will eat commies alive.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:50 AM (ffLro)
Goatfuckers are commies on steroids.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 08:57 AM (2YhKe)
ace calls me a drug addict.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 08:58 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 23, 2026 08:55 AM (RjOoY)
My youngest child wanted to be an architect. Their guidance counselors were behind them 100%. I asked them to look into how long they'd have to attend school, what it would cost, and what they could reasonably expect to earn.
They're a civil engineer.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 08:58 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 23, 2026 08:56 AM (NpAcC)
How generic.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 08:58 AM (2YhKe)
ace calls me a drug addict.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 08:58 AM (viF8m)
It's the smell of weed with every post.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 08:58 AM (2YhKe)
I even got a few of them to study me back.
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 08:59 AM (77rzZ)
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Just change the name to the Iran Ordinance Proving Ground.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 08:59 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 09:00 AM (cGjQu)
Especially from behind.
Posted by: I miss Rush at July 23, 2026 09:00 AM (2Ez/1)
The best commie v muzzie interaction was when the Shah fell the commies were happy. Then Khomeini killed about 30k of them
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 09:00 AM (sMkB+)
Posted by: Robert Palmer and his dancing girls at July 23, 2026 09:00 AM (sKqQm)
Huge difference.
Posted by: rickb223
He's two, two, two mints in one.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 23, 2026 09:02 AM (fZiTB)
Posted by: Pedantic word nerd at July 23, 2026 09:02 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 09:02 AM (GD0B3)
Which school we both laughed about during high school senior college night because it was 500 miles away in the panhandle desert.
Yeah, tell God your plans . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 23, 2026 09:02 AM (wVcYX)
https://tinyurl.com/2vdh53av
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2026 08:49 AM
I am being a Nosy Rosy here as this wasn’t my conversation, but I always wonder when people say God has let them down of it isn’t a case of God sending a message. We have a saying in the south - God shut that door, but you keep looking for a window.
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 09:03 AM (hftzA)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 23, 2026 07:38 AM (+gA9j)
******
And these are also the highly motivated people that are going to come out and vote.
Pretty frightening.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 23, 2026 09:03 AM (NpAcC)
There has been a Red/Green alliance for years because while they might have their differences they have a common enemy. Hezbollah has been all over Venezuela for years helping run gangs and drugs into the US.
China, Venezuela and Cuba are communist countries. Yet they have all been allies with Iran. Enemy of my enemy. And we are the enemy.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 09:04 AM (viF8m)
Rule 1.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Rule 34. Someone will.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 09:04 AM (ffLro)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 09:04 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway
On the other hand, they are fun to point and laugh at.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 09:05 AM (ndZc7)
Note: There answer is almost always put him in a facility this is a prison in all but name.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 09:05 AM (sKqQm)
Many young adults entering the workplace today are mostly unprepared. They have been taught nothing about keeping a schedule, showing initiative, personal responsibility and so on.
We have several local industries. Manufacturing and agriculture mostly. Medical stuff too. And there's at least a couple big names like Ford and UPS. However the social media feeds are chock full of people bitching about having to keep a schedule, do tasks they didn't think they'd have to do and so on. Many hate to "take orders" from someone else.
They quit after a week or two. And then bitch about not being able to find another job that suits their lifestyle. So they pander online. Ask for handouts.
There's a lot of them. Not one is capable of working a normal job without having some sort of accommodation made for one or more of their phobias or insecurities.
Socialism was taught to them from 1st grade as the solution to all that.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 09:06 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 09:06 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 09:02 AM (GD0B3)
But I gave my entire life to preserving Downton Abbey and the peoples of the village.
Posted by: Earl of Grantham at July 23, 2026 09:06 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Cooter Brown, Flyin' High!! at July 23, 2026 09:06 AM (JM9I6)
So, two thirds of people agree that the Communists pose a threat.
The threat from Communism isn't a threat to do a bad job with public art. It's a threat of death and slavery.
So what, pray tell, is to be done?
I'd say it's time to quit dicking around, and physically remove the Communists.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 09:06 AM (+6XxY)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 09:06 AM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 09:07 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 23, 2026 08:44 AM (/+uur)
I should have known. I just consider that the "Mandy" sequence.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 23, 2026 09:07 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: 18-1
There are special clubs out there for that.
heir guidance counselors were behind them 100%. I asked them to look into how long they'd have to attend school, what it would cost, and what they could reasonably expect to earn.
They're a civil engineer.
Good on you for guiding the podling down a better path. But this should be A Thing with guidance counselors. "Follow your dream. Unless it's retarded and you'll be six figures in debt."
Posted by: NR Pax at July 23, 2026 09:07 AM (RjOoY)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 08:51 AM (77rzZ)
I thought our overlord was Big Ewok.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 23, 2026 09:08 AM (qRla/)
Looks like you don't hate the madea enough.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 23, 2026 09:08 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 09:08 AM (cGjQu)
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Unless I missed a deeper poll dive (shut up) I thought the number was 4 in 10. But I was told there would be no math.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 09:08 AM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 09:09 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Pedantic word nerd
You blow up who (whom?) you want and I'll blow up whom I want.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 09:09 AM (ndZc7)
The numbers show the highly educated are majority leftist no matter their income.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 09:09 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 09:09 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 09:09 AM (sMkB+)
The threat from Communism isn't a threat to do a bad job with public art. It's a threat of death and slavery.
So what, pray tell, is to be done?
I'd say it's time to quit dicking around, and physically remove the Communists.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
When that switch flips to ON, we'll be stacking bodies like cordwood.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 09:10 AM (ffLro)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 08:57 AM (sKqQm)
Young Padawan... so sheltered, so innocent...
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 09:10 AM (Nhyh3)
GUNS UP!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:10 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 09:10 AM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: man at July 23, 2026 09:10 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 09:10 AM (sMkB+)
anytime I see 'SAVE Act' or 'investigate' or 'Congress must (yada yada yada)' I can just blow right past the nonsense and get to the really important stuff
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The key is to mute those words (and several select others). Also, winnow out the slop repost accounts (which are legion) X can be almost enjoyable!
Posted by: That Guy at July 23, 2026 09:11 AM (UbG4V)
He has a 64 IQ and proves it with every public speech he makes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:11 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: gp at July 23, 2026 09:12 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 23, 2026 09:12 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 23, 2026 09:12 AM (zdLoL)
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The other day, Obama said we're still in the reconstruction era.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 09:13 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Democrats at July 23, 2026 09:13 AM (QLSKc)
Their poll is of about 1,000 registered voters with an oversampling of 18-29 year olds. I don’t see the R D I breakdown.
They conclude:
Trump sucks
The economy sucks
Congress sucks
Too much crime
People want change
The only thing republicans lead on is immigration.
Democrats can do all those things better. lol
Oh, and Democrats are way more enthusiastic to vote than Republicans.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 23, 2026 09:13 AM (q1tXs)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 09:13 AM (GD0B3)
I'd say it's time to quit dicking around, and physically remove the Communists.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 09:06 AM (+6XxY)
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Finally someone appreciates my work.
Posted by: Gen. Augusto Pinochet Hero and Savior of Chilean Democracy at July 23, 2026 09:13 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: AnnaS at July 23, 2026 09:13 AM (9U6Wl)
He's also a very rich, trust fund baby. He's central casting for today's leftist "thought leader".
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 09:13 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 09:14 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 09:14 AM (JvZF+)
It's no fun having a summer cold.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 23, 2026 09:12 AM (qRla/)
Get well soon. Had one of those back in June that lasted 3 miserable weeks.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 23, 2026 09:14 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 09:15 AM (77rzZ)
I think that's what the writer of the article was getting at.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2026 09:16 AM (xPsv8)
🔵 Buttigieg: 19% (+1)
🔵 Newsom: 17% (+1)
🔵 Ossoff: 13% (new)
🔵 AOC: 13% (+3)
🔵 Harris: 8% (-2)
🔵 Beshear: 7%
🔵 Shapiro: 5%
🔵 Pritzker: 3%
🔵 Khanna: 2%
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🔴 Vance: 39% (+3)
🔴 Rubio: 38% (+3)
🔴 DeSantis: 5%
🔴 Trump Jr: 5%"
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 09:16 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 09:16 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 09:13 AM (viF8m)
He's Chunk Yuweeger's nephew or whatever.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:16 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 09:16 AM (GD0B3)
>>@Badhombre
>>JUST IN: Weekly unemployment claims tumble to 50-year low. The lowest since 1969.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 09:17 AM (viF8m)
>>@Badhombre
>>JUST IN: Weekly unemployment claims tumble to 50-year low. The lowest since 1969.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 09:17 AM (viF8m
So let's just hand it over to the Dems.... They'll "fix" it.... Morn' all
Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 09:18 AM (0JyZG)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2026 09:19 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 09:09 AM"
There's a prison cell 40 meters from you?
Posted by: Pedantic abbreviation nerd at July 23, 2026 09:19 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 23, 2026 09:12 AM (zdLoL)
I'm sure they could, they're pretty smart, but since I choose to avoid giving away unnecessary information about them, I'll stick to the gender neutral terms.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 09:19 AM (ExV1e)
Over time, people who think they're too intelligent to have been indoctrinated won't even bother to even look at evidence that goes against what they were taught.
I bought it too when in high school. So many churches saying 'The Bible tells us who. Science tells us how.'
So many discoveries over the last 60+ years...
And #The Science ignores them or hand waves them away.
Links that won't get looked at? I put two in the tech thread.
Posted by: TeeJ at July 23, 2026 09:19 AM (dAv7M)
The briefing came ahead of Friday's rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Waldorf Astoria
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 09:19 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 09:06 AM (77rzZ)
I don’t remember that, but sayings typically come from somewhere!
Posted by: Piper at July 23, 2026 09:19 AM (hftzA)
@EndWokeness
Chicago Mayor Johnson suggests they will be giving REPARATIONS to areas with ICE raids
Posted by: redridinghood at July 23, 2026 09:20 AM (NpAcC)
https://tinyurl.com/3ns9w3fn
Have to go now to take the furriy. purry ( kitten) to the vet.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2026 09:20 AM (rHgXV)
...and continuous jobless claims tumbled too...
... coming just after a claim that non-working people is higher than during the COVID apocalypse
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 09:21 AM (RHGPo)
It took two whole days? Like a great big incense cone.
Posted by: gp at July 23, 2026 09:21 AM (Jr5Lq)
To The Woke Woodshed: Burnham Is Funding UK Populism By Liquidating The Progressive Project
The Manchester playbook...
Andy Burnham has been UK Prime Minister for three days, and he has already settled into a routine: announce something cheap for households in the morning, pay for it by killing a progressive unicorn.
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 09:23 AM (RHGPo)
Good. Hopefully the US will have the will to evaporate Iran and all it stands for and once the radioactive dust settles whoever move in can clean the place up.
Posted by: Make War, Not Love at July 23, 2026 07:45 AM (F1rMs)
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Neutron bombs for the win; they don't destroy the infrastructure - just kill the living things.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 23, 2026 09:24 AM (JNTt1)
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Didja see this?
Trimming the Fat: ABC Slashes The View's Hosts’ Salaries and Wardrobe Budget, More Cuts Coming
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 09:24 AM (ndZc7)
What’s really going on here is most likely that Mamdani is simply not as interested in the affairs of New York City as he is in Israel and Gaza. As a Marxist Twelver Shi’ite, he holds to two ideologies that want to see Israel destroyed, as a colonial oppressor and as an insult to Islam. That issue interests him much more than questions of the safety of New Yorkers, or the cleanliness of New York streets, or whatever else may be on his desk at the moment.
Exactly
Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2026 09:24 AM (X8xt3)
Massive warehouse fires in southern Russia
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 09:24 AM (RHGPo)
China largely rendered the Soviet model of communism extinct, the Cuban Marxist project not
only survived, but thrived. The institutional power of Leninism, Stalinism, and even Maoism – at
least in their original orthodox forms – has been severely diminished. But Castro’s ideological
project now enjoys something approaching ideological hegemony in leftist circles both within
and beyond the West. By the turn of the twenty-first century, Havana had solidified its place as
the ideological capital of the modern radical left.
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Fascinating.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 09:24 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 23, 2026 09:20 AM (NpAcC)
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I want reparations from Chicago voters for them having elected that POS, and giving him a major platform for his ridiculous ramblings.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2026 09:24 AM (4mhlg)
Ask China and Iran.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 23, 2026 08:31 AM (
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Sitting right here, boss.
Posted by: Kent State
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Nah.
Anti-war protests continued after the shooting because it was swiftly obvious that it wasn't policy.
Tiananmen Square and the protesters murders in Iran ARE policy, which is why no protests.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 23, 2026 09:25 AM (cBDov)
What Is The UK Government So Afraid Of?
UK Government goes to court to block migrant crime-rates from public view...
.. if you can't fix it, hide it
Posted by: Tyler Durden at July 23, 2026 09:25 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 09:25 AM (77rzZ)
Why is it still on tv?
Best budget for that show is $0.00.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2026 09:25 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: dantesed at July 23, 2026 09:26 AM (Oy/m2)
Muslims have learned to feign support for progressive ideology to gain entry into the west, but in Islamic countries, lefty lifestyles are not welcome.
... what it's like to be PWN3D
Posted by: Tyler Durden at July 23, 2026 09:26 AM (RHGPo)
Communists are too busy stealing from workers to do basic maintenance. Cuba's continued power failures are an excellent example of this.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 23, 2026 09:27 AM (u82oZ)
Parliament approves hosting KC-135 tanker aircraft & 250 military personnel.
Posted by: Tyler Durden at July 23, 2026 09:27 AM (RHGPo)
There are more Americans employed in the workforce than at any time in history.
The economy is doing fine.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 23, 2026 09:27 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 09:28 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: SMOD, I grew up in a middle-class constellation at July 23, 2026 09:28 AM (RHGPo)
Every Western government has done this.
Seem to recall the Netherlands started doing this years ago.
Here, they love to categorize a lot of them as "white."
Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2026 09:28 AM (X8xt3)
@ConceptualJames
16h
This is pretty exceptionally brilliant. I recommend you put on your big-boy pants and read it all.
danielclarkeserret.substack.."
"The people who know nothing know everything"
"...There was Julian, an international lawyer who specialised in commercial leases but had recently developed strong views on the laws of armed conflict. Nadia worked in branding and referred to herself as a storyteller. Marcus was a documentary producer whose documentaries had never been produced. Eleanor taught postcolonial literature and had perfected the academic art of converting adjectives into accusations. Simon was in finance and considered himself politically courageous because he had once criticised capitalism at Davos..."
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Posted by: runner at July 23, 2026 09:29 AM (GD0B3)
Best budget for that show is $0.00.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2026 09:25 AM (X8xt3)
I think it is/was a CIA op
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 09:30 AM (Nhyh3)
Seem to recall the Netherlands started doing this years ago.
Here, they love to categorize a lot of them as "white."
Posted by: Lizzy
++++
Maryland man.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 23, 2026 09:30 AM (Lo97M)
I see endless posts on social media showing a recent picture of the people listed as "white" in criminal statistics and...there is a lot of lying going on...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 23, 2026 09:30 AM (sKqQm)
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That damn Trump using facts and shit!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 09:30 AM (ndZc7)
******
Wait till the left finds out that Ossoff is Jewish.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 23, 2026 09:30 AM (NpAcC)
As I said; they can't abide a schedule, being told what to do and how to do it. It's beyond their abilities because they've never been taught how to deal with "the real world."
They've been indoctrinated, not educated.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 09:30 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 23, 2026 09:30 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Hopeless Suckup at July 23, 2026 09:30 AM (NcvvS)
If it's happening, it exists.
This is not rocket science, you zipless f#ck.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2026 09:31 AM (X8xt3)
Maybe even angry with God? (Been there, done that)
I might recommend the Book of Job.
He ends up wanting to call God on the carpet so to speak.
God tells him okay but first, to show you have standing (swidt) consider these things.
As an aside, when God tells him consider Behemoth and leviathan, Job would have known/seen the creatures He was describing.
Posted by: TeeJ at July 23, 2026 09:32 AM (dAv7M)
Chicago Mayor Johnson suggests they will be giving REPARATIONS to areas with ICE raids
Posted by: redridinghood at July 23, 2026 09:20 AM (NpAcC)
I give a f*ck as long as it comes out of YOUR bank account.
Otherwise, GFY asshole.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: fd
Pour gasoline over it & light it.
Morning all.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 08:00 AM (ffLro=============
The mistake is lighting the gasoline; it may be fun in theory but the fumes suffocating the entire mound including the eggs and queen is far more efficient.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 23, 2026 09:34 AM (JNTt1)
"This is very abnormal," said Waffle, who sat in the trailer threshold looking over the
paperwork I had brought. "I think it's wrong, and I think there's something in there that's off."
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 09:37 AM (k2fRF)
The Commission refused to register the Save Europe Act, ruling that its call to halt non-Western immigration breached EU anti-discrimination rules.
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 09:42 AM (RHGPo)
I'm sure there are plenty of organizations like that using leftist technocrats to "define" what is used by Gov't for its decisions. Just look at the ABA today; a completely infested hive of leftists, commies, and other scum of the earth.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 09:42 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway
On the other hand, they are fun to point and laugh at.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 23, 2026 09:05 AM (ndZc7)
I'm tired of the "highly educated poor economic performers" formulation, because, in fact, these people were mal-educated.
Getting a degree in "Gay Semiotics in Silver Age Aquaman Comic Books" means you haven't been educated in any serious way.
But, even if your degree isn't in something totally and easily recognized as frivolous like...oh, say..."Women's Studies" (i know, I know), how many jobs are available for that degree? Very few, vanishing few, is the answer.
These people are either stupid or gullible dupes or poor kids who were scammed by some "councilor" trying to fill up the department they taught in.
Their situation should prove the college is not for everyone.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 09:42 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: AnnaS at July 23, 2026 09:44 AM (9AdGW)
paperwork I had brought. "I think it's wrong, and I think there's something in there that's off."
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 09:37 AM (k2fRF)
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A polite way of accusing ActBlue of massive fraud
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 23, 2026 09:46 AM (Jea84)
190,832 non-citizens registered to vote in California.
35,152 non-citizens registered to vote in New Jersey.
15,903 non-citizens registered to vote in Nevada.
14,576 non-citizens registered to vote in Pennsylvania.
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 09:53 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 09:54 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: AnnaS at July 23, 2026 09:57 AM (9AdGW)
Mao Zedong. Remember, the 2009 White House (Christmas) holiday display ornament controversy? Simon Doonan, the creative director of Barneys New York, helped design the holiday decor for the Obama’s first Christmas in the White House. The eco-friendly holiday theme was called “Reflect, Rejoice, Renew.” Reportedly (NYT), over 800 large ornaments from past administrations were pulled from storage, sent out to community groups and charities across the U.S., and redecorated with American landmarks and local scenes before returning to the tree. (Wikipedia)
A 'few' specific ornaments - an image of Andy Warhol’s Chairman Mao, a picture of drag queen Hedda Lettuce, & an Obama face swap on Mount Rushmore - draw heavy criticism as being inappropriate. Doonan & the White House note they were part of a 'diverse, nationwide community art project.'
17 years pass, our 250th anniversary.
Following his appearance at the College Democrats of American national convention, left-wing political commentator & streamer Hasan Piker draws heavy backlash after a resurfaced video showed him calling Mao Zedong "one of the great leaders of this world."
Continued -
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 09:58 AM (NFX2v)
But pay attention to the publications and teachings of who's not a fool: Mahmood Mamdani. He has analyzed Maoist movements historically; holds an active, prestigious faculty position at Columbia University as the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and a Professor of Anthropology and Political Science, and serves as the current Chancellor of Kampala International University in Uganda.
Reportedly, his body of work serves as a foundational text for the contemporary "Decolonize the Curriculum" and "Decolonize the University" movements worldwide. (AI Overview)
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We're stuck helping to cleanup the socialist hellhole nations in the Americas so we can rid ourselves of the Bush created "Temporary Protected Status' programs.
Also, advocates & lawmakers continue to push for the passage of 'permanent legislative solutions,' such as the Dream Act or the American Dream and Promise Act, "to secure a stable future for Dreamers."
The deeply flawed program is not an answer to immigration into the U.S.
United We Dream's Post: June 26
"I'm with United We Dream. Across the country, DACA recipients are waiting months for their renewal applications
Continued
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 09:58 AM (NFX2v)
When people lose their DACA status, they also lose their jobs, their income, their driver's licenses, and their protection from deportation.
Parents, teachers, and essential workers who contribute $6.4 billion to our economy are losing their ability to work and provide for their families every single day.
There is no question that these delays are one of the most serious threats against DACA in the program’s 14-year history.
We're urging USCIS to resolve these delays immediately and Congress to deliver a pathway to citizenship and pass legislation like the Dream Act."
Note "Like" the Dream Act.
And the usual, "They're not on Federal programs." Not directly & immediately. But on state & local programs for schools and colleges, medical, Special Ed, school meals, etc., and through extension their families/households receive Federal programs.
It's never just one thing, and one thing leads to another.
Save America Act!
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Good day 🤗
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 09:59 AM (NFX2v)
In part, WASHINGTON —
A Secret Service agent on Vice President JD Vance’s security detail is under internal review and has been put on administrative leave after being suspected of leaking information for a news story that included details about Vance’s travel, a source familiar with the matter said.
A second source confirmed officials had identified a person believed to have been leaking information about Vance.
The review is being conducted by the agency’s internal affairs component, the first source said, and it’s unclear if any possible administrative punishment or criminal charges could be forthcoming.
The employee is suspected of having been a source for a recent story on MS NOW about agents on Vance’s security detail dismayed by the purported burden the vice president’s personal travel schedule has placed on his security team. As part of its coverage, MS NOW also described Vance’s planned travel, including flying with his son on a Marine Corps helicopter to a golf lesson — plans that were later aborted.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 10:05 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Paul at July 23, 2026 10:31 AM (wTJ2j)
Posted by: SMOD
See southeast Pennsylvania.
For example: Delaware County is not the most populated county in Pennsylvania, though it does rank among the highest for property tax rates in the state.
Financial and real estate data sources like SmartAsset and Property Tax by State rank Delaware County as number 1 out of 67 in Pennsylvania for its overall effective property tax rate, which sits around 1.67% to 1.84%.
Tax burdens vary heavily by municipality and school district within the county itself, ranging from lower rates in areas like (wealthy) Cheyney (1.31%) up to much higher rates in places like (impoverished) Darby (4.95%).
Guess where they've generally been embedded because most can't afford the AWFL Radnor, Swarthmore-Wallingford, Garnet Valley, Marple Newtown, Haverford, Springfield unless holding green cards & usually having U.S. spouses.
It's not difficult finding where pockets are and damage being done.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 10:46 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 11:35 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Mao at July 23, 2026 11:36 AM (4g5V+)
A "capitalist roader" is a political slur from China meaning a leader in the Communist Party who wants to use market or business ideas instead of strict communist rules.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 11:39 AM (NFX2v)
A "capitalist roader" is a political slur from China meaning a leader in the Communist Party who wants to use market or business ideas instead of strict communist rules.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 11:39 AM (NFX2v)
You can go with him.
My word is the law.
Posted by: Mao at July 23, 2026 12:00 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 12:42 PM (NFX2v)
Daily Tech News 23 July 2026
Top Story
- Across the social sciences, half of research doesn't replicate. (Science)
And only 34% of it is confirmed by multiple reviewers.
But it gets worse.
In political science and economics replicability rises to more than 60%.
For education, the number is... Zero.
Tech News
- Apple is launching a new deal with Klarna where you can rent an iPad. (ComputerWorld)
You'll own nothing and we really don't care whether you like it.
- Code in the iOS 27 beta suggests that Apple will be able to switch your rented iPad off remotely if you don't pay your bill. (9to5Mac)
Because of course.
- Samsung's new Z Fold 8 is here. (CNet)
You can get a pretty decent phone for the price of a high-end gaming PC.
- The Linux kernel team just published 432 security issues in two days. (The Register)
Asdfghjkl.
- The Hisense A10 is an e-ink phone with a detachable LCD screen. (Liliputing)
It clips onto the back of the phone with magnets.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: So, class, what have we learned from this? "Absolutely nothing!"
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 04:31 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:31 AM (faghi)
Posted by: clarence at July 23, 2026 04:31 AM (1QT7n)
specified in the article as "business, economics, education, political science, psychology, and sociology"
Called Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence (SCORE), the effort investigated more than 100 papers published in dozens of leading journals in business, economics, education, political science, psychology, and sociology.
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:35 AM (faghi)
Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2026 04:35 AM (Ia/+0)
Can't wait to see the next electric bill.
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 04:36 AM (rdVOm)
further specified in the article as "164 papers"
The replication success rate—49% for the 164 papers evaluated
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:37 AM (faghi)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 23, 2026 04:37 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 23, 2026 04:40 AM (+J/Au)
social science
the scientific study of human society and social relationships.
• a subject within the field of social science, such as economics or politics.
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:44 AM (faghi)
Posted by: clarence at July 23, 2026 04:44 AM (1QT7n)
Letting Teachers' Unions decide seems to lower outcomes in schools. That at least has been replicated at many thousands of schools...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 04:46 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:47 AM (faghi)
Public School, Uh! What is it good for? Absolutely Nothing!
Posted by: Edwin Starr at July 23, 2026 04:48 AM (l3cgK)
Haveca great day horde
Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2026 04:49 AM (Ia/+0)
"a little bit of rhythm and a lot of soul"
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:47 AM (faghi)
I'm sorry for your hash...LOL.
Posted by: Edwin Starr at July 23, 2026 04:49 AM (l3cgK)
That is what has always made DOCTOR Jill Biden's pride so hilarious to me: she has an *Ed.D.* Not an MD, not a JD, not even a Ph.D. A doctor of education. Oooh, you attended and turned in assignments! Gold star for the precious chil'!
Bonus hilarity: Tim Walz failed to even clear that low bar. He ended up settling for a M.Ed.
Posted by: SciVo at July 23, 2026 04:49 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 04:49 AM (l3cgK)
"a little bit of rhythm and a lot of soul"
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:47 AM (faghi)
I'm sorry for your hash...LOL.
Posted by: Edwin Starr at July 23, 2026 04:49 AM (l3cgK)
Thank you for feeling my pain.
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:51 AM (faghi)
On Instapundit there was a link about:
life on smaller celestial bodies being unlikely.
So, what was proven exactly? I'm a moron, so I didn't bother to read the article, and certainly I made no effort to find the underlying publication, and absolutely under no circumstances would I have made any effort to read the actual paper, and I'd be more likely to ride a comet than verify the results, but on plain reading, prima facia I'd say:
life possible
which you knew when you fed the cat.
Posted by: meh at July 23, 2026 04:53 AM (kK7U2)
Posted by: SciVo at July 23, 2026 04:49 AM (Sy6m/)
It's not pride. It's overcompensation.
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:54 AM (faghi)
That is what has always made DOCTOR Jill Biden's pride so hilarious to me: she has an *Ed.D.* Not an MD, not a JD, not even a Ph.D. A doctor of education. Oooh, you attended and turned in assignments! Gold star for the precious chil'!
Bonus hilarity: Tim Walz failed to even clear that low bar. He ended up settling for a M.Ed.
Posted by: SciVo at July 23, 2026 04:49 AM (Sy6m/)
I might be tempted to get an Ed. D, just be be called Mr. Ed.D...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 05:03 AM (l3cgK)
Already 76 degrees out. This run of hot and humid days can stop any time now. Spending the afternoon in the house avoiding the heat is not exactly fun.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2026 05:03 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 23, 2026 05:06 AM (sYM3s)
Born Charles Hatcher in Nashville, Tennessee, Starr formed his first group, the Future Tones, in 1957, recording one single before his three-year army service. ... Edwin Starr was a veteran of the Vietnam War. ... His biggest success came with "War," a No. 1 hit in 1970 during a time of growing anti-Vietnam War protests.
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 05:06 AM (faghi)
Already 76 degrees out. This run of hot and humid days can stop any time now. Spending the afternoon in the house avoiding the heat is not exactly fun.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2026 05:03 AM (iMotb)
it dropped to a humid 67ºF here in Sandy Eggo...highs have been around 90ºF the last few days...Summer's finally here.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 05:07 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 05:07 AM (faghi)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 23, 2026 05:06 AM (sYM3s)
Using paper...I'm a Luddite.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 05:08 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 05:07 AM (l3cgK)
heh
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 05:07 AM (faghi)
We're the home of the Pod Rays Baseball team.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 05:09 AM (l3cgK)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 23, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)
We have been nibbling at 100 degrees almost daily for around 10 days now.
Heat index of 113 and above have been the norm during that time.
So either walk in the early morning with 99% humidity and lower temperatures, or mid morning when the temps climb but the RH drops down.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2026 05:10 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 05:09 AM (l3cgK)
; )
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 05:11 AM (faghi)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2026 05:12 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
>If you search my computer you will find two things; recipes and boobies.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 23, 2026 05:14 AM (sYM3s)
Ambitious effort tested whether more than 100 papers held up on multiple types of “repeatability” tests
(April 1, 2026)
... Called Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence (SCORE) ...
Very late in that article, we get:
(SCORE was funded by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency initially to study automated techniques to help inform the U.S. military’s use of social-science research, which is extensive.)
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 05:15 AM (faghi)
SCORE was funded by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
****
DARPA: screwing things up since 1958...
Posted by: clarence at July 23, 2026 05:22 AM (1QT7n)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 05:24 AM (Ot/FD)
I’m shocked to discover that most academic research is unsubstantiated and not replicable BS.
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 23, 2026 05:26 AM (CEq3K)
It's 80 here; I didn't wanna look, but I did, and heat index is 89 (I've seen it be 105 at 5 am before, so this is good); no rain, some wind. Some people lost power during the highest winds yesterday, but I was fortunate, and we had very little rain.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 23, 2026 05:26 AM (wzUl9)
Social "Sciences" probably don't even meet this meager metric.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 05:29 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 23, 2026 05:29 AM (CEq3K)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 23, 2026 05:14 AM (sYM3s)
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE "D CUPS" IS ALSO HEXADECIMAL FOR THIRTEEN CUPS
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISSBERGER at July 23, 2026 05:30 AM (Ot/FD)
I also picked up a couple of new books and DVDs at the library, so there was that too.
Whassup withchoo?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 23, 2026 05:34 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 23, 2026 05:26 AM (CEq3K)
Smelling salts to Pete Bog, stat!
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 05:35 AM (faghi)
Hard and soft science
Hard science and soft science are colloquial terms used to compare scientific fields on the basis of perceived methodological rigor, exactitude, and objectivity.
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 05:40 AM (faghi)
Posted by: pawn at July 23, 2026 05:41 AM (MNjaf)
Hard and soft science
In general, the formal sciences and natural sciences are considered hard science by their practitioners, whereas the social sciences and other sciences are described by them as soft science.
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 05:41 AM (faghi)
Posted by: Accomack at July 23, 2026 05:43 AM (/Chlc)
Posted by: pawn at July 23, 2026 05:41 AM (MNjaf)
And also innovation in spyware on phones and spyware in electronics on phones...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 05:43 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 05:41 AM (faghi)
Written by an astrophysicist, no doubt.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 23, 2026 05:44 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 23, 2026 05:14 AM (sYM3s)
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE "D CUPS" IS ALSO HEXADECIMAL FOR THIRTEEN CUPS
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISSBERGER at July 23, 2026 05:30 AM (Ot/FD)
there are also A, B, C, E, and F...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 05:44 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 05:35 AM (faghi)
Thank you.
if you cannot count on higher education to be a bastion of integrity, I am afraid next I will discover that government doesn’t work in the best interest of those it serves.
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 23, 2026 05:44 AM (CEq3K)
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 05:41 AM (faghi)
Written by an astrophysicist, no doubt.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 23, 2026 05:44 AM (dK+Kv)
What's the difference between and astrologist and an astronomer? Lots and Lots of math...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 05:45 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 05:35 AM (faghi)
Thank you.
if you cannot count on higher education to be a bastion of integrity, I am afraid next I will discover that government doesn’t work in the best interest of those it serves.
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 23, 2026 05:44 AM (CEq3K)
Since Gov't serves itself, it DOES work for the best interest of those it serves...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 05:46 AM (l3cgK)
So, if someone fails to detect the AI and buys guitar instruction from Max Headroom, not only might it be stolen and/or AI slop, but he's giving his credit card info to a shady operator. Out of all the problems, that is indeed much more serious than wasting your time, filling your head with bunk, or even cheating a real creator.
Know Your Gear - The Real AI Problem In Guitar
https://youtu.be/p4bqSNRHRBA
Context: Phil is a former guitar shop owner/operator, who is known for doing deep dives into guitars with precise measurements and detailed examination, such as a "sock test" rubbing nylons up and down the side of the neck to see if the fret ends cause runs. He also shows how to use various tools to set up a guitar, intonate it, do fret dressing, and so on. And, drawing on his industry experience on the business side, he does interviews and tours.
Posted by: SciVo at July 23, 2026 05:46 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 05:48 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 05:49 AM (abScH)
Posted by: clarence at July 23, 2026 05:22 AM (1QT7n)
Really?
Posted by: SR-71 at July 23, 2026 05:52 AM (4g5V+)
I dread getting on the phone with them. But they say they have a call-back feature, so I could call about 2 pm and be home out of the heat anyway to wait for the return call.
If they've applied this big refund to my 2026 taxes, that'll be okay too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 23, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9)
https://tinyurl.com/3m5e4t9n
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2026 05:53 AM (xSAlF)
Hard and soft science
In the 1980s, mathematician Serge Lang successfully blocked influential political scientist Samuel P. Huntington's admission to the US National Academy of Sciences, describing Huntington's use of mathematics to quantify the relationship between factors such as "social frustration" (Lang asked Huntington if he possessed a "social-frustration meter") as "pseudoscience."
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 05:54 AM (faghi)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 05:54 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 23, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 23, 2026 05:34 AM (wzUl9)
Sent you two emails yesterday. The first one is moot, but I'd appreciate your input on the second one.
Posted by: Still Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 23, 2026 05:56 AM (PHkdC)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 23, 2026 05:57 AM (RjOoY)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2026 05:58 AM (xSAlF)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2026 05:59 AM (xSAlF)
Posted by: clarence at July 23, 2026 05:22 AM (1QT7n)
Really?
Posted by: SR-71
****
Blind squirrel, acorns....
Posted by: clarence at July 23, 2026 06:01 AM (1QT7n)
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 23, 2026 06:07 AM (Hbeqj)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 23, 2026 06:07 AM (O7YUW)
He actually managed to stay asleep till 4:00 today!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2026 06:12 AM (rHgXV)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 23, 2026 06:13 AM (O7YUW)
I am sorry you felt like you were being treated like a piñata at work. I hope today and tomorrow are better.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2026 06:13 AM (rHgXV)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 23, 2026 06:13 AM (abScH)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
>Dude. I told the IRS to fuck off. I earned the money once and they took it. I worked for it a second time filing for a refund. The third time they wanted me to re-earn my money is when they weren't satisfied with my direct deposit and wanted me to set up an account and password and drivers license, and facial recognition and a selfie. I said fuck it, you can keep the money , I don't need to re-earn it three times.
Finally they sent me a live check. These people are scumbags.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 23, 2026 06:15 AM (sYM3s)
Blindness has taken sight
Folly requires no cause
Just as cats have claws
My bed patiently waits
For the judgement of the Fates
fin
Posted by: clarence at July 23, 2026 06:18 AM (1QT7n)
Posted by: clarence at July 23, 2026 05:22 AM (1QT7n)
Really?
Posted by: SR-71
****
Blind squirrel, acorns....
Posted by: clarence at July 23, 2026 06:01 AM (1QT7n)
If you say so.
Posted by: Have Blue at July 23, 2026 06:19 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 23, 2026 06:20 AM (Hbeqj)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 06:20 AM (4g5V+)
Metallica - No Leaf Clover (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/Sh5S3OxiE-s
"Then it comes to be that the soothing light
At the end of your tunnel
Was just a freight train coming your way, yeah"
Posted by: SciVo at July 23, 2026 06:22 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: SciVo at July 23, 2026 06:22 AM (Sy6m/)
Ha! Skillfully crafted.
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 06:27 AM (faghi)
Very nice! Our kitten has claws, I had to tell him "no bites, no scratches!" I think he's getting the idea because he is wild with his toys and blankets but good with us!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 23, 2026 06:34 AM (G7WXk)
Some IRS line-worker was ordered by management to "get that line-item off my report, already!" So they cut you a check. (Uncashed checks are probably another department's problem.)
There's a life-lesson to all of us here...
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 23, 2026 06:36 AM (O7YUW)
heh
in the sidebar:
Top Headlines
I got something done yesterday and am exhausted.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky
[CBD]
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 06:36 AM (faghi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Thank you. We were pushing updates on our systems and things were going badly. It's peaceful now and I have my coffee.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 23, 2026 06:36 AM (RjOoY)
.
"For education, the number is... Zero."
.
So ...
.
... trans women ...
.
... are NOT women ...
.
... they are men?
.
Posted by: Marooned at July 23, 2026 06:37 AM (kt8QE)
The replication success rate—49% for the 164 papers evaluated
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:37 AM (faghi)
----
Considering the academic output every year, 164 papers is a sample size so small as to be worthless, especially when it's spread out over six different disciplines.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 06:38 AM (FZ29D)
The replication success rate—49% for the 164 papers evaluated
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:37 AM (faghi)
----
Considering the academic output every year, 164 papers is a sample size so small as to be worthless, especially when it's spread out over six different disciplines.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 06:38 AM (FZ29D)
Agreed! Publish or perish! And I'd question the basis of the 164 papers' selection from "dozens of leading journals in business, economics, education, political science, psychology, and sociology."
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 06:45 AM (faghi)
46 degrees, kind of hazy but no smoke, I think.
gotta water the garden. wish it would rain ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 23, 2026 06:49 AM (VyBeY)
There are circles of scientists who are writing garbage papers and citing each other to push up numbers and it is terrible.
Posted by: doug at July 23, 2026 06:53 AM (cbCQf)
The replication success rate—49% for the 164 papers evaluated
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:37 AM (faghi)
----
Considering the academic output every year, 164 papers is a sample size so small as to be worthless, especially when it's spread out over six different disciplines.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 06:38 AM (FZ29D)
Agreed! Publish or perish! And I'd question the basis of the 164 papers' selection from "dozens of leading journals in business, economics, education, political science, psychology, and sociology."
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 06:45 AM (faghi)
Also:
A sweeping project involving hundreds of researchers in several dozen countries
Hundreds of researchers?
Several dozen countries?
I expect "involving" is something like "answering a survey."
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 06:54 AM (faghi)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 06:57 AM (Ot/FD)
There are circles of scientists who are writing garbage papers and citing each other to push up numbers and it is terrible.
Posted by: doug at July 23, 2026 06:53 AM (cbCQf)
And the funding is drying up.
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 06:57 AM (faghi)
Our two month long site seeing of the various Smithsonian exhibits back several years ago left us with a firm feeling that as persons-of-pallor, the Smithsonian really hated us. Everywhere we went was the same incessant drumbeat of 'whites are bad'.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2026 06:59 AM (iMotb)
A "hard science" because it uses math.
Do you remember when the "scientific concensus" was so excited because the JWST was going to show us galaxies in their earliest stages of formation?
And then --- Huh, galaxies must have started forming much earlier than we thought.
There was a guy who called it correctly.
https://tinyurl.com/yt7yn475
Posted by: TeeJ at July 23, 2026 07:00 AM (dAv7M)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 23, 2026 07:00 AM (sUMTS)
Posted by: Just Wondering at July 23, 2026 07:02 AM (2Ez/1)
Essentially a "The Science"* circle-jerk.
{*} as opposed to actual science.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 23, 2026 07:03 AM (O7YUW)
21 Jul, NY Port Authority Police reported a MANPAD threat near Terminal C of LaGuardia. Which meant ATC was warning airliners of the threat.
Luckily the reports of a rocket launcher turned out to be false.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2026 07:06 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 07:06 AM (faghi)
Now I don't know how this works but evidently the FLRW (big bang) metric somehow states that galaxies will appear to get smaller out to a certain distance ( red shift 1.6? ) and then appear larger and larger the further away they are.
So, using publicly available data from the JWST this same guy did a study that showed they just appear smaller and smaller the further away they are.
Response from they/them? Galaxies themselves are getting smaller and smaller the further away they are.
https://tinyurl.com/2ssa7352
You will never see anything from this guy in "Actual Science and Technology."
Posted by: TeeJ at July 23, 2026 07:10 AM (dAv7M)
Also:
A sweeping project involving hundreds of researchers in several dozen countries
Hundreds of researchers?
Several dozen countries?
I expect "involving" is something like "answering a survey."
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 06:54 AM (faghi)
I coulda put that better.
"A sweeping project involving hundreds of researchers in several dozen countries"
I expect "involving hundreds of researchers" is something like "in which questionnaires were sent to hundreds of researchers."
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 07:11 AM (faghi)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 23, 2026 06:59 AM (iMotb)
"I know nuthink!"
--the Smithsonian lady
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 07:14 AM (faghi)
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 07:14 AM (MWfyi)
Yes, Virginia, there is a very high replication percentage.
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at July 23, 2026 07:19 AM (zqeQL)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 23, 2026 07:20 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Don Black at July 23, 2026 07:21 AM (ZxPkt)
Across the social sciences, half of research doesn't replicate. (Science)
It's a good pick, Pixy!
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 07:21 AM (faghi)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 23, 2026 07:21 AM (VyBeY)
Some IRS line-worker was ordered by management to "get that line-item off my report, already!" So they cut you a check. (Uncashed checks are probably another department's problem.)
There's a life-lesson to all of us here...
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 23, 2026
***
Yeah, I suppose eventually they'll send me the check. I would just like to know when.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 23, 2026 07:22 AM (wzUl9)
I don't trust them, either.
Posted by: MkY at July 23, 2026 07:22 AM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 23, 2026 07:23 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere"
A sanitary napkin for guys.
Posted by: fd at July 23, 2026 07:24 AM (MWfyi)
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Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 23, 2026 05:24 AM (Ot/FD)
Comment of the Week candidate. Mornin', Horde.
Posted by: Hopeless Suckup at July 23, 2026 07:27 AM (NcvvS)
I expect "involving" is something like "answering a survey."
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 06:54 AM (faghi)
*runs in breathlessly*
Didja hear that millions of US scientists are planning to leave the country??
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 07:27 AM (O0L8i)
It was 102 yesterday, but we do any yard work early.
I constructed the new compost pile, in the bin's current location (because the tree guys are still not here and I need it to re-do the beds).
Turning in my entry for the Quilt Show and going to my volunteer job. They finally put the new air conditioning system in- it's an enormous metal contraption hanging from the ceiling. Right over my work station.
I need AOP to come down and assure me it won't fall on my head.
Have a good one, all!
Posted by: sal at July 23, 2026 07:33 AM (f+FmA)
"a little bit of rhythm and a lot of soul"
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:47 AM (faghi)
Still have my 45. Along with over 200 plus from that period of my life.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 23, 2026 07:56 AM (hmYU4)
Monotype, now owned by private equity firm HGGC, appears to be leveraging its massive library and legacy agreements to restructure font licensing across the board, aligning it with its current business model. In doing so, they are not only auditing websites and digital properties for font usage but also scrutinizing long-term licenses for renegotiation or revocation.
https://glga.info/
I thought the “font wars” ended with the OpenType initiative
Posted by: SMOD at July 23, 2026 08:33 AM (k2fRF)
I believe that the Style Guide(tm) recommends "Zero Point Zero".
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Wednesday Night ONT - July 22, 2026 [TRex]
Good evening Horde! So pleased you have joined the fun. Always great to "see" so many in this little corner of the interweb. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans. The bar is open and (mostly) re-stocked. No Orange Crush. Sorry. Free refills otherwise!
Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Pants are discouraged due to the heat. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. If you're here for an argument, please go through the second door on the right and then close the door behind you. This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn, and Bill Kristol free zone. Please.
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review an Alaska bush pilot's claims that state authorities have tried to illegally seize his $95,000 airplane after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer on a flight bound for a dry village. The pilot, Kenneth Jouppi, sued to block his plane's seizure after he was convicted of an alcohol-related misdemeanor charge. The Alaska Supreme Court ruled in the state's favor that Jouppi's plane was subject to criminal forfeiture laws.
In April 2012, Jouppi was preparing to fly a passenger from Fairbanks to a remote village, Beaver, where alcohol was banned. The passenger had packed beer with other groceries in her luggage. State Police troopers searched Jouppi's plane before it departed and spotted a six-pack of Budweiser in a shopping bag. Jouppi, his company and the passenger were charged with a misdemeanor offense of knowingly transporting an alcoholic beverage into a dry community. The passenger pleaded guilty. A jury convicted Jouppi and the company after a trial. A judge sentenced him to three days in jail.There are dry villages in Alaska??
UH-2 utility helicopter (same)
T-5 and T-7 trainers (via Fuji Heavy Industries)
Flying Forward Reconnaissance System
The Center Wing Section of Boeing 787 (Boeing relationship dates back to 1973)
The Center Wing Section of Boeing 777 & 777X
Does the Subaru logo of six stars both reference the original merger of six companies that formed Subaru and the Pleiades constellation? Glad you asked!
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🎵How much for that hammer from Apollo?
Posted by: Don Black at July 22, 2026 10:06 PM (ZxPkt)
I'm not a fan of subaru. I had a 2010 outback. Thing was a fucking lemon. Plus whenever you start a subaru it sounds like there are marbles in the engine. I have good luck with Toyota so I'm probably not straying again.
Posted by: 496 at July 22, 2026 10:07 PM (MAwnQ)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 22, 2026 10:07 PM (RWFuC)
Posted by: mindful webworker - whoops whoopsie at July 22, 2026 10:07 PM (M5tgA)
Posted by: wth at July 22, 2026 10:07 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 22, 2026 10:08 PM (+9wcF)
He was miffed, but it's his own fault. Shouldn't-a left the doors unlocked!
Posted by: JQ at July 22, 2026 10:08 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 22, 2026 10:08 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Susan Ford at July 22, 2026 10:08 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 22, 2026 10:08 PM (h906C)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 22, 2026 10:09 PM (O0L8i)
don't know if a hammer was part of his kit
Posted by: Don Black at July 22, 2026 10:09 PM (ZxPkt)
But here is Grape Nehi, right?
Posted by: tankdemon at July 22, 2026 10:09 PM (PMi3m)
The bad news is that I have to have more than 10 gallons of apple pulp to start with to get it to work right, and since I only had five gallons of pulp, I had to do a second squeezing with my old press. On the positive side, I got two gallons of apple juice in half the time. The bottleneck now is canning or pasteurizing the juice
Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2026 10:09 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 22, 2026 10:10 PM (QaH55)
Just keep on top of those o-rings!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 22, 2026 10:10 PM (h906C)
How much for that hammer from Apollo?
Posted by: Don Black at July 22, 2026 10:06 PM
***
Current bid is $120k. No reserve.
Posted by: TRex - auctioneer dino at July 22, 2026 10:10 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2026 10:10 PM (6x1Uq)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 22, 2026 10:10 PM (WL2lA)
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 22, 2026 10:10 PM (Jr+re)
Don't know why you'd put apple juice in a pasture, but OK.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 22, 2026 10:10 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Born Fee at July 22, 2026 10:11 PM (raD1m)
Posted by: Iris at July 22, 2026 10:11 PM (286+n)
My favorite road race vids to watch are from the motorcycle races of the Isle of Man TT. Over 280 people, racers and spectators have been killed since the races were begun in 1907. Absolutely insane
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 22, 2026 10:11 PM (sMkB+)
Posted by: Horizontally Opposed! at July 22, 2026 10:11 PM (JM9I6)
Oooh lookee mee with my big honkin' sky chariot! Ooooh.
Posted by: Eos at July 22, 2026 10:11 PM (h906C)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 22, 2026 10:12 PM (4g5V+)
don't know if a hammer was part of his kit
Posted by: Don Black
Thor?
Posted by: Mike Tyson at July 22, 2026 10:12 PM (6x1Uq)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 22, 2026 10:12 PM (edUvp)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2026 10:12 PM (XeU6L)
In a prior part of my life, we had a Subaru. It was pretty good until the wife "loaned" it to her sister. That started the demise, but not due to the car.
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 22, 2026 10:12 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: fd at July 22, 2026 10:13 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Piercello at July 22, 2026 10:13 PM (Ht/sz)
or fermenting?
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 22, 2026 10:10 PM (Jr+re)
I don't drink, but I have been known to leave a couple of 2-Liter bottles in the fridge for a bit so it will get sparkly.
Seriously, if I get more than a couple of apple trees producing I will consider making apple jack, and I have a corker so I can make and bottle hard cider this year.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2026 10:13 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2026 10:13 PM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: You Can Observe A Lot Just By Watching at July 22, 2026 10:13 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 22, 2026 10:13 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 22, 2026 10:12 PM
***
You're welcome. Good evening!
Posted by: TRex - rally dino at July 22, 2026 10:13 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: Piper at July 22, 2026 10:14 PM (hftzA)
And since they didn't actually fly the beer to the dry town, how can he be charged? Just do what small-town cops do with kids caught with beer, and pour it out.
Everything about that is stupid. Starting with a dry town. What are they, Eskimamish?
Posted by: mindful webworker - mormonuit at July 22, 2026 10:14 PM (M5tgA)
Posted by: Helios at July 22, 2026 10:14 PM (h906C)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2026 10:14 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 22, 2026 10:10 PM (WL2lA)
When I took an astronomy course ages ago, the prof, whenever the Pleiades came up, called them Subaru. (Because, of course, Subaru is what the Japanese call the Pleiades.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 22, 2026 10:14 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 22, 2026 10:15 PM (sMkB+)
Older brother owned one, and drove it up Mount Washington.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 22, 2026 10:15 PM (4HoLg)
Posted by: Ghost of Uncle Palp at July 22, 2026 10:15 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Estradiol has entered the. . . um, chat.
Yeah, that's the ticket.
Posted by: 4 out of 5 Doctors recommend at July 22, 2026 10:16 PM (6x1Uq)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Yeah, the stone walls ripping by, inches away, at triple digit speeds...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2026 10:16 PM (XeU6L)
Georgia had dry counties. I lived in one, but could by booze on the AF base.
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 22, 2026 10:17 PM (Jr+re)
Ayup. They still talk about that up thar on the ridge.
*spit*
Posted by: Grampa Walton at July 22, 2026 10:17 PM (h906C)
As soon as I saw "dry village in AK," I assumed it had something to do with Indians.
UT has lots of quaint (to an outsider) rules about liquor sales, and the Indian reservations in UT go way beyond that. PACK A COUPLE OF BOTTLES before visiting Monument Valley!
You'll thank me for this tip if you go. Otherwise, you may have to drive to AZ and back.
Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2026 10:17 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 22, 2026 10:17 PM (pMmVV)
So, dry village, means no airplanes in or out with alcohol, and they are inspected prior to flying in.
This dude didn't realize his passengers had put beers in their luggage. Instead of racking the passengers, the State went after the pilot, which is already horseshit, but the pilot has this airplane which is worth $95,000, so guess what they decided to take?
It is way out of line with the normal fine for that sort of thing, which the pilot didn't even do, so it's a test case for the Supremes.
Small airplanes are the life's blood of AK, particularly the villages, none of which you can drive to except in the winter on a snow machine.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2026 10:17 PM (vXSTz)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 22, 2026 10:18 PM (XfIK1)
I always confuse the Subaru logo with the Steelers logo
It's like the stars you see when you get hit on the head in a cartoon.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2026 10:18 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 22, 2026 10:18 PM (NnhvP)
It now resides nearby as a secondary home defense weapon.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 22, 2026 10:18 PM (0aYVJ)
He had been part of the podcast No Agenda Show with Adam Curry for the last 18 years. They were on episode 1887. He was 80 years old, and had suffered a massive heart attack last Spring, with bypass surgery. He seemed to be doing great.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2026 10:18 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2026 10:19 PM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Not to mention the corner at Ballagarey. Miss it and the riders smack headlong into a stone building.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2026 10:19 PM (6x1Uq)
Posted by: 2009Refugee
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I've motorcycled up there. I point out here that Mount Mitchell, NC, just up the road, is higher.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2026 10:19 PM (XeU6L)
Next week do we get the Mazda miata?
Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 22, 2026 10:19 PM (Lo97M)
Posted by: wth at July 22, 2026 10:19 PM (oq9dX)
Georgia had dry counties. I lived in one, but could by booze on the AF base.
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 22, 2026 10:17 PM (Jr+re)
Yeah I lived in one. Didn't take long to figure out the major backers and donors who kept this going were the restaurants in town who were allowed to sell alcohol by the drink. (Dry towns are almost never completely dry)
By stopping the sale of alcohol retail, they forced people into their restaurants to buy it at big markups. Easy money.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 22, 2026 10:20 PM (edUvp)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 22, 2026 10:18 PM (NnhvP)
Just be sure to clear it with AOP first.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 22, 2026 10:20 PM (h906C)
Posted by: mindful webworker - mormonuit at July 22, 2026 10:14 PM (M5tgA)
No, he kept the plane, but it's been under a legal cloud since then. Taking a pilot's plane takes away his ability to make a living up here. I suspect worse things would have happened had they actually taken the plane.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2026 10:20 PM (vXSTz)
Absolutely insane
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 22, 2026 10:11 PM
***
Yes, insane. Not exactly the same, but the first Isle of Man Hill Rally took place last weekend. Watched a video of highlights. Again, not the same as the motorcycle road races, but pretty crazy.
Posted by: TRex - off road dino at July 22, 2026 10:20 PM (XfIK1)
I drive a Subaru!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 22, 2026 10:20 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Mayor Vaughn at July 22, 2026 10:20 PM (nDXEV)
Posted by: SSBN656(G) at July 22, 2026 10:21 PM (NoYYJ)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 22, 2026 10:21 PM (7gFa4)
My car builder made engines for kraut tanks back in WWII.
Advantage: Subaru
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 22, 2026 10:22 PM (h906C)
I'm an old racer. Put the big motor in the little car!! Fun may ensue.
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 22, 2026 10:22 PM (Jr+re)
4h
At 5:30 p.m. ET today, U.S. forces began launching more strikes against Iranian military targets at the Commander in Chief's direction. The mission will continue to further degrade Iran's ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting regional waters.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 22, 2026 10:23 PM (pMmVV)
Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2026 10:19 PM (KC5Lt)
They even stopped making cars to go all in on that cause. National parks too.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 22, 2026 10:23 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: vmom
Subaru logo has more stars.
Pittsburgh's logo, someone steelered the rest.
Posted by: mikeski at July 22, 2026 10:23 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2026 10:23 PM (vXSTz)
Posted by: fd at July 22, 2026 10:24 PM (MWfyi)
Depends on if there's enough torque to twist the body when you drop the hammer. If there is, fun will definitely ensue. In a new car. With a reinforced body.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 22, 2026 10:24 PM (+9wcF)
But they are totally serious about the threat of the Epstein class.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 22, 2026 10:25 PM (sKqQm)
That's the only folks who drove them in that town, certainly.
Not sure why you'd need an all-wheel drive vehicle in Madison, but there ya go.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2026 10:25 PM (vXSTz)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 22, 2026 10:25 PM (kYmoU)
It's very difficult to make a VW bug handle well. The suspension design borders on covered wagon . . . . . .
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 22, 2026 10:25 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Cicero
Toyota built the Toyota KC and other truck models used extensively by the Japanese in China and the Pacific during WWII. They also produced parts and assemblies for Mitsubishi and other aircraft manufacturers.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2026 10:26 PM (6x1Uq)
Next week do we get the Mazda miata?
Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 22, 2026 10:19 PM (Lo97M)
The reason the Honda del Sol came with a rear spoiler was so you could push it around like a shopping cart
Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2026 10:26 PM (rbvCR)
I know folks who refuse to drive anything but a Subaru, mainly because of the all-wheel drive or 4-wheel drive (not sure what it has).
Anxiously awaiting next week's Pittsburgh scanner.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 22, 2026 10:26 PM (D/6p1)
Posted by: Ancient Slavonaut Theorist Miklosov says YES at July 22, 2026 10:26 PM (sxR7k)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
Very common mod for 25 years has been to put a Subaru engine in a Vanagon. The original VW Waterboxer was a dud, and a Subaru is a good fit. Because it is horizontally opposed, it is relatively low and will fit with the stock engine cover. People have put Jetta and Golf engines in them, but they require custom engine covers and one loses cargo space.
Posted by: VW Trends at July 22, 2026 10:26 PM (JM9I6)
Beaver is dry
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)
You need better dates.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2026 10:27 PM (vXSTz)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2026 10:27 PM (Cqx++)
Pittsburgh's logo, someone steelered the rest.
Posted by: mikeski
Steelers logo is not stars or diamonds. Hypercycloids.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 22, 2026 10:27 PM (R6/qx)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2026 10:28 PM (6x1Uq)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2026 10:26 PM (rbvCR)
I had a Ford Fiesta with a big old spoiler on the back. I said it was what you used to hang it up at night with. No other reason for it to be there.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2026 10:28 PM (vXSTz)
When I checked with the state the license plate VIGR PLZ was already taken.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 22, 2026 10:28 PM (h906C)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 22, 2026 10:26 PM
***
Thank you and you're welcome!
Posted by: TRex - bush pilot dino at July 22, 2026 10:29 PM (XfIK1)
Dry counties of the USA
https://t.ly/JbdOW
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2026 10:27 PM (Cqx++)
You will notice that NONE of those are in Wisconsin.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2026 10:29 PM (vXSTz)
Flashback on the ski team Subaru- good stuff.
Posted by: scampydog at July 22, 2026 10:30 PM (+g3aE)
Posted by: TRex - bush pilot dino at July 22, 2026 10:29 PM (XfIK1)
Bush Pilot? Who knew?
With those tiny little arms? Do you pull the yoke with your feet?
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2026 10:30 PM (vXSTz)
At 65 mph there's 80 lbs. of downforce right there!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 22, 2026 10:30 PM (h906C)
Interesting. The Alaska Supreme Court seems to have upheld the forfeiture on the grounds that the natives can’t handle alcohol, and therefore a $95,000 plane for 72 cans of beer is not excessive.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 22, 2026 10:30 PM (kYmoU)
Posted by: LRob in OK
The Macpherson Strut front suspension of a Super Beetle handles pretty well. Sway bar in the rear and you are good to go.
Posted by: VW Trends! at July 22, 2026 10:30 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 22, 2026 10:30 PM (sKqQm)
No real complaints other than as I mentioned recently - if you have to replace a tire you have to replace all four unless they're fairly new.. I don't know why. It's in the manual. Has something to do with the symmetrical All Wheel Drive.
The 2012 has a timing belt which cost $2500 to replace as 'routine' maintenance at 105k miles. I'm told later models have a chain which doesn't have to be replaced. The headlights are also difficult to replace, especially the driver side. I've given up trying to do it myself since Pep Boys will do it for $50 or so.
The Outback is nicely appointed and gets amazing gas mileage for a car it's size - almost 30 mpg at 70 mph.
We're considering replacing the 2012 with either a new Outback or a Lexus. I'm leaning toward the Subaru as it runs on regular. Lexus wants Premium.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 22, 2026 10:30 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 22, 2026 10:31 PM (6lIrI)
It's not clear if the pilot even knew that the passenger had beer in his luggage, and yet the statute references "knowingly." I don't get it.
I wonder if SCOTUS was looking for a case with really great facts for the appellant, in order to strike down disproportionate forfeitures. If so, they found a beauty.
Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2026 10:31 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Tonypete
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Braking points are of supreme importance if you want to survive a turn...and be competitive. Better get 'em sorted during practice. It takes discipline to go from WOT on a straight, and then clamp on the binders hard at thelast possible moment. Turns 1 & 12 at Road America come to mind. https://shorturl.at/jeFYO
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2026 10:32 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
Wow, that sounds like they really hurt!!
Posted by: Tonypete
It was the company logo from Republic Steel that was headquartered in.......Cleveland.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 22, 2026 10:32 PM (R6/qx)
Interesting. The Alaska Supreme Court seems to have upheld the forfeiture on the grounds that the natives can’t handle alcohol, and therefore a $95,000 plane for 72 cans of beer is not excessive.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 22, 2026 10:30 PM (kYmoU)
The real problem is that the pilot had no idea the passengers had the beer on them, and he never did fly any of it to the village, so why they went after him is because his plane is worth so much money, and they would get that benefit. It far outstrips the price of the fine. Ridiculous.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2026 10:32 PM (vXSTz)
Would not throw it out of bed for eating crackers.
Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at July 22, 2026 10:33 PM (YVvS/)
I think we (Texas) still have a few dry counties.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 22, 2026 10:33 PM (s522d)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 22, 2026 10:34 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 22, 2026 10:34 PM (h906C)
Until one of the front wheels fell off.
Posted by: wth at July 22, 2026 10:34 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
I should have known that - I worked for them for a time.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2026 10:34 PM (6x1Uq)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2026 10:34 PM (vXSTz)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 22, 2026 10:34 PM (h906C)
Well, there are old pilots, and bold pilots, but no old bold pilots.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2026 10:36 PM (vXSTz)
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Yeah, you can tell he's pushing when he hits the rumble strips back in the technical section. That course is so much fun when you're the one doing all the passing (It's my second favorite Gran Turismo track after Grand Valley Speedway).
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at July 22, 2026 10:36 PM (vSvIl)
By stopping the sale of alcohol retail, they forced people into their restaurants to buy it at big markups. Easy money.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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There was a private club across the street from the court house and one out on the highway.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 22, 2026 10:36 PM (pMmVV)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2026 10:38 PM (vXSTz)
Karl Marx & Frederick Douglass were both born in 1818. Marx grew up in comfort, Douglass in chains. Marx thought the world owed him more comfort; Douglass only demanded liberty, & he'd do the res
Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2026 10:39 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2026 10:39 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2026 10:39 PM (Cqx++)
Only for that Christmas special that we never talk about
Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2026 10:42 PM (rbvCR)
My wife has a 2018 Subaru Outback. Awesome car.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 22, 2026 10:43 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 22, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at July 22, 2026 10:33 PM (YVvS/)
* * * *
Haven't heard that one in a long time! Thanks!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 22, 2026 10:43 PM (D/6p1)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 22, 2026 10:44 PM (kYmoU)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 22, 2026 10:44 PM (pMmVV)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 22, 2026 10:46 PM (9CZQg)
Hmm. No Orange Crush, but there's a case of Fanta Orange, a case of Fresca, and a couple of packs of Ramune "assorted flavors".
Posted by: JQ at July 22, 2026 10:46 PM (rdVOm)
https://youtu.be/dkcgQQSgznU
Posted by: mindful webworker - with even tinier arms at July 22, 2026 10:46 PM (M5tgA)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 22, 2026 10:47 PM (T2w7I)
Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at July 22, 2026 10:33 PM (YVvS/)
* * * *
Haven't heard that one in a long time! Thanks!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 22, 2026 10:43 PM (D/6p1)
When I hear that phrase, Barbara Mandrell comes to mind.
https://youtu.be/IpMpS1RFzsk
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 22, 2026 10:47 PM (qx7Zg)
I took a bush pilot flight with my young kids to Coldfoot, AK.
I asked the pilot if he had an airbag-- a joke. He said, "It's only a 40 minute flight!"
Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2026 10:47 PM (RCjYY)
“Thanks for the tip!”—Politicians Everywhere
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 22, 2026 10:48 PM (kYmoU)
Posted by: West Coast Sub Crew From 1941! at July 22, 2026 10:48 PM (wVcYX)
Nicaragua’s lawmakers said they will carry out a plan by President Daniel Ortega to abolish elections in the Central American country, prompting renewed criticisms Wednesday by the international community.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2026 10:49 PM (Cqx++)
Flashback on the ski team Subaru- good stuff.
Posted by: scampydog at July 22, 2026 10:30
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Doggo!
Posted by: TRex - lite beer dino at July 22, 2026 10:49 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: Zombie Rush Limbaugh at July 22, 2026 10:49 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 22, 2026 10:50 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: tcn in AK
Chuck Yeager.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 22, 2026 10:50 PM (R6/qx)
But they are totally serious about the threat of the Epstein class.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 22, 2026 10:25 PM (sKqQm)
True hypocrites never admit it.
Posted by: Joemarine at July 22, 2026 10:50 PM (y171U)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2026 10:36 PM (vXSTz)
***cough***
Remember me ???
Posted by: zombie Chuck Yeager at July 22, 2026 10:51 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 22, 2026 10:51 PM (qx7Zg)
Karl Marx & Frederick Douglass were both born in 1818. Marx grew up in comfort, Douglass in chains. Marx thought the world owed him more comfort; Douglass only demanded liberty, & he'd do the res
Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2026 10:39 PM (rbvCR)
They also had very similar hairdos.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 22, 2026 10:51 PM (0aYVJ)
But they are totally serious about the threat of the Epstein class.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 22, 2026 10:25 PM (sKqQm)
if the Oregon legislature follows suit, they will call it the Neil Goldschmidt act
Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2026 10:52 PM (rbvCR)
Several years later met his son who was in the Air Force and he was a stellar human being.
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 22, 2026 10:52 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2026 10:53 PM (RCjYY)
Since this is an auto thread, I thought I might remind everyone about the dangers of ladies farding while driving.
Posted by: Zombie Rush Limbaugh
You shouldn't have said that.
Posted by: Zombie Paul Harvey at July 22, 2026 10:54 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
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That was a big failure before 2010. They came up with a new gasket, and that's pretty much disappeared as a problem. My forester had the gasket replaced($2200) at 41k, but it has run great since. It laughs at snow, until it gets higher than the bottom of the grill. I've cruised around Jeeps, 4W trucks and even quattros on snowy uphills. It now uses a quart of oil every 4k, but I change it around 3500, so no big deal. 236,000 mi.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 22, 2026 10:54 PM (cBDov)
Oh boy.
Just so you all know, there is a brewing scandal about where all that is coming from. The lettuce thing was a red herring. I'm not sure it'll really see the light of day in the MSM due to wokeness, but the source is pretty cut and dried at this point.
The upper midwest is getting hit extra hard because the great lakes are now literally awash in shit (thanks Canada!), but otherwise the outbreak closely tracks one specific population.
Posted by: ewww at July 22, 2026 10:56 PM (YPz7y)
There are 32 Fully Dry towns in Alaska. There are another 28 that are dry in the sense that they don't sell alcohol. The State law requires you know which towns fall into which category, and the asset seizure is written right into the State law (not just the municipality). There are no mulligans on the law. "I didn't know" is not a valid defense. Many believe that Alaska is so strict on the asset seizure because they use some of the confiscations for their various government employees once acquired and don't auction all of them off.
I'm not sure how the pilot gets snagged for the passenger's indiscretions on this one, especially since the confiscation occurred before leaving Fairbanks.
Posted by: Box of Rocks at July 22, 2026 10:57 PM (dIske)
Hmm. No Orange Crush, but there's a case of Fanta Orange, a case of Fresca, and a couple of packs of Ramune "assorted flavors".
Posted by: JQ at July 22, 2026 10:46 PM
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Ummm.... Thanks much for looking but might want to double check the expiration dates. Never know how long stuff has been sitting in storage.
And watch out for spiders.
Posted by: TRex - restocking slacker dino at July 22, 2026 10:57 PM (XfIK1)
Rally racing drivers are the best in the world. Better than F1 drivers. It's impressive to watch them.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 22, 2026 10:57 PM (+J/Au)
Posted by: ewww at July 22, 2026 10:56 PM (YPz7y)
Moose?
Posted by: LASue at July 22, 2026 10:58 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 22, 2026 10:58 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)
You need better dates.
Posted by: tcn
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Or better technique.
Or KY.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 22, 2026 10:58 PM (cBDov)
Posted by: ewww at July 22, 2026 10:56 PM (YPz7y)
Moose?
Posted by: LASue at July 22, 2026 10:58 PM (lCppi)
Canadian Geese?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 22, 2026 10:59 PM (wVcYX)
I read a story recently about a woman "mechanic" passenger in an Uber who demanded that the driver stop playing with the car's fidget stick. When he explained that it had a manual transmission, so he had to shift manually, she refused to believe it.
Sad, really. My first two cars were 4-speed and 5-speed stick econoboxes. Fun to drive, though.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 22, 2026 11:01 PM (qx7Zg)
And watch out for spiders.
Posted by: TRex - restocking slacker dino
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Haha! Thanks, boss.
Yeah, the American pops have expired, but the Ramune is still fizzy.. So much fun to open those! (stay away from the "watermelon" flavor-- it's gross.)
Posted by: JQ at July 22, 2026 11:01 PM (rdVOm)
I also remember blue laws. None of the shopping malls were open on Sundays.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 22, 2026 11:02 PM (yEz+x)
I’ll rent that if it’s available.
Sadly they discontinued it last year.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 22, 2026 11:02 PM (XV/Pl)
Do Alaskan State Troopers just randomly search charter flights, or was this a setup?
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 22, 2026 11:03 PM (4NO2D)
So does Idaho.
The difference is; in Utah, they are few and far between, even in SLC. Large parts of the state they are nearly non-existent.
Idaho, they are plentiful.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 22, 2026 11:03 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 22, 2026 11:03 PM (4NO2D)
They do it when you file a flight plan to a dry village. Not uncommon.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2026 11:03 PM (vXSTz)
I don't think I can adequately convey how everything gets literally enshittified once there are enough of them in one place. I would be sorely tempted to use my one "if you had a time machine..." card to stop the Brits from teaching them English.
Posted by: ewww at July 22, 2026 11:04 PM (YPz7y)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2026 11:03 PM
Huh. That seems excessively invasive.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 22, 2026 11:05 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Miklos presents the B-52s with "Dry County" at July 22, 2026 11:05 PM (sxR7k)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 22, 2026 11:03 PM (4NO2D)
___________________________
You think maybe the Staties wanted to increase their resources with a $95,000 puddle jumper? Could be right.
Posted by: Orson at July 22, 2026 11:05 PM (dIske)
I also remember blue laws. None of the shopping malls were open on Sundays.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 22, 2026 11:02 PM (yEz+x)
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Ocean City, NJ is still a dry town to the best of my knowledge.
Posted by: Orson at July 22, 2026 11:07 PM (dIske)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 22, 2026 11:08 PM (4NO2D)
In addition to being few and far between, the state run liquor stores in UT also have peculiar hours of operation, in my very limited experience.
I'm used to liquor stores that stay open 'til 11pm.
Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2026 11:08 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: JQ at July 22, 2026 10:46 PM
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Ummm.... Thanks much for looking but might want to double check the expiration dates. Never know how long stuff has been sitting in storage.
And watch out for spiders.
Posted by: TRex - restocking slacker dino
We lock up the good stuff
Or I just keep it at home
Posted by: Assistant Late Nite Manager Miklos at July 22, 2026 11:08 PM (sxR7k)
Dear people who type in all lowercase,
We are the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.
Sincerely,
Capital Letters.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 22, 2026 11:08 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 22, 2026 11:10 PM (S41Gd)
goodnight, horde. see you tomorrow night! thanks for the laughs.
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 22, 2026 11:11 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Orson
I think you mean Ocean Grove, NJ, between Asbury Park and Bradley Beach. It's a unique town, founded by Methodists.
Posted by: What Exit? at July 22, 2026 11:11 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Orson at July 22, 2026 11:07 PM (dIske)
Yup, fuck that place.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 22, 2026 11:11 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: e. e. cummings at July 22, 2026 11:11 PM (sxR7k)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2026 11:03 PM
Huh. That seems excessively invasive.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 22, 2026 11:05 PM (4NO2D)
Well, so is the alcohol-fueled violence in the villages, so they decided they would rather have the law on their side.
It is hard to overestimate the horrible damage alcohol does in these villages. Between the lack of real jobs, the sheer laziness due to welfare checks, the lack of education (even though we put schools in every damned one of those villages), and the incest, I find it remarkable that anyone survives living there, but they choose to do so anyway.
I don't have issues with villages deciding to be dry, or the law enforcement of same, but this case is over the top, blaming the wrong guy, and taking much more than is warranted.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2026 11:12 PM (vXSTz)
Posted by: LASue at July 22, 2026 10:58 PM (lCppi)
Canadian Geese?
Posted by: Count de Monet
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Loons?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2026 11:12 PM (XeU6L)
But, my interview today went extremely well (he liked my skillset and my mindset), and hopefully I'll have the second round in a few days. Keep praying, it helps!
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 22, 2026 11:13 PM (aJQbY)
I think the county is still dry but the city I lived in was allowed to vote independently and went "wet", so I guess it's easier for the county rurals to get beer now.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 22, 2026 11:13 PM (4NO2D)
Anybody else watch the "Atlantic City" series with Steve Buscemi? About Prohibition in NJ? It was very good!
Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2026 11:14 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: call me.....Tim at July 22, 2026 11:14 PM (sxR7k)
Anybody else watch the "Atlantic City" series with Steve Buscemi? About Prohibition in NJ? It was very good!
Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2026 11:14 PM
I really liked that show, but I thought the ending felt forced.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 22, 2026 11:15 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 22, 2026 11:16 PM (4NO2D)
There was one problem, every time I had it serviced, there was a very expensive surprise, a part that cost way more than it should have. One in particular, a chunk of ice was kicked up by a car in front of me and hit a head light. The glass on the front was broken. The head light still worked, the reflector behind it was intact. The bracket that held the headlight to the car was undamaged. When I tried to replace the glass at the front of the headlight, I discovered the glass, the reflector, the bracket, even the light bulb were all sold as one part and it cost me 210 dollars, in 1989, to repair that headlight.
There were several other expensive surprises over the ten years I owned that car and now, I have a list of car companies which I will NEVER EVER do business with, Subaru is at the top of that list, Chevrolet is right underneath it.
Posted by: JB1000 at July 22, 2026 11:17 PM (YPIjd)
We are the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.
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What if you only jack off a Minotaur?
Posted by: Literotica.com at July 22, 2026 11:17 PM (u/oMr)
My instinct is that SCOTUS is going to come down hard on forfeitures-- they were just waiting for the right test case. Boy did they find one!
Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2026 11:18 PM (RCjYY)
I would be sorely tempted to use my one "if you had a time machine..." card to stop the Brits from teaching them English.
Posted by: ewww
They should have just left them alone and buy tea and take it home.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2026 11:18 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2026 11:19 PM (XeU6L)
I feel for the natives in the villages. It must royally suck having no real opportunity. They really don’t stand a chance.
There’s opportunity for kids in medical school to have their debt completely wiped away if they sign on to work in rural Alaska's for four years.
Few takers. It’s so sad.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 22, 2026 11:20 PM (yEz+x)
Beer & wine can be purchased just about anywhere, during certain hours of the day (allowed only 6am-2am), but "hard likker" must be purchased from a State Store.
Posted by: JQ at July 22, 2026 11:21 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: RandomDave
Good for you!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 22, 2026 11:22 PM (PV/ya)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
Wasn't that place featured on an ONT some months or years ago? Never been there, but sounds familiar.
Posted by: JQ at July 22, 2026 11:23 PM (rdVOm)
Nicaragua’s lawmakers said they will carry out a plan by President Daniel Ortega to abolish elections in the Central American country, prompting renewed criticisms Wednesday by the international community.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Rubio's statement is all over the Latin world.
z@MiguelContigo - 8h
MARCO RUBIO REQUESTS JOINT OPERATION
... US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, made it clear that Washington, together with the international community, will not sit idly by. while the Sandinista, together with his wife Rosario Murillo, deepens repression in the Central American nation.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 22, 2026 11:23 PM (pMmVV)
Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2026 11:24 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Rush Chairman Miklos at July 22, 2026 11:25 PM (sxR7k)
Via Search Assist:
In Indiana, only a drug store (a grocery store with a pharmacy) can get a license to sell hard liquor, so hard liquor sales stop when the pharmacy operations end. Pharmacies can sell beer and wine, but grocers/convenience stores can’t sell hard liquor without the pharmacy license setup.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2026 11:25 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: RandomDave
*high 5*
Good luck!
Posted by: JQ at July 22, 2026 11:26 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends
I for need amigo en el carcel
Posted by: Nicolas Maduro, Presidente del Cellblock at July 22, 2026 11:27 PM (sxR7k)
Posted by: JQ
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Don't about featured, but I've been there, and commented on it. May have linked a pic.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2026 11:27 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
Wow, that sounds like they really hurt!!
Posted by: Tonypete
It was the company logo from Republic Steel that was headquartered in.......Cleveland.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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Not really. It's an adaption (by adding "ers" to the plain "Steel" of the original) Steelmark of the AISI, an industry group that included Republic, US Steel and others. Republic never used that as their logo. The design was created by a Cleveland firm, though.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 22, 2026 11:27 PM (cBDov)
Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2026 11:27 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2026 11:27 PM (XeU6L)
Dad, reportedly a sometimes excessive drinker, did a lot of travel around the state. On family vacations, I saw that he always had his own little traveling tavern kit, a nice leather case with bottles, jiggers, martini mixing equipment, et al.
I'm sure he would have been horrified at the next generation's traveling kit, with pipes, papers, lighters, film canisters for the smoke. Not the same at all, no sir.
State laws prohibiting liquor by-the-drink were gradually ignored by clubs who got around the BYOB rules. Those laws were changed after an aggressive state atty general started cracking down on enforcement. Since then, you can not only buy cold beer over 3.2, but buy it in grocery stores, along with wine and liquor! IIRC, there were still some dry counties for a while. With, of course, liquor stores and bars all along the county lines.
Those were days.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Okie by birth and choice at July 22, 2026 11:29 PM (M5tgA)
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Who makes up this shit anyway?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 22, 2026 11:29 PM (u/oMr)
If he actually did that...wow...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 22, 2026 11:30 PM (sKqQm)
I feel for the natives in the villages. It must royally suck having no real opportunity. They really don’t stand a chance.
There’s opportunity for kids in medical school to have their debt completely wiped away if they sign on to work in rural Alaska's for four years.
Few takers. It’s so sad.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 22, 2026 11:20 PM (yEz+x)
Wasn't that the premise of that 'Northern Exposure' show?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 22, 2026 11:31 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: JQ at July 22, 2026 11:31 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2026 11:31 PM (RCjYY)
Wife drives a 24 Forrester. I've had several over the years but that was late 90's back when they were $500 cars and all you really needed to do to make them new again was replace the CV axles in the front. I got really good at those over the years. Best one I ever had was an 83 Wagon. Best car in the snow I had ever owned.
Had a line a few years ago on a 83 Brat with the rear facing seats. I wish I had went further with buying that one. Wife didn't want another "project" car in the yard.
Posted by: Reforger at July 22, 2026 11:31 PM (PjoLk)
If he actually did that...wow...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 22, 2026 11:30 PM (sKqQm)
I see subtitles for the spoken Greek.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 22, 2026 11:32 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 22, 2026 11:20 PM (yEz+x)
Wasn't that the premise of that 'Northern Exposure' show?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
pfft
Posted by: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman at July 22, 2026 11:32 PM (sxR7k)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
Could be! Sounds like a real hoot!
Posted by: JQ at July 22, 2026 11:33 PM (rdVOm)
Dallas was not completely dry in the '70s or '80s.
They had zones in the city where you could buy booze.
But the zones were in areas a certain amount of miles from schools and churches. I know Samuel Blvd. was a busy street because it was in a zone that could sell all the booze you wanted.
Posted by: Case at July 22, 2026 11:34 PM (bqIVz)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 22, 2026 11:31 PM (QGaXH)
Yeah, but they filmed that in WA and you will notice people drove to that town. Not like AK villages at all.
Plus there were places to work and enough white people to make it clear it wasn't a Native village.
Probably not as funny if it were real.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2026 11:34 PM (dH9tc)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
Yes. I loved that show. It was filmed in Roslyn, WA. My grandmother was born there in 1915. Coal miners who emigrated from Yugoslavia.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 22, 2026 11:36 PM (6ohhg)
Heck for most of human history that’s what all armies were.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 22, 2026 11:36 PM (T2w7I)
Posted by: YellowBird at July 22, 2026 11:38 PM (MEbkQ)
Posted by: mindful webworker - deadly dino droppings at July 22, 2026 11:38 PM (M5tgA)
The ones in AK are probably worse, but I've never seen those.
Hanta virus (hearts) the rez.
Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2026 11:39 PM (RCjYY)
If you've ever met a drunk Eskimo you'd understand.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 22, 2026 10:08 PM (h906C)
There are dry villages in Northwest Territories, too. A tacit admission by the Indians that Indians cannot hold their liquor. Still, this is a very petty prosecution by the State. A six pack of Budweiser wouldn't get a baby drunk. Pilot was not smuggling, nor aiding and abetting smuggling. It was goods for personal consumption by the passenger. Full stop. If it had been ten cases of 24, different story; pilot would have certainly known.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2026 11:40 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2026 11:12 PM (vXSTz)
Conncur.
I wonder if some state bureaucrat wanted an airplane?
Posted by: Diogenes at July 22, 2026 11:40 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)
All over this land?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 22, 2026 11:41 PM (TADlS)
RandomDave if you're still here - don't give up hope. Things will turn your way, perhaps when you least expect. Hang in there.
Good Night Everyone!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 22, 2026 11:41 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Headin' on down the road. at July 22, 2026 11:43 PM (M5tgA)
Posted by: What Exit? at July 22, 2026 11:11 PM (JM9I6)
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No, I meant Ocean City. Apparently, they were hoping to grab hold of all the family visitors away from Sea Isle, Avalon and Wildwood.
Posted by: Orson at July 22, 2026 11:45 PM (dIske)
Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2026 11:45 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 22, 2026 11:48 PM (TADlS)
Posted by: Case at July 22, 2026 11:49 PM (bqIVz)
Posted by: wth at July 22, 2026 10:19 PM (oq9dX)
It ain't stuck.
That's a Loyale, or GL1800 wagon.
Came with a 1.8i litre opposed four putting out a whopping 85 hp from the factory. After it was introduced and sold like crazy in the mountain west it became apparent that the little engine couldn't at high altitudes and they gave it a turbo. The boost provided was just enough to make the engine viable above the tree line.
My FIL had one and took it out west for a multiweek driving vacation. Got caught in a rare rain event and loaded up the undercarriage and wheelwells with so much clay he had to take it to a town to be pressure washed off. Never missed a beat, even fighting clay to turn the wheels. Impressive for what it was. Loved the 2 stick setup. But extra slow. 2nd slowest car I've had.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 22, 2026 11:50 PM (zafwz)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)
________________________
How much, and is it a claw hammer?
Posted by: Edmund Kemper at July 22, 2026 11:50 PM (dIske)
UT has lots of quaint (to an outsider) rules about liquor sales, and the Indian reservations in UT go way beyond that. PACK A COUPLE OF BOTTLES before visiting Monument Valley!
You'll thank me for this tip if you go. Otherwise, you may have to drive to AZ and back.
Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2026 10:17 PM (RCjYY)
The problem with "dry villages" and "dry reserves" is that those villages and reserves simply export their problem drinkers to the nearest "wet" community. So the Indians come from the reserve in to the Big Smoke, with the expressed intention of getting rip-roaring drunk, thereby cementing the "drunken Indian" stereotype into the minds of the locals who have to deal with them. And there is no incentive for the Indians to learn to drink socially in moderation. It's institutionalized fail.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2026 11:51 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2026 11:54 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 22, 2026 11:55 PM (IKpRc)
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 22, 2026 10:25 PM (Jr+re)
I have owned many of them. I figured they handled pretty well, until you exceeded their limits. But you had to work to do that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2026 11:56 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 22, 2026 11:57 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 22, 2026 11:58 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: JQ at July 22, 2026 11:59 PM (rdVOm)
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Who makes up this shit anyway?
Posted by: Cicero
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The Women's Christian Temperance Union, which, believe it or not, is still around, was the driving force behind Prohibition, and conducted rear guard activities after its repeal. "If we can't stop you from drinking, we can make it as uncomfortable as possible" accounts for many stupid drinking laws. For instance, it was illegal (in 1973) to stand while drinking in WA state. I don't know if that is still law.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 23, 2026 12:02 AM (cBDov)
Saw the exact same meme on Barnhardt's meme page today.
Only dogs. Same exact photo. Same hands, background, etc.
https://tinyurl.com/55jftjf6
Which one is the real one? Memes are meant to be stolen, but plagiarized? My cynicism goes up a level every time I see someone re-do a meme. Or maybe it's the same guy and he did the same thing with his dogs and his cats. Hell I don't know.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 23, 2026 12:02 AM (IhL8c)
Posted by: buddhaha at July 22, 2026 10:54 PM (cBDov)
Being a boxer engine, don't they need 2 head gaskets?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 12:03 AM (1z8ji)
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People stopped using lowercase numbers years ago...
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at July 23, 2026 12:03 AM (LCZyv)
There are not that many commies remaining in power in Central and South America, they are concerned.
Minute and half tells the tale:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sLehAPctK0
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 12:03 AM (pMmVV)
Posted by: buddhaha
I don't know, either. Seems counterintuitive.
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 12:03 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: MaxDamage at July 23, 2026 12:04 AM (pUtWF)
Indeed, Lubbock County was a dry county until 2009 or so. I forget the exact year. But for the longest time you did not go to Tech for the party scene.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 12:06 AM (4g5V+)
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Much to hWood's regret Gibson's movies make money.
Musk wouldn't have to give as much as invest.
For the trifecta he could open a brewery.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 12:06 AM (pMmVV)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 12:06 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Case
Correct!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 12:08 AM (AGhLW)
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Who makes up this shit anyway?
Posted by: Cicero
Maybe there can be an AoS resource for stupid drinking laws. : )
Seriously. I found myself in KS late one Sunday night and tried to buy a beer and found out I could not buy a beer in KS past 2000 (or 8pm) on Sunday nights. WTF?
Or: In TX, no hard liquor sales except in liquor stores, but go to NM and you can buy hard liquor in Walmart.
Back in 2021 IIRC the law changed in TX so that you can buy alcohol starting at 1000 on Sundays rather than 1200. Not at liquor stores which are all closed, however.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 12:13 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 23, 2026 12:14 AM (I0N4X)
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Ah, no, I was there. Trust me when I tell you Tech was definitely known as a party school in the 1980's and 1990's. South of town, there was a short section of road known as "The Strip" featuring places like Bob's Beer Drive thru - 8 lanes, no waiting. Took longer to graduate that way, but it could be done...
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 23, 2026 12:16 AM (QeZws)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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After school, on a rain soaked street I made a right turn; correction, I turned the wheel to the right the VW went diagonally across the street. The left front wheel stopped on a walkway of 2x12's across a ditch. The right front wheel suspended in air.
We, all, exited out the driver's door and gently pushed baby back onto the street.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 12:17 AM (pMmVV)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 12:18 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 23, 2026 12:18 AM (IhL8c)
Posted by: Cicero
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Mostly Baptists and Mormons....in Texas, Baptists.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 23, 2026 12:19 AM (QeZws)
"Mu psychiatrist told me to go camping with a friend to reduce stress, but it was just two i tents."
The two grandkids said, "nice one Grandpa." The two kids said, variations on "LOL". The 89-year-old said, " Tee hee hee!"
I'm noot sure what this tells me...
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 23, 2026 12:19 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 23, 2026 12:19 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 12:20 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 12:21 AM (pMmVV)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Now, you're being pedantic. Yes, it had two gaskets replaced.
Laying flat like that, the gaskets were continuously exposed to the coolant, which softened them, which led to failure. The new gaskets had a metal "sheath" over the material.
In standard I and V engines,the coolant drains away from the head gasket(s).
Posted by: buddhaha at July 23, 2026 12:21 AM (cBDov)
There are not that many commies remaining in power in Central and South America, they are concerned.
Minute and half tells the tale:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sLehAPctK0
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 12:03 AM (pMmVV)
Ortega has shit the bed. I suspect his wife is behind this, mostly. The common people in Nica hate her guts, call her "La Bruja", the witch. The original Sandinistas, the die-hard Commies, were disgusted with Ortega, and called him "Somoza Leche", basically "Milquetoast Somoza". He actually enacted some decent reforms that would be appreciated here.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 12:21 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 12:21 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 12:23 AM (S41Gd)
Beer & wine can be purchased just about anywhere, during certain hours of the day (allowed only 6am-2am), but "hard likker" must be purchased from a State Store.
Posted by: JQ
>Stupid laws. I can go to a bar or casino on sunday and buy liquor. I may pay more, but the casino is usually who picks up the tab.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 23, 2026 12:25 AM (sYM3s)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Utah says , "Hi!"
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 23, 2026 12:25 AM (I0N4X)
In standard I and V engines,the coolant drains away from the head gasket(s).
Posted by: buddhaha at July 23, 2026 12:21 AM (cBDov)
Gaskets are continually exposed to coolant in inline and Vee engines, too. If Subaru had a problem, it was faulty gasket design. You really want the entire water jacket of the engine to stay flooded at all times, cold or hot. Antifreeze has corrosion inhibitors built in.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 12:27 AM (1z8ji)
And a US Judge now says that the BBC can investigate Trump's staff, FAMILY, and businesses... so they can defend themselves?
WTF?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 23, 2026 12:27 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Utah says , "Hi!"
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Kansas: My brothers!
Posted by: clarence at July 23, 2026 12:27 AM (1QT7n)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2026 11:51 PM (1z8ji)
Up here, they send the miscreants to Anchorage for their court dates and then don't allow them to come home. Ergo, Anchorage is full of drunken Natives who commit crimes, and nobody does a damned thing about it.
The Native Hospital doesn't even have a dry-out center. They figure it is whitey's problem, not theirs.
Hence, the drunks passed out face down on the sidewalks in downtown. It's fabulous for the tourist trade.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 12:28 AM (dH9tc)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Oh, State Stores are *now* open on Sundays. Holidays, no. Got to plan ahead!
And what's really crazy, is that you can't buy liquor either in-store OR in a bar on Election Day, while polls are open. Beer & wine? No problemo! Cray cray!
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 23, 2026 12:28 AM (QeZws)
Nicaragua’s lawmakers said they will carry out a plan by President Daniel Ortega to abolish elections in the Central American country, prompting renewed criticisms Wednesday by the international community.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2026 10:49 PM (Cqx++)
That dude is not a spring chicken.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 12:28 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm)
I suspect that is due to the high price paid by the porta potty lobby.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 12:30 AM (dH9tc)
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 23, 2026 12:32 AM (I0N4X)
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You really want the entire water jacket of the engine to stay flooded at all times, cold or hot. Antifreeze has corrosion inhibitors built in.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Old International Harvester V8's say hello. They had specially designed heads that allowed water to circulate around the valves, cooling them.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 12:35 AM (pMmVV)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 12:28 AM (dH9tc)
Sounds like the Aboriginal people around Alice Springs.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 23, 2026 12:36 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 12:36 AM (pMmVV)
Posted by: Cow Demon
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They've got some kind of plan for succession.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 12:38 AM (pMmVV)
Hope you find out what *really* happened!
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 12:40 AM (rdVOm)
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Every vehicle has its charm, like my F-250 V-10 ejecting spark plugs, or those lovely plastic quick connect heater hose connectors I just replace (metal ones this time)!on my Yukon....just lovely...
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 23, 2026 12:40 AM (AsA/B)
Posted by: Azjaeger at July 23, 2026 12:40 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 12:28 AM (4g5V+)
Over 80, IIRC, and has liver or kidney disease. Until this recent nonsense, my take on him was: "he is a pretty lame Commie, could have been much worse".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 12:41 AM (1z8ji)
My first new car was a Subaru when I lived in Newsrk. Beat the hell out of that car, drove it cross country x3. Great in snow. Put in a sweet Casio tape deck. Broken into x3.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 12:44 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: JQ
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I appreciate that. There is so much to the story that cries out to be told, but I have to keep some stuff non-public for now. Someday...
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 23, 2026 12:45 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 12:35 AM (pMmVV)
I don't know of any OHV, or flathead engines for that matter, that don't have some sort of water jacket in the valve area, at least the exhaust valve port. That is the one that gets hot.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 12:45 AM (1z8ji)
There is no indication that Donald Trump is extraditing Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. The political landscape is currently focused on tensions between the U.S. and Mexico regarding extradition requests for Mexican officials.
U.S.-Mexico Extradition Tensions
Key Points
The Trump administration has been involved in a standoff with Mexico over the extradition of several Mexican officials charged with drug corruption.
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico has refused to arrest these officials, including the governor of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, despite U.S. requests.
Donroe Doctrine getting real down south from Mexico to Brazil.
Pincer, anyone?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 12:46 AM (pMmVV)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 12:23 AM (S41Gd)
I think that’s a dry county/town thing. When that happened to me years ago in the Metroplex I opted for lemonade instead.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 12:46 AM (4g5V+)
Another interesting astronomical discovery was announced. They've found what they're calling an "exo-satellite" in a system about 73 ly away. Or you might call it a moon. If you do, this would be the first such exomoon discovered. The star is a red dwarf dubbed CD-35 2722.
Orbiting it at distance of 67 AU, is roughly 30 Jupiter mass brown dwarf, called CD-35 2722 b.
Now, they discovered that brown dwarf has a Jupiter mass object orbiting around it. And so just what to call it is a matter of debate that hasn't been decided. A brown dwarf is not a planet, and not a star, but in between. If it were a planet, it's satellite would be a moon, no question. If it were a star, the satellite would be a planet. But it's neither, so what do you call it?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 12:47 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Aawlberninf350 at July 23, 2026 12:48 AM (8RozV)
In Costa Rica, if coconuts fell from a tree, no big deal, the locals did nothing. No gathering the coconut or anything like that. In Nicaragua that coconut would be GONE in seconds.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 12:49 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Had two midrange with IH V8's. The write up was that the valve cooling design was unique to those engines. Anecdotally, I can say those gas engines held up better than any other gasser on trucks of that size even though one did drop a valve on me.
Kudos to old time IH mechanics turn around time.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 12:51 AM (pMmVV)
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Yup. Closest thing they could get to an outright prohibition. Needed an exception in the law for private organizations in order to get it passed.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 23, 2026 12:52 AM (QeZws)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 23, 2026 12:53 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 12:53 AM (S41Gd)
Kudos to old time IH mechanics turn around time.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 12:51 AM (pMmVV)
International built good engines. Kind of famous for being thirsty, though. They may have altered the coolant flow pattern to favor cooling the valves more, but most liquid-cooled engines do have coolant passages around the exhaust ports.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 12:55 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 23, 2026 12:56 AM (dH9tc)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 23, 2026 12:57 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 12:47 AM (w6EFb)
The Death Star?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 23, 2026 12:58 AM (qx7Zg)
I had two patients this week who work in the pediatric cardiac ICU at Seattle Children’s.
God bless you. Y’all are such special people. Thank you.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 12:59 AM (QKI1C)
But. You could pop one cylinder on a warm engine and it would start.
And always bring you home.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 12:59 AM (pMmVV)
Posted by: muldoon
Understood.
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 01:00 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 01:00 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: tcn in AK
You can thank Jimmy Carter and Cecil Andrus for that. My Dad was part of the effort to stop the "wildernessing" (D-2 land bill) of all Alaska for 3 years, and then for the next 3 he was part of figuring out how to save the poor Indians who could no longer drive their truck out of town. Not a life-ending thing if you lived on a navigable river, but if no river the village your ancestors lived in is dead. "Big White Chief says so." They all carried guns into the villages to deliver the bad news to people they had gotten to know during the previous years.
Posted by: Igotnothing at July 23, 2026 01:00 AM (wo6er)
This was probably a failed binary you might call it. One of them didn't get enough mass to make a star.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 01:01 AM (w6EFb)
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And pretty widespread ignoring of the goofy laws. That was one of the first things done after the standard capacity magazine ban happened in Colorado. A protest where people symbolically exchanged 30 round magazines at the public protest.
Then there's the "bootleggers" that operated in Levelland (just west of Lubbock), until somebody got the idea to build a small town just east of Levelland that was not "dry", and people realized they were missing out on tax revenue...
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 23, 2026 01:03 AM (QeZws)
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 23, 2026 01:03 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 12:47 AM (w6EFb)
The Death Star?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 23, 2026 12:58 AM (qx7Zg)
Seems to me the gas giant planets are made of star stuff, but are simply too small for their gravity compress hydrogen enough to initiate fusion. And maybe brown dwarfs are just a step on the continuum between gas giant planets and working stars.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 01:03 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 01:03 AM (pMmVV)
I named it Grover.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 01:04 AM (yEz+x)
Posted by: nurse ratched
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I appreciate that. I'm so far removed from the day to day practice that it seems like a foreign country.
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 23, 2026 01:07 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 01:08 AM (pMmVV)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 01:08 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Case at July 23, 2026 01:08 AM (bqIVz)
That's exactly it. Interestingly, their radius doesn't get much greater than Jupiter, maybe 2 times tops when young, and they settle right around Jupiter radius, despite being 13 - 80x Jupiter masses.
They can fuse deuterium, and the more massive ones can even burn lithium. To be called a star, it must be able to fuse hydrogen.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 01:10 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 23, 2026 01:11 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Case at July 23, 2026 01:08 AM (bqIVz)
A lot of hypocrisy in the dry/wet situation. "If you take a Baptist fishing with you, how do you stop him from drinking all your beer? Take another Baptist."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 01:12 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 01:13 AM (1z8ji)
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Yep. In western Colorado, I have heard the same joke substituting Mormon for Baptist.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 23, 2026 01:14 AM (QeZws)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 23, 2026 01:14 AM (QeZws)
Yes. It would not surprise me at all to learn that in the wet town/dry town situation, the owner of the liquor store in the wet town was on the town council in the dry town, and votes to keep the town dry.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 01:16 AM (1z8ji)
I do the same kind of rotation with my generators. Makes it easier, since you get to know the quirks of a particular model.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 23, 2026 01:20 AM (AsA/B)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHLR-6TmHTk
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 01:22 AM (pMmVV)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 23, 2026 01:28 AM (QeZws)
I do the same kind of rotation with my generators. Makes it easier, since you get to know the quirks of a particular model.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 23, 2026 01:20 AM (AsA/B)
Reminds me of the pro shooters using Remington Model 1100 autoloading shotguns. They would have a least three; one to shoot, one as a spare, and one in the shop getting fixed.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 23, 2026 01:31 AM (kdtv/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 01:22 AM (pMmVV)
Nice jazz!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 01:33 AM (1z8ji)
I just pulled some capicola out of the oven. It is soooo good! I use the recipe from the Olympia Provisions cookbook. Everything in that book is super complicated and labor intensive, but this one recipe is like four ingredients and almost effortless. And I don't worry about finding a real coppa. I just reserve a few pounds of pork shoulder when I do something like sausage.
Posted by: frammish at July 23, 2026 01:40 AM (rcENI)
I do the same kind of rotation with my generators. Makes it easier, since you get to know the quirks of a particular model.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 23, 2026 01:20 AM (AsA/B)
Reminds me of the pro shooters using Remington Model 1100 autoloading shotguns. They would have a least three; one to shoot, one as a spare, and one in the shop getting fixed.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 23, 2026 01:31 AM (kdtv/)
I do that with a lot of things. Harleys, guitars, tools, etc. I call it spreading the wear around so no one thing gets hammered constantly.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 01:40 AM (S41Gd)
U.S. forces struck Iranian military targets including maritime capabilities, missile and drone storage facilities, coastal surveillance sites, and air defense assets. The strikes further degrade Iran's ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial vessels.
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Wait a second, you guys didn't publish anything about last night!
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 01:41 AM (pMmVV)
That Jupiter mass "moon" could itself have moons. Sub-moons, or "moonlets" or even "moonmoons" can theoretically exist but it's a tricky thing stability wise.
For a moon of a moon to be stable, the main moon must be far away enough from its planet so the moonlet can be comfortably in the Hill sphere of the main moon, but not close enough to the planet for perturbations to be strong. And likewise the planet itself has to be far enough away from the star.
This brown dwarf system would easily meet those conditions.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 01:43 AM (w6EFb)
U.S. forces struck Iranian military targets including maritime capabilities, missile and drone storage facilities, coastal surveillance sites, and air defense assets. The strikes further degrade Iran's ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial vessels.
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Wait a second, you guys didn't publish anything about last night!
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 01:41 AM (pMmVV)
No biggie, it was just another night of us smashing all the seemingly endless amount of toys Iran bought with money given to them by democrats.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 01:46 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: frammish at July 23, 2026 01:47 AM (rcENI)
Bers, I have never seen that movie but I think that I would like it.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 23, 2026 01:49 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: frammish at July 23, 2026 01:47 AM (rcENI)
It might not have been on the up and up and was meant to stay secret. The dudes doing the sheetrock were asked to stay quite.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 01:49 AM (S41Gd)
When we bought the house, there was a half-finished room over the garage, with a slanted roof. At one end is a door from the master bedroom closet, and at the other end is a window. There are knee walls along the sides where the roof gets to about 4 feet. The old owners ran electricity and HVAC, but no insulation, etc. We used it for storage for years, but lately we've been wanted another bedroom.
I wanted to turn the knee walls into built-in bookshelves, with one panel that rolls or swings out, like a secret door, so we can still access the parts over the eaves for storage. So I put in insulation, but then I got stuck. We wanted tongue-and-groove, but nothing was square. The peak has 2x4s going across to make a flat roof. Some are 22.5" long, some 20". So I didn't know how to deal with that. Especially running t&g, I was afraid it would look bad. Probably add shims to lower the narrow parts, so they are all equal?
(con't...)
Posted by: frammish at July 23, 2026 01:55 AM (rcENI)
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 01:57 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: frammish at July 23, 2026 01:57 AM (rcENI)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 23, 2026 01:49 AM (ibDUx)
I never saw it, I'm afraid to, yet I heard all about it. The characters were heavily inspired by people I knew from the area and went to school with. When I read the story I just about shit my pants because I immediately knew the characters. Uma Thurman played a chick that lived on my street. One of the other characters was most likely an ex girlfriend of mine. Yeah I'm not touching that one. That bar eventually became a metal band venue, and I have seen Uma Thurman's character there there during some gigs. If I see a frigging metal guitar player in that movie I'll probably lose my shit. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 01:59 AM (S41Gd)
The Kremlin is especially alarmed at the German government's intent to gain access to nuclear weapons, based on new defense agreements with France and its 'nuclear umbrella'. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz unveiled late last week: "Alongside this work on a shared doctrine, German conventional forces will this year take part in a nuclear exercise of the French military."
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The French are going to give the Germans nuclear weapons?
The French have nuclear weapons? Did they receive them from us?
Jeepers.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 02:01 AM (pMmVV)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 01:03 AM (1z8ji)
Jupiter in a real sense is a brown dwarf star. It gives off everything else except visible light. If it got 65% more massive, it starts giving off its own light.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 02:03 AM (4g5V+)
The French have nuclear weapons? Did they receive them from us?
Jeepers.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 02:01 AM (pMmVV)
The French has had their own nuclear weapons since 1960.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 02:04 AM (4g5V+)
LOL, Bers, I get the anxiety.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 23, 2026 02:05 AM (ibDUx)
Jeepers.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 02:01 AM (pMmVV)
The French developed their own nuclear weapons, as did the British. In the late '50's early '60's. They detonated a hydrogen bomb at Mururoa Atoll in the Tahiti Archipelago in the '70's.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 02:06 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 02:03 AM (4g5V+)
If you jammed three jumper cables into it, could you get 3-phase power?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 02:08 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 02:03 AM (4g5V+)
If you jammed three jumper cables into it, could you get 3-phase power?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 02:08 AM (1z8ji)
I don't know, but yesterday it blamed the dog.
Posted by: meh at July 23, 2026 02:13 AM (zZxsY)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 02:13 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 02:03 AM (4g5V+)
If your mom gets 65% more massive, she'll be on My 600 Pound Life.
Posted by: word to your moms at July 23, 2026 02:13 AM (ld3Nb)
We weren't *locked down* here, like many other states. Just some stores required face diapers. I avoided those. My fave grocery encouraged the masks, but didn't really enforce. When I had to go there during busy hours, I'd wear one, but always had a Sharpie, to write quotes from 1984 on it before entering.
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 02:14 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 02:15 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 23, 2026 02:05 AM (ibDUx)
Ironically, both the main characters are dead in real life. I literally just found out about one of them this past weekend, because my brother is still in touch with one of the sisters. I heard about small worlds, but this one....Jesus.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 02:16 AM (S41Gd)
Okay I know it's not "some" douchebag it's all the douchebags. Do people really care? Douches are known for driving EVERYTHING. Mustangs, pickups, BMWs, Tesla, electric, petrol, solar....
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 02:18 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 02:19 AM (pMmVV)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 02:22 AM (S41Gd)
You'd need some Jupiter-sized negative mass-energy as well as positive. That's been proven generally. Any superluminal warp bubble needs exotic matter.
Interestingly, somebody found a "subluminal" type of warp bubble solution that could be done with just regular matter. It was a numerical solution, I think.
Still way beyond anything we could imagine doing. This is Type II civilization level stuff, able to control power levels equal to the output of a star in a small space without blowing your self up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 02:23 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)
It was lowered to the legal limit and even though it's all wheel drive can't really function on anything but flat pavement. Slight bumps ground it. It also used oil from new.
So the same EPA many Subaru drivers cheer for (see NPR), was forcing Subaru to make less reliable cars.
Posted by: meh at July 23, 2026 02:26 AM (kK7U2)
Legit business up front-- they did good work. Don't recall how they got busted, it's been a long time.
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 02:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: meh at July 23, 2026 02:29 AM (kK7U2)
You could do some pretty cool stuff with one of those subluminal warp bubbles. Incredible acceleration without feeling one ounce of force. And you can adjust proper time flow inside the bubble as well. (As you can with the superluminal ones).
You just create a little patch of spacetime inside the bubble that gets dragged along. Those inside are in free fall always, just floating, no matter what the bubble itself does.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 02:30 AM (w6EFb)
I hate summer.
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 02:32 AM (rdVOm)
Prohibition caused some creative solutions, huh?
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)
It seems so. These were big houses, and the original owners no doubt had money and no doubt the funds to have a private booze collection during those times. We did a few jobs in that area. I'll never forget asking a somewhat new owner of this one house who was there about 1 1/2 years how many bathrooms the place had. He thought about it seriously, shook his head and said, you know, I don't even know.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 02:33 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Berserker
Should've asked the
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 02:34 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 02:23 AM (w6EFb)
Yeah, that Michio Kaku dude said we might not be getting visited by alien races because the galaxy could be littered by dead type 0 civilizations who never passed the "blowing themselves up" phase. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 02:36 AM (S41Gd)
If you've ever met a drunk Eskimo you'd understand.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 22, 2026 10:08 PM (h906C)
There are dry villages in Northwest Territories, too. A tacit admission by the Indians that Indians cannot hold their liquor. Still, this is a very petty prosecution by the State. A six pack of Budweiser wouldn't get a baby drunk. Pilot was not smuggling, nor aiding and abetting smuggling. It was goods for personal consumption by the passenger. Full stop. If it had been ten cases of 24, different story; pilot would have certainly known.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2026 11:40 PM (1z8ji)
Yeah, this has the same vibe as civil asset forfeiture; another method used to strip Americans of their cash and property under the color of law. I hate the greed of Gov't and their minions. Of course Alaska's stance of a $95k Cesna forfeiture for a six-pack of beer that his PASSENGER packed was "In response, lawyers from the Alaska Attorney General’s office argued that the state Supreme Court’s 'fact-bound decision' should be allowed to stand."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 02:38 AM (l3cgK)
I guess that I am getting old, sweet dreams Horde, I need to sleep.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 23, 2026 02:38 AM (ibDUx)
Wow.
You drive by, and think 'nice place' and that's it... Well, some of them are WAY larger and much fancier than one would imagine, at just a glance.
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 02:39 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 02:23 AM (w6EFb)
Yeah, that Michio Kaku dude said we might not be getting visited by alien races because the galaxy could be littered by dead type 0 civilizations who never passed the "blowing themselves up" phase. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 02:36 AM (S41Gd)
We might also live in the ghetto part of the Galaxy...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 02:40 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 02:40 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 02:40 AM (l3cgK)
Its possible. I'm sure Newark is responsible in some ways.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 02:44 AM (S41Gd)
I have a fan by the bed, so that helps at night when I can't open windows to cool the house.
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 02:45 AM (rdVOm)
Suppose we did discover some Type II level source of energy, or even a good Type I (planetary level).
Now, the mullahs get a hold of it. What are they gonna do?
You got it, blow us all up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 02:45 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 22, 2026 10:08 PM (Jr+re)
nooo!
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 02:45 AM (faghi)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2026 11:40 PM (1z8ji)
Yeah, this has the same vibe as civil asset forfeiture; another method used to strip Americans of their cash and property under the color of law. I hate the greed of Gov't and their minions. Of course Alaska's stance of a $95k Cesna forfeiture for a six-pack of beer that his PASSENGER packed was "In response, lawyers from the Alaska Attorney General’s office argued that the state Supreme Court’s 'fact-bound decision' should be allowed to stand."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 02:38 AM (l3cgK)
Yeah, you wonder at what point the dude just rents a plane, packs it with TNT, puts on a headband, drinks some Sake, goes divine wind and aims the plane at the mofos.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 02:47 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 02:08 AM (1z8ji)
We should try it.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 02:48 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 02:06 AM (1z8ji)
They were doing underwater nuclear tests in the South Pacific as late as the 1990s.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 02:50 AM (4g5V+)
Now, the mullahs get a hold of it. What are they gonna do?
You got it, blow us all up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 02:45 AM (w6EFb)
I think that was Michio Kaku's point. He said basically Type 0 civilizations get around to discovering atomics and then all bets are off to what can happen.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 02:50 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 02:51 AM (4g5V+)
There are massive electrical currents, circuits if you will, between Jupiter and its moon. Io is a biggy. They are orbiting in Jupiter's huge magnetic field, which acts like a generator.
There are massive currents from Io to Jupiter and back.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 02:51 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 02:52 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: meh at July 23, 2026 02:52 AM (zZxsY)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 02:52 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 02:52 AM (4g5V+)
We used to hit a hell of a lot more without batting an eye.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 02:53 AM (S41Gd)
Luckily for us, nuclear bombs aren't so easy to make, otherwise the nutjobs would've already done us in, most likely.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 02:54 AM (w6EFb)
Due to some politician (or their fambly member) wanting a puddle-jumper of their very own, but didn't want to fking PAY for it..
FIFM
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 02:55 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 02:14 AM (rdVOm)
hahahahaha
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 02:56 AM (faghi)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 02:54 AM (w6EFb)
That would have sealed their doom. We would loose a city, but they would be erased from the face of the planet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 23, 2026 02:56 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Case at July 23, 2026 02:57 AM (bqIVz)
Jupiter in a real sense is a brown dwarf star. It gives off everything else except visible light. If it got 65% more massive, it starts giving off its own light.
Posted by: Cow Demon
It is good to have goals!
-- Ham Planets of the Alphabet Mob
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 23, 2026 02:59 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: meh at July 23, 2026 02:52 AM (zZxsY)
Uranus has emissions too...they smell like rotten eggs.
https://tinyurl.com/28yn5m8j
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 03:00 AM (l3cgK)
Yeah.. Too bad they mostly went "whoooosh!" over people's heads..
When a cashier told me how she thought it was so *nice of me* when she read my "Our new happy life" quote, I knew I had to get more aggressive. LOL! I explained the sarcasm to her, and then she laughed even harder!
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 03:04 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 03:08 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 03:10 AM (l3cgK)
My fave grocery encouraged the masks, but didn't really enforce. When I had to go there during busy hours, I'd wear one, but always had a Sharpie, to write quotes from 1984 on it before entering.
Posted by: JQ
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Haha! I found some masks like that on amazon that I wore into grocery stores, one of them said, "I'm only wearing this so you'll sell me food" another one said ," i'm only wearing this so I won't get arrested."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 23, 2026 03:10 AM (mmrXZ)
No matter the veggie, wash it very, very well if you intend to eat it raw. AS for me, I mostly eat cooked veggies for that very reason (and that I'm immunocompromised by my transplant meds).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 03:11 AM (l3cgK)
Also, good evening!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 23, 2026 03:11 AM (mmrXZ)
Especially the "front toward enemy" one. Heh.
Sorry, not sorry, aunt Karen. Oh, and haven't gotten a Christmas card from her ever since. :shrug:
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 03:12 AM (rdVOm)
Yeah.. Too bad they mostly went "whoooosh!" over people's heads..
When a cashier told me how she thought it was so *nice of me* when she read my "Our new happy life" quote, I knew I had to get more aggressive. LOL! I explained the sarcasm to her, and then she laughed even harder!
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 03:04 AM (rdVOm)
And maybe sparked conversations. It's a commendable act of defiance.
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 03:14 AM (faghi)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 23, 2026 03:10 AM (mmrXZ)
Nice!
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 03:14 AM (faghi)
2 + 2 = 5
Down with Big Brother!
Can you smell it?
...and so forth...
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 03:15 AM (rdVOm)
Especially the "front toward enemy" one. Heh.
Sorry, not sorry, aunt Karen. Oh, and haven't gotten a Christmas card from her ever since. :shrug:
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 03:12 AM (rdVOm)
Ha! I like the claymore (explosive, not sword) message...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 03:15 AM (l3cgK)
Especially the "front toward enemy" one. Heh.
Sorry, not sorry, aunt Karen. Oh, and haven't gotten a Christmas card from her ever since. :shrug:
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 03:12 AM (rdVOm)
It just gets better and better.
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 03:16 AM (faghi)
Yes. They used to think Jupiter was a big net plus, shielding the inner solar system. But then computing power got to be great enough and cheap enough to allows complicated numerical simulations to run and it's a mixed picture.
Jupiter is a net shield for Oort cloud, long period stuff getting thrown in. However, it perturbs the short period stuff inside its orbit too, and it's probably a negative negative there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 23, 2026 03:17 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: m
Yep! She was going off at me, about Trump... (it was 2020) Poo-tin this and Poo-tin that-- blahblah fkn blah... how could *anyone* vote for that guy?!
And I told her I would CRAWL OVER BROKEN GLASS TO VOTE FOR HIM.
AGAIN!!!!
Oh, Lordy! She. Was. Pissed. LMAO.
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 03:23 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Case at July 23, 2026 03:26 AM (bqIVz)
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 03:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 03:34 AM (rdVOm)
They make the best onion rings, omg.
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 03:38 AM (rdVOm)
So…
https://youtu.be/NwgGuadsqyo
G'nite, y'all.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - Headin' on down the road. at July 22, 2026 11:43 PM (M5tgA)
Plenty of songs that mention the Pleiades, though! I had no idea until I looked up just now, Jimmy Buffett alone has at least three. Trivia: in Western mythology (and this song) they're also called the Seven Sisters, but Subaru's logo only has six stars, with one explanation being that's how many are readily visible to the naked eye.
Jimmy Buffett - Desdemona's Building A Rocket Ship (Audio)
https://youtu.be/as5PcS76vcc
Posted by: SciVo at July 23, 2026 03:40 AM (Sy6m/)
Especially considering that they are all Islamic nations.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 03:40 AM (pMmVV)
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 03:41 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 03:43 AM (pMmVV)
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 03:46 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2026 03:47 AM (Ia/+0)
That's obviously not the highbrow way to take the conversation, so in the interest of the more theoretical:
why aren't hemorrhoids more properly called assteroids?
Posted by: meh at July 23, 2026 03:48 AM (zZxsY)
Especially considering that they are all Islamic nations.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 23, 2026 03:40 AM (pMmVV)
(Sigh) AGAIN…
“Defeatist cynicism is an arrogance that we too know an outcome – we do not. Our Creator expects us to fight for good until He ends the game, not us.” - Robert Pratt
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 03:48 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: meh at July 23, 2026 03:49 AM (zZxsY)
That's obviously not the highbrow way to take the conversation, so in the interest of the more theoretical:
why aren't hemorrhoids more properly called assteroids?
Posted by: meh at July 23, 2026 03:48 AM (zZxsY)
Because some celestial assholes already took that name?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 03:50 AM (l3cgK)
I told a friend about the Pittsburgh police scanner 𝕏 site yesterday; she has a son moving to the area and has been there many times, but remarkably did not yet know about:
@pgh_scanner
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 03:50 AM (faghi)
North Korea has nukes.
Posted by: Case at July 23, 2026 02:57 AM (bqIVz)
Nukes are more important than, say, food.
Just ask the DPRK’s people if you can.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 03:52 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 02:13 AM (vE0+H)
Big news days it still happens, I think?
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 03:54 AM (faghi)
Oh hell, Blondie-- no need to BUY masks! They were everywhere, for free! Hence, the Sharpie. LOL.
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I should have thought of it!
Get this, I was working onsite at the time and my employer required us to wear masks at all times -- but they were real stingy about doling them out. "Didn't you get one yesterday??" the receptionist would sternly ask me. God I'll never go back to that.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 03:54 AM (mmrXZ)
Just ask the DPRK’s people if you can.
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I'm guessing it's the same in eye-ran.
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 03:56 AM (rdVOm)
Especially the "front toward enemy" one. Heh.
Sorry, not sorry, aunt Karen. Oh, and haven't gotten a Christmas card from her ever since. :shrug:
Posted by: JQ
2 + 2 = 5
Down with Big Brother!
Can you smell it?
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Got any others? I could remember them for t-shirts should the need arise.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 23, 2026 03:57 AM (mmrXZ)
It was always my pleasure to point out that the end of the box was printed with a message, stating that the masks would NOT protect against viruses. LOL.
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 03:59 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: meh at July 23, 2026 03:59 AM (zZxsY)
Posted by: meh at July 23, 2026 03:59 AM (zZxsY)
Good point.
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:00 AM (faghi)
North Korea has nukes.
Posted by: Case at July 23, 2026 02:57 AM (bqIVz)
Nukes are more important than, say, food.
Just ask the DPRK’s people if you can.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 03:52 AM (4g5V+)
USA
Russia
UK
France
China
India
Pakistan
North Korea
Israel
Supposedly South Africa had them too, but AFAIK never fully confirmed.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 04:02 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 04:04 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: raimondo at July 23, 2026 04:05 AM (oVHxa)
Just ask the DPRK’s people if you can.
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I'm guessing it's the same in eye-ran.
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 03:56 AM (rdVOm)
Iran so far away...
Posted by: Flock of Seagulls at July 23, 2026 04:06 AM (l3cgK)
31 ah shit... my save tags ruined it for everyone.
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 17, 2018 07:26 PM (zJ7J0
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Save tags are a base and callow barrel-avoidance tactic.
Even if Pixy can't see what you're doing, G-d still can.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 17, 2018 07:38 PM (5aX2M)
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:08 AM (faghi)
496 I know the recycled cardboard AoS membership plan has its limitations, but I still wish Pixy's formatting rules were consistent from day to day!
Posted by: Hrothgar at November 28, 2014 05:57 PM (fL/7/)
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:10 AM (faghi)
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:12 AM (faghi)
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 04:12 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:17 AM (faghi)
Emmanuel Goldstein lives
I sold you, you sold me
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 04:12 AM (rdVOm)
6079
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 23, 2026 04:18 AM (4g5V+)
2 + 2 = 5
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:17 AM (faghi)
A bit mathy for the blog, tho.
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:19 AM (faghi)
Havecto hit the road soon
Posted by: Skip at July 23, 2026 04:22 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 04:23 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 04:26 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 04:29 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 04:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:30 AM (faghi)
Posted by: JQ at July 23, 2026 04:31 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 04:29 AM (l3cgK)
huh!
Posted by: m at July 23, 2026 04:31 AM (faghi)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 04:29 AM (l3cgK)
Pleiades backwards is Sed AI 'elp. They were ahead of their time!
Posted by: SciVo at July 23, 2026 04:37 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: meh at July 23, 2026 04:47 AM (kK7U2)
I'll correct it next ONT.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 23, 2026 07:55 AM (cBDov)
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