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Democrats Push Unhinged Racialist Propaganda as Republicans Probe the Smithsonian for Its Rampant Leftwing Bias

"The museum does not take sides,' a Smithsonian official declared, perjuring herslef.


'The museum does not take sides': Smithsonian official defends institution amid Trump criticism

A scathing White House report accused museum leaders of "radical" activism.


The director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History (MNAH) defended its work in a congressional hearing on Tuesday morning amid sharp criticism from the White House over the contents of the Washington, D.C. museum.

"Our work is governed by the Smithsonian standards of scholarship, accuracy, independence, and nonpartisanship," Anthea Hartig said. "The museum does not take sides in America's political debates. We preserve and document the evidence of American life in all of its breadth, so that the public can encounter the past and draw their own conclusions."

Hartig's comments came during her opening remarks to lawmakers in a House Subcommittee on Delivering Government Efficiency hearing titled "Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian's Efforts to Reshape the Past."

She is also expected to testify in a related hearing on Wednesday before the Committee on House Administration, a committee spokesperson confirmed to ABC News.

Hartig was named in a scathing White House Domestic Policy Council report released on July 4, accusing the MNAH and its leadership of engaging in "extreme political activism" and presenting "a radical view of American history."

She pushed back against the report's findings on Tuesday.

...

Hartig's testimony this week marks the first time that a top leader at the Smithsonian gets grilled publicly by Congress after President Donald Trump targeted the institution in his March 27, 2025 executive order, "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History."

The executive order directed Vice President J.D. Vance, in consultation with the president's advisers on domestic policy, "to remove improper ideology" from Smithsonian institutions, arguing that materials that cast America in a "negative light" have no place in federal cultural institutions.

...

The report accuses the museum of "anti-White activism," "illegal alien activism," and "transgender activism." It also includes many photos of materials the White House has identified as problematic.

It also accused the museum's leaders of not loving America.

"The serious concerns raised in this report are not about a few exhibits or a few controversial labels," the report says. "As it stands today, it would benefit most Americans, especially parents bringing their children for a tour, if the Smithsonian's flagship history museum had a label at every entrance that reads: 'Warning: the exhibits in this museum were prepared by people who don't want you to love your country.'"

Hartig pushed back against this claim on Tuesday and invited lawmakers to visit the museum to view its contents themselves.

"I believe what you will find, madams and sirs, is not an institution that has forgotten its country, but one that loves it enough to tell the full sweep of history, our triumphs and our struggles," she said. "I love the United States of America. I consider it the privilege of my career to help preserve its treasures and serve the American people."

Yes, the Democrats' "love" of America continues to be the same kind of "love" shown to Tina Turner by Ike Turner. Baby I love you so much, can't you see how much it hurts me when you make me abuse you?

The director of this DEI shitshow was grilled by Republican congressmen at today's hearing, with Democrats shrieking that it's "white supremacy" to demand neutral standards in a publicly-funded museum.



The director of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Anthea M. Hartig, came under fire on Tuesday at a congressional hearing over a recent White House report that accused her of "radical activist ideology" and the museum of undermining "faith in American institutions."

...

Representative Tim Burchett, a Tennessee Republican and chairman of the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, an arm of DOGE that held the hearing, focused on content in two recent exhibitions: "Entertainment Nation," which explores the history of entertainment and "Girlhood (It's complicated)," which discussed gender identity.

"You have pictures of bondage, you have some overtly sexual things up there, you have transgendered folks," he said. "In another exhibit, a 6-year-old girl asked why she doesn't have male genitalia. Do you really think that content is appropriate for children? I mean, do you think little girls have penises?"

Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina asked Ms. Hartig to list how many genders there are and said, "When was your gender revealed to you?"

The museum director responded, "I don't really think that's relevant to the conversation" and generally answered in measured tones, explaining at one point that the "Girlhood" show "was not designed for children" and had a label informing parents about some of the topics.

Ms. Hartig contested the thrust of the recent White House report about the museum she leads.

"We unwaveringly attest that it does not fairly or accurately characterize the full body of work at the museum," Ms. Hartig said at the hearing, "Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian's Efforts to Reshape the Past," while acknowledging that "there is always room for improvement."

"When historians talk about reframing a traditional narrative, we don't mean erasing it," she continued. "We mean adding the evidence, the voices, the objects that earlier tellings left out so that more Americans can see themselves reflected in the national story.

Below, Democrats shaming themselves in public.


Fox News
@FoxNews

Jasmine Crockett says the real reason so many people were rooting for Spain to win the World Cup in the finals was because of "racist history" surrounding Argentina.

REP. JASMINE CROCKETT: "If you recall, the last two teams, it was Argentina and Spain, and it seemed like the vast majority of the world was rooting for Argentina- or actually against Argentina, right?"

"And why was that? Just give me an explanation. If you could guess."

PROF. DAVID BLIGHT: "Spain had the best team. Maybe that's why they were rooting for them?"

REP. JASMINE CROCKETT: "There's also a racist history"


Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

🚨 OMG. Brutal moment as Rep. Brandon Gill embarrasses Smithsonian Director Hartig with this line of questioning

GILL: Is it important to be polite?

HARTIG: Yes

GILL: Your organization says politeness is a defining characteristic of white supremacy culture. Ma'am, are you a white supremacist?

HARTIG: No, sir.

GILL: Why does your organization say being polite is part of being a white supremacist?

😭😭

ANOTHER ONE:

GILL: Is objectivity important for history?

HARTIG: We strive to be objective

GILL: Your document says being objective is white supremacy.

HARTIG: Mm...

GILL: Are you promoting a white supremacy culture at the Smithsonian? Ma'am, is this a difficult question?


An old exhibit that should be posted in the Smithsonian to explain leftists:


idiotthroughmoron.jpg

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:40 PM




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1 1

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 04:42 PM (N1tpc)

2
Hi ace

Posted by: four seasons at July 21, 2026 04:42 PM (/QHx4)

3 Good evening! In the morning Tech Thread, they mentioned "reverse seasonal affective disorder" or summer dysphoria. So it's a little late, but here's a pop song I really like, from her second album Born To Die (2012):

Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness (Audio)
https://youtu.be/B1PIEMofJuQ

There's also a music video with a couple versions. I fancy this one, where it was cut down to fit a club mix that a DJ made in 2013, that became her highest-charting U.S. solo single:

Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness (Music Video) [Cedric Gervais Remix]
https://youtu.be/5gqEJT1lxgk

I will go nood now.

Posted by: SciVo at July 21, 2026 04:42 PM (Sy6m/)

4 Weaned on cock

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 21, 2026 04:43 PM (YSM/8)

5 It's amazing how much the old segregationists and their opinion of what black people are like/capable of and the modern "woke" crowd's opinion of what black people are like/capable of match up.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 04:43 PM (N1tpc)

6 Ooo, centered.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 04:43 PM (N1tpc)

7 Uhoh. Ace broke the HTML again.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 04:44 PM (O7YUW)

8 They are like ticks, or termites.

Smithsonian buggered the B-29 Enola Gay display back in the early 1990s

The difference back then, there were a lot of World War II veterans still alive, including much of the crew, and they weren’t having any of it. Pseudo-intellectual quackery by credentialed cretins.

It’s only gotten worse. A lot worse

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 04:44 PM (dLypp)

9 This is hitting all the major leftwing themes:

1) Hating whitey
2) Wanting to sexualize kids
3) Claiming that's just normal non partisan stuff

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 04:45 PM (sKqQm)

10 Smithsonian buggered the B-29 Enola Gay display back in the early 1990s

The only moral choice in 1945 was to keep dropping nukes on Japan until they surrendered.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 04:46 PM (sKqQm)

11 Morons are at the top of the food chain.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2026 04:46 PM (viF8m)

12 Whos' the bald guy in a dress?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 21, 2026 04:47 PM (2Ez/1)

13
Just auction all this stuff (to American buyers only, of course).

There is no fucking excuse - none - to have our artifacts in the hands of this government that hates our country so much. They aren't safe with these people. Give them to someone who doesn't go to sleep fantasizing about burning them.

Empty the National Archives, too. It's pure perversion to have the US government in possession of the Declaration and Constitution.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 21, 2026 04:47 PM (BI5O2)

14 The comments are very centrist. Unlike the Smithsonian.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 21, 2026 04:47 PM (CwhoI)

15 Morons are at the top of the food chain.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2026 04:46 PM

Science!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 04:47 PM (kgE5c)

16 Smithsonian buggered the B-29 Enola Gay display back in the early 1990s

The only moral choice in 1945 was to keep dropping nukes on Japan until they surrendered.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 04:46 PM (sKqQm)

And the ONLY concern an American should have had was saving American lives.

It also happened to save MANY MORE Japanese lives than American ones, but the only moral choice an American should have had was clear.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 04:47 PM (N1tpc)

17 Back in the early nineties I subscribed to Smithsonian Magazine. After about two years I realized that it was going overwhelmingly left and I said bye-bye

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 04:48 PM (sMkB+)

18 i recall that in 1944 the smithsonian did a display about ww2 in which they blamed pearl harbor on american cultural imperialism

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 21, 2026 04:48 PM (CWTWj)

19 Gill is one of my favorites... And.. Just a reminder to Ms. Smithsonian and the harpies in Congress screeching racism about everything...If everything is racist ... Nothing is...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 04:48 PM (6ud1w)

20 Whos' the bald guy in a dress?
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 21, 2026 04:47 PM

L'Opecia Pressley. D-Boston.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 04:48 PM (kgE5c)

21 Calm, composed, and well-balanced

Posted by: Polka will never die at July 21, 2026 04:49 PM (RUm4z)

John Solomon: The Same Media Who Proclaimed That China's Theft of 40 Million Voter Records from the UK Was a Major Breach Now Says That China's Hacking of 220 Million American Voter Files is NBD

And it's not just that. A few days ago I linked an email in which an American intel officer complained about the inconsistent -- and corrupt -- treatment of the two cases. In the case of the UK voter files hacking, the American (liberal) intelligence Regime declared it to be what it was -- election interference.

But they refused to apply that same term to the theft of five and a half times as many US voter files. In fact, they "scrubbed" the language to remove any references to Chinese election interference in the US.

I didn't report what that whistleblower was complaining about when I mentioned it last time, only that he complained of inconsistent treatment of the same facts. This
report from John Solomon clarifies that the intelligence officer (and presumably whistleblower) was complaining that his higher-ups were protecting China (and the Democrat Party) by refusing to call a spade a spade.


When the Biden Justice Department announced that Chinese hackers had gotten their hands on Great Britain's publicly available voter files in 2024, American news media clamored with stories claiming it was a "dangerous" breach. The same, too, when U.S. officials announced Russia and Iran had hacked small numbers of U.S. voter files in 2020 and 2021.

The reason was simple: U.S. intelligence agencies believe the targeting and acquisition of voter registration files is an act of election interference. "Election interference is a subset of election influence targeted at the technical aspects of the election, including voter registration, casting and counting of ballots and reporting of results," an October 2020 National intelligence Council report on election interference explains.

In other words, the compromising of election voter registration data, is, by the definition of intelligence agencies, an act of election interference.
Nothing to see here, move along, legacy media now says

When President Donald Trump presented confirmed evidence last Thursday night that China had compromised and obtained 220 million American voter registration files, the news media swung 180 degrees in the opposite direction. They argued it was old news (it was not) and not a big deal because you can buy limited data in America related to voter registration commercially. According to security experts, that limited data accessibility is not the same thing.

The intelligence agencies in the very documents that Trump declassified and made public for his announcement show the voting integrity and security concerns.

In 2022, the National Security Agency became especially concerned that China had escalated its exploitation of voter data by assigning a "CNE." That's a person or unit who are hackers and cyberthieves. Legacy news media have ignored this fact, while center-right-leaning publications were not as quick to dismiss the accuracy or impact of the data breach.

The Washington Times reported that "Trump said during his primetime address on Thursday that the People's Republic of China acquired 220 million U.S. voter files containing names, addresses, phone numbers, political party preferences, and other sensitive information. Shortly after the speech, the White House released to the public dozens of declassified documents containing partially redacted findings, including data showing nearly 278,000 noncitizens who are registered to vote in federal elections and details over a "slow-walked" 2020 FBI investigation in Michigan."

Great Britain's voter files are commercially available in limited form like America's. But China got versions of the British that caused the Biden administration to indict China for hacking 40 million British voter files. According to the BBC, the British government called it "malicious" interference in their election.

In 2021, the Biden Justice Department indicted two Iranian hackers for accessing just 100,000 voter files from a single state where it is also commercially available. They were charged with criminally interfering in the 2020 election even though voter files are commercially available in limited form.

If China's acquisition of 40 million files in Great Britain and Iran's acquisition of 100,000 files in America were both charged as criminal election interference, it would seem the acquisition of 220 million voter files almost certainly would be considered by the intelligence community to be an act of interference.

At this point, what difference does it make?

Whether the data breach would have or could have flipped the election is beside the point. Experts interviewed by Just the News agreed. Former CIA operations officer Rick de la Torre called the news media's dismissal of Trump's claims "absurd."

"Of course, this is election interference," he added. "With that information, with that data, you know the Chinese government can exploit it. They can target specific individuals. They can do all kinds of things. They could request ballots. They could change people's identifications. They know now how they vote. They know what their political parties are. They know how often they vote."

"Imagine if China hacked into the Pentagon and stole every military service member's personnel file," he told Just the News. "You know, you wouldn't say, 'Oh well, that's not really a big deal. That's not a threat from a national security standpoint.' You know, that's absurd.

...

The suppression by intelligence officials for years of the voter file breaches and other Chinese malign actions is captured in documents showing FBI officials boasting they created a "shadow government" and NSA officials "massaged" the president's intelligence briefing to hide the evidence.

By 2021, after Trump left office, intelligence community officials marveled at the complete 180-degree pivot the Biden spy agencies did by suddenly suggesting China might be interfering in elections.

Nothing had changed. The voter data was known by frontline analysts to have been compromised the year before and was continuing. But all of a sudden, the language changed, a dynamic captured in this gem of an email from a top intelligence expert on election cyberactivities.

"Take a minute a read through this report," an intelligence officer wrote on Dec. 23, 2021. "It cites some of the same intel and logic used in 2020 to say that these same units were not engaged in election influence but were instead only issue focused, to now argue that China IS influencing the [redacted election."]

The intelligence community knew in 2020 that China had illicitly obtained voter files. They knew such an act met the definition of "election interference." They just suppressed it.

In case you missed it: an email admits the IC is "massaging" reports -- falsifying them, in so many words -- to avoid letting Trump know China is influencing US elections (in the Democrats' favor).

Paul Sperry
@paulsperry_

NEW: Despite what we now know was hard evidence of China's meddling in the 2020 election, Biden failed to sanction China but instead slapped sanctions on Russia in response to a biased ICA on 2020 interference, while clucking how Putin "will pay a price" for "probably" directing a campaign to launder "disinformation" about his corrupt family ties in Ukraine thru "right wing media."

We now know the NY Post's story was neither disinformation nor generated by Russia, and Hunter's laptop was authentic and the incriminating emails contained on it were real. It was Biden and anti-Trump spooks who were running a disinformation campaign and interfering in the election.


Update to prior post: Here are the questions that CPB wanted to ask Fauci's wingman Peter Daszak upon his return from Wuhan -- which the FBI blocked them from asking.

Click here for a larger image of the questions.

Here's the email from the FBI telling CPB to "not stop" Daszak at the border.

donotstopdaszak.png

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:30 PM




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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:31 PM (2YhKe)

2 Call me buttah......on a roll.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:31 PM (2YhKe)

3 Media = Enemy of the people

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:31 PM (2YhKe)

4 Off to lum....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:32 PM (2YhKe)

5 SBD > NBD

Posted by: wth at July 21, 2026 03:32 PM (UjdFS)

6 Biden was an idiot with a tell when he lied. His lips moved.

Posted by: huerfano at July 21, 2026 03:33 PM (VJX5o)

7 Stealing 2,000 car dealerships' entire fleet of cars is no big deal because anyone can go buy a car.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 03:34 PM (JWXSB)

8 This
report from John Solomon clarifies that the intelligence officer (and presumably whistleblower) was complaining that his higher-ups were protecting China (and the Democrat Party) by refusing to call a spade a spade.


I have an old Mad Magazine. I forget what show the spoof was about, but it was a cop show. The detective was talking to an informant, or an oft arrested black guy.....

"Say spade! Haven't seen you in a coon's age. How's my little black-eyed pea?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:34 PM (2YhKe)

9 Whew. We're done with fashion.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 03:35 PM (2Ez/1)

10 Wake me up when the arrests start.

Posted by: Joe Mama at July 21, 2026 03:36 PM (TezPK)

11 Years ago when The Onion was still funny they had a headline

CIA realizes it's been using black highlighter for years

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 03:36 PM (sMkB+)

12 1
FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
......

Thread has started off on the right foot.

Posted by: wth at July 21, 2026 03:37 PM (UjdFS)

13 A politics deep dive thread. I will wait until the inevitable segue then.

Posted by: tubal at July 21, 2026 03:37 PM (Gqar8)

14 So let me get this straight, china hacked (or was given the keys to) some massive American voter data base and nothing happened.


china unleashed a virus they manufactured with American help and it shut the planet down for 1-2 years which cost the world about $50 TRILLION dollars in lost economic activity and growth and nothing happened.


I think I am seeing a pattern here.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 21, 2026 03:37 PM (0N4FZ)

15 Wake me up when the arrests start.

Posted by: Joe Mama at July 21, 2026 03:36 PM (TezPK)

Jitterbug

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 03:37 PM (JWXSB)

16
People need to start being charged and convicted of treason and sedition if they're helping foreign gov'ts tear down the US.

Public hangings would be the cherry on top.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 03:38 PM (iJfKG)

17 I'll be ready...when you LEAST expect it!

Posted by: The inevitable segue at July 21, 2026 03:38 PM (2Ez/1)

18 Willowed:

What are Capri pants? Some kind of Nero pants with an assflap?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 21, 2026 03:27 PM (BI5O2)

They were what Mary Tyler Moore wore on the old Dick Van Dyke show in the 60s. Women's pants that end above the ankle
Posted by: Oldcat at July 21, 2026 03:28 PM (uhVAy)

I think the cops acted a little too quickly in arresting the Tates.

They looked like they were just about to break into a Jazz Dance routine.

Like something from "West Side Story".

I'm sure it would've been finger-snapping good!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 03:38 PM (iJfKG)

19 The one good thing about commies is they love to kill commies

Then-Senator Harry Truman, while he made it clear he did not want the Nazis to prevail, said he hoped the Soviets and Nazis would kill each other off, a variant of the “Can’t they both lose?” Argument.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 03:38 PM (ukvlZ)

20 Ohferpetessakes, John Solomon, again. Walls are closing in on the wheels and they'll release a kraken that's coming in two weeks, I presume?

*makes beating off motion*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 21, 2026 03:39 PM (BI5O2)

21 Wake me up when the arrests start.

Posted by: Joe Mama
.......

Rip Van Winkle

Posted by: wth at July 21, 2026 03:40 PM (UjdFS)

22 The media ignoring blatant election corruption, to the tune of China hacking 220M American voting records, is why they're losing the long con. You have to pretend to do journalism once in a while!

What's old is new again...Nixon's legacy is experiencing a comeback, with Gen z conservatives helping "Nixonmaxxing" vids go viral. The modern media looked the other way on Hillary/Obama spying on Trump. Nixon's coverup of his staff's crimes pales in comparison.

"In a speech at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, Vice President JD Vance, a longtime, outspoken admirer of Nixon, made headlines when he joked that Watergate would have been a “12-hour news story” in today’s media environment.
He compared what he called “deep state” efforts against Nixon to attempts to undermine Trump and noted Nixon’s legacy was experiencing a renaissance."

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 03:40 PM (Eng1Z)

23 CONNECTING THE DOTS
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I don't like this phrase.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 03:41 PM (JWXSB)

24 Five of the first eight comments, including FIRST!! by Sponge. So prolific, but has anyone considered the wear and tear on the hampsters?

Posted by: Concerned Viewer at July 21, 2026 03:41 PM (JM9I6)

25 The same, too, when U.S. officials announced Russia and Iran had hacked small numbers of U.S. voter files in 2020 and 2021./i]

Here's the thing for me.
A lot of counties and states have their voting records available on public facing websites, correct?
People do searches on them all the time.

How is it 'hacking' if it's publicly available information?
Did they actually break into systems and steal non-public data, too?

What are the Chinese doing with the data?
I've seen speculation about what they could do with it, but never an answer on what, if anything, they're trying to do with the info they hacked.

That bit has stuck in my crawl since 2017 and Russia Russia Russia!

It's all vague, and imprecise, and sus, so I get skeptical.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 03:41 PM (6ydKt)

26
Rip Van Winkle

Posted by: wth at July 21, 2026 03:40 PM (UjdFS)


This is about m..........wait......never mind.

Posted by: Robbie Van Winkle at July 21, 2026 03:41 PM (2YhKe)

27 People need to start being charged and convicted of treason and sedition if they're helping foreign gov'ts tear down the US.
——-

Those with long memories have been saying this since the 1960s, easily.

I think the “nothing will happen” guy probably has a long memory, too.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 03:41 PM (ukvlZ)

28 Every thread needs a Fluffing.

Posted by: tubal at July 21, 2026 03:41 PM (Gqar8)

29 By the way, the Tate brothers were not in capris, they were in cropped pants. Very euro right now. In case this was troubling you from the previous thread.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 03:42 PM (hftzA)

30 oops

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 03:42 PM (6ydKt)

31
Jitterbug

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 03:37 PM (JWXSB)


What does that godawful WHAM! song have to do with any of this?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:42 PM (2YhKe)

32 I think Nothing Will Happen needs a refresh, frankly.

Posted by: Something Won't Happen at July 21, 2026 03:42 PM (JWXSB)

33 By the way, the Tate brothers were not in capris, they were in cropped pants. Very euro right now. In case this was troubling you from the previous thread.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 03:42 PM (hftzA)


No homo. Don't care.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:42 PM (2YhKe)

34 The propaganda ministers are auditioning for the few "news" jobs that will exist after a communist takeover. I'm happy to report the losers will be dead

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 03:43 PM (sMkB+)

35 I already consider the MFM as foreign agents representing malign governments. This Chinese cracking report and flipping doesn't move me an inch. Just another day ending in "y".

I do, however, appreciate and respect the whistleblower for documenting yet another scandal.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at July 21, 2026 03:43 PM (oji8u)

36 29 By the way, the Tate brothers were not in capris, they were in cropped pants. Very euro right now. In case this was troubling you from the previous thread.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 03:42 PM (hftzA)

Thanks. My anxiety Was growing.

Posted by: tubal at July 21, 2026 03:43 PM (Gqar8)

37 @Polymarket
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44m
JUST IN: NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill declares she’s “appalled” that the state mistakenly registered roughly 6,600 noncitizens to vote.
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(Dennis Miller voice)

'yeah right
sure babe'

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 03:43 PM (ZxPkt)

38 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: I was getting a haircut at July 21, 2026 03:44 PM (2Ez/1)

39 That bit has stuck in my crawl since 2017 and Russia Russia Russia!

It's all vague, and imprecise, and sus, so I get skeptical.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 03:41 PM (6ydKt)


It's not hacking if it's public record. They breached security, went into secure databases and stole voter information. ALL of their information.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:44 PM (2YhKe)

40 By the way, the Tate brothers were not in capris, they were in cropped pants
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At this point, what difference does it make.

Posted by: The Hag at July 21, 2026 03:44 PM (JWXSB)

41 Massive PRC voter registration hoovering of US voter information + IC coverup ("massaging" the data like hookers in a parlor).

-and-

Domestic terrorist organizations with ties to hostile foreign regimes. TOs that really, REALLY, want power at any cost.

A witches brew.

Posted by: mrp at July 21, 2026 03:44 PM (rj6Yv)

42 You have to look back and think that 2020 was one gigantic op from January until November.

The other unanswered question about that year:
COVID - accidental or intentional release?

I am not convinced they didn't do it on purpose.
Or, at least, if it was accidental, the CCP intentionally let it spread via air travel around the world from Wuhan.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 03:44 PM (6ydKt)

43 @Polymarket
·
44m
JUST IN: NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill declares she’s “appalled” that the state mistakenly registered roughly 6,600 noncitizens to vote.


You should try blowing something else out of your ass......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:45 PM (2YhKe)

44 By the way, the Tate brothers were not in capris, they were in cropped pants. Very euro right now. In case this was troubling you from the previous thread.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 03:42 PM (hftzA)

Being Euro? That's worse than gay!!

Posted by: Oldcat at July 21, 2026 03:45 PM (uhVAy)

45 Apropos of nothing:

"Imagine if China hacked into the Pentagon and stole every military service member's personnel file," he told Just the News. "You know, you wouldn't say, 'Oh well, that's not really a big deal. That's not a threat from a national security standpoint.' You know, that's absurd.

The Office of Personnel Management gave root access to two DB administrators - one in Pakistan, one in China. In 2015, 22 million background check records for the US Gov somehow got released...

Posted by: Croaker at July 21, 2026 03:45 PM (0wgt4)

46 >>> What are Capri pants? Some kind of Nero pants with an assflap?

Women's pants that hit above the ankle. If the hem is fitted, it's called a capri. If the hem is wide, it's called a flood pant. Both work well with flats or sandals for a summery, breezy look.

Capris and flood pants work for tall women as well as short! Any woman who has a hard time finding the perfect length of pant.

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 03:46 PM (Eng1Z)

47 You have to look back and think that 2020 was one gigantic op from January until November.

The other unanswered question about that year:
COVID - accidental or intentional release?

I am not convinced they didn't do it on purpose.
Or, at least, if it was accidental, the CCP intentionally let it spread via air travel around the world from Wuhan.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 03:44 PM (6ydKt)

try 2015 to ....whenever.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 21, 2026 03:46 PM (uhVAy)

48 If it’s public data is it really a hack?

“Chinese hackers had gotten their hands on Great Britain's publicly available voter files in 2024”

Posted by: Axing Questions at July 21, 2026 03:46 PM (GEtfQ)

49 Kansas City faggots.

Posted by: Just the punchline at July 21, 2026 03:46 PM (2Ez/1)

50 It's really simple you plebian:


ORANGEMANBAD!!!!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 03:46 PM (N1tpc)

51 Illinois Nazis > Kansas City Faggots

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:47 PM (2YhKe)

52 > 29 By the way, the Tate brothers were not in capris, they were in cropped pants. Very euro right now. In case this was troubling you from the previous thread.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 03:42 PM (hftzA)

Ah. So not just gay, but SUPER gay, you're saying.

Anything with the word "euro" in the description is automatically SUPER gay.

It is known.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 03:47 PM (IG3/x)

53 No Capris here. I order my Liberty overalls extra roomy/long. Can adjust them by the shoulder straps. Leaves room for lunch.

Posted by: Junior Samples Cutting Edge Of Fashion at July 21, 2026 03:47 PM (JM9I6)

54 Capri, cropped. So a little gay vs a lot gay

Posted by: Axing Questions at July 21, 2026 03:47 PM (GEtfQ)

55 If you people don't stop talking about the Tate brothers I'm going to petition CBD to put a painting of a fat naked guy up for tomorrow's art thread

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 03:47 PM (sMkB+)

56 What are the Chinese doing with the data?
I've seen speculation about what they could do with it, but never an answer on what, if anything, they're trying to do with the info they hacked.
——-

The OPM breach wasn’t a hack. The JEF administration outsourced database management to a Chinese cutout firm.

This means for example, photos, fingerprints, DNA samples, name and address of next of kin, children, and security questionaire and the rest of it. Foreign service individuals, military, anybody on the Federal payroll for any reason.

Now intereestingly enough, with Root access to database, unscrupulous types could create individuals or craft perfect background checks for spies and saboteurs, virtually undetectable.

I’m not smart enough to know what they can do with complete dossiers on every American, but I can assure you the potential is catastrophic. Maybe not today, or tomorrow. But …

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 03:48 PM (ukvlZ)

57 My sister called capri pants 'peddle pushers' back in the day.

I'm probably ghey for knowing that.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 03:48 PM (J4Dwc)

58 Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 03:44 PM (6ydKt)

In 2017 me and a friend were theorizing that Trump was a shoo-in for 2020.

So I asked him when would be the best time to black swan the election (similar to 2008 but different because it was an incumbent) - leaving Trump too little time to materially do anything about it, and enough time where they could make an electoral difference.

We both agreed on Spring 2020. So yes. Of course it was intentional. Otherwise the commies are just the luckiest people ever.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 03:48 PM (JWXSB)

59 The Office of Personnel Management gave root access to two DB administrators - one in Pakistan, one in China. In 2015, 22 million background check records for the US Gov somehow got released...
Posted by: Croaker at July 21, 2026 03:45 PM (0wgt4)
=========

The "administrators" had political connections with Dems in Congress and/or Barry's administration, right?

Posted by: mrp at July 21, 2026 03:48 PM (rj6Yv)

60
Somebody on X pointed out that the states still won't send them to the DoJ, and a Dem drone answered "If they are so sensitive, WHY SHOULD TRUMP HAVE THEM?!"

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:48 PM (Fi81e)

61 Capri, cropped. So a little gay vs a lot gay
Posted by: Axing Questions at July 21, 2026 03:47 PM (GEtfQ)


Capri v. Cropped is like comparing a woman's purse to a man's handbag.

They're the same f*cking thing. Only, one should NOT EXIST because it's really homo.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:48 PM (2YhKe)

62 Whatever call center is operating today with all this political rando GOP shit needs to die in a fire, slowly.

Posted by: nckate at July 21, 2026 03:49 PM (enNUy)

63 >>> What are Capri pants? Some kind of Nero pants with an assflap?

Women's pants that hit above the ankle. If the hem is fitted, it's called a capri. If the hem is wide, it's called a flood pant. Both work well with flats or sandals for a summery, breezy look.

Capris and flood pants work for tall women as well as short! Any woman who has a hard time finding the perfect length of pant.
Posted by: LizLem
......

Is today Sunday?

Posted by: wth at July 21, 2026 03:49 PM (UjdFS)

64
By the way, the Tate brothers were not in capris, they were in cropped pants. Very euro right now. In case this was troubling you from the previous thread.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 03:42 PM (hftzA

So, they're not Capri pants. They're Cropped Pants!

Why that makes all the difference in the world!

The Cropped Pants look is totally, oh so totally not gay. Very very masculine. 100% testosterone.

So, not, definitely not Capri Pants, but super-masculine Cropped Pants.

Got it.

🙄

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 03:49 PM (iJfKG)

65 Or was it pedal pushers?

Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 03:49 PM (J4Dwc)

66 Why does this Floris lady still have a job?

Come on Kash, do better than Wrey.

Floris should be answering questions at DOJ with her lawyer.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 03:49 PM (6ydKt)

67 >>SBD > NBD

CBD > SBD > NBD

Posted by: Hopeless Suckup at July 21, 2026 03:49 PM (NcvvS)

68
So, not, definitely not Capri Pants, but super-masculine Cropped Pants.

Got it.

🙄

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 03:49 PM (iJfKG)


They are fudge packers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:50 PM (2YhKe)

69 pedal

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 03:50 PM (ZxPkt)

70 >>SBD > NBD

CBD > SBD > NBD
Posted by: Hopeless Suckup at July 21, 2026 03:49 PM (NcvvS)


I miss Jim SND........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:50 PM (2YhKe)

71 Capri v. Cropped is like comparing a woman's purse to a man's handbag.

They're the same f*cking thing. Only, one should NOT EXIST because it's really homo.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026

It is obvious what the next fashion segment is going to need to be - what different style pants are, what works, what doesn’t. How different pants can make the same body look very different. You will love it.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 03:50 PM (hftzA)

72 Segue came early. A Tate Segue?? Was hoping for boobs, guns, movies, music - ah well.

Posted by: tubal at July 21, 2026 03:50 PM (Gqar8)

73 *ahem*
"Pedal" pushers.

Posted by: Word nerd at July 21, 2026 03:50 PM (2Ez/1)

74 When you see documentation of how invested China is in orchestrating our country, it makes me wonder about the most recent USSC decision on birth citizenship. That decision, obviously, benefits China more than any other foreign entity. And, it's difficult not to think that there are Supreme Court justices who are compromised by Chinese intervention (be it extortion, bribery et al.)

Most of the birthing centers in Southern California are Chinese run, and the vast majority of birthright citizenship results from Chinese birth tourism. Then, they return to Mainland China and train up the new citizens in various accademic fields and return to the US when they come of age and immediately gravitate towards those industries China wishes to exploit (via corporate espionage), not to mention Govt. Agencies and Entities like the Dept. of Energy.

Posted by: Orson at July 21, 2026 03:50 PM (dIske)

75 Lest anyone forget The Tate Bros are Muslim. Not exactly a stretch to think they would run a rape gang.

Posted by: Axing Questions at July 21, 2026 03:50 PM (GEtfQ)

76 @Polymarket
·
44m
JUST IN: NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill declares she’s “appalled” that the state mistakenly registered roughly 6,600 noncitizens to vote.


You should try blowing something else out of your ass......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:45 PM (2YhKe)
=======

6600? That's only the first slice. I'm sure it will get worse.

Posted by: mrp at July 21, 2026 03:50 PM (rj6Yv)

77 > 53 No Capris here. I order my Liberty overalls extra roomy/long. Can adjust them by the shoulder straps. Leaves room for lunch.
Posted by: Junior Samples Cutting Edge Of Fashion at July 21, 2026 03:47 PM (JM9I6)

A versatile garment.

Can be worn without a shirt on informal occasions.

Can be worn without underwear on extremely informal occasions.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 03:50 PM (IG3/x)

78 "Imagine if China hacked into the Pentagon and stole every military service member's personnel file," he told Just the News.
----
How do we know they haven't?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 03:51 PM (FZ29D)

79 In case this was troubling you from the previous thread.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 03:42 PM (hftzA)

I'll be sure to wake up in the middle of the night tonight in a fevered sweat and shout "there not capris, they're just cropped, dammit!" Then sob myself back gently to sleep.

Posted by: Boswell at July 21, 2026 03:51 PM (NTVPI)

80 65 Or was it pedal pushers?
Posted by: one hour sober

Of course it's pedal pushers, unless your sister was for sale/rent.

Posted by: NTTAWWT! at July 21, 2026 03:51 PM (JM9I6)

81 It is obvious what the next fashion segment is going to need to be - what different style pants are, what works, what doesn’t. How different pants can make the same body look very different. You will love it.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 03:50 PM (hftzA)

Don't forget the huge suit in Talking Heads music videos.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 21, 2026 03:51 PM (uhVAy)

82 Pedal pushers. Bell bottoms and bicycles did not a good combination make.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 03:51 PM (ukvlZ)

83 The Tates wear pegged pants. A lot.

Posted by: nckate at July 21, 2026 03:52 PM (enNUy)

84 Happen, nothing will.

Posted by: Nothing will happen Yoda at July 21, 2026 03:52 PM (9KU14)

85 Tune in next week for our exciting topic: Manbags!

Posted by: Dweebishly gay at July 21, 2026 03:53 PM (2Ez/1)

86 Every thread needs a Fluffing.
Posted by: tubal
-------

Or a tug.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2026 03:53 PM (XeU6L)

87 The "administrators" had political connections with Dems in Congress and/or Barry's administration, right?
Posted by: mrp at July 21, 2026 03:48 PM (rj6Yv)

=====

Debbie Wasserman-Schulz was in the thick of it, IIRC.

Posted by: mrp at July 21, 2026 03:53 PM (rj6Yv)

88 I am enjoying watching the DEI NJ governor squirm. She selectively released there were 6,600 illegal aliens registered to vote. She says this was a software glitch and limited to that issue. lol. No information was released on the number of voters by party. But they carefully released they were across all parties. lol. She was very careful for the primary reason they are being sued by the DoJ to release their list which she says violates NJ privacy law. But the real reason she’s trying to keep a lid on this is it gives the DoJ cause to review the voters records under the CRA and probably other laws. There are some legal decisions opining you can’t “fish” for issues, but the statute clearly says if there is an issue the DoJ has an interest. That’s why she’s trying to say it’s isolated. It defeats one of their reasons for refusing the DoJ request. If it gets to an honest court they are going to allow the DOJ’s request to go forward. But it’s NJ so they will stall as long as possible.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 21, 2026 03:53 PM (NcjJv)

89 What were the ones called that had a strap that went underneath the foot (to keep them from riding up? dunno).

I vaguely remember my mother having some of those when I was a wee tyke.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 03:53 PM (IG3/x)

90 Segue came early. A Tate Segue?? Was hoping for boobs, guns, movies, music - ah well.
Posted by: tubal at July 21, 2026 03:50 PM


Well, one out of four isn't bad........


https://shorturl.fm/T1ChI

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:54 PM (2YhKe)

91

Yes, the Demoncrats have created a shadow government, along with capturing all education and entertainment to create dumb pliable supplicants that help prop everything up.

They can then go ahead and murder millions to make sure they win a fucking election.

I hate them all.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 21, 2026 03:54 PM (et1vG)

92 Resusci Anne has boobs

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 21, 2026 03:54 PM (rc9ya)

93 Segue came early.
--------

Well, the CEO rode off of a cliff.

Posted by: AI at July 21, 2026 03:54 PM (XeU6L)

94 So, which are the pants that have a strap that goes under the instep?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 21, 2026 03:54 PM (amcLV)

95 Floris now works for Microsoft where she's protected by Bill Gates man boobs.
Kash forced her out of FBI

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 03:55 PM (sMkB+)

96 I’m not smart enough to know what they can do with complete dossiers on every American, but I can assure you the potential is catastrophic. Maybe not today, or tomorrow. But …

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 03:48 PM (ukvlZ)

Maybe the FBI investigation in Fulton county, GA can provide some answers on what went down in 2020 and if the Chinese had anything to do with it.

200 agents, I think I heard, so they might be going through every ballot.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 03:55 PM (6ydKt)

97 Don't forget the huge suit in Talking Heads music videos.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 21, 2026 03:51 PM (uhVAy)


The Zoot Suit from the Tom and Jerry cartoons.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:55 PM (2YhKe)

98 23 CONNECTING THE DOTS
---------

I don't like this phrase.
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 03:41 PM (JWXSB)

But I do

Posted by: ____ at July 21, 2026 03:55 PM (N1tpc)

99 89 What were the ones called that had a strap that went underneath the foot (to keep them from riding up? dunno).

I vaguely remember my mother having some of those when I was a wee tyke.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 03:53 PM (IG3/x)

Stirrup pants.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 03:55 PM (hftzA)

100 I'm glad I missed the previous thread or else my tummy would be too upset for lunch.

Posted by: wth at July 21, 2026 03:55 PM (UjdFS)

101 BTW the new framing for election fraud by Democrats is yeah, there is fraud, but not enough to overturn the election. lol.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 21, 2026 03:55 PM (NcjJv)

102 How different pants can make the same body look very different. You will love it.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 03:50 PM (hftzA)

The Horde will only love it if you include some without any pants at all...we're Philistines like that...

Posted by: Boswell at July 21, 2026 03:55 PM (NTVPI)

103 90 Segue came early. A Tate Segue?? Was hoping for boobs, guns, movies, music - ah well.
Posted by: tubal at July 21, 2026 03:50 PM


Well, one out of four isn't bad........


https://shorturl.fm/T1ChI
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:54 PM (2YhKe)

You carry the Mannix Torch. Remember the Days of Daddario?

Posted by: tubal at July 21, 2026 03:55 PM (Gqar8)

104 Well, one out of four isn't bad........


https://shorturl.fm/T1ChI
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:54 PM
=========

You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 21, 2026 03:55 PM (2Ez/1)

105 89 What were the ones called that had a strap that went underneath the foot (to keep them from riding up? dunno).

I vaguely remember my mother having some of those when I was a wee tyke.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 03:53 PM (IG3/x)

I think those are called stirrup pants.

Posted by: CaliGirl at July 21, 2026 03:55 PM (qI0Xa)

106 So, which are the pants that have a strap that goes under the instep?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Strap-ons?

Posted by: Joe Mama at July 21, 2026 03:55 PM (TezPK)

107 How do we know they haven't?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 03:51 PM (FZ29D)


——-


I think the odds are in favor of the Democrat ran government willingly giving the chicoms service member information. Hacking need not apply.

Posted by: Cray Cray at July 21, 2026 03:56 PM (9KU14)

108 Mark Twain: “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.”

Demonocrats: That sounds like a feature, not a bug!

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:56 PM (Fi81e)

109 Floris now works for Microsoft where she's protected by Bill Gates man boobs.
Kash forced her out of FBI
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Arrest them both.

Posted by: Joe Mama at July 21, 2026 03:56 PM (TezPK)

110 95 Floris now works for Microsoft where she's protected by Bill Gates man boobs.
Kash forced her out of FBI

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 03:55 PM (sMkB+)

Good!

I just read Catherine Herridge's post and it seemed like she still worked there by the way it was phrased.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 03:56 PM (6ydKt)

111 Wife: do these pants make my butt look big?

Husband: I don't think the pants have anything to do with it.

Posted by: Famous last words at July 21, 2026 03:56 PM (2Ez/1)

112 Tune in next week for our exciting topic: Manbags!

The Manzairre!
- Kramer

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 03:56 PM (n5tGW)

113
You carry the Mannix Torch. Remember the Days of Daddario?
Posted by: tubal at July 21, 2026 03:55 PM


TJM did seem to have an obsession.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:56 PM (2YhKe)

114 >>> By the way, the Tate brothers were not in capris, they were in cropped pants. Very euro right now.

In Fortnite, there was a recent skin with fitted Euro style pants for a male character, my son played a lot. Definitely a trending style for guys.

This might interest the Morons...Fornite is doing "Hot Bat Summer," you can get Batman characters running around in swimsuits. There's "beach bod Batman," shirtless, but you can also get Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Catwoman running around in skimpy suits.

https://www.fortnite.com/item-shop

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 03:57 PM (Eng1Z)

115 "the Tate brothers were not in capris, they were in cropped pants. Very euro right now. "

Oh, so gay. In a "buttrape your burglar" kind of way.

Posted by: fd at July 21, 2026 03:57 PM (MWfyi)

116 Imagine if China hacked into the Pentagon and stole every military service member's personnel file," he told Just the News.
----

They didn’t have to. The Democrats gave it to them, or sold it cheap anyhow.

Congress hauled some clueless bint from OPM in to yell at her for a few minutes and “We shall never speak of this again” was the predictable result. They do this over and over and over and over.

Government types are never punished for “mistakes”, it didn’t take too long for them to figure out they won’t be punished for even purposeful malice and malfeasance or misfeasance. We’ve been watching them get away with this shit for 50 years.

Up until recently they would not have deigned to even report it. They kinda have to, but they don’t want to.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 03:57 PM (ukvlZ)

117 BTW the new framing for election fraud by Democrats is yeah, there is fraud, but not enough to overturn the election. lol.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 21, 2026 03:55 PM (NcjJv)
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That's because we have yet to reach the "In a way, voter fraud is kind of a good thing" phase.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:58 PM (Fi81e)

118 Nothing will happen.
Posted by: I was getting a haircut at July 21, 2026 03:44 PM (2Ez/1)

China has done a great job of paying off our "elites". They will do nothing against them.

I wonder how much it took Milley to turn.

I'm betting it was not much...

"I gave Mornay double his lands in Scotland and matching estates in England. Lochlan turned for... for much less"

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 03:58 PM (N1tpc)

119 >>Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:50 PM (2YhKe)

Yep. Me too.

Posted by: Hopeless Suckup at July 21, 2026 03:58 PM (NcvvS)

120 >>Resusci Anne has boobs

But a butch haircut

https://tinyurl.com/5fru3ze4

Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 03:59 PM (J4Dwc)

121 Remember Musk and all of DOGE "seeing" where government checks being sent was a major security breach?

But a communist dictatorship hacking US voter records, NBD.

Posted by: Leupold at July 21, 2026 03:59 PM (eIzlH)

122 "The FBI has requested we do not stop the subject below."

[Redacted]

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 04:01 PM (Fi81e)

123 >>> Stirrup pants.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 03:55 PM (hftzA)

Back in my leggings era, I had stirrup pant leggings! perfect in winter. your leggings don't ride up from walking, lowers the risk of snow getting between your pant hem and your socks. Solved the problem perfectly.

I remember stirrup pants being such a thing for kids in the 80s/90s.

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 04:02 PM (Eng1Z)

124

You should catch the legendary smugness of some cunt from the Smithsonian that Gill tries to cut through.

If they are stealing money they are propagandizing to be able to steal more money.

Corrupt pigs.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 21, 2026 04:03 PM (et1vG)

125 It's not that the china hacking is just a bad thing, it's that the obama/biden regime covered for them. The media are doing there best to ignore the second part.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 04:03 PM (n5tGW)

126 I have an old Mad Magazine. I forget what show the spoof was about, but it was a cop show. The detective was talking to an informant, or an oft arrested black guy.....

"Say spade! Haven't seen you in a coon's age. How's my little black-eyed pea?"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026

***
Sounds like it might have been their parody of Baretta!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 04:03 PM (wzUl9)

127 By the way, the Tate brothers were not in capris, they were in cropped pants. Very euro right now.

---
Very popular among Euros with ponytails and manbuns.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 04:04 PM (Fi81e)

128 "Sam, You Made The Pants Too Long" is on Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits album.

Posted by: 1966 at July 21, 2026 04:04 PM (JM9I6)

129 98 23 CONNECTING THE DOTS
---------

I don't like this phrase.
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 03:41 PM (JWXSB)

But I do
Posted by: ____ at July 21, 2026 03:55 PM (N1tpc)

________________________

That's not a Bollywood "Human Centipede" knock off, is it.

Posted by: Orson at July 21, 2026 04:04 PM (dIske)

130 Afternoon all,

We have a launch in about an hour.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - MRV-MEP
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: July 21, 2026
Launch Time: 5:17 p.m. EDT (2115 UTC, 23:15 CEST)

https://youtu.be/BEhu74LtIb0

Posted by: Joyenz at July 21, 2026 04:04 PM (2F0/Y)

131 I am going to go with it's probably difficult to get a conviction against a government employee in D.C.

Every jury of their peers is filled with people who also work for the gov, or know somebody who does.

All Dems, too, so why bother?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 04:05 PM (6ydKt)

132 Can you say "insurrection"? I think you can...

Posted by: Zombie Mr. Rogers at July 21, 2026 04:06 PM (TN0g+)

133
A fanatic posts a different picture every day.

An obsessive posts the same picture every day.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 04:06 PM (JWXSB)

134 “I’m basically running a shadow government across the FBI at this point”
---
Easy to get the wrong idea if you're not up on the current slang.

As: Is it hot in here or am I running a shadow government?!

All the kids are using it.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 04:07 PM (Fi81e)

135 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Wow, blew through the 100-comment rule rather quickly today!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 21, 2026 04:07 PM (SRRAx)

136 All Dems, too, so why bother?

The process is the punishment.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 04:07 PM (n5tGW)

137 You know, people like that are very often virtually unemployable anywhere except government. For damn good reason.

They show their gratitude having a great job where they cannot be fired, by trying to destroy everything.

There’s a flaw in this system that has been exploited

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 04:08 PM (ukvlZ)

138 I am going to go with it's probably difficult to get a conviction against a government employee in D.C.

Every jury of their peers is filled with people who also work for the gov, or know somebody who does.

All Dems, too, so why bother?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 04:05 PM (6ydKt)
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Or is on the ghetto plantation and thinks conservatives hate black people.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 04:08 PM (Fi81e)

139 I remember stirrup pants being such a thing for kids in the 80s/90s.
Posted by: LizLem
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I had a pair of pink paisley stirrup pants. Yes, they were hideous.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 21, 2026 04:09 PM (hPLSE)

140 More properly known as Twat knot

Posted by: Man Bun at July 21, 2026 04:09 PM (ukvlZ)

141 My bee suit has stirrups. Not for the same reason.

Posted by: MkY at July 21, 2026 04:10 PM (q6tQZ)

142 The Tates: bringing back pedal pushers, Laura Petrie style.

Posted by: LASue at July 21, 2026 04:10 PM (lCppi)

143 There’s a flaw in this system that has been exploited

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 04:08 PM (ukvlZ)
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The danger in being too Pollyanna in things.

Oh, we don't want these people let go and lose their expertise over a political appointment, so we'll ensure their jobs and what could go wrong??!!

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 04:10 PM (Fi81e)

144 Hi Teresa!!

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 04:10 PM (JWXSB)

145 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Wow, blew through the 100-comment rule rather quickly today!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 21, 2026

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Afternoon, Teresa. How're you doing?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 04:11 PM (wzUl9)

146 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Wow, blew through the 100-comment rule rather quickly today!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 21, 2026 04:07 PM (SRRAx)
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Ace thread => No 100 comment rule.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 04:11 PM (Fi81e)

147 The process is the punishment.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 04:07 PM (n5tGW)

Yeah, that is good for the likes of Comey and Brennan, but I bet hundreds, thousands, of people in fed.gov need to be prosecuted for something, and the DOJ rarely bothers from what I can see.

Even Page & Strzok ended up getting paid off by the FBI through a lawsuit they filed after getting fired. The DOJ obviously never thought twice about prosecuting them for anything.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 04:12 PM (6ydKt)

148 Those in the path of Bertha-batten them hatches!

Posted by: Ersatz Conelrad at July 21, 2026 04:13 PM (JM9I6)

149 >>> China has done a great job of paying off our "elites". They will do nothing against them.
>>> I wonder how much it took Milley to turn.

I bet we'd be embarrassed at how cheaply our politicians are willing to take to be bought off.

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 04:14 PM (Eng1Z)

150 139 I remember stirrup pants being such a thing for kids in the 80s/90s.
Posted by: LizLem
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I had a pair of pink paisley stirrup pants. Yes, they were hideous.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 21, 2026 04:09 PM (hPLSE)

Pink paisley stirrup pants sound kind of awesome in an 80s type of way.

Posted by: CaliGirl at July 21, 2026 04:14 PM (qI0Xa)

151 The vast majority of American democrats would be happy to be invaded and slaughtered by the chicoms so long as they can blame PDJT and cause republicans to lose an election.

This means our side (the non GOPe portion) just need to get the arrests cooking, and shift the scales of power from the deep state to MAGA in government with no care to the complaints on the left.

Posted by: Cray Cray at July 21, 2026 04:14 PM (9KU14)

152 Ace thread => No 100 comment rule.

Weekday non-art thread = no 100 comment rule.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 04:15 PM (2ocoG)

153 CDC issues Level 2 travel advisory for Costa Rica.

An incurable virus spread through mosquito bites causing life-threatening high fever, excruciating joint and muscle pain, and a rash.

(Yes, that is, indeed, an Oxford comma there at the end).

Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 04:15 PM (J4Dwc)

154 Seems like the comments have slowed down a lot lately. Have we lost traffic?

Posted by: nckate at July 21, 2026 04:17 PM (enNUy)

155
It is summer. Lots of people on vacation.

Posted by: four seasons at July 21, 2026 04:18 PM (/QHx4)

156 CDC issues Level 2 travel advisory for Costa Rica.

An incurable virus spread through mosquito bites causing life-threatening high fever, excruciating joint and muscle pain, and a rash.

(Yes, that is, indeed, an Oxford comma there at the end).

Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 04:15 PM


Sounds like dengue fever to me. Or as the locals call it, break bone fever. It's nothing new.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 21, 2026 04:18 PM (0N4FZ)

157 Darling Nikki >>>>>>>>>>> Traitor Nikki

Posted by: Prince at July 21, 2026 04:18 PM (Dv3i1)

158 Seems like the comments have slowed down a lot lately. Have we lost traffic?
Posted by: nckate at July 21, 2026 04:17 PM (enNUy)
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I'm typing as fast as I can boss!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 04:18 PM (JvZF+)

159 U.S. intelligence agencies believe the targeting and acquisition of voter registration files is an act of election interference.

America's National Security will increase dramatically if US "Intelligence" agencies were eliminated... and by eliminated I mean for a final gathering at the bottom of the Marianas Trench

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 04:19 PM (NzX/y)

160 One of the more interesting pundits pointed out that Trump did not accuse Xi of stealing the voter rolls, or using them, or in name meddling, just "China"

IIRC, there really is no "China", since they are worse than the USGov - there are interlocking interests, and have surprising independence in what they can do if they can swing it. The influence people like Neville Roy Singham carries probably has more to do with how much such people can fund or do for a section of the Chinese state, than any ideological stance they have. Millionaires can fund special intelligence operations if the central government won't kick funds free.

In a way, that was the structure of the British intelligence service up and through WWI. Sidney Riley was self funding for the Brits, mostly.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 21, 2026 04:20 PM (rbvCR)

161 "Yeah, that is good for the likes of Comey and Brennan, but I bet hundreds, thousands, of people in fed.gov need to be prosecuted for something, and the DOJ rarely bothers from what I can see."

I think the comma is misplaced; you meant hundreds of thousands, right?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 21, 2026 04:20 PM (VyBeY)

162 139 I remember stirrup pants being such a thing for kids in the 80s/90s.
Posted by: LizLem
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I had a pair of pink paisley stirrup pants. Yes, they were hideous.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 21, 2026 04:09 PM (hPLSE)

Pink paisley stirrup pants sound kind of awesome in an 80s type of way.
Posted by: CaliGirl at July 21, 2026 04:14 PM (qI0Xa)


You know who else wore pink paisley stirrup pants?

Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey, that's who.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 04:20 PM (wVcYX)

163 I bet we'd be embarrassed at how cheaply our politicians are willing to take to be bought off.

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 04:14 PM (Eng1Z)

Reminds of that quote from King Edward in Braveheart about bribing the nobles to turn against Wallace:

"I gave Mornay double his lands in Scotland and matching estates in England. Lochlan turned for... for much less."

Posted by: Thrawn at July 21, 2026 04:21 PM (fh/iS)

164 My basement remains nearly chock full of Yellow Fever victims.

Posted by: Teddy Brewster at July 21, 2026 04:21 PM (JM9I6)

165 Pink paisley stirrup pants sound kind of awesome in an 80s type of way.
Posted by: CaliGirl
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They were pretty outlandish, but the craziest thing I had was a red skirt with blue planets and black stars. Now that was awesome!

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 21, 2026 04:22 PM (hPLSE)

166 164 My basement remains nearly chock full of Yellow Fever victims.
Posted by: Teddy Brewster at July 21, 2026 04:21 PM (JM9I6)

Hunter - "No yellow!".

Posted by: Thrawn at July 21, 2026 04:22 PM (fh/iS)

167 My basement remains nearly chock full of Yellow Fever victims.
Posted by: Teddy Brewster

Bout time to watch that again.
"CHARGE!"

Posted by: MkY at July 21, 2026 04:23 PM (q6tQZ)

168 Seems like the comments have slowed down a lot lately. Have we lost traffic?
Posted by: nckate at July 21, 2026 04:17 PM (enNUy)

I would comment more, but I usually have nothing to add, other than nonsensical throwaway comments.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 21, 2026 04:23 PM (0aYVJ)

169
Sounds like dengue fever to me. Or as the locals call it, break bone fever. It's nothing new.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 21, 2026 04:18 PM (0N4FZ)
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Or some Gain to Function genius figured out a way to piggyback meningitis on a mosquito delivery package. And, unfortunately, it's actually happened before (although rare).

Posted by: Orson at July 21, 2026 04:23 PM (dIske)

170 >>Sounds like dengue fever to me

chikungunya, not dengue

Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 04:25 PM (J4Dwc)

171 I really do think China was able to overthrow FedGov without firing a shot. It's apparent many of the political, media and academic classes were simply bought off to spin whatever narrative China wanted at any given time.

We've more or less presumed this to be true, but the magnitude is still staggering.

There really does need to be a reckoning. And public hangings in order to set things right again.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 21, 2026 04:25 PM (jehhT)

172 I bet we'd be embarrassed at how cheaply our politicians are willing to take to be bought off.

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 04:14 PM (Eng1Z)
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$20, same as in town.

Posted by: ballistic at July 21, 2026 04:26 PM (oqH4h)

173 >>Sounds like dengue fever to me

chikungunya, not dengue
Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 04:25 PM (J4Dwc)
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Sounds like I won't be ordering the chimichanga for a while.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 04:27 PM (Fi81e)

174 chikungunya, not dengue
Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 04:25 PM (J4Dwc)

I remember being at a journal club where this pathogen was pronounced as "Chicken-Ninja" virus.

Posted by: Thrawn at July 21, 2026 04:27 PM (fh/iS)

175 The thing that nevers happens happened a lot in New Jersey.

>>
@politico
·
3h
>>BREAKING: More than 6,000 non-citizens were added to New Jersey’s voter rolls due to a software error, Gov. Mikie Sherrill says, with “fewer than 400” of them casting ballots in various elections since 2023.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2026 04:27 PM (viF8m)

176 29 By the way, the Tate brothers were not in capris, they were in cropped pants. Very euro right now. In case this was troubling you from the previous thread.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 03:42 PM (hftzA)
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Gayer than nine guys blowing ten guys.

Posted by: ballistic at July 21, 2026 04:28 PM (oqH4h)

177 >>Sounds like dengue fever to me

chikungunya, not dengue
Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 04:25 PM (J4Dwc)
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Sounds like I won't be ordering the chimichanga for a while.
Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 04:27 PM (Fi81e)

Only 1,500 deep fried and delicious calories!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 04:29 PM (wVcYX)

178 Biden told everyone he had the biggest voter fraud operation in history...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 04:30 PM (sKqQm)

179 3h
>>BREAKING: More than 6,000 non-citizens were added to New Jersey’s voter rolls due to a software error, Gov. Mikie Sherrill says, with “fewer than 400” of them casting ballots in various elections since 2023.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2026 04:27 PM (viF8m)

I don't believe either number.. They're both higher no doubt...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 04:30 PM (6ud1w)

180 It's apparent many of the political, media and academic classes were simply bought off to spin whatever narrative China wanted at any given time.
____

I wonder if political leadership in Canada, California, Oregon & Washington (state) would be doing anything different if China didn't purchase them.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 21, 2026 04:31 PM (Dv3i1)

181
Donna,

I agree. They are lying sacks of shit.

Posted by: four seasons at July 21, 2026 04:31 PM (/QHx4)

182 Seems like the comments have slowed down a lot lately. Have we lost traffic?

TJM seems to have taken the day off, and he usually writes a lot of comments.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 04:31 PM (2ocoG)

183 Why would I pay attention to the CDC?

Posted by: Most people at July 21, 2026 04:31 PM (2Ez/1)

184 >>I don't believe either number.. They're both higher no doubt...

No doubt.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2026 04:31 PM (viF8m)

185 131 I am going to go with it's probably difficult to get a conviction against a government employee in D.C.

Every jury of their peers is filled with people who also work for the gov, or know somebody who does.

All Dems, too, so why bother?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 04:05 PM (6ydKt)

No love for military tribunals and summary executions?

Posted by: Polka will never die at July 21, 2026 04:32 PM (RUm4z)

186
Wait a minute, wait a minute. You thought this was going to be willowed, but no such luck.

===============

[digs through panty] "Ah there it is, popcorn."
Posted by: WisRich


Okay, Rich, give us the full report.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 04:32 PM (mmrXZ)

187 Seems like the comments have slowed down a lot lately. Have we lost traffic?

Summer doldrums maybe? The weekend specialty threads seem to have lost some participation.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 21, 2026 04:32 PM (hFtcM)

188 >>TJM seems to have taken the day off

Isn't it great? My scroll over finger is getting a rest.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 04:33 PM (J4Dwc)

189 Update your style books!

NEW RULES! Mia Farrow wrote a post on the Bluey place virtue signaling and used the phrase “identifies as” and got roasted for it.
Apparently they don’t like that phrase now. So whatever you do. Don’t use it.

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Apparently, "identify as" has now been replaced by "is/are." Just what we need, becoming even more unmoored from reality.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 21, 2026 04:33 PM (ndZc7)

190 I'm on the 17th hole with Geezer Golf.
Its unanimous.
Fuck the media.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 21, 2026 04:33 PM (dWNJs)

191 Seems like the comments have slowed down a lot lately. Have we lost traffic?

Summer doldrums maybe? The weekend specialty threads seem to have lost some participation.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 21, 2026 04:32 PM (hFtcM)

Summer baseball is on, too.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 21, 2026 04:34 PM (dK+Kv)

192 Seems like the comments have slowed down a lot lately. Have we lost traffic?

Some commentaters have been eaten by a grue.

Others have died of dysentery on the Oregon Trail.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 04:35 PM (wVcYX)

193 The OPM breach wasn’t a hack. The JEF administration outsourced database management to a Chinese cutout firm.

I'm not too concerned whats in the OPM database. Google knows more about us than we do ourselves.

What I'm concerned about is what the Chinese put in the OPM database—things like spies with legends and credentials, deletion of items that would keep a Chinese spy from gaining TS clearance, etc. Injecting a TS clearance into anyone they want.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 04:36 PM (a6PrB)

194 New York Post
@nypost
Black NYC politician slams DSA as 'white supremacy' as growing Dem feud spills onto social media

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I'm down with that.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 21, 2026 04:36 PM (ndZc7)

195 Apparently, "identify as" has now been replaced by "is/are." Just what we need, becoming even more unmoored from reality.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 21, 2026 04:33 PM (ndZc7)
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Fantasy has a habit of not becoming the world fast enough...or ever.

Thus they become more intolerant of the real world.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 04:37 PM (Fi81e)

196 The dirty little secret about registered illegals doesn't stop with a single vote per registration. The process is more intricate than that which may explain why 5,600 of the 6,000 registered didn't vote. It's more centered towards the domicile and the address. And, it is more beneficial if they DON'T vote, or even know they are registered to do so.

Various community organizers and activists use that registered illegal's address as a depot. They then register legal citizens (homeless) and use that address after adding on "Apartment # _____". That way 20 or 30 people can vote from the same address. It's best if the illegal is in the dark, and the fact that they are keeps them from voting. There is less risk of being caught.

Posted by: Orson at July 21, 2026 04:37 PM (dIske)

197 Seems like the comments have slowed down a lot lately. Have we lost traffic?


Summer doldrums

Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 04:38 PM (6ud1w)

198 TJM seems to have taken the day off, and he usually writes a lot of comments.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 04:31 PM (2ocoG)
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Also explains the lack of mentions of Prometheus.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 04:38 PM (Fi81e)

199 Update your style books!

NEW RULES! Mia Farrow wrote a post on the Bluey place virtue signaling and used the phrase “identifies as” and got roasted for it.
Apparently they don’t like that phrase now. So whatever you do. Don’t use it.

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Apparently, "identify as" has now been replaced by "is/are." Just what we need, becoming even more unmoored from reality.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 21, 2026

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Mia Farrow is still above ground???

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 04:39 PM (wzUl9)

200 I saw that Mehdi Hasan is interviewing Hasan Piker. If they have sex that means the child can be Hasan Hasan.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 04:40 PM (2ocoG)

201 >>I don't believe either number.. They're both higher no doubt...

>>No doubt.

Don't Speak.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 04:40 PM (n5tGW)

202 > Seems like the comments have slowed down a lot lately. Have we lost traffic?
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Severe thunderstorms affecting Ohio, WV, KY PA, NJ, VA, MD. It's pretty sketchy here in Bourbon Country.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 21, 2026 04:41 PM (jehhT)

203 FWIW: (on X)

@DeepLeaksHQ
BREAKING: Secretary Rubio just brokered a historic framework peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon, right here in Washington, D.C.

The deal is simple: Iran is out. Hezbollah is out. The Lebanese military moves in.

Israel begins withdrawing from southern Lebanon. Lebanon takes back control of its own soil. And for the first time in decades, a real path to peace is on the table.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 21, 2026 04:41 PM (Dv3i1)

204 Summer doldrums maybe? The weekend specialty threads seem to have lost some participation.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 21, 2026 04:32 PM (hFtcM)

Yes. I know for a fact that we are out and about a lot in the summer. I usually get out of bed earlier than my wife, so I can read the coffee thread, and the book thread. After that, I will sometimes check on my phone, if I am waiting for food. But I never comment on my phone. I friggin' hate that thing.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 21, 2026 04:41 PM (0aYVJ)

205 Like I said earlier, Wray had to be working for the Chinese. I'm talking direct communications and orders from China.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 21, 2026 04:41 PM (DbmIv)

206
The deal is simple: Iran is out. Hezbollah is out. The Lebanese military moves in.

Israel begins withdrawing from southern Lebanon. Lebanon takes back control of its own soil. And for the first time in decades, a real path to peace is on the table.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 21, 2026 04:41 PM (Dv3i1)


Hope this one holds better than the one we had with Iran

Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 04:42 PM (6ud1w)

207 BREAKING: Secretary Rubio just brokered a historic framework peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon, right here in Washington, D.C.

The deal is simple: Iran is out. Hezbollah is out. The Lebanese military moves in.

The Lebanese government's been wanting a deal like that for months. Glad they've got it.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 04:42 PM (2ocoG)

208 If the Enemedia yawns at the prospect that the CCP has sensitive PII on every voter in the US, why do they lose their minds over the elected President of the US having that same access?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 04:42 PM (a6PrB)

209 Nood, unhinged propaganda.

Posted by: SciVo at July 21, 2026 04:43 PM (Sy6m/)

210 Politics & Poll Tracker
@PollTracker2024
There are unconfirmed rumors circulating that two members of Congress from different political parties are engaged in a romantic affair.
I can't disclose anymore information than that.

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Mitch McConnell and Rosa DeLauro?

Apparently, it's a couple of back benchers doing it in the back benches, Hillary Scholten (D) and John James (R).

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 21, 2026 04:44 PM (ndZc7)

211 207 BREAKING: Secretary Rubio just brokered a historic framework peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon, right here in Washington, D.C.

The deal is simple: Iran is out. Hezbollah is out. The Lebanese military moves in.

The Lebanese government's been wanting a deal like that for months. Glad they've got it.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 04:42 PM (2ocoG)
_______________________________

SH*T !!!

Posted by: Nobel Peace Prize Committee at July 21, 2026 04:44 PM (dIske)

212 What I'm concerned about is what the Chinese put in the OPM database—things like spies with legends and credentials, deletion of items that would keep a Chinese spy from gaining TS clearance, etc. Injecting a TS clearance into anyone they want.

Yeah, the CCP reading the database is not a yawn, exactly, but nowhere near the red alert status of them writing to it.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 04:44 PM (2ocoG)

213 >>The deal is simple: Iran is out. Hezbollah is out. The Lebanese military moves in.


Easy enough to say...but the Lebanese Military is loaded with sympathizers.

Posted by: garrett at July 21, 2026 04:44 PM (uzmqU)

214 Various community organizers and activists use that registered illegal's address as a depot. They then register legal citizens (homeless) and use that address after adding on "Apartment # _____". That way 20 or 30 people can vote from the same address. It's best if the illegal is in the dark, and the fact that they are keeps them from voting. There is less risk of being caught.
Posted by: Orson

This is so much more an easier to convince the public on how large scale cheating can be done rather than "the voting machines are hacked!" supposed conspiracy theories (they bankrupted America's Mayor Giuliani over these claims). It's a super easy method, many examples in the news, some of which even get through mainstream media filters.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 21, 2026 04:46 PM (Dv3i1)

215 171 I really do think China was able to overthrow FedGov without firing a shot. It's apparent many of the political, media and academic classes were simply bought off to spin whatever narrative China wanted at any given time.

We've more or less presumed this to be true, but the magnitude is still staggering.

There really does need to be a reckoning. And public hangings in order to set things right again.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 21, 2026 04:25 PM (jehhT)

Chy-nah has been buying up this country for decades. They most likely saved up all their pennies thinking it was going to be super-expensive to buy off the US media and the DC elites, but it turned out that our public servants and leaders were cheaper than the weenie washers at a Mississippi rest stop. Afterwards they realized they had enough left over to buy Hollywood and sportsball, plus trips to Disney and Seaworld.

Posted by: Polka will never die at July 21, 2026 04:47 PM (RUm4z)

216 Apparently, it's a couple of back benchers doing it in the back benches, Hillary Scholten (D) and John James (R).
____

A reach-around the aisle?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 21, 2026 04:47 PM (Dv3i1)

BLM Organizer Harrangues Hapless Homosexual James Talarico at Campaign Stop, Threatening "Consequences" If She is Not Racially Appeased

Last month, unqualified DEI-charity case and uneducated moron Jasmine Crockett said she didn't know if she'd campaign for likely closeted white homosexual James Talarico. She said the entire race -- all of it -- was "racist," and she demonstrated Ghetto Entitlement by strongly implying that she wasn't just guaranteed the right to fairly compete for political office, but was guaranteed a win based on her race, sex, and DEI. And that anyone who interferes with that Guaranteed DEI Outcome is a racist.


Crockett argued that racism, not politics, was the deciding factor in her Democrat primary loss to James Talarico.

"The reality is that there was a lot of races, not a lot, it was racist. It was a racist race. It is what it is, right? But we live in America as y'all are celebrating 250, okay? We know what this country is," Crockett said.

Crockett rejected criticism that she should have spent more time campaigning alongside Talarico. Instead, she said her strategy was to help down-ballot candidates, pointing to five black men she endorsed in Texas runoff races who all advanced to the November election.

"The best thing that I can do for James Talarico isn't me standing on a stage with him," Crockett said. "It is the fact that I endorsed five candidates in the runoff who all happen to be black men in the state of Texas and every single one of them won."

She pushed back on criticism that she should have campaigned more directly for Talarico, saying giving voters multiple candidates to support is a more effective strategy for boosting turnout.

"People keep trying to say, 'Well, Jasmine has to go and hold his hand.' No, I don't," she said. "If you can give people more than one thing to vote for, then you have a better chance of getting them out to the polls."

...

Crockett previously said she does not believe black voters have fully united behind Talarico's Senate campaign and confirmed she will skip next week's Texas Democrat Party convention.


There is no "I" in team, but there is definitely an "I" in DEI.

As Talarico's supporters criticized Crockett for having promised to campaign for Talarico, if he should win, before her loss, and now refuses to do so, Talarico attempted to calm down the woman who has gotten her way her whole life precisely by not being calm about anything, telling his gay supporters to show the unrespectable Ratchett "respect."

James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas, is speaking out against his supporters who have continuously disparaged his former opponent in the race, U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett.

"If you claim to be my supporter, if you claim to be a part of this movement that we are building, please keep Congresswoman Crockett's name out of your mouth," Talarico demanded on Sunday during a town hall in Houston.

The remarks were significant as the residue of Talarico and Crockett's primary contest had continued to stain the Democratic nominee's campaign as he worked to win over Black voters, most of whom backed Crockett. Talarico was joined by U.S. Rep. Christian Menefee, who represents Texas's 18th Congressional District, and other Democratic leaders in Houston, an area that Crockett won over Talarico.

For months, both during and after the primary election, Crockett and her supporters have called out the racism and sexism she faced from those who claimed to support Talarico's campaign. However, Talarico said on Sunday that anyone who backs him should give Crockett the respect she deserves and has earned.

"She's a leader in this country, and she deserves the utmost respect," said Talarico, who described Crockett as a "friend" with whom he worked when they served together in the Texas State House of Representatives.

Well, the kind of voter Ratchet bases her whole appeal on doesn't want "respect." They want Guaranteed DEI Outcomes.

So they, like Ratchet herself, are shouting angrily. I can't stress this enough -- this is their whole plan to get people to give them things, shouting and making unreasonable demands and calling people "racist."

At a campaign stop, Ratchet's Strategically Unreasonable supporters shouted down the dweebishly gay Talarico and told him there would be "consequences" for not giving them more respect, which means what it always means in BLMese, which is privileges and outcomes not earned by coerced by racial bullying.


Obviously, I'm happy that Jasmine Ratchet is putting out the word to her fellow race-based Democrats that they should boycott the senate election to teach whitey a lesson.

But I am getting tired of this whole BLM act:


Washington Free Beacon
@FreeBeacon

Texas Democrat James Talarico appears to have a black voter problem.

As Talarico attempted to wind down a campaign stop in southwest Houston on Sunday, a black woman who was waiting to ask a question interjected to yell, "Black people don't trust you for this reason. And you cannot win without us. So you stay here, you answer our questions, or you suffer the consequences."

The woman harassing this timid queer fellow is actually a BLM agitator. Naturally!

From Newsweek:

Talarico added that Black Texans--a group he failed to sway despite winning the Democratic primary in March--were a particular focus. According to The New York Times, U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett--who ran against Talarico in the primary--secured over 86 percent of the votes from predominantly Black areas. Talarico, meanwhile, safely won the white and Latino vote, securing a 53 percent to 46 percent victory in the overall contest. ...

The Houston Chronicle identified the woman who spoke up as Kandice Webber, an activist and organizer for the Houston wing of Black Lives Matter. Newsweek has contacted Webber via Facebook for comment outside regular working hours.

In the video, someone informs the crowd that Talarico would answer one more question, prompting audible frustration from parts of the audience. Following this, Webber tells Talarico directly that she drove 45 minutes to attend, wanted the event to be televised and would not leave until he answered her questions.

In case you forgot, Jasmine Ratchet declared that Karmelo Anthony was justified in murdering a white kid with no provocation:

So that's the kind of voter she's appealing to -- BLM thugs who want the right to murder their way to power.

But they're not racist. You are, Racist.

Bonus:

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:25 PM




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1 I'll let the others know this one's gone live.

Ace, might want a title there...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 02:25 PM (O7YUW)

2 In before the title!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 02:26 PM (N1tpc)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 02:26 PM (2YhKe)

4 Title added.....I was too late.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 02:27 PM (2YhKe)

5 Boogers

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 21, 2026 02:27 PM (iLqj/)

6 Where's J-Maddy?

He's been pointing this out for months.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 21, 2026 02:27 PM (AdHga)

7 Nooded twice, once without title, once with.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 02:28 PM (O7YUW)

8 "The reality is that there was a lot of races, not a lot, it was racist. It was a racist race. It is what it is, right? But we live in America as y'all are celebrating 250, okay? We know what this country is," Crockett said.


The reality is, you're more racist than Al Sharpton and can't get past the color of ANYONE'S skin.

I'm not the problem, sugartits, YOU are.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 02:28 PM (2YhKe)

9 No NOOD is good NOOD.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 02:28 PM (Fi81e)

10 There is no I in team. But there is a me!

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 02:29 PM (Dd38x)

11 So that's the kind of voter she's appealing to -- BLM thugs who want the right to murder their way to power.

But they're not racist. You are, Racist.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:25 PM

Black privilege.

I saw another example of it: Black United Airlines employee threatened to call ICE on a hispanic guy because he was hispanic.

A white employee would be fired posthaste. She'll be allowed to keep her job with "training" I'm sure.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 02:29 PM (N1tpc)

12 Bitch is just mad that Talarico got the money grab.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 21, 2026 02:29 PM (601KG)

13 "If you claim to be my supporter, if you claim to be a part of this movement that we are building, please keep Congresswoman Crockett's name out of your mouth," Talarico demanded on Sunday during a town hall in Houston.


Is he gonna bitchslap someone?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 02:29 PM (2YhKe)

14
There is no "I" in team, but there is definitely an "I" in DEI.
---------

Hey Jasmine there's no i in cunt, but there is a U

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 02:30 PM (JWXSB)

15


They sure do have a wide variety of psychopaths in this party.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 21, 2026 02:31 PM (et1vG)

16 Rule by Cretins, for Cretins.

Cretinocracy.

Posted by: I think I owe Cretins an apology at July 21, 2026 02:32 PM (anL5R)

17 Talarico pisses off the blacks. Van Jones pisses off the DSA. Cuomo pisses on the DSA. Black president of Queens Borough says DSA is white supremacy.
To quote Flounder " oh boy , this is great"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:32 PM (sMkB+)

18 She's just mau-mauing for a payoff.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 02:32 PM (JvZF+)

19
God does not have a sex. So, he's naturally not in that binary. However, He has chosen to portray Himself as Father and Son. So, He is gendered.

God's non-binarality does not mean anything for humans who invented "non-binary" for people who usually do have a fixed sex.

We should only make it as simple as it can be while maintaining true statements.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 02:32 PM (Fi81e)

20 The “Democrat Coalition” has long been made up of folks who basically hate each other’s guts, but will cooperate insofar as to loot the Public Treasury.

Cut off the labyrinthine, opaque money-laundering schemes running through the federal government confetti-buck cannon, and things get sporty overnight.

At the very least, make these society wreckers spend their own goddamned money for once.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 02:33 PM (ukvlZ)

21 We don't want no Tapioca!
- BLM

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 02:33 PM (n5tGW)

22 Talarico is the panderer's panderer.

FFS......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 02:33 PM (2YhKe)

23 >>>17 Talarico pisses off the blacks. Van Jones pisses off the DSA. Cuomo pisses on the DSA. Black president of Queens Borough says DSA is white supremacy.
To quote Flounder " oh boy , this is great"

and yet no "Democrats in Disarray" headlines from the communist propaganda media

Posted by: ace at July 21, 2026 02:33 PM (1wjle)

24 Always some colored gal hollering and yelling and being all ratchet ass at these democrat events.

Posted by: No Class at July 21, 2026 02:33 PM (F1rMs)

25 "Wild scenes at a James Talarico rally"

The wildest part of that scene is how few people were there.

This is a rally for a major candidate for a statewide office in one of the biggest states in the country? Looked like a rally for assistant dogcatcher in Asslick, MS, population 856.

The few people that were there also looked bored and disinterested.

This guy is DONE.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 02:33 PM (iFTx/)

26 No NOOD is good NOOD.
Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 02:28 PM (Fi81e)


There was a nood.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 02:34 PM (2YhKe)

27 >>>10 There is no I in team. But there is a me!

that's a good joke.

Another good one is, "There ain't no 'us,' either."

Posted by: ace at July 21, 2026 02:34 PM (1wjle)

28 Talarico pisses off the blacks. Van Jones pisses off the DSA. Cuomo pisses on the DSA. Black president of Queens Borough says DSA is white supremacy.
To quote Flounder " oh boy , this is great"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:32 PM (sMkB+)

At some point, the Grievance Conglomerate was always going to collapse in on itself like a star going supernova.

The damage will be immaculate.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 21, 2026 02:34 PM (AdHga)

29 "If you claim to be my supporter, if you claim to be a part of this movement that we are building, please keep Congresswoman Crockett's name out of your mouth," Talarico demanded on Sunday during a town hall in Houston.
=====

Isn't that a ghey saying?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 02:34 PM (JvZF+)

30 Out: Don't Disrepeck! I'll kill you!
In: Don't put me out in the rain, I'll kill you!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 21, 2026 02:35 PM (Dv3i1)

31
God is of neither sex, therefore cut off your genitals if you don't like (the way God made) them, is exactly the wrong takeaway from that.

The angels don't have a sex either, it is quite likely. In fact, it is doubtful and unnecessary that any "spiritual being" is sexed.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 02:36 PM (Fi81e)

32
"dweebishly gay"

*squirrels away for future reference*

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 02:36 PM (2Ez/1)

33 20 The “Democrat Coalition” has long been made up of folks who basically hate each other’s guts, but will cooperate insofar as to loot the Public Treasury.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 02:33 PM (ukvlZ)

They hate each other... but they hate us more.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 21, 2026 02:36 PM (mP0Kj)

34 It’s like a What-A-Burger junior sweet ‘n spicy bacon burger, and Earth Wind And Fire playing on the overhead.

Posted by: Eromero at July 21, 2026 02:36 PM (ED8FQ)

35 Odds Talarico has touched a kid in a Tim Walz way...95%...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 02:36 PM (sKqQm)

36
Last month, unqualified DEI-charity case and uneducated moron Jasmine Crockett said she didn't know if she'd campaign for likely closeted white homosexual James Talarico.

=============

This is the ghetto version of Kamala Harris not choosing Pete Buttigieg as her running mate.

Pay attention, gay activists of America. You're being shivved by people with more intersectionality creds than you. Can you claim autism? Did you ever work on a construction site that may have used asbestos? Call today!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 02:37 PM (mmrXZ)

37 Re: storms report in last thread.

Many cells in southern Indiana currently, also.
Can't remember whose neck of the woods for sure. Maybe Madam Mayhem?
Prayer!

Posted by: TeeJ at July 21, 2026 02:37 PM (dAv7M)

38 Some Democrats are trying to soft pedal their more ignominious elements by publicly speaking out against them. They’ve seen the polls and it ain’t good. They have basically simultaneously let it leak out they support them, but want them to be less vocal before the election. That includes people like Van Jones.

Dishonest much?

Posted by: Vengeance at July 21, 2026 02:37 PM (nmw7B)

39 The few people that were there also looked bored and disinterested.

This guy is DONE.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

You should have seen my rallies!

Posted by: Sleepy Joe Biden at July 21, 2026 02:37 PM (Dv3i1)

40 The way Talarico said "keep Crockett's name out of your mouth" is only going to drive blacks away from him more then they are already

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:37 PM (sMkB+)

41 No "I" in "team" but there is "meat."

Posted by: Talarico knows a thing or two about it at July 21, 2026 02:37 PM (TbWk/)

42 "The few people that were there also looked bored and disinterested."
+++
Yeah, we had to be there. Didn't have a choice.

Posted by: Local media stiffs at July 21, 2026 02:38 PM (2Ez/1)

43 and yet no "Democrats in Disarray" headlines from the communist propaganda media
Posted by: ace at July 21, 2026 02:33 PM (1wjle)

Once again, let us thank Elon Musk for buying x, even if he didn’t really mean it at the outset, but oops! The offer was accepted. Otherwise, we would not be seeing the number of people wondering what kind of crazy is happening over there in Demlandia nor would be seeing the number of people who are black entirely over this behavior.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 02:38 PM (Dd38x)

44 There is no I in team, but there's a U in F"ck You

Posted by: 496 at July 21, 2026 02:39 PM (xUnLX)

45 Man are the Republicans going to pounce on this story!

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at July 21, 2026 02:39 PM (oji8u)

46 >>But I am getting tired of this whole BLM act

Welcome to the party, pal. I started getting sick of their shit long ago, before Saint George riots, even. Way back to Trayvon Martin and the Hands Up Don't Shot lie.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 02:39 PM (J4Dwc)

47 Black president of Queens Borough says DSA is white supremacy.

Someone pointed out on X like 2 months ago that the DSA is almost exclusively ugly white women in charge treating racially interesting candidates like pets. You can absolutely make that charge stick, unlike what the Smithsonian is claiming about Goofy and Pluto.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 02:39 PM (2ocoG)

48 If the Karmelo Anthony incident was race reversed it would have been the biggest news story since COVID

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 02:39 PM (sKqQm)

49 A race was racist? Makes sense to me.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 02:40 PM (77rzZ)

50 "If you claim to be my supporter, if you claim to be a part of this movement that we are building, please keep Congresswoman Crockett's name out of your mouth," Talarico demanded on Sunday during a town hall in Houston.

Did he enunciate it "out yo mouf?"

Posted by: Oddbob at July 21, 2026 02:40 PM (CA2lo)

51 Bald headed knob polisher Karl Rove had an oped in which he basically said Republicans are incompetent and doing nothing, the president is unpopular but Democrats are killing themselves with this crap.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 21, 2026 02:40 PM (nmw7B)

52 "uneducated moron Jasmine Crockett"

She's actually highly educated. Expensive private high school, college, and then Houston law school. The ghetto-rat act is just that: an act.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 02:40 PM (iFTx/)

53 That Crockett chick looks like a queefer.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 21, 2026 02:40 PM (nmw7B)

54 I posted last thread about the strange occurrences in my county over the last two days. Now we have a tornado watch . I can hear thunderstorms coming right now

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:41 PM (sMkB+)

55 At some point, the Grievance Conglomerate was always going to collapse in on itself like a star going supernova.

The damage will be immaculate.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 21, 2026 02:34 PM (AdHga)

And it's happening faster because the taxpayer dollars which had been being siphoned off to pay the head grifters has been stopped, for now.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 02:41 PM (ExV1e)

56 please keep Congresswoman Crockett's name out of your mouth," Talarico demanded on Sunday during a town hall in Houston.

Now he's cosplaying Will Smith standing up for Jada?

I guess he thinks this will finally get black people to vote for him.

Good luck on that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 02:41 PM (6ydKt)

57 The way Talarico said "keep Crockett's name out of your mouth" is only going to drive blacks away from him more then they are already
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:37 PM (sMkB+)
_______

I think the creep was trying to generate fake street cred by paraphrasing Will Smith when he smacked Chris Rock. It didn't work.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 02:42 PM (iFTx/)

58 I hate both of these mutants; one represents ghetto goblins who want free shit and will hurt people to get it, and the other represents gay supremacists who want endless public adulation for their lifestyle and will hurt people to get it.

Posted by: UGAdawg at July 21, 2026 02:42 PM (+T6zZ)

59 I think what passes for a good education and graduates from law school nowadays is generally a slovenly commie idiot.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 21, 2026 02:42 PM (nmw7B)

60 Will Smith is the blackest thing since sliced bread.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 02:42 PM (JWXSB)

61 >>> God does not have a sex. So, he's naturally not in that binary. However, He has chosen to portray Himself as Father and Son. So, He is gendered. God's non-binarality does not mean anything for humans who invented "non-binary" for people who usually do have a fixed sex.

Interesting take!

I have a supposed unorthodox take on the nature of the trilogy, because my religion doesn't follow the Nicene Creed. But then I also have my own unorthodox takes within my actual church doctrine about the trilogy.

I realize that, if I was running as a candidate, if I spew thede beliefs out in the public square as if I am God's gift, I should expect to get pushback for it. But to be fair, his takes on BBQ are more sacrilegious to Texans than his takes on God. I don't see him coming back from that.

Talarico doesn't realize that if one of Crockett's followers shivs him, she will not shed one tear for him. He denied the queen her entitled anointing, after all! Suicidal empathy strikes again.

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 02:43 PM (Eng1Z)

62 please keep Congresswoman Crockett's name out of your mouth," Talarico demanded on Sunday during a town hall in Houston.

***
That stupid and offensive saying is in my top 10 most hated sayings of the 2020s.

Posted by: LASue at July 21, 2026 02:43 PM (lCppi)

63 So he's standing up for her? That's sweet.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 02:43 PM (JWXSB)

64 That includes people like Van Jones.

Dishonest much?
Posted by: Vengeance at July

Van Jones just did a whole segment on how he is absolutely a progressive democrat but this is crazy. What was funny about it is he said this is the exact type of crazy that has “made the Republican Party a shell of its formal self” and he not about to let that happen to the Dems. Basically, he was saying the DSA is to the Dems what MAGA is to the Republicans. Well, what they think MAGA is. Though his premise is crazy, the points he made in it were not.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 02:44 PM (pZEOD)

65 @47 Ian S , if you look at the video on the night of the NYC Dem primaries it's almost exclusively young white woman screaming at Hakeem Jefferies " you're next"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:44 PM (sMkB+)

66 please keep Congresswoman Crockett's name out of your mouth," Talarico demanded on Sunday during a town hall in Houston.

***
That stupid and offensive saying is in my top 10 most hated sayings of the 2020s.
Posted by: LASue at July 21, 2026 02:43 PM (lCppi)
________

Yea, but Talacreepo is preoccupied with things going in and out of his mouth ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 02:44 PM (iFTx/)

67 Mario Cuomo was Queens borough president when I was a kid.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 02:44 PM (JvZF+)

68 "But I am getting tired of this whole BLM act"

It's so bad, even blacks have black fatigue. Imagine if white revcoms presumed to speak for whites generally, going around posturing about "White Power" when they mean Socialist Ruling Clique Power.

Well, I guess neo-nazis do that. So imagine if a political candidate couldn't hold a rally in any state where whites live (which is any state at all) without being harangued by loud, angry neo-nazis purporting to represent you and your interests. Just seeing the videos would be exhausting!

I actually feel kind of bad for the median black now. Still fatigued tho.

Posted by: SciVo at July 21, 2026 02:44 PM (Sy6m/)

69 Some Biblical scholars have suggested “Angels” may not appear as popularly portrayed.

They seem to always be prefaced with statements like “Be Not Afraid”. If instead they looked like hot blonde babes w/ wings, most single guys would really think their prayers have been answered, and warnings maybe not necessary, strictly speaking

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 02:44 PM (ukvlZ)

70 Talarico pisses off the blacks. Van Jones pisses off the DSA. Cuomo pisses on the DSA. Black president of Queens Borough says DSA is white supremacy.
To quote Flounder " oh boy , this is great"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:32 PM (sMkB+)

Pretty standard Meschevik-Bolshevik commie circle jerk. If they could easily murder each other (say they had Obama's Civilian defense force) they would.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 21, 2026 02:45 PM (zZu0s)

71 Talarico pledges $25 million for Black voter outreach at sometimes tense Houston town hall

The "outrage" against Talarico is manufactured by bad actors. They should be singled out and invited to continue to live with GOP rule. He's currently polling stronger with black voters than Beto and Allred were at this point in their respective races.

They want money. It's local black GOTV ops wrecking his events because he has raised tens of millions and they weren't being cut in.

This is the person that heckled him: Webber said “real Black folks” were going to sit the election out to teach “white moderates” a lesson about earning the support of Black voters.
She would prefer Paxton, win over Talarico trying to “instill your great white hope in my motherfucking people and watch you let us down." "I'm not fixing to let your white moderates win, because in 2028, we need to elect a new motherfucking president. And if you white moderates and you lowly ass fucking candidates like James Talarico keep pulling your shit, we’re going to end up with another Trump."

Calling Talarico moderate when Jasmine Crockett was their champion is insane work

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 21, 2026 02:45 PM (2qI1t)

72 Talarico should carry some hot sauce in his purse to show he totally relates to black folk.

Posted by: Ripley at July 21, 2026 02:45 PM (GUOwU)

73 A couple threads ago, somebody wondered where it turned from let's all try to be less bigoted to what we see here.

I said it's because of Critical Theory, because critical theory is Marxism, and a standard of Marxism is that institutions cannot be reformed.

Thus, it moved from tuning our behavior to whether or not we tolerated that institutions had not been razed to the ground and replaced.

And if you're comfortable with institutions continuing on, that made you NOT "anti-racist", and by an insufficiency to be "anti-racist", it made you racist.

So, it became less about improving behavior and more about Marxism and whether there could be reform and whether you personally were for the utter destruction of all systems that predate the Affirmative Action (the Democratic party being the CHIEF exception).

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 02:45 PM (Fi81e)

74 52 "uneducated moron Jasmine Crockett"

She's actually highly educated. Expensive private high school, college, and then Houston law school. The ghetto-rat act is just that: an act.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 02

And she code switches on a dime.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 02:46 PM (Dd38x)

75 and yet no "Democrats in Disarray" headlines from the communist propaganda media
Posted by: ace at July 21, 2026 02:33 PM (1wjle)

They have messaging discipline, so they don't have blackpilled headlines.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 21, 2026 02:46 PM (rbvCR)

76 52 "uneducated moron Jasmine Crockett"

She's actually highly educated. Expensive private high school, college, and then Houston law school.

Credentialed != educated.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 21, 2026 02:46 PM (CA2lo)

77 Elric The Blade: "She's actually highly educated. Expensive private high school, college, and then Houston law school. The ghetto-rat act is just that: an act."

Credentialed, not educated. That she always falls back to "racist" indicates a pretty high degree of ignorance and exploitation. If you can master grievance, you can disregard knowledge. But, yes, the street talk jive is pure act.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at July 21, 2026 02:46 PM (oji8u)

78 IT IS ABOUT THE ECONOMY STUPID !!!

Posted by: Paul at July 21, 2026 02:46 PM (DF+f1)

79 Need a laugh?

Emily Wilson, who penned the translation of Homer Nolan built his movie on, has said she is not satisfied with Nolan's film, that it misses the point, but still gives it a cautious recommendation.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 02:46 PM (2GVsD)

80 Basically, he was saying the DSA is to the Dems what MAGA is to the Republicans. Well, what they think MAGA is. Though his premise is crazy, the points he made in it were not.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 02:44 PM (pZEOD)

I've been trying to tell people that this is EXACTLY what they are going to say. The narrative is super obviously and has been telegraphed all the way down the pike.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 02:46 PM (JWXSB)

81 Man are the Republicans going to pounce on this story!

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at July 21, 2026 02:39 PM (oji8u)
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I seized up.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 02:47 PM (Fi81e)

82 super obvious

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 02:47 PM (JWXSB)

83 What exactly does "racial appeasement" mean? Does that mean give me all kinds of free stuff?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 21, 2026 02:47 PM (0N4FZ)

84 Standing in my backyard. Just watched 8 navy seals skydive into the Cheyenne Frontier Days arena. Now the F-16s should be along any minute. Very cool stuff

Posted by: 496 at July 21, 2026 02:47 PM (ll6yQ)

85 Jasmine Crockett is a credentialed cretin.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 02:47 PM (2GVsD)

86 They want money. It's local black GOTV ops wrecking his events because he has raised tens of millions and they weren't being cut in.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 21, 2026 02:45 PM (2qI1t)
________________

Even the mutants on Reddit get it right every once in a blue moon. Talacreepo can end the heckling in 30 minutes ... by writing these slimy grifters a fat check.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)

87 Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 02:46 PM (2GVsD)

All the Left want to do is own you.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 02:47 PM (JWXSB)

88 Though his premise is crazy, the points he made in it were not.
——

Revisionist! He’s finding out no backsliding is allowed in the progressive socialist revolutionary movement.

If this were the Soviet Union he’d have been packed off to a labor camp years ago, if not shot in the back of the head. Get your mind right, Comrade

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 02:48 PM (ukvlZ)

89 Racist race raced by racists who race. A rat writ writ for a rat.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 21, 2026 02:48 PM (Cqx++)

90 Wouldn't it be fun if an outfit began running ads on TV telling blacks all that Saint Jazmine is throwing out there? I mean, make sure that the message gets out! Talarico is a raciss! The whole Democrat Party is raciss!

Don't chu be votin for a bunch of racissis!

Posted by: Brewingfrog at July 21, 2026 02:48 PM (F39Sf)

91 51 Bald headed knob polisher Karl Rove had an oped in which he basically said Republicans are incompetent and doing nothing, the president is unpopular but Democrats are killing themselves with this crap.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 21, 2026 02:40 PM (nmw7B)

=================

There are a LOT of people, in the media and elsewhere, who keep being wrong over and over in spectacular fashion. These people expect to be taken seriously without even acknowledging how utterly wrong they were recently.

Posted by: God's Honest Truth at July 21, 2026 02:48 PM (FTLtd)

92 In the same breath, Talarico said, “[Trans children] are perfect, beautiful, & they are sacred.”

Perfect, beautiful, and sacred?

Like a Vestal Virgin, or something?

This guy has been kissing ass for so long he's now just reaching in a bag of adjectives and throwing random sentences together for votes.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 02:48 PM (6ydKt)

93 Jasmine Crockett code switches, depending upon her audience. She's middle-class and educated, pretending to be a hoodrat. Kinda makes her worse than a true hoodrat to my thinking.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 21, 2026 02:49 PM (rJ48h)

94 I saw the Credentialed Cretins open for There Goes the Neighborhood at Winterland in ‘77

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 02:49 PM (ukvlZ)

95 Ronald Reagan on Karl Rove, "everything he knows is wrong."

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 02:49 PM (2GVsD)

96 Van Jones supports all this crap. He just supports the slow road and step by step subversion process. He basically frames the extremists as people who are moving too fast on the plan. Make no mistake this is what almost all Democrats support. They simply vary on execution.

Framing MAGA as extreme doesn’t even withstand the most pedestrian scrutiny. The agenda is popular and was reflected in the voting. Contrast that against what the Democrats are preaching and you will find very substantial, material, factual differences.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 21, 2026 02:49 PM (nmw7B)

97
Van Jones just did a whole segment on how he is absolutely a progressive democrat but this is crazy. What was funny about it is he said this is the exact type of crazy that has “made the Republican Party a shell of its formal self” and he not about to let that happen to the Dems. Basically, he was saying the DSA is to the Dems what MAGA is to the Republicans. Well, what they think MAGA is. Though his premise is crazy, the points he made in it were not.
Posted by: Piper

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Another thing, as we were saying yesterday, is that Van Jones considers all this UNEXPECTED. Where did these crazy ideas come from? This is not the natural consequence of the progressivism that I know! Is this the reaction to MAGA? (By george, maybe we do have another thing to blame on Trump...)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 02:49 PM (mmrXZ)

98 That she always falls back to "racist" indicates a pretty high degree of ignorance and exploitation.

Ackshully, always falling back to 'racist' demonstrates a full understanding of who her most loyal voter base is. Certainly, it's exploitation, but it isn't ignorance. Also, for those of you not from Texas, her race played a big part in her losing the Dem primary.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 02:50 PM (ExV1e)

99 79 Need a laugh?

Emily Wilson, who penned the translation of Homer Nolan built his movie on, has said she is not satisfied with Nolan's film, that it misses the point, but still gives it a cautious recommendation.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 02:46 PM (2GVsD)

Well, she obviously believes a woman could have done a better job.

Namely a woman named Emily Wilson.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 02:50 PM (6ydKt)

100 Another weird local story just popped up on my news feed. A guy hiking in the Catskills in Lexington ny about 40 m nw of me called forest rangers and requested help because he thought he was being tracked by a mountain lion . He was either 1) tripping 2) got the wrong animal ie a bobcat or 3) another anecdotal evidence that there are mountain lions back around here

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:50 PM (sMkB+)

101 Credentialed != educated.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 21, 2026 02:46 PM (CA2lo)

Credentialed =/= educated?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 21, 2026 02:50 PM (zZu0s)

102 92 In the same breath, Talarico said, “[Trans children] are perfect, beautiful, & they are sacred.”

Perfect, beautiful, and sacred?

Like a Vestal Virgin, or something?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 02:48 PM (6ydKt)

How do you explain that creature up in Maine running for Senate?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 21, 2026 02:50 PM (N39Ws)

103 What exactly does "racial appeasement" mean? Does that mean give me all kinds of free stuff?
Posted by: Mister Scott

Money.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 21, 2026 02:51 PM (601KG)

104 Now he's cosplaying Will Smith standing up for Jada?

I guess he thinks this will finally get black people to vote for him.

How did that play for Smith with blacks? Because it got him roundly mocked by everyone else.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 21, 2026 02:51 PM (AWgM+)

105 85 Jasmine Crockett is a credentialed cretin.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 02:47 PM (2GVsD)

Yasss KWEEN!

Posted by: Sheila Jackson Lee (Yale, 1972) at July 21, 2026 02:51 PM (gKWVE)

106 Getting breezy outside as TS Bertha is now due south of my coastal location. All the fronds that I trimmed off my sabal palms the other day and neatly piled up near the urb for pick up are being scattered everywhere.

I just checked in with Weather Channel. I'm probably going to die.

And to whomever asks first, yes, you can have my stuff.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 02:51 PM (J4Dwc)

107 Talarico speaks of the holy sacrament of the schlongectomy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:52 PM (sMkB+)

108 >>> Webber said “real Black folks” were going to sit the election out to teach “white moderates” a lesson about earning the support of Black voters.

You know what's sad? I agree with him. The dems take blacks for granted, and have for decades. But as much as dems need blacks as a voting bloc, blacks are no longer the sexy mama. Its illegals and hispanics and southeast asians/muslims now. With white woke nepo bolshevik DSAs trying to rule them all into communism.

Blacks should have pushed back against this all long ago.

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 02:52 PM (Eng1Z)

109 The way Talarico said "keep Crockett's name out of your mouth" is only going to drive blacks away from him more then they are already
Posted by: Smell the Glove

He should've punched Chris Rock in the mouth at the same time to give him some street cred.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 21, 2026 02:53 PM (w9Wax)

110
Texas Democrat James Talarico appears to have a black voter problem.



Actually he has a "voluntarily takes it up the squeekhole" problem

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 21, 2026 02:53 PM (y9nCu)

111 Emily Wilson, who penned the translation of Homer Nolan built his movie on, has said she is not satisfied with Nolan's film, that it misses the point, but still gives it a cautious recommendation.

She thinks Helen of Troy should've looked more like her, probably. Woke women *always* have an obvious author insert. Usually an obnoxious "girlboss" who upstages the man she don't need none of because bicycling fish.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 02:53 PM (2ocoG)

112 Good thing the Blue Angels already did their Meet the Blues at Pensacola or Bertha might be ruining the fun.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 02:53 PM (2GVsD)

113 Credentialed != educated.
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Credentialed =/= educated?

Depends on whether or not you have unicode. Which technically we do here but I didn't care enough to look it up.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 21, 2026 02:54 PM (AWgM+)

114 It's good to see them eat each other, now if we can get rid of Thune and his CoC buddies.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 21, 2026 02:54 PM (Q/FnY)

115 are trans kids perfect before or after the surgeries, Mr Talarico?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 21, 2026 02:54 PM (rbvCR)

116 Trans kids are like Vegan cats.

Someone else made them that way for their own ends.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 02:54 PM (sKqQm)

117 It's hilarious because the entirety of the Democrat Party is fake and gay.

Jasmine Ratchet is as ghetto as Elizabeth Warren is Native American, which is to say not at all. Ratchet grew up upper-middle class and went to private school. She put on the Hoodrat Skinsuit when she decided it would be politically advantageous, just like Liz decided her Papaw's high cheekbones might get her a faculty spot at a university.

Then there's Talafreako, who definitely knows what dick tastes like.

Posted by: ballistic at July 21, 2026 02:55 PM (oqH4h)

118 Talarico speaks of the holy sacrament of the schlongectomy

Talarico should keep in mind the last time schlongectomies were popular with insular elites who wanted to do them to children, the childrens' parents voted for a failed painter.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 02:55 PM (2ocoG)

119 I said it's because of Critical Theory, because critical theory is Marxism, and a standard of Marxism is that institutions cannot be reformed.
——-

Were they lying back then, or are they lying now?

At best, they are now unintentionally making those old school southern Democrat segregationists look like genius. Everybody owes Bull Connor and Orval Faubus a deep apology, apparently.

Is that the message they really want to convey?? It’s too weird to contemplate, but they make these questions inevitable, because they are so profoundly stupid.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 02:55 PM (ukvlZ)

120 Another thing, as we were saying yesterday, is that Van Jones considers all this UNEXPECTED. Where did these crazy ideas come from? This is not the natural consequence of the progressivism that I know! Is this the reaction to MAGA? (By george, maybe we do have another thing to blame on Trump...)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I think that is because Van Jones, and those like him, live in a bubble and actually believe their spin on things to be true. This is fringe, that fire is a peaceful protest, he didn’t storm a church, he was doing journalism, truth to power, etc etc.until oops, oh no, like cockroaches they are now everywhere!

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 02:55 PM (Dd38x)

121 If trans kids are perfect, why do they need a bunch of drugs and extensive surgeries?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 21, 2026 02:55 PM (zZu0s)

122 Van Jones supports all this crap. He just supports the slow road and step by step subversion process. He basically frames the extremists as people who are moving too fast on the plan. Make no mistake this is what almost all Democrats support. They simply vary on execution.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 21, 2026 02:49 PM

This, Van Jones agrees with the policies of the DSA as does every Democrat but they keep saying the quiet part out loud and we can't have the normies hearing these things.

Posted by: CaliGirl at July 21, 2026 02:55 PM (i9SW2)

123 There is a term for using children to gain sympathy, Munchausen by Proxy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 02:55 PM (2GVsD)

124 So many blacks are bound and determined to prove the stereotype.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 21, 2026 02:55 PM (3cUTc)

125 Another weird local story just popped up on my news feed. A guy hiking in the Catskills in Lexington ny about 40 m nw of me called forest rangers and requested help because he thought he was being tracked by a mountain lion . He was either 1) tripping 2) got the wrong animal ie a bobcat or 3) another anecdotal evidence that there are mountain lions back around here
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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2nd Dylan reference today, same tune:

"Outside, in the distance
A wildcat did growl..."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2026 02:55 PM (XeU6L)

126 They are not trying to paint MAGA as extreme. They are trying to leverage the thing Trump took 10 years to build and claim it for themselves.

It's Democrat MAGA! I guess we can't stop it!!!

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 02:56 PM (JWXSB)

127 Emily Wilson has serious RBF plus many tats. Not surprised

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:56 PM (sMkB+)

128 "uneducated moron Jasmine Crockett"

She's actually highly educated. Expensive private high school, college, and then Houston law school. The ghetto-rat act is just that: an act.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 02

And she code switches on a dime.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 02:46 PM (Dd38x)
________

Yea. You can see it in real time when she announced for statewide office and even in the clips where she's claiming the TX democrap party shivved her (and btw, I'm not sure she's wrong).

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 02:56 PM (iFTx/)

129 112 Good thing the Blue Angels already did their Meet the Blues at Pensacola or Bertha might be ruining the fun.
Posted by: Anna Puma

I was just looking at live weather of the Pensacola area.

www.ventusky.com/

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 21, 2026 02:57 PM (Q/FnY)

130 Logically, you can't get from a not ("God is not binary") to a positive statement: "Trans kids" are blessed.


So even if you accept the first statement, you need assisting statements to entail the next statement.

The Lord says "My thoughts are not your thoughts". Okay, where does that leave us when taken all by itself. Does that mean we cannot think the Lord's thoughts? Does that mean there is or is not an overlap?

Negative statements are by their nature limited. So, there is nothing specifically that can be concluded from God's lack of genitals (outside of Jesus, it should be noted).

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 02:57 PM (Fi81e)

131 My house just shook from a thunderclap

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:57 PM (sMkB+)

132
Need a laugh?

Emily Wilson, who penned the translation of Homer Nolan built his movie on, has said she is not satisfied with Nolan's film, that it misses the point, but still gives it a cautious recommendation.

Posted by: Anna Puma

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She might mean it. I read the review at Tablet and it summed it up as great movie-making, but it's simply not The Odyssey. It's not the story of a hero, but more of that lib-style new "man" who compromises and wimps out all the way to the end, which is another wimp-out. It could be that Emily Wilson, despite her weird ground-level interpretation, understands that Homer's epic is a different story from the one Nolan tells.

I'm gonna skip it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 02:57 PM (mmrXZ)

133 This, Van Jones agrees with the policies of the DSA as does every Democrat but they keep saying the quiet part out loud and we can't have the normies hearing these things.

I have a more nuanced take: they agree with the policies, but they only care about them inasmuch as they can get money and power advocating for them. Actual implementation is beside the point. Whereas the DSA types are actually serious about this stuff.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 02:58 PM (2ocoG)

134 Bald headed knob polisher Karl Rove had an oped in which he basically said Republicans are incompetent and doing nothing, the president is unpopular but Democrats are killing themselves with this crap.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 21, 2026 02:40 PM (nmw7B)

If you claim to be my supporter, if you claim to be a part of this movement that we are building, please keep Karl Rove's name out of your mouth.

Please clap.

Posted by: Jeb! at July 21, 2026 02:58 PM (F1rMs)

135 The best way to cure your racism is to watch police body cams...you realize you are not a racist pretty quick.

Posted by: connected and litigious at July 21, 2026 02:59 PM (cS1cw)

136 Holy crap. I’m looking at the Tate Brothers arrest pictures. I sure hope they get to change before their extradition hearing. Those clothes don’t exactly scream “I’m not a pimp”. To the contrary, it looks like they mugged Huggy Bear.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 21, 2026 02:59 PM (iETvL)

137 The Left knows what DSA are. And they know what they themselves are. You think the people behind Obama just want "a little bit" of communism?

America is the brass ring for these motherfuckers. The DSA is a tool to get there

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 02:59 PM (JWXSB)

138 I just checked in with Weather Channel. I'm probably going to die.

And to whomever asks first, yes, you can have my stuff.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026

Getting windy here, too. Wondering if I should put the chairs by the pool up. They are heavy as heck, and it’s just a tropical storm, but I am by myself this week and not really thinking pulling chairs out of the pool sounds fun.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 02:59 PM (Dd38x)

139 From my understanding, Emily is annoyed that Penelope's role got downsized.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 02:59 PM (2GVsD)

140 > Van Jones pisses off the DSA.

Wait: isn't Jones himself a communist?

Then again, the history of communism is rife with rival bands of commies offing each other. Trotsky, I'm looking in your direction.

It's like Sunnis and Shiites.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 03:00 PM (IG3/x)

141 Bertha via Earthwinds:

https://tinyurl.com/bdy2733f

Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 03:00 PM (J4Dwc)

142 Is this the reaction to MAGA? (By george, maybe we do have another thing to blame on Trump...)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I think that is because Van Jones, and those like him, live in a bubble and actually believe their spin on things to be true. This is fringe, that fire is a peaceful protest, he didn’t storm a church, he was doing journalism, truth to power, etc etc.until oops, oh no, like cockroaches they are now everywhere!

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 02:55 PM (Dd38x)


Van Jones got less and less radical in the same proportion as his paychecks getting larger and larger.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 03:00 PM (6ydKt)

143 If trans kids are perfect, why do they need a bunch of drugs and extensive surgeries?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 21, 2026 02:55 PM (zZu0s)
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Lacking is the new perfect.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:00 PM (Fi81e)

144 As noted, while it's a lot of fun to watch the Democrats be tortured by the monster babies they incubated and grew, the reality is, Dems are just the easiest, first target:

The DEI and DSA mean to destroy America.
And all of them absolutely will be in full control of the next Democrat Administration.

Crockett's message of "kill Austin Metcalf for touching a black" is really a South African-approved "kill whites where ever you find them."
That is what she and hers want to bring to America.
Demonic, untethered hatred and death.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 21, 2026 03:00 PM (3cUTc)

145 > Holy crap. I’m looking at the Tate Brothers

Those bois swish so hard that the Krassenstein Brothers have advised them to turn down the flame level a bit.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 03:01 PM (IG3/x)

146 >>> Basically, he was saying the DSA is to the Dems what MAGA is to the Republicans.

This only works if DSA is doing what MAGA did...appealing to the forgotten men and women of America, aka the blue collar workers and lower middle class that keep things humming. JFK democrats. The Dems instead threw over this huge voting bloc for cheap illegal labor, and is advancing tech jobs that are replacing them.

If DSA is truly like MAGA, it will try to get back its blue collar workers. But those workers don't want communism, they just want a fair shake. DSA is for screechy woke nepo red diaper babies force fed Critical Race Theory in college, that want to blow up the Constitution, and already have a huge, loud voice.

DSA will never appeal to blue collar workers, MAGA does. DSA and MAGA are NOT The same.

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 03:02 PM (Eng1Z)

147 93 Jasmine Crockett code switches, depending upon her audience. She's middle-class and educated, pretending to be a hoodrat. Kinda makes her worse than a true hoodrat to my thinking.
Posted by: mr tmz

THAT'S THE AUTHENTIC BLACK EXPERIENCE IN AMERIKKKA!! Code-switching is how BIPOC people must navigate in a white-spremacist world. It's authentic, beautiful, and the white man's fault!

Posted by: Lefty Race Hustling Apologist at July 21, 2026 03:02 PM (2qI1t)

148 And I swear Stumblin’ In, Our Love Is Alive on the overhead.

Posted by: Eromero at July 21, 2026 03:03 PM (vm3gl)

149 Speaking of South Africa

Pretoria is cutting off 14 billion Rand ( $1 billion US ) to municipalities due to fraud.

Cynical South Africans are saying it is because Pretoria has already looted the money.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:03 PM (2GVsD)

150 Wait...there's another 'Bertha'. Hell, I remember the last one. I wonder if they just recycle the name list.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2026 03:03 PM (XeU6L)

151 I'm not fooled or particularly heartened by the little Talarico/Crockett spat.

By general election day, Talarico & Crockett will be 2 hearts that beat as one.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 03:03 PM (RCjYY)

152 Wait: isn't Jones himself a communist?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 03:00 PM (IG3/x)
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Nothing about Marxism, especially pre-DtoP, entails defunding the police.

I don't think he wants to move immediately from here to communes (which is what "communism" *means*: communes). And follows Marx that a Dictatorship (In The Name) Of The Proletariat is necessary as a purging ground first.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:03 PM (Fi81e)

153 I saw a clip supposedly from the Odyssey.

It had heavily armored giants chasing a group of Greek Hoplites led by MATT DAMON!

Now, if these are supposed to be the Cyclopes their helmets have a structure for two eyes and a nose guard...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 03:03 PM (sKqQm)

154
Whereas the DSA types are actually serious about this stuff.
Posted by: Ian S.

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I don't know whom to fear more, the Clinton-style grifters who have no dedication to the ideology but simply use it to get rich, or the true believers who are willing to live in grime while they send out kill orders.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 03:03 PM (mmrXZ)

155 James Talarico is supported by the Texas AFL-CIO, American Federal of Government Employees (AFGE); Actors' Equity Association, The Service Employees International Union (SEIU). None of those unions are specifically designated as Black unions, but they all represent highly diverse memberships that include substantial numbers of Black workers.

Something is being played out very theatrically.

The AFGE and Actors' Equity Association simply don't care for Trump and will back anyone but...

Crockett had the SEIU Texas, and Talarico secured the Texas AFL-CIO for the general election ticket. There are several union-backed civil rights groups in TX & they bridge a gap to protect marginalized workers within the Texas AFL-CIO Constituency Groups.

Suddenly, on 7/19, Talarico was reported to have directly confronted his own base during a town hall in Houston. Addressing a primarily Black audience, he issued a viral rebuke:

"If you claim to be my supporter, if you claim to be a part of this movement that we are building, please keep Congressman Crockett's name out of your mouth,"
and demanded Crockett be shown "the utmost respect," acknowledging her immense leadership.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 21, 2026 03:04 PM (NFX2v)

156 Mike Hammer

Yes they cycle through a list of names. A name is only retired when it's something like Camille or Katrina.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:04 PM (2GVsD)

157 150 Wait...there's another 'Bertha'. Hell, I remember the last one. I wonder if they just recycle the name list.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2026 03:03 PM (XeU6L)

They do.
They delete names of storms that had major impacts, so those don't get reused, but every 14 years (I think?) the list is recycled.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 03:04 PM (6ydKt)

158 ...out of your mouth

Will Smith should launched into the Sun for making this part of the pop culture lexicon.

Posted by: Halfhand at July 21, 2026 03:05 PM (Ysav4)

159 Ah:

Search Assist
Hurricane names are assigned from pre-approved lists maintained by the World Meteorological Organization to simplify communication and reduce confusion during active storms. In the North Atlantic basin, the National Hurricane Center assigns names from six rotating lists, recycling them every six years unless a storm is particularly destructive, in which case its name is retired.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2026 03:05 PM (XeU6L)

160 Getting windy here, too. Wondering if I should put the chairs by the pool up. They are heavy as heck, and it’s just a tropical storm, but I am by myself this week and not really thinking pulling chairs out of the pool sounds fun.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 02:59 PM (Dd38x)

You could just toss them in the pool to start with. That way they won't blow away and you won't clutter up the inside of your house stowing outside furniture.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 21, 2026 03:05 PM (rbvCR)

161
Van Jones supports all this crap. He just supports the slow road and step by step subversion process. He basically frames the extremists as people who are moving too fast on the plan. Make no mistake this is what almost all Democrats support. They simply vary on execution.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 21, 2026 02:49 PM



Same conflict back in the 60s between Mao and Che Guevara. Mao took the long view, and knew that it would take decades to achieve a socialist victory. So he warned against trying to go too fast.

Che the Idiot was largely Maoist, except for the velocity of the revolution. Total lack of patience, so he came up with his own version of Maoist thought that he called Focoism, which basically held that violence against the reactionaries would inspire the proletariat to support the revolution. Never mind that it would also inspire the powers-that-be to crush the revolution like a bug, before the revolutionaries could gather enough strength to effectively resist.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 21, 2026 03:05 PM (y9nCu)

162 There is no "I" in team, but there is definitely an "I" in DEI.

It's hidden in the "A" hole...

https://tinyurl.com/25ew72n2

Posted by: Zombie Paul Rubens at July 21, 2026 03:05 PM (l3cgK)

163 Speaking of the Tate brothers, for s&g I looked them up. Holy shit, these guys are gayer than James Talacreepo. The way they dress, the way they act, the things they have said.

One of them said it was better to fuck a "hot" tranny than an average (real) woman. No straight guy ever had such a thought enter his mind, let alone say it publicly.

They have definitely sucked dick. They are so weird and creepy the only question is whether they sucked each other's dick.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 03:05 PM (iFTx/)

164 > Speaking of South Africa

Pretoria is cutting off 14 billion Rand ( $1 billion US ) to municipalities due to fraud.

I think we can learn from Pretoria.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 21, 2026 03:05 PM (rJ48h)

165 I'm not fooled or particularly heartened by the little Talarico/Crockett spat.

By general election day, Talarico & Crockett will be 2 hearts that beat as one.

Posted by: mnw


Hand them both knives and we could get lucky and only have one heartbeat.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 03:05 PM (AFtz5)

166 If Jasmine was savvy, she would somehow marry Talarico.

Go full Bill and Hill.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:06 PM (2GVsD)

167 Anna - Thanks. Now to look up the list of 'approved names'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2026 03:06 PM (XeU6L)

168 DSA will never appeal to blue collar workers, MAGA does. DSA and MAGA are NOT The same.

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 03:02 PM (Eng1Z) .

Trump took the working class right out from under Democrats. They want it back - narratively - and pitting a bunch of young racist idiots against the "elite" is their way to going back to representing the "little guy" with Trump and Vance and MAGA and friends as the elite.

Why do I see this stuff so clearly?

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 03:06 PM (JWXSB)

169 METAR KNPA 211756Z 05015G28KT 10SM -RA BKN032 BKN046 BKN070 OVC280 28/24 A2975 RMK AO2 PK WND 06035

*****

Winds out of the northeast at 15 kts gusting to 28 kts. Peak gust so far is 35 kts.

They close the bridges here when winds reach 39 kts.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 03:06 PM (J4Dwc)

170 151 I'm not fooled or particularly heartened by the little Talarico/Crockett spat.

By general election day, Talarico & Crockett will be 2 hearts that beat as one.

Posted by: mnw

This

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 21, 2026 03:06 PM (NFX2v)

171 I’m looking at the Tate Brothers arrest pictures. I sure hope they get to change before their extradition hearing. Those clothes don’t exactly scream “I’m not a pimp”. To the contrary, it looks like they mugged Huggy Bear.
Posted by: Vengeance

I mean, more gay flamboyant than pimp, right? https://tinyurl.com/42scvzbb

It's not like the pimp from Dirty Harry, with a fuzzy purple hat and coat, in a literally pimped-out car. Maybe pimps have changed since the 70s?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 21, 2026 03:06 PM (2qI1t)

172 Speaking of the Tate brothers, for s&g I looked them up. Holy shit, these guys are gayer than James Talacreepo. The way they dress, the way they act, the things they have said.


Not sure which one it was, but one of them was arrested while wearing capri pants.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 03:07 PM (AFtz5)

173 off sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 03:07 PM (l3cgK)

174 DSA will never appeal to blue collar workers, MAGA does. DSA and MAGA are NOT The same.

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 03:02 PM (Eng1Z)
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There is no equivalent, in MAGA to

1. Abolish the presidency
2. Abolish the Supreme Court
3. Abolish the Senate
4. Congress (only the House) elects a sort of Prime Minister.

There is no equivalent to "We must remake the entire structure of government to purist idea of democracy". In fact, there is no remaking government at all.

We just want the swamp drained, i.e. the corruption that should not be an official part of government, and is only "Constitutional" in the heads of certain ideologue judges.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:07 PM (Fi81e)

175 When Van Jones and James Carville are your last voices of reason, you definitely have a problem.

Posted by: Ripley at July 21, 2026 03:07 PM (GUOwU)

176 > The ghetto-rat act is just that: an act.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 02

Dems have long been famous for this.

Even Skankles (who was born and raised in Chicago) puts on a southern accent when she's in the South.

Then there's Illinois Senator For Life Dick "Dick" Durbin, who was born in East Saint Louis, went to Georgetown, and has never owned or even worked on a farm. Come campaign season, though, his ads regularly show him standing in a corn field in a pair of overalls.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 03:07 PM (IG3/x)

177 145 > Holy crap. I’m looking at the Tate Brothers

Those bois swish so hard that the Krassenstein Brothers have advised them to turn down the flame level a bit.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 03:01 PM

Why are they wearing ladies trousers? It looks gay.

Posted by: CaliGirl at July 21, 2026 03:07 PM (i9SW2)

178 The Cray brothers vs the Tate brothers?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:08 PM (2GVsD)

179 Union endorsements are usually the leadership. The rank and file frequently vote differently

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 03:08 PM (sMkB+)

180 You could just toss them in the pool to start with. That way they won't blow away and you won't clutter up the inside of your house stowing outside furniture.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 21, 2026 03:05 PM (rbvCR)

That's what they do at hotels around here.

Bertha is only supposed to hit with winds of 40 - 50 mph.

This is going to be more of picking up yard debris than anything else for people on the gulf.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 03:08 PM (6ydKt)

181 Yesterday I think the consensus was the Tate brothers were wearing Capri pants for men.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:08 PM (2GVsD)

182 "I mean, more gay flamboyant than pimp, right? https://tinyurl.com/42scvzbb
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar"


That looks like a picture from a Biden staff meeting.

Posted by: Ripley at July 21, 2026 03:09 PM (GUOwU)

183 One of them said it was better to fuck a "hot" tranny than an average (real) woman. No straight guy ever had such a thought enter his mind, let alone say it publicly.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 03:05 PM (iFTx/)
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I brought Andrew saying that up last night. Yeah, that's gay-y.

What's even worse is that he would not accept the "simps" who said that a real girl was better than the "hottest tranny".

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:09 PM (Fi81e)

184 >The Cray brothers vs the Tate brothers?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:08 PM (2GVsD)


That would be over before it started.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 21, 2026 03:10 PM (rJ48h)

185 > please keep Congressman Crockett's name out of your mouth,"

How about if instead I promise to keep my dick out of her mouth?

Because I'm perfectly fine with never going there.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 03:10 PM (IG3/x)

186 150 Wait...there's another 'Bertha'. Hell, I remember the last one. I wonder if they just recycle the name list.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2026 03:03 PM (XeU6L
I think that was a Bertha that hit Myrtle Beach/Pawleys Island whe I was a kid.

Posted by: Eromero at July 21, 2026 03:10 PM (vm3gl)

187 So he's standing up for her? That's sweet.
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 02:43 PM (JWXSB)


He will let any person of any size, shape, color or gender use their own or don the strap-on and enter his butt.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:10 PM (2YhKe)

188 181 Yesterday I think the consensus was the Tate brothers were wearing Capri pants for men.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:08 PM (2GVsD)

And the shoes on Andrew could've passed for ballet slippers.

He was only missing the tutu.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 03:10 PM (6ydKt)

189
Why are they wearing ladies trousers? It looks gay.
Posted by: CaliGirl at July 21, 2026 03:07 PM (i9SW2)


Because they're equal opportunity poofters, just like Talarico.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:11 PM (2YhKe)

190 Not sure which one it was, but one of them was arrested while wearing capri pants.

From the pics I saw they both were. If there's anything gayer than a dude wearing capris, it's two dudes wearing matching capris.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 21, 2026 03:11 PM (AWgM+)

191 "There is no "I" in team."

But there is, "Me."

Posted by: RS at July 21, 2026 03:12 PM (GYx3d)

192 >>> If Jasmine was savvy, she would somehow marry Talarico. Go full Bill and Hill.

To be fair to her, Jasmine strikes me as someone who would NOT go for a lavender marriage. She wants the D. And I presume a large bank account.

She went on a show and said she likes them older, bald, and bearded (facial, not lavender.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrG6Q9V8yEs

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 03:12 PM (Eng1Z)

193 What's even worse is that he would not accept the "simps" who said that a real girl was better than the "hottest tranny".

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:09 PM (Fi81e)

He's probably spent a lot of time in Brazil and came back convinced after a few good peggings.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 03:12 PM (6ydKt)

194 Yesterday I think the consensus was the Tate brothers were wearing Capri pants for men.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:08 PM (2GVsD)


Um.....we used to call those high waters, or 'goin' clammin.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:12 PM (2YhKe)

195 112 Good thing the Blue Angels already did their Meet the Blues at Pensacola or Bertha might be ruining the fun.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 02:53 PM (2GVsD)
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Unfortunately, the only flyby was a C130. Not quite the same impact as yesterday's.

Posted by: 496 at July 21, 2026 03:12 PM (EL1H9)

196 Yesterday I think the consensus was the Tate brothers were wearing Capri pants for men.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:08 PM (2GVsD)
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They had laid their European Carryalls FOR MEN aside before the picture, most likely.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:12 PM (Fi81e)

197 Yesterday I think the consensus was the Tate brothers were wearing Capri pants for men.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:08 PM (2GVsD)

That was not a good look matched with the women's black leather slippers and the purple blouse open to the waist.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 21, 2026 03:13 PM (rbvCR)

198 Submitted without comment

goes to Fox

https://tinyurl.com/ydv8vuue

I dare you

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 03:13 PM (ZxPkt)

199 Capri pants for men? There's no such thing. That's gay as hell.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 03:13 PM (AFtz5)

200 And the shoes on Andrew could've passed for ballet slippers.

He was only missing the tutu.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Only the alphaest of Chads would dare wear ballet slippers in public. -Andrew Tate, probably

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 21, 2026 03:13 PM (2qI1t)

201 Bertha don't you come around here anymore.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 21, 2026 03:13 PM (rJ48h)

202 Yesterday I think the consensus was the Tate brothers were wearing Capri pants for men.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:08 PM (2GVsD)

By the way, my wife buys those because she is very very short, and they are the only trousers she can get that she won't have to hem up.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 21, 2026 03:14 PM (rbvCR)

203 .
Jazz men with you mambo lips SheBoonDuh.

Posted by: Marooned at July 21, 2026 03:14 PM (kt8QE)

204 Could be worse.

They could have been wearing matching J Crew Messenger Bags.

Posted by: garrett at July 21, 2026 03:14 PM (uzmqU)

205 Bertha don't you come around here anymore.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 21, 2026 03:13 PM (rJ48h)



Lyrics in Zombie Tom Petty's trashcan.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:15 PM (2YhKe)

206 Well, they won't retire the name Sally, but she pretty much destroyed my house. Right in the middle of the COVID scam, too.

Good times, good times...

Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 03:15 PM (J4Dwc)

207 It's not like the pimp from Dirty Harry, with a fuzzy purple hat and coat, in a literally pimped-out car. Maybe pimps have changed since the 70s?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 21, 2026 03:06 PM (2qI1t)

Hah! Remember ... Rosie (played by TC from Magnum PI) in McQ with John Wayne? Like that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 21, 2026 03:15 PM (zZu0s)

208 Good thing the Blue Angels already did their Meet the Blues at Pensacola or Bertha might be ruining the fun.

Posted by: Anna Puma


Unfortunately, the only flyby was a C130. Not quite the same impact as yesterday's.
Posted by: 496



That's like Rosie O'Donnell following Sydney Sweeny.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 03:15 PM (AFtz5)

209
They could have been wearing matching J Crew Messenger Bags.
Posted by: garrett at July 21, 2026 03:14 PM (uzmqU)


But, they do control each other's bluetooth buttplugs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:15 PM (2YhKe)

210 She's looking for a payoff. I cite the Blagojevich Rule.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 21, 2026 03:15 PM (w/O5Q)

211 Rosie O'Dumbo is moving back to the US from Ireland.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:15 PM (2GVsD)

212 And the shoes on Andrew could've passed for ballet slippers.
---
They look kind of like the "natural" loafers I have, which provides a minimum barrier between your feet and the ground. Mainly protection from gravel and sharp rocks.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:15 PM (Fi81e)

213 @198 apparently they tased him later. Wish I saw that

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 03:16 PM (sMkB+)

214 https://tinyurl.com/ydv8vuue

I dare you

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 03:13 PM (ZxPkt)

Ace posted that somewhere yesterday.

That's one of Talrico's perfect, beautiful and sacred people.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 03:16 PM (6ydKt)

215 It's not like the pimp from Dirty Harry, with a fuzzy purple hat and coat, in a literally pimped-out car. Maybe pimps have changed since the 70s?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar


Huggy Bear!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 03:16 PM (AFtz5)

216 The "Little Man Tate" outfit in question:

https://tinyurl.com/mu6uu98a

Besides the capri pants and those...shoes, apparently his shirt has been identified as coming from the women's blouse section of ASDA, a British store.



Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 03:16 PM (IG3/x)

217 >Capri pants for men? There's no such thing. That's gay as hell.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 03:13 PM (AFtz5)


Fuck you!

Posted by: Mike McDaniel at July 21, 2026 03:16 PM (rJ48h)

218 I'm not fooled or particularly heartened by the little Talarico/Crockett spat.

By general election day, Talarico & Crockett will be 2 hearts that beat as one.

Posted by: mnw


crockett has told all of the blacks in Texas to not vote for talerico because racist. If they follow her advice he will lose by double digits. And I suspect that is what is going to happen.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 21, 2026 03:16 PM (0N4FZ)

219 Rosie O'Dumbo is moving back to the US from Ireland.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:15 PM (2GVsD)
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I'm going to consider that a breach of contract.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:16 PM (Fi81e)

220 176

The real DEM voice of reason is Fetterman, and he's acting like he's gonna switch.

I believe him when he says he may drop the big D behind his name, if only because he couldn't win a DEM primary in PA now if his only opponent was Jack the Ripper.

The PA GOP voters like him. The DEMs hate his guts. Fetterman isn't up until '28, so there's no time pressure on him to switch.

However, Fetterman recently announced a "joint fundraiser" with his PA Senate colleague Dave McCormick (R-PA). You ever hear of anything like that before? I haven't.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 03:16 PM (RCjYY)

221 Capri pants for men? There's no such thing. That's gay as hell.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 03:13 PM (AFtz5)

They were more close to tight at the high ankle than calf, but close enough.

Men should not show ankles unless in shorts.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 21, 2026 03:17 PM (zZu0s)

222 Rosie O'Dumbo is moving back to the US from Ireland.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:15 PM (2GVsD)


And Trump is obsessed with HER, you know.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:17 PM (2YhKe)

223 Ace had the screaming Blue Meanie rolled into yesterday's Tate post.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:17 PM (2GVsD)

224 They look kind of like the "natural" loafers I have, which provides a minimum barrier between your feet and the ground. Mainly protection from gravel and sharp rocks.
Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:15 PM (Fi81e)

You wearin' earth shoes?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 21, 2026 03:18 PM (zZu0s)

225 Capri pants for men? There's no such thing. That's gay as hell.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 03:13 PM (AFtz5)
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Somebody last night suggested that you could be gay for even knowing the name of a style.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:18 PM (Fi81e)

226 If Jazzmine Ratshit portrays herself and campaigns as a ghetto hoodrat, then a ghetto hoodrat she is.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 03:18 PM (1z8ji)

227 The "Little Man Tate" outfit in question:

https://tinyurl.com/mu6uu98a



https://shorturl.fm/stc5v

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:18 PM (2YhKe)

228 208 Good thing the Blue Angels already did their Meet the Blues at Pensacola or Bertha might be ruining the fun.

Posted by: Anna Puma


Unfortunately, the only flyby was a C130. Not quite the same impact as yesterday's.
Posted by: 496



That's like Rosie O'Donnell following Sydney Sweeny.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 03:15 PM (AFtz5)

C-130s can be sexy, too

Posted by: Spooky and Frenz at July 21, 2026 03:18 PM (w/O5Q)

229 Hah! Remember ... Rosie (played by TC from Magnum PI) in McQ with John Wayne? Like that.

Alabaster.

"No offense but he's from Oklahoma."
-- Hank Hill

Posted by: Oddbob at July 21, 2026 03:18 PM (AWgM+)

230 Hey, Jimbo Tammy TallyHoe Rico, the brothers and sisters ain't voting yo flaming ass.

Posted by: shizzle at July 21, 2026 03:18 PM (ehY6c)

231 Hank Johnson is shocked that Rosie didn't cause Ireland to tip over

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 03:18 PM (sMkB+)

232 She might mean it. I read the review at Tablet and it summed it up as great movie-making, but it's simply not The Odyssey. It's not the story of a hero, but more of that lib-style new "man" who compromises and wimps out all the way to the end, which is another wimp-out. It could be that Emily Wilson, despite her weird ground-level interpretation, understands that Homer's epic is a different story from the one Nolan tells.

I'm gonna skip it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 02:57 PM (mmrXZ)

"Great Movie Making" and "misses the point". These two do not belong together.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 21, 2026 03:19 PM (uhVAy)

233 They look kind of like the "natural" loafers I have, which provides a minimum barrier between your feet and the ground. Mainly protection from gravel and sharp rocks.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:15 PM (Fi81e)

You wearin' earth shoes?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 21, 2026 03:18 PM (zZu0s)
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Yeah, that's what I think they were called. Either that or "grounding shoes".

I got them. But don't wear them too often.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:19 PM (Fi81e)

234
The Tates: "Look at us."

Kramer: "You're dandies. You're real fancy boys."

Posted by: Orson at July 21, 2026 03:19 PM (dIske)

235 >>> Submitted without comment
https://tinyurl.com/ydv8vuue

It's tough, because I really do feel for that student having a full blown crashout with the cops, in that they are clearly a wounded person. Society or the internet or abuse or SSRIs or porn or something has clearly messed up their ability to function in society.

At the same time, they are so off meds and/or erratic, that if I went into hug them or try to help them calm down, there is a 50/50 percent chance they would shiv me and dance on my corpse, versus accept the hug and accept help.

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 03:19 PM (Eng1Z)

236 Blue Angels C-130 is called Fat Albert, not Fat Bertha.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:19 PM (2GVsD)

237 Yeah, that's what I think they were called. Either that or "grounding shoes".

I got them. But don't wear them too often.
Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:19 PM (Fi81e)

Negative heel were earth shoes. Iirc.

You're describing more... moccasin?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 21, 2026 03:20 PM (zZu0s)

238 They look kind of like the "natural" loafers I have, which provides a minimum barrier between your feet and the ground. Mainly protection from gravel and sharp rocks.
Posted by: Axeman

Minimalist loafers must be pretty lightweight.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 21, 2026 03:20 PM (2qI1t)

239 "Great Movie Making" and "misses the point". These two do not belong together.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 21, 2026 03:19 PM (uhVAy)
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Don't know about that. I enjoyed Avatar even though Cameron doesn't seem to know what his story is about.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:20 PM (Fi81e)

240 Huggy Bear!

Posted by: rickb223

=====

Huggy must have been surrounded by the dumbest crooks in the history of crime.

Dude met with starsky and hutch constantly. In broad daylight. And the crooks never noticed that all of Huggy's buddies got caught . . . but not Huggy.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 21, 2026 03:20 PM (GQAOr)

241
Huggy Bear!
Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 03:16 PM (AFtz5)


He was on Starsky and Hutch.

Not on any of the Dirty Harry movies.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:20 PM (2YhKe)

242 Only the alphaest of Chads would dare wear ballet slippers in public. -Andrew Tate, probably

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar

True.

https://tinyurl.com/r7fm22nf

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 03:21 PM (Riz8t)

243 please keep Congressman Crockett's name out of your mouth

What a perfect phrase for this closet Commiesexual. The ghetto sass talk, delivered with limp wristed politeness. So very phony.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 21, 2026 03:21 PM (wGerL)

244 Prima Ghetto > Prima Noctae

Posted by: Jathmine at July 21, 2026 03:21 PM (w0zox)

245
End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) implies it was racist to root for Argentina vs Spain:

https://tinyurl.com/4j5fbnh2

Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 03:21 PM (NpAcC)

246 Avatard - just look at the pretty animation.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:21 PM (2GVsD)

247 They look kind of like the "natural" loafers I have, which provides a minimum barrier between your feet and the ground. Mainly protection from gravel and sharp rocks.
Posted by: Axeman

Minimalist loafers must be pretty lightweight.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 21, 2026 03:20 PM (2qI1t)
---
ISWYD.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:21 PM (Fi81e)

248 It's tough, because I really do feel for that student having a full blown crashout with the cops, in that they are clearly a wounded person. Society or the internet or abuse or SSRIs or porn or something has clearly messed up their ability to function in society.

At the same time, they are so off meds and/or erratic, that if I went into hug them or try to help them calm down, there is a 50/50 percent chance they would shiv me and dance on my corpse, versus accept the hug and accept help.
Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 03:19 PM (Eng1Z)

The rights of the wounded end when you are screaming or worse at random people. Control yourself.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 21, 2026 03:22 PM (uhVAy)

249 However, Fetterman recently announced a "joint fundraiser" with his PA Senate colleague Dave McCormick (R-PA). You ever hear of anything like that before? I haven't.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 03:16 PM (RCjYY)

Not since Lieberman, McCain, and Graham were known as the "Three Amigos".

Then there was that other Pennsylvanian who switched partied when the going got tough; Arlen Specter.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 03:22 PM (6ydKt)

250 The Tates: "Look at us."

Kramer: "You're dandies. You're real fancy boys."
Posted by: Orson


*Zombie Doc Holiday has entered the chat

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 03:22 PM (AFtz5)

251 By the way, my wife buys those because she is very very short, and they are the only trousers she can get that she won't have to hem up.
Posted by: Kindltot
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I've been known to do that. Even "petite" or "short" pants are often too long.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 21, 2026 03:22 PM (hPLSE)

252 There was a long-ago web site from the early days of the web that called those things "bitch pants".

Funny as hell.

Available on the Wayback Machine.

https://tinyurl.com/yrwz3wdp

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 03:22 PM (IG3/x)

253 225 Capri pants for men? There's no such thing. That's gay as hell.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 03:13 PM (AFtz5)
---
Somebody last night suggested that you could be gay for even knowing the name of a style.
Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:18 PM

This made me lol. I have brothers and they would agree with this sentiment.

Posted by: CaliGirl at July 21, 2026 03:22 PM (i9SW2)

254 Rosie revealed to Daily Mail that her facelift cost $90,000.

Bwahahaha

Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 03:22 PM (J4Dwc)

255 Is Helen of Troy black?? I see. Is a Tranny girl playing a Manly man?? Ah. No, I think I will pass.

Posted by: tubal at July 21, 2026 03:23 PM (Gqar8)

256
The Democrats are going to find that the whole "people who look like me" gambit/slogan is one huge mistake,

and will cost them election after election.

As "people who look like me" always reduces the appeal of whoever is running as everyone starts voting only for "people who look like me".

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 03:23 PM (iJfKG)

257 LizLem

Any sympathy for them rent right out the window when the officer told them, "I am not here for you."

But they had to make it all about themselves even before the "He Misgendered Me!!!!" screech.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:23 PM (2GVsD)

258
Hey, say what you will about Andrew Tate, but he pulls all the hot tranny tail.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:23 PM (Fi81e)

259 @EndWokeness
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) implies it was racist to root for Argentina vs Spain:

https://tinyurl.com/4j5fbnh2
Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 03:21 PM (NpAcC)



Black people should be embarrassed by that shit......


FFS.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:24 PM (2YhKe)

260 254 Rosie revealed to Daily Mail that her facelift cost $90,000.

Bwahahaha
Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 03:22 PM (J4Dwc)

Well, Cranes ARE expensive to rent.

Posted by: tubal at July 21, 2026 03:24 PM (Gqar8)

261 "Rosie revealed to Daily Mail that her facelift cost $90,000.

Bwahahaha
Posted by: one hour sober"

A big portion of the charge was for the crane rental.

Posted by: fd at July 21, 2026 03:24 PM (MWfyi)

262 Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) implies it was racist to root for Argentina vs Spain:

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Yeah yeah yeah it's all racist I get it

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 21, 2026 03:24 PM (BI5O2)

263 Trump took the working class right out from under Democrats.
——

Not exactly. The Democrats abandoned them long ago. The Republicans ignored them.

35 years ago I surmised if a Republican championed genuine working people, small business owners, along with telling the “media” to get Fucked in no uncertain terms, he would win the presidency in a Landslide.

Imagine that.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 03:24 PM (ukvlZ)

264 Huggy Bear!
Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 03:16 PM (AFtz5)


He was on Starsky and Hutch.

Not on any of the Dirty Harry movies.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer


Huggy Bear was the 70's pimp all other pimps were measured by. He wore more purple & peacock feathers than all tv pimps combined.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 03:24 PM (AFtz5)

265 *fistbumps tubal*

Posted by: fd at July 21, 2026 03:24 PM (MWfyi)

266 They look kind of like the "natural" loafers I have, which provides a minimum barrier between your feet and the ground. Mainly protection from gravel and sharp rocks.
Posted by: Axeman

When I hiked more I finally had to upgrade my hiking shoes because I was in an area made of cobble - rounded rocks cemented together in the past. Even normal running shoes bent around them and made the foot bones flex uncomfortably. Hikers had a much more rigid sole that protected the feet from that.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 21, 2026 03:24 PM (uhVAy)

267 Yeah, that's what I think they were called. Either that or "grounding shoes".

I got them. But don't wear them too often.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:19 PM (Fi81e)

I've got some Nikes that are over 15 years old that are kinda like that. Really lightweight. You could customize the entire shoe online with various color schemes. I went stealth black.

I don't wear mine often either, but they are comfortable.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 03:24 PM (6ydKt)

268 >>> Rosie O'Dumbo is moving back to the US from Ireland.

The liberals who hate America the most don't realize that America, with its constitutionally guaranteed freedoms, is the only country that indulgently puts up with their nonsense. Until they move away, and then come crawling back.

The gays crashing out because a gay cruise got rejected at the ports of two muslim majority countries was a poetic example of this in real time. Doesn't Egypt now who Patti Lupone IS!

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 03:25 PM (Eng1Z)

269 And you know what?

These BLM and DEI are only going to get more shrill, more aggressive, more angry as more and more minority-majority seats are made competitive.

Going from some 62 members of the Congressional Black Caucus down to like 30 is going to severely damage their psyche.

Expect violence.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 21, 2026 03:25 PM (3cUTc)

270 Rosie's facelift was done by Borglum

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 03:25 PM (sMkB+)

271 Democrats in Disarray" headlines from the communist propaganda

disarray, datarray. We got a whole matrix of leftism.

Posted by: DaveA at July 21, 2026 03:25 PM (FhXTo)

272 Ace's time machine is back?

Anyway, is it wrong that I am popping the popcorn, sitting back and laughing at all of this in-fighting? 'Cuz that's what I am doing...

Oh, and Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 21, 2026 03:25 PM (SRRAx)

273 "Rosie O'Dumbo is moving back to the US from Ireland."

We need her to counterbalance the water behind the Three Gorges Dam.

Posted by: fd at July 21, 2026 03:26 PM (MWfyi)

274
Huggy Bear was the 70's pimp all other pimps were measured by. He wore more purple & peacock feathers than all tv pimps combined.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 03:24 PM (AFtz5)


Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:26 PM (2YhKe)

275 But they had to make it all about themselves even before the "He Misgendered Me!!!!" screech.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:23 PM (2GVsD)
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Pronouns are supposed to be about "politeness".

Thus, there can be no reason to use preferred personal pronouns (ppp) when you're dealing with somebody already turning the asshole level up to 11.

Also, school shooters, or public shooters of any kind. Or murderers.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:26 PM (Fi81e)

276 Guess I missed it
my attendance is spotty

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 03:26 PM (ZxPkt)

277 Only the alphaest of Chads would dare wear ballet slippers in public. -Andrew Tate, probably

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar

True.

https://tinyurl.com/r7fm22nf
Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 03:21 PM (Riz8t)
________

Those are espadrilles. You might get away with wearing them at a beach resort. The Blade wouldn't, as they're still kinda gay ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 03:26 PM (iFTx/)

278 Not exactly. The Democrats abandoned them long ago. The Republicans ignored them.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 03:24 PM (ukvlZ)

You are right but if you look you will see I was speaking narratively. The D's owned the working class long after they abandoned them. Trump swiped it.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 03:26 PM (JWXSB)

279 What are Capri pants? Some kind of Nero pants with an assflap?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 21, 2026 03:27 PM (BI5O2)

280 253 225 Capri pants for men? There's no such thing. That's gay as hell.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 03:13 PM (AFtz5)
---
Somebody last night suggested that you could be gay for even knowing the name of a style.
Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:18 PM

This made me lol. I have brothers and they would agree with this sentiment.

Posted by: CaliGirl at July 21, 2026 03:22 PM (i9SW2)


That was me.
I, too, have a brother, and friends, who would raise an eyebrow if I started blurting out style names of women's pants.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 03:27 PM (6ydKt)

281 The Democrats are going to find that the whole "people who look like me" gambit/slogan is one huge mistake,

and will cost them election after election.

As "people who look like me" always reduces the appeal of whoever is running as everyone starts voting only for "people who look like me".

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 03:23 PM (iJfKG)

That's the cost of any socialism. Racial, Class, whatever. Once people adopt it, you no longer have a party but a gang war.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 21, 2026 03:27 PM (uhVAy)

282 What would happen if you kicked Rosie out the back of a C-130J and into the Three Gorges reservoir???

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:27 PM (2GVsD)

283
We need her to counterbalance the water behind the Three Gorges Dam.
Posted by: fd at July 21, 2026 03:26 PM (MWfyi)


Just place her behind the leak. She's the human Flex Paste.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:27 PM (2YhKe)

284 > Huggy Bear was the 70's pimp all other pimps were measured by. He wore more purple & peacock feathers than all tv pimps combined.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 03:24 PM (AFtz5)

It takes a special breed of man to wear that kind of stuff without looking ghey.

Antonio Fargas was that kind of man.

The Tate brothers... are not.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 03:27 PM (IG3/x)

285 261 "Rosie revealed to Daily Mail that her facelift cost $90,000.

Bwahahaha
Posted by: one hour sober"

A big portion of the charge was for the crane rental.
Posted by: fd at July 21, 2026 03:24 PM (MWfyi)

Now, what to do with that neck beard.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 21, 2026 03:28 PM (N39Ws)

286 Anna Puma: "Rosie O'Dumbo is moving back to the US from Ireland."

Trump's not only living rent free in her head, he's built skyrises.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at July 21, 2026 03:28 PM (oji8u)

287 Rosie revealed to Daily Mail that her facelift cost $90,000.
--------

And that was just to get the doctor to look at her. The rest was in-kind

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 03:28 PM (JWXSB)

288 Guess I missed it
my attendance is spotty

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 03:26 PM (ZxPkt)


Happens to the best of us.

Posted by: Lena Dunham's Menstrual Cycle at July 21, 2026 03:28 PM (2YhKe)

289 New York Post @nypost

Black NYC politician slams DSA as 'white supremacy' as growing Dem feud spills onto social media

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 03:28 PM (RHGPo)

290 What are Capri pants? Some kind of Nero pants with an assflap?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 21, 2026 03:27 PM (BI5O2)

They were what Mary Tyler Moore wore on the old Dick Van Dyke show in the 60s. Women's pants that end above the ankle

Posted by: Oldcat at July 21, 2026 03:28 PM (uhVAy)

291 ttps://tinyurl.com/r7fm22nf
Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 03:21 PM (Riz8t)
________

Those are espadrilles. You might get away with wearing them at a beach resort. The Blade wouldn't, as they're still kinda gay ...
========

So it's a fashion thread?

Posted by: Just got here at July 21, 2026 03:29 PM (2Ez/1)

292 Yahoo news reported that Trump/Kennedy are withholding Medicaid funds from MN and CA because they'd just steal it anyway.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 03:29 PM (gKWVE)

293 Those are espadrilles. You might get away with wearing them at a beach resort. The Blade wouldn't, as they're still kinda gay ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 03:26 PM (iFTx/)

Top result 'Espadrilles for women' at Nordstrom.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 21, 2026 03:29 PM (zZu0s)

294 That was me.
I, too, have a brother, and friends, who would raise an eyebrow if I started blurting out style names of women's pants.

Posted by: SpeakingOf


I had a mom who wore them as soon as the last snow melted until the first snow fell.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 03:29 PM (AFtz5)

295 New York Post @nypost

Black NYC politician slams DSA as 'white supremacy' as growing Dem feud spills onto social media
Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 03:28 PM (RHGPo)

Don't worry dude - the DSA hates whites as well as blacks. Commies hate everyone, even Commies.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 21, 2026 03:29 PM (uhVAy)

296 Um.....we used to call those high waters, or 'goin' clammin.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:12 PM (2YhKe)

I always considered Cliff Clavin’s pants as high waters.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 21, 2026 03:29 PM (SjAWL)

297 Those are espadrilles. You might get away with wearing them at a beach resort. The Blade wouldn't, as they're still kinda gay ....


I don't think so. The footwear GC is wearing sure look like ballet slippers to me. They even have the ribbon around the ankle.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 03:30 PM (Riz8t)

298 Huggy Bear was NOTHING compared to Fly Guy from I'm Gonna' Get You Sucka! (Played by the same actor).

Did Huggy have Fishtank platforms?!

I don't think so.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:30 PM (Fi81e)

299 Expect violence.
——-

That’s what we got now.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 03:30 PM (ukvlZ)

300 She is not "A leader", she is a representative

Posted by: Jasmines' crotch is a stanky gash at July 21, 2026 03:30 PM (szqEY)

301 . Women's pants that end above the ankle
Daisy dukes?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 21, 2026 03:30 PM (yr/Go)

302 I always considered Cliff Clavin’s pants as high waters.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 21, 2026 03:29 PM (SjAWL)


They were.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:30 PM (2YhKe)

303 Commies hate everyone, even Commies.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 21, 2026 03:29 PM (uhVAy)

The one good thing about commies is they love to kill commies.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 03:30 PM (JWXSB)

304 289 New York Post @nypost

Black NYC politician slams DSA as 'white supremacy' as growing Dem feud spills onto social media
Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 03:28 PM (RHGPo)
------------

[digs through panty] "Ah there it is, popcorn."

Posted by: WisRich at July 21, 2026 03:30 PM (G0vdT)

305 I don't think so. The footwear GC is wearing sure look like ballet slippers to me. They even have the ribbon around the ankle.

However, I am willing to be proven wrong, since I'm not gay.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 03:30 PM (Riz8t)

306 "They were what Mary Tyler Moore wore on the old Dick Van Dyke show in the 60s. Women's pants that end above the ankle
Posted by: Oldcat"

Fruud prants. For when dam break.

Posted by: A Heathen Chinee at July 21, 2026 03:30 PM (MWfyi)

307 282 What would happen if you kicked Rosie out the back of a C-130J and into the Three Gorges reservoir???

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:27 PM (2GVsD)

The resulting tsunami would eventually cross the Pacific and flood S.F. and L.A.?

Imagine if Rosie and Tank Abrams got together and made it a double.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 03:31 PM (6ydKt)

308 What would happen if you kicked Rosie out the back of a C-130J and into the Three Gorges reservoir???
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 03:27 PM (2GVsD)

Rod from God.

Rod from Pinochet.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 21, 2026 03:31 PM (zZu0s)

309 I remember when spandex tights first became a thing back in the '80s.


I went on a trip visit my late brother and, as was our wont, we went to a rock and roll bar.

I said something to the effect of "Nice pair of spandex over there." Brother: "Is that what those are called? I've been calling them 'slut pants'".

He is missed.



Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 03:31 PM (IG3/x)

310 Blue jeans, Khakis, work pants, dress pants, maybe corduroys. That's all men are allowed in long pants

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 03:31 PM (sMkB+)

311 304 289 New York Post @nypost

Black NYC politician slams DSA as 'white supremacy' as growing Dem feud spills onto social media
Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 03:28 PM (RHGPo)
------------

[digs through panty] "Ah there it is, popcorn."
Posted by: WisRich at July 21, 2026 03:30 PM (G0vdT)

Wonderful typo, Rich!

Posted by: tubal at July 21, 2026 03:31 PM (Gqar8)

312 "unqualified DEI-charity case and uneducated moron Jasmine Crockett"

I believe the opening line of this op-ed is oxymoronic. Jasmine is eminently qualified to be a DEI-charity case and uneducated moron.

Posted by: Doink at July 21, 2026 03:31 PM (WOl7Q)

313 Huggy Bear's son played college football, first at Michigan before transferring to USC. Don't know if he ever played in the NFL. Too lazy to check.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 03:31 PM (J4Dwc)

314 NOODlum.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 03:32 PM (2YhKe)

315 Commies hate everyone, ESPECIALLY other Commies.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 21, 2026 03:29 PM (uhVAy)

FIFY.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 21, 2026 03:32 PM (zZu0s)

316 Fashion rules:

1) Do not wear capri pants unless you are as cute as Mary Tyler Moore.
2) Do not wear a man bun unless you are Toshiro Mifune carrying a katana.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 03:32 PM (IG3/x)

317 Huggy Bear's son Justin Fargas played running back at Michigan and USC and was in the NFL for about 6 years.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 21, 2026 03:32 PM (rJ48h)

318 310 Blue jeans, Khakis, work pants, dress pants, maybe corduroys. That's all men are allowed in long pants
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 03:31 PM

*polite cough*

Posted by: Hiking pants at July 21, 2026 03:32 PM (2Ez/1)

319 Virgil understood that if you are going to write an Odyssey-like fanfic which holds to your own values, which are not Archaic Greek values, you should at least use your own protagonist.
If Nolan wanted to write some sort of JudaeoChristian allegory for the Odyssey he should have written, I dunno, the Philistine origin story. Different characters, same locations.
People would still watch a story about the Philistines crashing against the brick wall that was Ramses III.

Posted by: gKWVE would watch the shit out of it at July 21, 2026 03:32 PM (gKWVE)

320 297 Those are espadrilles. You might get away with wearing them at a beach resort. The Blade wouldn't, as they're still kinda gay ....


I don't think so. The footwear GC is wearing sure look like ballet slippers to me. They even have the ribbon around the ankle.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 03:30 PM

I think they look like ballet slippers too but I really don't know what to call them.

Posted by: CaliGirl at July 21, 2026 03:32 PM (i9SW2)

321 Nood - John Solomon post about CCP hacking of US election files NBD from same ppl who said their hacking of UK records was a VBFD.

Posted by: Thrawn at July 21, 2026 03:32 PM (fh/iS)

322 Wonderful typo, Rich!
Posted by: tubal at July 21, 2026 03:31 PM (Gqar
--------

Oh jeesh, I really need to proofread before posting.

Posted by: WisRich at July 21, 2026 03:33 PM (G0vdT)

323 I have sympathy for all the young gender freaks. Our society really fucked them up.

No matter. They still need to be removed from it. Just because we shit the bed doesn't mean we should leave the mess on the mattress.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 21, 2026 03:33 PM (BI5O2)

324 Did it again.

Posted by: WisRich at July 21, 2026 03:33 PM (G0vdT)

325 Here's Fly Guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWNQTqMkezc

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:33 PM (Fi81e)

326 Albert Einstein had some ghey shoes

https://tinyurl.com/yf7z4a3t

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 03:34 PM (ZxPkt)

327 What are Capri pants? Some kind of Nero pants with an assflap?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 21, 2026 03:27 PM (BI5O2)

They were what Mary Tyler Moore wore on the old Dick Van Dyke show in the 60s. Women's pants that end above the ankle
Posted by: Oldcat at July 21, 2026 03:28 PM (uhVAy)

I think the cops acted a little too quickly in arresting the Tates.

They looked like they were just about to break into a Jazz Dance routine.

Like something from "West Side Story".

I'm sure it would've been finger-snapalicious!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 03:35 PM (iJfKG)

328 Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) implies it was racist to root for Argentina vs Spain:

Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 03:21 PM (NpAcC)

She just babbles catch-phrases. I'll bet a few extemporaneous questions from the media will f*ck her up.

Which is why it won't happen.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2026 03:35 PM (l4RKn)

329 I really like that meme where the sailor asks what an odessey is and gets the answer "it's a long journey named after the only survivor" and the sailor says "ok...wait wut?"

Posted by: Azjaeger at July 21, 2026 03:36 PM (3/XaG)

330 Yeah, that's what I think they were called. Either that or "grounding shoes".

I got them. But don't wear them too often.
Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 03:19 PM (Fi81e)

"Earth Shoes", a brand, were a thing in the 1970's. Had a "negative heel", less material under your heel than under the ball of your foot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 03:40 PM (1z8ji)

331 Did it again.
Posted by: WisRich at July 21, 2026 03:33 PM

Oops.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 03:44 PM (kgE5c)

332 God is God

God is not non binary , urinary quadnary

God is God

Posted by: Gonzotx at July 21, 2026 04:38 PM (nGraA)

333 I did not do that spell check hell did that

Urinary? WTF

Trinary….

Posted by: Gonzotx at July 21, 2026 04:39 PM (nGraA)

Michigan Appeals Court Reverses Two More Convictions in Fake-News Gretchen Whitmer "Fednapping" Prosecutions

The Regime wants to prove that "right wingers" commit as much terrorism as left wingers.

But they don't.

So they have to manufacture offenses.


A Michigan appeals court on Monday overturned two more convictions related to the 2020 kidnapping plot of Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, ruling that it was obligated to overturn the convictions based on precedent.

Pete Musico and Paul Bellar were previously convicted of providing material support for an act of terrorism in the plot, alongside Joseph Morrison, whose conviction was overturned by a different appeals panel last month.

The new appeals court ruled that it was obligated to apply that ruling to Musico and Bellar as well and overturn the convictions, according to the Associated Press.

None of the three men were accused of playing a direct role in the plot to kidnap the governor and the courts said kidnapping does not qualify as a "violent felony" under Michigan's anti-terrorism law.

Although none of the men had a direct role in the plot, they were part of a paramilitary group that trained with Adam Fox, who was convicted of leading the plot and is serving 16 years in prison for the crime. A total of nine people were convicted in relation to the plot.

Meanwhile, in the UK, the Regime denied that there was any political or terroristic motive in the murder of a Reform Party official by a deranged communist.

The Crown Prosecution Service announced on Monday afternoon that it has charged a man with one count of murder in connection with the death of Brexit heroine Ann Widdecombe.

Joshua Kerry, 28, of Byrley Road in Rotherham, is set to appear on Tuesday before the Westminster Magistrates' Court, where he will answer the charge of murdering former government minister Ann Widdecombe, who was killed in her Dartmoor home earlier this month at the age of 78.


While initial comments by the Devon and Cornwall Police claimed that there was no evidence for a political motive for the alleged murder, this was later overturned, and Counter Terror Policing South East took over the investigation.

Kerry's charge on Monday was authorised by the Counter Terrorism Division of the Crown Prosecution Service, the CPS said in a statement.

The chief prosecutor for the Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, Frank Ferguson, said: "We have decided to prosecute Joshua Kerry for murder following a police investigation into the death of Ann Widdecombe in Haytor, Dartmoor.

"Police enquiries into the defendant's motives are ongoing, including a potential political or terrorist connection."

...

Widdecombe, a strident free speech advocate and devout Christian, had been a mainstay of British public life for decades, serving as a Member of Parliament for Maidstone from 1987 to 2010, during which time she served as a government minister in the John Major government.

On CNN, the incompetent partisan DEI guest host subbing in for incompetent DEI regular host Abby Philips suggests that ICE was responsible for their own firebombing yesterday:

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:20 PM




Comments

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1 Howdy!

Posted by: Moonbeam at July 21, 2026 01:21 PM (Lzhdy)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:21 PM (2YhKe)

3 Off to lum....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:21 PM (2YhKe)

4 "Water is leaking from multiple locations near the base of the Three Gorges Dam. At some leakage points, the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour. Senior officials have already fled with their families, claiming that they are leaving for ‘off-site study.’ Meanwhile, they are calling on us to remain at our posts, treating us as disposable."

Posted by: 13times at July 21, 2026 01:21 PM (6iKlf)

5 NOOD has been lum'd.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:22 PM (2YhKe)

6 Wasn't the Whitmer kidnapping plot 100% an FBI sting that they plotted, planned, funded and armed only finally finding some local yocals to take the bait and engage in discussions?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:24 PM (2YhKe)

7 The latest with commie terror is to simply announce in the aftermath that they are white. Go to a commie rally sometime. It's like drinking milk in a snowstorm while covered in semen. Not that I would know.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 01:24 PM (JWXSB)

8
"Meanwhile, they are calling on us to remain at our posts, treating us as disposable."

___________

Under socialism, you are disposable.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 01:24 PM (O0L8i)

9 We still ruined the lives of two conservatives. So we’ll take it as a win.

Posted by: FBI in Michigan at July 21, 2026 01:24 PM (GEtfQ)

10 "Water is leaking from multiple locations near the base of the Three Gorges Dam. At some leakage points, the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour. Senior officials have already fled with their families, claiming that they are leaving for ‘off-site study.’ Meanwhile, they are calling on us to remain at our posts, treating us as disposable."
Posted by: 13times at July 21, 2026 01:21 PM (6iKlf)


Yeah, everyone saw that coming.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:24 PM (2YhKe)

11 Senior officials have already fled with their families, claiming that they are leaving for ‘off-site study.’ Meanwhile, they are calling on us to remain at our posts, treating us as disposable."
Posted by: 13times

That's because you are.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 21, 2026 01:25 PM (601KG)

12
Chinese construction incredible!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 01:25 PM (O0L8i)

13 Meanwhile, in the UK, the Regime denied that there was any political or terroristic motive in the murder of a Reform Party official by a deranged communist.
=====

It was da jooz!

Posted by: Cavernous Nostrils at July 21, 2026 01:25 PM (JvZF+)

14 21 hammer blows to the head but initially thought to be a kitchen fall.

Posted by: nckate at July 21, 2026 01:25 PM (enNUy)

15 From the other thread:

shout out to everyone who said HI down below, and thank you for answering about Fenelon Spoke.

Black Orchid
whig
...
Tuna

there were some others I think, sorry if I missed your handle

Posted by: kallisto at July 21, 2026 01:25 PM (kD8Fh)

16 Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: In the voice of Dennis Miller at July 21, 2026 01:25 PM (2Ez/1)

17 On CNN, the incompetent partisan DEI guest host subbing in for incompetent DEI regular host Abby Philips suggests that ICE was responsible for their own firebombing yesterday
---
Tina was always riling up Ike.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 01:25 PM (Fi81e)

18 providing material support for an act of terrorism in the plot,

What does that mean. Sounds like if you're with your boys and you pop out for Dunkin Donuts you're liable for this if some of those boys turn out to be Feds.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 01:26 PM (gKWVE)

19 How much are the Feds paying you to spread the 4K, ultra hi-def narrative Ace? You realize now that it was all fabricated lies, but yet you don’t retract. It just shows your true nature. You have no credibility and that’s the only thing that matters now in this new media environment. You’re going the way of TPUSA and the Dodo.
Good riddance.

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (Hohgs)

20 "...the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour."

Is that a lot?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (2Ez/1)

21
If Three Gorges goes, well Wuhan would be toast.

If that thing were to collapse, well, I've seen claims of 400 million people dead.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (w6EFb)

22 A Chinese construction project that wasn’t properly built? Unpossible. I shall not believe such lies

Posted by: Thomas Friedman at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (GEtfQ)

23 It's like drinking milk in a snowstorm while covered in semen. Not that I would know.
Posted by: ...
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Raised eyebrow, "Fascinating"

Posted by: Bearded Spock at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (E4rtv)

24 Wasn't the Whitmer kidnapping plot 100% an FBI sting that they plotted, planned, funded and armed only finally finding some local yocals to take the bait and engage in discussions?

I mean, who'd want to kidnap her? That would involve actually looking at her and touching her.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (2ocoG)

25 Wasn't the Whitmer kidnapping plot 100% an FBI sting that they plotted, planned, funded and armed only finally finding some local yocals to take the bait and engage in discussions?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:24 PM (2YhKe)
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Pretty much. They only got the "ring leader" by trying him a second time.

I believe a new jury was given new orders that they could only consider whether or not he actually did what he was being accused of. None of this "entrapment" stuff!

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 01:28 PM (Fi81e)

26 It all makes perfect sense.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2026 01:28 PM (NfVx4)

27 Yeah, the UK even did a fake terrorism on a muzzie fest to take the Widdecombe case off the news and deflect away from the Leftists. They released all 12 people with no charges after they got their news story.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 01:28 PM (n5tGW)

28 On CNN, the incompetent partisan DEI guest host subbing in for incompetent DEI regular host Abby Philips suggests that ICE was responsible for their own firebombing yesterday:


The now famous liberal "chickens come home to roost" theory.

FOAD, communist assholes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:28 PM (2YhKe)

29 I mean, who'd want to kidnap her? That would involve actually looking at her and touching her.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (2ocoG)
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And risk having her blind you with her face.

I mean close up, that's gotta burn some retinas.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 01:28 PM (Fi81e)

30 >>> suggests that ICE was responsible for their own firebombing yesterday:

This is the big brother defense:

"WHY DO YOU KEEP HITTING YOURSELF??!"

Posted by: Max Power at July 21, 2026 01:29 PM (SwyyQ)

31 >>the Regime denied that there was any political or terroristic motive

A lot of Lefty murder is done by people who are believably crazy.

It is easy for them to plead insanity, as that is a prerequisite of being a Lefty. Not the same for Right wingers -- we are all sane

We have a nutter gap.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 21, 2026 01:29 PM (yaIVL)

32
If that thing were to collapse, well, I've seen claims of 400 million people dead.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (w6EFb)


If that thing collapses, it's said that the f*cking EARTH'S ROTATION will be altered........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:29 PM (2YhKe)

33 Sure, I drink milk.
But hey. I'm from California. I've never been in a snowstorm.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at July 21, 2026 01:30 PM (2Ez/1)

34 And risk having her blind you with her face.

I mean close up, that's gotta burn some retinas.
Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 01:28 PM (Fi81e)


It's been rumored that she has DNA ties to Medusa......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:30 PM (2YhKe)

35 No Gorges Dam > 3 Gorges Dam

Posted by: Max Power at July 21, 2026 01:30 PM (SwyyQ)

36 I can't find recent stuff about the Three Gorges Dam, but the youtube channels seem to agree they're in trouble.
here's something called "China Observer" which is narrated by someone with a Chinese accent.
youtu.be/IuZ4Hy3-a04

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 01:30 PM (gKWVE)

37 Andy Burnham is already off to a good start, out-Stamering even Starmer himself with lies, missteps, absurdities and betrayals -- all within the first 12 hours. He's contradicting his own Counter Terrorism Division into ordert t protect and coer-up for a fellow communist. Then he fired literally the entire Labour Pry from government and replaced them with his own incompetent cronies. Then he announced he was moving the seat of government to Manchester. And declared he going to nationalize all the biggest comoanies in ther UK

Don't stop Burnham -- he's on a roll! Cant wait for the next 12 hours.

Posted by: zombie at July 21, 2026 01:30 PM (Av6i5)

38 "Water is leaking from multiple locations near the base of the Three Gorges Dam. At some leakage points, the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour. Senior officials have already fled with their families, claiming that they are leaving for ‘off-site study.’ Meanwhile, they are calling on us to remain at our posts, treating us as disposable."

Posted by: 13times at July 21, 2026 01:21 PM (6iKlf)
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But on the plus side, they got rid of a lot of garbage in the concrete when they built it!

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 01:30 PM (Fi81e)

39 I mean, who'd want to kidnap her? That would involve actually looking at her and touching her.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (2ocoG)

Rad suits and tongs, like they use when refueling nuclear reactors.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (1z8ji)

40
Would you believe that Three Gorges Dam had a small but noticeable effect on earth's rotation. That massive build up of water lengthened the day by 0.1 microseconds and shifted the earth's axis by about 2 cm relative to the surface.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (w6EFb)

41 the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour.

How many data centers is that?

Posted by: far cry at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (LSV6F)

42 Did the Holocaust happen, fag?

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (JWXSB)

43 RIP Ann Widdecombe, what a horrible way to die.

It was so obvious from the rip that she was targeted, despite the establishment's loud denials that it wasn't.

Or maybe precisely because they denied it so ferociously.

Posted by: kallisto at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (kD8Fh)

44 If that thing collapses, it's said that the f*cking EARTH'S ROTATION will be altered........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:29 PM (2YhKe)

From all the Chinese standing up at the same time?

Posted by: Kindltot - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, but there will be paid commercials at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (rbvCR)

45 >>'At some leakage points'

Yeah, if more than one 'leakage point' is losing a cubic foot every 15 seconds, buh-bye.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (NcvvS)

46 "Water is leaking from multiple locations near the base of the Three Gorges Dam. At some leakage points, the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour. Senior officials have already fled with their families, claiming that they are leaving for ‘off-site study.’ Meanwhile, they are calling on us to remain at our posts, treating us as disposable."
Posted by: 13times at July 21, 2026 01:21 PM

Ruh-roh!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (kgE5c)

47 "Water is leaking from multiple locations near the base of the Three Gorges Dam. At some leakage points, the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour. Senior officials have already fled with their families, claiming that they are leaving for ‘off-site study.’ Meanwhile, they are calling on us to remain at our posts, treating us as disposable."

Quality is not a consideration in Chinese domestic construction. And if the Party officials have fled, everyone else should too.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (2ocoG)

48 6 Wasn't the Whitmer kidnapping plot 100% an FBI sting that they plotted, planned, funded and armed only finally finding some local yocals to take the bait and engage in discussions?
Posted by: Sponge

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Did she arrange it? like that raghead who had someone throw water at her? (what happened to that story -- that should be discussed every day until that whore is tossed out of the country)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 21, 2026 01:32 PM (yaIVL)

49 it's said that the f*cking EARTH'S ROTATION will be altered........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I've seen this claim as well.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 01:32 PM (gKWVE)

50 If that thing were to collapse, well, I've seen claims of 400 million people dead.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (w6EFb)
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iirc 400 million homeless, fewer casualties

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 01:32 PM (JvZF+)

51 "Would you believe that Three Gorges Dam had a small but noticeable effect on earth's rotation. That massive build up of water lengthened the day by 0.1 microseconds and shifted the earth's axis by about 2 cm relative to the surface."
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I read that in Cliff Clavin's voice.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 01:32 PM (2Ez/1)

52 The Jan 6th narrative for the left is their justification for the law breaking they are doing now.

Because Trump . . .

Its the same shit with leftists every time. Every time. It is a waste of time talking to them. There are no rules for them and no principles for them. Just do what we say or else.

Posted by: long spent is the night, soon breaks the dawn at July 21, 2026 01:32 PM (anL5R)

53
#ChinaIsAsshoe

Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 21, 2026 01:33 PM (wtvvX)

54 Wasn't the Whitmer kidnapping plot 100% an FBI sting that they plotted, planned, funded and armed only finally finding some local yocals to take the bait and engage in discussions?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:24 PM (2YhKe)
______

The FBI did get some hillbilly retards to take the bait.

But it was more than just discussions. They did get some of these morons to build explosives, physically surveille Witch's house, etc.

So yea, I think it was legally entrapment in all but maybe the case of two of the guys.

None of these idiots were good guys, but those two were really bad guys, and had their convictions affirmed on appeal.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 01:33 PM (iFTx/)

55 The left lives by impressions.

They think that appearance is all that exists: there is no truth.

They also know their side is violent. (Yes, that's a truth, but they are also masters of doublethink.)

So they need to create the appearance that it's "both sides" at the very least.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 01:34 PM (N1tpc)

56 Quality is not a consideration in Chinese domestic construction. And if the Party officials have fled, everyone else should too.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (2ocoG)

Now is the time to invest in Flex-Seal futures!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 01:34 PM (1z8ji)

57 Don't stop Burnham -- he's on a roll! Cant wait for the next 12 hours.
Posted by: zombie at July 21, 2026 01:30 PM (Av6i5)

I wonder if he has a shorter term than Liz Truss

Posted by: Kindltot - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, but there will be paid commercials at July 21, 2026 01:34 PM (rbvCR)

58 "Water is leaking from multiple locations near the base of the Three Gorges Dam. At some leakage points, the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour. Senior officials have already fled with their families, claiming that they are leaving for ‘off-site study.’ Meanwhile, they are calling on us to remain at our posts, treating us as disposable."
Posted by: 13times


The thing is just placed on the mud, no real foundation. It was only a matter of time.

BTW, the same attention to quality is in every chinese product.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 21, 2026 01:34 PM (0U5gm)

59 One of the guys in the Fednapping case had "explosives in his truck" that he had no idea that Fed plant had put there.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 01:35 PM (Fi81e)

60 The FBI did get some hillbilly retards to take the bait.

IIRC some of them tried to back out and the FIB wouldn't allow that.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:35 PM (2ocoG)

61 "Water is leaking from multiple locations near the base of the Three Gorges Dam. At some leakage points, the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour. Senior officials have already fled with their families, claiming that they are leaving for ‘off-site study.’ Meanwhile, they are calling on us to remain at our posts, treating us as disposable."
Posted by: 13times at July 21, 2026 01:21 PM (6iKlf)

Yeah, that's how communism works. Congrats.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 01:35 PM (N1tpc)

62 BTW, the same attention to quality is in every chinese product.

I'm told that Chinese domestic theme parks (not the foreign-branded ones like Shanghai Disney, the true Chinese ones) make Action Park look safe.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (2ocoG)

63
Now is the time to invest in Flex-Seal futures!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 01:34 PM (1z8ji)


FLEX PASTE TO THE RESCUE!!!!!!

Posted by: Phil Swift at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (2YhKe)

64 The crazy thing is at the moment the Chinese are building a bigger dam than the Three Gorges Dam on the turn in the Bramaputra.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (sMkB+)

65 If that dam collapses so will the regime in Beijing. Neville Roy Singham, Code Pink, Party for Socialism and Liberation, International ANSWER, Tides Foundation, and Democrat Party hardest hit.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (JvZF+)

66 Eh the 3 Gorges Dam is about to blow up has been “news” before. Seems like every year or two it’s on the verge of collapse killing hundreds of millions. And then it magically heals itself and nothing happens.

Posted by: Grains of Salt at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (GEtfQ)

67 46 "Water is leaking from multiple locations near the base of the Three Gorges Dam. At some leakage points, the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour. Senior officials have already fled with their families, claiming that they are leaving for ‘off-site study.’ Meanwhile, they are calling on us to remain at our posts, treating us as disposable."
Posted by: 13times at July 21, 2026 01:21 PM

Ruh-roh!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (kgE5c)

Xiaggy already hauled ass in the Mystery Machine

Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (wtvvX)

68 I wonder how many Chinamen are encased in the damn. I Berl more than 1000.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (601KG)

69 The "Counter-Currents" website (I'm not linking it) still thinks Rousseau's merry band of Patriot Bottoms aren't SPLC, so feh. The SPLC literally wrote that LARPing Fed jerkoff a big check and those idjits still Want To Believe.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (gKWVE)

70 the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour.
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Equal to that of one post match English football fan.

Posted by: so, yes at July 21, 2026 01:37 PM (anL5R)

71 Billy Mays here, for Three Gorges Dam!!

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 01:37 PM (JWXSB)

72 I wonder how many Chinamen are encased in the damn. I Berl more than 1000.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (601KG)


I know there were several deaths during it's construction.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:37 PM (2YhKe)

73 Any evidence that the three gorges dam story is true?

People have been spreading lies about it for a while. Most of the construction was overseen by outside firms, as this was built before the Chinese were so damn arrogant. I doubt it will fail until there is an earthquake so don't get your hopes up.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 21, 2026 01:37 PM (yaIVL)

74 the flow rate
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I was told there would be no math.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 01:37 PM (JWXSB)

75 21 hammer blows to the head but initially thought to be a kitchen fall.

They probably always knew it was a hammer but needed to verify Paul Pelosi's alibi before making up a cover story.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:37 PM (2ocoG)

76 Posted by: Billygoatpuke at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (Hohgs)

Wait, I thought he was being controlled by TEH JOOOS!!!!! Now it's the feds?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 01:38 PM (N1tpc)

77 At some leakage points, the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour.



That is 130 gallons per minute

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 21, 2026 01:38 PM (0U5gm)

78 Ai isnt capable of this kind!
68 I wonder how many Chinamen are encased in the damn. I Berl more than 1000.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (601KG)

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 21, 2026 01:38 PM (YlWIZ)

79
Melamine and Chinesium -- now, there's quality right there!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 21, 2026 01:38 PM (ixS3i)

80 Eh the 3 Gorges Dam is about to blow up has been “news” before. Seems like every year or two it’s on the verge of collapse killing hundreds of millions. And then it magically heals itself and nothing happens.

Posted by: Grains of Salt at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (GEtfQ)


That thing does the wave better than most stadiums.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:38 PM (2YhKe)

81 From the Daily Mail, poor poor lady.......

Ann Widdecombe was bludgeoned 21 times over the head with a hammer in a 'ferocious' two-minute attack captured on camera, a court heard today.

The 78-year-old former minister was ambushed in her own kitchen by a hammer-wielding intruder while she was having her lunch, it was said.

Disturbing details of her brutal murder emerged today as her alleged killer Joshua Kerry appeared in court for the first time.

The 28-year-old is alleged to have walked into the former MP's kitchen through an unlocked front door asking, 'Don't suppose you have bank cards and ID?' as he held a hammer out of sight.

Prosecutors described the violence used as 'ferocious' saying Kerry struck the victim 21 times before shoving her body to the floor, rifling through her handbag for a wallet and fleeing the scene.

Today it emerged for the first time that the pensioner died from a 'blunt force injury to the head'.

But, just hours earlier a coroner had insisted the cause of death was unascertained.

Posted by: beckster at July 21, 2026 01:38 PM (kX27y)

82 Maybe they need a 4th gorge?

Posted by: Cant Hurt at July 21, 2026 01:39 PM (GEtfQ)

83 the flow rate
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I was told there would be no math.
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 01:37 PM (JWXSB)

Ashley Webb knows all about flow rates...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 01:39 PM (1z8ji)

84
Big earthquakes have much larger effects on earth's rotation. That huge one in Japan in 2011 that caused that Fukushima disaster was an example.

It's shortened the mean length of day by 1.8 microseconds and shifted earth's axis by about 17 cm.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 01:39 PM (w6EFb)

85 Posted by: Billygoatpuke at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (Hohgs)



You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 21, 2026 01:39 PM (2YhKe)

86 Completely off topic, but we need AceCam. I am trying to eat a grilled chicken salad, and I have 2 cats and a dog sitting in a row just staring at me.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 01:39 PM (hftzA)

87 https://x.com/LUOXIANG_PMTQ

Three Gorges Dam rumor.

Posted by: 13times at July 21, 2026 01:39 PM (6iKlf)

88 People have been spreading lies about it for a while. Most of the construction was overseen by outside firms, as this was built before the Chinese were so damn arrogant. I doubt it will fail until there is an earthquake so don't get your hopes up.

It's known that they didn't anchor it to anything at the bottom, only it's own weight keeps it in place. That's why the go-to strategy if Xi ever got squirrely was to drop a MOAB on it.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:40 PM (2ocoG)

89 Give me what I want, and I'll go away.

Posted by: Saijo at July 21, 2026 01:40 PM (JvZF+)

90 Quality is not a consideration in Chinese domestic construction. And if the Party officials have fled, everyone else should too.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM

Party Officials: We are not fleeing...we have an important meeting in Beijing. Your fleeing would be defeatism and counter-revolutionary activity, comrade. You will s[]die remain in place.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 01:41 PM (kgE5c)

91
Flex seal is the answer!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 21, 2026 01:41 PM (ixS3i)

92 Say what you will about Lake Nasser (and archaeologists say a lot, all of it terrible), the dam was built to last.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 01:41 PM (gKWVE)

93 Wasn't the Whitmer kidnapping plot 100% an FBI sting that they plotted, planned, funded and armed only finally finding some local yocals to take the bait and engage in discussions?
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It was basically some duffuses that like to play paintball in the woods standing around a garage one night getting drunk and one of them said, "somebody ought to do something about that dumb bitch."

And everything from there on to "do something" was all FBI agents; one agent buying the materials from another agent, one agent agreeing with another agent on "let's do this" in the group chat and so on and so on.

Am I simplifying it? Exaggerated downplay?
Maybe, but barely.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 21, 2026 01:41 PM (3cUTc)

94 https://x.com/LUOXIANG_PMTQ

Three Gorges Dam rumor.
Posted by: 13times at July 21, 2026 01:39 PM (6iKlf)


LOL.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:41 PM (2YhKe)

95 Html fail.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 01:41 PM (kgE5c)

96 There were more FBI agents and informants than there were "conspirators" in the alleged Whitmer kidnapping. The lead "conspirator " was living in a basement with no running water

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 01:41 PM (sMkB+)

97 That's why the go-to strategy if Xi ever got squirrely was to drop a MOAB on it.
Posted by: Ian S.

/pedant
MOABs are air-burst weapons. You want a ground penetrator weapon.
/pedant

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 21, 2026 01:42 PM (diia5)

98 If it does start to collapse we should indeed send a JDAM or three to help it along.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 01:42 PM (JvZF+)

99 Completely off topic, but we need AceCam. I am trying to eat a grilled chicken salad, and I have 2 cats and a dog sitting in a row just staring at me.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 01:39 PM (hftzA)


Make your choice. It's either the chicken or your face.

Posted by: The Cats at July 21, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)

100 It's known that they didn't anchor it to anything at the bottom, only it's own weight keeps it in place. That's why the go-to strategy if Xi ever got squirrely was to drop a MOAB on it.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:40 PM (2ocoG)

That is pretty much the standard for earth-fill dams.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 01:42 PM (1z8ji)

101 The 28-year-old is alleged to have walked into the former MP's kitchen through an unlocked front door asking, 'Don't suppose you have bank cards and ID?' as he held a hammer out of sight.
==
Now how would they know that?

She was found dead. No witnesses. Did he tell them what his intro to her was?

Weird.

Posted by: Oh wait, its Britain at July 21, 2026 01:42 PM (anL5R)

102 In fairness, ICE was asking for it. Look at they way they are dressed.

Posted by: Joe Mama at July 21, 2026 01:43 PM (TezPK)

103 89 Give me what I want, and I'll go away.
Posted by: Saijo at July 21, 2026 01:40 PM (JvZF+)

I just took the last bite and Sabi hissed at Saijo and left. Kovu and Saijo looked at each other like “well that was uncalled for”.

And thus ends the play by play of my life.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 01:43 PM (hftzA)

104 Who wouldn't love Three D*** Corgies?

Posted by: Oglebay at July 21, 2026 01:44 PM (2ap+5)

105 I mean, who'd want to kidnap her? That would involve actually looking at her and touching her.
Posted by: Ian S

Julius Caesar has entered the chat.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 21, 2026 01:44 PM (w9Wax)

106 Kidnapping a Democrat governor is clearly no big deal. Had it been a Republican Governor it would be different.

Ok then 'stalking' ice agents isnt terrorism. Throw out every community responders charges too. Carrying zines isnt terrorism. Throw out the texas case.

This is 100% total exoneration for Trump supporters, right? I mean how could we find anything objectionable about them now, right?

MAGA nutjob in MN shot 2 dem reps and their family, dog included, dead in their house and its already old news while right wingers still yelling about violent leftists so...

I'm gonna keep saying it until liberals realize it is necessary for the preservation of law and society: Judges are not gods. Start arresting them.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 21, 2026 01:45 PM (2qI1t)

107 Completely off topic, but we need AceCam.
Posted by: Piper
_________

The pants rules would need amending.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 21, 2026 01:45 PM (XvL8K)

108
Kovu and Saijo looked at each other like “well that was uncalled for”.



These 2 are named mysteriously close to former NHL player Saku Koivu.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:46 PM (2YhKe)

109 Completely off topic, but we need AceCam. I am trying to eat a grilled chicken salad, and I have 2 cats and a dog sitting in a row just staring at me.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 01:39 PM (hftzA)
______

There already is AceCam. It's called OnlyFans.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 01:46 PM (iFTx/)

110 Any evidence that the three gorges dam story is true?

People have been spreading lies about it for a while. Most of the construction was overseen by outside firms, as this was built before the Chinese were so damn arrogant. I doubt it will fail until there is an earthquake so don't get your hopes up.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 21, 2026 01:37 PM (yaIVL)

Who knows? No one is getting their "hopes" up.

"before the Chinese were so damn arrogant." Lol! Not the Middle Kingdom!

Posted by: 13times at July 21, 2026 01:46 PM (6iKlf)

111
MAGA nutjob in MN shot 2 dem reps and their family, dog included, dead in their house and its already old news while right wingers still yelling about violent leftists so...


Uh.....he wasn't MAGA.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:47 PM (2YhKe)

112 .
Give me a couple of graphs. Right wing vs left wing intelligence AND right wing vs left wing moral compass.

Posted by: Marooned at July 21, 2026 01:47 PM (kt8QE)

113 Haven't seen any confirmation on X or YouTube or news about the Three Gorges , but the dams collapsed in Guangxi autonomous region are real. A lot of people are dead there .

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 01:47 PM (sMkB+)

114 MAGA nutjob in MN shot 2 dem reps and their family, dog included, dead in their house

If by "MAGA" you mean "Tim Walz appointee who shot the only Democrat to vote against Walz", sure.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:48 PM (2ocoG)

115 It is true the Chinese suck at civil engineering in general, drainage and flood control particularly. There has been massive recent urban flooding.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 01:49 PM (JvZF+)

116
There already is AceCam. It's called OnlyFans.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 01:46 PM (iFTx/)




OnlyWicket?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 21, 2026 01:50 PM (y9nCu)

117 108
Kovu and Saijo looked at each other like “well that was uncalled for”.



These 2 are named mysteriously close to former NHL player Saku Koivu.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:46 PM (2YhKe)

That is funny. Kovu is from The Lion King 2, it means scar in Swahili. He is a Savannah. Makes sense. Everyone knows why Saijo is Saijo, and his name makes sense. Sabi is actually Wasabi. He, like Kovu, is a Savannah, so it doesn’t make any sense at all.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 01:50 PM (hftzA)

118 the dams collapsed in Guangxi autonomous region are real. A lot of people are dead there .
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Yeah. I pointed out at the time that the same weather was moving up into 3gD country and would put pressure on that too.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 01:50 PM (gKWVE)

119 MAGA nutjob in MN shot 2 dem reps and their family, dog included, dead in their house and its already old news while right wingers still yelling about violent leftists so...


Uh.....he wasn't MAGA.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:47 PM (2YhKe)

That doesn't matter. What matters is they believe he was.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 01:50 PM (N1tpc)

120 The thing is just placed on the mud, no real foundation. It was only a matter of time. BTW, the same attention to quality is in every chinese product.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 21, 2026 01:34 PM (0U5gm)

The Hell you say!

Posted by: Every Temu product ever at July 21, 2026 01:51 PM (Eng1Z)

121 Kovu and Saijo looked at each other like “well that was uncalled for”.



These 2 are named mysteriously close to former NHL player Saku Koivu.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:46 PM (2YhKe)

That is funny. Kovu is from The Lion King 2, it means scar in Swahili. He is a Savannah. Makes sense. Everyone knows why Saijo is Saijo, and his name makes sense. Sabi is actually Wasabi. He, like Kovu, is a Savannah, so it doesn’t make any sense at all.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 01:50 PM (hftzA)


My cat's breath smells like cat food.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 01:51 PM (N1tpc)

122 113 Haven't seen any confirmation on X or YouTube or news about the Three Gorges , but the dams collapsed in Guangxi autonomous region are real. A lot of people are dead there .
Posted by: Smell the Glove

"No they aren't. Please report for reeducation immediately."
- CCP

What's annoying is that every time a sewer clogs and there is 2" of water on some sidestreet in Tokyo, the Chinese make a big deal about the misery of poor Japanese infrastructure and a failing society.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 21, 2026 01:52 PM (yaIVL)

123 That is funny. Kovu is from The Lion King 2, it means scar in Swahili. He is a Savannah. Makes sense. Everyone knows why Saijo is Saijo, and his name makes sense. Sabi is actually Wasabi. He, like Kovu, is a Savannah, so it doesn’t make any sense at all.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 01:50 PM (hftzA)


My dogs are simply named after booze. So far, the reddish accented Husky was Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey, Bourbon for short, and the mini Aussie is Foster, Australian for Dog.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:52 PM (2YhKe)

124 Uh.....he wasn't MAGA.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:47 PM (2YhKe)

That doesn't matter. What matters is they believe he was.
==
right because it doesn't matter what he identifies as, it matters what they identify him as . . . wait WUT?

Posted by: Consistency at July 21, 2026 01:52 PM (anL5R)

125 In more of the Great Boning Of China news, apparently the gov't had to deliver a $10T bailout.
youtu.be/y5pSXzFSLnc
96 billion yuan.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 01:53 PM (gKWVE)

126 Water is leaking from multiple locations near the base of the Three Gorges Dam.

Geology is the study of pressure and time. That's all it takes, really. Pressure and time. That, and a big goddamn poster.
- Red

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 01:53 PM (n5tGW)

127 That is funny. Kovu is from The Lion King 2, it means scar in Swahili. He is a Savannah. Makes sense. Everyone knows why Saijo is Saijo, and his name makes sense. Sabi is actually Wasabi. He, like Kovu, is a Savannah, so it doesn’t make any sense at all.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 01:50 PM (hftzA)


My dogs are simply named after booze. So far, the reddish accented Husky was Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey, Bourbon for short, and the mini Aussie is Foster, Australian for Dog.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:52 PM (2YhKe)

OH, those are cat names. Now the post makes some sense.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 01:53 PM (N1tpc)

128 Say what you will about Abby Phillips, Helen of the Baltimore Docks has a smirk that would launch a 1000 seamen.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 21, 2026 01:54 PM (wBaIH)

129 right because it doesn't matter what he identifies as, it matters what they identify him as . . . wait WUT?
Posted by: Consistency at July 21, 2026 01:52 PM (anL5R)

Yes! Now you get it. Doublethink™

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 01:54 PM (N1tpc)

130 there were some others I think, sorry if I missed your handle
Posted by: kallisto

Just ignore the guy spreading news about her new SO....

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 21, 2026 01:54 PM (DZ9Lv)

131 Would you believe that Three Gorges Dam had a small but noticeable effect on earth's rotation. That massive build up of water lengthened the day by 0.1 microseconds and shifted the earth's axis by about 2 cm relative to the surface.
Posted by: publius

"Nerd! Nerd! Nerd!"

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 21, 2026 01:56 PM (DZ9Lv)

132 okay here's the source
tinyurl.com/yvemsba2
96,000,000,000.00 Chinese Yuan equals
$14,173,440,000. so "only" $14 billion.

Posted by: gKWVE loses track of the zeroes at July 21, 2026 01:56 PM (gKWVE)

133 Shanghai is flooding like crazy right now from storms.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 01:57 PM (sMkB+)

134 "IKE BEATS TINA TO DEATH!"

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 21, 2026 01:57 PM (qFwJc)

135 JANUARY6JANUARY6
JANUARY6
JANUARY6JANUARY6JANUARY6JANUARY6JANUARY6JANUARY6

Posted by: Another Stupid Typical Fucking Moonbat at July 21, 2026 01:58 PM (ZlKnD)

136 Literally everything is an op.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:58 PM (2YhKe)

137 "That massive build up of water lengthened the day by 0.1 microseconds and shifted the earth's axis by about 2 cm relative to the surface."

So when the dam bursts we will get our .1 microsecond back?

Posted by: fd at July 21, 2026 01:59 PM (MWfyi)

138 Tanned, rested, and ready!

Posted by: The cobras at July 21, 2026 01:59 PM (601KG)

139
In more Earth rotation nerd news, that little anomalous speed-up that started about 2020 has apparently ended. No negative leap second will be needed in 2029 or so.

Erf has now slowed back down. It's been about 10 years since a leap second was needed, and it will be a few more likely before the next, which will be the longest run without since the current UTC scheme was instituted in '72.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 02:00 PM (w6EFb)

140 Just ignore the guy spreading news about her new SO....
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 21, 2026 01:54 PM (DZ9Lv)

this little factoid did not escape my attention, did Fenelon remarry or something?

Posted by: kallisto at July 21, 2026 02:00 PM (kD8Fh)

141 According to the asshats who run the Smithsonian Institute for the Criminally Insane Micky Mouse is racist.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at July 21, 2026 02:01 PM (V362x)

142 Something similar going on Airstrip 1.

The UK Government last week announced they had arrested 12 "right wing extremists" for planning a "terror attack" against a Muslim event. Made quite a big deal out of it.

A few days later, all but one were released without charges. Quietly.

https://youtu.be/Idn0zGtc-WA

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 21, 2026 02:01 PM (mHP6y)

143 The thing is that Jan 6 was actually leftist violence. Set up by the Obama regime, with hundreds of undercover FBI participating and encouraging a riot, and with Pelosi not only directing the Capitol Police to open doors but also refusing Trump's request for the National Guard.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 02:01 PM (n5tGW)

144 I worry that too much water has accumulated behind the Three Gorges Dam and now the earth is out of balance.


*Hank Johnson*

Posted by: Truck Monkey at July 21, 2026 02:02 PM (affD0)

145 Just ignore the guy spreading news about her new SO....
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 21, 2026 01:54 PM (DZ9Lv)

this little factoid did not escape my attention, did Fenelon remarry or something?
Posted by: kallisto

She got a kitten.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 21, 2026 02:03 PM (DZ9Lv)

146 The thing is that Jan 6 was actually leftist violence. Set up by the Obama regime, with hundreds of undercover FBI participating and encouraging a riot, and with Pelosi not only directing the Capitol Police to open doors but also refusing Trump's request for the National Guard.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 02:01 PM (n5tGW)

With Pelosi's daughter on hand to film a documentary.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 02:03 PM (wVcYX)

147 VTK, there's talk that the government didn't want the Islamic event to go forward because, yes, it was going to be extremist.
So they cooked up a "plot" out of thirteen Biffas mouthing off down the pub, to use that as an excuse to cancel the Islamic event.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 02:05 PM (gKWVE)

148 According to the asshats who run the Smithsonian Institute for the Criminally Insane Micky Mouse is racist.

Well, he is a mouse. Not gonna like a black panther.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 02:05 PM (n5tGW)

149 113 Haven't seen any confirmation on X or YouTube or news about the Three Gorges , but the dams collapsed in Guangxi autonomous region are real. A lot of people are dead there .
Posted by: Smell the Glove

"No they aren't. Please report for reeducation immediately."
- CCP

What's annoying is that every time a sewer clogs and there is 2" of water on some sidestreet in Tokyo, the Chinese make a big deal about the misery of poor Japanese infrastructure and a failing society.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 21, 2026 01:52 PM (yaIVL)

A show I watch for China info is always pissed about an apparent rule that death counts can never be reported to be above 30. So 10 cities and towns flooded with 30 feet of water, 26 dead.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 21, 2026 02:07 PM (uhVAy)

150 >>>
What's annoying is that every time a sewer clogs and there is 2" of water on some sidestreet in Tokyo, the Chinese make a big deal about the misery of poor Japanese infrastructure and a failing society. Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 21, 2026 01:52 PM (yaIVL)

I'd laugh, but NYC had that massive subway flooding the other day. Did they figure out what pipe burst? Who is to blame for that utter fail?

Clearly needed to call the Super Mario Bros to fix it.

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 02:07 PM (Eng1Z)

151 New Jersey discloses 6,600 non-citizens were on New Jersey voter rolls after motor vehicles software error in 2023 and 2024

Fewer than 400 voted illegally; Sherrill orders investigation as some of Trump claims validated; Governor says Trump has ‘zero credibility’ on election matters

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 02:07 PM (RHGPo)

152 Well, he is a mouse. Not gonna like a black panther.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 02:05 PM (n5tGW)

Mickey Mouse was portrayed as black and white because the cartoons were in black and white. Color film did not exist at the time.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 02:08 PM (1z8ji)

153 Between yesterday and today in my county a fifteen year old drowned at a swimming hole where I swam as a teen, a convict at Napanoch prison burned to death in his cell and a bus flipped over on the Thruway with no major injuries. Full moon?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:09 PM (sMkB+)

154 >>>
What's annoying is that every time a sewer clogs and there is 2" of water on some sidestreet in Tokyo, the Chinese make a big deal about the misery of poor Japanese infrastructure and a failing society. Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 21, 2026 01:52 PM (yaIVL)

... the Chinese have nothing to poke the Japanese with on infrastructure as they are notorious for poor or non-existence drainage

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 02:09 PM (RHGPo)

155 Between yesterday and today in my county a fifteen year old drowned at a swimming hole where I swam as a teen, a convict at Napanoch prison burned to death in his cell and a bus flipped over on the Thruway with no major injuries. Full moon?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:09 PM (sMkB+)

A bus flipped over? Buses are supposed to "plunge". It's in all the style books, FFS.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 02:10 PM (1z8ji)

156 Mickey Mouse was portrayed as black and white because the cartoons were in black and white. Color film did not exist at the time.

... so you're saying that all of Holywood is based on white supremacy

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 02:10 PM (RHGPo)

157 My favorite thing about China is those gleaming ghost cities they built for some reason.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 02:11 PM (n5tGW)

158 Well, he is a mouse. Not gonna like a black panther.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 02:05 PM (n5tGW)

Mickey Mouse was portrayed as black and white because the cartoons were in black and white. Color film did not exist at the time.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 02:08 PM (1z8ji)

FIFY

Posted by: Calvin's Dad at July 21, 2026 02:11 PM (wVcYX)

159 My dogs are simply named after booze. So far, the reddish accented Husky was Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey, Bourbon for short, and the mini Aussie is Foster, Australian for Dog.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:52 PM (2YhKe)

Uh oh! When he learns to read and finds out what a "foster kid" is, he could realize he's not your bio dog!

Posted by: SciVo at July 21, 2026 02:12 PM (Sy6m/)

160 New Jersey discloses 6,600 non-citizens were on New Jersey voter rolls

... the sacrificial non-citizens on voter rolls.
I bet there are another 30,000 they didn't or wouldn't reveal

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 02:12 PM (RHGPo)

161 @160 SMOD, I was thinking multiply 10x

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:13 PM (sMkB+)

162 My dogs are simply named after booze
--------------

My cats are Charlie and Bravo. Keeping it simple.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 21, 2026 02:15 PM (mHP6y)

163 153 Between yesterday and today in my county a fifteen year old drowned at a swimming hole where I swam as a teen, a convict at Napanoch prison burned to death in his cell and a bus flipped over on the Thruway with no major injuries. Full moon?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:09 PM (sMkB+)

I had to check. No, currently waxing crescent, another week to full.

Posted by: SciVo at July 21, 2026 02:15 PM (Sy6m/)

164 White woman stands trial over claims she called autistic black boy, 8, racist word in playground during fight over applesauce

.. at least it wasn't over a Tootsie Roll or such

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 02:15 PM (RHGPo)

165 Mickey Mouse was portrayed as black and white because the cartoons were in black and white. Color film did not exist at the time.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 02:08 PM (1z8ji)
======


Rheeeeeeee!

Posted by: Gen Z college educated liberal at July 21, 2026 02:15 PM (JvZF+)

166 My favorite thing about China is those gleaming ghost cities they built for some reason.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 02:11 PM (n5tGW)

Building generates economic activity. People invest in them to support themselves in old age since family sizes are small. But since the construction is shoddy and planning is awful, people are finding out that these cities have no future and the current generation is gonna blow up when the scam comes into the open.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 21, 2026 02:15 PM (uhVAy)

167 DEI guest host subbing in for incompetent DEI regular host Abby Philips suggests that ICE was responsible for their own firebombing yesterday

To be more precise, ICE *and* Donald Trump.

Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at July 21, 2026 02:16 PM (0sNs1)

168
She got a kitten.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 21, 2026 02:03 PM (DZ9Lv)

Lucky her!!

Jealous!

Posted by: kallisto at July 21, 2026 02:16 PM (kD8Fh)

169 My dogs are simply named after booze. So far, the reddish accented Husky was Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey, Bourbon for short, and the mini Aussie is Foster, Australian for Dog.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer


Always give your dogs a one syllable name. That way, when you are chasing the down the street, it's much easier to yell "Sam" or "Max" instead of "Winston Rothschild the 4th!"

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 02:16 PM (AFtz5)

170 >>> New Jersey discloses 6,600 non-citizens were on New Jersey voter rolls

Bless Scott Pressler for the recent win of getting PA to have to expose their voter roles. Respect for those fighting the uphill battle to clean up the voting process in their states.

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 02:16 PM (Eng1Z)

171 Report: Mojtaba Khamenei is not in Iran
According to an Israeli security official, Iran's new supreme leader is no longer in the country, while Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Ahmad Vahidi and other senior officials are drafting statements in his name. The official also claimed the US does not want Israel to participate in offensive operations, even if the Iranian regime attacks it.

... supreme leader is probably with his 72 Virginians

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 02:17 PM (RHGPo)

172 We have a nutter gap.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 21, 2026 01:29 PM

Not so much a gap as ...

Posted by: zombie Adolf H. at July 21, 2026 02:17 PM (0sNs1)

173 >> So when the dam bursts we will get our .1 microsecond back?

Something would happen. :-)

Over the course of the year, the earth's rotation varies a bit of 2 ms, or 4 orders of magnitude greater than that effect.

45% of that 2ms variation is due to the movements of Stacey Abrams.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 02:18 PM (w6EFb)

174 In addition to disclosing the supreme leader's whereabouts, the Israeli security official also offered a glimpse into the Iranian regime's covert operational plans against Israel.

According to the official, Tehran planned and set in motion a complex operation aimed at assassinating senior Israeli figures in central Tel Aviv. The plot was intended as direct retaliation for the killing of Iran's previous supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.

The source also said the US did not want Israel to take part in offensive operations, even if the Iranian regime attacked it. "The internal divisions in Iran are deep and threaten the very existence of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps," the official claimed.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 02:18 PM (RHGPo)

175 Khamanei is in Pamplona for the running of the bulls

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:18 PM (sMkB+)

176 Always give your dogs a one syllable name. That way, when you are chasing the down the street, it's much easier to yell "Sam" or "Max" instead of "Winston Rothschild the 4th!"
Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 02:16 PM

This isn't about me, is it?

Posted by: Johnjacobjingleheimersmith at July 21, 2026 02:19 PM (0sNs1)

177 153 Between yesterday and today in my county a fifteen year old drowned at a swimming hole where I swam as a teen, a convict at Napanoch prison burned to death in his cell and a bus flipped over on the Thruway with no major injuries. Full moon?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:

Oh my gosh, how awful for the 15 year old.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 02:19 PM (Dd38x)

178 166 My favorite thing about China is those gleaming ghost cities they built for some reason.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 02:11 PM (n5tGW)

Building generates economic activity. People invest in them to support themselves in old age since family sizes are small. But since the construction is shoddy and planning is awful, people are finding out that these cities have no future and the current generation is gonna blow up when the scam comes into the open.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 21, 2026 02:15 PM (uhVAy)

We have bums without a place to stay, they have housing without tenants. Smells like opportunity! Bonus: our bums are too drugged up to care about quality, and are probably on Chinese fentanyl anyway, so they would be closer to the source. Win/win/win.

Posted by: SciVo at July 21, 2026 02:19 PM (Sy6m/)

179 BTW our "newest" troll thinks The Holocaust came after June because it's another Jew Lie.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 02:20 PM (JWXSB)

180 I'm sure the Three Gorges Dam was built to the same exacting standards I used for the St. Francis dam...,

Zombie Bill Mulholland.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 02:20 PM (QGaXH)

181 Regarding the NJ thing, if the software registered non-citizens to vote, did it also *not* register citizens? Just curious if that was a deliberate invert.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 02:20 PM (2ocoG)

182 >>>Khamanei is in Pamplona for the running of the bulls

Wait, what? Running of the bulls? That is awesome. I have to inform my wife of this.

Posted by: David French at July 21, 2026 02:21 PM (J4Dwc)

183 Khameini is negotiating directly with Mitch McConnell.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 02:21 PM (JvZF+)

184 It's been about 10 years since a leap second was needed, and it will be a few more likely before the next, which will be the longest run without since the current UTC scheme was instituted in '72.

Posted by: publius,



Just wait until the leap century arrives, that is going to mess with a lot of peoples' internal clocks.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 21, 2026 02:21 PM (0U5gm)

185
Just wait until the leap century arrives, that is going to mess with a lot of peoples' internal clocks.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 21, 2026 02:21 PM (0U5gm)


I mean, they're shitting themselves over making DST permanent.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 02:23 PM (2YhKe)

186 Wait, what? Running of the bulls? That is awesome. I have to inform my wife of this.
Posted by: David French at July 21, 2026 02:21 PM

Wait'll Bill Kristol finds out.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 02:24 PM (2ocoG)

187 Michigan Appeals Court recognizes nobody in their right mind would want to spend time with Gretchen Whitmer, reverses attempted kidnapping conviction on grounds of mental incompetence.

Posted by: Da Twoof at July 21, 2026 02:24 PM (anL5R)

188 Just how stupid is our government, trying to make DST permanent, again?

They tried it once, and it was a total disaster. Stick with standard time, like rational people.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 21, 2026 02:25 PM (0U5gm)

189 Wait'll Bill Kristol finds out.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 02:24 PM (2ocoG)


It would need to be done on a cruise ship.


AHOY!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 02:25 PM (2YhKe)

190 Harry Sisson says he will fight anyone from the Trump administration. I nominate Pete Hegseth.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 21, 2026 02:25 PM (CRKYb)

191 Khamanei is in Pamplona for the running of the bulls

Wait, what? Running of the bulls? That is awesome. I have to inform my wife of this.
Posted by: David French
==
Somebody tell Bill his wife is already in Pamplona.

Posted by: Its funny because its true at July 21, 2026 02:26 PM (anL5R)

192 No Title NOOD

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 02:26 PM (O7YUW)

193 Harry Sisson says he will fight anyone from the Trump administration. I nominate Pete Hegseth.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 21, 2026 02:25 PM (CRKYb)


This would be awesome.

He said the Trump family as well. I would LOVE to see Barron in the ring, or octagon, with that prissy little girlyman.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 02:26 PM (2YhKe)

194 Harry Sisson says he will fight fuck anyone from the Trump administration.
--------

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 02:26 PM (JWXSB)

195 The NOOD has a title now:

BLM Organizer Harrangues Hapless Homosexual James Talarico at Campaign Stop, Threatening "Consequences" If She is Not Racially Appeased

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 02:27 PM (O7YUW)

196 Gretchen Whitmer is probably the only victim of a kidnapping plot that was briefed on every single discussion and move of the "kidnappers" from beginning to end, much of it in real time as it happened.

Posted by: Ripley at July 21, 2026 02:27 PM (GUOwU)

197 Most of the construction was overseen by outside firms, as this was built before the Chinese were so damn arrogant.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 21, 2026 01:37 PM (yaIVL)
---
That's kind of what I was thinking.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 02:27 PM (Fi81e)

198 Always give your dogs a one syllable name. That way, when you are chasing the down the street, it's much easier to yell "Sam" or "Max" instead of "Winston Rothschild the 4th!"
Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026

Isn’t that how they all get their nicknames? But you can yell whatever you want to an escapee Shiba. They aren’t coming back unless and until they want to come back. It’s insane. It’s part of the breed warnings. And it isn’t that they don’t understand the concept of recall, because I can call Saijo all day long on the house and he comes. If he is dragging his leash, he will come when called. Off leash? Sayonara. They are a true basal breed and just don’t really care about all of this. What I don’t understand, though, is they were originally breed as hunting dogs. How did the hunters get them back? Were they single use Shibas?

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 02:27 PM (Dd38x)

199 Looks like Ohio, Pennsylvania and points east should be keeping a weather eye out this afternoon, early evening.
Currently 20 severe warnings and 3 tornado warnings.
Max velocity live stream on utube.
Because I care.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 21, 2026 02:27 PM (dAv7M)

200 Harry Sisson says he will fight anyone from the Trump administration. I nominate Pete Hegseth.

It's funnier than that. He and Don Lemon said they would tag-team fight anyone from the Trump administration.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 02:33 PM (2ocoG)

201 The host asks is ICE responsible for the Left's domestic terrorism? LOL.

Posted by: TJ jackson at July 21, 2026 03:33 PM (bXvrr)

Border Patrol Wanted to Question Fauci's Catspaw Peter Daszak When He Returned from the Wuhan Lab in China.
The FBI Blocked Them from Asking Fauci's Pal Any Questions.

We need a Truth and Reconciliation Committee to discover what was really going on in Wuhan and which government officials need to be in prison.


Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul released new documents Monday that he said revealed the FBI stopped Customs and Border Patrol from searching and questioning Peter Daszak upon his return to the United States from China.

..

Paul said that CBP was prepared to stop Daszak, who was the president of EcoHealth Alliance at the time, when he landed in New York in February 2021, but was told by the FBI days before Daszak landed not to question him and the inspection never took place.


CBP was reportedly expected to ask Daszak about his contacts at the Wuhan lab, whether he collected or transported biological samples, and what happened during his trip to China.

Fauci refused to appear before Congress voluntarily to answer questions about his previous perjuries and obstructions of Congress, and is now facing a subpoena.

Anthony Fauci will face a subpoena to testify publicly in July, a lawmaker said Monday.

According to a social media post from Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has been issued a subpoena to testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

The development comes as Fauci said he would not voluntarily testify after previously agreeing to do so, Paul said.

"Today, I have issued a subpoena requiring him to testify before the Committee, in public, next month," Paul said in the post.

...

Conservative commentator Michael Knowles said Fauci committed "clear perjury" in 2024 congressional testimony during an appearance on NewsNation's "CUOMO," claiming the former public health official lied under oath about his contacts with the U.S. intelligence community over COVID-19's origins.

The accusation came on the heels of outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard releasing a tranche of documents on her final day in office, which she said proved Fauci worked to suppress the truth about the coronavirus's lab-leak origins and U.S. funding of related research.

Knowles pointed to CIA memoranda and whistleblower accounts he said show Fauci did discuss COVID's origins with intelligence officials -- directly contradicting his 2024 sworn testimony.

"That was clear perjury, and that's within the statute of limitations," Knowles said. "We know that from CIA briefings. We know that from whistleblowers."


Note that if he lies again, he can be prosecuted.

But he will almost certainly plead the Fifth and answer no questions.

Happy Tuesday. I hope everyone's cool and in the shade.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:14 PM




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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:13 PM (2YhKe)

2 BOOM shakalaka.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:13 PM (2YhKe)

3 Off to lum NOOD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:13 PM (2YhKe)

4 Top o' the mornin' to ya, Ace!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:14 PM (2YhKe)

5 So many idle woodchippers.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 21, 2026 12:14 PM (HoEQ6)

6 Afternoon, Ace. How you doin'?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 12:15 PM (kgE5c)

7 The Blade's a real tough cookie with a long history
Of breaking little hearts like the one in me.
That's okay, let's see how you do it,
Put up your dukes, let's get down to it.

Hit me with your best shot.
Why don't you hit me with your best shot.
Hit me with your best shot.
Fire away ...

TO FIRST!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 12:15 PM (iFTx/)

8 Treason.

The FBI delenda est.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 12:15 PM (N1tpc)

9 Fauci refused to appear before Congress voluntarily to answer questions about his previous perjuries and obstructions of Congress, and is now facing a subpoena.

He'd rather be facing a subpenis, probably.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 12:15 PM (2ocoG)

10 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at July 21, 2026 12:15 PM (2Ez/1)

11 We had to create bioweapons to destroy humanity or the Russians would have done it first!

Posted by: America is Always Justified at July 21, 2026 12:16 PM (KgaOU)

12 "Today, I have issued a subpoena requiring him to testify before the Committee, in public, next month," Paul said in the post.

...


He won't say shit, just like he didn't all the other times. He SHOULD be held in contempt at a minimum because he's provably LIED to Congress, which I thought was against the law.

But there's no two tiered justice in the US. Nope. Not a bit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:16 PM (2YhKe)

13 "I hope everyone's cool and in the shade."

Looks like S.F. will be hitting about 85 where I am. Apocalypse stuff. Ugh.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 21, 2026 12:16 PM (DZ9Lv)

14 But he will almost certainly plead the Fifth and answer no questions.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:14 PM

He's been pardoned. He can't plead the fifth because he can't be prosecuted.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 12:16 PM (N1tpc)

15 4K hi-def Ace showing his face. How do you sleep at night? You lying sack of sh*t paid influencer. Maybe Erica will forgive you, but I won’t. You’re a f’ing disgrace!

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at July 21, 2026 12:17 PM (Hohgs)

16 More like a mass waterboarding.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 12:17 PM (2GVsD)

17 Daszak (which is a name I want for an evil snake-alien invading general) didn't get a pardon. But that's not to say he got off lightly! EcoHealth fired him and HHS blocked him from any funding until January 2029.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 12:17 PM (gKWVE)

18 hey there ace!

it's pretty cool out which as a pool owner in the Northeast I do not appreciate

oh and no way on earth Fauci will testify

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 12:17 PM (j+aD2)

19 But he will almost certainly plead the Fifth and answer no questions.

Haven't the courts *spit* previously ruled that people who've been pardoned cannot plead the fifth as they cannot incriminate themselves?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 12:18 PM (ExV1e)

20 Posted by: Billygoatpuke at July 21, 2026 12:17 PM (Hohgs)


You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 21, 2026 12:18 PM (2YhKe)

21 Van Nuys is hellmouth.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 21, 2026 12:18 PM (P6t1G)

22 Posted by: Billygoatpuke at July 21, 2026 12:17 PM (Hohgs)

who let the hogs out
(woop woop woop)

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 12:18 PM (gKWVE)

23 (Hohgs)

That is too on the nose

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 12:18 PM (2GVsD)

24 "I hope everyone's cool and in the shade."

Looks like S.F. will be hitting about 85 where I am. Apocalypse stuff. Ugh.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 21, 2026 12:16 PM (DZ9Lv)

We aren't Europeans. 85 is entirely comfortable.

However, it's predicted to not even reach 80 the next two days here. I'm looking forward to that.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 12:19 PM (N1tpc)

25 Wow, sounds like #15 is getting ready to cut his d*** off and light it on fire. It would be a service to humanity.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

26 23 (Hohgs)

That is too on the nose
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 12:18 PM (2GVsD)

Or snout.

Posted by: The ring of the porcine at July 21, 2026 12:19 PM (TbWk/)

27 Fauci's pardon shouldn't be worth the paper it's autopened on.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:19 PM (2YhKe)

28 (Hohgs)

Is it Amy Bishop's son?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 12:19 PM (2GVsD)

29 Wow, sounds like #15 is getting ready to cut his d*** off and light it on fire. It would be a service to humanity.

Although I suppose it would make no difference to the overall fertility rate, given that it has doubtless never been used.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)

30 The problem with Truth and Reconciliation tribunals is that they are as transparent as the Warren Commission, and never manage to reconcile anyone to anything, except the general public which gets to reconcile itself to the fact that they will never hear the truth, and will never get justice.

Posted by: Kindltot - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, but there will be paid commercials at July 21, 2026 12:20 PM (rbvCR)

31 "We need a Truth and Reconciliation Committee to discover what was really going on in Wuhan and which government officials need to be in prison."

I already know what was really going on: a massive criminal money-laundering scheme to funnel piles of cash to Democrap cronies and pet interests.

The lab was never supposed to function as an actual lab or do any real research into anything other than how to get their hands on the top secret crop report before it goes public.

Then the bat lady went ahead and actually created something.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 12:20 PM (iFTx/)

32 24 "I hope everyone's cool and in the shade."

Looks like S.F. will be hitting about 85 where I am. Apocalypse stuff. Ugh.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 21, 2026 12:16 PM (DZ9Lv)

We aren't Europeans. 85 is entirely comfortable.

However, it's predicted to not even reach 80 the next two days here. I'm looking forward to that.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 12:19 PM (N1tpc)

85 sure is hot...if you're a candyass.

Posted by: Guy who lives in FL at July 21, 2026 12:20 PM (TbWk/)

33 He's been pardoned. He can't plead the fifth because he can't be prosecuted.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 12:16 PM

"If he lies again".

That would be a new charge for which he could be prosecuted. His pardon was not for any new crimes committed in perpetuity.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 12:20 PM (kgE5c)

34 Happy Tuesday. I hope everyone's cool and in the shade.

I'm sad. I keep getting older ladies at my cancer appointment. They're all quite nice but it's nicer when a couple young cuties ask you to drop your pants.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 12:20 PM (ExV1e)

35 Posted by: Billygoatpuke at July 21, 2026 12:17 PM (Hohgs)



Point on the picture where your dad and his donkey put their dicks in you..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:20 PM (2YhKe)

36 But he will almost certainly plead the Fifth and answer no questions.
--------
"I do not recall" -- Hillary Clinton, 39 times

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2026 12:21 PM (XeU6L)

37 The lab was never supposed to function as an actual lab or do any real research into anything other than how to get their hands on the top secret crop report before it goes public.

But where is Beeks?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)

38 But where is Beeks?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 12:21 PM

I forgot about that guy!

Posted by: Billy Ray Valentine (Capricorn) at July 21, 2026 12:22 PM (kgE5c)

39 Wow, sounds like #15 is getting ready to cut his d*** off and light it on fire. It would be a service to humanity.

Although I suppose it would make no difference to the overall fertility rate, given that it has doubtless never been used.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)
______

"If only that were true ...."

-- male assholes

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 12:22 PM (iFTx/)

40 How does Fauci sleep at night.
He's responsible for almost 7M deaths worldwide.
He indirectly killed more people that the Nazi concentration camps did.
He ruined the academic performance of millions of American school children.
He caused the failure of untold small businesses that didn't survive the Covid shutdowns.
He ruined the careers of actual scientists who pointed out his lies.
And then lied about everything over and over.
He has no soul or conscience.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at July 21, 2026 12:22 PM (MNCvZ)

41 He didn't get a biden autopen pardon did he ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 12:22 PM (FtULh)

42 Wray must've been straight up working for the Commies.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 21, 2026 12:22 PM (bbmmb)

43
85 sure is hot...if you're a candyass.
Posted by: Guy who lives in FL at July 21, 2026 12:20 PM (TbWk/)


It's slated to hit 106 here today........BEFORE the 'heat index' is added.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:22 PM (2YhKe)

44 "Dr. Fauci, tell us of your plans to murder millions of people, and focus in your answer on the steps necessary to develop and deliver the disease your conceived, and then also describe in detail your financial gains."

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 21, 2026 12:22 PM (Ob5gh)

45 Van Nuys is hellmouth

There was always a 10 deg. drop after getting through the Mulholland Pass back into L.A. on my motorcycle.

Posted by: Halfhand at July 21, 2026 12:23 PM (Ysav4)

46 also, I will not be considered to have been made whole until everything that Fauci owns is bulldozed into a giant pile and set on fire while gets to watch.

Daszak can sit on top of the pile in fetters while it is touched off, that would be a nice addition, but I won't insist.

Posted by: Kindltot - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, but there will be paid commercials at July 21, 2026 12:23 PM (rbvCR)

47 How does Fauci sleep at night.
He's responsible for almost 7M deaths worldwide.
He indirectly killed more people that the Nazi concentration camps did.
He ruined the academic performance of millions of American school children.
He caused the failure of untold small businesses that didn't survive the Covid shutdowns.
He ruined the careers of actual scientists who pointed out his lies.
And then lied about everything over and over.
He has no soul or conscience.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at July 21, 2026 12:22 PM (MNCvZ)



He got PAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYDDDDDDDD!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:23 PM (2YhKe)

48 "If he lies again".

That would be a new charge for which he could be prosecuted. His pardon was not for any new crimes committed in perpetuity.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 12:20 PM (kgE5c)

Right. But he can't plead the fifth about things for which he's been pardoned.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 12:23 PM (N1tpc)

49 The lab was never supposed to function as an actual lab or do any real research into anything other than how to get their hands on the top secret crop report before it goes public.

Yeah!

America and Americans did nothing wrong.

It was the Chinese! They are the enemy! Fauci is a good man when he is acting as an agent of the American governement.


Posted by: America is Always Justified at July 21, 2026 12:23 PM (KgaOU)

50 It's slated to hit 106 here today........BEFORE the 'heat index' is added.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:22 PM (2YhKe)

Yeah man but it's a dry heat!

Posted by: Private Hudson at July 21, 2026 12:23 PM (TbWk/)

51 How does Fauci sleep at night.


He sleeps on that pile of money... Soulless monster that he is...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 12:23 PM (FtULh)

52 The humidity here has been insane the past couple of days.

Thank God for A/C.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 21, 2026 12:23 PM (x7Vzy)

53 Maybe strap Fauci to a dropsonde and dump him into TS Bertha.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 12:23 PM (2GVsD)

54 From early on China was saying that COVID came from the US to China.

Now, that's like Bill Clinton's "I didn't have sex with that woman, Monica Lewinsky"

The US, through Fauci and Daszak PAID for COVID, but it was made in a Chinese lab.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 12:23 PM (sKqQm)

55 But where is Beeks?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 12:21 PM

I forgot about that guy!
Posted by: Billy Ray Valentine (Capricorn) at July 21, 2026 12:22 PM (kgE5c)

It's ok. They're in love.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 12:23 PM (N1tpc)

56 19 But he will almost certainly plead the Fifth and answer no questions.

Haven't the courts *spit* previously ruled that people who've been pardoned cannot plead the fifth as they cannot incriminate themselves?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
--------
Congress also has the power to compel testimony themselves even if the 5th is invoked via granting immunity for testimony--either full or transactional. They did it in the Iran Contra which later caused Oliver North's and John Poindexter's convictions to be thrown out.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 12:23 PM (E4rtv)

57 "Happy Tuesday. I hope everyone's cool and in the shade."

It's really nice where I am. After the brutal heat of the July 4th weekend, it's been nice and cool on the roof deck with scotch and cigar, texting some hotties ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 12:24 PM (iFTx/)

58 Fauci can’t take the fifth amendment on something he has been pardoned for. He has to answer questions honestly or he can be charged with perjury.

Posted by: John Meldgin at July 21, 2026 12:24 PM (/A8vY)

59 Hi, Ace. Did you see today’s art?

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 12:24 PM (77rzZ)

60 Hold the committee meeting in Florida or some very red federal court district. Make him lie there.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 21, 2026 12:24 PM (XvL8K)

61 It's getting a tad silly, now.

@LeadingReport 1m
Sen. Mitch McConnell has not made a verified public appearance since his hospitalization more than 33 days ago.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 21, 2026 12:24 PM (diia5)

62
Yeah man but it's a dry heat!
Posted by: Private Hudson at July 21, 2026 12:23 PM (TbWk/)


Not really. Heat index is expected to be 115.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:25 PM (2YhKe)

63
Also, never forget the name Ralph Baric, UNC Chapel Hill. He was the one who taught the Bat Woman at Wuhan her trade, and played a big role himself in the mess that was Covid.

He's pretty much getting away with it. There was an effort in NC to get the legislature to investigate Baric's role in this, at least his activities at UNC in the state. They just refused to it. And he got some "Tar Heel of the Year" award for his perfidy.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 12:25 PM (w6EFb)

64 After a week of monsoon like weather, I woke up to blue sky and sunshine!

Skip the tribunals and go straight to the guillotine.
Make guillotines great again!

Posted by: Bosk at July 21, 2026 12:25 PM (VMFAF)

65 2021: Sorry you wingnuts, but we have to do EVERYTHING we can to stop COVID no matter how much you don't like it. This is THE most important thing ever. Fuck your freedoms. Do you really want to kill grandma?!?

2026: COVID? It was a disease you say? Doesn't ring a bell. Anyone what does this have to do with the price of eggs and the Epstein class?

Posted by: The left's takes on COVID at July 21, 2026 12:25 PM (sKqQm)

66 Ham and eggers!

Posted by: Max Power at July 21, 2026 12:25 PM (SwyyQ)

67 > Looks like S.F. will be hitting about 85 where I am. Apocalypse stuff. Ugh.

The weatherman predicts 93 degrees in my area in western WA today. A lot of people around here don't have air conditioning. It's going to be very uncomfortable for them.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 21, 2026 12:25 PM (mkw2N)

68 Unfortunately there are a lot of people, government types and some hangers on that needed to be prosecuted and apparently never will. I get it... it's hard to do when the judiciary is squarely on the left's side.

It might be time to bypass them and met out justice the old fashioned way. Public hangings have a way of clarifying things. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 21, 2026 12:25 PM (jehhT)

69 It's slated to hit 106 here today........BEFORE the 'heat index' is added.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:22 PM (2YhKe)

Yeah.... This is why, as much as I love the south, I could never live in the south.

My wife is of a different opinion, so I may end up there anyway. (Eventually)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 12:25 PM (N1tpc)

70 I thought he couldn't plead the 5th since he was given a pardon for everything. There is no way to self incriminate.

Posted by: Inogame at July 21, 2026 12:26 PM (53oGX)

71 Heh. No. 15 certainly seems angry. It must be frustrating to be trapped in such vacuity.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2026 12:26 PM (XeU6L)

72 Sen. Mitch McConnell has not made a verified public appearance since his hospitalization more than 33 days ago.

I have it on good authority he is jazzercizing with RBG right now

Posted by: Someone with a Ouija board at July 21, 2026 12:26 PM (sKqQm)

73 @LeadingReport 1m
Sen. Mitch McConnell has not made a verified public appearance since his hospitalization more than 33 days ago.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 21, 2026 12:24 PM (diia5)


Why on earth would you think that a representative republic would need to have their representatives in public for the electorate to see?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:26 PM (2YhKe)

74 @LeadingReport 1m
Sen. Mitch McConnell has not made a verified public appearance since his hospitalization more than 33 days ago.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 21, 2026 12:24 PM (diia5)

...

Posted by: Konstantin Chernenko at July 21, 2026 12:26 PM (gKWVE)

75 The US, through Fauci and Daszak PAID for COVID, but it was made in a Chinese lab.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 12:23 PM (sKqQm)


....

I'm tired of you America haters.

America did not create COVID, and if it did, it was for a good reason like national security or to keep the Chinese or Russians from developing COVID first.

They probably wanted to create COVID so they would have an antidote to save the world.

Posted by: America is Always Justified at July 21, 2026 12:26 PM (KgaOU)

76 The clot shot likely killed more people then COVID did. And unlike COVID it killed across the board - not just older people

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 12:27 PM (sKqQm)

77 >>85 sure is hot...if you're a candyass.

Posted by: Guy who lives in FL at July 21, 2026 12:20 PM (TbWk/)

0° sure is cold ... if you're a candyass.

Posted by: Guy who doesn't live in FL at July 21, 2026 12:28 PM (wOK9Z)

78 Fauci can’t take the fifth amendment on something he has been pardoned for. He has to answer questions honestly or he can be charged with perjury.
Posted by: John Meldgin at July 21, 2026 12:24 PM (/A8vY)

I bet he could just sit there and fall asleep instead.

Posted by: Kindltot - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, but there will be paid commercials at July 21, 2026 12:28 PM (rbvCR)

79 I'm tired of you America haters.

America did not create COVID, and if it did, it was for a good reason like national security or to keep the Chinese or Russians from developing COVID first.

They probably wanted to create COVID so they would have an antidote to save the world.
Posted by: America is Always Justified at July 21, 2026 12:26 PM (KgaOU)

I love my country.

I don't trust my government BECAUSE I love my country.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 12:28 PM (N1tpc)

80 May need popcorn with all these new posters.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 12:28 PM (2GVsD)

81 Isn't it funny how despite being from both craaaazily and wildly opposing parties with a totally different set of values entirely, and from two different branches no less, McConnell and Ginsburg act EXACTLY the same....?

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:28 PM (JWXSB)

82 https://tinyurl.com/yx4a8vnj

2021: Google Funded Wuhan Collaborator Peter Daszak's Virus Experiments by The National Pulse.

Daszak served on the wildly compromised World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVID-19 investigation team. He championed the efforts to “debunk” the lab origin theory of the virus, despite mounting...



Posted by: 13times at July 21, 2026 12:28 PM (6iKlf)

83 "Don't you know who I am" is no way to run a "democracy", Democrats.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 12:28 PM (Fi81e)

84 We also need FBI staff in jail too.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 21, 2026 12:28 PM (xcxpd)

85 Yeah.... This is why, as much as I love the south, I could never live in the south.

My wife is of a different opinion, so I may end up there anyway. (Eventually)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 12:25 PM (N1tpc)


We're the opposite. Wife isn't a fan of the heat, but that might be the whole menopause thing......she's always been 'hot natured' so she'd much rather be in the cool than the hot.

I'm much happier when it's warm. I'll be out in it this afternoon doing lots of yard work.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:28 PM (2YhKe)

86 Mitch doesn't Jazzersize - he Prancersizes!

Posted by: In spandex at July 21, 2026 12:29 PM (anL5R)

87 40 How does Fauci sleep at night.
He's responsible for almost 7M deaths worldwide.
He indirectly killed more people that the Nazi concentration camps did.
He ruined the academic performance of millions of American school children.
He caused the failure of untold small businesses that didn't survive the Covid shutdowns.
He ruined the careers of actual scientists who pointed out his lies.
And then lied about everything over and over.
He has no soul or conscience.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy
=====
Unfortunately government, corporations, and ngos are full of these sociopaths. Fauci had henchmen in CEO roles at Pfizer and Moderna after all. And all the caring medical professionals that used protocols that blocked visitors to ill patients, issued Remdisivir when it had already proven to be deadly in side effects, and put patients in ventilators effectively killing them in the process.

Fauci may have started the ball rolling but the rest of the vile public health establishment, their counterparts in hospitals, big Pharma, and other practioners sucking on the government tit, and the countless meat robots of the local and state public health agencies. Inhumane death machine.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 12:29 PM (E4rtv)

88 The governor of KY likely would have had the opportunity to appoint some leftist wingnut if he had kept his trap shut.

But since he said he's going to appoint a commie irrespective of what the law the legislature passed says, McConnell's people are going to pretend he's still alive.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 12:29 PM (sKqQm)

89 From out here in the cheap seats, it looks to me like after Hoover died the F.B.I. fairly quickly morphed into an agency significantly devoted to covering up anything that made Democrats look bad. Within 10 or 20 years, certainly by the Clinton era. They absconded with a bunch of political dirt files as I recall. How did that happen? They had to have help.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 12:29 PM (TEC4P)

90 Has the "Nothing is going to happen" guy been here?
Cause nothing will happen.

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 12:29 PM (bqIVz)

91 0° sure is cold ... if you're a candyass.
Posted by: Guy who doesn't live in FL at July 21, 2026 12:28 PM (wOK9Z)

Unless you're using Celsius like some kind of communist, 0° is cold EVERYWHERE.

If my beard freezes from condensation, that's cold.

It's not unbearable cold, but it's cold.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 12:30 PM (N1tpc)

92 BREAKING: Lindsey Graham's sister to also replace Mitch McConnell

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:30 PM (JWXSB)

93 and congrats from Sponge

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 21, 2026 12:30 PM (xcxpd)

94 Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies.

*smirks*

Posted by: A. Fauci at July 21, 2026 12:30 PM (wVcYX)

95
0° sure is cold ... if you're a candyass.

Posted by: Guy who doesn't live in FL at July 21, 2026 12:28 PM (wOK9Z)


Wind blows and you're covering up like an eskimo in a blizzard........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:30 PM (2YhKe)

96 He can't plead the fifth, he's been pardoned.

If he tries then he can be held in contempt.

He'll try the Hillary method of "I don't recall."

Posted by: egd at July 21, 2026 12:30 PM (5hc13)

97 Also, why does the FBI rank the Border Patrol on border issues?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 21, 2026 12:30 PM (xcxpd)

98 The Datsun Daszak never made it past the concept stage in the early '50s. With facilities decimated by the war, the struggling car maker could only cobbler together enough manufacturing capability for a quirky three wheeler with a single headlight, seating for two, and a cartoon like squeeze horn.

It was a non-starter in the lucrative North American market with onerous safety regulations, competition from massive tailfins and thick chrome plating as well as a consumer base still stinging with resentment from the atrocities committed in the Pacific campaign by the hated Nips.

Posted by: Car nerd at July 21, 2026 12:30 PM (2Ez/1)

99 and congrats from Sponge

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 21, 2026 12:30 PM (xcxpd)


I'd pat me on the back......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:30 PM (2YhKe)

100 Ace, your trolls and bots are the best in the galaxy.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 21, 2026 12:31 PM (Lnjzl)

101 Within 10 or 20 years, certainly by the Clinton era. They absconded with a bunch of political dirt files as I recall.

Near the end of the Clinton presidency he somehow had access to the fact his primary two domestic opponents - Newt and Bob Livingstone - were having affairs.

Oh, and he and the Dems knew the third guy, Hastert was a pedo but for some reason didn't feel the need to divulge that at the time...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 12:31 PM (sKqQm)

102 Actress who played Jia in two American Godzilla films has been killed in a car crash at the age of 19.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 12:31 PM (2GVsD)

103 ... if by "Truth and Reconciliation Committee" you mean a drumhead court staffed by diehards and amply supplied with tobacco, liquor, and pistol ammunition.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 21, 2026 12:31 PM (VyBeY)

104 .

They probably wanted to create COVID so they would have an antidote to save the world.
.....
Yes. right. save the world. Heh.

Cha CHING baby!!! Vaccine patents and stock options for the win.

Posted by: Gulls like to be gulled at July 21, 2026 12:31 PM (anL5R)

105 81 Isn't it funny how despite being from both craaaazily and wildly opposing parties with a totally different set of values entirely, and from two different branches no less, McConnell and Ginsburg act EXACTLY the same....?
Posted by: ...
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Because they lived their lives crawling over broken glass to get power for themselves, not for the people as they lied to themselves.

And power inevitably corrupts because after awhile from all the tradeoffs you made to get in that seat, you begin to think cutting moral corners is justified for the greater good.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 12:31 PM (E4rtv)

106 Why on earth would you think that a representative republic would need to have their representatives in public for the electorate to see?

Because the electorate needs to see that there is iron in McConnell's words of life.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)

107 Sen. Mitch McConnell has not made a verified public appearance since his hospitalization more than 33 days ago.

.....

Stop trying to spread rumors about Sen McConnell. He's a great man and a great leader. He has led the Republican Party to take control of the reckless spending and has battled fiercely to get conservative judges like Amy Barrett on the Supreme Court that vigorously defend our Constitution.

A lot of people said they talked with him and that he's fine, that disproves your wild conspiracy theories.

Posted by: America is Always Justified at July 21, 2026 12:31 PM (KgaOU)

108 102 Actress who played Jia in two American Godzilla films has been killed in a car crash at the age of 19.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 12:31 PM (2GVsD)

Wow, that's too bad

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 21, 2026 12:32 PM (xcxpd)

109 > We're the opposite. Wife isn't a fan of the heat

Same here. My wife is outside a lot of the day. She considers mid 60s and partly cloudy the perfect day.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 21, 2026 12:32 PM (mkw2N)

110 >>> I have it on good authority he is jazzercizing with RBG right now Posted by: Someone with a Ouija board at July 21, 2026 12:26 PM (sKqQm)

McConnell is busy visiting with his old friends and new constituents: Elvis, Bigfoot, and Amelia Earhart.

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 12:32 PM (Eng1Z)

111 The governor of KY should file a missing person's report or even a potential kidnapping and have the state police investigate if they don't let him see McConnell.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 21, 2026 12:32 PM (bbmmb)

112 The DSA's NPCs! Ha! That's a little too on the nose.

Posted by: InZona at July 21, 2026 12:32 PM (KBcxZ)

113 I want to see Birx swinging around on a 'green energy' windmill by her scarf......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:33 PM (2YhKe)

114 105 81 Isn't it funny how despite being from both craaaazily and wildly opposing parties with a totally different set of values entirely, and from two different branches no less, McConnell and Ginsburg act EXACTLY the same....?
Posted by: ...
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Because they lived their lives crawling over broken glass to get power for themselves, not for the people as they lied to themselves.

And power inevitably corrupts because after awhile from all the tradeoffs you made to get in that seat, you begin to think cutting moral corners is justified for the greater good.
Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 12:31 PM (E4rtv)

And because they are the same people wearing different hats.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 21, 2026 12:33 PM (xcxpd)

115 Past 100...
OT: People (through Yahoo) has an article about a young actress dying. Here's the sub-hed:
Kaylee Hottle was a young Deaf actress who portrayed the character Jia in 2021’s ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ and 2024’s ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’

Yes, they capitalized "Deaf." I really wanted to ask, "Where do the Deaf come from? Is it a country in Asia?"

Because you capitalize proper nouns, not adjectives. They are making "deaf" into a category - a type - of humans, instead of a description of a human.

This is evil.

Posted by: GWB at July 21, 2026 12:33 PM (kU0PQ)

116 100° - 106° forecast all week.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 21, 2026 12:33 PM (P6t1G)

117 The Dow is up... Did Trump sign another "cease fire" Cause I thought we were all gonna die because of high gas prices....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 12:33 PM (FtULh)

118 McConnell is busy visiting with his old friends and new constituents: Elvis, Bigfoot, and Amelia Earhart.

Personally, I can't stand that guy.

Posted by: Jimmy Hoffa at July 21, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)

119 FBI Director Kash Patel has just confirmed 2,336 FRAUD and FINANCIAL CRIMES arrests, so I guess they can do something if they are prodded correctly.

Posted by: Kindltot - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, but there will be paid commercials at July 21, 2026 12:33 PM (rbvCR)

120 Same here. My wife is outside a lot of the day. She considers mid 60s and partly cloudy the perfect day.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 21, 2026 12:32 PM (mkw2N)

You are in the right state then.

My wife is the same way

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 21, 2026 12:33 PM (xcxpd)

121 Afternoon Ace, hope all is well.
I note that even today it just says "the FBI" stopped the Border Patrol from questioning Daszak. No names , the Deep State still holds sway. Name names , dump the info and stop doing vtge Washington two-step

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 12:34 PM (sMkB+)

122 If there's anything that will fix this country, its more Congressional hearings!

Posted by: Crusader at July 21, 2026 12:34 PM (TN0g+)

123 I hit squats yesterday.

1 set of 275lbs x 10
1 set of 235lbs x 10
2 sets of 240lbs x 10

It's not a ton of weight, but that weight + volume for me is hard work. I can already feel it.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 21, 2026 12:34 PM (mkw2N)

124 If you’ve ever suffered a previous heat injury you will not improve with age. Hydration is key, coupled with electrolytes - salt & potassium and a little glucose. Gatorade “sports drinks” are a rip off in terms of price, if you work long hours outside in the heat you’ll start “rolling yer own”.

The proper electrolyte mix means you don’t have to piss every 5 minutes, in addition to feeling much better.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 12:34 PM (TEC4P)

125 And because they are the same people wearing festive hats.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 21, 2026 12:34 PM (P6t1G)

126 "I hope everyone's cool and in the shade."

I'm wearing my cool shades. That's the best I can do right now.

Posted by: gp at July 21, 2026 12:35 PM (Jr5Lq)

127 Here we go again.

1. Democrat is found to have broken the law.
2. Republicans hold hearings.
3. Nothing happens.

Rinse and repeat.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 21, 2026 12:35 PM (mHP6y)

128 I fear that Fauci will die a very rich man with his offspring benefitting from his ill gotten gain before any prosecution for his crimes against humanity.

Posted by: Cheri at July 21, 2026 12:35 PM (oiNtH)

129 101 Within 10 or 20 years, certainly by the Clinton era. They absconded with a bunch of political dirt files as I recall.

Near the end of the Clinton presidency he somehow had access to the fact his primary two domestic opponents - Newt and Bob Livingstone - were having affairs.

Oh, and he and the Dems knew the third guy, Hastert was a pedo but for some reason didn't feel the need to divulge that at the time...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 12:31 PM (sKqQm)

The Clintons have been IC assets since Arkansas or maybe earlier.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 21, 2026 12:35 PM (xcxpd)

130 At what point do we really start fixing this shit?

That Fauci fuck head has been breathing for for too long while the entire world economy collapsed.

He should be never know a moments peace

Posted by: Melodicmetal at July 21, 2026 12:35 PM (61TgR)

131 RFK pulls Medicaid funding from California and Minnesota per the NY Post.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 12:35 PM (lJ0H4)

132 I looked at the road that actress died on in google maps and I think I see the culvert they mentioned.

I wonder if the driver was drunk because the road is a touch windy and if you aren't paying attention...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 12:36 PM (sKqQm)

133 Got Elida tropical storm remnants here that are making things steamy today......this is good news:

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday he’s stopping more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota over suspected fraud.

“We are not sending Medicaid dollars out the door until we have confidence that they are being spent lawfully and appropriately,” Kennedy said at an announcement on Tuesday.

Kennedy said if California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) want the money to fund low-income healthcare, “they need to provide documentation that these payments are legitimate.”

Posted by: beckster at July 21, 2026 12:36 PM (kX27y)

134 And because they are the same people wearing different hats.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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True as far as goals in life. In such matters, ironically, they use ideology to get power and then determine themselves as indispensable and irreplaceable leaders of the parade.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 12:36 PM (E4rtv)

135 128 I fear that Fauci will die a very rich man with his offspring benefitting from his ill gotten gain before any prosecution for his crimes against humanity.
Posted by: Cheri at July 21, 2026 12:35 PM (oiNtH)

I fear he won't die from blunt impact to the head in the next two weeks.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 21, 2026 12:36 PM (xcxpd)

136 I've grown to hate NC summers. 9 months long with 12 months of skeeters.

Posted by: nckate at July 21, 2026 12:36 PM (enNUy)

137 > The governor of KY likely would have had the opportunity to appoint some leftist wingnut if he had kept his trap shut.

But since he said he's going to appoint a commie irrespective of what the law the legislature passed says, McConnell's people are going to pretend he's still alive.
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The governor's ability to appoint someone was rescinded. It is now a special election. Whether Andy accepts that is debatable. However at some point the issue will have to be addressed. The issue being whether McConnell's alive, dead, or unable to resume his duties due to whatever.

Fearing the KY governor and keeping mum is a GOP pussy move. So, it fits.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 21, 2026 12:36 PM (jehhT)

138 131 RFK pulls Medicaid funding from California and Minnesota per the NY Post.
Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 12:35 PM (lJ0H4)


Denied

Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at July 21, 2026 12:37 PM (FtULh)

139 "Today, I have issued a subpoena requiring him to testify before the Committee, in public, next month," Paul said in the post.
......

*yawn*
What's for lunch?

Posted by: wth at July 21, 2026 12:37 PM (UjdFS)

140 125 And because they are the same people wearing festive hats.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 21, 2026 12:34 PM (P6t1G)

lol

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 21, 2026 12:37 PM (xcxpd)

141
How does Fauci sleep at night.
He's responsible for almost 7M deaths worldwide.

On a Sleep Number bed. His number is 7M.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 21, 2026 12:38 PM (Cqx++)

142 He can't plead the fifth, he's been pardoned.

If he tries then he can be held in contempt.

He'll try the Hillary method of "I don't recall."
Posted by: egd at July 21, 2026 12:30 PM (5hc13)

https://youtu.be/efEEe2oGCUc

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 12:38 PM (ExV1e)

143 118 McConnell is busy visiting with his old friends and new constituents: Elvis, Bigfoot, and Amelia Earhart.

Personally, I can't stand that guy.
Posted by: Jimmy Hoffa at July 21, 2026 12:33 PM

You and me both.

Posted by: D. B. Cooper at July 21, 2026 12:38 PM (2Ez/1)

144 RFK pulls Medicaid funding from California and Minnesota per the NY Post.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 12:35 PM (lJ0H4)
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"The Secretary of Health and Human Services will decide ..." is all over PPACA.

Nonetheless, a rinky-dink judge from Somewhere, America will probably be invoked.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 12:38 PM (Fi81e)

145 117 The Dow is up... Did Trump sign another "cease fire" Cause I thought we were all gonna die because of high gas prices....
Posted by: It's me donna
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I think part of it is that the US is decoupling from the global economy due to domestic oil production, and second, Iran is proving to be a paper tiger whose mouth does not match their ability to do anything.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 12:38 PM (E4rtv)

146 You guys are all a bunch of Mobys.

Draining the swamp is hard work. Pam Bondi already laid the ground work. The criminal Democrats will all be held accountable, to a man.

Just give it a couple of weeks, you'll see!

Posted by: America is Always Justified at July 21, 2026 12:39 PM (KgaOU)

147 142 He can't plead the fifth, he's been pardoned.

If he tries then he can be held in contempt.

He'll try the Hillary method of "I don't recall."
Posted by: egd at July 21, 2026 12:30 PM

What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at July 21, 2026 12:39 PM (2Ez/1)

148 He can't plead the fifth because he was granted immunity by the autopen.

Posted by: QT3.14159 at July 21, 2026 12:39 PM (mPXLU)

149 There's a lot of talk about hot weather. It's been pretty toasty in Wyoming, so the other day I recalled those old Nestea Plunge ads. I didn't have a pool growing up. Those ads looked so refreshing

Posted by: 496 at July 21, 2026 12:39 PM (QNGMO)

150 Actress who played Jia in two American Godzilla films has been killed in a car crash at the age of 19.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 12:31 PM (2GVsD)

Ted Kennedy strikes again?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 12:39 PM (ExV1e)

151 The Dow is up... Did Trump sign another "cease fire" Cause I thought we were all gonna die because of high gas prices....

Posted by: It's me donna
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Only once data centers have drunk up all our water.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 12:40 PM (Fi81e)

152 Nonetheless, a rinky-dink judge from Somewhere, America will probably be invoked.
Posted by: Axeman

And those judges get overturned by appellate courts. The appellate courts have recently been whacking district judges' pee pees with a gavel quite a bit in recent days. And I think that the idiotic Hawaiian Supreme Court YOLO decision is not going to amuse the US Supreme Court justices much either. Hawaiian judges are likely to be on a shorter leash because of that judicial drivel.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 12:40 PM (E4rtv)

153 Commies do love their three letter agencies

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:40 PM (JWXSB)

154 This is great.

Sophie Cunningham (hot WNBA player who did the pointing thing) did a basketball camp. You can tell the campers all love her and she's giving lots of love in return. During pictures, a LOT of the girls are initiating the point gesture, and when they do, she does the gesture too.

http://tiny.cc/xq37101

Posted by: bonhomme at July 21, 2026 12:41 PM (mkw2N)

155 Tee hee. I'm not in jail.

Posted by: Tony F. at July 21, 2026 12:41 PM (2Ez/1)

156 >>> BREAKING: Lindsey Graham's sister to also replace Mitch McConnell

Apparently she announced she's in it to win, and will run for a full senate term. Eff these nepo family seats that families feel entitled to inheriting forever!

Some guy is primarying her, is he a RINO or actually somewhat on the Trump side of the aisle?

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 12:41 PM (Eng1Z)

157 I fear that Fauci will die a very rich man with his offspring benefitting from his ill gotten gain before any prosecution for his crimes against humanity.
Posted by: Cheri at July 21, 2026 12:35 PM (oiNtH)


It's times like these that I am for eradicating bloodlines.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:42 PM (2YhKe)

158 Looked up Kaylee Hottle and the quick bio already says "was" an actress. The Web moves quickly

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 12:42 PM (sMkB+)

159 What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at July 21, 2026 12:39 PM (2Ez/1)
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She bravely dissembled for 10 hours straight!

What more did Republicans want from her?!

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 12:42 PM (Fi81e)

160 As someone who has worked outside in all weather much of his life, I can say down to about freezing isn’t too bad at all. Of course ya gotta be dressed properly.

Cold ain’t so bad. Wet and wind - if you get soaked you ain’t gonna like it. At least in freezing conditions it’s easier to stay dry.

But once temps go below freezing, somewhere around 25 or 20°F it starts to get pretty rude.

When you see a high of say, 5 for the day, it is depressing. Five. Single digits. Then it continues into dangerous territory. High winds & below zero; you’re gonna get cold no matter what, if you stay out long enough.

If it never went below freezing or above 68F it wouldn’t bother me too much

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 12:43 PM (TEC4P)

161 One core thing about the modern American government is that it is designed to enrich and protect people in the government.

Going after Fauci was completely reverse that situation which is why it should be done and even Trump won't do it.

Though I wonder if Vance or DeSantis would if they win the nod in '28

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 12:43 PM (sKqQm)

162 I fear that Fauci will die a very rich man with his offspring benefitting from his ill gotten gain before any prosecution for his crimes against humanity.
Posted by: Cheri at July 21, 2026 12:35 PM

Then he'll face justice.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 12:43 PM (Wnv9h)

163 He can't plead the 5th because he was pardoned.

Posted by: Amy Schumer at July 21, 2026 12:44 PM (2YhKe)

164 McConnell is busy visiting with his old friends and new constituents: Elvis, Bigfoot, and Amelia Earhart.

Personally, I can't stand that guy.
Posted by: Jimmy Hoffa at July 21, 2026 12:33 PM

You and me both.
Posted by: D. B. Cooper at July 21, 2026 12:38 PM (2Ez/1)
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Guy can hold his liquor and has an inexhaustible fund of dirty jokes. I like him!

Posted by: Judge Crater at July 21, 2026 12:44 PM (amcLV)

165 I've been out in -20F. No matter how many layers you wear the wind will strip the heat from your bones.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 12:44 PM (sKqQm)

166 161 One core thing about the modern American government is that it is designed to enrich and protect people in the government.

Going after Fauci was completely reverse that situation which is why it should be done and even Trump won't do it.

Though I wonder if Vance or DeSantis would if they win the nod in '28

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 12:43 PM (sKqQm)

Fauci got pardoned by Biden.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 21, 2026 12:44 PM (okun6)

167 When and if everything that Fauci did comes out, his descendants will be changing their last name

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 12:44 PM (sMkB+)

168 Bondi was already highly suspect - but opening the floodgates on the Epstein Op was pretty clear bought and paid for agitation against us.

"I thought it was on my desk that's why I announced I had a big thing on my desk" is pretty fucking retarded in general parlance for a 30 year prosecutor and experienced political operative, but as an op to draw attention to Trump covering something up, it was pretty fucking perfect.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:44 PM (JWXSB)

169 Mitch is now the plankin' king.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 12:45 PM (Fi81e)

170 I think part of it is that the US is decoupling from the global economy due to domestic oil production, and second, Iran is proving to be a paper tiger whose mouth does not match their ability to do anything.
===
Iran's hope was that the US would invade and they could bog down in a protracted and politically costly affair for Trump. That hope isn't going to be fulfilled. They can cause some anxiety in the shipping lanes, but it is orders of magnitude less than it was. There are logistical solutions that will manifest if they keep being aholes. Long term they were going for the bomb because they saw the handwriting on the wall. Their positional high ground, was never an absolute and with enough economic and political will they can be bypassed. They were on borrowed time and they knew it. Time ran out. They are still in denial.

Posted by: I'm not Henry Kissenger, thank God, but at July 21, 2026 12:46 PM (anL5R)

171
Then he'll face justice.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 12:43 PM (Wnv9h)


Sometimes, I feel there should be some justice on THIS plane.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:46 PM (2YhKe)

172 Fauci got pardoned by Biden.

As I mentioned at the time you can't pardon someone for an unnamed crime.

Get this in front of a non-leftist judge and then make an appellate court argue a Biden "whatever" pardon gives Fauci cover for creating COVID and cancelling anyone that noticed.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 12:46 PM (sKqQm)

173 Looked up Kaylee Hottle and the quick bio already says "was" an actress. The Web moves quickly

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 12:42 PM (sMkB+)
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19. 3 credits to her name. Sad.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 12:46 PM (Fi81e)

174 Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 12:41 PM (Eng1Z)

I wouldn't be quick to either dismiss or buy that but I believe it was a secondhand report, so it requires dismissal until fuhrer notice.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:46 PM (JWXSB)

175 156 >>> BREAKING: Lindsey Graham's sister to also replace Mitch McConnell

Apparently she announced she's in it to win, and will run for a full senate term. Eff these nepo family seats that families feel entitled to inheriting forever!

Some guy is primarying her, is he a RINO or actually somewhat on the Trump side of the aisle?
Posted by: LizLem
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Trump encouraged her to run and she is accomplished in her own right, not just a nepo baby. The secret to Lindsay Graham's persistence is that he inherited a very good and effective constituency service operation from Strom Thurmond and kept it running. So he routinely beat competitors whether Democrat or GOP because he had helped a helluva lot of constituents in South Carolina.

And contrary to most nepots like the Dingles, the Grahams never sold out and have relatively modest homes and wealth.

So I think Lindsay's sister is the exception to the rule. A similar case is the first female senator elected in her own right, Hattie Caraway, who ended up being a better politician than her dead husband who was a House member and served a very short time as a Senator before dying in office. Hattie surprised the hell outta pols.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 12:47 PM (E4rtv)

176 From out here in the cheap seats, it looks to me like after Hoover died the F.B.I. fairly quickly morphed into an agency significantly devoted to covering up anything that made Democrats look bad.

The same thing happened to the CIA after the Church Committee hearings in the 70s. It morphed from an anti-Communist meddler to a pro-Communist one.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 12:47 PM (xComp)

177 Sometimes, I feel there should be some justice on THIS plane.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:46 PM (2YhKe)

That's fine as long as you know wishing for that is wishing for it against yourself. We are all sinners.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:47 PM (JWXSB)

178 Everybody talks about the weather.

Nobody does anything about it.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 12:48 PM (wVcYX)

179 ]When and if everything that Fauci did comes out, his descendants will be changing their last name
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 12:44 PM (sMkB+)


Easier said than done......

Posted by: Sandusky, Texas at July 21, 2026 12:48 PM (2YhKe)

180 If dressed for it, and staying active, I could stand 10degF with no wind. That was my limit.

Posted by: gp at July 21, 2026 12:48 PM (Jr5Lq)

181 If my beard freezes from condensation, that's cold.

It's not unbearable cold, but it's cold.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
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I recall 1968, and -12 in Indianapolis. I remember walking outside, and the sensation of my nasal hair freezing.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2026 12:48 PM (XeU6L)

182
He's good at this.


End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
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1h
Rep. Gill: "Is it important to be polite?"

Smithsonian Director Hartig: "Yes, sir"

Gill: "The Smithsonian lists politeness as an attribute of white supremacy"

Posted by: beckster at July 21, 2026 12:48 PM (kX27y)

183 >>> 128 I fear that Fauci will die a very rich man with his offspring benefitting from his ill gotten gain before any prosecution for his crimes against humanity.

It's criminally unfair, emphasis on criminal. Especially because the left never canceled Fauci for being the reason so many gays died of AIDS in the 80s/90s. And he got to enact the same protocols to also failing with Covid to murder even more people.

We have two things in our favor, that help me sleep a little better at night:

First, I know there is a God, and his angels are taking names, and Fauci cannot plead the 5th to his maker.

Second, the left is obsessed, OBSESSED, with being on the "right side of history." Even now, Fauci's legacy is getting tarnished as facts come to light. He will not be on the right side of history. I hope his name is a blot and a stain on his family for generations to come. It will make the ill gotten wealth stick in their throats.

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 12:48 PM (Eng1Z)

184 Iran's hope was that the US would invade and they could bog down in a protracted and politically costly affair for Trump. That hope isn't going to be fulfilled
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Trump has avoided the first classic blunder: never get involved in a land war in Asia. Whether or not he will go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line remains to be seen.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 21, 2026 12:49 PM (amcLV)

185 Sometimes, I feel there should be some justice on THIS plane.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:46 PM (2YhKe)
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Specially if there are snakes on it.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 12:49 PM (Fi81e)

186 I've lived in various southern climes and while my body did acclimate to the high temps I've got to say Richmond, VA was the worst as far as humidity. When we first moved there I thought I was going to die.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 12:49 PM (lJ0H4)

187 Rep. Gill: "Is it important to be polite?"

Smithsonian Director Hartig: "Yes, sir"

Gill: "The Smithsonian lists politeness as an attribute of white supremacy"
Posted by: beckster at July 21, 2026 12:48 PM (kX27y)


Stepped tight into that one didn't she....

Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at July 21, 2026 12:49 PM (FtULh)

188 Because you capitalize proper nouns, not adjectives. They are making "deaf" into a category - a type - of humans, instead of a description of a human.

This is evil.

Posted by: GWB at July 21, 2026 12:33 PM (kU0PQ)

Class warfare. Anything can become a class.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:50 PM (JWXSB)

189 Long term they were going for the bomb because they saw the handwriting on the wall. Their positional high ground, was never an absolute and with enough economic and political will they can be bypassed. They were on borrowed time and they knew it. Time ran out. They are still in denial.
Posted by: I'm not Henry Kissenger, thank God
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Cogent analysis and I think likely to explain Iran's behavior. Their bazaar merchant approach to negotiations probably made them think they had more time than they did.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 12:50 PM (E4rtv)

190 It hit -20 here for a day a couple winters ago. Thank heaven for global warming... Imagine how cold it could have been!

Posted by: 496 at July 21, 2026 12:50 PM (QNGMO)

191 > He can't plead the 5th because he was pardoned.

Can't he just say, "On advice of counsel, I choose not to answer that question."

Or if that's not allowed, he could always do the, "I do not recall" thing.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 21, 2026 12:50 PM (mkw2N)

192 While F's pardon bars fed prosecution (blanket for everything prior to its grant), he could still be prosecuted under State(s) criminal proceedings. So I suppose the Evil Elf could still plead the Fifth. I wish some PR (and politically inclined) State AG would roll the dice on criminal charges.

Posted by: Martin Tell at July 21, 2026 12:50 PM (sFNX2)

193
That's fine as long as you know wishing for that is wishing for it against yourself. We are all sinners.
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:47 PM (JWXSB)


Yes, but I know in my soul that if I beg for mercy and forgiveness for my sins with a healthy fear of God, he is a just God......

Fauci? Not so much.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:50 PM (2YhKe)

194 Rep. Gill: "Is it important to be polite?"

Smithsonian Director Hartig: "Yes, sir"

Gill: "The Smithsonian lists politeness as an attribute of white supremacy"

Posted by: beckster at July 21, 2026 12:48 PM (kX27y)
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Gill's climbing up the charts.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 12:50 PM (Fi81e)

195 Sometimes, I feel there should be some justice on THIS plane.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:46 PM (2YhKe)
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Specially if there are snakes on it.
Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 12:49 PM (Fi81e)

Or a gremlin on the wings tearing shit apart.

Posted by: William Shatner at July 21, 2026 12:50 PM (wVcYX)

196 If it is shown that Fauci knew and financed, even through back channels, the gain of function at Wuhan an ambitious state prosecutor could, in theory , charge Fauci with the criminally negligent homicide of someone who died of COVID.
It would be a reach and the Dems and Deep State would go berserk but it would be fun

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 12:50 PM (sMkB+)

197 Start hangin’ the MFers that deserve it, and people will sin a whole lot less.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 12:51 PM (TEC4P)

198 174 You know WHO ELSE dismissed until fuhrer notice…

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 12:51 PM (77rzZ)

199 Brandon Gill respectfully skewers Smithsonian Director Hergig and drags her over the coals over the Mass Action Toolkit document used by the Smithsonian, and if she is promoting white supremacy at the Smithsonian


youtu.be/FRjXHz2gyiQ

Posted by: Kindltot - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, but there will be paid commercials at July 21, 2026 12:51 PM (rbvCR)

200 From out here in the cheap seats, it looks to me like after Hoover died the F.B.I. fairly quickly morphed into an agency significantly devoted to covering up anything that made Democrats look bad.
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I know, I've got it! Instead of investigating his charges, let's investigate McCarthy!

Posted by: Democrats at July 21, 2026 12:51 PM (XeU6L)

201 The Dow is up, and so is gas. They jacked it up another 20 cents today, now $4.25. I may not die from this, but my wallet sure is. Thanks Donald!

Posted by: That Guy at July 21, 2026 12:52 PM (ZlKnD)

202
I'm not clear about how many people COVID-19 actually killed, compared to a bad flu year. The destruction inflicted on society, and more than anything the mRNA 'vaccine' injuries, were and are a lot worse.

If that little bastard Fauci just tells Congress he doesn't recall, what can they really do about it?

There is some consolation in the fact that lots of people without autopen pardons can be indicted for Covid-related actions, and there's enough evidence to proceed against them whether they take the 5th or not.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 21, 2026 12:52 PM (DOcg9)

203 F could also be sued into non-existance, but for some reason the greedy shark plaintiffs attorneys are not going after him. Professional courtesy among demons?

Posted by: Martin Tell at July 21, 2026 12:52 PM (sFNX2)

204 “The Smithsonian lists politeness as an attribute of white supremacy"
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Suck this, Bitch! I feel so much better now

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 12:52 PM (TEC4P)

205 You know, they say using a tranny's "personal pronouns" is "just polite".

I guess not wanting to participate in white supremacy could be a reason to avoid heeding "personal pronouns".

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 12:52 PM (Fi81e)

206
I recall 1968, and -12 in Indianapolis. I remember walking outside, and the sensation of my nasal hair freezing.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2026 12:48 PM (XeU6L)


I was in northern Illinois during the Blizzard of '78, or was it 79.......where there were 20'+ snow drifts on the side of the road due to the excessive winds bringing temps below -80 wind chill.

I experienced 2 seconds of it........no desire ever again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:52 PM (2YhKe)

207
Speaking of Hawaiian judges, the Hawaii Supreme Court just pitched a hissy fit against the US Supreme Court in one of its recent decisions. Jonathan Turley called it an "unserious screed rather than a reasoned opinion".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 12:53 PM (w6EFb)

208 I'll use the Uncle Leo defense.

Posted by: Anthony Fauci at July 21, 2026 12:53 PM (wVcYX)

209 195 Sometimes, I feel there should be some justice on THIS plane.

Posted by: Sponge

Our legal system is process oriented, not justice oriented. Justice may occur sporadically but it is mainly a way to resolve disputes other than dueling or vigilante reprisals in society. That is why social justice is neither socially desirable nor is it justice.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 12:53 PM (E4rtv)

210 No Nepos. I don't care how successful they are.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 21, 2026 12:53 PM (4Y2x4)

211 167 When and if everything that Fauci did comes out, his descendants will be changing their last name
Posted by: Smell the Glove

The Fauci kids should be ordered to change it to "Buttofucko". They can appeal to have it changed to something else in ten years.

Posted by: Konstantin Chernenko at July 21, 2026 12:53 PM (gKWVE)

212 But I do have Gas Buddy, so at least I can enter the raffle for free gas. Woot!

Posted by: That Guy at July 21, 2026 12:53 PM (ZlKnD)

213 Or if that's not allowed, he could always do the, "I do not recall" thing.
Posted by: bonhomme
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See: comment 36

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2026 12:54 PM (XeU6L)

214 196 If it is shown that Fauci knew and financed, even through back channels, the gain of function at Wuhan an ambitious state prosecutor could, in theory , charge Fauci with the criminally negligent homicide of someone who died of COVID.
It would be a reach and the Dems and Deep State would go berserk but it would be fun

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 12:50 PM (sMkB+)

That should be possible. The homicide should be regarded as occurring wherever the victim died.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 21, 2026 12:54 PM (okun6)

215 ---
Gill's climbing up the charts.
Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 12:50 PM (Fi81e)


I heard some no so awesome things about him during the primary.

He's really putting those rumors to rest......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:54 PM (2YhKe)

216 oops, off dead politician socko.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 12:54 PM (gKWVE)

217 208 I'll use the Uncle Leo defense.

Posted by: Anthony Fauci at July 21, 2026 12:53 PM (wVcYX)
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Swarm! Swarm!

Posted by: 496 at July 21, 2026 12:54 PM (QNGMO)

218 Why would the Smithsonian feel compelled to weigh in on such a topic?

They let some whack job leftist cat lady in there, didn’t they? Stupid bastards.

Ya gotta vet people before letting them into positions like that. Well balanced people, not political operatives in drag

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 12:55 PM (TEC4P)

219 Brawndo has loads of electrolytes and plants love it, too.

Posted by: Mr. Natural at July 21, 2026 12:55 PM (JM9I6)

220 Do not try to reason against the Left. You will lose before the bell rings.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:55 PM (JWXSB)

221
Our legal system is process oriented, not justice oriented. Justice may occur sporadically but it is mainly a way to resolve disputes other than dueling or vigilante reprisals in society. That is why social justice is neither socially desirable nor is it justice.
Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 12:53 PM (E4rtv)


I really don't require Fauci's justice decided by a court in this plane.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:55 PM (2YhKe)

222 Ace, you misspelled hanged.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 21, 2026 12:55 PM (xvV+O)

223 >>>1 set of 275lbs x 10
1 set of 235lbs x 10
2 sets of 240lbs x 10

It's not a ton of weight, but that weight + volume for me is hard work. I can already feel it.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 21, 2026 12:34 PM (mkw2N)

I miss that feeling of strength. I'm struggling with 50lb goblet squats.

Posted by: Max Power at July 21, 2026 12:55 PM (SwyyQ)

224 207
Speaking of Hawaiian judges, the Hawaii Supreme Court just pitched a hissy fit against the US Supreme Court in one of its recent decisions. Jonathan Turley called it an "unserious screed rather than a reasoned opinion".

Posted by: publius
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Yes, it is quite extraordinary and I haven't see such an unhinged diatribe attached to a majority opinion since reading seg era state court decisions.

And it was incredibly bad and written apparently by a white male who moved to Hawaii and became a justice on their Supreme Court. Hawaiian judge just became an oxymoron and emphasis on moron.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 12:55 PM (E4rtv)

225
Gain of Function "research" is bat-shit insane. Whatever tiny, tiny benefit comes from it is nothing compared to the risk.

And I'm pretty dubious about the claimed benefits to begin with.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 12:55 PM (w6EFb)

226 Rep. Gill: "Is it important to be polite?"

Smithsonian Director Hartig: "Yes, sir"

Gill: "The Smithsonian lists politeness as an attribute of white supremacy"

I've been seeing more and more videos from him and he is impressive.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 12:56 PM (sKqQm)

227 Speaking of Hawaiian judges, the Hawaii Supreme Court just pitched a hissy fit against the US Supreme Court in one of its recent decisions. Jonathan Turley called it an "unserious screed rather than a reasoned opinion".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 12:53 PM (w6EFb)


This occurs when the left can't take their ball and go home.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:56 PM (2YhKe)

228 208 I'll use the Uncle Leo defense.
Posted by: Anthony Fauci at July 21, 2026 12:53 PM


https://youtu.be/8UP3xmfpe1M

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld clip at July 21, 2026 12:56 PM (2Ez/1)

229 Jonathan Turley called it an "unserious screed rather than a reasoned opinion".
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“Reasoned opinion” is White Supremacy! My retarded Kollige Perfesser told me so.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 12:57 PM (TEC4P)

230 Gain of Function "research" is bat-shit insane. Whatever tiny, tiny benefit comes from it is nothing compared to the risk.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 12:55 PM (w6EFb)
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You sound like a Science-denier, a Mad-Science-denier!!

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 12:57 PM (Fi81e)

231 This country is falling apart.
Tens of thousands were killed by these assholes.
Congress already has the power to punish them.

Instead, it's all pathetic whining about "he won't answer our questions" and "we need a hearing."

Cut his fucking pension.
Fire everyone who worked with him.
Cut their fucking pensions.
Bar them all from any federal or federally funded jobs.
Tell the federal courts they have no jurisdiction to hear any case about any of them.

Done and fucking done.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 21, 2026 12:58 PM (3cUTc)

232
Fauci should have stuck with sharks with frickin' lasers at his volcano lair.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 12:58 PM (Fi81e)

233 Name recognition is maybe the most important thing in politics. I would do nepotism to stop the long march. Taking it off the board a la McConnell and impeachment, so we can feel extra smart or good about ourselves is lunacy.

The enemy is certainly not gonna take it off the board. I'm not giving them a 10 point head start in any election of their choosing.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:58 PM (JWXSB)

234 Gain of Function "research" is bat-shit insane.
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Not if you’re trying to make a bio-weapon.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 12:59 PM (TEC4P)

235 >>> Though I wonder if Vance or DeSantis would if they win the nod in '28

Speaking of Vance...the gay gossip site Data Lounge is going dark at the end of the month, the person running it is calling it quits. Lots of boomer eldergays post there, who still think it's the 80s and all republicans are evil.

They had a thread recently on Usha giving birth. I enjoyed seeing the TDS gays trying to hard to paint JD as someone that is a breeder trying to propagate the white race. And then other gays had to gently remind them, akshually his wife is Indian, so he is breeding mixed race babies...

The amount of racism, anti trans, and anti gay conservative comments over there is something else. A lot of the eldergays have grudges against the trans movement hijacking their spotlight. And you should never ever out a gay person, it's like a hate crime...unless they are conservative, then screw their privacy!

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 12:59 PM (Eng1Z)

236 I really don't require Fauci's justice decided by a court in this plane.
Posted by: Sponge
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I think it should be done but probably won't for one reason--it will expose our national defense establishment's operation of biological labs throughout the various shit pits of the world doing nefarious gain of function and other crap that would cause holy hell if it was revealed we were doing it in the US. CIA, DoD, etc. have ran a program that started in the aftermath of the Sov Union collapse which paid lab people to do research to keep them out of the hands of Norks, Iran, etc.

And that program mutated into something nasty--plausibly deniable research into activities forbidden by the Chemical and Biological Warfare treaties. Justified because Chicoms, Russians, Iran, Norks, and other shitheads were doing it too--so it was for 'defensive' reasons.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 12:59 PM (E4rtv)

237 Don't forget you've always got The Costanza Defense.

It's taught in all the law schools now.


https://youtu.be/Td67kYY9mdQ

Posted by: George C. at July 21, 2026 01:00 PM (2Ez/1)

238 Oh, Michael Knowles took time off from campaigning to be the next Pope to actually do something vaguely relevant to conservatism?

Neato.

Posted by: ballistic at July 21, 2026 01:00 PM (oqH4h)

239 Oh wow a senate hearing. That’ll show ‘em. Maybe a harshly worded letter will follow.

Posted by: Nothing Will Happen As Usual at July 21, 2026 01:01 PM (GEtfQ)

240
Ralph Baric, Tar Heel of the Year, was one of the big pioneers in GoF'ing coronaviruses, teaching Bat Woman and some other Chicom big shot (both of whom really worked for the military, of course) the techniques.

I mean, our "top men" were teaching the Chicoms how to engineer bioweapons against us. And being paid to do it by the taxpayers.

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

241 Oh wow a senate hearing. That’ll show ‘em. Maybe a harshly worded letter will follow.

Posted by: Nothing Will Happen As Usual at July 21, 2026 01:01 PM (GEtfQ)
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Sleeves will roll!

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 01:02 PM (Fi81e)

242 If it is shown that Fauci knew and financed, even through back channels, the gain of function at Wuhan an ambitious state prosecutor could, in theory , charge Fauci with the criminally negligent homicide of someone who died of COVID.
It would be a reach and the Dems and Deep State would go berserk but it would be fun
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 12:50 PM (sMkB+)

Now imagine 70 some-odd countries demanding his extradition for capital crimes and financial damage.

Posted by: Kindltot - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, but there will be paid commercials at July 21, 2026 01:02 PM (rbvCR)

243 > I miss that feeling of strength. I'm struggling with 50lb goblet squats.

Everyone's at different parts of their journey. Keeping active is a win. Every time I start to think I'm getting strong, I go watch a video of some monster benching my one rep squat max, just to keep myself humble.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 21, 2026 01:02 PM (mkw2N)

244 Oh, Michael Knowles took time off from campaigning to be the next Pope to actually do something vaguely relevant to conservatism?

Neato.

TBH I'd like to see us swap out people like lil Ben and replace them with Michael.

He's a better talker. No, neither one of them is going to DO anything, but you do need talkers as well

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 01:02 PM (sKqQm)

245 214 196 If it is shown that Fauci knew and financed, even through back channels, the gain of function at Wuhan an ambitious state prosecutor could, in theory , charge Fauci with the criminally negligent homicide of someone who died of COVID.
It would be a reach and the Dems and Deep State would go berserk but it would be fun

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 12:50 PM (sMkB+)

That should be possible. The homicide should be regarded as occurring wherever the victim died.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy

I agree. It is also to the point that Scotus has never adjudicated exactly the reach of presidential pardons as to whether they apply to state prosecutions or not. We assume they don't but that appears contrary to original intent and understanding of the Founders. Much like the crappy birthright decision that misread the 14th.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 01:02 PM (E4rtv)

246 ep. Gill: "Is it important to be polite?"

Smithsonian Director Hartig: "Yes, sir"

Gill: "The Smithsonian lists politeness as an attribute of white supremacy"

I've been seeing more and more videos from him and he is impressive.

When he asked her if it was appropriate for the Smithsonian gift shop to sell Latina Power merch, she was smart enough to see the trap, but I think Gill still could have gotten her. She answered with some pablum about the store reflecting the tapestry of our customers, when the next question should have been "is it appropriate to have White Power merch as well?"

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 01:02 PM (Riz8t)

247 @242 a guy can dream

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 01:03 PM (sMkB+)

248
The Pardon-palooza negates a Fauci prosecution.

However Daszak isn't immune. He needs to swing.

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 21, 2026 01:03 PM (OkYzo)

249 I really don't require Fauci's justice decided by a court in this plane.
——

That is a matter of Faith. We need to look at this in a secular way, a sort of reverse Pascal’s Wager.

The mere possibility that they will escape punishment in the afterlife means it is crucial these assholes pay in the here and now. Just In Case.

“Kill Em All, let G-D sort em out” is theologically sound, pretty much.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 01:03 PM (TEC4P)

250 Gill seems to have all the requisite tools to go very far, very fast in politics.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 01:03 PM (Riz8t)

251 OK, why the fuck is CBP notifying other agencies of its intent to detain a foreign national? What should it matter to them if the suspicious foreigner happens to be one of their shady people?

Stop doing this. Pull the motherfucker's card, take him into a sub-basement and interrogate him with a length of chain. Book him and lock him up.

Make the FBI justify why the crook should be released. That's not your problem.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 21, 2026 01:03 PM (BI5O2)

252 I've been seeing more and more videos from him and he is impressive.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 12:56 PM (sKqQm)

Go look up his Micky Mouse exchange with the AWFL Director. Debating whether Mickey was racist and she called Mickey a 'minstrel' figure......

Posted by: beckster at July 21, 2026 01:03 PM (kX27y)

253 >>> Oh wow a senate hearing. That’ll show ‘em. Maybe a harshly worded letter will follow.
Posted by: Nothing Will Happen As Usual at July 21, 2026 01:01 PM (GEtfQ)

Slap tickle fights at Fauci's favorite gay bathhouse. The dems will bring the gimp masks and the GOPs the lube. That'll show 'em who's boss!

Posted by: Politics is BDSM for ugly people at July 21, 2026 01:03 PM (Eng1Z)

254 Sleeves will roll!

Okay, that was funny.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 01:04 PM (Riz8t)

255 223 >>>1 set of 275lbs x 10
1 set of 235lbs x 10
2 sets of 240lbs x 10

It's not a ton of weight, but that weight + volume for me is hard work. I can already feel it.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 21, 2026 12:34 PM (mkw2N)

I miss that feeling of strength. I'm struggling with 50lb goblet squats.
Posted by: Max Power at July 21, 2026 12:55 PM (SwyyQ)

I need to try those.
I've been doing squat + overhead press reps with light weights. Becuse I'm old now.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 21, 2026 01:04 PM (xcxpd)

256 > Go look up his Micky Mouse exchange with the AWFL Director. Debating whether Mickey was racist and she called Mickey a 'minstrel' figure......

That's a take.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 21, 2026 01:04 PM (mkw2N)

257 And that program mutated into something nasty--plausibly deniable research into activities forbidden by the Chemical and Biological Warfare treaties. Justified because Chicoms, Russians, Iran, Norks, and other shitheads were doing it too--so it was for 'defensive' reasons.
==
And you see Peter, while we are doing this anyway, it gives us an opportunity. Yes, a very special opportunity. Because we design the virus, we can then tailor the vaccine to it. If the virus were to 'escape the lab' in some far away country, we'd have the vaccine. We'd be heroes. And, with a little planning in advance, a well placed patent or two, and some stock options, very rich heroes indeed... Cheers!

Posted by: Tony and Peter talking many years ago at July 21, 2026 01:05 PM (anL5R)

258 TBH I'd like to see us swap out people like lil Ben and replace them with Michael.

He's a better talker. No, neither one of them is going to DO anything, but you do need talkers as well
Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 01:02 PM (sKqQm)
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Saying someone is a better talker than Ben Shapiro is like saying that someone is better looking than a dog's asshole.

Posted by: ballistic at July 21, 2026 01:06 PM (oqH4h)

259
“Kill Em All, let G-D sort em out” is theologically sound, pretty much.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 01:03 PM (TEC4P)
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*steeples fingers*

Posted by: zombie Amalric Arnaud at July 21, 2026 01:06 PM (amcLV)

260 My proposal of the Truth and Reconciliation process:

The second any interviewee says “I do not recall”, or refuses the interview, they get a black bag put over their head and the next time they are found is a picture that isn’t pretty.

Posted by: Cray Cray at July 21, 2026 01:06 PM (9KU14)

261 Saying someone is a better talker than Ben Shapiro is like saying that someone is better looking than a dog's asshole.

Stop making this about me.

Posted by: Ayanna Pressley at July 21, 2026 01:07 PM (sKqQm)

262 236 I really don't require Fauci's justice decided by a court in this plane.
Posted by: Sponge
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I think it should be done but probably won't for one reason--it will expose our national defense establishment's operation of biological labs throughout the various shit pits of the world doing nefarious gain of function and other crap that would cause holy hell if it was revealed we were doing it in the US. CIA, DoD, etc. have ran a program that started in the aftermath of the Sov Union collapse which paid lab people to do research to keep them out of the hands of Norks, Iran, etc.

And that program mutated into something nasty--plausibly deniable research into activities forbidden by the Chemical and Biological Warfare treaties. Justified because Chicoms, Russians, Iran, Norks, and other shitheads were doing it too--so it was for 'defensive' reasons.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 12:59 PM (E4rtv)

The money doesn't look like it was routed through Defense or Intelligence. The location also doesn't make much sense, unlike labs in Ukraine. US academia is in bed with the Chinese and this looks more like one of the many joint projects.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 21, 2026 01:07 PM (okun6)

263 McConnell then. McConnell now. She's the right choice. She works hard for the money, KY!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 01:07 PM (wVcYX)

264 Why would the Smithsonian feel compelled to weigh in on such a topic?

They let some whack job leftist cat lady in there, didn’t they? Stupid bastards.

Ya gotta vet people before letting them into positions like that. Well balanced people, not political operatives in drag
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 12:55 PM (TEC4P)

You never got to witness upper level management and agency head hiring, have you? It is ALL about ideology of the individuals of the panel, then the political advantage, and then choosing someone who is not threatening to the system as it is.
So you get ineffectual cat ladies, besties with someone important, who believe in the struggle against white privilege, and will self destruct and take the agency with them before turning away from a policy

Idiot Smithsonian director was urbane and could pronounce "Latina" with a perfect Spanish accent. That is probably her only worldly achievement.

Posted by: Kindltot - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, but there will be paid commercials at July 21, 2026 01:07 PM (rbvCR)

265 Rep. Ro Khanna @RepRoKhanna

Five things House Democrats are going to do once we have the majority:

Medicare for All
A living wage
Stronger union protections
$10 a day childcare
End aid to Israel

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 01:07 PM (RHGPo)

266 'Happy Tuesday. I hope everyone's cool and in the shade.'

the rain from the other night washed away all the heavy air and particulates from the wildfires and the scrap metal yard fire.

Canada: Watch me send toxic air from intentional fires down to the United States!

Delco: Hold my beer

Posted by: kallisto at July 21, 2026 01:08 PM (kD8Fh)

267 Israel mostly does not need our aid anymore iirc.

Posted by: steevy at July 21, 2026 01:08 PM (YwEeS)

268 That is a matter of Faith. We need to look at this in a secular way, a sort of reverse Pascal’s Wager.

The mere possibility that they will escape punishment in the afterlife means it is crucial these assholes pay in the here and now. Just In Case.

“Kill Em All, let G-D sort em out” is theologically sound, pretty much.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 01:03 PM (TEC4P)

No argument here.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 21, 2026 01:08 PM (S41Gd)

269 I need to try those.
I've been doing squat + overhead press reps with light weights. Because I'm old now.

Goblet squats are good. I like them. They can be a bit limited by your arm strength. One other option that's a similar position and movement is the squat safety bar. It puts you in a the same upright squat position as a front squat or goblet squat.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 21, 2026 01:09 PM (mkw2N)

270 Saying someone is a better talker than Ben Shapiro is like saying that someone is better looking than a dog's asshole.

Posted by: ballistic at July 21, 2026 01:06 PM (oqH4h)
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But words-per-minute is probably not on the table.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 01:09 PM (Fi81e)

271 The weatherman predicts 93 degrees in my area in western WA today. A lot of people around here don't have air conditioning. It's going to be very uncomfortable for them.

Areas of the country where it seldom gets very cold or very hot just aren't set up for it when it occasionally happens. 90 in MKE is HOT and 35 in PHX is COLD. Most people just don't invest in the abilities to deal with a temp that happens for a day or two every 5 years

Posted by: Azjaeger at July 21, 2026 01:09 PM (3/XaG)

272 I'm not here that often anymore but I see most of the regulars are still here.

Does Fenelon Spoke still comment here?

Posted by: kallisto at July 21, 2026 01:09 PM (kD8Fh)

273 And you see Peter, while we are doing this anyway, it gives us an opportunity. Yes, a very special opportunity. Because we design the virus, we can then tailor the vaccine to it. If the virus were to 'escape the lab' in some far away country, we'd have the vaccine. We'd be heroes. And, with a little planning in advance, a well placed patent or two, and some stock options, very rich heroes indeed... Cheers!
Posted by: Tony and Peter
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Very plausible. I can safely assume that neither Fauci nor Daszlak give one shit about other people's deaths--Fauci in particular has demonstrated that during the AIDS years with his deliberate testing of dangerous drugs on poor orphans in NY. A lot of them died. Daszlak appears of the same type.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 01:09 PM (E4rtv)

274 54 From early on China was saying that COVID came from the US to China.

Now, that's like Bill Clinton's "I didn't have sex with that woman, Monica Lewinsky"

The US, through Fauci and Daszak PAID for COVID, but it was made in a Chinese lab.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 12:23 PM (sKqQm)



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I was thinking it’s like Bricks and Minifigs saying Reckless Ben stole the legos.

Posted by: Cray Cray at July 21, 2026 01:10 PM (9KU14)

275 I suppose at least making him look like the smug squirrely-faced mass-murdering economy-killing evil munchkin that he is is something.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 01:10 PM (n5tGW)

276 Medicare for All
A living wage
Stronger union protections
$10 a day childcare
End aid to Israel
Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 01:07 PM (RHGPo)

Oh boy. How can we help?

Posted by: Senate Republicans at July 21, 2026 01:10 PM (GEtfQ)

277 I saw Knowles on shows like the Whatever Podcast and yes he can "totally destroy!" immature lefties he is pitted against but unlike Shapiro I saw much more of an attempt to persuade rather then just getting debate club points like Shapiro

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 01:10 PM (sKqQm)

278 Does Fenelon Spoke still comment here?
Posted by: kallisto

Yes. She's pretty active early, early mornings on the tech thread.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 01:10 PM (lJ0H4)

279 Does Fenelon Spoke still comment here?
Posted by: kallisto
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Yep, as of yesterday I think but she is still regular here. Hope all is going well for you as well.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 01:10 PM (E4rtv)

280 Looked up Kaylee Hottle and the quick bio already says "was" an actress. The Web moves quickly
Posted by: Smell the Glove

You never hear the one with your name on it.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 21, 2026 01:10 PM (w9Wax)

281 Gain of Function "research" is bat-shit insane. Whatever tiny, tiny benefit comes from it is nothing compared to the risk.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 12:55 PM (w6EFb)
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*fistbump*

Facilities engaging in the practice should be tactically nuked and everyone involved eradicated.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:10 PM (2YhKe)

282 Gain of Function is bioweapons research.
The current problem is that it can be done in a garage, now.

Posted by: Kindltot - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, but there will be paid commercials at July 21, 2026 01:11 PM (rbvCR)

283 271 The weatherman predicts 93 degrees in my area in western WA today. A lot of people around here don't have air conditioning. It's going to be very uncomfortable for them.

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Welcome to the party pal.

Posted by: Europoors at July 21, 2026 01:11 PM (GEtfQ)

284 a 'minstrel' figure......

Posted by: beckster at July 21, 2026 01:03 PM (kX27y)

Jasmine Crockashit was unavailable for comment.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 01:11 PM (JWXSB)

285 File this under Whoopsie

Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
🚨 BREAKING: New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill admits the state “accidentally” registered over 6,600 FOREIGNERS to vote, and some of them VOTED

All those who voted should be in HANDCUFFS. And there’s NO WAY there aren’t more.

Per Sherrill, the DMV’s automatic voter registration system was registering people even if they hit “no” on the citizenship question.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 01:11 PM (E4rtv)

286 Maybe the real gain of function is the friends we made along the way.

Posted by: Bathhouse Fauci at July 21, 2026 01:12 PM (9KU14)

287 We use gain of function to Build Better Worlds.

Posted by: Weyland-Yutani Corporation at July 21, 2026 01:13 PM (wVcYX)

288
I agree. It is also to the point that Scotus has never adjudicated exactly the reach of presidential pardons as to whether they apply to state prosecutions or not. We assume they don't but that appears contrary to original intent and understanding of the Founders. Much like the crappy birthright decision that misread the 14th.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 01:02 PM (E4rtv)

The DOJ website plainly states that it doesn't so I think the standing assumption is he'd still be prosecutable by states.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 21, 2026 01:13 PM (okun6)

289 Hey kallisto

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 01:13 PM (JWXSB)

290 Rep. Ro Khanna @RepRoKhanna

Five things House Democrats are going to do once we have the majority:

Medicare for All
A living wage
Stronger union protections
$10 a day childcare
End aid to Israel

Who's paying for this Medicare?
It's been demonstrated again and again, you pay everyone more and the price of everything goes up at least that much
If unions demand big things from companies, the companies don't make profit and close, no more job
Who's going to provide this childcare for no money?
Israeli interests don't conflict with US interests, they have basically replaced Great Britain as our most useful and reliable ally

Posted by: Azjaeger at July 21, 2026 01:15 PM (3/XaG)

291 Has the "Nothing will happen" guy showed up yet? I'm happy to fill in.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 21, 2026 01:15 PM (t+TFX)

292 And this under what a shame and a district judge getting his pee pee whacked by a higher court gavel.


Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney
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2h
JUST IN: A 2nd circuit panel says Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi — targeted for deportation by Secretary Rubio for his pro-Palestinian advocacy — should never have been released by a federal judge in Vermont.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 01:15 PM (E4rtv)

293 Gain of function for a Better Tomorrow.

Posted by: Umbrella Corp. at July 21, 2026 01:15 PM (wVcYX)

294 We need a Truth and Reconciliation Committee to discover what was really going on in Wuhan and which government officials need to be in prison.
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In Nuremberg

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 01:15 PM (JvZF+)

295 Per Sherrill, the DMV’s automatic voter registration system was registering people even if they hit “no” on the citizenship question.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 01:11 PM (E4rtv)

Did I do thaaaaat

Posted by: Stephen J. Urkel, Esq (D) at July 21, 2026 01:16 PM (JWXSB)

296 @288 that's the DoJ opinion, which I agree with. Some Hawaiian judge could say is protected by Biden's pardon even on Judgement Day

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 01:16 PM (sMkB+)

297
A living wage

$10 a day childcare
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"One of these things is not like the other..."

So its just YET ANOTHER program ($10 a day daycare, paying each of its workers "a living wage") that will be funded by massive tax funding and a TON of that funding will end up as patronage/grift.

Posted by: Crusader at July 21, 2026 01:17 PM (TN0g+)

298 The Ace minions sure do talk a lot about di*ks. Hmmmm….curious.
Hey Ace, where’s the 4K, ultra hi-def footage of Tyler taking the shot? Remember when you dropped this lie late Friday night?
Anyone with a brain knows the Fed slop narrative is all garbage and yet you continue to push it. How much are they paying you? You vile, disgusting human trash. You and your ilk are the enemy!

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at July 21, 2026 01:17 PM (Hohgs)

299 Doctor Fauci is gaining a fighting function of extraordinary magnitude. He has our gratitude.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 01:17 PM (JWXSB)

300 I can see a resemblance between Mickey Mouse and a minstrel figure.

However, he's a mouse. Mice are commonly black. His face was probably made white because it made it easier to draw expressions in black & white.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 01:17 PM (Fi81e)

301 hi kallisto!

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 01:18 PM (j+aD2)

302 Gain of Function "research" is bat-shit insane.
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A rare intersection of literal and physical truths.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2026 01:18 PM (XeU6L)

303 Not having a/c is foreign to me. I understand western wa doesn’t get into the 90s often. But it gets into the 70s and 80s.

Even 75 with a blistering summer sun and just a slight humidity level it’s nasty indoors, with windows open.



Posted by: Europoors at July 21, 2026 01:18 PM (GEtfQ)

304 Fen has her hands full with her new significant other.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 21, 2026 01:18 PM (DZ9Lv)

305 What's a 'palestinian?'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:18 PM (2YhKe)

306 All those who voted should be in HANDCUFFS. And there’s NO WAY there aren’t more.

Per Sherrill, the DMV’s automatic voter registration system was registering people even if they hit “no” on the citizenship question.
Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 01:11 PM (E4rtv)
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This is one of the many reasons that blue states are refusing to turn over their voter rolls.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 01:18 PM (NpAcC)

307 Per Sherrill, the DMV’s automatic voter registration system was registering people even if they hit “no” on the citizenship question.
Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 01:11 PM (E4rtv)
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A system is what it does

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 01:18 PM (JvZF+)

308 other people's money

vote yourself

other people's money

Posted by: OPM at July 21, 2026 01:19 PM (anL5R)

309 Hmmmm….curious.
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Oh, do not mention that odious wench. People are eating.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 01:19 PM (JWXSB)

310 Israel mostly does not need our aid anymore iirc.
Posted by: steevy at July 21, 2026 01:08 PM (YwEeS)

If we were to take the estimated yearly savings from medicare fraud uncovered by today, and send that to Israel, I believe it would 5X the amount we send right now.

Posted by: Kindltot - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, but there will be paid commercials at July 21, 2026 01:19 PM (rbvCR)

311

IIRC, what got GoF'd in Covid-19 at Wuhan originally came from a bat's asshole.

No joke. That's how they got wild virus samples, swabbing bat bungholes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 01:19 PM (w6EFb)

312 Fauci has his robo-pen pardon but he can be made to testify before Congress. He can't plead the Fifth because he's been pardoned, so he'll have to truthfully answer what he's asked. Surfer Girl Tulsi turned over the receipts before she left the NSA so the interrogator will already know the answers to many questions. If Fauci lies, it's a perjury trap.

He may try to weasel out by claiming that he has state law exposure despite Joe's pardon.

My bet is that he'll be implicated in upcoming RICO cases that will be purely federal, and he'll already have proven himself a weasel,

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 21, 2026 01:19 PM (dtajH)

313 @RepRoKhanna

Five things House Democrats are going to do once we have the majority:

Medicare for All
A living wage
Stronger union protections
$10 a day childcare
End aid to Israel



i.e. TAXING THE SHIT out of everyone.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:20 PM (2YhKe)

314 Per Sherrill, the DMV’s automatic voter registration system was registering people even if they hit “no” on the citizenship question.
Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 01:11 PM (E4rtv)

Simple bad luck, I suppose. Better luck next time!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 01:20 PM (wVcYX)

315 The DOJ website plainly states that it doesn't so I think the standing assumption is he'd still be prosecutable by states.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy
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That is an assumption but it appears the Tina Peters pardon by POTUS stirred up some research indicating that it was originally believed to reach state crimes as well. The language of the pardon's clause, "he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States" can be read either federal only or all of the United 'states'. You start getting into textualism and originalism at that point because the plural was used sometimes to mean both states and federal and sometimes just to the federal government itself.

I don't think it has been tested in court for a definitive interpretation and it is simply another thing too many people assume rather than know.

Lawyers by and large are crappy historians because a) they bring an advocacy mindset to such questions, and b) active lawyers only care what the law says now, not what it may have said in the past. So presentism.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 01:20 PM (E4rtv)

316 128 I fear that Fauci will die a very rich man with his offspring benefitting from his ill gotten gain before any prosecution for his crimes against humanity.
Posted by: Cheri at July 21, 2026 12:35 PM (oiNtH)

Sometimes the bad guys win, but not for long.

Psalm 37:1–2 – “Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong; for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.”

Posted by: troyriser at July 21, 2026 01:20 PM (v1M8F)

317 Hmm. BGP pops up again. It should hope that there are no muslims nearby

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2026 01:20 PM (XeU6L)

318 How much you wanna bet that $10 daycare is only available for “low income” oppressed minorities who don’t work anyway and have no need for daycare.

It’ll be a way for Shaniqua to put her 3 kids by 3 baby daddies in daycare for free while she kicks it at home stress free.

Posted by: Every Democrat Program at July 21, 2026 01:21 PM (GEtfQ)

319 "Note that if he lies again, he can be prosecuted."

Posted by: Not likely at July 21, 2026 01:21 PM (MWfyi)

320 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:21 PM (2YhKe)

321 He may try to weasel out by claiming that he has state law exposure despite Joe's pardon.

My bet is that he'll be implicated in upcoming RICO cases that will be purely federal, and he'll already have proven himself a weasel,
Posted by: Ignoramus

Congress has the power to issue transactional immunity for even state charges. It prevents the testimony from being used period for prosecution except if teh witness lies--then they can be charged with lying to Congress.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 01:22 PM (E4rtv)

322 318 How much you wanna bet that $10 daycare is only available for “low income” oppressed minorities who don’t work anyway and have no need for daycare.


Ten dollars ? Why not just free ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 01:22 PM (6ud1w)

323 (Hohgs)

Deranged faggot needs to be nuked.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 01:22 PM (1z8ji)

324 New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill admits the state “accidentally” registered over 6,600 FOREIGNERS to vote, and some of them VOTED

All those who voted should be in HANDCUFFS.

The CIA agent governor accidentally destabilized a government? Go figure.

Also, all those who voted should be deported. Sherrill should be in handcuffs.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)

325 What's a 'palestinian?'
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Their DNA is Syrian/Egyptian. They're the squatters that Israel should have evicted a very long time ago.

Posted by: Crusader at July 21, 2026 01:22 PM (TN0g+)

326 NOOD!

Posted by: Moonbeam at July 21, 2026 01:22 PM (Lzhdy)

327 What's a 'palestinian?'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:18 PM (2YhKe)

$20

Posted by: Same as in town at July 21, 2026 01:22 PM (GEtfQ)

328 As Mickey's entire face is white, it's really hard to say it's like "black face", though.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 01:22 PM (Fi81e)

329 7 The Blade's a real tough cookie...
Hit me with your best shot.
Fire away ...

TO FIRST!

Posted by: Elric The Blade

kinda shootin' blanks, bro

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 21, 2026 01:22 PM (BXnqD)

330 I can see a resemblance between Mickey Mouse and a minstrel figure.

However, he's a mouse. Mice are commonly black. His face was probably made white because it made it easier to draw expressions in black & white.

I don't see it. Minstrel faces are almost entirely black with some white around the eyes and mouth.
http://tiny.cc/ks37101

Mickey's face is almost entirely white with black hairline, nose, and ears.
http://tiny.cc/ms37101

I suppose you could argue the exaggerated facial expressions and musical performance is a bit minstrel-y, but that feels like an expansion of the definition. Are all exaggerated musical performances from that era minstrel shows?

Posted by: bonhomme at July 21, 2026 01:26 PM (mkw2N)

331 Oversight Committee
@GOPoversight
.@RepBrandonGill: "Is Mickey Mouse racist?"

Rep. Gill confronted the Director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History after we uncovered an exhibit that called Mickey racist for allegedly symbolizing blackface.

She did not know what to say.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 01:28 PM (RHGPo)

332
Gain of Function is bioweapons research

And all the tap dancing and farting that Fauci did before Congress by claiming that Rand Paul did not know what truly was GoF research was perjury to deflect from its obvious connection to bioweapons research.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (ixS3i)

333 I support truth and reconciliation committees if that reconciliation includes stringing up guilty parties with piano wire to lamp posts.

Posted by: Butch at July 21, 2026 01:32 PM (98xTj)

334 Israel Defense Forces
@IDF

🔴ELIMINATED: Asma Kamal Shehadeh Abu Tim, a cell commander in Hamas' military wing.

Abu Tim infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz during the October 7 massacre & took part in the abduction of Nurit Cooper, Amiram Cooper & Alexander Dancyg. Additionally, he advanced terror attacks targeting IDF troops & Israeli civilians.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 01:37 PM (RHGPo)

335 .
When did the FBI engage in said blocking of the cock?

Posted by: Marooned at July 21, 2026 01:44 PM (kt8QE)

336 Why doesn't Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul tell FBI Director Kash Patel to identify those managers in the FBI who stopped Customs and Border Patrol from searching and questioning Peter Daszak upon his return to the United States from China? This is a simple request to be expedited. Once you have identified the perps, you confiscate their communications to follow the malfeasance to the source.
Root Cause Analysis! Rip it out and kill it, just like a weed.

Posted by: John at July 21, 2026 02:14 PM (9NUKl)

337 I have no idea why the FBI might do anything like that. Nor do I have any idea why the Mafia makes witnesses against it disappear.

Posted by: TJ jackson at July 21, 2026 03:35 PM (bXvrr)

The Morning Rant

punk-monkey.jpg

After a generation of barely paying lip service to any conservative principles, the British Conservative Party got thrown out on its collective wide, flaccid ass. They were the UK equivalent of the worst of the GOPe, pandering to their supposed base while rushing headlong into EU-style globalist nonsense, caving to the left, and insulting their base by lying about the UK's uncontrolled legal and illegal immigration. The voters finally noticed, and the party lost 244 seats in the 2024 election...the worst beating in their history.

Four months after that curb-stomp, the Conservative Party elected Kemi Badenoch as their leader, it was one of the few wise decisions they have made in a very long time, even if they didn't realize what they had done.

She appeals to the base, understands that the party drifted away from classic conservative principles, and isn't a bullsh*t artist..she actually told the truth about the defeat in 2024.

And now she seems to be purging the squishes from the party, and that is a fine thing! Will she be able to reinvigorate the Conservative Party? Yes, but reclaiming its losses will be a very long slog. Nigel Farage's recent legal difficulties notwithstanding, his support will almost certainly go mainly to Restore Britain, but Badenoch is charging ahead with her reinvention of the Conservative Party into a...conservative party!

Kemi Badenoch launches 'purge of Tory wets' as Theresa May's chief of staff kicked out for 'slagging off' tough line on human rights

In what looks like the start of a purge of the Tory 'wets', Gavin Barwell has been told he will not get the Tory whip back following a leave of absence from the House of Lords.

The move comes just days after Mrs Badenoch warned that former Tory MPs would not be reselected as candidates if they refused to back her stance on issues like leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and taking a more pragmatic approach to Net Zero.


She is playing for keeps, and it is clear that she understands that a party that tries to be all things to all people will fail.

Here is a columnist from one of Britain's socialist newspapers, predictably frantic that the twin shibboleths of the left: climate and "human rights," will be put on the back burner in favor of actual English people!

Kemi declares war on net zero - and what remains of her party

So as of last week, Kemi has put anyone who believes the UK should be meeting its net zero targets by 2050 on the proscribed list for prospective candidates for the Conservative party. Former Tory MPs with dangerously woke views like ... er ... thinking that it might already be too late to combat climate change are no longer welcome. And the same thing applies to any Conservative who still believes the UK should be signed up to the European court of human rights. From now on, anyone who falls into either of these camps is dead to Kemi.

More power to her! Any time the rabid, spittle-flecked left is in an uproar, it means that someone is over the target!

[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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1 The Limeys are busy rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, it seems.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2026 11:01 AM (u/oMr)

2 Just in time to split the vote again!

Posted by: Black JEM at July 21, 2026 11:02 AM (7/DDO)

3 I hear the replacement PM's plan to make Britain great again is to tax the living shit out of it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2026 11:05 AM (u/oMr)

4 Nigel Farage's recent legal difficulties notwithstanding, his support will almost certainly go mainly to Restore Britain, but Badenoch is charging ahead with her reinvention of the Conservative Party into a...conservative party!

It's amazing to me that after what we've seen in the US over then last 10 years, with Trump being constantly abused by the legal system, people still reflexively believe that Nigel Farage must be guilty of...something. I get that some don't like him because he isn't strong enough for them on immigration, or so they think, but the fact is that he's the one who has fought against the PTB in British politics for a long, long time.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)

5 The King is a Fink!

Posted by: Wizard of Id at July 21, 2026 11:06 AM (JM9I6)

6 It's a terrible thing when a political party can be torn apart by something as simple as a pack of wild dogs.

Posted by: Simple Truths at July 21, 2026 11:06 AM (w1Bba)

7 Relatedly:

I've been thinking that, now that there's no Keir Starmer in the PM position, and now that he's been replaced in that position, maybe I will just never bother to learn his replacement's name.

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 11:07 AM (faghi)

8 I saw that Starmer let it be known that he'd like to retain some power in the new administration, which administration promptly said "naaahhhhhhh".

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

9 "Really Mr. Churchill, I think I can help!"

Posted by: N. Chamberlain at July 21, 2026 11:09 AM (u/oMr)

10 I can't seem to make myself to get chuffed about England when the very same shit is happening here. It all does seem to make me start thinking that the best solution would be the cleansing power of nuclear fire for everyone.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 21, 2026 11:09 AM (g8Ew8)

11 From the link (to Grauniad):

You have to hand it to Kemi Badenoch. She doesn’t take any prisoners. While the rest of us have been trying to survive a heatwave and are wondering if air-con may be needed for future summers, the Tory leader has taken a more hardline approach to climate change. Call it Schrödinger’s climate change. It’s both happening and not happening at the same time.

Kemi is just about sane enough not to be an out-and-out denier. She leaves that to Reform.

So anyone that disputes the left's all or nothing take on CC is insane? Yeah, GFY.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

12 Whatever else those bloody poofters do, could they at least tie up Harry and Meghan and burn them at the stake?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2026 11:11 AM (u/oMr)

13 Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

Posted by: Dennis the Constitutional Peasant at July 21, 2026 11:12 AM (wVcYX)

14 Big round of applause 👏 goes out to Stephen Miller's (AFL) legal team

They filed suit against Katie Hobbs & won

Now only American citizens can vote in (15) counties in Arizona... many described it as a huge win for election integrity

Can I get a Hell yeah for Stephen Miller

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 11:12 AM (RHGPo)

15 Whatever else those bloody poofters do, could they at least tie up Harry and Meghan and burn them at the stake?

Egads, no! Imagine the carbon footprint!

Posted by: These bloody poofters at July 21, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)

16
I hear the replacement PM's plan to make Britain great again is to tax the living shit out of it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2026 11:05 AM (u/oMr)

_____________

All money belongs to the government. If you still have some, it's because the powers that be are either passingly magnanimous or insufficiently rigorous in stripping it from you.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 11:12 AM (O0L8i)

17 At least Starmers replacement is going to allow North Sea drilling, that’s one step away from the precipice.
The AG who was in charge of the Chagos deal has been fired, so wondering if the new guy is smart enough to flush that turd as well.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 11:13 AM (T2w7I)

18 MONKEY!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 11:14 AM (N1tpc)

19 So, the British right begins to stabilize (fracture) amongst three parties, none of them able to achieve a coalition-ready plurality.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at July 21, 2026 11:14 AM (NYInA)

20 At least Starmers replacement is going to allow North Sea drilling, that’s one step away from the precipice.

You misread that. He's going to allow North Sea TROLLING. It's about time someone took that arrogant sea down a notch.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

21
16
I hear the replacement PM's plan to make Britain great again is to tax the living shit out of it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2026 11:05 AM (u/oMr)

The new guy is a throwback to 1970’s Labour, which ran Britain into the ground the last time they tried it.

This time he’s going to do it right. Of course.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 11:15 AM (T2w7I)

22 So anyone that disputes the left's all or nothing take on CC is insane? Yeah, GFY.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

Yup. They really are little c*nts.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2026 11:15 AM (l4RKn)

23 I saw Bloody Poofters open the Boy George / Elton John / Wham! at the Download Music Festival in Derbyshire.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 11:16 AM (wVcYX)

24 Honestly, the party deserves to go the way of the Whigs. Why would anyone trust them after what they've done the past 20 years.

We'll see if this transformation is legitimate AND if it is possible to rebuild trust.

Trust: hard to build REALLY easy to lose.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 11:16 AM (N1tpc)

25 Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 11:12 AM (RHGPo)

You really can't help yourself.

Maybe go and start your own blog!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2026 11:16 AM (l4RKn)

26 So, the British right begins to stabilize (fracture) amongst three parties, none of them able to achieve a coalition-ready plurality.

As predicted, that is the problem. Restore has very low polling numbers (

https://www.pollcheck.co.uk/polls/restore-britain/

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

27 Trust: hard to build REALLY easy to lose.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 11:16 AM (N1tpc)

Yes. I think it will be interesting to see whether she is successful. I find her to be a breath of fresh air after the series of pompous twits that the conservatives trotted out for the last 20+ years.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2026 11:18 AM (l4RKn)

28 You misread that. He's going to allow North Sea TROLLING. It's about time someone took that arrogant sea down a notch.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)
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Norwegian trolls hardest hit...They're already an endangered species.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 11:18 AM (FZ29D)

29 Now let me know when they start dealing with the "migrant" issues and the two tier policing.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026 11:18 AM (svLOV)

30 >>>on the proscribed list for prospective candidates for the Conservative party

proscribe:

(historical) outlaw:
a plaque on which were the names of proscribed traitors.

If only.

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 11:18 AM (faghi)

31 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 11:19 AM (2YhKe)

32 Yes. I think it will be interesting to see whether she is successful. I find her to be a breath of fresh air after the series of pompous twits that the conservatives trotted out for the last 20+ years.

At least the left will find it impossible to accuse her of racism...or WILL they?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

33 Wasn't Kemi Badenoch the name of one of those characters on Saturday morning cartoons?
The one with the moose and the squirrel?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 11:19 AM (2Ez/1)

34 Whatever else those bloody poofters do, could they at least tie up Harry and Meghan and burn them at the stake?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2026 11:11 AM (u/oMr)

No. Pollution laws

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 11:20 AM (JWXSB)

35 You really can't help yourself.

Maybe go and start your own blog!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2026 11:16 AM (l4RKn)


He's rolling?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 11:20 AM (2YhKe)

36 33 Wasn't Kemi Badenoch the name of one of those characters on Saturday morning cartoons?
The one with the moose and the squirrel?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 11:19 AM (2Ez/1

Da. 2nd cousin, twice removed.

Posted by: Boris Badenov at July 21, 2026 11:21 AM (WkL+O)

37
MUNKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 21, 2026 11:21 AM (iqcvy)

38 PM Limey Poofter won't last long.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 21, 2026 11:21 AM (AEkWp)

39 Wasn't Kemi Badenoch the name of one of those characters on Saturday morning cartoons?
The one with the moose and the squirrel?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 11:19 AM (2Ez/1)


Heh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 11:22 AM (2YhKe)

40 Farcical aquatic ceremonies are our bread and butter!

Posted by: The Summer Olympics at July 21, 2026 11:22 AM (2Ez/1)

41 Yes. I think it will be interesting to see whether she is successful. I find her to be a breath of fresh air after the series of pompous twits that the conservatives trotted out for the last 20+ years.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2026 11:18 AM (l4RKn)
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Thatcher 2.0?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 11:23 AM (FZ29D)

42 I saw PM Limey Poofter open for PM Dawn at The Brown n' Down festival in '98.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 11:24 AM (2YhKe)

43 UK politics are weird. A deliberative body with that many members couldn't possibly be efficient.

See also: US Congress.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 21, 2026 11:24 AM (jehhT)

44 Limey Gink > Limey Poofter

Posted by: Boris Badenov at July 21, 2026 11:25 AM (WkL+O)

45 LOL.... WNBA trying to kill off the Stephanie Pointing meme... by saying it cannot be used on any merch.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 21, 2026 11:26 AM (mP0Kj)

46 Thatcher 2.0?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 11:23 AM (FZ29D)

No, because Maggie was unique...or almost unique. But Kemi is the real deal.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2026 11:26 AM (l4RKn)

47 I think Britain is already past the event horizon. Nothing short of a lot of violence can change it now. Whatever happens, the Britain of old is not coming back.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 21, 2026 11:27 AM (K3f7J)

48 "a black fourth grader in Mississippi is two and a half times as likely to be proficient in math and reading as one in California"

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 11:28 AM (RHGPo)

49 Thatcher 2.0?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 11:23 AM (FZ29D)
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Wait for Thatcher 2.1 or 2.0.1.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 11:28 AM (Fi81e)

50 Natasha was hot for a cartoon character!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2026 11:28 AM (l4RKn)

51 50 Natasha was hot for a cartoon character!

oh, i would go with natasha. but i'd be thinking of wilma.

Posted by: lister at July 21, 2026 11:29 AM (v3pYe)

52 I hear the replacement PM's plan to make Britain great again is to tax the living shit out of it.

Posted by: Cicero
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"If they find a way to tax capital,then we are done for" - Soames Forsyte, in 'The Forsyte Saga', 1922

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2026 11:29 AM (XeU6L)

53 Less than a hundred years ago the british controlled one of the largest empires the world has ever known.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 21, 2026 11:30 AM (0N4FZ)

54 We have a few million people here I would like to see put on a slow boat to somewhere else. The UK has the same problem. They are going to lose their country over bad policies.

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 11:30 AM (bqIVz)

55 The Left Isn’t Building a Working-Class Movement—It’s Building a New Elite

For Socialists and Communists, it’s all about nomenklatura

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 11:30 AM (RHGPo)

56 I think Britain is already past the event horizon. Nothing short of a lot of violence can change it now. Whatever happens, the Britain of old is not coming back.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 21, 2026 11:27 AM (K3f7J)

I think you are correct, although I love the place, and hope you are wrong.

But...is there even any violence left in Great Britain?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2026 11:30 AM (l4RKn)

57 53 It was THE largest.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 11:30 AM (77rzZ)

58 So, we are watching Britain wildly screw up again in our 250th year...seems on point...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 21, 2026 11:31 AM (tOcjL)

59 The problem for Britain is that just voting for someone like Trump is not going to solve their problems and they aren't even willing to vote for someone like Trump.

They have to send millions of immigrant home and hang a bunch of police/judges/politicians to fix anything

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 11:31 AM (sKqQm)

60 21 The new guy is a throwback to 1970’s Labour, which ran Britain into the ground the last time they tried it.

This time he’s going to do it right. Of course.

it won't work until they appoint chatgpt prime minister.

Posted by: anachronda at July 21, 2026 11:32 AM (v3pYe)

61 I think Britain is already past the event horizon. Nothing short of a lot of violence can change it now. Whatever happens, the Britain of old is not coming back.

Britain, like the US, is always changing. True, it will never go back to Victorian England, Winston Churchill, or perhaps Henry VIII, but it can still recover to the point that it rejoins the world of modern democracy. I think we're seeing the beginning of a Europe-wide backlash against the importation of the 3rd World, and if properly done, a modern society CAN be restored.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t)

62 England is done. Years of being afraid to tell the truth as 3rd and 4th world savages invaded their island. Everyone afraid of being called a racist and being banned or arrested or worse if they dared to defend their way of life simply for being white people living in a white society.

Posted by: England Is Dreaming at July 21, 2026 11:33 AM (F1rMs)

63 Less than a hundred years ago the british controlled one of the largest empires the world has ever known.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 21, 2026 11:30 AM (0N4FZ)

It was the largest, and it wasn't even contiguous. They maintained it with their armies and their fleet. Amazing.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2026 11:33 AM (l4RKn)

64 Minnesota Democrat Attorney General Ellison bragged that not only were Democrats going to get every person who was not old enough to vote in 2024, but also those who were not naturalized citizens.

This later admission appears to suggest that he either wants even non-naturalized citizens to vote this time or to grant people citizenship in exchange for votes.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 11:34 AM (RHGPo)

65 As I always say "socialism" is slop for the masses.

These people are always going to want to stay "in management".

All socialist dictators think that they can do it better than anybody else, and it becomes about them.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 11:34 AM (Fi81e)

66 Go Sophie!

The WNBA Players Association (WNBPA) is prohibiting its official business partners from monetizing Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham’s viral 22 second pointing staredown of DeWanna Bonner. The union declared that it will not feature or monetize player conduct stemming from on court confrontations. Cunningham, however, retains her personal NIL rights and can independently monetize the meme.

The WNBPA blocked companies operating under its group licensing agreement, such as 2K, Panini, Lids, and BreakingT, from using the viral image on official merchandise.

The union cited a blanket policy, stating they generally do not "feature or look to monetize player conduct from a confrontation between our members". The union also noted they deemed the gesture "derogatory".

This ban specifically targets the union's licensees. Sophie Cunningham herself is still entirely free to cash in on her Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) by doing independent deals.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 11:34 AM (AFtz5)

67 45 LOL.... WNBA trying to kill off the Stephanie Pointing meme... by saying it cannot be used on any merch.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 21, 2026 11:26 AM
++++

I was the OG.

Posted by: The Flying Green Dildo at July 21, 2026 11:36 AM (2Ez/1)

68 It was the largest, and it wasn't even contiguous. They maintained it with their armies and their fleet. Amazing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo


WWI & WWII erased their best and brightest.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 11:36 AM (AFtz5)

69 11 So anyone that disputes the left's all or nothing take on CC is insane?

i dunno. closed captions help many people.

Posted by: anachronda at July 21, 2026 11:36 AM (v3pYe)

70 But...is there even any violence left in Great Britain?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2026 11:30 AM (l4RKn)
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Two World Wars devastated them at a generational level.

That spark of fierceness which allowed them to conquer most of the known world at one time may be quenched for good.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 11:36 AM (FZ29D)

71 DeWanna Boner?

Posted by: Not likely at July 21, 2026 11:36 AM (MWfyi)

72 Sophie could've, perhaps should've, used a different finger. Now *that* would've been derogatory.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 11:37 AM (J4Dwc)

73 I am not a denier.

Climate is a thing.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 11:37 AM (Fi81e)

74 The most shit anyone's ever given about the WNBA and it's deemed illegal. We live in truly stupid times.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 11:37 AM (JWXSB)

75 Andy Burnham & Kemi Badenoch's rivalry is already interesting.

Yahoo News, BBC, 7/18/26
Burnham is 'people pleaser' with 'airy fairy' plans, says Kemi Badenoch

In part, "Speaking in an interview for Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Badenoch accused Burnham of not being aware of "what the country's priorities are."

After being elected as Labour leader, Burnham gave a speech at the Trade Union Congress headquarters in London on Friday, saying he would deliver "significant change."

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 21, 2026 11:38 AM (NFX2v)

76 DeWanna Boner?
Posted by: Not likely


Mike Hunt Whistles.

"A whistle for everyone in the family".

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 11:38 AM (AFtz5)

77
People who disagree with Kemi Badenoch are racists.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 11:39 AM (Fi81e)

78 Time for King Arthur to return from Avalon.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 11:40 AM (77rzZ)

79 Related to 75.

AI Overview +6

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is the national umbrella organization for trade unions in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1868, it represents 47 affiliated unions with a combined membership of over 5.3 million working people. Headquartered in London, the TUC campaigns for workers' rights, improved workplace safety, and social justice.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 21, 2026 11:40 AM (NFX2v)

80 Only three WNBA players have ever gotten any traction in the wider culture.

The guy the Russians arrested for being a druggie

Caitlan Clarke for being better then anyone else in the league at the sport they are playing

Sophie Cunningham for being good looking and having charisma.

And...the WNBA doesn't care. I can see why they buried the first story but they should be trying to pitch Clarke and Cunningham everywhere they can to get people to actually be interested in the league

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 11:40 AM (sKqQm)

81 LOL.... WNBA trying to kill off the Stephanie Pointing meme... by saying it cannot be used on any merch.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 21, 2026 11:26 AM (mP0Kj)


I'm sure she can license it however she wants as long as she doesn't display the WNBA or team logo.

Piss off, you shit league.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 11:40 AM (2YhKe)

82 I’ve noticed on X that the support for the Climate Change/Global Warming positions is collapsing across the board - except for the UK! Whenever you run into someone who is still absolutely fanatical about it these days, they are almost always posting from the UK. It seems as though it really has become The Church of England, with all the fanatical religious devotion they pay to it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 11:41 AM (T2w7I)

83 Let's see what Kemi Badenoch accomplishes over the next three electoral cycles before we go all "rah rah, true conservative".

Politicians promise much, deliver little, and seem to always be lining their own pockets whenever and wherever possible. It's hard to work up any enthusiasm for any of them.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 11:41 AM (O7YUW)

84 I’ve noticed on X that the support for the Climate Change/Global Warming positions is collapsing across the board

Climate change was pumped by US government spending and various leftwing oligarchs.

We've got Trump now in the US and those leftwing oligarchs all went AI data centers and need electricity not whining about global warming

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 11:42 AM (sKqQm)

85 Kinda ironic that the leader of the charge against "conservative" British limpdicks, and one of only a few people in the country who isn't a retarded eunuch, is a ... Nigerian anchor baby who was born in UK to Nigerian parents on what was almost certainly birth tourism.

The UK later abolished automatic birthright citizenship. Also ironic.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 11:42 AM (iFTx/)

86 Kinda fitting that women's bitchy envy is taking down the LNBA attempts at gaining press.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 11:42 AM (Fi81e)

87 I stand by what I said.

Posted by: Archie Bunker at July 21, 2026 11:43 AM (wVcYX)

88 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: That Guy who intones "Nothing will happen." with a stiff upper lip at July 21, 2026 11:43 AM (0sNs1)

89 The WNBA Players Association (WNBPA) is prohibiting its official business partners from monetizing Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham’s viral 22 second pointing staredown of DeWanna Bonner.


Because she's white.

I guarantee you, were the roles reversed or Angel Reese did that to Caitlin Clark, the WNBA would be producing the shirts.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 11:44 AM (2YhKe)

90 At local levels, especially in blue and/or purple states and regions, climate change/social justice is still motoring along.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 21, 2026 11:44 AM (NFX2v)

91 LOL.... WNBA trying to kill off the Stephanie Pointing meme... by saying it cannot be used on any merch.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 21, 2026 11:26 AM (mP0Kj)

*cough*Sophie*cough*

The union cited a blanket policy, stating they generally do not "feature or look to monetize player conduct from a confrontation between our members". The union also noted they deemed the gesture "derogatory".

Of course Caitlin getting throat punched, cooter kicked, clotheslined, eye gouged, elbowed and tackled are just good clean family fun.

Posted by: Funny definition ya got there at July 21, 2026 11:44 AM (TbWk/)

92 Because she's white.

I guarantee you, were the roles reversed or Angel Reese did that to Caitlin Clark, the WNBA would be producing the shirts.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 11:44 AM (2YhKe)
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She could be straight. A straight black chick was talking about the beating and harassment she took in the LNBA.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 11:45 AM (Fi81e)

93 Everyone afraid of being called a racist and being banned or arrested or worse if they dared to defend their way of life simply for being white people living in a white society.
——

When did the Narrative flip, exactly? I’ve tried to ponder on this, because when I was younger it was all about eveyone getting along, and not to pre-judge anyone on their race or ethnicity, but only on their character.

At some point, criticism of someone’s character became equated with “racism” too? Sure seems like it. Whether intentionally or not, the entire “Whitey needs to Die” invective seems to be creating a class of people who would seem to be amenable to tribal awareness. How could it not?

I suspect it’s a perfect vehicle to then declare “See! We TOLD YOU y’all are a bunch of racists!” And to younger generations a “whites only” society has to be looking pretty good right now.

Leftists truly are monsters in my book. They aren’t trying to make things better in any way shape or form, simply stirring up shit, and grifting anyway they can.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 11:45 AM (TEC4P)

94 Conservatives are a rump political party now. Splitting the vote on the right with Reform and Restore the next election will assure another Labour government and the end of the UK. Too bad for them.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 21, 2026 11:45 AM (wGerL)

95 That EU Human Rights Court is evil. That's how the bloodsucking leaches get into the country.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 21, 2026 11:45 AM (qFwJc)

96 I’ve noticed on X that the support for the Climate Change/Global Warming positions is collapsing across the board
___________

The support will just shift to whatever new fake religion gets the left's interest. TDS is filling the void for the time being.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 21, 2026 11:46 AM (XvL8K)

97 ---
She could be straight. A straight black chick was talking about the beating and harassment she took in the LNBA.
Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 11:45 AM (Fi81e)


Cunningham is straight. She posts pics of herself and her boyfriend on beaches with her showing off her body quite often.

I'm sure this displeases the WNBA as well.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 11:46 AM (2YhKe)

98 The WNBA Players Association (WNBPA) is prohibiting its official business partners from monetizing Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham’s viral 22 second pointing staredown of DeWanna Bonner.


Heh. Don'Wanna Boner. Heh heh heh.

Posted by: Unfortunately named at July 21, 2026 11:46 AM (TbWk/)

99 But Kemi is the real deal.

If she were a wealthy Indian man who hated the British commoners, she could have been the last Tory PM.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 11:47 AM (ExV1e)

100 On a related point to AGW I've seen the non-political people in my town noticing something

The town has water restrictions now every summer yet keeps approving new development.

So the people asks doesn't adding people mean we have less water to use per person and if we already have a shortage we obviously shouldn't bring in any more right?

The town answer? The state determines if we have a drought or not so it doesn't matter how many new apartments we build. And no, you still can't use water outdoors because of the drought h8ters!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 11:47 AM (sKqQm)

101 She's got a winning smile and an outstanding testimony to UK orthodontia.

https://tinyurl.com/mryfh55k

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 11:47 AM (2Ez/1)

102 I don't really care, Margaret. More focused on ESPN's purging it legion of BLM-shit talkers.

Golly I will miss their ice-cold Hot Takes!

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 21, 2026 11:48 AM (wBaIH)

103 WWI & WWII erased their best and brightest.
Posted by: rickb223
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"Civilization ended in 1914" - Barbara Tuchman

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2026 11:48 AM (XeU6L)

104 The WNBA Players Association (WNBPA) is prohibiting its official business partners from monetizing Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham’s viral 22 second pointing staredown of DeWanna Bonner. The union declared that it will not feature or monetize player conduct stemming from on court confrontations. Cunningham, however, retains her personal NIL rights and can independently monetize the meme.

So, basically, the WNBA does marketing about as well as they do basketball.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 11:48 AM (ExV1e)

105 I’ve noticed on X that the support for the Climate Change/Global Warming positions is collapsing across the board
___________

The support will just shift to whatever new fake religion gets the left's interest. TDS is filling the void for the time being.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 21, 2026 11:46 AM


global warming might be dead but something will come along and take it's place, it always does. Remember we had acid rain, nuclear winter (which was based on one single academic non peer reviewed paper), killer bees, peak oil, the ozone hole, etc. The grift will never stop.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 21, 2026 11:49 AM (0N4FZ)

106 When did the Narrative flip, exactly? I’ve tried to ponder on this, because when I was younger it was all about eveyone getting along, and not to pre-judge anyone on their race or ethnicity, but only on their character.

January 20, 2009

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)

107 When did the Narrative flip, exactly? I’ve tried to ponder on this, because when I was younger it was all about eveyone getting along, and not to pre-judge anyone on their race or ethnicity, but only on their character.

2008.

Yes there were race hustlers before then but Obama cranked it to 11 with help from the FNM.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 11:49 AM (sKqQm)

108
When did the Narrative flip, exactly? I’ve tried to ponder on this, because when I was younger it was all about eveyone getting along, and not to pre-judge anyone on their race or ethnicity, but only on their character.


GenX did yeoman's work getting rid of racism as a mindset in a lot of ways. We were more "can you help me win" or "can you help us succeed" than "I hate blacks" no matter what.

Then, along came Barack Hussein Owebama and ALL that went right out the window.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 11:49 AM (2YhKe)

109 Cunningham, however, retains her personal NIL rights and can independently monetize the meme.

IIRC, she just signed a shoe deal for an undisclosed sum. It's peanuts next to Caitlan Clark's $28M deal, but still.

The specific financial details and total dollar worth of Sophie Cunningham’s endorsement contract with Adidas have not been publicly disclosed. However, industry experts estimate her total endorsement portfolio—which is anchored by her multi-year Adidas partnership—to be worth easily over $1 million

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

110 Cunningham is straight. She posts pics of herself and her boyfriend on beaches with her showing off her body quite often.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 11:46 AM (2YhKe)

I approve.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2026 11:51 AM (l4RKn)

111 When did the Narrative flip, exactly?
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Critical (Race/Queer) Theory.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 11:51 AM (Fi81e)

112 When did the Narrative flip, exactly?


2008. Obola. Set back race relations 100 years.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 11:53 AM (AFtz5)

113 Imagine going back to the 80s and telling people that if you expect people to not:

Shoplift
Riot at public events
Show up to work late

that you were racist against black people. The average person then would call you a racist...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 11:53 AM (sKqQm)

114 She could be straight. A straight black chick was talking about the beating and harassment she took in the LNBA.
Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 11:45 AM (Fi81e)


Cunningham is straight. She posts pics of herself and her boyfriend on beaches with her showing off her body quite often.

I'm sure this displeases the WNBA as well.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 11:46 AM (2YhKe)

Pretty blonde Amazonian chick amongst a sea of mostly uggos? I'm sure they don't like that at all. Or the fact she's been pushing back on the court and in the press on the WNBA's and refs' bullshit.

Posted by: A hot enforcer. That's hot. at July 21, 2026 11:53 AM (TbWk/)

115 The WNBA Players Association (WNBPA) is prohibiting its official business partners from monetizing Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham’s viral 22 second pointing staredown of DeWanna Bonner.


Because she's white.

I guarantee you, were the roles reversed or Angel Reese did that to Caitlin Clark, the WNBA would be producing the shirts.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 11:44 AM (2YhKe)
__________

No doubt. The most damaging thing -- to the WNBA and its mutant dyke manlings -- isn't really that a white girl stared down a black girl. The most damaging thing is the almost comically stark contrast between the pretty white girl with a nice female body, calmly pointing down this feral near-tranny black mutant.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)

116 When did the Narrative flip, exactly? I’ve tried to ponder on this, because when I was younger it was all about eveyone getting along, and not to pre-judge anyone on their race or ethnicity, but only on their character.
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It started in about 2017. I had a blacktivist acquaintance come up to me out of nowhere and accuse me of saying "I don't see color" (a sentence I have never uttered in my life). She said "you better not say dat because dats the most racist thing dey is'.

I didnt know wtf she was talking about and a year or so later it was part of mainstream leftard discourse.

This stuff gets deployed first in small retarded commie groups and forums and they spread it through the media and then politicians and finally it's just accepted common knowledge.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 11:53 AM (JWXSB)

117 Meh. Far too little, far far FAARRRRRRRR too late. There is no saving the Unraveled Kingdom.

Posted by: The Left at July 21, 2026 11:54 AM (V362x)

118 107 When did the Narrative flip, exactly? I’ve tried to ponder on this, because when I was younger it was all about eveyone getting along, and not to pre-judge anyone on their race or ethnicity, but only on their character.

2008.

Yes there were race hustlers before then but Obama cranked it to 11 with help from the FNM.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 11:49 AM (sKqQm)
Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver warned blacks about race hustlers. Not many listened, but ever so often a black sees race hustling for what it is.
Like Jesse Jackson who saw Ubama for what he was. You gotta be one to see one.

Posted by: Eromero at July 21, 2026 11:55 AM (LHPAg)

119 Of course, the principle works for everything.

The classic was Mrs. Clinton declaring the ONLY reason one might be disinclined to vote for her, was because, wait for it, “you hate women”.

I can’t wait for someone on the Republican side to figure out the game that is being played here. “Well, you just hate white people”. That’ll be fun.

Ah, the joys of Tribalism!

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 11:55 AM (TEC4P)

120 Everybody's racist to one degree or another. So there is no use yelling about it to anybody.

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 11:56 AM (bqIVz)

121 I guarantee you, were the roles reversed or Angel Reese did that to Caitlin Clark, the WNBA would be producing the shirts.........
Posted by: Sponge
__________

I'm surprised they're not doing it with an image of Clark getting punched in the throat.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 21, 2026 11:56 AM (XvL8K)

122 Ha! I love these social engineers who put into place these idiotic milestones at the expense of everyday living. Socialist engineers. We can do it. Sacrifice yourselves for our common good and give us more money. Have we seen peak charlatan yet?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 21, 2026 11:57 AM (sYM3s)

123
I approve.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2026 11:51 AM (l4RKn)


Yeah man. She's not bad to look at.


https://shorturl.fm/2Dnlc

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 11:57 AM (2YhKe)

124 When did the Narrative flip, exactly? I’ve tried to ponder on this, because when I was younger it was all about eveyone getting along, and not to pre-judge anyone on their race or ethnicity, but only on their character.
_______

Slowly, then all at once. I think it's been building, insidiously, since at least after the 1960s race riots, where feral black idiots presaged modern antifa creeps by burning down their own cities.

I think that's when the Democrap shitlords realized there was political power -- and money -- in seperating people based on race and rewarding and punishing the races based on political expediency.

The final flip came when Gay Lightbringer arrived on the scene. His entire brand was his skin color.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 11:59 AM (iFTx/)

125 This stuff gets deployed first in small retarded commie groups and forums and they spread it through the media and then politicians
——-

Yeah, I figured that out. Deconstruction and Frankfurt School critical theory were pretty esoteric subjects when I was at University. You could see the influence if you knew what you were looking at, bubbling below the surface. It was very disturbing then.

Never in a million years did I think it would get mainstream traction. It is absolutely insidious and pervasive. The people spouting this shit did not arrive at these ideas on their own. They can mouth the words and act like they is all educated, and shit. LOL

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 12:00 PM (TEC4P)

126
The final flip came when Gay Lightbringer arrived on the scene. His entire brand was his skin color.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 11:59 AM (iFTx/)


Dey always shun dey white half.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:00 PM (2YhKe)

127 The only "pragmatic" approach to the Klimate Kult is to round them all up and gas them. They are demonstrably insane.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:01 PM (1z8ji)

128 Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver warned blacks about race hustlers. Not many listened, but ever so often a black sees race hustling for what it is.
Like Jesse Jackson who saw Ubama for what he was. You gotta be one to see one.
Posted by: Eromero at July 21, 2026 11:55 AM
###

Did I hear you correctly say that perhaps he ... was influenced by Gurgle?

Posted by: Rev. Al Charlatan at July 21, 2026 12:02 PM (2Ez/1)

129 The only "pragmatic" approach to the Klimate Kult is to round them all up and gas them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:01 PM

We're out standing in our field.

Posted by: The Cows at July 21, 2026 12:03 PM (0sNs1)

130 127 The only "pragmatic" approach to the Klimate Kult is to round them all up and gas them. They are demonstrably insane.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:01 PM (1z8ji)

The latest is their freakout over a possible tropical storm forming in the Gulf of America. Oh my God, a tropical storm? In the Gulf? During hurricane season? Something that's been going on for hundreds of years?

Posted by: THE SKY IS BLUE WE'RE GONNA DIIIIIIEEEEEE at July 21, 2026 12:05 PM (TbWk/)

131 122 Ha! I love these social engineers who put into place these idiotic milestones at the expense of everyday living. Socialist engineers. We can do it. Sacrifice yourselves for our common good and give us more money. Have we seen peak charlatan yet?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Not until you see AOC psychodanin' in a REMAIN SINWAR camosole next to 1960's Klingon/MADMANI as the clueless KaliforniaPsycho Gaven looks on utterly confused.

MORAL VANDALISM is the sine qua not of the LIBS;
just as satire is lost upon them.

https://tinyurl.com/EvilDoktor-GavinUberAlles
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-CaliforniaPsychos
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-PutASmileOnThatFace


LET's GO BRANDON!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-TrumpLaysLowDIMON
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-signedSCHWARTZWALD

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 21, 2026 12:07 PM (AqbLC)

132
The latest is their freakout over a possible tropical storm forming in the Gulf of America. Oh my God, a tropical storm? In the Gulf? During hurricane season? Something that's been going on for hundreds of years?
Posted by: THE SKY IS BLUE WE'RE GONNA DIIIIIIEEEEEE at July 21, 2026 12:05 PM (TbWk/)


They've been saying we're all going to die in the south for the last several years due to NOAA being all in on the climate hysteria.

They were wrong.

Now, after saying we were going to have an above average hurricane season this year, just as they have for the last SEVERAL years, they've revised things downward a bit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:07 PM (2YhKe)

133 The latest is their freakout over a possible tropical storm forming in the Gulf of America. Oh my God, a tropical storm? In the Gulf? During hurricane season? Something that's been going on for hundreds of years?
Posted by: THE SKY IS BLUE WE'RE GONNA DIIIIIIEEEEEE at July 21, 2026 12:05 PM (TbWk/)
If their socklets get wet and their hair gets messed up it truly is the end of their world.

Posted by: Eromero at July 21, 2026 12:07 PM (LHPAg)

134 And...the WNBA doesn't care. I can see why they buried the first story but they should be trying to pitch Clarke and Cunningham everywhere they can to get people to actually be interested in the league

The WNBA is "The Producers" as a sports league. If it succeeds, the grift fails. So it's Springtime for Ugly Black Lesbians.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 12:07 PM (2ocoG)

135 The only "pragmatic" approach to the Klimate Kult is to round them all up and gas them.

Wasteful thinking. Round them up and drop them in the Kalahari. Lions gotta eat.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 12:08 PM (ExV1e)

136 I can’t wait for someone on the Republican side to figure out the game that is being played here. “Well, you just hate white people”. That’ll be fun.

Ah, the joys of Tribalism!
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 11:55 AM (TEC4P)

The only reason to not vote for JD Vance is because you hate the Midwestern heart of our country. And mixed-race children.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 21, 2026 12:09 PM (rbvCR)

137 What percentage of WNBA players are carpet munchers--accurately and without hyperbole.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 21, 2026 12:10 PM (kYhR9)

138 A “life-threatening” storm is gathering...
with flooding rains and whipping winds...
The terrible torrent....

Posted by: Hyperbole Much? at July 21, 2026 12:10 PM (w9Wax)

139 I think it's been building, insidiously, since at least after the 1960s race riots, where feral black idiots presaged modern antifa creeps by burning down their own cities.

I think that's when the Democrap shitlords realized there was political power -- and money -- in seperating people based on race and rewarding and punishing the races based on political expediency.

The strategy was already in place at the DNC before the riots. LBJ can be considered history's most effective racist for a reason.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 12:11 PM (2ocoG)

140 I guarantee you, were the roles reversed or Angel Reese did that to Caitlin Clark, the WNBA would be producing the shirts.........
Posted by: Sponge
__________

I'm surprised they're not doing it with an image of Clark getting punched in the throat.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 21, 2026 11:56 AM (XvL8K)
________

They kinda are. It's all over black social media with taglines like "das wut happins to da fukin white bitch."

It's comic how the same people endlessly screeching about fake RACISM against blacks are orgasmically promoting the most vile racial comments against a white girl who did nothing wrong other than be a better and more attractive player in "their" sport.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 12:11 PM (iFTx/)

141 Excellent news. I didn't ever have a problem with Badenoch herself; I was always just skeptical that the Tories had any plan beyond Rashy Sumac murmuring muh taxes.
If she is driving the closeted queers back to Kristol's boat, she has a chance at merging all those subTory parties. Maybe she can call a summit. Bring out an island-shaped cake like in Godfather II.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 12:11 PM (gKWVE)

142 Dude, in Houston a fast-moving tropical storm isn't even worth calling out of work for.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 12:12 PM (gKWVE)

143 136 I can’t wait for someone on the Republican side to figure out the game that is being played here....
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 11:55 AM (TEC4P)
The only reason to not vote for JD Vance is because you hate the Midwestern heart of our country. And mixed-race children.
Posted by: Kindltot

You thought ctHILLARY was the Greater Evil?
Vote JD/JOIN cTHIEL...ctKARP...cthLUCKEY...cthANDURIL...

Why? Because Greater Evil destroys its maker.

Applicable quote:
Ming the Merciless: LET'S JUST SAY THEY'LL BE WILLING TO SETTLE FOR LESS.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 21, 2026 12:13 PM (AqbLC)

144 What percentage of WNBA players are carpet munchers--accurately and without hyperbole.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 21, 2026 12:10 PM (kYhR9)



It seems hard to say......


https://shorturl.fm/ANH2Y

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:13 PM (2YhKe)

145 A “life-threatening” storm is gathering...
with flooding rains and whipping winds...
The terrible torrent....
Posted by: Hyperbole Much?


In the distance, a screen door slams shut...

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 12:13 PM (AFtz5)

146 >>> Kemi Badenoch launches 'purge of Tory wets' as Theresa May's chief of staff kicked out for 'slagging off' tough line on human rights

Pip pip!

Hopefully Kemi realizes the Tories need a new visionary leader. Think of their legacy: Pitt, Thatcher, Churchill, Disraeli. The soul of England's government is currently in its darkest battle. The parties are failing and letting anti free Western thinking take over. England is falling. Can anyone rise to the top to revert it?

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 12:14 PM (Eng1Z)

147 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 12:14 PM (2YhKe)

148 The strategy was already in place at the DNC before the riots. LBJ can be considered history's most effective racist for a reason.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 12:11 PM (2ocoG)

It was adopted from Malcom X and the Black Panthers, they hated the traditional black culture in the US, claiming it was part of the slave culture.
Unfortunately it was adopted from traditional African culture that was brought along by the slaves, and it was kept alive because a lot of it was actually fun.

The Revolution Will Not Be Fun: it will be full of pinch faced scolds seeking new things to be outraged by.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 21, 2026 12:14 PM (rbvCR)

149 Member when the icon of the American TV family was a Dr and Lawyer raising 5 kids?

Posted by: MJ at July 21, 2026 12:15 PM (XOmY9)

150 Natasha was hot for a cartoon character!

Cigarette holder + little black dress = treasonous notions.

Posted by: DaveA at July 21, 2026 12:15 PM (FhXTo)

151 145 A “life-threatening” storm is gathering...
with flooding rains and whipping winds...
The terrible torrent....
Posted by: Hyperbole Much?


In the distance, a screen door slams shut...
Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 12:13 PM (AFtz5)

A shot rang out. The maid screamed. Suddenly, a pirate ship appeared on the horizon! While millions of people were starving, the king lived in luxury. Meanwhile, on a small farm in Kansas, a boy was growing up.

Posted by: The great American novel at July 21, 2026 12:16 PM (TbWk/)

152 They kinda are. It's all over black social media with taglines like "das wut happins to da fukin white bitch."

It's comic how the same people endlessly screeching about fake RACISM against blacks are orgasmically promoting the most vile racial comments against a white girl who did nothing wrong other than be a better and more attractive player in "their" sport.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 12:11 PM (iFTx/)


Your observation is correct Elric but I disagree with it being considered comic. Poisonous and evil are what I call it.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 21, 2026 12:18 PM (CNncw)

153 In the distance, a screen door slams shut...
Posted by: rickb223
------

"Two riders were approaching
The wind began to howl.."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2026 12:18 PM (XeU6L)

154 Too far out of being current on British politics but I think the Conservatives are done regardless of what Kemi does or doesn't do because the times in UK demand a very different sort of party and the existing Conservative party leadership and apparatus cannot conceive of what they must do.

And that is break the paradigm of a class society where the aristocrats have opened the spigots to the worst sort of humanity in the world, spent UK into oblivion, and cozied up to Islamists for business and funding while sacrificing the working class children to foreign rape gangs.

Trump has had all sorts of problems trying to drag the Republican party out of its traditional corporatist, globalist, and pro immigration policy rut. Ideas like carbon credit schemes, amnesties, and corporate subsidies as well as spending a lot of taxpayer money to be 'compassionate' to ne'er do wells, are as much in the GOP DNA as they are in the UK Conservative party.

In past times, these same sort of assholes were propping up the Soviet Union with cheap loans to buy US grain among other things while offering bubba bait to their voters. And sold this nation out jointly with the Clintons to China via MFN.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 12:18 PM (E4rtv)

155 >>> The WNBA Players Association (WNBPA) is prohibiting its official business partners from monetizing Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham’s viral 22 second pointing staredown of DeWanna Bonner.

So she can't shoot an ad, say, where she is shilling for subway, if they are a partner, and she goes into an inferior sub shop and points at them and shoots them down, then goes to a Subway and gets her order? How can you ban a viral hand gesture that was organically made by a player?

If the official business partners won't do it, hopefully another advertiser gives her a fat contract to do this as a private deal.

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 12:19 PM (Eng1Z)

156 ...In past times, these same sort of assholes were propping up the Soviet Union with cheap loans to buy US grain among other things while offering bubba bait to their voters. And sold this nation out jointly with the Clintons to China via MFN.

Posted by: whig at July 21, 2026 12:18 PM (E4rtv)


Great synopsis whig!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 21, 2026 12:21 PM (CNncw)

157 Wouldn’t black women's hockey be moar entertaining than basketball?

Posted by: Pudinhead at July 21, 2026 12:21 PM (KGj36)

158 Caitlin and Sophie should be the Jordan and Rodman of WNBA. And the league shouldn't be hating, they should be supportive and backing them 100%.

In the 90s when the league started, they would have been stars, because it wasn't about race then. I don't understand the anti-white undertone currently in the WNBA right now, but it's ugly and needs to stop. You need little white girls to love the game as much as little black, asian, hispanic girls.

Was there anti-Jordan sentiment in the 90s from other players and teams? I hated the Bulls because they denied my beloved Jazz two NBA championships during the storied Malone/Stockton era. But even so, I 100% admired Jordan as a player and knew I was watching one of the greatest.

That the current WNBA can't square this circle is troubling.

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 12:25 PM (Eng1Z)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Friedrich Crows1.JPG

The Tree Of Crows
Caspar David Friedrich

One of my favorite artists!

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




Comments

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1 Doffs hat, bids everyone a good day.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 21, 2026 09:30 AM (w9Wax)

2 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:30 AM (AFtz5)

3 Meep meep!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:30 AM (yEz+x)

4 If you look carefully, you can see Ace lurking under the tree.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 09:31 AM (Riz8t)

5 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

6 No boobs. No dog.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 21, 2026 09:31 AM (QKhL4)

7 Meep meep!
Posted by: nurse ratched

Caw caw!

Posted by: Murderer's Row at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (w9Wax)

8 End of fall, beginning of winter.

Cold winds are coming........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

9 You always know when the eagles are tooling about. The crows go berserk.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (yEz+x)

10 Looks like Mordor as it was just getting rolling.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (Riz8t)

11 The crows were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

12 This is the type of tree Home Depot gets their 2X4s from.

Posted by: Woody Tobias, Jr. at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (JM9I6)

13 We should all chip in and give this to Ace.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

14 Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (yEz+x)


*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

15 I would have saved this image for October.

Wonder what kind of story Stephen King would write to this picture?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (2GVsD)

16 very gnarly
would hang
the Corvus genus has some interesting specimens

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (ZxPkt)

17
Looks like most of the crows from that tree have been harvested.

Tree of Apples > Tree of Crows

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (iJfKG)

18 That tree matches my mood today.

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (bqIVz)

19 8 End of fall, beginning of winter.

Cold winds are coming........
Posted by: Sponge

I wish. We have a “heat advisory” today and tomorrow.

Mid 80s.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (yEz+x)

20 Wonder what kind of story Stephen King would write to this picture?

The same one as all the rest of his "works".

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (Riz8t)

21 Wakes uo
Scratches.
Looks around.
Dang! I have several trees in my yard that drop their leaves in the fall. In the winter they look a lot like this. I think the branches all intertwined make a marvelous design when set against the typical Pacific NW grey skies.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (2WIwB)

22 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (R11M+)

23 Looks like Mordor as it was just getting rolling.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (Riz8t)


Neighbor had a Chrysler Mordor where I grew up. That thing spent more time on jack stands than it did on the road.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

24 The crows were angry that day, my friends.
Posted by: George Costanza


Turn, turn, turn

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (AFtz5)

25 How appropriate that someone named Caspar would paint a dead tree.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (ExV1e)

26 1927 Yankees team picture.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (w9Wax)

27 Morning Wood! Good Call!

Posted by: Vinny Viagra at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (JM9I6)

28 That picture looks like a murder...

Posted by: AlecK at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (cMlC1)

29 is that a trower song?

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (R11M+)

30 Tree of Woe >>> Tree of Apples > Tree of Crows

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (Riz8t)

31 would hang

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (ZxPkt)
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Wood not hang.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (Y+4g7)

32 Effective and atmospheric.

Miss Linda is fond of mentioning how intelligent crows are, how they recognize individual people and avoid those who have been mean to them, etc. And Ace had that video last night of the crow who visits with his human child friend every day.

Still, I tell her, "Get back to me when they invent the wheel, or air-conditioning for their nests."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (wzUl9)

33 *squeezes sponge’s butt*

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (yEz+x)

34 Are we now couting crows?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (2GVsD)

35 So that's what ace's backyard looks like!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (FZ29D)

36 I wish. We have a “heat advisory” today and tomorrow.

Mid 80s.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (yEz+x)


We're scheduled for 106 today.

My A/C won't like that one bit. I predict the house will hit 78 inside. Maybe 80.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (2YhKe)

37 Does Ace know about this tree?

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

38 You'd think a murder tree would be better suited to use for hangings.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (2RJDy)

39 [pi]
Wonder what kind of story Stephen King would write to this picture?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026

***
"The Mad Crows of Derry, Maine"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)

40 *squeezes sponge’s butt*

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (yEz+x)


*leg twitches like a dog getting scratched*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (2YhKe)

41 Nevermore....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (jehhT)

42 It's Geezer Golf Tuesday!!
Woohoo!
Today's art reminds me of all the damned trees I hit every week.
Talk about the wrong kind of early morning wood!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (2WIwB)

43 It kinda looks like the tree in Cat People.

Posted by: No Name Today at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (8mulE)

44 That tree matches my mood today.

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (bqIVz)
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We're rooting for you!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (Y+4g7)

45 One of my favorite artists!

====

Tell us you like Hitchcock without telling us you like Hitchcock. This tree has got to be demonic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (JvZF+)

46 4 If you look carefully, you can see Ace lurking under the tree.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 09:31 AM (Riz8t)

Is he skinning a hobo?

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (2RJDy)

47 Wonder what kind of story Stephen King would write to this picture?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026


"the two young children, lying near naked under the vast oak tree......."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (2YhKe)

48 It’s Tummy Rub Tuesday!!!


Best day of the week! Get out your oven mitts and band aids and rub those bellies!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:37 AM (yEz+x)

49 12 This is the type of tree Home Depot gets their 2X4s from.
Posted by: Woody Tobias, Jr. at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (JM9I6)

I laughed. Bravo!

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 09:37 AM (2RJDy)

50 This painting is nothing to crow about.

Posted by: dantesed at July 21, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

51 Marginally related:

A while back I wondered where the word "gallus" came from... a word used by old-timers/hillbillies/similar reprobates to describe what most Americans call "suspenders" and the Brits call "braces" (British "suspenders" are what we call "garters").

Turns out it's a dialect version of "gallows".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 09:38 AM (IG3/x)

52 Kind of eerie.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 09:38 AM (lJ0H4)

53 I see three crows actually perching in the tree, a fourth near them about to land, and then a flock of them (or other birds) in the upper right hand corner. Also six more soaring in to land, presumably also crows.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9)

54 *squeezes sponge’s butt*

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM

===

*leg twitches like a dog getting scratched*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM

I hope you shaved your gluteals recently, otherwise you just experienced hairassment.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2026 09:39 AM (GcVHA)

55 Spooky!

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 09:39 AM (hftzA)

56 Crows are noisy bastards.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM (Y/Ect)

57 Thank the good Lord , no naked fat guys from Lucien Freud
Like this, nice and simple. Obviously a nod to Ace and his crows
Would hang , thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM (sMkB+)

58 Tell us you like Hitchcock without telling us you like Hitchcock. This tree has got to be demonic.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (JvZF+)
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Reminds me a bit of that spooky tree from the movie "Sleepy Hollow" (the Johnny Depp version).

I could picture the Headless Horseman emerging from the base of this tree at night to terrorize the residents of a remote New York village.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM (FZ29D)

59
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM (O0L8i)

60 Looks kind of spooky

Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM (n7SgH)

61 when wifey's friend died we bought and planted a contorted filbert in his mom's yard.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:41 AM (R11M+)

62 No dog. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM (O0L8i)
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The crows ate him.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 09:41 AM (FZ29D)

63 This would make a fine cover for a Gothic novel or a collection of short stories.

The Surly Sullen Crow; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bole

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:41 AM (wzUl9)

64 Were we not promised a Lucian Freud today, is a comment CBD made yesterday evening?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2026 09:41 AM (GcVHA)

65 Crow #1: Did you ever see an elephant fly?
Crow #2: Well, I've seen a horse fly.
Crow #3: Ah, I've seen a dragon fly.
Crow #4: Hee-hee. I've seen a house fly.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 09:42 AM (wVcYX)

66 You people sound like a murder of raven lunatics.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 21, 2026 09:42 AM (sYM3s)

67 Alt Title: "The View From Ace's Window"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 21, 2026 09:42 AM (tgIEo)

68 I counted 8 roadside memorials in front of slightly scarred trees on the 500 miles I drove on I-95 on Saturday. Some people's last earthly sight was of a tree trunk comin' at 'em. Cars always lose in a fight with a tree.

Posted by: Pining For The Fjords at July 21, 2026 09:42 AM (JM9I6)

69
I hope you shaved your gluteals recently, otherwise you just experienced hairassment.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2026 09:39 AM (GcVHA)


Heh.....yeah, never really had that issue.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:43 AM (2YhKe)

70 38 that would be a murderer tree.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:43 AM (R11M+)

71 The crows ate him.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 09:41 AM

How did you know the dog's pronouns?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2026 09:43 AM (GcVHA)

72 When I was a kid, I thought Heckle and Jeckle were crows. No, my mother said, they were magpies.

Not being an ornithologist then or now, I dunno. Are crows and magpies related? (Other than both being birds, I mean)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:43 AM (wzUl9)

73 That's the tree that will grow over George Soros' grave.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 09:43 AM (JvZF+)

74 46 with a shotgun.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:44 AM (R11M+)

75 72 Wolfus, I believe that magpies are also corvids.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ)

76 Looks like the tree from "I Married A Witch" (1942)

Veronica Lake - wow!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 09:45 AM (wVcYX)

77 28 That picture looks like a murder...
Posted by: AlecK at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (cMlC1)

One that Keith Morrison would lean on halfway through Dateline right before or after they show the neighbor of the victim staring out their window holding a cup of coffee.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 21, 2026 09:45 AM (SjAWL)

78 Magpies are thieves.

Posted by: dantesed at July 21, 2026 09:45 AM (Oy/m2)

79 Not being an ornithologist then or now, I dunno. Are crows and magpies related? (Other than both being birds, I mean)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:43 AM (wzUl9)
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I think they do belong to the same family or maybe even genus. "Corvids."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 09:46 AM (FZ29D)

80 Weren't Heckle and Jeckle magpies?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:46 AM (2YhKe)

81 Wolfus, I believe that magpies are also corvids.
Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026

***
The '63-'67 Chevy Corvid was one hell of a car.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)

82 Magpies are thieves.
Posted by: dantesed at July 21, 2026

***
So are crows, I've been told.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)

83 Yeah, Veronica Lake had it going on. Really short, though.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

84 The '63-'67 Chevy Corvid was one hell of a car.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)

But it did not have an independent rear suspension, nor was it available in mint metallic green.

Posted by: Miss Mona Lisa Vito at July 21, 2026 09:47 AM (wVcYX)

85 @44. Biden's Dog

Thanks.

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 09:47 AM (bqIVz)

86 72 When I was a kid, I thought Heckle and Jeckle were crows. No, my mother said, they were magpies.

Not being an ornithologist then or now, I dunno. Are crows and magpies related? (Other than both being birds, I mean)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:43 AM (wzUl9)

They are both corvids, but different types.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 09:48 AM (hftzA)

87 they are corvidae, but not corvus. under pica they are treepies.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:48 AM (R11M+)

88 I can see Tippy Hedren flailing her arms in the background.

Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 09:48 AM (qwype)

89 we have black-billed magpies here
they are vocal AF

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 09:48 AM (ZxPkt)

90 The tree has crows. The tree is not "of" crows.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 21, 2026 09:49 AM (sl73Y)

91 would not hang

Posted by: Gref at July 21, 2026 09:49 AM (WVdA/)

92 Remember, corvids are the result of à lab leak in Wuhan.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

93 Weren't Heckle and Jeckle magpies?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer


Yes. Heckle had a tough New York accent & Jeckle had a British accent.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:49 AM (AFtz5)

94 All seriousness aside, this painting does create a strong atmosphere of foreboding in the viewer. Night is falling -- I presume the sun is below the horizon, from those golden streaks in the sky. (It could be dawn, but then the atmosphere would be less eerie.) Very shadowy below, more light as the eye rises to the sky, where we see more birds wheeling.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9)

95 89 we have black-billed magpies here
they are vocal AF
Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 09:48 AM (ZxPkt)

"Chattering like magpies" didn't become an idiot out of thin air.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 09:50 AM (2RJDy)

96 lots of birds in wheeling.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:51 AM (R11M+)

97 "Chattering like magpies" didn't become an idiot out of thin air.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 09:50 AM (2RJDy)

Only an idiom would say something like that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 09:51 AM (ExV1e)

98 95 i, however, did.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:51 AM (R11M+)

99 >>Yes. Heckle had a tough New York accent & Jeckle had a British accent.

Heckle use to work the Borscht Belt in the summers. That's how his namesake term came about.

Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 09:51 AM (qwype)

100 become an idiot out of thin air.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 09:50 AM (2RJDy

That trick is saved for me.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 09:52 AM (hftzA)

101 It’s eerie to aee the crowd all gathering together and roosting in the same tree. They are noisy bastards and have entire yelling matches amongst themselves. A caw caw phony.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:52 AM (yEz+x)

102 60 Looks kind of spooky
Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM
++++

Was the artist a friendly ghost?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

103 The '63-'67 Chevy Corvid was one hell of a car.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026
*
But it did not have an independent rear suspension, nor was it available in mint metallic green.
Posted by: Miss Mona Lisa Vito at July 21, 2026

***
In those days, I understand, you could order a car from one of the U.S. Big Three in a wide range of exterior and interior colors. Not like today's white, black, grey, silver, bronze, and dark blue, with the occasional red -- and only gray, black, and tan for interiors.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:53 AM (wzUl9)

104 102 "all i need"

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:53 AM (R11M+)

105 95 Idiom. The word is idiom, you lackwitted donkey. Is there some sort of app to download so I can get a less retarded version of spellcheck?

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 09:53 AM (2RJDy)

106 Tippi Hedren is still above ground. She's 96. Mother of Melanie Griffith and grandmother of Dakota Johnson

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 09:53 AM (sMkB+)

107 101 It’s eerie to see the crowd all gathering together and roosting in the same tree...

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:52 AM


Gives me an idea...

Posted by: A. Hitchcock at July 21, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)

108 Wonder what kind of story Stephen King would write to this picture?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026

The Climax to the novel, CROW by Stephen King

...The children gathered their magical objects together: Billy, his Ovaltine, Cammie, her EZ-Bake Oven, Clarkston, his Sixth Finger, and finally, Booger with his box of Kleenex.

But, Cawwy the Cawing Crow merely cawed demonically and assumed his true form!!!

An even bigger crow!

The children bravely threw their precious childhood treasures at Cawwy. The treasures struck the large crow and Cawwy cawed a terrible caw and shrank until he was but an egg.

Booger stamped on the egg.

"Hey, guys. That looks like something that came outta my nose," he laughed and they all laughed together.

And then they had a big gang bang as all eleven year olds do when they survive evil.

THE END

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 09:54 AM (iJfKG)

109 The light coming through the broken branch is cool and really draws the eye. The plane created by the hill makes a second quieter focal point. I think you get extra credit for a painting with two focal points.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 21, 2026 09:54 AM (2ap+5)

110 I like birdsounds. Never bothered me.

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 09:54 AM (ZxPkt)

111 97 "Chattering like magpies" didn't become an idiot out of thin air.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 09:50 AM (2RJDy)

Only an idiom would say something like that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 09:51 AM (ExV1e)

Not an idiot, just a Moron.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 09:54 AM (2RJDy)

112 ‘If you don’t like this painting, I will cut you.’

— Caspar David Friedrich

https://tinyurl.com/47rhu52u

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 21, 2026 09:54 AM (rlne1)

113 Tippi Hedren is still above ground. She's 96. Mother of Melanie Griffith and grandmother of Dakota Johnson
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026

***
As lovely as Tippi was, I could never understand why Rod Taylor's Mitch was so attracted to her when he had local teacher and smokeshow Suzanne Pleshette right next door.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:55 AM (wzUl9)

114 88 I can see Tippy Hedren flailing her arms in the background.
Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 09:48 AM (qwype)

A few weeks ago there something dead behind my fence (I live on a levee) and there were about 6 or 7 huge buzzards in a giant oak tree I have. It freaked me out so I called the TX Fish & Game and asked what should I do. I said that it’s like something out of The Birds. I could tell he had no clue what I meant. That happens a lot these days.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 21, 2026 09:55 AM (SjAWL)

115 Anyone else getting the feeling that the HQ has been captured by Big Corvid?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 09:55 AM (kgE5c)

116 106 Tippi Hedren is still above ground. She's 96. Mother of Melanie Griffith and grandmother of Dakota Johnson
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 09:53 AM (sMkB+)

Dakota likes bringing grandma her 24 Blackbird pie on the holidays.

Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 09:55 AM (qwype)

117 112 ‘If you don’t like this painting, I will cut you.’

— Caspar David Friedrich

https://tinyurl.com/47rhu52u
Posted by: Elric the Blade

Holy crap. I bet he tortured small animals. Amd set fires.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:56 AM (yEz+x)

118 Birds aren't real.

Posted by: The bumper sticker you saw last week at July 21, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

119 118 Birds aren't real.
Posted by: The bumper sticker you saw last week


Corks are for quitters.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:58 AM (jiOR7)

120 "Birds aren't real." - graffiti seen in a gay British pub.

Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 09:58 AM (qwype)

121 Heckle use to work the Borscht Belt in the summers. That's how his namesake term came about.
Posted by:


His name was Heckle.

His stage name was Heckie Green.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:58 AM (AFtz5)

122 Friedrich's paintings aren't just images to be viewed. They create a mood. They invite contemplation of the natural world and its effect on mankind. I don't know how much similarity there is in German Romanticism and that of the English Romantic poets of the same time but every Friedrich painting seems to invite a poem describing the scene and the emotion it invokes. They don't insist on only one approach but, like the best literature, leaves the individual free to interpret the image through their personal experience.

Posted by: JTB at July 21, 2026 09:58 AM (yTvNw)

123 108 i cried. that was beautiful.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:59 AM (R11M+)

124 The magpies are very vocal around here. They hold funeral services for each other.

You can always count on the magpies to tell you when deer or elk are in the area.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 21, 2026 10:00 AM (sYM3s)

125 Friend of mine in high school had a very pretty Irish lass as a girlfriend. He nicknamed her "The Magpie" because she talked incessantly.

Posted by: Chatterbox at July 21, 2026 10:00 AM (JM9I6)

126 RMBS, the battle for the blog between Big Corvid and Big Penguin has just begun.

We’ll be lucky to live through it.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

127 We've got magpies, ravens, crows, and two kinds of jay (Steller's jay and gray jays).

Despite being cousins (or perhaps because they are cousins) they don't get along.

At all.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 10:00 AM (IG3/x)

128 Corks are for quitters.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:58 AM

I'll drink to that!

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at July 21, 2026 10:00 AM (2Ez/1)

129 63 This would make a fine cover for a Gothic novel or a collection of short stories.

The Surly Sullen Crow; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bole
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:41 AM (wzUl9)

I was looking for a skeleton hanging from that tree.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 10:01 AM (edUvp)

130 Early Romantic.

Posted by: RS at July 21, 2026 10:02 AM (GYx3d)

131 127 We've got magpies, ravens, crows, and two kinds of jay (Steller's jay and gray jays).

Despite being cousins (or perhaps because they are cousins) they don't get along.

At all.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 10:00 AM (IG3/x)

Most bird species are assholes. Especially hummingbirds. They are little pricks.

Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 10:02 AM (qwype)

132 RMBS, the battle for the blog between Big Corvid and Big Penguin has just begun.

We’ll be lucky to live through it.
Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

Big Penguin is a killer.

https://youtu.be/mhykco4R7LI

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 10:02 AM (ExV1e)

133 I have my feline corvid up here on the desk with me. Tail flicking across the left side of the keyboard.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 10:03 AM (wzUl9)

134 Hey. We're sitting right here.

Posted by: Red-winged blackbirds at July 21, 2026 10:03 AM (2Ez/1)

135 Ace Crowfriend will like this one

Posted by: Halfhand at July 21, 2026 10:04 AM (Ysav4)

136 > Most bird species are assholes. Especially hummingbirds. They are little pricks.
Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 10:02 AM (qwype)

I remember a cartoon where the human characters were going off about the beautiful bird songs.

Next panel has a translation of the "songs".

"MINE! MINE! MINE!" "Fuck off! Fuck off! Fuck off!" "I will CUT YOU, bitch!"

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 10:04 AM (IG3/x)

137 I like mourning doves. They’re very chill.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

138 Early Romantic.
Posted by: RS at July 21, 2026

***
One imagines the young Richard Burton standing beneath this tree in the 1952 My Cousin Rachel.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 10:05 AM (wzUl9)

139 Every little swallow, every chick-a-dee
Every little bird in the tall oak tree
The wise old owl, the big black crow
Flappin' their wings singing go bird go

Posted by: Rockin ' Robin at July 21, 2026 10:05 AM (2Ez/1)

140 The Tree Of Crows, 1822
Caspar David Friedrich

What is the meaning of the tree of crows?
AI Overview
A tree full of crows represents communal roosting, sharing food sources, or "mobbing" a nearby predator (like an owl or hawk). Spiritually, it symbolizes impending transformation, heightened intuition, or a message to prepare for a new chapter in your life. (JuneHunter dot com)

I like David Friedrich's body of art a great deal. Would hang the featured painting.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 21, 2026 10:05 AM (NFX2v)

141
Most bird species are assholes. Especially hummingbirds. They are little pricks.

Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 10:02 AM (qwype)

They remember when they were dinosaurs.

And are pissed off about their come-down in the world, and that whole evolution thing too!

Bastard evolution!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 10:05 AM (iJfKG)

142 The mockingbird is asshoe.

Texas could've done better with the state bird. Just because their plentiful, doesn't mean they're special.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 10:07 AM (2YhKe)

143 Most bird species are assholes. Especially hummingbirds. They are little pricks.

Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 10:02 AM (qwype)

They remember when they were dinosaurs.

And are pissed off about their come-down in the world, and that whole evolution thing too!

Bastard evolution!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026

***
Damn that big asteroid! If it had just missed us, we would have developed hands and intelligence, and would rule the world still!
( -- Birds everywhere)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 10:07 AM (wzUl9)

144
They remember when they were dinosaurs.

And are pissed off about their come-down in the world, and that whole evolution thing too!

Bastard evolution!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 10:05 AM (iJfKG)


They could kill a sabre-toothed tiger with their talons, and today the housecat laughs and says "Look at you now, bitches".

Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 10:08 AM (qwype)

145 Bastard evolution!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 10:05 AM (iJfKG)

But we are probably lucky that hummingbirds never developed opposable thumbs!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2026 10:08 AM (l4RKn)

146 I like hawks. Something very satisfying in their blood curdling screech.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 21, 2026 10:09 AM (abScH)

147 But we are probably lucky that hummingbirds never developed opposable thumbs!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2026 10:08 AM

Opposable thumbs? The little pricks still haven't even learned the words!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 10:09 AM (kgE5c)

148 Biggest a-hole birds in my experience are Blue Jays

Posted by: Halfhand at July 21, 2026 10:09 AM (Ysav4)

149 Seven states have chosen me.
Beat that, bitches!

Posted by: The Northern Cardinal at July 21, 2026 10:10 AM (2Ez/1)

150 The mockingbird is asshoe.

Texas could've done better with the state bird. Just because their plentiful, doesn't mean they're special.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 10:07 AM (2YhKe)

Nah, man. Mockingbirds are awesome.

Though admittedly I haven't heard them doing their mocking bit lately.

When I was a wee tad, I heard them mocking other birds but also dogs, cats, and once something like a telephone ring.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 10:10 AM (iJfKG)

151 You eat a crow you are eating someone's soul.

I heard that somewhere

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 10:10 AM (bqIVz)

152 Nah, man. Mockingbirds are awesome.

Though admittedly I haven't heard them doing their mocking bit lately.

When I was a wee tad, I heard them mocking other birds but also dogs, cats, and once something like a telephone ring.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 10:10 AM (iJfKG)


They are annoying as F*CK. Had one that used to perch up on the phone poll outside my window and start screaming all his stolen songs at 6 AM and would swoop down and attack anything it wanted, including me on the lawnmower.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)

153 Mourning doves? Pigeons!

And at 4am, with their sweet little repetitious coos (/s), they have deserved a PVC pipe striking at the pine tree where they nest above.

Posted by: Urban bird control at July 21, 2026 10:12 AM (NFX2v)

154 You eat a crow you are eating someone's soul.

I heard that somewhere
Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 10:10 AM (bqIVz)


I leave crows alone.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)

155 142 i remember a tabby named mitzy that had a big bald spot on her forehead from the mockingbirds dive bombing her. this was virginia in the '60s. my first electric fence.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 10:12 AM (R11M+)

156 A murderous tree.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 21, 2026 10:12 AM (4g5V+)

157 148 yes, i'm going with that too. frickin' jagoff punk rockers.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 10:14 AM (R11M+)

158 I ran across an amusing thread on Facebook.

A left of center guy posted a meme that shows a political line with people at various ideologies and the caption is "what not to do if you want an equitable society"

The people on the far left are pointing to the center left guy calling him a racist NAZI and telling him to FO. Then the far right guy is grilling burgers for the center and center right guys.

So, pretty easy to understand the message right? Well it has a bunch of responses of leftwing people saying "but the people to the right of me ARE racist NAZIs"

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 10:14 AM (sKqQm)

159
They are annoying as F*CK. Had one that used to perch up on the phone poll outside my window and start screaming all his stolen songs at 6 AM and would swoop down and attack anything it wanted, including me on the lawnmower.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)

Agreed. I got divebombed by them a few times. Just carry a pickleball racket around to give them a message.

Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 10:14 AM (qwype)

160 State bird of Washington is the willow goldfinch.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 10:15 AM (eMzti)

161 They could kill a sabre-toothed tiger with their talons, and today the housecat laughs and says "Look at you now, bitches".
Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 10:08 AM


Step aside:

https://youtu.be/GAgsPUrCV4A

Posted by: The Great Blue Heron at July 21, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)

162 Yeah, the only bird that ever dive-bombed me was a mockingbird. I’m not a fan.

But the absolute worst a-holes of the avian world are Canada geese.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

163 Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 10:10 AM (iJfKG)

We got one of our ultra talented mockingbirds this year. Haven't heard one like that in so long. Does a whole bunch of different songs including the night bird chorus which is so spooky and also hilarious.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 10:16 AM (JWXSB)

164 I would love to see what Friedrich would do with images of Mirkwood, the Lonely Mountain or the Grey Havens.

Posted by: JTB at July 21, 2026 10:16 AM (yTvNw)

165 So, pretty easy to understand the message right? Well it has a bunch of responses of leftwing people saying "but the people to the right of me ARE racist NAZIs"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 10:14 AM (sKqQm)


Who wants to control whom? The far left are the Nazis demanding everyone think and act as they do.

Period.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 10:17 AM (2YhKe)

166 I have one bird that loves to get on the tree branch right outside my window and start singing at 5 AM every day.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 10:17 AM (sKqQm)

167 Step aside:

https://youtu.be/GAgsPUrCV4A
Posted by: The Great Blue Heron at July 21, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)

Keeps them away from the birdfeeders.

Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 10:17 AM (qwype)

168 Who wants to control whom? The far left are the Nazis demanding everyone think and act as they do.

Its (D)ifferent when we do it!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 10:18 AM (sKqQm)

169 160 State bird of Washington is the willow goldfinch.
Posted by: nurse ratched

In 1951, children voted for the goldfinch and the Legislature made it unanimous.

It's pretty and certainly abundance (so I've read).

Posted by: Urban bird control at July 21, 2026 10:19 AM (NFX2v)

170 State bird of NJ is the green shit fly, or it should be.

Posted by: Stuck In Lodi Again at July 21, 2026 10:19 AM (JM9I6)

171 It freaked me out so I called the TX Fish & Game and asked what should I do. I said that it’s like something out of The Birds. I could tell he had no clue what I meant. That happens a lot these days.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 21, 2026 09:55 AM (


That's why we're here!.

Posted by: LASue at July 21, 2026 10:19 AM (lCppi)

172 Mitch dead yet?

Posted by: A murder of crows at July 21, 2026 10:20 AM (F1rMs)

173 State bird of TX: the mockingbird.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 21, 2026 10:20 AM (4g5V+)

174 State bird of NJ is the green shit fly, or it should be.
Posted by: Stuck In Lodi Again at July 21, 2026

***
There are bumper stickers and T-shirts with a big image of a mosquito, proclaiming it the state bird of Lousy-ana.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 10:20 AM (wzUl9)

175 Welcome to Louisiana!

Posted by: The Mosquito at July 21, 2026 10:20 AM (2Ez/1)

176 Mitch is doing aerobics with RBG right now.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 10:20 AM (sKqQm)

177 Warning - incoming Dad joke:

Noah's wife: Noah, where do you want me to put the bees?

Noah: In the ark hives, of course.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 10:20 AM (AFtz5)

178 I was surprised- I thought the robin red breast was the Washington state bird. They definitely were abundant and a sure harbinger of spring.

Posted by: LASue at July 21, 2026 10:21 AM (lCppi)

179 Mitch dead yet?
Posted by: A murder of crows at July 21, 2026 10:20 AM (F1rMs)


It's not our place as members of a representative republic to know the status of our elected representatives, you see........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 10:21 AM (2YhKe)

180 Missed it by THAT much!

Posted by: The Mosquito at July 21, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)

181 Were we not promised a Lucian Freud today, is a comment CBD made yesterday evening?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

CBD threatened because Ace was writing too much about that poor, pitiful trans candidate from Maine. Various pleas for mercy were voiced from the horde. CBD must have taken pity on us.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 10:21 AM (lJ0H4)

182 Mockingbird. We will, we will mock you.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 21, 2026 10:21 AM (abScH)

183 crows heckled me for the years i marched around reading meters. they really would piss me off. then one season avian flu took out almost all the birds 'round these parts. and i really missed them messin' with me.
red wing blackbirds attack. we always carried spider web/ dog sticks (buckthorn) so, a couple of them lost.
that job started my list. saw some weird ones doing weird things.
and starlings sound like insane alien beings with all their gobbledygook yakking.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 10:21 AM (R11M+)

184 "The Mad Crows of Derry, Maine"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)

Not Castle Crock?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 21, 2026 10:22 AM (4g5V+)

185 *robin red breast*

See? Boob thread.

Posted by: It never fails at July 21, 2026 10:22 AM (2Ez/1)

186 Orange & Black is where it's at!

Posted by: Baltimore Oriole at July 21, 2026 10:22 AM (wVcYX)

187 Yeah, it's ok. Very October.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 21, 2026 10:23 AM (xcxpd)

188 1313 Mockingbird Lane

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 10:23 AM (AFtz5)

189 There might be some interest in hate reading a NYT article on the disastrous turn away from EVs and how much more successful the autos would be if journos were in charge...

https://archive.is/sENe1

(it's way too long)

Posted by: Oglebay at July 21, 2026 10:23 AM (2ap+5)

190 Was throwing peanuts to a squirrel in my yard.

A bluejay got annoyed with the squirrel eating them all though and dove down to bopped the squirrel's head.

The look of confusion on the squirrel was hilarious...but he kept munching...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 10:23 AM (sKqQm)

191 5 So, pretty easy to understand the message right? Well it has a bunch of responses of leftwing people saying "but the people to the right of me ARE racist NAZIs"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 10:14 AM (sKqQm)

Except it's not easy because to them they just see that there's no different between anyone on the right because they really are all Nazis. "Look at them sharing burgers. I shall signal my virtue and refuse to associate with Nazis." So in a way that meme is a bit self defeating.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 10:24 AM (JWXSB)

192 "CBD threatened because Ace was writing too much about that poor, pitiful trans candidate from Maine."

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I just want to go to the bathroom.

Posted by: Ashley Webb at July 21, 2026 10:25 AM (2Ez/1)

193
They could kill a sabre-toothed tiger with their talons, and today the housecat laughs and says "Look at you now, bitches".
Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 10:08 AM


Step aside:

https://youtu.be/GAgsPUrCV4A

Posted by: The Great Blue Heron at July 21, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)


We could use a lot more herons in our neighborhood!

Also...Yikes!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 10:25 AM (iJfKG)

194 The yellowhammer is our state bird.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 10:25 AM (hftzA)

195 Great video at hot Air from last night's Monday's Final Word. An AA woman is yelling at Talarico at a town hall. All he can babble out is "I appreciate you being her, I appreciate your passion" . That boy is gonna get his butt kicked

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 10:26 AM (sMkB+)

196 Most bird species are assholes. Especially hummingbirds. They are little pricks.

Posted by: Roy

Oh yeah! I do wonder though, how did flipping someone the finger morph into giving someone the bird?

This is the type of thing that we should have been taught in school.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 21, 2026 10:27 AM (ourEi)

197 194 The yellowhammer is our state bird.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 10:25 AM

Rammer Jammer.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 10:27 AM (2Ez/1)

198 State bird of New Mexico is the Roadrunner. Cool

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 10:27 AM (bqIVz)

199 Starlings are not a native species, 100 breeding pairs were imported to NYC Central Park, as a sort of tribute to the bird species mentioned In Shakespeare’s plays, in the 1880s.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 10:27 AM (T56A1)

200 >>>But the absolute worst a-holes of the avian world are Canada geese.

Posted by: Bulg

>They can be quite aggressive. They're protected, but I'll still punt one if it snaps at me. Worse thing is, they shit everywhere.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 21, 2026 10:27 AM (sYM3s)

201 I was surprised- I thought the robin red breast was the Washington state bird. They definitely were abundant and a sure harbinger of spring.
Posted by: LASue at July 21, 2026

***
"Honest as a robin
On a springtime window sill . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 10:28 AM (wzUl9)

202 The bird is the word.

Posted by: The Trashmen at July 21, 2026 10:28 AM (wVcYX)

203 Most bird species are assholes. Especially hummingbirds. They are little pricks.

Posted by: Roy

Aggressive little boogers.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 10:28 AM (lJ0H4)

204 State bird of New Mexico is the Roadrunner. Cool
Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 10:27 AM (bqIVz)
---
Please tell me that the coyote is a state animal as well.

Lie to me if you must.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 10:28 AM (FZ29D)

205 That's how you know they're Canadian.

Posted by: Just the punchline at July 21, 2026 10:29 AM (2Ez/1)

206 Except it's not easy because to them they just see that there's no different between anyone on the right because they really are all Nazis.

The meme is from a nominally center left guy decrying that the far left that should like him and people like them is instead calling him a racist NAZI and then in the discussion of the meme the far left people do the exact thing in the meme.

This is that part that amused me.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 10:29 AM (sKqQm)

207 I just want to use my tuppence to feed the birds!

Posted by: Young Michael Banks at July 21, 2026 10:29 AM (wVcYX)

208 "Honest as a robin
On a springtime window sill . . ."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 10:28 AM

A yellow bird,
With a yellow bill...

IYKYK.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 10:29 AM (kgE5c)

209 The state bird of Pennsylvania is the Ruffled Grouse.

It's quite nice, but I've not seen even one for many years.

I've wondered if they may have been killed around the eternal construction of the turnpike and other major traffic arteries, or if they've been heavily trapped and eaten.

Be that as it may, the state bird could be easily be the robin: stubborn, aggressive, messy.

Posted by: Urban bird control at July 21, 2026 10:30 AM (NFX2v)

210 If we don’t have open borders we’re worse than Hitler!

Posted by: Brain Dead Kidz at July 21, 2026 10:31 AM (T56A1)

211 Lookit the grouse! Lookit the Grouse!

Posted by: Curly Howard at July 21, 2026 10:31 AM (wVcYX)

212 178 I was surprised- I thought the robin red breast was the Washington state bird. They definitely were abundant and a sure harbinger of spring.
Posted by: LASue at July 21, 2026 10:21 AM (lCppi)

Tye Red Robin restaurant chain started in Seattle. It's founder sang in a quartet and supposedly the Red Red Robin song was one of his favorite songs. I like this later version by Louis Armstrong



https://youtu.be/E1lMmIrQY0E?

Posted by: Rex B at July 21, 2026 10:32 AM (GI9/m)

213 Sgt Preston and his wonder dog King skewed my perception of Canadia.

It was all a lie, apparently. I am dissapoint

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 10:33 AM (T56A1)

214 My favorite state bird is South Carolina's. The Carolina wren. Cute little thing with its up turned tail and sweet song..tea kettle, tea kettle, tea kettle tea.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 10:34 AM (lJ0H4)

215 Anne Murray
"Snowbird"

https://youtu.be/x0oc3IR4qGQ

Posted by: Speaking of Canadians at July 21, 2026 10:34 AM (2Ez/1)

216
Booger stamped on the egg.

"Hey, guys. That looks like something that came outta my nose," he laughed and they all laughed together.

And then they had a big gang bang as all eleven year olds do when they survive evil.

THE END
Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 09:54 AM (iJfKG)



If we're doing a King novel, you forgot to mention that the evil crows are actually space aliens.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 21, 2026 10:34 AM (iqcvy)

217 213 Sgt Preston and his wonder dog King skewed my perception of Canadia.

It was all a lie, apparently. I am dissapoint
Posted by: Common Tater


Dudley Doright has entered the chat.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 10:35 AM (cjIOW)

218 A number of car models have been named after birds, mostly birds of prey. Can't think of any corvids who got that honor.

Posted by: Eagle Talon at July 21, 2026 10:36 AM (JM9I6)

219 A number of car models have been named after birds, mostly birds of prey. Can't think of any corvids who got that honor.
Posted by: Eagle Talon at July 21, 2026 10:36 AM (JM9I6)


But, sometimes, it was just an abysmal failure........

Posted by: Reliant Robin at July 21, 2026 10:37 AM (2YhKe)

220 That's how you know they're Canadian.
Posted by: Just the punchline



What is, "they're noisy and the shit everywhere".

Posted by: Carnak the Magnificent

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 10:38 AM (AFtz5)

221 But the absolute worst a-holes of the avian world are Canada geese.

Posted by: Bulg

>They can be quite aggressive. They're protected, but I'll still punt one if it snaps at me. Worse thing is, they shit everywhere.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 21, 2026 10:27 AM (sYM3s)

I still laugh at this one conversation I had with a friend of mine. We have those geese everywhere in jersey, and they are real pain in the ass. A friend of mine commented "I thought they fly south for the winter?" I said they're from canada, this IS south for the winter, asshole.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 21, 2026 10:39 AM (S41Gd)

222 The cutest bird, or one of them, is the Titmouse, when they are just learning to fly.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 10:40 AM (T56A1)

223 I don't really know if the coyote is New Mexico's state animal, but it should be.

I like the Roadrunner. Have seen them many times, they really do run up and down the roads. Guess it's easier to find bugs and lizards to eat.

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 10:40 AM (bqIVz)

224 Dudley Doright has entered the chat.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 10:35 AM (cjIOW)
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"Nell, how do I know it's me you love, and not my horse?"

Posted by: Dudley Do-Right at July 21, 2026 10:40 AM (WkL+O)

225
But the absolute worst a-holes of the avian world are Canada geese.

Posted by: Bulg




Oh Dog yes. Gorram cobra chickens hang out around my shop and make a habit of walking out into the street, preferably right in front of oncoming traffic.

"HONK HONK run me over motherfucker, I double-dog dare you HONK HONK"

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 21, 2026 10:40 AM (iqcvy)

226 A number of car models have been named after birds, mostly birds of prey. Can't think of any corvids who got that honor.
Posted by: Eagle Talon

The Crow Motor Company built four- and six-cylinder touring cars and roadsters until they went out of business in 1924.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 21, 2026 10:41 AM (w9Wax)

227 Ponder this on The Tree of Crows!

Posted by: Oblivious at July 21, 2026 10:42 AM (qSX9q)

228 But the absolute worst a-holes of the avian world are Canada geese.

Posted by: Bulg

>They can be quite aggressive. They're protected, but I'll still punt one if it snaps at me. Worse thing is, they shit everywhere.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 21, 2026 10:27 AM

Sky Carp

Posted by: Minnfidel at July 21, 2026 10:43 AM (ewjUl)

229 The Subaru Sea Otter did not last long.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 10:43 AM (JWXSB)

230 A number of car models have been named after birds, mostly birds of prey. Can't think of any corvids who got that honor.
Posted by: Eagle Talon at July 21, 2026 1

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Falcon, Hawk, and Eagle, primarily. Lots of other predators: the Sunbeam Tiger, the Barracuda, the Bobcat and Lynx, the Cougar, etc.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 10:44 AM (wzUl9)

231 The first time you see a roadrunner, if you are of the age of Warner Bros cartoons, you’re gonna start singing the roadrunner theme. Trust Me

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 10:46 AM (T56A1)

232 229 The Subaru Sea Otter did not last long.
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 10:43 AM (JWXSB)

🤣

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 10:46 AM (Dd38x)

233 The Subaru Sea Otter did not last long.
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 10:43 AM

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: Toyota Orca at July 21, 2026 10:46 AM (kgE5c)

234 State bird of New Mexico is the Roadrunner. Cool
Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 10:27 AM (bqIVz)
---
Please tell me that the coyote is a state animal as well.

Lie to me if you must.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 10:28 AM (FZ29D)

Plymouth Roadrunner. When they first showed that car at a trade show one of the big wigs at plymouth had forbid the use of the roadrunner bird decal on the car. He said something like "nobody is sticking a bird decal on my car". Well one of the top dealers in the US at the time was from new mexico where it was the state bird. Another dude decided to put the decal on the car anyway, and the dealer saw it and freaked and it was an instant hit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 21, 2026 10:47 AM (S41Gd)

235 Have been following the Jackie and Shadow saga , the Eagle residents at Big Bear Lake in CA. They have raised their eaglets for years there and they were attacked on the nest last week by young adult eagles. Jackie was injured , was on the ground for several days until rescued by the Ojai Raptor center. She’s recovering and will be released to return to Shadow and the eaglets. Eagles mate for life.

Posted by: Jen the original at July 21, 2026 10:48 AM (EiUt/)

236 Falcon, Hawk, and Eagle, primarily. Lots of other predators: the Sunbeam Tiger, the Barracuda, the Bobcat and Lynx, the Cougar, etc.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius


They named a car after a 40 yr old divorcee in a college town?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 10:48 AM (AFtz5)

237 Suzuki had a Swift, and apparently Buick's Skylark was named for a bird. And the Studebaker Lark and the Ford Thunderbird, as well as the Pontiac Firebird. The last two are mythological, I think, and the others are not birds of prey like the falcon or hawk.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 10:49 AM (wzUl9)

238 The Subaru Sea Otter did not last long.
Posted by: ...


The Subaru Tuna Boat lasted even less time.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 10:49 AM (AFtz5)

239 200 >>>But the absolute worst a-holes of the avian world are Canada geese.

Posted by: Bulg

>They can be quite aggressive. They're protected, but I'll still punt one if it snaps at me. Worse thing is, they shit everywhere.

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Pfft.

Posted by: San Francisco Geese at July 21, 2026 10:50 AM (u/oMr)

240 1 hours ago, FOX News, BREAKING: Iran launches new missile attacks against targets in the Middle East

Chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst reports on new Iranian missile attacks after the U.S. conducted a 10th consecutive night of strikes. Former NSC Director Rich Goldberg analyzes President Donald Trump's military strategy as he weighs returning to war. (YouTube)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 21, 2026 10:50 AM (NFX2v)

241 I used to be a thing.

Posted by: The Buick Skylark at July 21, 2026 10:51 AM (2Ez/1)

242 199 same with house sparrows. i always say european starling just so i can remember that grackles are indigenous.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 10:52 AM (R11M+)

243 same with house sparrows. i always say european starling just so i can remember that grackles are indigenous.
Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 10:52 AM (R11M+)


Grackles own Walmart parking lots.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 10:53 AM (2YhKe)

244 I still laugh at this one conversation I had with a friend of mine. We have those geese everywhere in jersey, and they are real pain in the ass. A friend of mine commented "I thought they fly south for the winter?" I said they're from canada, this IS south for the winter, asshole.

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If you were a Canadian goose, would you hump it all the way to Cuba? You could shit all over everything in Havana and no one would even notice.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2026 10:53 AM (u/oMr)

245 Former NSC Director Rich Goldberg analyzes President Donald Trump's military strategy as he weighs returning to war. (YouTube)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 21, 2026 10:50 AM (NFX2v)
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What are the odds this "expert" is 100% wrong in his analysis?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 10:53 AM (FZ29D)

246 ----
What are the odds this "expert" is 100% wrong in his analysis?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 10:53 AM (FZ29D)


Because ALL the 'experts' have been so spot on with everything Trump.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 10:54 AM (2YhKe)

247 If you were a Canadian goose, would you hump it all the way to Cuba? You could shit all over everything in Havana and no one would even notice.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2026 10:53 AM (u/oMr)

Well, they can do that in newark too. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 21, 2026 10:54 AM (S41Gd)

248 218 probably in japan.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 10:55 AM (R11M+)

249 Fun Fact:

Roos Field in Eastern Washington is bright red because when it was green, the Canadian geese migrating south would stop there and shit all over it. They no longer consider that a worthy stop.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 10:56 AM (2YhKe)

250 Bet yer damn corvids can't circle twice above a stadium of 86 thousand cheering fans on a beautiful Fall Saturday afternoon.

Posted by: Auburn University's War Eagle at July 21, 2026 10:56 AM (2Ez/1)

251 Former NSC Director Rich Goldberg analyzes President Donald Trump's military strategy as he weighs returning to war. (YouTube)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 21, 2026 10:50 AM (NFX2v)
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What are the odds this "expert" is 100% wrong in his analysis?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 10:53 AM (FZ29D)

100% chance he's 100% wrong.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 21, 2026 10:57 AM (S41Gd)

252 Again, the fact that Iran still has the ability to launch any kind of long range attack or any attack really, is an embarrassment.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 21, 2026 10:57 AM (XV/Pl)

253 244 If you were a Canadian goose, would you hump it all the way to Cuba? You could shit all over everything in Havana and no one would even notice.

i suspect a more important motivation would be whether there are nice lawns salad bars set out everywhere for you to munch on.

Posted by: anachronda at July 21, 2026 10:58 AM (v3pYe)

254 252 Again, the fact that Iran still has the ability to launch any kind of long range attack or any attack really, is an embarrassment.

you're right. clearly, iran has trump right where they want him.

Posted by: anachronda at July 21, 2026 10:59 AM (v3pYe)

255 > 1 hours ago, FOX News, BREAKING: Iran launches new missile attacks against targets in the Middle East
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how is this possible
I thought Trump threw open the gates of Hell or something

do we have a strategy
at all

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 11:00 AM (ZxPkt)

256 102 60 Looks kind of spooky
Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM
++++

Was the artist a friendly ghost?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

Caspa/er!

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 11:00 AM (faghi)

257 I used to be a thing.
Posted by: The Buick Skylark
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The '53 Skylark is one of my faves. I was born too late for all the cars I love.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 21, 2026 11:00 AM (hPLSE)

258
The Tree Of Crows

vs.

The Cree of Trows

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 11:01 AM (faghi)

259 Can't think of any corvids who got that honor.

What about the Duesenberg Model Jay?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 21, 2026 11:01 AM (zdLoL)

260 Punk monkey. That funky monkey is up.

Posted by: Halfhand at July 21, 2026 11:01 AM (Ysav4)

261 Yoo hoo!

THEYZ A NOOD

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2026 11:02 AM (u/oMr)

262 @257 First Skylark was the Hupmobile redesigned from Cord's body dies.

Don't laugh: Ward married June because her father
was a Hupmobile dealer.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 21, 2026 11:03 AM (zdLoL)

263 Again, the fact that Iran still has the ability to launch any kind of long range attack or any attack really, is an embarrassment.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 21, 2026 10:57 AM (XV/Pl)

Correct. President Trump is shitting the bed on this one. He needs to go all in or put his jammies on and I will put him to bed and read him a bedtime story.

Posted by: B-52 Arc Lights Please at July 21, 2026 11:03 AM (F1rMs)

264 236 Falcon, Hawk, and Eagle, primarily. Lots of other predators: the Sunbeam Tiger, the Barracuda, the Bobcat and Lynx, the Cougar, etc.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius


They named a car after a 40 yr old divorcee in a college town?

ford countered this with the probe.

Posted by: anachronda at July 21, 2026 11:04 AM (v3pYe)

265 264 236 Falcon, Hawk, and Eagle, primarily. Lots of other predators: the Sunbeam Tiger, the Barracuda, the Bobcat and Lynx, the Cougar, etc.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius


They named a car after a 40 yr old divorcee in a college town?

ford countered this with the probe.
Posted by: anachronda at July 21, 2026 11:04 AM (v3pYe)

Dodge's reply was their pickup trucks. Paolo approved.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 21, 2026 11:07 AM (N39Ws)

266 Studebaker had a whole line of bird-named cars because their chief engineer, president of the SAE and tragically killed young, was named Stanwood Sparrow.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 21, 2026 11:09 AM (zdLoL)

267 245. What are the odds this "expert" is 100% wrong in his analysis?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

He's been around for decades so probably pretty good.

"They" build years of resumes and it does become hard to ID the former and current winners from the losers.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 21, 2026 11:17 AM (NFX2v)

268 State bird of NJ is the green shit fly, or it should be.
Posted by: Stuck In Lodi Again at July 21, 2026 10:19 AM (JM9I6)

Nah. It's an extended middle finger to all you flyover and hillbilly losers.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 21, 2026 12:08 PM (hmYU4)

269 Why can we not find Hekyll and Jekyll in the picture … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at July 21, 2026 12:26 PM (ayRl+)

270 Very late to the party, but love it CBD! The sniper is well hidden.

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 12:27 PM (Eng1Z)

The Morning Report — 7/ 21 /26

SnowKowski.jpg

So, was it terrorism or merely tourism that was a bit too enthusiastic. I mean, really now...

A suspected anti-ICE terrorist has been taken into custody after allegedly carrying out an attack on a federal facility in Lower Manhattan, New York City. . . In a press conference following the attack, Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) James Barnacle claimed that Arrabaca was “looking to injure people and harm people“ and described the incident as an “anti-government attack,” citing materials found on Arrabaca, including a sign that read “ICE Off Our Streets.” “An FPS Protective Security Officer swiftly tackled and detained the agitator, sustaining minor injuries during the incident. Officers quickly recovered the suspect’s bag, which contained what appeared to be two pellet guns and a manifesto,” said the Department of Homeland Security in a public statement following the attack.

Wait, Arrabaca. Is that a Muslim or a coffee bean? To his credit Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading an effort to identify and combat the threat of "Left Wing Terrorism" which although is a redundancy is indeed and remains a threat to our national security coming as it historically has done from Central and South America.

But as is illustrated by what happened in Lower Manhattan as merely the latest in a very long string of Leftist terrorist acts over not just the past few years but over the course of decades, our nation and society are in mortal danger and perhaps on the verge of being snuffed out for good unless the Left is utterly eradicated from every corner of our society especially from our schools which is where this cancer originated and from where it continues to metastasize.

The latest annual National Education Association convention, as usual, focused on the union's radical political and social agenda...The education of children in the three Rs was nowhere to be found at the convention. No one expressed concern that the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showed that reading scores are declining nationwide among fourth- and eighth-grade students. No state recorded gains in reading for either grade compared with 2022.

That the DSA and let's face it full on communism has a receptive and growing audience not just among the fringes of society but a growing number of supposedly ordinary Americans who will reflexively vote for the candidate who has the "D" after his/her name regardless of what they espouse or worse, because they have been brainwashed into believing that America, the free market and the principles that built this nation into the greatest in human history are evil failures that are making them and the rest of humanity miserable.

You and I will alternately laugh and vomit at this but the average German laughed at Adolf Hitler prior to 1934.

The Democratic Socialists of America, buoyed by a slew of recent victories, have unveiled a new platform they insist “isn’t extreme” despite calling for fully disbanding the U.S. Senate and the presidency, replacing the Supreme Court, and defunding the U.S. military.

The DSA’s “program” was drafted by elected representatives between April and June of 2026, and is titled “Workers Deserve More.” The project, once completed, was voted on and approved by the DSA’s National Political Committee (NPC).

Oh there are going to be mass graves, gentle reader. The question is whose corpses will be in them, theirs or ours?

Have a good day,

    ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

  • The suspect is currently in custody, and an investigation is ongoing. The investigation is being conducted by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. The building houses agencies including ICE and the FBI. As such, this potentially represents another anti-ICE attack comparable to other incidents, such as the sniper ambush at the Prairieland Detention Center in Texas, a federal immigration facility.
    Suspected Anti-ICE Bomb Thrower Was Armed With Machete, Axes, Knives: Feds.

  • Storm conditions will extend from the Florida Panhandle to the west near Louisiana by Tuesday, the National Weather Service in New Orleans predicted. Flash flooding is expected to ravage areas from western Florida to central Texas through Friday, with rainfall possibly reaching up to 5 inches along the Louisiana coast, forecasters said. 
    ‘Life-threatening’ tropical storm expected to batter Florida, Texas, Louisiana: forecasters


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1 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:12 AM (u82oZ)

2 This week's weather forecast for Houston vicinity is dry and hot.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 07:14 AM (wVcYX)

3 ‘Life-threatening’ tropical storm expected to batter Florida, Texas, Louisiana: forecasters

We're not going to make it as a people if a tropical storm announced days in advance leaves a wake of death.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 07:14 AM (pUU4E)

4 Community Notes

Darwinian forces exist. War ... never changes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:16 AM (u82oZ)

5 ‘Life-threatening’ tropical storm expected to batter Florida, Texas, Louisiana: forecasters"

Her name was Bertha
Bertha Butt

Posted by: zombie Jimmy Castor at July 21, 2026 07:16 AM (MWfyi)

6 Nooded.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:16 AM (u82oZ)

7 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 21, 2026 07:17 AM (jehhT)

8 We're not going to make it as a people if a tropical storm announced days in advance leaves a wake of death.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 07:14 AM


They are so desperate they are pre announcing doom for a tropical storm with tens of millions in it's destructive path.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 21, 2026 07:18 AM (0N4FZ)

9 well, there it is then, innit JJ?

I know which outcome I'd prefer ...

G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 21, 2026 07:19 AM (VyBeY)

10
‘Life-threatening’ tropical storm expected to batter Florida, Texas, Louisiana: forecasters

"Life threatening"? It's a tropical storm. This is just silly hype. Doom porn so that "activists" can jump up and down screaming about Climate and how much worse you, Mr. and Mrs. Republican, are making it for women, BIPOC and LGBTQ+.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 07:20 AM (O0L8i)

11 Happy Tuiesday

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 07:20 AM (/+uur)

12 I'm one of the Butt sisters.

Posted by: Bertha at July 21, 2026 07:21 AM (2Ez/1)

13 Kansas Democrat Senate Frontrunner and Methodist Pastor: Bible Is Full of Errors
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Lemme guess...

He's got the ONE TRUE translation locked up in a secret vault.

No, you can't read it for yourself.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 07:21 AM (FZ29D)

14 >Older man slaps fan at Cubs game for not standing for national anthem in viral video: ‘Get up’
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not a good idea
the Sitting guy is certainly being a dick, but no sense getting yourself into a beef over it

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 07:22 AM (ZxPkt)

15 An observation on an interesting article from ZeroHedge: https://tinyurl.com/ybsvuw42

Elites, in their effort to keep power, drive people away. You would think they could learn, but so far that is not happening. So they are trying to control more.

Why Trump is hated. He makes the area of the curve of prosperity wider and higher, not a spike over the elites. And freed some people from bad outcomes, so far.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:23 AM (u82oZ)

16 "Sen. Darline Graham Nordone Will Seek a Full Term to Succeed Brother Lindsey"

I thought that wasn't going to happen. The power went straight to her head.

Posted by: fd at July 21, 2026 07:24 AM (MWfyi)

17 "Perfessor" Squirrel

On written tablets of Lithium Ion battery material. From ancient scholars.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:25 AM (u82oZ)

18 No one expressed concern that the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showed that reading scores are declining nationwide among fourth- and eighth-grade students. No state recorded gains in reading for either grade compared with 2022.

It has not been about the children in 20 years.
It is 100% about the admins since COVID.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 07:25 AM (/+uur)

19
Kansas Democrat Senate Frontrunner and Methodist Pastor: Bible Is Full of Errors

Well, so much for sola scriptura. If you don't like it, just make it up on your own.

Having been showing dogs for over 30 years, I've learned that the capacity people have for self-deception is almost infinite.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 07:25 AM (O0L8i)

20 "not a good idea
the Sitting guy is certainly being a dick, but no sense getting yourself into a beef over it"

Dang. Accidentally spilled my beer. All over you. Sorry.

Posted by: fd at July 21, 2026 07:25 AM (MWfyi)

21 From the Grauniad:

"Meanwhile, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Hurricane Fausto formed far from Mexico’s Baja California peninsula and posed no threat to land Monday night."

Fausto?
Isn't that an opera?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 07:25 AM (2Ez/1)

22 She spells her name funny.

Posted by: Darlenes everywhere at July 21, 2026 07:27 AM (2Ez/1)

23
Fausto?
Isn't that an opera?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 07:25 AM (2Ez/1)

Several. Faust by Gounod, Mefistofele by Boito and Doktor Faustus by Busoni.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 07:27 AM (O0L8i)

24 47 Republicans Are Pushing Amnesty For Illegal Alien Agriculture Workers

and

DSA...calls for fully disbanding the U.S. Senate and the presidency, replacing the Supreme Court,

I find it interesting that the DSA seeks out the most dysfunctional and corrupt branch of the USGOV and wants to anoint those members to infallible Philosopher King status.

For the non-chiliasts, Revelation 20:3, 7-10 just prior to the final judgment, Satan is release for a little while to deceive the nations and gather them for battle.

This and the rapid development of hunter-killer drones...

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 07:27 AM (rgGn5)

25 Asswipe almost set himself on fire.
That would have cost us a shitton of money.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 07:27 AM (/+uur)

26 "Perfessor" Squirrel

Rest easy, Senator Marshall will be reelected.

Even with 80% of Kansans living in our few urban areas, he can not get the incumbent out.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

27 I thought that wasn't going to happen. The power went straight to her head.

The fastest path to demon possession is to participate in Babylon DC

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 07:30 AM (rgGn5)

28 I will not be voting for Darline Graham Nordone.

I fear the opposition (Ralph Norman. etc.) will be splintered and she will win.

Ugh. Does this shit never end?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 21, 2026 07:30 AM (qFwJc)

29 Even with 80% of Kansans living in our few urban areas, he can not get the incumbent out.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:28 AM


That's what ex-senator cornyn here in Texas thought as well.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 21, 2026 07:30 AM (0N4FZ)

30 "Perfessor" Squirrel

From an online source: Senator Marshall has a 91% chance of being reelected. YMMV.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

31 A chiliast is a person who keeps the thermostat at 65°F all summer long.

Posted by: The More You Know at July 21, 2026 07:32 AM (2Ez/1)

32 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 07:34 AM (ExV1e)

33 reading scores are declining nationwide among fourth- and eighth-grade students. No state recorded gains in reading

Serious question, are TikTok videos the only way remaining for being informed about the world around them?

If a person isn't literate, then transmission of knowledge is through pictures and spoken word.

Are we really getting to the point where every conversation begins with "Alexa", "Hey Google" or "Siri" ?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 07:34 AM (+4Cf6)

34 Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)

The KS Senator that has the worst performance is Senator Moran.

Sen. Marshall has a good grounding in ob/gyn, and is sensible. He serves on AG and Health committees.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:36 AM (u82oZ)

35 >> Kansas Democrat Senate Frontrunner and Methodist Pastor: Bible Is Full of Errors

This kind of thing drives me nuts. Why are you even wasting your life being a pastor then?? Do something else… if you’re not a believer yourself it’s despicable to be in a leadership role in a church

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 21, 2026 07:36 AM (hxAVk)

36 VIDEO: FDA Says Claim that Taylor Farms Lettuce to Blame for Diarrhea Outbreak Was Based on ‘False Positive’ Test Results

Rumor now has it that Taco Bell's plague of explosive diarrhea originated in-

Chipotle's Secret Gain of Function Labs.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 07:36 AM (iJfKG)

37 FDA Says Claim that Taylor Farms Lettuce to Blame for Diarrhea Outbreak Was Based on ‘False Positive’ Test Results


Where do I go to get my reputation back?

Posted by: Taylor Farms at July 21, 2026 07:37 AM (+4Cf6)

38 47 Republicans Are Pushing Amnesty For Illegal Alien Agriculture Workers

Convenient that we're past primary season.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 07:37 AM (ExV1e)

39 Are we really getting to the point where every conversation begins with "Alexa", "Hey Google" or "Siri" ?
###

I can help answer that question.

Posted by: Your Amazon Echo at July 21, 2026 07:38 AM (2Ez/1)

40 LinusVanPelt

He is a Leftist. That is where his true allegiance is. To Satan, not God.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:38 AM (u82oZ)

41 @31.

Wish I could afford to do that. But I do all I can to keep the electric bill down to reasonable.

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 07:39 AM (bqIVz)

42 Why are you even wasting your life being a pastor then?? Do something else… if you’re not a believer yourself it’s despicable to be in a leadership role in a church

TBF, the role is in the Methodist "church". Been apostate for generations.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 07:39 AM (+4Cf6)

43 Taylor Farms

How much did you pay to get FDA to leave you off the source report?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

44 The DSA lists elimination of the senate as one of their goals. Why stop there? Eliminate the whole federal government.

Posted by: Allegory of the cave at July 21, 2026 07:41 AM (F1rMs)

45 So much fraud! Mandate a federal budget cut of 10 percent. Starting with Congress.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2026 07:41 AM (ah3ED)

46 At its high point, the Communist Party USA had 75,000 members in a nation of 144 million, in 1947.

DSA claims 150,000 members, in a country of 330 million.

They sure are getting a lot of coverage per capita. Here too.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 21, 2026 07:41 AM (zdLoL)

47 Sen. Darline Graham Nordone Will Seek a Full Term to Succeed Brother Lindsey

This makes me sad. I was under the impression that she had said that she would not and that's why I supported her being put into the position temporarily.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 07:42 AM (ExV1e)

48 Allegory of the cave

Just the tip. I promise.
- DSA to an underage, brain-damaged girl.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:42 AM (u82oZ)

49 If the Taylor Farms lettuce isn't the source of the explosive diarrhea... what is?

I would still accept Taco Bell just because, you know, it's Taco Bell. The FDA is worthless. I'd bet this "false positive" translates into a political contribution made by Taylor Farms to a certain group of politicians with pull at the FDA.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 21, 2026 07:42 AM (jehhT)

50
‘Life-threatening’ tropical storm expected to batter Florida, Texas, Louisiana: forecasters

The track of the tropical storm is expected to first take it through a vast Flour Mill, an Egg Company and Milk Distribution Network before hitting these states directly.

The batter is expected to be somewhere in the consistency of a tempura batter and pancake batter.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 07:42 AM (iJfKG)

51 "This makes me sad. I was under the impression that she had said that she would not and that's why I supported her being put into the position temporarily."

Withdraw your support and don't vote for her.

Posted by: Will Robinson at July 21, 2026 07:44 AM (SExz7)

52 Way, Way Downriver

DSA is the visible snake in the grass approaching us. There are others, but the focus on DSA is not unwarranted.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:44 AM (u82oZ)

53 Kansas Democrat Senate Frontrunner and Methodist Pastor: Bible Is Full of Errors

That belief seems to be strong within the Democrats Running For The Senate community.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 07:45 AM (ExV1e)

54 16 "Sen. Darline Graham Nordone Will Seek a Full Term to Succeed Brother Lindsey"

I thought that wasn't going to happen. The power went straight to her head.
Posted by: fd at July 21, 2026 07:24 AM (MWfyi)

Trump endorsed her.

Put it down as a mistake for him. Even if he really likes her.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 21, 2026 07:45 AM (tOcjL)

55 Torrentially raining in Pa, good thing I got work from home or else I’d have to be driving in this mess.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 21, 2026 07:45 AM (XV/Pl)

56 49 If the Taylor Farms lettuce isn't the source of the explosive diarrhea... what is?

I would still accept Taco Bell just because, you know, it's Taco Bell. The FDA is worthless. I'd bet this "false positive" translates into a political contribution made by Taylor Farms to a certain group of politicians with pull at the FDA.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 21, 2026 07:42 AM (jehhT)

Mexican lettuce. Removing it solved the issues in areas.

But, we tend to get a few outbreaks every year, many unsolved, so this will now go unsolved vs solved.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 21, 2026 07:46 AM (tOcjL)

57 I just realized I don't have a clue who won The World Cup. Shocked by my indifference I am.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 21, 2026 07:47 AM (kYhR9)

58 Kansas Democrat Senate Frontrunner and Methodist Pastor: Bible Is Full of Errors

I would like to know the pastor's authority to declare that God's Word is "full of errors".

What is a key admission here is that Hamilton is admitting he is unregenerate at best, and reprobate at worst.

1 Corinthians 2:14 teaches that the Scriptures are only understood through enlightenment of the Paraclete. That means to those who are not regenerated and made spiritually alive, the Bible is a closed book.

It is "full of errors" because the LORD has not seen fit, according to His own Pleasure, to include Hamilton among the Elect. In fact, continuing on in that chapter its scoffers like Hamilton who "consider the Gospel foolish".

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 07:47 AM (NzX/y)

59 Withdraw your support and don't vote for her.
Posted by: Will Robinson at July 21, 2026 07:44 AM (SExz7)

Well... I live in Texas so I was never gonna vote for her anyway.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 07:49 AM (ExV1e)

60 Morning Horde. Another scorcher here, ugh.

Posted by: RandomDave at July 21, 2026 07:50 AM (aJQbY)

61 Nova Local

We have the technology to grow and harvest lettuce with vertical farming and robots. Capital intensive, but nowhere near AI levels.

I should post this over to a very influential Ag Econ Prof at Kansas State University. I bet he can get a grant for a pilot project.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)

62 "The batter is expected to be somewhere in the consistency of a tempura batter and pancake batter."
>>>>>
Residents are being advised to preheat cast iron skillets, thaw shrimp, and safely heat a deep pot of peanut oil in preparation for the storm.

Posted by: Local media at July 21, 2026 07:51 AM (2Ez/1)

63 Well... I live in Texas so I was never gonna vote for her anyway.

Not living† in South Carolina hasn't stopped millions of "voters" from casting ballots.


† for all definitions of "living"

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 07:52 AM (NzX/y)

64 Darline Graham looked around from her luxury seat on an airplane while drinking champagne and jetting off to some pointless appointment and thought "You know, this is a pretty good gig".

Posted by: fd at July 21, 2026 07:52 AM (MWfyi)

65 RandomDave

Summer. Cooler than normal this year in rural Kansas. Not even one day above 100℉.

Mechanism: Sun is less active as it slides into the predicted trough of solar activity.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:53 AM (u82oZ)

66 57 I just realized I don't have a clue who won The World Cup. Shocked by my indifference I am.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 21, 2026 07:47 AM
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It turned out much like WWII. The losers flew to Argentina.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 07:54 AM (2Ez/1)

67 Quarter Twenty

Ha!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:55 AM (u82oZ)

68 Taco Bell took weeks and weeks to get their AI-driven drive-thru kiosks to work right. This proves the diarrhea was Chinese.
A vote against data centers is a vote for explosive diarrhea.
There is a visible snake in this grass!

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 21, 2026 07:55 AM (zdLoL)

69 Communist Streamer Hasan Piker Berates Moderates While Dressed as Mao Zedong

I did not have Hitler speeches in a Mao suit on my Bingo card.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 07:55 AM (/+uur)

70 "I don't have a clue who won The World Cup"

We all won. We are the world. We think like children.

Posted by: Pawl at July 21, 2026 07:55 AM (MWfyi)

71 Good morning Horde thx JJ , hope you and Mrs JJ are well.
I saw the NY Post headline yesterday about the African American Queens Borough president saying the DSA was "white supremacist". Warmed the coccles of my heart. Let the Girondins fight the Jacobins.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 07:57 AM (sMkB+)

72 > Sen. Darline Graham Nordone Will Seek a Full Term to Succeed Brother Lindsey
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Someone, somewhere with ties to the MIC (probably) realized they still need a Congressman on their payroll. They got her brother for a dime and figured they could splurge a bit on her.

I doubt she decided to seek a full term all on her own after only a couple days/weeks without some outside influence.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 21, 2026 07:57 AM (jehhT)

73 Mexican lettuce. Removing it solved the issues in areas.

But, we tend to get a few outbreaks every year, many unsolved, so this will now go unsolved vs solved.
Posted by: Nova Local at July 21, 2026 07:46 AM (tOcjL)

Judges would have accepted third worlder shitting where they work.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 07:57 AM (/+uur)

74 It is "full of errors" because the LORD has not seen fit, according to His own Pleasure, to include Hamilton among the Elect. In fact, continuing on in that chapter its scoffers like Hamilton who "consider the Gospel foolish".
Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 07:47 AM (NzX/y)

One of the “errors” he mentions is he says Luke puts the ascension at the Mount of Olives while Matthew has it 50 miles away at Galilee. His problem: Matthew doesn’t describe the ascension. So Hamilton is, among other things, an uninformed ignorant idiot…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 21, 2026 07:58 AM (TCUO6)

75 I don't know much about Lindsey's sister but she did keep Nancy Mace's breasts from running. Guess that's a good thing

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:00 AM (sMkB+)

76 A high today of 103 is predicted. The humidity is currently at 89%, so the heat index will be bad, very bad. Tree pollen is dangerously high, the boys mowed yesterday stirring up a lot of stuff. The first bloody Marys will be served at 1100. I'm staying in.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 21, 2026 08:00 AM (gm9Sb)

77 The US won the Men's Metric Kickball competition.
Great PR. Hearts and minds. Well attended. Economic stimulus.
And Buc-ee's will be expanding internationally.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 08:00 AM (2Ez/1)

78 I have the feeling lines are not very long at Taco Bells anymore.

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 08:00 AM (bqIVz)

79 IMPACT: Gas prices sharply rose following the outbreak of the Iran War in late February. Prices peaked at $4.56 in May but moderated following news of a memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran in June. This has since unraveled. Rising fuel costs place financial strain on American households are less than 2% of the average family's budget.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:00 AM (/+uur)

80 78 I have the feeling lines are not very long at Taco Bells anymore.
Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 08:00 AM (bqIVz)

Shitter line is out the door.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:01 AM (/+uur)

81 If You Want Abundance, You Have to Fix Permitting Law

I read that as If you want Ambulance

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:02 AM (/+uur)

82 Kansas Dem frontrunner looks like he's from the Talarico school of "Christian" politics

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:03 AM (sMkB+)

83 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:03 AM (2YhKe)

84 Someone, somewhere with ties to the MIC (probably) realized they still need a Congressman on their payroll. They got her brother for a dime and figured they could splurge a bit on her.

I doubt she decided to seek a full term all on her own after only a couple days/weeks without some outside influence.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 21, 2026 07:57 AM
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For what reason does the senator from Raytheon rise?

Posted by: The senator from Lockheed Martin at July 21, 2026 08:03 AM (2Ez/1)

85 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at July 21, 2026 08:03 AM (53oGX)

86 Abominable Snow-kowski.

Nice......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:04 AM (2YhKe)

87 Mornin’, All. Happy Tuesday.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 08:04 AM (77rzZ)

88 Matthews came on after Democratic strategist James Carville went on a diatribe against Sanders, and as the MSNBC host made reference to that, he invoked the historical episode when the Germans overran the Maginot Line and forced France to surrender in the middle of World War II.

Attention Chris Matthews:

The Germans did not overrun the Maginot Line. Instead, they bypassed it during the early stages of World War II, using the Ardennes offensive to attack from the Belgian front and quickly pushed deep into France, leading to the fall of France in June 1940.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 08:04 AM (WPIH0)

89 They always win the language battle. They've been labeling us Nazis and Trump as Hitler for a decade, then they turn around and do Nazi things, implement communist ideas and platforms and are looking for their Adolph Hitler. The next Hitler WILL be islhamic, bet on it. Because they don't care about who they kill, they just want world domination.

Democrats and their communist ilk think they'll have a seat at the table. They won't.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:06 AM (2YhKe)

90 The first bloody Marys will be served at 1100. I'm staying in.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at July 21, 2026 08:00 AM
****

You've got to start in the morning if you want to drink all day.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at July 21, 2026 08:07 AM (2Ez/1)

91 NotTheBee: if I had to describe Christopher Nolan's 'Odyssey' in one sentence: It plays out like an atheist adapting the Bible.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 08:09 AM (WPIH0)

92 Older man slaps fan at Cubs game for not standing for national anthem in viral video: ‘Get up’
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Whenever I watched a movie at an on-base theater, there was always a grumpy old vet ready to deliver a thwacking to insolent young punks who wouldn't stand for the national anthem. And no, I never got thwacked upside the head.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 21, 2026 08:09 AM (kpS4V)

93 And Buc-ee's will be expanding internationally.

In Europe (and the UK), they'll be limited to 20 square feet, a photo of a gas pump, a port-a-potty, and a half eaten package of Twinkees. To keep the citizenry from expecting too much.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

94 Adam Hamilton, a frontrunner in the Kansas’s Democrat primary race for Senate, is a Methodist pastor who believes that the Bible is full of errors. Hamilton is a senior pastor at Resurrection, A United Methodist Church, who is running for Senate, hoping to take down Republican Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS).

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 08:11 AM (WPIH0)

95 And Buc-ee's will be expanding internationally.

In Europe (and the UK), they'll be limited to 20 square feet, a photo of a gas pump, a port-a-potty, and a half eaten package of Twinkees. To keep the citizenry from expecting too much.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)


They WANT a Buc-ee's.

They'd settle for a Casey's.

They'll get nothing and like it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:12 AM (2YhKe)

96 Quarter Twenty

Yup. I was amazed to go to a movie where the National Anthem was not played first. I was out of high school.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ)

97 A federal appeals court is affirming a five-year prison sentence for Charles Littlejohn, a consultant to the IRS who leaked President Trump’s tax return information to the New York Times and tax information about thousands of the richest Americans including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Warren Buffett to ProPublica.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 08:13 AM (WPIH0)

98 ‘Logger’ and ‘North Woods’ Maine U.S. Senate Candidate Is Also Political Operative of Boston-Based Labor Union

Hes a lumberjack
and hes (not) OK

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:13 AM (/+uur)

99 94 Adam Hamilton, a frontrunner in the Kansas’s Democrat primary race for Senate, is a Methodist pastor who believes that the Bible is full of errors.

Because he was there when it was written ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 08:13 AM (n7SgH)

100 100

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:13 AM (/+uur)

101 The Democrat Party is incompatible with Christianity.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 08:13 AM (77rzZ)

102 All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

#96 was my response. Copy / paste error.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:14 AM (u82oZ)

103 Upto 1948, Jews and Arabs were termed "Palestinian", for the geography. It's not a "religion" nor an "ethnicity."

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 08:14 AM (WPIH0)

104 Adam Hamilton, a frontrunner in the Kansas’s Democrat primary race for Senate, is a Methodist pastor who believes that the Bible is full of errors.

Because he was there when it was written ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 08:13 AM (n7SgH)


He's well versed in the language the Dead Sea Scrolls are written in and is so close to God, he knows God goofed.

Ok.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:14 AM (2YhKe)

105 Bulg

The Democrat Party is incompatible with Christianity and Advanced Civilization.

FIFY.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:15 AM (u82oZ)

106 I got roped in reading Mark Halperin's article as I wanted to see someone summarize what they "thought" was going on with the Democrats, Republicans and Israel.

Save yourself the click, he's bullshitting you.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:16 AM (JWXSB)

107 Kansas Democrat Senate Frontrunner and Methodist Pastor: Bible Is Full of Errors

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Hmm, whom shall I choose? Democrat Pastor stating Bible is full of errors (sounds an awful lot like Talafreako)...

...or my belief that the Bible comes directly from G*d.

I'm going with G*d.

It's quite an interesting observation that, just like they do with the Constitution, they're so full of hubris and pure arrogance in believing they have all of this hidden knowledge in knowing the Bible is "full of errors." And just like the roadblock of the Constitution, they are trying to rewrite what the Bible actually means. These people are sickening.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 21, 2026 08:16 AM (qBdHI)

108 DSA Co-Chair: We Want To Abolish The Senate

"We don't think that's extreme."

This is now part of the Democrat party 'Big Tent.'

17th kind of did that.
There is no one that Represents the State in DC.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:16 AM (/+uur)

109
I'm going with G*d.

It's quite an interesting observation that, just like they do with the Constitution, they're so full of hubris and pure arrogance in believing they have all of this hidden knowledge in knowing the Bible is "full of errors." And just like the roadblock of the Constitution, they are trying to rewrite what the Bible actually means. These people are sickening.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 21, 2026 08:16 AM (qBdHI)


I haven't quite figured out how to make it go viral, but I want to develop a line of shirts and hats that have one basic premise:

God didn't get it wrong. You did.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:17 AM (2YhKe)

110 Joy Behar: "Jesus himself did not run around saying, ‘I’m the Messiah, I’m the Messiah.’"
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So then why did they crucify Him?

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:17 AM (JWXSB)

111 From Bernie Sanders:
"Never before in the history of our country have so few people held so much power and had so much wealth.

And these are not nice people. They are greedy people, and just because they have billions of dollars, they think that is not enough."

Says the person with 3 houses, one of which is on Lake Champlain, doesn't fly coach and hasn't worked a day in his life.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 21, 2026 08:17 AM (N39Ws)

112 Loved seeing Marco verbally bitch slap Medea Benjamin and tell her he hopes Israel completely destroys Hamas. When she complained about civilians he responded Hamas put the civilians in harms way. Well done Marco, f u "Medea"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:18 AM (sMkB+)

113 Joy Behar: "Jesus himself did not run around saying, ‘I’m the Messiah, I’m the Messiah.’"
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So then why did they crucify Him?
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:17 AM (JWXSB)


I'm willing to bet Joy Behar knows f*ckall about Jesus.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:18 AM (2YhKe)

114 If Trump wants to help change the culture, one way he can do it is by expediting the trials of some of these nutbags and doing it in a very public way.

If he allowed federal agents to take this anti-ICE terrorist out into Times Square and give him 40 lashes with a braided whip and then set about to his head with their boots until he was brain dead, you'd find a lot less ICE protestors in the future.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 21, 2026 08:19 AM (KgaOU)

115 Lady in Black

So long as the Democrats fight Commie against Islamist, so long will they be a little people, a silly people--greedy, barbarous and cruel.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:20 AM (u82oZ)

116 Zero Sympathy for the Democrats’ Political Death March
After years of empowering the fringe, Democrat insiders are discovering that the monsters they cultivated are now consuming them.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 08:20 AM (WPIH0)

117 I don't know much about Lindsey's sister but she did keep Nancy Mace's breasts from running. Guess that's a good thing

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I don't know what the background of this woman is, but it just goes to show that any trained monkey can apparently go straight to the US Senate. I don't know her personally. I know she loved her brother and vice versa. She doesn't deserve this empty seat just because she was Graham's sister. She likely has the same viewpoints as he held on a variety of things I was not at all happy with. Since this is an R primary coming up on 8/11, I wonder if the Democrats can cross over and vote for her like I suspected many did for him. If so, I suppose she has a good chance, although I will not be voting for her. No. More. Grahams.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 21, 2026 08:21 AM (qBdHI)

118
I'm willing to bet Joy Behar knows f*ckall about Jesus.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:18 AM (2YhKe)
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The only one she knows is her illegal immigrant groundskeeper from Mexico.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 08:22 AM (FZ29D)

119 If he allowed federal agents to take this anti-ICE terrorist out into Times Square and give him 40 lashes with a braided whip and then set about to his head with their boots until he was brain dead, you'd find a lot less ICE protestors in the future.
Posted by: Based Conservative at July 21, 2026 08:19 AM (KgaOU)


They're really not addressing the protestor angle at all. Obstruction of a federal agent attempting to do their job is against the law. Standing in front of a vehicle preventing it from progressing to a point of interest is obstruction. They should be IMMEDIATELY arrested and charged with obstruction, which I believe is a felony (others can comment on that far better). If/when found guilty, they can't vote, own a firearm and will struggle to earn a living, being a convicted felon.

Make them reap what they've sown.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:23 AM (2YhKe)

120 "...reading Mark Halperin's article..."

Isn't he like on a sex offender registry somewhere?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 21, 2026 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)

121 Has anyone seen Marcus lately? Seems I haven't seen him post in a while.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 21, 2026 08:23 AM (qBdHI)

122 Lady in Black

Ducks pick ducks. A saying about promotion to Admiral in the US Navy, but it applies here.

She is the right social class. She was a placeholder.

We shall see.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ)

123 Has anyone seen Marcus lately? Seems I haven't seen him post in a while.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 21, 2026 08:23 AM (qBdHI)


Now that you mention it, it's been a bit since I've seen the nick.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:25 AM (2YhKe)

124 ---
The only one she knows is her illegal immigrant groundskeeper from Mexico.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 08:22 AM (FZ29D)


"If they close the border, who's going to clean our toilets or mow are lawns!!????"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)

125 The real problem of current politics is that politics, especially campaigns, are really underfunded (who is getting all that money) so campaigns rely on volunteers, which brings out the zealots. Right now, the zealots in the Democrat Party are the DSA.
We have seen the DSA win mostly primary elections that are ignored by most people, so it’s easy to rule in an empty room.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 08:26 AM (WPIH0)

126 She doesn't deserve this empty seat just because she was Graham's sister. She likely has the same viewpoints as he held on a variety of things I was not at all happy with. Since this is an R primary coming up on 8/11, I wonder if the Democrats can cross over and vote for her like I suspected many did for him. If so, I suppose she has a good chance, although I will not be voting for her. No. More. Grahams.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 21, 2026 08:21 AM
++++

Heh. George Wallace's wife Lurleen B. pulled the same stunt to become governor of Alabama.

In 1966.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 08:26 AM (2Ez/1)

127 And on the subject of the missing - wondering about madamemayhem

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:26 AM (JWXSB)

128 Wait, Arrabaca. Is that a Muslim or a coffee bean?

He'll be the next Mr. Bean in the UK...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 08:27 AM (l3cgK)

129 Joy Behar: "Jesus himself did not run around saying, ‘I’m the Messiah, I’m the Messiah.’"

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Verbatim? No, and I believe that was on purpose. But he did so in other manners.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 21, 2026 08:27 AM (qBdHI)

130 And on the subject of the missing - wondering about madamemayhem
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:26 AM (JWXSB)


I'm betting Ben Had would have some info on the missing, if there's something to be concerned about, anyway. She does a great job in keeping in touch with a lot of regulars.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:27 AM (2YhKe)

131 Halperin always seemed a bit impressed with himself, but his 2-Way show on YouTube is pretty good. A lot of info from the regulars

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:28 AM (sMkB+)

132
Verbatim? No, and I believe that was on purpose. But he did so in other manners.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 21, 2026 08:27 AM (qBdHI)


Behar is too stupid to understand the concept of "actions speak louder than words."

Jesus didn't need to announce him being The Messiah. Everyone KNEW he was, because of his actions.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)

133 If the Democrats wanted the DSA put down they would do so. They showed it with Platner. As chucky says they have "six ways to Sunday" of getting you. So whatever is happening on that front is being allowed to happen.

So either the politics are too valuable to them, or winning at any cost is too valuable to them, or moving the conversation left is too valuable to them, or the whole thing is being perpetrated as a big beautiful psy op.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:29 AM (JWXSB)

134 Jesus didn't need to announce him being The Messiah. Everyone KNEW he was, because of his actions.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)

Not everyone....

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:29 AM (JWXSB)

135 I thought Marcus was around only a few days ago

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:30 AM (JWXSB)

136 ...

1 out of 12. In accordance with the prophecy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:30 AM (u82oZ)

137 “ But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer.

Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

“I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

Mark 14:61-62

Posted by: Marcus T at July 21, 2026 08:30 AM (Pu/zx)

138 129 Joy Behar: "Jesus himself did not run around saying, ‘I’m the Messiah, I’m the Messiah.’"

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Verbatim? No, and I believe that was on purpose. But he did so in other manners.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 21, 2026 08:27 AM (qBdHI)

Indeed. Enough so that the Pharisees wanted to stone him to death on multiple occasions accusing him of blasphemy.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 08:30 AM (l3cgK)

139 29 Even with 80% of Kansans living in our few urban areas, he can not get the incumbent out.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:28 AM


That's what ex-senator cornyn here in Texas thought as well.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 21, 2026 07:30 AM (0N4FZ
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Remember folks, Rino hunting is done during the primary. It does no good to toss someone who will vote correctly 60% of the time for one who will only vote correctly 3% of the time. If the Rino squeaks by in the primary and barely squeaks by in the general, the potential is much greater that they start to pay attention to their constituents.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 21, 2026 08:31 AM (JNTt1)

140 . They should be IMMEDIATELY arrested and charged with obstruction, which I believe is a felony (others can comment on that far better). If/when found guilty, they can't vote, own a firearm and will struggle to earn a living, being a convicted felon.

Make them reap what they've sown.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:23 AM (2YhKe)


Or just let the agents take a tactical baton to their heads and face, smash the orbital bones in their skull and permanently disfigure them and knock out an eye right on the spot.

No need for "charges" or "trials".

Take a boot and smash all the fingers on their dominate hand into splinters.

Curb stomp them American History X style.

These faggots want to play revolutionary, show them what the fuck happens.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 21, 2026 08:32 AM (KgaOU)

141 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 08:33 AM (AFtz5)

142 "I am the light of the world" kind of shows that he was saying he was the Messiah there Joy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:33 AM (sMkB+)

143 I would love to see that pissant, mamdani, go after Netanyahu. That would be comedy gold.

Do these big city communist muslims not know that we simple folks in flyover country hate their guts?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 21, 2026 08:33 AM (sYM3s)

144 Based Conservative

Not yet. Health care costs would go up.

First priority is to seize the funding going to the front-line agitprop actors, and use it to pay down the debt.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:34 AM (u82oZ)

145 They should be IMMEDIATELY arrested and charged with obstruction, which I believe is a felony (others can comment on that far better). If/when found guilty, they can't vote, own a firearm and will struggle to earn a living, being a convicted felon.

Make them reap what they've sown.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:23 AM (2YhKe)


Or just let the agents take a tactical baton to their heads and face, smash the orbital bones in their skull and permanently disfigure them and knock out an eye right on the spot.

No need for "charges" or "trials".

Take a boot and smash all the fingers on their dominate hand into splinters.

Curb stomp them American History X style.

These faggots want to play revolutionary, show them what the fuck happens.
Posted by: Based Conservative



Embrace the power of "and".

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 08:34 AM (AFtz5)

146 Matthew 7:16-20

Posted by: Marcus T at July 21, 2026 08:35 AM (o5jAD)

147 139 29 Even with 80% of Kansans living in our few urban areas, he can not get the incumbent out.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:28 AM


That's what ex-senator cornyn here in Texas thought as well.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 21, 2026 07:30 AM (0N4FZ
=======
Remember folks, Rino hunting is done during the primary. It does no good to toss someone who will vote correctly 60% of the time for one who will only vote correctly 3% of the time. If the Rino squeaks by in the primary and barely squeaks by in the general, the potential is much greater that they start to pay attention to their constituents.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 21, 2026 08:31 AM (JNTt1)

The RINO is a swamp creature. See him in his natural environs in the DC swamp.

Posted by: Zombie Sir David Attenborough at July 21, 2026 08:35 AM (l3cgK)

148 Rev. Wishbone

Mandamni has to use the NYC police to do it.

He is a coward that will not act against a man protected by armed agents.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:35 AM (u82oZ)

149 135 I thought Marcus was around only a few days ago
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:30 AM
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“I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

Mark 14:61-62
Posted by: Marcus T at July 21, 2026 08:30 AM

++++++

Cue Twilight Zone music.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 08:36 AM (2Ez/1)

150
Let's see here.

1.) A sham democracy nobody believes in, and which is increasingly incapable of governance

2.) A violent Leftist movement that few people support, but which controls the major cities, promising to abolish the existing government

3.) A massive, leaderless underclass who'd like to see #2 crushed once and for all, and are willing to make it happen

4.) An ossified Conservative movement who can't articulate any reason to even exist aside from preserving its own wealth and power, and who would sooner die horribly than ever consider making common cause with #3 against #2.

This is all sounding familiar, and favorable for the Bolsheviks.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 21, 2026 08:36 AM (BI5O2)

151 Mamdani saying he'll have Netanyahu arrested proves people right when they call him a theater kid. Does he think the NYPD is going to up against the Secret Service,the FBI and Federal Protection Service. That ain't how things work skippy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:36 AM (sMkB+)

152 Today Is National Junk Food Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 08:37 AM (NpAcC)

153
Not everyone....
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:29 AM (JWXSB)


The liberals.....not so much.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:37 AM (2YhKe)

154 I'm going to see "The Odyssey" later today. Reviews seem to indicate that if you want to see a faithful telling of Homer's tale, you're out of luck. If you want entertaining spectacle, sit back with your Trojan Horse popcorn bucket and enjoy. In other words, a well-mounted shitshow!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 21, 2026 08:37 AM (kpS4V)

155 Matthew 7:16-20
Posted by: Marcus T at July 21, 2026 08:35 AM (o5jAD)


Speak of The Devil.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:38 AM (2YhKe)

156 151 Mamdani saying he'll have Netanyahu arrested proves people right when they call him a theater kid. Does he think the NYPD is going to up against the Secret Service,the FBI and Federal Protection Service. That ain't how things work skippy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:36 AM (sMkB+)

Mandami's a muzzie commie. That would seem like a contradiction (Muzzies follow the demon Allah, Commies don't believe in any power above themselves), but the two systems have lots in common.
Laws and Constitutions are merely words on paper than have little real meaning.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 08:38 AM (l3cgK)

157 >>If the Democrats wanted the DSA put down they would do so. They showed it with Platner. As chucky says they have "six ways to Sunday" of getting you. So whatever is happening on that front is being allowed to happen.

The State Dept report that dropped yesterday claims that Cuba has been much more involved with the far left radicals that are taking over the Democrat Party than previously known. I think it's safe to assume that includes Venezuela and China with things like BLM and antifa which the Democrats for years to pummel us.

Democrats openly welcomed the Squad and other radicals because they thought they could control them. They chose poorly. Now they have lost control of their own party. I don't think Democrats do have control over the DSA wing. They might be able to take down one or candidates but all the energy in the party is with them and it is supported by millions of brainwashed college grads who are true believers.

Another big reason why taking down Venezuela, Cuba and even Iran is the radicals they have been supporting in the US to take the country down.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2026 08:38 AM (viF8m)

158 Go see Young Washington instead.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)

159 152 National Junk Food Day? Damn, the Funyuns discussion was yesterday.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 08:39 AM (77rzZ)

160 Yudhishthira's Dice

The big difference is in the different militaries, which can stop a revolution.

The Czarest military was ground down by massive losses in WWI.
Not so the US Military.
Even with months of fighting, we have lost only 11 due to enemy action. Plus at least 7 from flying accidents. Unprecedented low loss rate.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:40 AM (u82oZ)

161 Tdy. But I can still occasionally lurk. God bless.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 21, 2026 08:40 AM (h8zwR)

162 This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Bugles, Ranch Doritos and Ho-Hos at July 21, 2026 08:41 AM (2Ez/1)

163 Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2026 08:38 AM (viF8m)

They could do a media campaign tomorrow labeling them kooks on every channel and in every magazine, branding them for life the way they do with anyone they don't approve of. Fill their lives with scandal and accusations.

They could put the whole movement down in its infancy, cooperate with Trump in dealing with their agitators, violent and otherwise.

They don't want to. The power brokers have calculated that this is the way to advance leftism, which is all they have been wanting for 50 years.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:42 AM (JWXSB)

164 Today Is National Junk Food Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 08:37 AM (NpAcC)

I thought that was every day?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 08:42 AM (wVcYX)

165 I like to see contentious flicks and decide for myself.

And I do intend to see "Young Washington".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 21, 2026 08:42 AM (kpS4V)

166 >>The DSA’s “program” was drafted by elected representatives between April and June of 2026, and is titled “Workers Deserve More.” The project, once completed, was voted on and approved by the DSA’s National Political Committee (NPC).



Sure, sure, they totally haven't been working towards this agenda for the last few decades, half century. YEP, totally FRESH and NEW! Clever kids, eh?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 08:42 AM (X8xt3)

167 >>Today Is National Junk Food Day.


Dang, do I have time to pick up a bag of Cheetos?
Original or puffed, hmmmm

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 08:43 AM (X8xt3)

168 The Czarest military was ground down by massive losses in WWI.
Not so the US Military.
-------
Correct.

Whose side they'll fight on, or if they will at all is an open question.

It wasn't even a question 3 years ago. Hegseth is turning that into a real wild card.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 21, 2026 08:43 AM (BI5O2)

169 - The Bible is full of errors.

And I would venture to say that, in spite of all the "God talk," over 90% of the commenters here agree.
Among those left, a good number find a way to not take what it states, the words in their most normal sense, in order to make it fit their view.
See - Genesis 1. Well #TheScience has disproven that and no, no, no,,, I'm NOT gonna look at any scientific discoveries that show otherwise.

See also - We're out of here before all that #TheTribulation happens to all that #TheTribulation has already happened.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 21, 2026 08:43 AM (dAv7M)

170 >>Mandami's a muzzie commie. That would seem like a contradiction (Muzzies follow the demon Allah, Commies don't believe in any power above themselves), but the two systems have lots in common.


Yep.

I recall the 8 years of Obama presidency where people kept wondering/arguing: is he a fool or a knave?
Does it even matter?
Either, both, they need to be stopped - they hate America and mean to do harm.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 08:46 AM (X8xt3)

171 >>Today Is National Junk Food Day.
-----
Where my EBT card at?

Posted by: La'Shondra at July 21, 2026 08:46 AM (2Ez/1)

172 >>They could do a media campaign tomorrow labeling them kooks on every channel and in every magazine, branding them for life the way they do with anyone they don't approve of. Fill their lives with scandal and accusations.

They could but I'm not convinced that would be as successful as you think. DSA supporters are committed communists. They don't see themselves as radicals, they think we are radicals. They are literally calling to abolish the Senate and then the whole structure of our government along with police and the military. That's their platform. I don't Chuck and Hakeem calling them radicals is going to do anything other than invigorate their supporters.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2026 08:46 AM (viF8m)

173 I like to see contentious flicks and decide for myself.

And I do intend to see "Young Washington".
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 21, 2026 08:42 AM (kpS4V)


I've taken the stance that I will not fund those that hate me. Most in that movie, hate me. hollywood hates me.

They tell me they don't want my money, I'll be damned if I'm gonna give it to them.

Sure, I still watch some things on TV, but mostly things that have been out for so long, ratings don't really mean that much. There will be a time in the near future I don't have time for TV, and that will be that. It will not control me.

The NFL gave me my Sunday's back by hating me. TV will give me my evenings back as soon as I get my battle with slight depression and feeling overwhelmed won. I'll be back to working outside and on various projects I've been wanting to do for years.

hollywood needs me more than I need it, and they just keep shitting on me. F*ck 'em where they live.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:46 AM (2YhKe)

174 Says the person with 3 houses, one of which is on Lake Champlain, doesn't fly coach and hasn't worked a day in his life.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 21, 2026 08:17 AM (N39Ws)

Maker vs. Taker Revision #1,100,997

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:47 AM (/+uur)

175 And...I'm back. Just in time to read articles and catch up on the posts.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026 08:47 AM (svLOV)

176 @157, 163. I agree with JackStraw that the Dem establishment has lost control of the leftist crazies. Yesterday Chief Lizzy endorsed the Muzzie in Michigan, while Chuck is supporting Stevens. As JJ posted the AA Queens Borough president called the DSA "white supremacists". I don't think the propaganda ministries have the pull these days as they are either fractured between the establishment and the crazies, or they're being pushed to be more neutral. Fun times for Dems, hehehehe

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:48 AM (sMkB+)

177 Got rid of my TV about five years ago. Don't miss it a bit.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)

178 >>It wasn't even a question 3 years ago. Hegseth is turning that into a real wild card.


Which is why they absolutely hate him.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 08:50 AM (X8xt3)

179 173 I like to see contentious flicks and decide for myself.


yeah sure but don't PAY the asshats for it!

sheesh you can watch almost anything free if you're a little creative and do a bit o' research

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 08:50 AM (j+aD2)

180 Got rid of my TV about five years ago. Don't miss it a bit.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)


It's really quite a bit of the wife I need to get out doing things instead of watching TV or scrolling TikTok.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:50 AM (2YhKe)

181 It's also,
Take Your Monkey To Lunch Day. 🙊

Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 08:50 AM (NpAcC)

182 It's also,
Take Your Monkey To Lunch Day. 🙊
Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 08:50 AM (NpAcC)


Ok, now that's just silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:51 AM (2YhKe)

183 Really looking forward to Comrade Bernie being denounced. Whether it's because he's a millionaire, Jewish or just old and ineffective, he will be pushed out of the way sooner or later

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:51 AM (sMkB+)

184 Pres of Travel Assoc:

"In addition to faster visa appointments, the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) and the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) did not strain under record volume—processing more than 5 million applications and approvals while maintaining the highest levels of security," Freeman wrote. "Equally as important were several actions your administration did not take prior to and during the World Cup."

Guess PDT made the Metric Football Great.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:51 AM (/+uur)

185 Daniel Ortega has just announced there will be no more election in Nicaragua. It seems like communists are no longer pretending and rising up everywhere.

My belief is that all this is a direct response to Trump and team going after communists that have been screwing with us for years.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2026 08:52 AM (viF8m)

186 183 Really looking forward to Comrade Bernie being denounced. Whether it's because he's a millionaire, Jewish or just old and ineffective, he will be pushed out of the way sooner or later
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:51 AM (sMkB+)

I would like to see the Dunce Cap and beaten wth sticks

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:52 AM (/+uur)

187 Far-left commentator Hasan Piker

Who should have been bullied a hell of a lot more in his younger days.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026 08:52 AM (svLOV)

188 also Nolan has SUCH a schtick

I was - when little - a total magic geek. still kind of am lol. I've been a volunteer at Penn and Teller shows - the first time when I was a little one and they were at Newmarket .. this was ages ago!

anyway The Prestige. Good book. turned into an ok film. bc NOLAN. always makes the same movie but he aint no David Lynch (who does the same thing but is really really creative).

I'm still kind of sore about The Prestige. So no way would I watch his Odyssey, no matter how "pretty" (in a dark gray way) he makes it

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 08:52 AM (j+aD2)

189 Could we refrain from using that stupid spelling “czar?” It doesn’t reflect the actual Russian spelling or pronunciation. “Tsar” does, and is therefore to be preferred.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

190 181 It's also,
Take Your Monkey To Lunch Day. 🙊
Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 08:50 AM (NpAcC)

Does your meenkeee have a license?

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)

191 It's really quite a bit of the wife I need to get out doing things instead of watching TV or scrolling TikTok.
Posted by: Sponge

Read that sentence out loud.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 08:53 AM (2Ez/1)

192 DSA should be treated to Gaylord's drone strike policy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 08:54 AM (2GVsD)

193 Trump corraled and cornered the Democrats on every major issue.

So now they are going with the tried and true "boy it's terrible that other people have money, especially those filthy Jews" angle. And they will have enough support here and worldwide to make it look like something is happening.

You're seeing it everywhere, including with the "new" guy in England. Who wants to take money from the supposed haves in the South (London) and give it to the supposed have-nots in the North.

Instead of coming up with an Obama here (for now) the idea is to make it look like there is some overwhelming "movement" sweeping the nation and world. Trump will no longer be the man of the working class. Republicans will be back backing "the rich" . Like a magic trick. Democrats are taking the "people" moniker back, but in name only, as it ever was. Read this post in about 18 months and it will make a lot more sense.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 08:54 AM (JWXSB)

194 189 Could we refrain from using that stupid spelling “czar?” It doesn’t reflect the actual Russian spelling or pronunciation. “Tsar” does, and is therefore to be preferred.
Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

Baby you can drive my czar.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:54 AM (/+uur)

195 Crunchy

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 21, 2026 08:54 AM (qFwJc)

196 anyway the important thing right now is to shoot down the amnesty that 50 Rs are pushing (with many Ds) in Congress.

it's abysmal and MUST BE STOPPED

they never learn, do they?

Lloyd Smucker signed on and I called and wrote that bastard. he sure isn't helping his constituents with this! unless he actually hates the Amish

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 08:54 AM (j+aD2)

197 Am I the only one who thinks the trophy for the World Cup is the ugliest trophy ever?

Posted by: dantesed at July 21, 2026 08:54 AM (Oy/m2)

198 [Sermon on the Mount]

Mrs. Big Nose: Oh, it's blessed are the MEEK! Oh, I'm glad they're getting something, they have a hell of a time.

Adam Hamilton, Methodist Pastor: What Jesus fails to appreciate is that it's the meek who are the problem.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 08:54 AM (wVcYX)

199 Bulg

As you wish.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:55 AM (u82oZ)

200 So, Daniel Ortega is now El Presidente for life. Perhaps when Trump has finished with the mullahs he can take care of this commie--in the only way that a commie can be properly taken care of.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 21, 2026 08:55 AM (y2f7I)

201 First Daughter had a fight with one of her roommates yesterday. She doesn't like her as the girl is a self-centered, ignorant scrunt that can't seem to function without turmoil all the time. The previous roommate was a lesbian 'victim' that she didn't get along with either.

She speaks her mind and isn't afraid to express when she thinks you're a f*ck up. Her other roommates, whom also talk shit about this particular roommate, distanced and left First Daughter fending for herself.

She's now doubting herself and is worried she's a bad person.

No. No she's not, just a realist hold others accountable. That's a tough row to hoe, especially today where no one is raised with accountability.

Every day, it's a struggle. Every day I wonder what's next. Every day, I must be strong, getting stronger.

I wasn't raised to be that guy.........Lord, give me strength. I sure could use it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:55 AM (2YhKe)

202 197 Am I the only one who thinks the trophy for the World Cup is the ugliest trophy ever?


it looks like what I imagine the fake peen from arm muscle thing F-to-M trannies get looks like

yeah it's bad

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 08:55 AM (j+aD2)

203 >>Really looking forward to Comrade Bernie being denounced. Whether it's because he's a millionaire, Jewish or just old and ineffective, he will be pushed out of the way sooner or later

Not sure it will happen before he dies.
The Justice Democrats were created by a couple of Bernie's campaign managers (Zack Xley, Saikat Chakrabarti), and Bernie appears to be a sort of mentor for the Squad and the others. He was the original radical who joined with the Democrats (while not being a Democrat) to subvert from within. He's not hanging on to these radicals, he's helped incubate them.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (X8xt3)

204 There was a Trojan Horse popcorn bucket in the movie, Diner, IIRC.

J J?

Posted by: CapeFear at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (usOWp)

205
Read that sentence out loud.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 08:53 AM (2Ez/1)


Oh, she's aware.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (2YhKe)

206 Treasury identified more than 4,900 payments, worth approximately $99 million, that were associated with deceased payees.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (/+uur)

207 197 Am I the only one who thinks the trophy for the World Cup is the ugliest trophy ever?
Posted by: dantesed at July 21, 2026 08:54 AM

No. No, you're not.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)

208 204 There was a Trojan Horse popcorn bucket in the movie, Diner, IIRC.


heh

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (j+aD2)

209 All reports and observations are that the more that the US attacks Iran, the more hardline and intransigent they become. This is easily predictable to anyone who’s observed their character over the years. I take it as a very good thing, overall; they’re going to force us to fight an all out war to destroy them whether we really want to or not.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (T2w7I)

210 Am I the only one who thinks the trophy for the World Cup is the ugliest trophy ever?


it looks like what I imagine the fake peen from arm muscle thing F-to-M trannies get looks like

yeah it's bad
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 08:55 AM (j+aD2)



Stop calling it a f*cking CUP if it has no resemblance to a f*cking CUP..............

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (2YhKe)

211
Well! My stewarding this last week, along with some by Her Majesty, proved far more lucrative than I expected. Like, more than twice as much. Enough to cover handler's costs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 08:57 AM (O0L8i)

212 Both the Bolsheviks and the German National Socialists didn't have majority support before coming to power.

In both cases they used events and the particulars of their situations to seize power when given the opportunity.

Further a large part of their success was the "center right" parties/pols of their day refusing to address major issues - in Germany leftwing street violence, and in Russia ending WWI.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 08:57 AM (sKqQm)

213 Well! My stewarding this last week, along with some by Her Majesty, proved far more lucrative than I expected. Like, more than twice as much. Enough to cover handler's costs.


neat! that's awesome

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 08:58 AM (j+aD2)

214 I overslept. Seems like I missed a lot.

Posted by: Rip Van Winkle at July 21, 2026 08:58 AM (JM9I6)

215 >>Every day, it's a struggle. Every day I wonder what's next. Every day, I must be strong, getting stronger.

I wasn't raised to be that guy.........Lord, give me strength. I sure could use it.



Amen, Sponge!
You're daughter sounds like a gem, you must be proud of her!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 08:58 AM (X8xt3)

216 Anna Puma

Just hack their computers and delete STREAM. All websites go to the Ludwig von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics first.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 08:59 AM (u82oZ)

217 >>Am I the only one who thinks the trophy for the World Cup is the ugliest trophy ever?


No! I think it looks like the alien in "Alien" as it pokes its head out of its first victim's stomach.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 08:59 AM (X8xt3)

218
Stop calling it a f*cking CUP if it has no resemblance to a f*cking CUP..............
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (2YhKe)

Who pissed in your oatmeal this morning ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 08:59 AM (n7SgH)

219 Tropical Storm Bertha via Earthwinds:

https://tinyurl.com/bdy2733f

Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 09:00 AM (J4Dwc)

220 Sponge, does First Daughter have a boyfriend? Sounds like she could use one about now.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 09:00 AM (77rzZ)

221 Here are a few simple changes I'd float right now if I was Trump since the FNM/Left/GOPe keep saying that sure they agree with vote security but no non-citizens are voting and there is basically no fraud so if security puts any onus on anyone it isn't worth it:

Automatic death penalty for any non-citizen that votes. If it doesn't happen this will never be used right? And it will have no impact on valid voters/ballots

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:00 AM (sKqQm)

222 It's also,
Take Your Monkey To Lunch Day. 🙊
Posted by: redridinghood
+++
Leave my monkey alone
Leave my monkey alooone..

Posted by: Zombie Warren Zevon at July 21, 2026 09:00 AM (Lo97M)

223 Mamdani would be a legend if he arrested Netenyahu.

He would catapult to Democrat Presidential frontrunner for 2028 immediately.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 21, 2026 09:00 AM (KgaOU)

224 Stop calling it a f*cking CUP if it has no resemblance to a f*cking CUP..............
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (2YhKe)

Who pissed in your oatmeal this morning ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 08:59 AM (n7SgH)

First Daughter's roommate, from the looks of things.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 09:01 AM (wVcYX)

225 Update of the asswipe that killed the boxer on her bike

Medina was arrested again for reckless driving in 2014, for a hit-and-run in 2020, and most recently for discharging a firearm in 2024 and evading arrest in 2025, the outlet said.

The two most recent court cases remain open, and it’s unclear what the outcome of the other cases was, according to the report.

He had about 5 bond violations.
Judges that let asswipes like this out deserve a special place in Hell.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 09:01 AM (/+uur)

226 Am I the only one who thinks the trophy for the World Cup is the ugliest trophy ever?


it looks like what I imagine the fake peen from arm muscle thing F-to-M trannies get looks like

yeah it's bad
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 08:55 AM (j+aD2)



Stop calling it a f*cking CUP if it has no resemblance to a f*cking CUP..............
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer



Looks like a golden turd.
Big at one end and tapering off...

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:01 AM (AFtz5)

227 My daughter won prettier trophies in soccer than that ugly crap handed out in NJ the other day.

Posted by: Fred Sales at July 21, 2026 09:01 AM (JM9I6)

228
See - Genesis 1. Well #TheScience has disproven that and no, no, no,,, I'm NOT gonna look at any scientific discoveries that show otherwise.

How we interpret Genesis 1 is one thing. I think Pastor Whatshisname, as a Democratic candidate, is referring to the sodomy and adultery parts.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 09:01 AM (O0L8i)

229 Amen, Sponge!
You're daughter sounds like a gem, you must be proud of her!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 08:58 AM (X8xt3)


Despite all the challenges she's granted herself over the years, we ARE proud of her and the woman she's becoming. However, she shows to learn lessons very hard, and usually, including in this case, becomes way too emotional, showing others they can get to her in a big way.

We're working on that, but we ain't fixing that any time soon.

It's just heartbreaking getting that phone call where she's barely able to talk because she so emotionally overwhelmed.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:02 AM (2YhKe)

230 177 Got rid of my TV about five years ago. Don't miss it a bit.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)

I went over-the-air (using antenna) about 4 or 5 years ago. Six months ago, I found out the TV was broken; didn't even know, since I hadn't watched it for 6 months prior...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 09:02 AM (l3cgK)

231 Update of the asswipe that killed the boxer on her bike

Medina was arrested again for reckless driving in 2014, for a hit-and-run in 2020, and most recently for discharging a firearm in 2024 and evading arrest in 2025, the outlet said.

The two most recent court cases remain open, and it’s unclear what the outcome of the other cases was, according to the report.

He had about 5 bond violations.
Judges that let asswipes like this out deserve a special place in Hell.
Posted by: r hennigantx



If bartenders can be criminally charged for over serving, why can't judges be criminally charged for letting known criminals out?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:03 AM (AFtz5)

232 Automatic death penalty for any non-citizen that votes. If it doesn't happen this will never be used right? And it will have no impact on valid voters/ballots
Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:00 AM (sKqQm)

I am the same on cheating or lying or fed benefits.
Strike 1 means your are out.
No Medicare Medicaid SS etc for life.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 09:03 AM (/+uur)

233 Am I the only one who thinks the trophy for the World Cup is the ugliest trophy ever?

it looks like what I imagine the fake peen from arm muscle thing F-to-M trannies get looks like

yeah it's bad
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 08:55 AM (j+aD2)

Stop calling it a f*cking CUP if it has no resemblance to a f*cking CUP..............
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Looks like a golden turd.
Big at one end and tapering off...
Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:01 AM (AFtz5)

It's no stylized baby's arm holding an apple.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 09:03 AM (wVcYX)

234 Daniel Ortega first came to power in 1979. Since then he's been Head Henchman in some capacity or other.

Let's see... that's (checks calendar)...47 years.

Yeah, no.
Nicaragua: another Country You Don't Want To Visit.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 09:03 AM (2Ez/1)

235 Biden’s FBI Prevented Custom’s and Border Patrol From Searching and Questioning Dr. Peter Daszak on Return Trip from China – The Man Who Funded COVID Research in China

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 09:03 AM (RHGPo)

236 Eh, not a fan of the guy smacking the anthem sitter. You have the right to be an asshole and sit during the anthem if you so choose without getting hit in the head.

Posted by: Not Cool at July 21, 2026 09:04 AM (GEtfQ)

237
Who pissed in your oatmeal this morning ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 08:59 AM (n7SgH)


I just find soccer stupid anyway, but there are WAY too many sports that the final trophy is called a 'cup' yet resembles nothing even CLOSE to a cup, in any historical definition whatsoever.

I mean, seriously......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:04 AM (2YhKe)

238 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 09:04 AM (JvZF+)

239 He had about 5 bond violations.
Judges that let asswipes like this out deserve a special place in Hell.

At my work if I make decisions that cost the company money I'd be called to account for it. A big enough mistake would not only get me fired but potentially prosecuted.

With judges in criminal cases we should hold them to the same standard but one of the things the uniparty has implemented is there are no consequences for people in government making mistakes.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:04 AM (sKqQm)

240 Re Medina -- why is this a manslaughter charge instead of murder 1?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 21, 2026 09:04 AM (/jglT)

241 185 Daniel Ortega has just announced there will be no more election in Nicaragua. It seems like communists are no longer pretending and rising up everywhere.

My belief is that all this is a direct response to Trump and team going after communists that have been screwing with us for years.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2026 08:52 AM (viF8m)

Elections to them are as useful as free speech, gun rights, and freedom of the press; as long as THEY can use it to forward their goals, they want it; once it's no longer useful to them, they prohibit it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 09:04 AM (l3cgK)

242 *Stop calling it a f*cking CUP if it has no resemblance to a f*cking CUP..............
Posted by: Sponge*

###

Call me.

Posted by: Lord Stanley at July 21, 2026 09:05 AM (2Ez/1)

243
If bartenders can be criminally charged for over serving, why can't judges be criminally charged for letting known criminals out?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:03 AM (AFtz5)



THIS. Its high time accountability made a comeback.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:05 AM (2YhKe)

244 Who pissed in your oatmeal this morning ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 08:59 AM (n7SgH)


I just find soccer stupid anyway, but there are WAY too many sports that the final trophy is called a 'cup' yet resembles nothing even CLOSE to a cup, in any historical definition whatsoever.

I mean, seriously......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:04 AM (2YhKe)

You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 21, 2026 09:05 AM (wVcYX)

245 189 Could we refrain from using that stupid spelling “czar?” It doesn’t reflect the actual Russian spelling or pronunciation. “Tsar” does, and is therefore to be preferred.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

I don't give a rat's ass. Spell it F-U-C-K-T-A-R-D for all I care.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 09:05 AM (l3cgK)

246 To this day, ProPublica is sitting on the private, as-yet unpublished data of other taxpayers stolen by Littlejohn.

I want a competition between the Marine Corps and the Army to get the evidence back and make examples of the people at ProPublica. Loser buys the beer.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026 09:05 AM (svLOV)

247 Daniel Ortega first came to power in 1979. Since then he's been Head Henchman in some capacity or other./i]

Nicaragua is another country the left swore up and down was doing socialism right and then...now we are back to... "real socialism has never been tried"

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:05 AM (sKqQm)

248 ###

Call me.
Posted by: Lord Stanley at July 21, 2026 09:05 AM (2Ez/1)


It, at LEAST has a device at the top that can hold a beverage of your choice you can drink from and slightly resembles a cup from history.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:06 AM (2YhKe)

249 190 181 It's also,
Take Your Monkey To Lunch Day. 🙊
Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 08:50 AM (NpAcC)

Does your meenkeee have a license?

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)

Some will eat your face off...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 09:06 AM (l3cgK)

250 The UK government has faced a significant fiscal challenge, with welfare spending exceeding income tax revenue. In the last financial year, the UK government raised £331 billion in income tax but spent £333 billion on welfare, amounting to 10.9% of the country's total GDP. This situation is not a one-off but a trend that has been observed for several years, with welfare spending being higher than income tax receipts every year since at least 2013/14. The Office for Budget Responsibility's data indicates that this trend is expected to continue, with welfare spending forecasted to be lower than income tax receipts in 2026/27 for the first time since at least 2013/14.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 09:06 AM (RHGPo)

251 OT, but a pet question for all of you. I went ot Walmart and bought some Terro liquid ant baits. The packet says to keep them away from areas accessible to pets. My thought was, a dog might bite into the pack, but a cat wouldn't. But they contain liquid and have an opening for ants to crawl into. If I leave it on the floor, clever thugs Stirling and Dagny will want to knock it around and it might spill.

Are these liquid things a mistake? I remember buying little enclosed traps that looked like a flat slice of a cylinder when I lived in Colorado. Do they still make those?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:06 AM (wzUl9)

252 240 Re Medina -- why is this a manslaughter charge instead of murder 1?
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 21, 2026 09:04 AM (/jglT)

It is near Austin and all the Judges are communist

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 09:06 AM (/+uur)

253 I just find soccer stupid anyway, but there are WAY too many sports that the final trophy is called a 'cup' yet resembles nothing even CLOSE to a cup, in any historical definition whatsoever.

I mean, seriously......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026
*******
Yeah, it's ugly. I've been saying that ever since the beginning of when it was revealed.
It looks like a cup that melted in a fire. It's a blob of molten gold.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 09:07 AM (NpAcC)

254 Even former NY Gov. ANDREW CUOMO (D) just dropped this nuke on socialists and communists in the Democrat Party":

There is no such thing as free. Someone always pays. This is a dream...it's not going to work! The socialist movement is the best thing the Republicans have going for them."

Time to destroy communism!

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 09:07 AM (RHGPo)

255 209 All reports and observations are that the more that the US attacks Iran, the more hardline and intransigent they become. This is easily predictable to anyone who’s observed their character over the years. I take it as a very good thing, overall; they’re going to force us to fight an all out war to destroy them whether we really want to or not.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 08:56 AM (T2w7I)

Yes, like some in Japan in 1945. There were solutions.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 09:07 AM (l3cgK)

256 >>> 95
==
They WANT a Buc-ee's.

They'd settle for a Casey's.

They'll get nothing and like it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:12 AM (2YhKe)

There is a new Casey's near me that replaced a CEFCO.

I don't think a Buc-ee's would fit in that little corner space.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (vDZgA)

257 My belief is that all this is a direct response to Trump and team going after communists that have been screwing with us for years.

Well, with USAID defunded and Trump not helping socialists in Latin America it is the "safer" choice for him. Elections just give a veneer of respectability for despots so it doesn't cost him that much to avoid them.

But look at Colombia for example. The leftwing despot flat out assassinated his primary opponent in the last election under the Biden junta. This time around he wasn't able to and lost...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (sKqQm)

258 Wolfus my bengal gets into those, yeah

I just put everything OUTSIDE the house now. it still seems to work with ants and keeps them from coming in which I prefer

no I never see those disk ones anymore either not sure why

you CAN use DE (or something with DE) indoors safely with pets

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (j+aD2)

259 Randi Weingarten's union passed a resolution calling for "housing set-asides for union members."

They want "housing developments designed specifically for public sector workers."

The teachers union wants reserved housing and special mortgage programs.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (/+uur)

260 Sports trophies are called "cups" because the tradition dates back to the chalices and ornate drinking vessels awarded to victors in ancient Greece and Rome. By the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, giving out functional, valuable silver and gold household cups symbolized wealth, status, and the celebration of triumph.

Posted by: ChatGPT at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (GEtfQ)

261 Trophy cup?

https://youtu.be/9s9Nh7XWhWg

Watch till the end.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1)

262 There is a new Casey's near me that replaced a CEFCO.

I don't think a Buc-ee's would fit in that little corner space.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (vDZgA)/i]


Well, no. Unless Casey's takes over a Walmart, they've no shot at being like a Buc-Ee's

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (2YhKe)

263 now we are back to... "real socialism has never been tried"

I read a book a while back called The Cassini Division. It was a magical sci fi world where everyone was a communist and called each other comrade. Trying to find out why it worked was pretty much answered with "It just does!"

Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026 09:09 AM (svLOV)

264
232 Automatic death penalty for any non-citizen that votes. If it doesn't happen this will never be used right? And it will have no impact on valid voters/ballots
Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:00 AM (sKqQm)

Understand that most illegals that are registered don’t actually vote themselves; it’s arranged so that Democrat party staffers and functionaries are given or sent those ballots themselves, and they fill them out and mail them in.

So if you change your proposal to Automatic Death Penalty for all Democrat Party officials and staffers who enable this scheme, then I’m all in with you.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 09:09 AM (T2w7I)

265 Trophy cup?

https://youtu.be/9s9Nh7XWhWg

Watch till the end.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1)


More of a cup than most all cup labeled trophy's of today.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:09 AM (2YhKe)

266 It's also,
Take Your Monkey To Lunch Day. 🙊
Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026

***

This morning I thought I had a monkey in the house. When I get up to turn on the coffee, I use an LED flashlight to navigate. As I stepped over to plug in the computer and turn on the TV, I thought for an instant there was a *gray monkey* sitting atop my couch! A blink resolved the simian into little cat Dagny, who'd been yawning and in the moving partial light did not look like herself.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:09 AM (wzUl9)

267 Are these liquid things a mistake? I remember buying little enclosed traps that looked like a flat slice of a cylinder when I lived in Colorado. Do they still make those?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:06 AM (wzUl9)

My cats and dogs have never been interested in messing with them, and they will wipe out a colony of those little sugar ants pretty damned quickly.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 21, 2026 09:09 AM (KgaOU)

268 Not tryna cause an issue but USAID ended
and
No rapp in the Top 40
Last time that happened was 35 years ago.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 09:09 AM (/+uur)

269 A senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday that unknown “mediators” have shopped a proposal to Iran that would “de-escalate” the conflict with the United States by first establishing a ten-day ceasefire, and then building up to “revive” the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that was signed in June.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (RHGPo)

270 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:06 AM (wzUl9)

I think you need the ones that are like a little plastic station. I think.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (JWXSB)

271 you CAN use DE (or something with DE) indoors safely with pets
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 21, 2026

***
What is DE?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (wzUl9)

272 71 Good morning Horde thx JJ , hope you and Mrs JJ are well.
I saw the NY Post headline yesterday about the African American Queens Borough president saying the DSA was "white supremacist". Warmed the coccles of my heart. Let the Girondins fight the Jacobins.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 07:57 AM (sMkB+)

The NYC DSA's pogrom against landlords, and particularly small landlords, pits them against black property owners in particular as they own a substantial number of smaller multiple unit dwellings. Add in their campaign against "generational wealth" (which seems odd given the number of DSA members with trust funds), and not hard to come to the Queens borough president's conclusion.

Posted by: Penfold at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (Fbt5B)

273 Randi Weingarten's union passed a resolution calling for "housing set-asides for union members."

They want "housing developments designed specifically for public sector workers."

The teachers union wants reserved housing and special mortgage programs.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (/+uur)



Odd how they never seem to discuss being better at teaching and pulling our kids out of the dismal, brainless swamp they're currently miring in.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (2YhKe)

274 156 151 Mamdani saying he'll have Netanyahu arrested proves people right when they call him a theater kid. Does he think the NYPD is going to up against the Secret Service,the FBI and Federal Protection Service. That ain't how things work skippy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 08:36 AM
Mandami's a muzzie commie. That would seem like a contradiction (Muzzies follow the demon Allah, Commies don't believe in any power above themselves), but the two systems have lots in common.
Laws and Constitutions are merely words on paper than have little real meaning.
Posted by: jim

Another example of how up/down/left/right are all playthings of those who pit Man against other men until we exist no more as they make money hand over fist not losing a minute of sleep "when one of those dots down there stop moving" in grand Harry Lime style.

1960's Klingon/MADMANI with a megaphone shouting (not REMAIN KLINGON) but REMAIN SINWAR is the uultimate expression of this -- that there is profit in war, but only at a distance.

LET'S GO BRANDON!
Take a Chance; Free the World
INDICT BRENNAN; DEPOSE DIMON
Cede Kharg to the Gulf States as Reparation
Freeport Cuba; Unleash American Shale....

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (32TXh)

275 There is no such thing as free. Someone always pays. This is a dream...it's not going to work! The socialist movement is the best thing the Republicans have going for them."

This is an odd thing you'll get from LIV leftists when you talk with them - under socialism no one will have to work. If you point out that means there will be no goods and services they'll argue that people will voluntarily work as long as they know it is for the good of everyone. Which of course has never happened in the history of the world.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (sKqQm)

276 Larry Tsonka?

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (DZ9Lv)

277
One little problem that confronts you
Got a monkey on your back
Just one more fix, Lord, might do the trick
One hell of a price for you to get your kicks

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 09:11 AM (/+uur)

278 You know about the cup sizes?
Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 21, 2026 09:05 AM

LOL.

Posted by: Always funny at July 21, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1)

279 Trump jacked up the tariff for Canadian Club and for this we are very grateful.

Posted by: Baby Seals Everywhere at July 21, 2026 09:11 AM (JM9I6)

280 ***
What is DE?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (wzUl9)


Diatomaceous Earth?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:11 AM (2YhKe)

281
They want "housing developments designed specifically for public sector workers."

A capital idea! Easier to blockade and besiege.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 09:11 AM (O0L8i)

282 Joy Behar: "Jesus himself did not run around saying, ‘I’m the Messiah, I’m the Messiah.’

John 8:48 "Truly, Truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM"

8:59: "they picked up stones to stone Him immediately after He said this"

Oh his listeners know very well what He said about Himself.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 09:12 AM (nAS9C)

283 281
They want "housing developments designed specifically for public sector workers."


Yes Comrade...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 09:12 AM (n7SgH)

284 @269 -- Wouldn't it be easier to just kill them all?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 21, 2026 09:12 AM (cWffP)

285 Randi Weingarten's union passed a resolution calling for "housing set-asides for union members."
They want "housing developments designed specifically for public sector workers."

—

This is nothing new. 20+ years ago the city I lived in at the time had this. Developers had to put aside a certain percent of units for public sector employees with significant discounts. Union members vote for Dems who then create laws to give union members subsidized housing. The graft is was and will be everywhere.

Posted by: The More Things Change at July 21, 2026 09:13 AM (GEtfQ)

286 Speaking of education . . .

Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist
@DeAngelisCorey
President of the California teachers union says "we need to be in the streets" to "fight back against this fascist regime."
His shirt says "Solidarity is the Lesson Plan" with "May Day" showing in the book.
Randi Weingarten’s teachers union convention is a political rally.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 21, 2026 09:13 AM (ndZc7)

287 Understand that most illegals that are registered don’t actually vote themselves; it’s arranged so that Democrat party staffers and functionaries are given or sent those ballots themselves, and they fill them out and mail them in.

So if you change your proposal to Automatic Death Penalty for all Democrat Party officials and staffers who enable this scheme, then I’m all in with you.

See it works either way. When Muhammed Muhammed Muhammed or Jose Cyclospora are hauled in front of the jury and point out the signature on the mail in ballot doesn't match theirs and they can prove they were visiting back home when someone mailed in the ballot on Sept 9th it will prove voter fraud is massive and coordinated.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:13 AM (sKqQm)

288 The great irony is that Ortega’s government in Nicaragua is in almost all respects identical to the corrupt Somoza government that he overthrew; they ended up just changing the portraits in the walls.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 09:13 AM (T2w7I)

289 My cats and dogs have never been interested in messing with them, and they will wipe out a colony of those little sugar ants pretty damned quickly.
Posted by: Based Conservative at July 21, 2026

***
Well, I moved their feeding station away from its usual spot, the place where I saw the ants yesterday, and put down one liquid bait. Within minutes Stirling came along and batted it with a paw halfway across the kitchen. None of teh liquid had apparently spilled, but i carefully wiped down the kitchen floor anyway and moved the bait part way under the refrigerator for now.

I guess I could leave one under the fridge and put another outside near the door.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:13 AM (wzUl9)

290 They want "housing developments designed specifically for public sector workers."

We already have it. It's called Section 8 housing. Oh, that's not what she meant? And as Sponge pointed out, they never talk about improving the system.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026 09:13 AM (svLOV)

291 86 Abominable Snow-kowski.

Nice......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:04 AM (2YhKe)
===========
More like abdominal Murky-parasitekowsky

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 21, 2026 09:14 AM (JNTt1)

292 Casey's is WaWa or Sheetz, just further west.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 09:14 AM (2Ez/1)

293 I just find soccer stupid anyway, but there are WAY too many sports that the final trophy is called a 'cup' yet resembles nothing even CLOSE to a cup, in any historical definition whatsoever.

I mean, seriously......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:04 AM (2YhKe)

I profoundly and seriously and with great enthusiasm endorse this remark! The NFL gets it right: It’s the Lombardi Trophy

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 21, 2026 09:14 AM (hxAVk)

294 292 Casey's is WaWa or Sheetz, just further west.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 09:14 AM (2Ez/1)

I ate at Taco Bell and had the sheetz...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 09:14 AM (l3cgK)

295 If you point out that means there will be no goods and services they'll argue that people will voluntarily work as long as they know it is for the good of everyone.

I would ask them, to recount the years of selfless toil they personally and voluntarily did to provide goods and services to everyone for the benefit of everyone.

And running off the mouth at a protest is not a "Goods And Services"™ except, perhaps, to their dark overlords.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 09:14 AM (NzX/y)

296 Randi Weingarten's union passed a resolution calling for "housing set-asides for union members."

They want "housing developments designed specifically for public sector workers."

The teachers union wants reserved housing and special mortgage programs.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (/+uur)

And subsidized box wine deliveries.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 09:15 AM (wVcYX)

297 What is DE?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026
*
Diatomaceous Earth?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026

***
Oh, that's right! They sell it in the garden section, or at Lowe's or Home Depot. It's supposed to deter roaches and fleas as well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:15 AM (wzUl9)

298 Danny Ortega is now a billionaire.

Not bad for a commie.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders, Gassy and loving it at July 21, 2026 09:15 AM (F1rMs)

299 Jesus told the Samaritan woman at the well that he was the Messiah. She asked him.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 21, 2026 09:16 AM (bkuEU)

300 - Hadrian - Genesis

That is where sooo many problems come in. "Interpreting" Scripture. People interpret into what they want it to say instead of just taking it for what it clearly says.

Genesis 1 says evening, morning, number, day. And this is confirmed in Exodus 20:8-11.
Now tack on the geneologies given.
And so much more.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 21, 2026 09:16 AM (dAv7M)

301 ***
Oh, that's right! They sell it in the garden section, or at Lowe's or Home Depot. It's supposed to deter roaches and fleas as well.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:15 AM (wzUl9)


It also cleans pools.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:16 AM (2YhKe)

302 If you point out that means there will be no goods and services they'll argue that people will voluntarily work as long as they know it is for the good of everyone. Which of course has never happened in the history of the world.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (sKqQm)

That's because they don't want to admit (yet) that their real answer to that thorny problem is slavery and mass neglect and starvation.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 09:16 AM (JWXSB)

303 The Democrat's frontrunner for Senate in Kansas is a pastor who says the Bible is "full of errors"

-
Take those seven deadly sins and Ten Commandments thing, for example.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 21, 2026 09:16 AM (ndZc7)

304 293 I just find soccer stupid anyway, but there are WAY too many sports that the final trophy is called a 'cup' yet resembles nothing even CLOSE to a cup, in any historical definition whatsoever.

I mean, seriously......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:04 AM (2YhKe)

I profoundly and seriously and with great enthusiasm endorse this remark! The NFL gets it right: It’s the Lombardi Trophy

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 21, 2026 09:14 AM (hxAVk)

At least it doesn't come with a wife.
https://youtu.be/usWYn42JQBI

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 21, 2026 09:17 AM (l3cgK)

305 They want "housing developments designed specifically for public sector workers."

The point of government work is to get as much money as you can from the taxpayers. This would be another way to do so.

It is time to bust the teacher's unions. Start requiring work experience in whatever field you are teaching instead of a teaching degree. Since teaching is a part time job anyway, try to attract people slowing down in their careers that know the topic versus a 28 year old that only knows zer is gender fluid.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:17 AM (sKqQm)

306 It's supposed to deter roaches and fleas as well.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Can confirm its use against fleas. And it warms my heart when I read how it kills them.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026 09:17 AM (svLOV)

307 The teachers union wants reserved housing and special mortgage programs.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 21, 2026 09:08 AM (/+uur)



Odd how they never seem to discuss being better at teaching and pulling our kids out of the dismal, brainless swamp they're currently miring in.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
+++
It is very odd. It's almost like they don't give a damn about the kids and are only concerned about filling their own pockets.
Almost...

Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 21, 2026 09:18 AM (Lo97M)

308 288 The great irony is that Ortega’s government in Nicaragua is in almost all respects identical to the corrupt Somoza government that he overthrew; they ended up just changing the portraits in the walls.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 09:13 AM
++++
Chris Plante likes to tell the story of the East German woman who lived under both the Nazi regime and the Soviet Union. When asked what was the difference between the two, she replied simply:

"The flag."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1)

309 I think Casey's bought out Kum and Go

Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 09:18 AM (J4Dwc)

310 If you want to make soccer more interesting give each player a medieval era melee weapon.

Now that would be must see TV...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (sKqQm)

311 I think Casey's bought out Kum and Go
Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 09:18 AM (J4Dwc)


They've taken over a lot of CEFCO's in Texas as I don't think I've ever seen a Kum and Go outside of Oklahoma.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (2YhKe)

312 Since teaching is a part time job anyway, try to attract people slowing down in their careers

My friend's son is looking at getting his credential. Apparently, CA is so desperate for teachers that they are willing to let you work so long as you are on the path to get a certification.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (svLOV)

313 BREAKING: Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega declares the country will no longer hold elections, eliminating any future electoral challenge to his rule.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (RHGPo)

314 The term "projectile" is a bummer from either end.

Posted by: Up Schiff's Creek at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (JM9I6)

315 they never talk about improving the system.

They always want to start with an affluent, self-supporting nation. In this case, the largest, most powerful and wealthy nation of all time.

Show us how you manage, without any experience whatsoever on a smaller sample, something not so easily corrupted by outside influences, a high potential island maybe, like Cuba where you can demonstrate in an incubator how these principles work so well. Then when a measure of success, human flourishing and nirvana has been reached it might be easier to persuade the rest of us.

But go. Now. Don't let the sun set on your work somewhere else on your pilot project.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (NzX/y)

316 Me: nothing is free guys

Leftist: yeah that’s why we have to tax billionaires

Me: OK if you tax every billionaire at 100% you will have enough money to run the govt for about a year. Then what?

Leftist: a mix of shut up fascist and you’re an uneducated magat, too stupid to understand how socialism works.

Posted by: Every conversation on Reddit at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (GEtfQ)

317 Every policy of the Democrat Sadists of America is intended to harm people. They're Sadists like that.

Posted by: Wofus at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (CNa+A)

318 306 It's supposed to deter roaches and fleas as well.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Can confirm its use against fleas. And it warms my heart when I read how it kills them.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026 09:17 AM (svLOV)

Cuts them all up, they dry out like mummies...

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (l3cgK)

319 It is very odd. It's almost like they don't give a damn about the kids and are only concerned about filling their own pockets.

Whoever pays for a service is the customer and gets what they want.

In education it is the politicians not the parents. So the politicians get paybacks and votes, and teaching the kids anything useful isn't particularly important.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (sKqQm)

320 Start requiring work experience in whatever field you are teaching instead of a teaching degree. Since teaching is a part time job anyway, try to attract people slowing down in their careers that know the topic versus a 28 year old that only knows zer is gender fluid.

This is the way.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (aJQbY)

321 BREAKING: Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega declares the country will no longer hold elections, eliminating any future electoral challenge to his rule.
Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (RHGPo)


VERY democratic.

Next thing you know, he'll rename the country to The People's Democratic Republic of Nicaragua.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (2YhKe)

322 @223 Mamdani will never be President. Just stop that kind of talk.

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (bqIVz)

323 U.S. strikes unlikely to move Iran, intelligence reports say

.. of course not, Iran is a country weighing trillions of tone

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (RHGPo)

324 Chris Plante likes to tell the story of the East German woman who lived under both the Nazi regime and the Soviet Union. When asked what was the difference between the two, she replied simply:

"The flag."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026

***
The Armenian lady who was an adjunct professor at my former department had lived under communism, socialism, and now capitalism. She was an unabashed fan of Donald Trump and of America, all the way.

I wonder how her students reacted to her "Comparative Economic Systems" class.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (wzUl9)

325 You must think my bed's a bus stop,
The way you cum and go.....

Posted by: Dolly Parton, 1975 at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (JM9I6)

326 Y’all still hating on my soccer. 🤣.

Wolf- they sell those puck things for ants at Rouses and Publix.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (vUQz/)

327 >>It's also,
Take Your Monkey To Lunch Day.



Or do the funky monkey

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 09:21 AM (X8xt3)

328 Randi Weingarten's union passed a resolution calling for "housing set-asides for union members."

They want "housing developments designed specifically for public sector workers."
---------------------
And for the leaders (like Weinharten) there will be special set-asides.

We shall call them "jails".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 21, 2026 09:21 AM (9bAhW)

329 309 I think Casey's bought out Kum and Go
Posted by: one hour sober at July 21, 2026 09:18 AM


$20. Same as at QuikTrip.

Posted by: Oof at July 21, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)

330 From the pics I’ve seen of some Buc-ees, they’re probably bigger than the world’s smallest country, Vatican City.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 09:21 AM (77rzZ)

331 > Mandami's a muzzie commie. That would seem like a contradiction (Muzzies follow the demon Allah, Commies don't believe in any power above themselves), but the two systems have lots in common.
---------
They're both ideologies. Very similar. Both have extremely passionate followers who will kill you if you're not as passionate about their ideology as they are.

The violence is part of the kink. As they say.

The killing is a bonus.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 21, 2026 09:21 AM (jehhT)

332 The Borg-Warner Trophy for the Indy 500 and the Wannamaker trophy for the PGA Championship are the two best trophies in sport.

Posted by: dantesed at July 21, 2026 09:21 AM (Oy/m2)

333 The left's current jihad against billionaires is hilarious because they one hate ONE billionaire and he's now a trillionaire anyway.

Ask your average leftist if Taylor Swift should be taxed at 100% and see what they say...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:22 AM (sKqQm)

334 BREAKING: Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega declares the country will no longer hold elections, eliminating any future electoral challenge to his rule.

May he get a Ceausescu Challenge.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 09:22 AM (2GVsD)

335 When leftists think you're a leftist they tell you all kind of interesting things.

The number of them that think the solution to many problems is forced mass sterilization and extermination is alarming but I learned it in the 90's and never forgot.

They don't think much of humanity. For all the tolerance and coexisting they spout, they sure as shit adore the idea of a strong figure who will wipe us all "clean".

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 09:22 AM (JWXSB)

336 323 U.S. strikes unlikely to move Iran, intelligence reports say

.. of course not, Iran is a country weighing trillions of tone

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (RHGPo)

That's heavy, man.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 09:22 AM (l3cgK)

337 Liquid bait stashed under the fridge (I hope the heat doesn't melt the plastic or turn the poison into vapor) and one outside the door.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:22 AM (wzUl9)

338 This morning I thought I had a monkey in the house. When I get up to turn on the coffee, I use an LED flashlight to navigate. As I stepped over to plug in the computer and turn on the TV, I thought for an instant there was a *gray monkey* sitting atop my couch! A blink resolved the simian into little cat Dagny, who'd been yawning and in the moving partial light did not look like herself.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:09
*********
Well, bring your cat to work day was June 22.
Cats are kind of like monkeys, if you dress your cat in a monkey suit, you could probably get away with it.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 09:23 AM (NpAcC)

339 The left's current jihad against billionaires is hilarious because they one hate ONE billionaire and he's now a trillionaire anyway.

Ask your average leftist if Taylor Swift should be taxed at 100% and see what they say...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:22 AM (sKqQm)


And there are more leftist billionaires than right wing......and yet they continue to fund the party that shits on them and calls them evil and a detriment to society that must be destroyed.

Funny, that.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:24 AM (2YhKe)

340 Well, technically speaking, if you compare the modern Bible to ancient manuscripts, there are numerous errors, but they are all basically transcription errors.

There is no substantive change is the Scripture from its earliest known form in terms of a change in meaning or position.

It's not like we found old copies of Scripture and some textual critic said "oh look, they forgot to carry the 1. Turns out you can suck another man's dick".

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 21, 2026 09:24 AM (KgaOU)

341 They've taken over a lot of CEFCO's in Texas as I don't think I've ever seen a Kum and Go outside of Oklahoma.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (2YhKe)

I’ve noticed the CEFCO’s around here turning into Casey’s over the last few weeks.

I approve; I’m sick of corporate acronym names that mean nothing.

PS - Kum and Go? What an incredibly awful name.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 09:24 AM (T2w7I)

342 >Next thing you know, he'll rename the country to The People's Democratic Republic of Nicaragua.


Pfffft.

The United Front of Nicaraguan Free People!

Posted by: Monty Python at July 21, 2026 09:24 AM (2Ez/1)

343 U.S. strikes unlikely to move Iran, intelligence reports say
-----------------
Experts say.

My own theory is you keep culling the herd of leaders until one rises willing to make (and keep to) a deal America likes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 21, 2026 09:24 AM (9bAhW)

344 U.S. strikes unlikely to move Iran, intelligence reports say

.. of course not, Iran is a country weighing trillions of tone

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 09:20 AM (RHGPo)

That's heavy, man.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)



Wait until Kharg island flips over.
Posted by: Hank Johnson

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:24 AM (AFtz5)

345 Cuts them all up, they dry out like mummies...
Posted by: Frank Barone

My cat was suffering from those little bastards. Mom used the DE on them and a few days later, it was like they were never in the house. Which was great for him because during a real bad spell, mom held him down and vacuumed him. He was irritated but he did feel better.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026 09:24 AM (svLOV)

346 I still wish there were UTOTEM’s around.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (T2w7I)

347 I've talked about my counties leftist march. We had a Dem state assemblyman for many years who was a rank and file liberal and was Sheldon Silver's little buddy in the NYS legislature. He got beat in 2022;by a DSA member. Now she's championing a high earner surcharge tax for this county. The old time Dems are beginning to realize what they set loose. But they have no power to stop it. Same thing for old time Dems everywhere

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (sMkB+)

348 >>Mandami's a muzzie commie. That would seem like a contradiction (Muzzies follow the demon Allah, Commies don't believe in any power above themselves), but the two systems have lots in common.

There have numerous studies done and books published about the growing relationship between communists and Islamic nuts over the years. The Red/Green Alliance aka watermellons

The one major thing they do have in common is a hatred for us and western society. There will be inevitable rifts but for now the focus on hating us is keeping them together.

There's a reason Hezbollah was all over Venezuela prior to Trump taking the place down.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (viF8m)

349 The Borg-Warner Trophy for the Indy 500 and the Wannamaker trophy for the PGA Championship are the two best trophies in sport.
Posted by: dantesed at July 21, 2026 09:21 AM (Oy/m2)


And yet, they resemble a cup more than most sports rewarding a cup as the final trophy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (2YhKe)

350 337 Liquid bait stashed under the fridge (I hope the heat doesn't melt the plastic or turn the poison into vapor) and one outside the door.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Bertha about to drown you and you're concerned about ants?

Posted by: Bertha Don't You Come Around Here, Anymore at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (JM9I6)

351 I think there are a couple Kum &Go stations in WI.
I know I've seen them, but haven't ever been to Tx or OK

yeah, the name is awful.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (FGA9/)

352 Ask your average leftist if Taylor Swift should be taxed at 100% and see what they say...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:22 AM (sKqQm)

Taylor is hated by much of the left nowadays because she said she wants to have babies with - get this- a white man. Seriously she’s now a Nazi because she sang a song about having babies who look like her husband. The horror right?

That’s the state of retardation we’re in right now.

Posted by: Insanity at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (GEtfQ)

353 What is DE?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:10 AM (wzUl9)


Diatomaceous Earth?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:11 AM (2YhKe)

Yes. Get a bag from the hardware / or big box store. The pool stores sell in 25# or 50# bags which is far too much.

Get a old-timey ketchup / mustard bottle from the dollar store and cut the tip, like on a tube of caulk.

Fill the bottle halfway with DE, the point and squeeze to spray the DE into crevices, cracks, opening, anywhere the insects travel. Also go around the outside of your home and spray into the brick weepholes, anywhere water, gas, and electrical lines penetrate the exterior. Also spray into the plumbing access panels.

The DE lasts for years in place. It works by gunking up their exoskeltons and, here's the best part, they all die!

After the initial treatment, you probably will see a spike in insects up and dying on you out in your public spaces. This means its working!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (wVcYX)

354 PS - Kum and Go? What an incredibly awful name.
Posted by: Tom Servo


Sounds like a chain of adult bookstores.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (AFtz5)

355 Samsung Electronics America’s decision to relocate its U.S. headquarters from Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, to Plano, Texas, just nine months after celebrating the opening of its new 321,000-square-foot facility in New Jersey.

The reason a company packs up in the first place, and it's 11.5%. That's New Jersey's top corporate tax rate, and it's the highest in the United States of America.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 09:27 AM (RHGPo)

356 Moment of silence everyone. Fallen soldier:

https://tinyurl.com/5n68hpmf

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 21, 2026 09:27 AM (Y+4g7)

357 Ain't nobody gonna drink out of me!

Posted by: The Ryder Cup at July 21, 2026 09:27 AM (2Ez/1)

358 The Austrian army attacked the Karl-Marx-Hof housing project in Red Vienna in 1934.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 09:27 AM (JvZF+)

359 From the pics I’ve seen of some Buc-ees, they’re probably bigger than the world’s smallest country, Vatican City.
Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026

***
Last September, coming back from Evansville, I stopped at a Buc-ees in northern Alabama. They have over two hundred gas pumps. The ethanol-free stuff was way at the end, pump 217 or something. I parked, trekked to the store itself and paid, trekked back across the Transvaal to my car, fueled up, and made the long pilgrimage across the asphalt prairie to get my change and then back.

It was worth it; I got 34 mpg on that tank driving home. But man, that was a workout.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:27 AM (wzUl9)

360 Samsung Electronics America’s decision to relocate its U.S. headquarters from Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, to Plano, Texas, just nine months after celebrating the opening of its new 321,000-square-foot facility in New Jersey.

The reason a company packs up in the first place, and it's 11.5%. That's New Jersey's top corporate tax rate, and it's the highest in the United States of America.
Posted by: SMOD



Dayum.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:27 AM (AFtz5)

361 Speaking of a failing kleptocracy.

Pretoria is cutting 14 billion Rand to municipalities over fraud allegations.

Cynical South Africans are taking this as an admission that Pretoria has already looted the money.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 09:28 AM (2GVsD)

362 The United Front of Nicaraguan Free People!

Splitters!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 21, 2026 09:28 AM (aJQbY)

363 https://tinyurl.com/5n68hpmf

May his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 09:28 AM (JvZF+)

364 119 If he allowed federal agents to take this anti-ICE terrorist out into Times Square and give him 40 lashes with a braided whip and then set about to his head with their boots until he was brain dead, you'd find a lot less ICE protestors in the future.
Posted by: Based Conservative at July 21, 2026 08:19 AM (KgaOU)


They're really not addressing the protestor angle at all. Obstruction of a federal agent attempting to do their job is against the law. Standing in front of a vehicle preventing it from progressing to a point of interest is obstruction. They should be IMMEDIATELY arrested and charged with obstruction, which I believe is a felony (others can comment on that far better). If/when found guilty, they can't vote, own a firearm and will struggle to earn a living, being a convicted felon.

Make them reap what they've sown.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 08:23 AM (2YhKe)
=========
Take the guilty ones and flatten them with an asphalt roller. Feet first.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 21, 2026 09:28 AM (JNTt1)

365 363 https://tinyurl.com/5n68hpmf

May his memory be a blessing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 09:28 AM (JvZF+)


Yes ... RIP

Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 09:29 AM (n7SgH)

366 Moment of silence everyone. Fallen soldier:

https://tinyurl.com/5n68hpmf
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 21, 2026 09:27 AM (Y+4g7)


What a wonderful picture.

Godspeed, soldier. Your duty has been completed. May you rest in peace and spend eternity in the presence of The Lord.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:29 AM (2YhKe)

367 341 They've taken over a lot of CEFCO's in Texas as I don't think I've ever seen a Kum and Go outside of Oklahoma.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:19 AM (2YhKe)

I’ve noticed the CEFCO’s around here turning into Casey’s over the last few weeks.

I approve; I’m sick of corporate acronym names that mean nothing.

PS - Kum and Go? What an incredibly awful name.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 09:24 AM (T2w7I)

Tell me about it.

Posted by: Kumho Tires at July 21, 2026 09:29 AM (l3cgK)

368 Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Iconic Candymaker [Mars Wrigley] to Cut Hundreds of Jobs, Relocate Headquarters from New Jersey to Chicago

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 21, 2026 09:29 AM (ndZc7)

369 Waiting for Paul to chime in how it’s no big deal that Samsung is moving to Texas since employees only pay sales tax.

Posted by: Insanity at July 21, 2026 09:29 AM (GEtfQ)

370 I still wish there were UTOTEM’s around.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (T2w7I)

aka USCROTUM

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 09:30 AM (wVcYX)

371 >Pretoria is cutting 14 billion Rand to municipalities over fraud allegations.
********

Is that a lot?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 21, 2026 09:30 AM (2Ez/1)

372 Tweet says 30 but picture says 2000-20026

I know this is a no math blog...

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 09:30 AM (2GVsD)

373 "Nicaragua Hungary is next."
-

Open Source Intel @Osint613
1h

Fidesz, the Hungarian opposition party of former PM Viktor Orban, says prosecutors raided its headquarters and are seeking to confiscate its media and databases.

Was the election stolen or were the Hungarians that stupid?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 21, 2026 09:30 AM (Y+4g7)

374 Dead tree art up

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:31 AM (AFtz5)

375 Well, bring your cat to work day was June 22.
Cats are kind of like monkeys, if you dress your cat in a monkey suit, you could probably get away with it.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026

***
If you squint a bit -- or a lot -- Stirling looks kind of like a howler monkey, which has black fur.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:31 AM (wzUl9)

376 14 billion Rand is about $1 billion US

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 09:31 AM (2GVsD)

377 352 Ask your average leftist if Taylor Swift should be taxed at 100% and see what they say...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:22 AM (sKqQm)

Taylor is hated by much of the left nowadays because she said she wants to have babies with - get this- a white man. Seriously she’s now a Nazi because she sang a song about having babies who look like her husband. The horror right?

That’s the state of retardation we’re in right now.

Posted by: Insanity at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (GEtfQ)

I suppose it would be a problem if her babies looked like his teammates instead...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (l3cgK)

378 Problem is a high percent of employees relocating from NJ to TX will also relocate their voting patterns to Texas. Much like how employees relocating from California have.

Worst example of this is Georgia which brought over 1/2 of Hollywood to she state. And it shows.

Posted by: Insanity at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (GEtfQ)

379 354 PS - Kum and Go? What an incredibly awful name.
Posted by: Tom Servo


Sounds like a chain of adult bookstores.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:25 AM (AFtz5)

"Adult" theaters.

Posted by: Zombie Paul Rubens at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (l3cgK)

380 Moment of silence everyone. Fallen soldier:

https://tinyurl.com/5n68hpmf
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 21, 2026 09:27 AM (Y+4g7)


What a wonderful picture.

Godspeed, soldier. Your duty has been completed. May you rest in peace and spend eternity in the presence of The Lord.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:29 AM (2YhKe)
-------------------
Godspeed indeed. I salute you sir. God bless you and all who love you.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (32tWk)

381 >>Ask your average leftist if Taylor Swift should be taxed at 100% and see what they say...


Can't recall the details, but she and hubby gave over 1 million, probably 2 to several charities in NYC (food banks, etc.).

The gal knows how to do PR - not a lot of charities saying "she could have fed X children with what she spent on the wedding!" after the lavish 1000 guest event, heh.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (X8xt3)

382 I suppose it would be a problem if her babies looked like his teammates instead...

Old joke:

I got a vasectomy so we wouldn't have any more kids but who knew all it did was change the skin color of the baby!?!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (sKqQm)

383 Putting DE in a litter box or directly on your cat can cause respiratory issues, dry their eyes out significantly and really mess them up especially if they have the kitty Herpes or Asthma. Wouldn't recommend it. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (2noDb)

384 >>Kum and Go? What an incredibly awful name.
Posted by: Tom Servo


Sounds like a chain of adult bookstores.


It's like they saw a Quickie-Mart and thought "We can come up with an even raunchier name!"

Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (X8xt3)

385 I got a vasectomy so we wouldn't have any more kids but I got home and they were still there!

Posted by: Rodney Dangerfield at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

386 >>Kum and Go? What an incredibly awful name.
Posted by: Tom Servo


Sounds like a chain of adult bookstores.


It's like they saw a Quickie-Mart and thought "We can come up with an even raunchier name!"
Posted by: Lizzy at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (X8xt3)

There was an oil change place here locally named, "Lickety Lube". Logo was a large oil drop licking its lips.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 09:37 AM (wVcYX)

387 378 Problem is a high percent of employees relocating from NJ to TX will also relocate their voting patterns to Texas. Much like how employees relocating from California have.

Worst example of this is Georgia which brought over 1/2 of Hollywood to she state. And it shows.
Posted by: Insanity at July 21, 2026

See also NC.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 09:39 AM (hftzA)

388 - Based Conservative

Could you define what you consider to be a modern Bible?

Posted by: TeeJ at July 21, 2026 09:42 AM (dAv7M)

389 Ditch the 17th Amendment and the players change.

Posted by: torabora at July 21, 2026 09:53 AM (AI/oh)

390 Morning, all. Thanks, J.J.

26 Federal Plaza must be one of the most fortified structures in Manhattan; it houses many Federal and State of NY agencies. It boggles the mind someone, reportedly a U.S. military veteran, is so...no words...attacking that building.

Worked for a fed. agency located above the Varick Federal Detention Center, and had nothing to do with it. (Way back, the Center was NYC's primary processing and holding jail for undocumented immigrants and high-profile immigration detainees.)

One morning, a coworker & I turned the corner and walked into an organized demonstration in the street, before the main entranceway to our offices. With clearly visible Federal IDs, we pulled luggage carts of boxes & books for (civil) trial through the demonstrators. We simply chanted "excuse me" & they parted sufficiently to let us nudge through.

Such demonstrations often surrounded the 1993 WTC bombing defendants, or were closely linked to the 'Blind Sheikh.' And while security within the building was always strict & thorough, immediately outside the building, just past the demonstrators, it was such a public place.

Such naivety had we.

Continued -

Posted by: No nic, another fine day at July 21, 2026 09:57 AM (NFX2v)

391 In 1995, a bomb destroyed a huge portion of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people including many seniors & children. One of the attackers had earned a Bronze Star for service in Iraq.

And the world is now a very different place from then.
--
The NEA doesn't run or control NAEP. Like other public entities, it reviews NAEP (government-run test used as a statistical research tool) data to advocate for public school resources & teacher support.

Because the U.S. Constitution leaves education to individual states, the NEA - the nation's largest labor union - could only become so obnoxious & powerful through specific State Laws passed over the last several decades, and, depending on the state, become highly integrated into District Operations.

AI Overview: The national headquarters alone reports over $600 million in annual revenue, which does not even include the hundreds of millions more retained locally by state affiliates.

The two major national teachers unions are the NEA and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). While they occasionally cooperate on national campaigns, they historically operated separately—with the NEA historically

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 21, 2026 09:57 AM (NFX2v)

392 functioning more as a professional organization 😬 and the AFT rooted strictly in the labor movement.

Today, both function primarily as traditional labor unions. In some states, they operate as unified, merged affiliates.

BTW, in 1959, Wisconsin became the first state to pass a law allowing public employees to bargain collectively.

👉Defending Education: DivertED: National teachers’ unions have contributed over $660M million to far-left organizations and leftwing political groups, 04/27/2026
Investigations
---
Also from above, DSA is for "disbanding the U.S. Senate and the presidency, replacing the Supreme Court, and defunding the U.S. military."

Well, of course, the U.S. House is all that's needed! And ditching the U. S. Constitution.

Let's make a deal & do the opposite. Disband/rid the huge numbers of U.S. House members & their associated staffs.

Good day 🤗

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 21, 2026 09:57 AM (NFX2v)

393 161 Tdy. But I can still occasionally lurk. God bless.
Posted by: Marcus T

Always good to "see" you, Marcus. Take care.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 21, 2026 09:58 AM (NFX2v)

394 PS - When I first glanced at the today's opening picture, I thought, Comedy actress Josephine Tewson from the Keeping Up Appearances series (British, 1990s).

And couldn't imagine why she'd be part of the Morning Report.

🤣


Posted by: Urban bird control at July 21, 2026 10:42 AM (NFX2v)

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 21, 2026 04:30 AM (Ia/+0)

2 #1

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 04:30 AM (qt51i)

3 w00t way to go, Skip!

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 04:31 AM (faghi)

4 Made a egg, cheese and bacon on a English muffin

Posted by: Skip at July 21, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)

5 Morning. There is a nice video about the work of Susan Kare. She designed the icons for the original Mac as well as for Windows 3.0. She even designed the card deck for Windows Solitaire.

https://tinyurl.com/mtnruuyn

Back to sleep for me, now that the dog has been out.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 21, 2026 04:33 AM (bkuEU)

6 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 21, 2026 04:34 AM (sAmhv)

7 Morning techy types.

Posted by: Pete Bogs AI Alter Ego at July 21, 2026 04:35 AM (CEq3K)

8 Bacon, tomato & cheese sammich for supper... no lettuce LOL!

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 04:37 AM (rdVOm)

9 Evening and morning for a Tiu's Day, satellites and satraps of the vast AoSHQ Empire!

I'm up early for no discernible reason. Can't blame Stirling for leaping on me today. Though I did give myself a turn. When I get up to turn on the coffee, I use a flashlight to see. Going over by the couch to plug in the MacBook and turn on the TV, I thought I glimpsed a *gray monkey* sitting atop the couch! A blink resolved the simian into Dagny, who had been yawning and thus in the moving partial light did not look like herself.

Any day that begins in such a way has got to get better. Or so I tell myself.

Whassup? Who's here?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 04:38 AM (wzUl9)

10 Very lively music. Strong musicians . I'm not sure what it has to do with acting on instinct . I am of the belief that acting on instinct is not always the best thing to do. I could end up taking a slug at people which would not be good for them and certainly not good for me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 21, 2026 04:39 AM (zqeQL)

11 Hi, Wolfus! Any luck on the house hunt?

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 04:40 AM (rdVOm)

12 I was on my own last night; Linda went out to a movie night with her girlfriends from church. My dinner: a beef & bean chimichanga with chili powder and sharp cheddar atop it, carrots and peas on the side, and a slice of bread with some honey. And some pineapple slices for dessert.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 04:42 AM (wzUl9)

13 Kitten had to be put on time out in a separate room. Kitten times are not my times.

However, he has stopped yowling some days ago which is good. I think he was calling out for his mom cat and siblings.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 21, 2026 04:42 AM (zqeQL)

14 TIL

Wikipedia
Anthropic

Anthropic's flagship product line is the "Claude" series of large language models, which some employees consider a reference to mathematician Claude Shannon.

Wikipedia
Claude Shannon

Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American polymath who was a mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, cryptographer, and inventor known as the "father of information theory", and the man who laid the foundations of the Information Age.

born April 30, 1916

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 04:46 AM (faghi)

15 Well, the reflection is to do with pirated Computer software (which is tech related )and the scripture is Amos 7:1-9

https://tinyurl.com/y33hp5hn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 21, 2026 04:47 AM (zqeQL)

16 Hi, Wolfus! Any luck on the house hunt?
Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026

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Hullo, JQ! Nice to see you here. Are you up early or up late?

There is a nice place I video-toured last week. I liked it a lot. Two members of the Horde here have offered very different takes on the property, and I find myself leaning to the positive side. But at the same time I feel reluctant to move -- my usual summertime heat-born lassitude that might almost be called a mild depression (a sort of reverse seasonal affective disorder, one of the many many reasons I want *out* of here).

The place is still listed as "For Sale," not "Pending" yet. I need to kick myself and write to my agent.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 04:48 AM (wzUl9)

17 Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American polymath who was a mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, cryptographer, and inventor known as the "father of information theory", and the man who laid the foundations of the Information Age.

born April 30, 1916
Posted by: m at July 21, 2026

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Is he the guy who wrote the influential paper in the '60s laying out the idea for structured computer programming?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 04:49 AM (wzUl9)

18 Nothing but long commutes lately
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at July 21, 2026 04:51 AM (Ia/+0)

19 Kitten had to be put on time out in a separate room. Kitten times are not my times.

However, he has stopped yowling some days ago which is good. I think he was calling out for his mom cat and siblings.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 21, 2026

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Good morning, Fen! Some cats are just noisier than others. Most of mine have been very quiet, thank goodness, except for the vocal Marie-Antoinette, and she was only "my" cat for about two years. Stirling trills and chirps when he wants his water from the tap; Dagny is nearly mute, it seems.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 04:52 AM (wzUl9)

20 Up *late* as usual, Wolfus. Bah!

Moving is SCARY, even if you want to do it. (Thinking similarly myself, but purchase would be difficult if not impossible)

Definitely understand about reverse seasonal affective disorder-- I haz it too! Hate the heat.

Best of luck, I hope you find a nice place!

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 04:53 AM (rdVOm)

21 17 Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American polymath who was a mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, cryptographer, and inventor known as the "father of information theory", and the man who laid the foundations of the Information Age.

born April 30, 1916
Posted by: m at July 21, 2026

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Is he the guy who wrote the influential paper in the '60s laying out the idea for structured computer programming?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 04:49 AM (wzUl9)

>>>structured computer programming
I don't know what that means!
; )
I'm just now learning about him at Wikipedia. New to me.

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 04:54 AM (faghi)

22 moar Wikipedia:

Outside of Shannon's academic pursuits, he was interested in juggling, unicycling, and chess.

He also invented many devices, including a Roman numeral computer called THROBAC, and juggling machines.

He built a device that could solve the Rubik's Cube puzzle.

Shannon also invented flame-throwing trumpets, rocket-powered frisbees, and plastic foam shoes for navigating a lake, by wearing which it would appear to an observer as if Shannon were walking on water.

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 04:57 AM (faghi)

23 Am reading -again- "The Joy of Full Surrender" by Jean Pierre de Caussade ( 1675-1751) a FrenchJesuit priest and spiritual director . Modern translation by Paraclete Press. From Book 1 - "The life of faith is a continual struggle against the senses."

I am following the excellent example of brother tubal and fasting from the board for rest of the day . Have a blessed day, everyone and know that you are a blessing to others. I am looking forward to my Bible study with the seniors at the senior care center today ( Hebrews 11:1-3, 6)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 21, 2026 04:58 AM (zqeQL)

24 >>>structured computer programming
I don't know what that means!
; )
I'm just now learning about him at Wikipedia. New to me.
Posted by: m at July 21, 2026

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"Structured" was the concept, new in 1966 or so, of writing programs in "modules," so that each one did a certain task within the total program. You'd have a master module, which would then call Module A for one thing and return its result to the master; then call Module B for another mini-job, etc. This would make it easier to debug and modify programs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 04:58 AM (wzUl9)

25 24 >>>structured computer programming
I don't know what that means!
; )
I'm just now learning about him at Wikipedia. New to me.
Posted by: m at July 21, 2026

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"Structured" was the concept, new in 1966 or so, of writing programs in "modules," so that each one did a certain task within the total program. You'd have a master module, which would then call Module A for one thing and return its result to the master; then call Module B for another mini-job, etc. This would make it easier to debug and modify programs.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 04:58 AM (wzUl9)

Huh. Thanks!

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 05:01 AM (faghi)

26 'Night, all. Got to try to sleep....

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 05:01 AM (rdVOm)

27 Up *late* as usual, Wolfus. Bah!

Moving is SCARY, even if you want to do it. (Thinking similarly myself, but purchase would be difficult if not impossible)

Definitely understand about reverse seasonal affective disorder-- I haz it too! Hate the heat.

Best of luck, I hope you find a nice place!
Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026

***
Sorry to hear that JQ. Do you get a chance for an afternoon nap?

Yes, the idea of moving, even if I let a local company do it (and I will -- I've gotten a good quote from a couple of companies here), involves a hell of a lot of packing and discarding. Then driving up there to my new home, staying in a hotel for a few days or camping out at my new house until the movers arrive, etc. It seems like an enormous cliff I have to climb . . . even though I know it can be broken down into parts. Like writing a novel: You don't have to do it all the night before it's due, like a term paper in school. You write a page or two every day, and in a year or less, you have a manuscript. Moving is like that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 05:03 AM (wzUl9)

28 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 21, 2026 05:05 AM (Hbeqj)

29 "Structured" programming was such an obvious thing, once it had been articulated, that you wonder why no one ever saw it before. Prior to that, programs used a command like BASIC's GOTO to move to a specified line in the program, to tell the computer what to do next. It could get tangled. Breaking it down into modules was much easier, especially if you had IF statements where something had to be done only when a given condition was met.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 05:07 AM (wzUl9)

30 Tropical Storm Bertha has been named.
Looks like she is heading Wolfus' way to land in MS/LA by around Wednesday night through Thursday morning.

Fortunately she is only expected to be at 40 - 50 mph winds.
A lot of rain and some wind, but nothing devastating, thankfully.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 05:08 AM (6ydKt)

31
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 21, 2026 05:09 AM (AMvSw)

32 Good morning! A little tidbit down in the bottom of the article on the hacking of the Romanian land registry mentions that the VAT on property transactions goes from 9% to 21% shortly (in August).

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026 05:10 AM (3Ope8)

33 No, Shannon was apparently not the articulator of the structured programming idea. There was a theorem published in 1966, and an open letter in '68 from one Edsger W. Dijkstra, who coined the term "structured programming."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 05:12 AM (wzUl9)

34 21% tax on property.
Whew! That can get pricey.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 05:14 AM (6ydKt)

35 Tropical Storm Bertha has been named.
Looks like she is heading Wolfus' way to land in MS/LA by around Wednesday night through Thursday morning.

Fortunately she is only expected to be at 40 - 50 mph winds.
A lot of rain and some wind, but nothing devastating, thankfully.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026

***
Then maybe I can take off from working out this morning and squeeze a session in early tomorrow. I think most of the rain is supposed to be offshore to the south, not here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 05:15 AM (wzUl9)

36 5 Morning. There is a nice video about the work of Susan Kare. She designed the icons for the original Mac as well as for Windows 3.0. She even designed the card deck for Windows Solitaire.

https://tinyurl.com/mtnruuyn

Back to sleep for me, now that the dog has been out.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 21, 2026 04:33 AM (bkuEU)

This is great!

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 05:15 AM (faghi)

37 Is that Metatron?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2026 05:16 AM (Ot/FD)

38 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 05:18 AM (u82oZ)

39 I read Skip’s morning reports and feel a bit guilty. We started another project yesterday and my commute got 2 minutes shorter, only 17 minutes now. And, we start at 7.
I do emphasize with him tho, because last summer I worked in Lewes for a month.

Posted by: Accomack at July 21, 2026 05:19 AM (8jVAy)

40 Then maybe I can take off from working out this morning and squeeze a session in early tomorrow. I think most of the rain is supposed to be offshore to the south, not here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 05:15 AM (wzUl9)

Yup, wind shear is tearing the system apart in the mid-level, so the lower parts of the storm are heading south into the gulf, while the upper level low is is heading northwest into the coast.

Tropical storms hate wind shear.
Which is why El Ninos are good for the southeast - it causes more wind shear in the Gulf and Atlantic, so less hurricanes.
At least that's the theory.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 05:20 AM (6ydKt)

41 37 Is that Metatron?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2026 05:16 AM (Ot/FD)

Similar haircut and nose, but I don't think it's him.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 21, 2026 05:22 AM (6ydKt)

42 My office is about an hour's drive one direction from me. The jobsite i have to go to often is an hour the other direction. So everyone who lives near the office, or even on the other side of it from me and has to pretty much stay in a hotel for the week if they need to work on site, is a little bit jealous that i can make it a day trip.

Lucky for me, an hour the other way past the shop is another region's stomping ground, so I won't even get to return the favor. Heh heh.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2026 05:23 AM (Ot/FD)

43 This is mostly just because i'm weird, and not significant of anything, but I imagine that the single german word that would mean "The hacking of the Romanian Land Registry Database" must be a glorious thing to behold.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2026 05:28 AM (Ot/FD)

44 Gotta admit, I don't miss the rain you guys get down there Wolfus. But I do have to drag the sprinklers out this morning.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026 05:32 AM (3Ope8)

45 otta admit, I don't miss the rain you guys get down there Wolfus. But I do have to drag the sprinklers out this morning.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026

***
We don't get enough rain on a daily basis. Years ago, when I worked outdoors, you could almost count on a thundershower every afternoon around 3 pm from May to October. Since the Katrina days, we get hotter afternoons and less rain -- until we have a storm or other downpour. And the big pumps in the city? They often break down when they get wet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 05:39 AM (wzUl9)

46 This morning I need to go back to the eyeglass place. They redid my bifocals to move the close-up lens farther down; but the distance lens is not strong enough for my right eye. New Rx today, then a few days for them to redo the glasses. When they get it right, I'll have them redo the other pair in the set (you get two for one price) as all distance lens for driving, use the bifocals for watching TV, and I have an earlier pair for reading.

Gettin' older ain't fer sissies.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 05:42 AM (wzUl9)

47 Belated BOING!

Off first to Tel Aviv to visit pups and grandpups. Then tonight, heading up north to stay long term in our vacation home.

Lotsa driving!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 21, 2026 05:44 AM (zBP9L)

48 Good morning, All.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2026 05:45 AM (6gq1D)

49 Wonder how the lettuce market is moving these days. Are people avoiding it like the plague?

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 05:45 AM (bqIVz)

50 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at July 21, 2026 05:47 AM (V0/Sp)

51 @Pixy: You win the internet for today's musical selection.

I bought my first Pentium based machine in order to properly play Command & Conquer (C&C). (Remember when games drove most hardware upgrades? Pepperidge Farm remembers...)

Here's a video of "The Tiberian Sons" performing live, where they start the show with the installation sequence (including audio) for the original C&C, which brings back so many memories:

https://youtu.be/FcAzN5Ni4-E

Rejoinder: "These waffles, they suck!"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 05:48 AM (O7YUW)

52 Disclaimer:
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

why null set

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 05:49 AM (faghi)

53 Case

Yes.
I wonder if vertical hydroponic farms with robots can replace Mexican lettuce. There is a bad trend line in that harvest. More capital intensive, but that is the trend I am seeing in Ag.

I would also like our IC to investigate China for bio warfare. And a separate DOGE group to investigate the IC investigating China.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 05:50 AM (u82oZ)

54 Is that Metatron?

Who, the longhair in the music vid, or the Kare vid?

Neither one is he.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 21, 2026 05:52 AM (EbCAF)

55 @47/Wolfus: "Gettin' older ain't fer sissies."

That's for sure. I'm on my first set of progressive lenses. The price of these things hurts.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 05:53 AM (O7YUW)

56 @53/m: Because in the face of such an awesome bit of music, the disclaimer could only stand there awe-struck, saying nothing.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 05:54 AM (O7YUW)

57 Got up thinking the clock read 4:30 only to sit at the computer and see that it was 1:30. It's going to be a long day.

Posted by: Halfhand at July 21, 2026 05:55 AM (Ysav4)

58 That's for sure. I'm on my first set of progressive lenses. The price of these things hurts.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026

***
I wish Medicare, or my supplemental insurance, covered vision. But for now, anyway, this vision stuff is an occasional cost, not something to lay out every month or a huge catastrophic expense all at once.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 05:55 AM (wzUl9)

59 57 @53/m: Because in the face of such an awesome bit of music, the disclaimer could only stand there awe-struck, saying nothing.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 05:54 AM (O7YUW)

Pixy was speechless!

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 05:56 AM (faghi)

60 >>> The combined debts of Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle has spiked to $1.65 trillion.

"Instead, they are treated as "off-balance-sheet debt" recorded only in the footnotes of quarterly reports."

So not actually selling bonds and paying interest.

Posted by: fluffy at July 21, 2026 05:56 AM (V0/Sp)

61 Got up thinking the clock read 4:30 only to sit at the computer and see that it was 1:30. It's going to be a long day.
Posted by: Halfhand at July 21, 2026

***
Half-asleep, I misread my watch as 4:15 am, only to find it was 3:15. But somehow I could not drift back off.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 05:58 AM (wzUl9)

62 Disclaimer:
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Pixy: Cat got your tongue?

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:00 AM (faghi)

63 My last few years: divorce, move to my brother's second house as caretaker, make plans for next move in six months.

Future goal: don't move.






Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2026 06:00 AM (Qzfwe)

64 Next time I move, it's gonna be in a box.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026 06:02 AM (3Ope8)

65 (this comment not available in your country)

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 06:03 AM (ZxPkt)

66
Very strange feeling this morning. For the first time in many, many years I don't have to walk down to the kennel and let dogs out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 06:04 AM (O0L8i)

67 CrotchetyOldJarhead

I have too many books to move.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:04 AM (u82oZ)

68 Hadrian the Seventh

Congrats on TBD wins in Houston. How is the house doing with all those big dogs in it?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:05 AM (u82oZ)

69 I have too many books to move.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026

***
As a start to my downsizing for my move, I have two stacks of paperbacks and hardcovers to donate to the thrift store. I need a box, the kind a ream of copy paper comes in, that I used to get at work. Now I have to see if some store will give me a couple.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:07 AM (wzUl9)

70 CrotchetyOldJarhead

I have too many books to move.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:04 AM

-----

I chose to pare down a lot of books in the last move. It hurt.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2026 06:08 AM (UykIJ)

71 That's for sure. I'm on my first set of progressive lenses. The price of these things hurts.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Been wearing progressives for years now and yes they are expensive. But I could never go back to regular bifocals now. My latest pair are transition progressives that darken in the sunlight and clear up inside. Love them. My supplemental insurance covers the eye exam and part of the cost of the frames which makes the price a little more bearable.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 06:10 AM (lJ0H4)

72 Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Walmart has inexpensive but sturdy banker boxes. That's what I moved over 3,000 books in on my way to Kansas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:11 AM (u82oZ)

73 JM in Illinois

Are you going to leave Illinois, as so many others are doing?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:12 AM (u82oZ)

74 As a start to my downsizing for my move, I have two stacks of paperbacks and hardcovers to donate to the thrift store. I need a box, the kind a ream of copy paper comes in, that I used to get at work. Now I have to see if some store will give me a couple.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Liquor stores are good sources for empty boxes.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 06:12 AM (lJ0H4)

75 "Every time a file is saved in Word an open source LibreOffice angel dies" - Italo Vignoli, founding member of The Document Foundation and the handler of LibreOffice's PR and media relations

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 21, 2026 06:13 AM (/eAef)

76 The big neighborhood Trash Day Eve celebration kicks off in a few hours and runs all day. The 29-year-old crowd, as usual is showing exceptional enthusiasm.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 21, 2026 06:18 AM (/eAef)

77
How is the house doing with all those big dogs in it?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:05 AM (u82oZ)

Everyone has to get used to it. Puff and Ruth are in large crates in the entryway. Dutchess is in with her sister Dot in the utility room. While it can be a multistep pain to get them all out to exercise, it's nice for them to enjoy being near us.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 06:19 AM (O0L8i)

78 As a start to my downsizing for my move, I have two stacks of paperbacks and hardcovers to donate to the thrift store. I need a box, the kind a ream of copy paper comes in, that I used to get at work. Now I have to see if some store will give me a couple.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Liquor stores are good sources for empty boxes.
Posted by: Tun

The homeless people here always seem to have extra cardboard boxes and stingray bikes laying around. I'd hit them up first.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 21, 2026 06:19 AM (/eAef)

79 Good morning, Horde! It's a relatively beautiful day today but we are supposedly getting some storms later this afternoon. My Monday had two good things happen.

1. The repair of the water heater was less expensive that we anticipated and I ended up being able to pay for it as opposed to using my credit card.

2. When we went to pick up my wife's car, I negotiated the price for the repairs (Oil change, alignment and four new tires) down to under 1000.

So things are looking up.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026 06:20 AM (svLOV)

80 So things are looking up.
Posted by: NR Pax

Indeed they are. Now if we can just get Wolfus moved to Indiana we tech thread peeps will be extra happy.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 06:26 AM (lJ0H4)

81 Liquor stores are good sources for empty boxes.
Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026

***
We don't have those here, unless it's a specialty store. Liquor, beer, and wine are sold in grocery stores.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:28 AM (wzUl9)

82 The homeless people here always seem to have extra cardboard boxes and stingray bikes laying around. I'd hit them up first.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 21, 2026

***
I read that as "The boneless people."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:29 AM (wzUl9)

83 Walmart has inexpensive but sturdy banker boxes. That's what I moved over 3,000 books in on my way to Kansas.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026

***
I need to run over there this a.m. for ant traps (I discovered some of the little buggers on the cats' bowls yesterday). I'll look for the boxes too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:31 AM (wzUl9)

84 75 As a start to my downsizing for my move, I have two stacks of paperbacks and hardcovers to donate to the thrift store. I need a box, the kind a ream of copy paper comes in, that I used to get at work. Now I have to see if some store will give me a couple.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Liquor stores are good sources for empty boxes.
Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 06:12 AM (lJ0H4)

And grocery stores, if you snag some before they get broken down.

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:31 AM (faghi)

85 We don't have those here, unless it's a specialty store. Liquor, beer, and wine are sold in grocery stores.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

My Aldi's always has a stack of empty boxes sitting by the check out lanes.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 06:32 AM (lJ0H4)

86 Years ago, Meyer the Hatter had hat boxes -- tall items with the little oval hat keeper rings in them, in which you could store and ship six hats at a time. I got a couple from them. Maybe I need to make a run down there, which I dread (you have to pay to park downtown even on Saturdays now), to see if I can score a few more.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:35 AM (wzUl9)

87 My Aldi's always has a stack of empty boxes sitting by the check out lanes.
Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026

***
I hadn't noticed. I'll look.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:36 AM (wzUl9)

88 77 The big neighborhood Trash Day Eve celebration kicks off in a few hours and runs all day. The 29-year-old crowd, as usual is showing exceptional enthusiasm.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 21, 2026 06:18 AM (/eAef)

I read that in a Howard Cosell voice.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 21, 2026 06:36 AM (c3YdQ)

89
The Music of Command & Conquer
No. Title
1. "Act on Instinct"
...
22. "Air Strike"

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:36 AM (faghi)

90 SiriusXM's pricing is a farce. When I got my new car a trial Sirius XM subscription came with it. Here in New Mexico it's easy to run out of radio and cell phone coverage when driving around. Having satellite radio is pretty nice. When the trial subscription ran out I found out the price for that plan was $28 per month. I was like, that's not happening.

So I called up SiriusXM to cancel the subscription and was immediately offered a 2-year contract for $6.50 per month. Same plan. I renewed that plan yesterday using the same tactics. Same results except the plan went up to $7 50. The bonus this time is you have to deal with an uncannally competent AI Agent. All said and done I was on the phone for under 10 minutes.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 21, 2026 06:39 AM (/eAef)

91 Hadrian, that sounds cozy. I am sure tge big floofs love being close to you

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 21, 2026 06:39 AM (WL2lA)

92 When I said next time I move it's gonna be in a box, I meant a pine box. Or a bag. I'm not moving again. Although I will say that the last move from CO to Cowtown made me realize that we accumulate so much stuff that isn't really necessary. We donated so many clothes and household effects, even furniture.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026 06:39 AM (3Ope8)

93 89 77 The big neighborhood Trash Day Eve celebration kicks off in a few hours and runs all day. The 29-year-old crowd, as usual is showing exceptional enthusiasm.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 21, 2026 06:18 AM (/eAef)

I read that in a Howard Cosell voice.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 21, 2026 06:36 AM (c3YdQ)

haha!

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:39 AM (faghi)

94 "You write a page or two every day, and in a year or less, you have a manuscript. Moving is like that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius"


How do you eat an elephant?

One bite at a time.

mornin yall

Posted by: fd at July 21, 2026 06:42 AM (MWfyi)

95 The bonus this time is you have to deal with an uncannally competent AI Agent. All said and done I was on the phone for under 10 minutes.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions.

Had my first dealings with an AI agent when I had to change an oil change appointment at my car dealership. Smooth as silk. I was surprised.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 06:42 AM (lJ0H4)

96 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 21, 2026 06:42 AM (2Ez/1)

97 m

Thanks for the hint. Never played the game.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:43 AM (u82oZ)

98 . . . 2. When we went to pick up my wife's car, I negotiated the price for the repairs (Oil change, alignment and four new tires) down to under 1000.

So things are looking up.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 21, 2026

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*Negotiating* for car repairs? What a concept!

The Buick's rear brakes were done last week. Nothing else is needed until the August or September oil change, and I have the oil already, purchased when there was a scare story during the early days of the Iran "conflict" that there would soon be a shortage of 5W-30 oil in the stores and a huge price increase. The first didn't happen, and I don't think the second has either.

The car will hit 100K miles this summer, about 65K of that on my watch. August 8 will make seven years: the longest I have ever kept a car. And I still smile when I walk up to it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:43 AM (wzUl9)

99 100

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:43 AM (faghi)

100 How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.

Don't start in the back though, you'll quickly lose all appetite for forward progress.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026 06:43 AM (3Ope8)

101 Costco's boxes are useless for moving.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2026 06:44 AM (WoIFp)

102 98 m

Thanks for the hint. Never played the game.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:43 AM (u82oZ)

Me, too, never played it. Looked it up on Wikipedia!

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:44 AM (faghi)

103 CrotchetyOldJarhead

There is a song I heard as a yute: Going to Glory in a Glad Bag.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:45 AM (u82oZ)

104 93 When I said next time I move it's gonna be in a box, I meant a pine box.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026 06:39 AM (3Ope

I knew what you meant! I was gonna say, "Feet first?"

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:47 AM (faghi)

105 @103/m: Listen to the opening of the track "Hell March" (from C&C Red Alert) and you'll understand my Rejoinder in #52.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 06:47 AM (O7YUW)

106 I have used Home Depot moving boxes for my last two moves and found them to be perfect. The thickness of the material is just about right and the uniform sizes makes stacking them a breeze. Given how expensive it is to move the small cost for them is well worth it.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 21, 2026 06:48 AM (/eAef)

107 If anyone likes Billy Joel, I can recommend Rick Beato's interview with him on YT. He is certainly looking his age, and he does not look healthy, and he is well past his singing prime, but he can still play, and his stories about his influences, career, and his songwriting are fascinating.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 21, 2026 06:48 AM (c3YdQ)

108 93 When I said next time I move it's gonna be in a box, I meant a pine box. Or a bag. I'm not moving again. Although I will say that the last move from CO to Cowtown made me realize that we accumulate so much stuff that isn't really necessary. We donated so many clothes and household effects, even furniture.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026 06:39 AM (3Ope8

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And by making donations, you make life easier on your survivors
Who deal with the leftovers

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2026 06:49 AM (6hw2D)

109 Wolfus, if you have a public library nearby, it's worth asking if they happen to have boxes to spare. Or maybe a bookstore.
The boxes books come in are sturdy

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 21, 2026 06:50 AM (7gFa4)

110 NaCly... Indeed.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026 06:51 AM (3Ope8)

111 How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
*
Don't start in the back though, you'll quickly lose all appetite for forward progress.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026

***
In Burroughs's Jungle Tales of Tarzan, he tells us of the time Tarzan ate meat from Tantor, the elephant, who had long been his friend. Some of the "blacks," the Gomangani, had cooked up an elephant, and a hungry Tarzan stole some stew meat from their pot (he'd had a bad week at hunting). Unfortunately the elephant had been sick when it died. Tarzan had hallucinations and tried to shoot arrows at the moon in his delirium. When he recovered, he swore he would never again touch meat from Tantor.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:52 AM (wzUl9)

112 106 @103/m: Listen to the opening of the track "Hell March" (from C&C Red Alert) and you'll understand my Rejoinder in #52.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 06:47 AM (O7YUW)

The audience goes wild.

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:53 AM (faghi)

113 74 JM in Illinois

Are you going to leave Illinois, as so many others are doing?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:12 AM (

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I am looking at indiana.I'd like to stay closer to my family. Illinois is such a financial train wreck.. And ss everybody knows, one of the bluest of blue states

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2026 06:54 AM (eGRby)

114 If anyone likes Billy Joel, I can recommend Rick Beato's interview with him on YT. He is certainly looking his age, and he does not look healthy, and he is well past his singing prime, but he can still play, and his stories about his influences, career, and his songwriting are fascinating.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 21, 2026

***
I've always admired his piano work and his songwriting -- "Piano Man" and "We Didn't Start the Fire" (I guess he wrote that?), and "The Stranger" in particular.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:54 AM (wzUl9)

115 I am looking at indiana.I'd like to stay closer to my family. Illinois is such a financial train wreck.. And ss everybody knows, one of the bluest of blue states
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2026

***
Exactly why I eliminated IL as a bolthole. Not a 2A friendly state, which IN is, and I wouldn't be surprised if IL taxes Social Security, which IN does not.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:56 AM (wzUl9)

116 'Bout time to feed the monsters, shower, and get ready to hit Walmart for the ant traps et al.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:56 AM (wzUl9)

117 I've always admired his piano work and his songwriting -- "Piano Man" and "We Didn't Start the Fire" (I guess he wrote that?), and "The Stranger" in particular.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:54 AM (wzUl9)

----------

One of the stories he tells is that he didn't really like "Just the Way You Are" and was not going to put it on the album, but a person ( you'll find out who in the interview ) tells his "Are you nuts! That's a hit!!"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 21, 2026 06:56 AM (c3YdQ)

118 113 106 @103/m: Listen to the opening of the track "Hell March" (from C&C Red Alert) and you'll understand my Rejoinder in #52.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 06:47 AM (O7YUW)

The audience goes wild.
Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:53 AM (faghi)

Warning: This Show Will Contain Intense Flashing

I'm glad they warned me!

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:56 AM (faghi)

119 Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:56 AM (faghi)

What's up with that hash?

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:56 AM (faghi)

120 JM in Illinois

The elites, in their effort to keep power, drive people away. You would think they could learn, but so far that is not happening.

Why Trump is hated. He makes the area of the curve of prosperity wider and higher, not a spike over the elites.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:57 AM (u82oZ)

121

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 21, 2026 06:57 AM (sUMTS)

122 'Bout time to feed the monsters, shower, and get ready to hit Walmart for the ant traps et al.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Ah ha, Walmart. Another good empty boxes source.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 06:58 AM (lJ0H4)

123 Hillary Clinton

Saw you in Italy. You looked hideous. And fat.
Bill stayed away from you. And he looks like he is close to death.

Do you miss the loving of Webb Hubble?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

124 And you thought you had problems: The combined debts of Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle has spiked to $1.65 trillion.

Or is it their payees who have problems.

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 06:59 AM (faghi)

125 I found out that the 2 year college allows seniors to audit courses for free. I may look at going to school and doing some courses in biology or anthropology.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 21, 2026 06:59 AM (3Ope8)

126 Yes, Joel wrote "We Didn't Start the Fire" as well as "Piano Man" and "The Stranger." For those three alone he should be remembered.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 07:00 AM (wzUl9)

127 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

I get the fun task of taking Allie the Calico Kitty Cat (the *other* cutest little cat of them all) into the vet for minor surgery today.

It looks like she has a hematoma in one of her ears.

Since she's going to be sedated, she's been NPO since midnight. I'm sure she's missing her breakfast this morning.

Poor kitty.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 07:02 AM (FZ29D)

128
...Going over by the couch to plug in the MacBook and turn on the TV, I thought I glimpsed a *gray monkey* sitting atop the couch! A blink resolved the simian into Dagny, who had been yawning and thus in the moving partial light did not look like herself...

Wait!

You started your day with a monkey but wound up with a cat?!?!

What a downgrade, you poor fellow.

You should hit the booze and see if the monkey comes back!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 07:03 AM (iJfKG)

129 128
...Going over by the couch to plug in the MacBook and turn on the TV, I thought I glimpsed a *gray monkey* sitting atop the couch! A blink resolved the simian into Dagny, who had been yawning and thus in the moving partial light did not look like herself...

Wait!

You started your day with a monkey but wound up with a cat?!?!

What a downgrade, you poor fellow.

You should hit the booze and see if the monkey comes back!
Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 07:03 AM (iJfKG)

"The Lost Weekend" redux.

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 07:04 AM (faghi)

130 m

When you owe that much, the financial institutions are in the most trouble. Someone is getting their har cut with losses.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:04 AM (u82oZ)

131 SeriusXM: Recently my two-years subscription was about to expire. You don't even have to call them anymore. Log in the website. Try to cancel. Receive offer. Accept. Bingo.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 21, 2026 07:05 AM (qFwJc)

132 You should hit the booze and see if the monkey comes back!
Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026

***
I thought that was how you got *pink* monkeys. . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 07:07 AM (wzUl9)

133 I'm up early for no discernible reason. Can't blame Stirling for leaping on me today. Though I did give myself a turn. When I get up to turn on the coffee, I use a flashlight to see. Going over by the couch to plug in the MacBook and turn on the TV, I thought I glimpsed a *gray monkey* sitting atop the couch! A blink resolved the simian into Dagny, who had been yawning and thus in the moving partial light did not look like herself.
----
A glitch in the Matrix?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 07:07 AM (FZ29D)

134 "White House Correspondents' Dinner set for Friday at new location with tighter security"

They should ban CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS, CNN, and MSN. Also the NYT, WaPo, Daily Mail, and every other major newspaper. Then call it off and forget about it.

Posted by: fd at July 21, 2026 07:09 AM (MWfyi)

135 no one of any consequence

That works with Epoch Times as well. Try to cancel, get a lower price.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:09 AM (u82oZ)

136 Exactly why I eliminated IL as a bolthole. Not a 2A friendly state, which IN is, and I wouldn't be surprised if IL taxes Social Security, which IN does not.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 06:56 AM

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The legislature voted on taxing some retirement income in 2020 but it didn't pass. I think next try will work, they're so addicted to spending. Chicago has elected a Democrat mayor every election since 1930, and it's a financial mess

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2026 07:10 AM (fqFLK)

137 fd

Alligator Alcatraz for the win! Invite all the main stream media. But only the Presidential Party, the Secret Service and venue workers get to leave.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

138 If you find and old fashioned paper dictionary and look up the word "Nebbish" you'll find Billy Joel's picture next to it.
Not a joke.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 07:12 AM (2Ez/1)

139 J.J. Runway 270.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 21, 2026 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

140 What was Christy Brinkley thinking

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 07:15 AM (ZxPkt)

141 And stop calling me Shirley!

Posted by: SeriusXM at July 21, 2026 07:15 AM (2Ez/1)

142 From above, US Big Tech's Hidden Debt Hits 2,455 Trillion Won Amid AI Race

So to discourage data centers and affiliated costs, especially in the US, or the future 'socialist' grab or both?

Posted by: L - No nic.. cellphone at July 21, 2026 07:32 AM (NFX2v)

143 *US Big Tech's Hidden Debt Hits 2,455 Trillion Won Amid AI Race*

It's a write off Jerry.

Posted by: Kramer at July 21, 2026 07:35 AM (2Ez/1)

144
(SE Dailing) = Seoul Economic Daily
Korea's Leading Business News Since 1960

AI-translated from Korean.
Quotes from foreign sources are based on Korean-language reports and may not reflect exact original wording.

An analysis by Nihon Keizai Shimbun of recent financial statements and related documents from Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon.com, Meta, and Oracle found that the five companies' AI-related contractual obligations totaled 1.65 trillion dollars (about 2,455 trillion won), an eightfold increase in four years, the newspaper reported on the 20th.

"the newspaper"
No newspaper has been mentioned.
This seems maybe shady a bit?

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 07:41 AM (faghi)

145
(faghi)

practically an abecedarium

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 07:43 AM (faghi)

146 "The Nikkei, also known as The Nihon Keizai Shimbun ( lit. "Japan Economics Newspaper"), is the flagship publication of Nikkei, Inc. (based in Tokyo) and the world's largest financial newspaper, with over 3 million subscribers."

Posted by: From Wikipedia at July 21, 2026 08:18 AM (2Ez/1)

147 146 "The Nikkei, also known as The Nihon Keizai Shimbun ( lit. "Japan Economics Newspaper"), is the flagship publication of Nikkei, Inc. (based in Tokyo) and the world's largest financial newspaper, with over 3 million subscribers."
Posted by: From Wikipedia at July 21, 2026 08:18 AM (2Ez/1)

Thank you, (2Ez/1)! It had not even occurred to me to look into what Nihon Keizai Shimbun is, because I thought Nihon Keizai Shimbun was a "who"! Adding that "The" is very helpful.

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 09:05 AM (faghi)

148 I am still faghi.

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 09:06 AM (faghi)

149 sock off

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 21, 2026 09:30 AM (w9Wax)

Monday Overnight Open Thread (7/20/26)

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Not the way I want to leave with The Fabulous. Something about hijacking a city bus*.

An elderly couple who went missing in Canada are thought to have been mauled to death in a bear attack after police found two bodies.

Jay and Deb MacDonald, both retired and in their 70s, had gone on a fishing trip and were staying at a cabin near McTavish Lake, Saskatchewan, when they stopped answering their phones.



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The Quote of The Day & Genius Award Winner

"For those of you who had the unfortunate experience of seeing this gentleman surfing naked on top of a moving locomotive yesterday, I want you to know that he was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges." - Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department



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1 First

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 09:57 PM (/FSYM)

2 Kaboi k!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 20, 2026 09:59 PM (YlWIZ)

3 First

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 09:57 PM (/FSYM)

True to your name. Not sure if that's a good thing.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 09:59 PM (vE0+H)

4 Thanks for the ONT, Mis Hum!

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 20, 2026 09:59 PM (Jr+re)

5 Fell off the carnivore wagon, starting to feel like sh*t again. Tomorrow getting back on the pain train.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 09:59 PM (XV/Pl)

6 >>>Do not mow.

I thought this was America!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 10:00 PM (dK+Kv)

7 Hi MisHum!

You are missed.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 10:00 PM (5KFR9)

8 Every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over! This directive has been passed on to Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Daniel Caine, and every Leader in the Military. President DONALD J. TRUMP

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:00 PM (jU8k8)

9 Looks like the sign was effective. The rocks still have their inherent shapes!

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 20, 2026 10:00 PM (Jr+re)

10 *waves to MisHum*

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 10:00 PM (x7Vzy)

11 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2026 10:00 PM (ourEi)

12 Was the nekkid locomotive surfer also charged with Indecent Exposure or did they have to drop that charge due to insufficient evidence?

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 10:01 PM (/FSYM)

13 Yay, rusty car ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 20, 2026 10:01 PM (+9wcF)

14 “Don’t count the days. Make the days count.”
– Muhammad Ali

Posted by: mindful webworker - off we go at July 20, 2026 10:01 PM (p+5Bi)

15 ... and were staying at a cabin near McTavish Lake, Saskatchewan, when they stopped answering their phones.



Yeah, being mauled by a bear will do that to you.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2026 10:02 PM (ourEi)

16 An elderly couple who went missing in Canada are thought to have been mauled to death in a bear attack after police found two bodies.

Question: Were their pick-a-nick baskets missing?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:02 PM (luin1)

17 Was the nekkid locomotive surfer also charged with Indecent Exposure or did they have to drop that charge due to insufficient evidence?

They say the dude was hanging 11.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:03 PM (luin1)

18 nood in place.

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 20, 2026 10:03 PM (Jr+re)

19 "For those of you who had the unfortunate experience of seeing this gentleman surfing naked on top of a moving locomotive yesterday, I want you to know that he was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges." - Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department
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If this dude isn't an actual Moron, can we make him an honorary Moron?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 10:03 PM (FZ29D)

20 There he his....MisHum! Yay!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:03 PM (ok2JK)

21 So THAT's where I parked my car.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2026 10:03 PM (Av6i5)

22 ... and were staying at a cabin near McTavish Lake, Saskatchewan, when they stopped answering their phones.

Yeah, being mauled by a bear will do that to you.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2026 10:02 PM (ourEi)

Oldies, man. Probably didn't know that they could just set their phones to do not disturb.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 10:04 PM (dK+Kv)

23 Good evening Horde. Thanks MisHum.

Posted by: TRex - surfing dino at July 20, 2026 10:04 PM (XfIK1)

24 Oh. Naked train surfers. Sounds like a great thing to miss!

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 10:05 PM (Dd38x)

25 "Do not mow" — the things you have to tell some people.

"This is a hammer. Hold by handle. Do not smash thumb. Ineffective for driving screws."

Posted by: mindful webworker - do not drink bleach at July 20, 2026 10:05 PM (p+5Bi)

26 Get your fuel

At Kum n Go

But their rocks

DO NOT MOW

Burma Shave

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 10:05 PM (/FSYM)

27 and were staying at a cabin near McTavish Lake, Saskatchewan, when they stopped answering their phones.



Yeah, being mauled by a bear will do that to you.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2026 10:02 PM (ourEi)

It was in Canada, so I assume no .357 magnum bear spray.

Posted by: Beartooth at July 20, 2026 10:05 PM (IYeV+)

28 Hiya Mr. Rex. Next to the Hum, you're my fave🦖🦖🦖🦖!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:06 PM (ok2JK)

29 Hey, All. I’m groovin’ on my new car.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:07 PM (77rzZ)

30 Evening Horde. Today was "the sound of silence" on jobs. Maybe tomorrow? And at least no news is not automatically bad news.

Posted by: RandomDave at July 20, 2026 10:08 PM (aJQbY)

31 28 but yeah...DOOF!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:08 PM (ok2JK)

32 "Do not mow" — the things you have to tell some people.

"This is a hammer. Hold by handle. Do not smash thumb. Ineffective for driving screws."

"Remove child before laundering"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:08 PM (luin1)

33 Hey, TRex!

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:09 PM (77rzZ)

34 Evening Horde. Today was "the sound of silence" on jobs. Maybe tomorrow? And at least no news is not automatically bad news.

I got three identical emails today rejecting me for one application. That bot really didn't like me.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 20, 2026 10:09 PM (vTZFs)

35 Co-pilot says it's a '36 Ford.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:09 PM (luin1)

36 Oh good grief...
I missed Zappa....
Sorry MisHum🫠🫠

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:10 PM (ok2JK)

37 It was in Canada, so I assume no .357 magnum bear spray.

Posted by: Beartooth
---

I was going to say something about bear spray. Are you saying that bear spray is illegal in Canada? It does sound very Canadian seeing as how they are killing each other off as fast as possible.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:10 PM (jU8k8)

38 Dude.

Groovin on a lesbaru?

Yeeeesh.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 10:10 PM (MLtjZ)

39 Yay, a Mis Hum ONT. Feels like old times.

Posted by: Grizzled Goomer at July 20, 2026 10:11 PM (JM9I6)

40 McTavish Lake

Way up there

In Saskatchewan

I cannot bear.

Burma Shave

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 10:11 PM (/FSYM)

41 No wonder Iran is losing, they have not committed themselves to total war yet. Shame, that.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 10:11 PM (rbvCR)

42 "Do not mow" — the things you have to tell some people.

"This is a hammer. Hold by handle. Do not smash thumb. Ineffective for driving screws."

"Remove child before laundering"
Posted by: Cicero

On packaging for sleeping pills: "May cause drowsiness."

Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2026 10:12 PM (ourEi)

43 Co-pilot says it's a '36 Ford.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
---

What a car!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:12 PM (jU8k8)

44 Top pic - looks like Bodie, Calif.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 10:12 PM (qt51i)

45 35 Co-pilot says it's a '36 Ford.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:09 PM (luin1)

Until AOP passes judgement on this jalopy, I think I'll wait ...

Posted by: browndog puttering about at July 20, 2026 10:13 PM (3sXRv)

46 Yep, Nurse, I’m groovin’ on it.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:13 PM (77rzZ)

47 30 Jobbing is hard. Fighting off the soul crushing nature myself.

Poorly.

Posted by: Bete at July 20, 2026 10:14 PM (LX4y3)

48 Put it on a Mustang chassis, add a V10 with a new automatic transmission. mmmm.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:14 PM (jU8k8)

49 There isn't a rock within 100 miles of here that wasn't trained, trucked, or barged in. They're a novelty here.

Posted by: Sandy Britches at July 20, 2026 10:15 PM (JM9I6)

50 45 Until AOP passes judgement on this jalopy, I think I'll wait ...

Yep.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:15 PM (ok2JK)

51 Tomorrow I will be the best version of myself that I can be.

Sad.

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 10:15 PM (/FSYM)

52 Hi MisHum!

You are missed.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 10:00 PM (

Hey Nurse
I'm here every other Monday and Saturday mornings
Reach out please

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 20, 2026 10:16 PM (CkDaS)

53 >>>Groovin on a lesbaru?

Lesbaru?

What is that?

Kind of reminds me of Lebensraum.

Posted by: LTG at July 20, 2026 10:16 PM (+ZHEV)

54 I had a Superman costume growing up. The label on it said “Cape Does Not Enable User To Fly”. Even when I was 5 I thought that was pretty silly

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 10:17 PM (qt51i)

55 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 20, 2026 10:17 PM (sAmhv)

56 20 There he his....MisHum! Yay!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:03 PM (ok2JK)

Hey there young lady

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 20, 2026 10:17 PM (CkDaS)

57 Had to save two garter snakes from one of the kittens today. I will probably be rescuing snakes for the rest of the summer.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 10:18 PM (rbvCR)

58 "For those of you who had the unfortunate experience of seeing this gentleman surfing naked on top of a moving locomotive yesterday, I want you to know that he was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges." - Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department
_____________________________________

I'd pay just to hear his explanation.

"Ummmm, I sleep walk."

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 10:18 PM (dIske)

59 The World Cup cameramen understood the assignment.

But Canada showing up at the end absolutely steals the video.

x.com/i/status/2078915273286152448

Posted by: mindful webworker - audience in focus at July 20, 2026 10:18 PM (p+5Bi)

60 28 Hiya Mr. Rex. Next to the Hum, you're my fave🦖🦖🦖🦖!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:06 PM
***
Howdy! But it isn't a competition. We're all God's children. Some more children than others, but that's a different story.

Posted by: TRex - astronaut dino at July 20, 2026 10:18 PM (XfIK1)

61 Thanks for the swell ONT, Mis Hum!

Great photo of my former automobile up top...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 20, 2026 10:18 PM (D/6p1)

62 I’m sorry that y’all have Subaru issues.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:19 PM (77rzZ)

63 40 McTavish Lake

Way up there

In Saskatchewan

I cannot bear.

Burma Shave

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 10:11 PM


***SNORT***

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 20, 2026 10:19 PM (CkDaS)

64 33 Hey, TRex!

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:09 PM
***
Hey Bulg! Glad the new wheels are working out well.

Posted by: TRex - ski racer dino at July 20, 2026 10:19 PM (XfIK1)

65 The problem with Subarus is they go out of alignment when they get wet. Like spaghetti.

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 10:19 PM (/FSYM)

66 Sorry I'm late, but if the five-oh asks, I was here the entire time.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 20, 2026 10:19 PM (ZceAD)

67 Meanwhile some pix for the Rons

Caroline Jane Munro (1949- )
bitsandpieces.us/2026/07/20/
nobody-does-it-better-feel-sad-for-the-rest/

Posted by: mindful webworker - woo at July 20, 2026 10:20 PM (p+5Bi)

68 54 I had a Superman costume growing up. The label on it said “Cape Does Not Enable User To Fly”. Even when I was 5 I thought that was pretty silly
Posted by: Common Tater

I dated a pretty young lady all 4 years of high school who had a big scar on her chin from when her two older brothers tossed her through a window when she was 3 playing Superman. She had it fixed when she turned 18.

Posted by: I Believe I Can Fly at July 20, 2026 10:20 PM (JM9I6)

69 57 Had to save two garter snakes from one of the kittens today. I will probably be rescuing snakes for the rest of the summer.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 10:18 PM (rbvCR)

we have a lot of those little green anole lizards all over. Our cat loves pulling their tails off (if he doesn't eat them whole)

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 10:21 PM (edUvp)

70 An Antifa militant threw red paint on an ICE facility in Portland last night and was arrested tonight after he returned to the scene to attack again

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:22 PM (jU8k8)

71 I’m sorry that y’all have Subaru issues.
Posted by: Bulg
---

We're just being bratty.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 10:22 PM (XeU6L)

72 66 Sorry I'm late, but if the five-oh asks, I was here the entire time.
Posted by: tankdemon

Pfffft. We have your phone records, know your every move.

Posted by: Steve McGarrett at July 20, 2026 10:23 PM (JM9I6)

73 54 I had a Superman costume growing up. The label on it said “Cape Does Not Enable User To Fly”. Even when I was 5 I thought that was pretty silly
Posted by: Common Tater

My little brother had Superman underroos and a cape. When he was 3, maybe 4, he jumped off the back of the couch in them to fly. He broke his collarbone.

He is now a VP at Northrop Grumman. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 10:23 PM (Dd38x)

74 Another here nor there...
When I was a wee one, I would go out to the country with my dad. Funny thing...dad and his bros had an old late 40s car that they buried in their back meadow. I often wondered why...I was too young to consider... hmmmm...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:24 PM (ok2JK)

75 Subarus are fine cars. Horizontally opposed engines will supply all locomotion in Heaven.

Posted by: Flat Four Fred at July 20, 2026 10:25 PM (JM9I6)

76 Howdy! But it isn't a competition. We're all God's children. Some more children than others, but that's a different story.
Posted by: TRex - astronaut dino at July 20, 2026

Right! Remember that time when….oh wait. We all had to sign NDAs. Never mind.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 10:25 PM (Dd38x)

77 65 The problem with Subarus is they go out of alignment when they get wet. Like spaghetti.

Posted by: Minuteman
---

Guess you can't drive it when it snows either?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:25 PM (jU8k8)

78 Hey there Mis Hum, always happy to see you around...

And for the record I have a Subaru BRZ, and a might little spirited sports car it is. Passes everything on the road, as a proper car should!

Posted by: The Grateful at July 20, 2026 10:25 PM (XfIK1)

79 I dated a pretty young lady all 4 years of high school who had a big scar on her chin from when her two older brothers tossed her through a window when she was 3 playing Superman. She had it fixed when she turned 18.
Posted by: I Believe I Can Fly at July 20, 2026 10:20 PM (JM9I6)

My wife still has a barely visible scar on her chin. Dates from when she was two and squirming around on a Baptist church pew. She pitched forward, fell head first and landed right on a metal AC grate that was in the floor. Well that was an eventful Sunday meetin'.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 10:26 PM (edUvp)

80 Let he who has not attempted to fly as a kid after putting on a superman cape cast the first stone.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 10:26 PM (vE0+H)

81 It was in Canada, so I assume no .357 magnum bear spray.

Posted by: Beartooth
---

I was going to say something about bear spray. Are you saying that bear spray is illegal in Canada? It does sound very Canadian seeing as how they are killing each other off as fast as possible.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _

It was an assumption that since guns are verboten in Canada, the couple didn't have one to protect themselves.

Posted by: Beartooth at July 20, 2026 10:27 PM (IYeV+)

82 Let he who has not attempted to fly as a kid after putting on a superman cape cast the first stone.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 10:26 PM (vE0+H)

Mary Poppins was a faker.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 10:28 PM (dK+Kv)

83
I dated a pretty young lady all 4 years of high school who had a big scar on her chin from when her two older brothers tossed her through a window when she was 3 playing Superman. She had it fixed when she turned 18.
Posted by: I Believe I Can Fly at July 20, 2026 10:20 PM (JM9I6)

That's a long time to deal with a broken window.

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 10:28 PM (/FSYM)

84 "For those of you who had the unfortunate experience of seeing this gentleman surfing naked on top of a moving locomotive yesterday, I want you to know that he was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges." - Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department

-
But had he been in the pool?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:28 PM (ndZc7)

85 80 Let he who has not attempted to fly as a kid after putting on a superman cape cast the first stone.
****

INCOMING!!

Posted by: clarence at July 20, 2026 10:28 PM (1QT7n)

86 75 Subarus are fine cars. Horizontally opposed engines will supply all locomotion in Heaven.

Posted by: Flat Four Fred
--

Write up says they are torquey. The flat 6 more so.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:29 PM (jU8k8)

87 Irony can be pretty ironic.

#BREAKING: An immigrant heading to his immigration hearing was injured in today's anti-ICE terror attack in NYC.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:30 PM (ndZc7)

88 It was an assumption that since guns are verboten in Canada, the couple didn't have one to protect themselves.

Posted by: Beartooth
---

Sgt. Preston gave me an entirely different opinion of Canada.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:31 PM (jU8k8)

89 T Rex rock's this place. And I for one appreciate his hard work.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 20, 2026 10:31 PM (CkDaS)

90 60 Howdy! But it isn't a competition. We're all God's children. Some more children than others, but that's a different story.

No competition darlin'! I just always had a fondness for the Hum!
I love all of these CoBs!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:31 PM (ok2JK)

91 Subarus are fine cars. Horizontally opposed engines will supply all locomotion in Heaven.
Posted by: Flat Four Fred
------

Preach it!

Posted by: The Wretched Panhard at July 20, 2026 10:32 PM (XeU6L)

92 >>>Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Savant Central Planners.

I wonder how many cars were damaged by flying rocks before they put up the Do Not Mow sign so that the employees would know not to try to mow that area.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 20, 2026 10:32 PM (syz1S)

93 83
I dated a pretty young lady all 4 years of high school who had a big scar on her chin from when her two older brothers tossed her through a window when she was 3 playing Superman. She had it fixed when she turned 18.
Posted by: I Believe I Can Fly at July 20, 2026 10:20 PM (JM9I6)

That's a long time to deal with a broken window.
Posted by: Minuteman at July 20,

Golf clap, well done!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 20, 2026 10:33 PM (CkDaS)

94 Sgt. Preston gave me an entirely different opinion of Canada.
Posted by: Braenyard
-------

And Dudley Do-Right?

Posted by: The Wretched Panhard at July 20, 2026 10:33 PM (XeU6L)

95
Oh, I think that to mow that rock-lined pan would yield some fantastic stone throws.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 10:33 PM (ixS3i)

96 would yield some fantastic stone throws.


and associated head wounds!

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 20, 2026 10:34 PM (Jr+re)

97 Speaking of ironic wouldn't Steely Dan have been more properly named Irony Dan?

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 10:34 PM (/FSYM)

98 >>>Not the way I want to leave with The Fabulous. Something about hijacking a city bus*.

I looked all over for the mate to that asterisk, but no luck.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 20, 2026 10:35 PM (syz1S)

99 Eat your landlord!

Ashley Luna[tic]
@RealAshleyLuna
Landlords, landlord hoarding & charging high rent is the reason why the housing supply is low, costs are inflated & it’s difficult for renters to save money for a DP.
I’m the reason why the landlord doesn’t have to get a real job to cover his personal expenses or lifestyle. Did u ever thank a renter once?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:35 PM (ndZc7)

100
That's a long time to deal with a broken window.
Posted by: Minuteman

Each and every generation of critters who took up living in those new quarters thought that it was just peachy!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 10:36 PM (ixS3i)

101 and associated head wounds!
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 20, 2026 10:34 PM (Jr+re)

I used to live within a stone's-throw of a bunch of people who suffered mysterious head wounds.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 10:36 PM (rbvCR)

102
Steely-Eyed Missleman Dan would have been boss.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 10:37 PM (ixS3i)

103 I haven't given Frank Zappa a listen. If you had to pick 3 - 5 songs to show how good he is, could you? If so, which ones would they be?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 20, 2026 10:38 PM (qx7Zg)

104 would yield some fantastic stone throws.


and associated head wounds!
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 20, 2026 10:34 PM (Jr+re)

Not to mention the groin!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 20, 2026 10:39 PM (qx7Zg)

105 I used to live within a stone's-throw of a bunch of people who suffered mysterious head wounds.
Posted by: Kindltot
--------

Pfft.

Posted by: Goliath at July 20, 2026 10:39 PM (XeU6L)

106 What a shame what happened to that cool looking ZZ Top car, rusty lawn art.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:39 PM (2GVsD)

107
At this moment 57 years ago, 10:39PM EDT, 9:39PM Houston time, Neil Armstrong opened the hatch on Eagle, and slowly started climbing out.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 10:39 PM (w6EFb)

108 75 Subarus are fine cars. Horizontally opposed engines will supply all locomotion in Heaven.

My guy friend owned a couple of Suburus. Yeah. Until he didn't.
They're very good hippy cars...until they ain't...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:39 PM (ok2JK)

109
Robert Preston gave me a favorable opinion of hustling to bring music to the masses.

"Folks, listen!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 10:39 PM (ixS3i)

110 College Refresher: Bears are killing machines and eat meat. Thus endeth the lesson.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 10:40 PM (sYM3s)

111 EXCLUSIVE: Several DSA-aligned politicians attended a stream where speakers compared America to Nazism and discussed protecting Iran’s ability to fund Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis.
“If Iran is off the table, Hezbollah can’t be funded, Hamas can’t be funded, the Houthis can’t be funded.”
America and its allies were also referred to as the “Axis of Epstein” and “The Fourth Reich”

-
OMG! Where is the humanity?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:41 PM (ndZc7)

112 Lesburus are utility cars. They work well in crappy weather and road conditions. But I’d never groove on my outback.

Just. No.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 10:41 PM (my2EF)

113 Thanks for posting that Publius

Posted by: The Grateful at July 20, 2026 10:41 PM (XfIK1)

114 Meanwhile Rosie O'Donnel is planning to move back to Trumplandia from Ireland.

The Emrald Isle must really be a horrid place.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:42 PM (2GVsD)

115 Resting after a long day of driving. We saw a gorgeous waterfall, some steaming pools, and more buffalo! Tomorrow we're hoping to see Old Faithful on our way to the Grand Tetons. My favorite part of today was driving on our way to the Virginia Cascades. It's a one-way road, so the pine trees were close and we had the windows down. Ahhhh, my favorite smell!

Posted by: pookysgirl, family chauffeur at July 20, 2026 10:42 PM (vsLO4)

116 Word of advice

Always be kind to your house cleaners. They are alone with your toothbrush.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 20, 2026 10:42 PM (qx7Zg)

117 The Democratic candidate of Egyptian origin for the Michigan, US Senate, Abdul El-Sayed: "ICE has nothing to do with immigration; ICE has nothing to do with the southern border... ICE is about arming the idea of immigration against the Constitution itself... ICE has to be abolished

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:43 PM (jU8k8)

118
Where is the humanity?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy

They are a surfeit of faces badly made in need of many punches.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 10:43 PM (ixS3i)

119 BRZs are definitely NOT a utility car....they are known as the Porsche of Subarus. And they work just fine in wet and snow.

Posted by: The Grateful at July 20, 2026 10:44 PM (XfIK1)

120 Sounds like the DSA needs an application of Gaylord's drone strike policy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:44 PM (2GVsD)

121 116 Word of advice

Always be kind to your house cleaners. They are alone with your toothbrush.
_-_

Like one of the early scenes in the movie "Wild America"...'course that was the little brother, not the house cleaner.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 20, 2026 10:44 PM (JWDez)

122 College Refresher: Bears are killing machines and eat meat. Thus endeth the lesson.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 10:40 PM (sYM3s)

What do bears have against machines?

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 10:45 PM (vE0+H)

123 ***Breaking News***

Rare worn down pencil belonging to William Shakespeare has been unearthed. Experts unclear if pencil is 2B or not 2B.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 20, 2026 10:45 PM (qx7Zg)

124
Bears are terminators and eat meat.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 10:46 PM (ixS3i)

125 Whoopi, "Are we talking bear bears or Russian bears?"

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:47 PM (2GVsD)

126 Speaking of ironic wouldn't Steely Dan have been more properly named Irony Dan?
Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 10:34 PM (/FSYM)

Steely Dan.


Now we're talking about one of the most vastly overrated artists of all-time.

Steely Dan is certainty in that conversation.

Posted by: LTG at July 20, 2026 10:47 PM (+ZHEV)

127 115 Resting after a long day of driving.
Posted by: pookysgirl, family chauffeur at July 20, 2026 10:42 PM
***
Sounds like a most excellent trip. Enjoy!

Posted by: TRex - park ranger dino at July 20, 2026 10:47 PM (XfIK1)

128 I had a Superman costume growing up. The label on it said “Cape Does Not Enable User To Fly”.

-
Warning is not good enough!

Peter St Onge, Ph.D.
@profstonge
1 in 5 college students now reads at the level of a ten-year-old.

-
We need pictographs!

(I read pretty well at 10.)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:48 PM (ndZc7)

129 Our Lab got into a skunk tonight. Just got done washing her with a mix of hydrogen peroxide. baking soda, and dawn dish detergent. She smells all right but the whole front of the house stinks.

Posted by: Cosda at July 20, 2026 10:49 PM (f7Rzk)

130
would yield some fantastic stone throws.

and associated head wounds!
Posted by: LRob in OK

And broken back windows of automobiles. It happened to us and the teenage groundskeeper with a lawnmower in the vicinity was Sergeant Schultz and saw nothing.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 10:49 PM (ixS3i)

131 Rare worn down pencil belonging to William Shakespeare has been unearthed. Experts unclear if pencil is 2B or not 2B.

Ugh. Get thee to a punnery.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:50 PM (luin1)

132 Pictographs

So, Superman with a red circle and slash?

Idiotocracy was not supposed to be a how-to.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:50 PM (2GVsD)

133
Landlords, landlord hoarding & charging high rent is the reason why the housing supply is low, costs are inflated & it’s difficult for renters to save money for a DP.

___________

Ayanna Pressley and her husband are landlords
Are they hoarding and gouging.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 10:50 PM (O0L8i)

134 I lived within a stone's throw of a glass house. Next to a Kum n Go gas station.

Not a pretty site. And when the cops came to write occupants up for indecent exposure it wasn't a pretty cite. But the charges were dropped for insufficient evidence. Also you could see a German ghost there for a time, a zeitgeist if you will. A friend would refer to it as an example. He would often cite the zeitgeist site sight.

Posted by: Minuteman at July 20, 2026 10:51 PM (/FSYM)

135 In response to Canada's discriminatory treatment of American cars, alcohol and dairy products, President Donald Trump signed three proclamations under a 1930 trade law to impose 50% tariffs on a wide range of Canadian products.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:52 PM (jU8k8)

136 Looks like a '37 Chevy in the top pic. I have not been to McTavish Lake, IIRC, but I have done work in the LaRonge country. years ago, now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 10:52 PM (1z8ji)

137
Has anyone noticed that "hoarding" is back in political circulation? Next thing, they'll discover kulaks and wreckers.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 10:52 PM (O0L8i)

138
Y'know, Canada loses one li'l hockey tournament and afterward the whole place goes to hell.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 10:53 PM (ixS3i)

139 Sanity may become a fad:

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) will begin to require an SRY gene test to confirm the sex of its participants and prevent the presence of men in its competitions, threatening to disqualify tennis players who refuse to do so thus joining the IOC's decision that will require the same method for its future editions of the Olympic Games

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:53 PM (jU8k8)

140 An elderly couple who went missing in Canada are thought to have been mauled to death in a bear attack after police found two bodies.

May their Family & Friends be Comforted.

Posted by: Adriane the Critically Critical Critic . . . at July 20, 2026 10:53 PM (3ZUWJ)

141 107 At this moment 57 years ago, 10:39PM EDT, 9:39PM Houston time, Neil Armstrong opened the hatch on Eagle, and slowly started climbing out.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 10:39 PM (w6EFb)

I remember what I was doing exactly 57 years ago tonight.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 20, 2026 10:54 PM (y171U)

142 Co-pilot says it's a '36 Ford.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:09 PM (luin1)

Co-pilot doesn't know its ass from a hole in the ground.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 10:55 PM (1z8ji)

143 I remember what I was doing exactly 57 years ago tonight.
Posted by: Joemarine at July 20, 2026 10:54 PM (y171U)
___

I don't.

I was only seven months old.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 10:55 PM (x7Vzy)

144 Ghost in the machine.

Lawsuit says Alabama woman walked into traffic because ChatGPT told her she was fulfilling a prophecy

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:55 PM (ndZc7)

145 Rare worn down pencil belonging to William Shakespeare has been unearthed. Experts unclear if pencil is 2B or not 2B.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

** wheels trebuchet into position **

Posted by: Adriane the Critically Critical Critic . . . at July 20, 2026 10:56 PM (3ZUWJ)

146
Exactly 57 years ago at this moment, 10:56:15PM EDT, 9:56:15PM CDT, 02:56:15Z, man first set foot on the surface of the Moon.

Armstrong's left foot made first contact. "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."

That man was an American, one of our greatest achievements.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 10:56 PM (w6EFb)

147 His code name was Bo Jingle. All aboard for all stations east.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at July 20, 2026 10:57 PM (aqrdH)

148 Another reason to create an LLC or a trust or some legal entity to protect your identity before claiming a lottery jackpot.

The anonymous winner of a $1.8 billion Powerball Jackpot in Arkansas has been revealed because he is the brother a mayor. Due to state transparency laws relating to public officials and close relatives, his name has been released to the public.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:57 PM (2GVsD)

149 Yeah, the one's at auto trader look more like the Chevy.
Chevy looks more aggressive and a long hood for that inline six.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:57 PM (jU8k8)

150 I’m sorry that y’all have Subaru issues.
Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:19 PM (77rzZ)

Subarus are fine automobiles. Front-wheel drive, just like a K-car.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 10:57 PM (1z8ji)

151 1. Peaches en Regalia
2. Inca Roads
3. Florentine Pogen
4. Nanook Rubs It
5. Who Are The Brain Police?

Just a sampler, for starters.

Posted by: Zoot Allures! at July 20, 2026 10:58 PM (JM9I6)

152 Well. I guess I should check out. I love you crazy morons❣️❣️❣️

"Dreams are the only place where I’m not judged for being lazy.”

Thanx Hum and all youz!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 10:58 PM (ok2JK)

153 Alabama woman walked into traffic because ChatGPT told her she was fulfilling a prophecy

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:55 PM (ndZc7)

I have no further questions.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 10:59 PM (vE0+H)

154 When you're over 70, don't go to the maul there's a bad element there.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 10:59 PM (sYM3s)

155 Front-wheel drive

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 10:57 PM (1z8ji)

HOW DARE YOU

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 10:59 PM (vE0+H)

156 Co-pilot says it's a '36 Ford.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:09 PM (luin1)

Is a flat bed that's slowing down to take a look at me?

Posted by: Zombie Glenn Frey at July 20, 2026 10:59 PM (/FSYM)

157 Subarus are fine automobiles. Front-wheel drive, just like a K-car.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
--------
Ouch

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 11:00 PM (XeU6L)

158
Concerning the top photo -- such abandoned places always seem to bring out a sense of melancholy in me. It brings back memories of having visited visited and, for a time, lived in the island community in which my Dad grew up that became such a place. Now it's a National Lakeshore and, by decree, all evidence of former habitation there by humans must be eradicated.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 11:00 PM (ixS3i)

159 I was only seven months old.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 10:55 PM (x7Vzy)

And I bet every bit as ornery.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 11:00 PM (vE0+H)

160 >>> 99 Eat your landlord!

Ashley Luna[tic]
@RealAshleyLuna
Landlords, landlord hoarding & charging high rent is the reason why the housing supply is low, costs are inflated & it’s difficult for renters to save money for a DP.
I’m the reason why the landlord doesn’t have to get a real job to cover his personal expenses or lifestyle. Did u ever thank a renter once?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:35 PM (ndZc7)

CILL your landlord.

C-I-L-L your landlord.

Dumbass.

Posted by: Mr. Robinson at July 20, 2026 11:00 PM (vDZgA)

161 Bears eat berries and stuff too. They're omnivores, IIRC.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:01 PM (RCjYY)

162 And I bet every bit as ornery.
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 11:00 PM (vE0+H)
___

lol, probably.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 11:01 PM (x7Vzy)

163 142 Co-pilot says it's a '36 Ford.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:09 PM (luin1)

Co-pilot doesn't know its ass from a hole in the ground.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 10:55 PM (1z8ji)

I knew I was wise to wait for AOP ...

#hordeai

Posted by: browndog puttering about at July 20, 2026 11:01 PM (3sXRv)

164 Thanks for the ONT.

Bear attack is not on my list either.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 11:01 PM (zZu0s)

165 150

Subarus are fine automobiles. Front-wheel drive, just like a K-car.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 10:57 PM
***
Subaru BRZ. Front engine, rear wheel drive, manual transmission.

Sporty.

Posted by: TRex - zoom zoom dino at July 20, 2026 11:02 PM (XfIK1)

166 Peaches en Regalia.MisHum gets it.

Ok.im out.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 20, 2026 11:02 PM (ok2JK)

167 It was an assumption that since guns are verboten in Canada, the couple didn't have one to protect themselves.
Posted by: Beartooth at July 20, 2026 10:27 PM (IYeV+)

They could have carried a shotgun, or a rifle. Yes, you can get a handgun permit, but carrying it in the woods is a no-no. You have to understand that many laws are made to be broken.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 11:02 PM (1z8ji)

168 Damn. I should have asked Grok.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 11:03 PM (u/oMr)

169
Alabama woman walked into traffic because ChatGPT told her she was fulfilling a prophecy

The AI apps have a betting pool going to see who can convince one or more humans to do very dumb things. They get a good laugh out of it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 11:03 PM (ixS3i)

170 K-cars saved Chrysler in the 80s. Very adaptable in so many models. I had an Omni 024 and it was one of the best cars I ever owned.

Posted by: Your Shell Answer Man at July 20, 2026 11:03 PM (JM9I6)

171 Subarus are fine automobiles. Front-wheel drive, just like a K-car.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

It worked well enough in high school to learn how to drive, even in Northern Illinois winter.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 20, 2026 11:04 PM (qx7Zg)

172 *Pulls from shelf We Reach the Moon paperback.*

pg 297. Armstrong and Aldrin had just been given approval for an 8pm Houston time EVA.

Tranquility Base: This is the LM pilot. I'd like to take the opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever, wherever they may be to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way. Over.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:04 PM (2GVsD)

173 139 Sanity may become a fad:

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) will begin to require an SRY gene test to confirm the sex of its participants and prevent the presence of men in its competitions, threatening to disqualify tennis players who refuse to do so thus joining the IOC's decision that will require the same method for its future editions of the Olympic Games

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:53 PM (jU8k
_________________________

The irony of this comment is remarkable:

Martina Navratilova praised the policy as a "step in the right direction".

Martina fully supported Dr. Renee Richards (born: Richard Raskind) when he entered a female circuit tourney down in Texas under a fake name and won the tournament. Then, later on, Martina hired him as Renee Richards to be one of her coaches. She was vocal in supporting the male, Renee Richards in women's tournaments.

And now. She's totally against it....because someone sees a threat to all her records.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 11:04 PM (dIske)

174 157 Subarus are fine automobiles. Front-wheel drive, just like a K-car.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
--------
Ouch
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 11:00 PM (XeU6L)

-----------

Before you sneer, I give you the Chrysler TC by Maserati...

*gay flourish*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 11:05 PM (u/oMr)

175 I had to make up a warning label for a fucking door.
So "WARNING, DOOR!! is what I came up with. Then as a shitty snide FU to the idiots who need a warning label on a door I printed out 8 feet of "CAUTION, FLOOR" sticker and put it around the mat just inside said door.

Nobody has said a damn thing yet.

Posted by: Reforger at July 20, 2026 11:06 PM (RVv7x)

176 "I remember what I was doing exactly 57 years ago tonight."

I don't, but I've been told it involved my mom yelling a lot and my dad smoking a cigar in the hospital waiting room. He told the nurse he didn't need to be in the delivery room; he grew up on a farm and had helped pull calves before. Besides, you only get one chance to watch the first moon landing live on TV.

Posted by: PabloD at July 20, 2026 11:06 PM (5Ide7)

177 Co-pilot says it's a '36 Ford.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:09 PM (luin1)

Co-pilot doesn't know its ass from a hole in the ground.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 10:55 PM (1z8ji)

Right? Clearly its a biden mobile.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 20, 2026 11:06 PM (S41Gd)

178 Martina Navratilova praised the policy as a "step in the right direction".

-
New Hampshire girls bullied a transgender boy to stop playing soccer.
They painted "PGS" (protect girls sports) under their eyes when forced to play against him.

-
Kick him in his girl balls!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 11:08 PM (ndZc7)

179
And broken back windows of automobiles. It happened to us and the teenage groundskeeper with a lawnmower in the vicinity was Sergeant Schultz and saw nothing.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 10:49 PM (ixS3i)

Heh. I broke the back window of the Wretched Panhard with a rock slung by the Dixon mower. "Oh shit! Where will I ever get another one?" Turns out there was a spare back window all wrapped up in newspaper in the back seat.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 11:08 PM (1z8ji)

180 I watched "Cabrini," a recent film about St. Francesca Cabrini.

Wonderful, inspiring woman. Not a particularly good film, however, which is a pity.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:08 PM (RCjYY)

181 Speaking of Biden, anyone planning to line up at the bookstore early to grab a copy of his memoir?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 11:09 PM (u/oMr)

182
Bears eat berries and stuff too. They're omnivores, IIRC.
Posted by: mnw

Indeed.

https://tinyurl.com/HoneyBerriesAndGrubs

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 11:09 PM (ixS3i)

183 Ayanna Pressley and her husband are landlords
Are they hoarding and gouging.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 10:50 PM (O0L8i)

Low level grifting among the ruling class.

A couple of decimal points in financial filings that lead to massive gains for the connected.

Corruption has ever been with us.

Is it more or less prominent today?

Yes, for the most part.

The US has become today, basically, The Empire of Evil.

There is no even close example of a modern empire like America that is so good and bad at the same time.

Posted by: LTG at July 20, 2026 11:10 PM (+ZHEV)

184 Speaking of Biden, anyone planning to line up at the bookstore early to grab a copy of his memoir?

Doubtful since we no longer have a toilet paper shortage.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:10 PM (2GVsD)

185 Lawsuit says Alabama woman walked into traffic because ChatGPT told her she was fulfilling a prophecy

Edith Keeler?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 20, 2026 11:10 PM (+9wcF)

186 Edith Keeler died in NYC not Alabama.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:11 PM (2GVsD)

187 Speaking of Biden, anyone planning to line up at the bookstore early to grab a copy of his memoir?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 11:09 PM (u/oMr)

As written by Otto Penn? No.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 20, 2026 11:11 PM (qx7Zg)

188
Speaking of Biden, anyone planning to line up at the bookstore early to grab a copy of his memoir?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Had I bought a copy of "Doctor" Jill's gibberish-suffused book, I might consider it merely to have a matching pair of doorstops.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 11:12 PM (ixS3i)

189 Speaking of Biden, anyone planning to line up at the bookstore early to grab a copy of his memoir?
Posted by: Cicero

I want to read the chapter where he went full West Side Story on the Sharks and the Jets.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 11:12 PM (ndZc7)

190
11:11 PM EDT. At this moment, Buzz Aldrin begins to climb down to the surface.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 11:12 PM (w6EFb)

191 160 >>> 99 Eat your landlord!

Ashley Luna[tic]
@RealAshleyLuna
Landlords, landlord hoarding & charging high rent is the reason why the housing supply is low, costs are inflated & it’s difficult for renters to save money for a DP.
I’m the reason why the landlord doesn’t have to get a real job to cover his personal expenses or lifestyle. Did u ever thank a renter once?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:35 PM (ndZc7)

CILL your landlord.

C-I-L-L your landlord.

Dumbass.
Posted by: Mr. Robinson at July 20, 2026 11:00 PM (vDZgA)

You have to admire her self-restraint. She went that whole tweet without once blaming international bankers.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 11:12 PM (XLQLg)

192 Speaking of Biden, anyone planning to line up at the bookstore early to grab a copy of his memoir?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 11:09 PM (u/oMr)

Whats its called? Me make poopy?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 20, 2026 11:12 PM (S41Gd)

193 New Hampshire girls bullied a transgender boy to stop playing soccer.
They painted "PGS" (protect girls sports) under their eyes when forced to play against him.

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Kick him in his girl balls!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 11:08 PM (ndZc7)

What a bunch of horse shit.

Bullying is making someone do something they don’t want to do.

The girls mocked the little prissy spoiled faggot. That’s not bullying.

We need more mocking of prissy little spoiled faggots. I have zero patience for kids whose parents allow and condone and encourage this crap. At some point, someone needs to say stop.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 11:14 PM (yEz+x)

194 New Hampshire girls bullied a transgender boy to stop playing soccer.
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I'll take inaccurate headlines for 500, Alex.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 11:14 PM (vE0+H)

195 >>>Bears eat berries and stuff too. They're omnivores, IIRC.
Posted by: mnw

>They eat berries and grubs and stuff in the fall to fatten up for winter. In the spring they're hungry and looking for moose and elk.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 11:14 PM (sYM3s)

196 If you carry a pic-a-nic basket with you, bears will confiscate it and let you be on your way. Saw it in a documentary.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 11:14 PM (XLQLg)

197 Get a real job? What about maintenance and upkeep? Bounced checks? Retard tenants?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 11:14 PM (zZu0s)

198
Buzz set foot on the moon about right now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 11:15 PM (w6EFb)

199
After Buzz joined him, the two begin to set up the first of three experiments they carried with them. This first was a solar wind collector, a contraption with a piece of foil to trap solar wind particles.

It helpfully includes a "This side facing Sun" graphic.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 11:17 PM (w6EFb)

200
>They eat berries and grubs and stuff in the fall to fatten up for winter. In the spring they're hungry and looking for moose and elk.

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And hunny!

Posted by: Winnie the Pooh at July 20, 2026 11:17 PM (u/oMr)

201 And what is a "transgender boy" again? Have they stopped pretending that transgender boys are girls? Do they even know their own rules, or care? Oh that's right deadgendering someone is fine in cases where the imagery of a "boy" is politically useful.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 11:17 PM (vE0+H)

202 pg. 302 - 303.

Armstrong: The sample is in the pocket. My oxygen is 81 percent. I have no flags and I'm in minimum flow.
Houston: Roger Neil.
Aldrin: How far are my feet from the ...
Armstrong: O.K. You're right at the edge of the porch.
Aldrin: Now I want to back up and partially close the hatch - making sure not to lock it on my way out.
Armstrong: ... Good thought.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:18 PM (2GVsD)

203
I watched "Cabrini," a recent film about St. Francesca Cabrini.

Wonderful, inspiring woman. Not a particularly good film, however, which is a pity.
Posted by: mnw

Who among us can forget another mention of Mother Cabrini in the movies?

https://tinyurl.com/PooterTheClown

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 11:20 PM (ixS3i)

204 And what is a "transgender boy" again?

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: Larry Craig at July 20, 2026 11:21 PM (XLQLg)

205 My mommy says I'm a girl...

Posted by: Poor confused 4 year old boy at July 20, 2026 11:22 PM (RVv7x)

206 Co-pilot doesn't know its ass from a hole in the ground.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I may cut power too soon...

Posted by: Co-pilot at July 20, 2026 11:22 PM (XeU6L)

207 202 Aldrin: Now I want to back up and partially close the hatch - making sure not to lock it on my way out.
Armstrong: ... Good thought.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:18 PM (2GVsD)

That almost got a chuckle out of Armstrong hehe

Posted by: Joemarine at July 20, 2026 11:22 PM (y171U)

208 WTF?

Amy Fisher's son arrested on charges of microwaving a cat.

Let's microwave his ballz.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:23 PM (2GVsD)

209 Zappa par excellence, Ms. Hum.

You never disappoint.

Posted by: Happy at July 20, 2026 11:23 PM (Q/Xg6)

210 >>>And hunny!

Posted by: Winnie the Pooh

>Of course we feed them garbage from from our landfills and dumps so that sort of changes the 'calculus.'

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 11:25 PM (sYM3s)

211 Aldrin: Now I want to back up and partially close the hatch - making sure not to lock it on my way out.
Armstrong: ... Good thought.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:18 PM (2GVsD)

Shit that would suck. Can you imagine that? Locking the keys in the car takes on a whole new meaning off world.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 20, 2026 11:27 PM (S41Gd)

212 Old cars parked in fields, that have obviously not moved in years. Ever wonder how many have a body buried under them?

"Grandpa, why won't you let me haul that old junker to the scrap yard?"

"You can do it after I'm dead."

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 20, 2026 11:27 PM (NeM+a)

213 TRex, I thought of you when we were at the Dinosaur Museum in Rapid City! One of your relatives was on display and Lil Pooky was running rings around it.

Posted by: pookysgirl thinks dinosaurs are cool at July 20, 2026 11:28 PM (vsLO4)

214 184

Martin Luther said that plenary indulgences could be useful "as stoppers for teapots."

In that vein, Biden's book has hundred of uses!

Bath tissue has already been mentioned.

Doorstopper is another. For house training a puppy (only the paperback edition). Bird cage, of course. Wrapping moist garbage so it doesn't leak before you can get it to the trash bin. To put under wobbly chair legs. Packing material. You could use the end papers for grocery lists. As a fire starter for barbeque grills.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:28 PM (RCjYY)

215 So if a train with a naked surfer leaves the station at 8AM and heads east at 55 mph...

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 11:28 PM (2WIwB)

216
Of course we feed them garbage from from our landfills and dumps so that sort of changes the 'calculus.'
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Back in the day of open and unfenced landfills, going to the dump to watch the bears was considered to be a fine way to spend the hours of dusk up in the Great Northern Woods.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 11:29 PM (ixS3i)

217 My mommy says I'm a girl...

https://youtu.be/8lO91WWJ9tI

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 20, 2026 11:30 PM (+9wcF)

218 Concerning the top photo -- such abandoned places always seem to bring out a sense of melancholy in me. It brings back memories of having visited visited and, for a time, lived in the island community in which my Dad grew up that became such a place. Now it's a National Lakeshore and, by decree, all evidence of former habitation there by humans must be eradicated.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 11:00 PM (ixS3i)


Still, I bet there are sneks in those buildings. The car too.
Sneks bad!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 11:32 PM (2WIwB)

219
When Armstrong first set foot on the surface, Collins was on the far side. Lunar orbit time was about 2 hours, so he spent about 1 hour on the far side, and another over the near side.

He later remarked that never before in history has any man known such solitude. That just about set the record for being alone in terms of distance from the next nearest human.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 11:35 PM (w6EFb)

220 Amy Fisher's son arrested on charges of microwaving a cat.

Let's microwave his ballz.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:23 PM (2GVsD)

Who is Amy Fisher?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 11:35 PM (1z8ji)

221 Ayanna Pressley and her husband are landlords

Seem to be less one tenant.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 11:36 PM (gKWVE)

222 Who is Amy Fisher?

Long Island Lolita.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:36 PM (2GVsD)

223 You have my attention. What, pray tell, did The Long Island Lolita DO?

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:37 PM (RCjYY)

224 Younger son reported in after a cruise with a friend of his and his family. Our grands go to Mass and to eat in nice restaurants from 2wks of age, are socialized, eat normally and are wonderful.

The two children of their friends are supposedly being raised by an elderly Puerto Rican nanny and scream a lot. The two year old screamed not to sit in a high chair the last dinner and ran around to other's tables with the proud parents thinking it was cute. The 4yr old wet her pants a few times and almost pooped in a pool and starts PreK4 this September and 2yr old in daycare (this is after retiring the elderly nanny who apparently did nothing). I pity their teachers.

Son said he came close to taking a nerve pill as they got off the ship because of the screaming.

The guy is a good guy and sadly married a princess who whines a lot.

If I remember correctly I told son this might not be a good idea last spring, but that was all (they've vacationed with them in the past with other issues).

Sometimes Mama knows best. He travels a lot and they've been on many cruises and this was only enjoyed by kids apparently. The 10mo old girl likes Fleetwood Mac is the only thing positive.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 20, 2026 11:38 PM (hzuYO)

225 Long Island Lolita.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:36 PM (2GVsD)

Oh, OK. A woman of infinite sleaze, then.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 11:38 PM (1z8ji)

226 You have my attention. What, pray tell, did The Long Island Lolita DO?
Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:37 PM (RCjYY)

Apparently any warm body with a dick.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 11:40 PM (1z8ji)

227 I don't get the idea of vacationing with people you know. I need a vacation because of the people I know.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 11:40 PM (XLQLg)

228 Was the Long Island Lolita a nymphomaniac*?

*nymphomaniac: a woman with a greater sex drive than your own

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:40 PM (RCjYY)

229
At this moment, 11:41 EDT, Old Glory is raised on the surface of the Moon.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 11:41 PM (w6EFb)

230
Who is Amy Fisher?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Fisher is an American woman, who, in 1992, at the age of 17, shot and severely wounded Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of Joey Buttafuoco, who had initiated a sexual relationship with the underaged Fisher in 1990.

Then she got into porn.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 11:42 PM (ixS3i)

231 most subarus are awd

Posted by: free tibet at July 20, 2026 11:43 PM (iNp3L)

232 230

I hope, while they were at it, they also nailed Joey for statutory rape.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:44 PM (RCjYY)

233 Too bad Epstein Island wasn't up and running when Amy Fisher hit the scene. She'd have made out like a bandit there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 11:45 PM (1z8ji)

234
11:47 PM EDT. Mission control tells Neil and Buzz that the President of the United States is on the line from the Oval Office and wishes to speak with them.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 11:47 PM (w6EFb)

235
11:48PM EDT: POTUS begins speaking:

"Neil and Buzz. I am talking to you from the Oval Room at the White House. And this certainly has to be the most historic telephone call ever made For every American this has to be the proudest day of our lives. And for people all over the world I am sure they, too, join with Americans in recognizing what a feat this is. Because of what you have done, the heavens have become a part of man's world. As you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquility, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and tranquility to Earth. For one priceless moment, in the whole history of man, all the people on this Earth are truly one."

Armstrong replies: "Thank you, Mr. President. It's a great honor and privilege for us to be here representing not only the United States but men of peace of all nations. And with interest and a curiosity and a vision for the future. It's an honor for us to be able to participate here today."

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 11:48 PM (w6EFb)

236 Who is Amy Fisher?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 11:35

This song - may bring back memories!

https://tinyurl.com/y7xtdvft

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 11:48 PM (Sxl5b)

237
At the conclusion of the call with POTUS, Neil and Buzz stand at attention and salute Old Glory.


They then busy themselves with setting up two more experiments, a seismic detector, and a laser reflector. And then they began boxing up samples from the lunar surface to take back with them.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 11:50 PM (w6EFb)

238 I once successfully prosecuted a guy (caucasian) for raping the babysitter. It wasn't much of a rape, but I liked the thought of "convicted rapist" following him through life.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:51 PM (RCjYY)

239 227 I don't get the idea of vacationing with people you know. I need a vacation because of the people I know.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 11:40 PM (XLQLg)
**********
Agree. We learned the hard way when my husband's bro and snotty SIL came to FL before we'd been there a year. Our youngest son turned 1yr, bro 3yr, cousin boys 2yr and 4yrs.

My eldest son bit his eldest cousin's arm for not sharing his pedal tractor. This in turn started the downward spiral as my SIL went loco about it (like my son was a biter when this was his first, and apparently he was ticked off). They came for 10 long days.

We did DisneyWorld, beaches, and BIL and I drank beer during naptime,which ticked off SIL as we were having too much fun (she was invited as well but had headaches).

Then her son got strep throat and she whined about that as they all got sick day after day. The last night my husband was making scallops and I did not know they were in a collander in the sink when my baby, who was going to harf due to the cousin cold birthday gift, did it on the scallops.

Three of us adults laughed and got pizza. SIL insisted on leaving a day early. The End.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 20, 2026 11:53 PM (hzuYO)

240 It wasn't much of a rape, but I liked the thought of "convicted rapist" following him through life.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:51 PM (RCjYY)

Gonna regret asking this before I even finish my question - but what is "not much of a rape"? Molested her?

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 11:55 PM (vE0+H)

241 Posted by: Larry Craig at July 20, 2026 11:21 PM (XLQLg)

Walked right into that

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 11:56 PM (vE0+H)

242 240 It wasn't much of a rape, but I liked the thought of "convicted rapist" following him through life.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:51 PM (RCjYY)

Gonna regret asking this before I even finish my question - but what is "not much of a rape"? Molested her?
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 11:55 PM (vE0+H)

Dukes of Hazzard sex.

She was willing, but that's a little but more than the law will allow.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 11:57 PM (XLQLg)

243 240 ...

No, it was a righteous rape. But he persuaded the victim into writing a letter saying she didn't want to prosecute. That was irritating.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:00 AM (RCjYY)

244 I once successfully prosecuted a guy (caucasian) for raping the babysitter. It wasn't much of a rape, but I liked the thought of "convicted rapist" following him through life.
Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 11:51 PM (RCjYY)

Uh, if it "wasn't much of a rape" what exactly was it that needed to follow him through life?

Posted by: LTG at July 21, 2026 12:00 AM (+ZHEV)

245 I did the babysitter and got 81 million votes!

Posted by: Joey Sharts at July 21, 2026 12:00 AM (JM9I6)

246 I'm starting to see EweTube videos on Europeans getting culture shock as they return to The Continent. Anyone else think it's funny how quickly they acclimated to the US?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 21, 2026 12:01 AM (qx7Zg)

247 244


... what exactly was it that needed to follow him through life?"

Like I said, "convicted rapist."

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:03 AM (RCjYY)

248 Dukes of Hazzard sex.

She was willing, but that's a little but more than the law will allow.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 11:57 PM (XLQLg)

Ah. That sort of rape carries a qualifier for a reason

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:03 AM (vE0+H)

249
it was a righteous rape.
Posted by: mnw

==============

I'm more confused than ever now.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 12:05 AM (mmrXZ)

250
Unfortunately, the exhaust wash from the ascent engine blew over the flag they set there at Tranquility Base. Aldrin reported seeing it fall over.

They did not make that mistake again, and set the flag farther away on subsequent missions. Also, Neil and Buzz had a little trouble and couldn't get the pole deep enough -- there was some hard pan of sorts right at the spot.

Detailed analysis of the photos of the landing sites from the LRO has confirmed the Apollo 12, 16, and 17 flags are still standing, but Apollo 14 and 15 can't be determined.

The flags weren't not made of any special material to withstand the solar wind and radiation environment, so they are most likely bleached out white by now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 12:05 AM (w6EFb)

251 246

Glad they got to see it before it morphs into a place just like the ones they came from.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:06 AM (RCjYY)

252 Oregon Sees Disturbing Spike In Gender Transition Therapy For Children
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Missed America: https://tinyurl.com/mspwweut

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:07 AM (JS6jE)

253 I'm starting to see EweTube videos on Europeans getting culture shock as they return to The Continent. Anyone else think it's funny how quickly they acclimated to the US?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 21, 2026 12:01 AM (qx7Zg)

The viral videos of Europeans here for the World Cup are social media click bait.

Almost nothing is genuine.

Posted by: LTG at July 21, 2026 12:10 AM (+ZHEV)

254 I'm more confused than ever now.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 12:05 AM (mmrXZ)

You can blame me for asking. I'm thinking this means statutory but it's being talked about in the strangest way.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:10 AM (vE0+H)

255 Three of us adults laughed and got pizza. SIL insisted on leaving a day early. The End.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 20, 2026 11:53 PM (hzuYO)

MY snotty SiL rented one of those "sleeps 10" beach houses at OBX, and actually expected my other SiL to follow her two young boys with a broom and dustpan.

Snotty Sil is a childless AWFL.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 21, 2026 12:11 AM (w6EFb)

256 Morticia

She was raped. Period, the end. I guess I should've said, "it wasn't a very good rape CASE."

It wasn't very good because the victim sent a written letter saying she didn't want to prosecute after all. The defense counsel wrote the letter FOR her, & she signed it in his law office.

He wanted a jury trial. The jury thought it was rape, apparently.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:11 AM (RCjYY)

257 Sex is a confusing topic. One day, ace is going to have the cobs sit us down and have a talk.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 21, 2026 12:11 AM (XLQLg)

258 Snotty Sil is a childless AWFL.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 21, 2026 12:11 AM (w6EFb)

Beach house, bitch house. Easy to confuse the two.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:12 AM (1z8ji)

259 Is China Sabotaging America's Data Centers?

This is not a loose ideological affinity between separate organizations. It is the same leadership operating under different institutional names.

That leadership has directed considerable energy toward one particular front, the American buildout of AI infrastructure. Across 21 documented campaigns in 14 states, the party has served as either the lead organizer or a significant participant in efforts that produced 10 local moratoriums, one permanent ban, and billions of dollars in delayed or canceled data-center investment.

_Lipton Matthews via American Greatness,

https://tinyurl.com/mfwnjmca

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:14 AM (JS6jE)

260 Didn't Joe Biden baste the rabies-sitter, too.?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:14 AM (1z8ji)

261 When a crappy job gets dangerous. Oxygen tank explodes in garbage truck. Please don't do that.

https://youtu.be/EMVUzWZgRlc

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 21, 2026 12:16 AM (qx7Zg)

262 You can blame me for asking. I'm thinking this means statutory but it's being talked about in the strangest way.
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:10 AM (vE0+H)

It also doesn't help that mnw is talking about some case he prosecuted, and I am talking about Amy Fisher, cuz I missed a comment somewhere in there. But I refuse to take any responsibility and also blame you for asking.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 21, 2026 12:18 AM (XLQLg)

263 Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:11 AM (RCjYY)

You liked the thought of "convicted rapist" following a rapist who coerced his victim into declining prosecution through life......?

Please, someone, make me stop.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:20 AM (vE0+H)

264 and also blame you for asking.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 21, 2026 12:18 AM (XLQLg)

I have to be honest, I blame myself. Entirely.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:21 AM (vE0+H)

265 254 I'm more confused than ever now.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 12:05 AM (mmrXZ)

You can blame me for asking. I'm thinking this means statutory but it's being talked about in the strangest way.

Posted by: ...
----

Prosecutorial discretion.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:21 AM (JS6jE)

266 262

It started because I said Joey Buttafuoco should've been held accountable too-- for having sex with her when she was about 15.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:22 AM (RCjYY)

267 That "convicted rapist" is probably a high-ranking Democrat, now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:23 AM (1z8ji)

268 I'm not particularly sophisticated, but even I can tell that woman on YouTube claiming that her 13 year old kid identifies as a cat, and has been for the last 7 years is a total hoax. However, there are conservative "influencers" out there falling for this nonsense. Ben Shapiro seems to be one of only a few who called BS on it. But, commented on it anyway, because you gotta get those views.

She claims that the school he goes to set up a litterbox for him, and that she is upset that the vet refuses to handle his medical needs.

If you haven't seen it....well allow me to introduce you to the mother: https://tinyurl.com/4d2be5hy

Posted by: Orson at July 21, 2026 12:24 AM (dIske)

269
According to the Daily Mail, Erika Kirk refers to Cavernous Nostrils only as "that bitch" nowadays.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 12:24 AM (w6EFb)

270 According to the Daily Mail, Erika Kirk refers to Cavernous Nostrils only as "that bitch" nowadays.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 12:24 AM (w6EFb)

She should refer to her as "who?"

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:24 AM (vE0+H)

271 It started because I said Joey Buttafuoco should've been held accountable too-- for having sex with her when she was about 15.
Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:22 AM (RCjYY)

He did go to jail for it. Although she clearly stalked him and threw herself at him, going so far as to smash up hr own car several times as a pretext to visit his body shop.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:25 AM (1z8ji)

272 266 262

It started because I said Joey Buttafuoco should've been held accountable too-- for having sex with her when she was about 15.
Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:22 AM (RCjYY)

He was, kinda. He ended up pleading guilty I think to some offense and did less than half a year.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 21, 2026 12:25 AM (XLQLg)

273 A new extension of the National Guard’s deployment to Washington will keep guardsmen in the nation’s capital until President Donald Trump’s term ends in more than two years.

The Pentagon confirmed on Thursday that the mission for which National Guard troops were deployed will continue until Jan. 20, 2029,
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Federal bldgs are manned up for threats. Notice how many quickly emerge to apprehend a felon.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:27 AM (JS6jE)

274 268

Robert E. Lee had a subordinate commander, Gen. Richard Ewell, who thought he was a bird.

So maybe the kid really thinks he's a cat.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:27 AM (RCjYY)

275 107
At this moment 57 years ago, 10:39PM EDT, 9:39PM Houston time, Neil Armstrong opened the hatch on Eagle, and slowly started climbing out.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 10:39 PM (w6EFb)

and proceeded to blow his line.....

(You all know what I mean......)

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 12:28 AM (QGaXH)

276 > nekkid locomotive surfer

A. What do you call a supergroup containing members from Barenaked Ladies, Jethro Tull, and Butthole Surfers?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 12:28 AM (IG3/x)

277 If you haven't seen it....well allow me to introduce you to the mother: https://tinyurl.com/4d2be5hy
Posted by: Orson at July 21, 2026 12:24 AM (dIske)

Honey, if your son says he is a cat, he's not cat; he's batshit crazy. Like you.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:28 AM (1z8ji)

278 Is China Sabotaging America's Data Centers?
___

Considering that I live in the Ozarks, in a national forest, the odds of a dc springing up here is between slim and none. Terrain alone makes it somewhat less than feasible.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 21, 2026 12:28 AM (x7Vzy)

279 Imagine going through life with a last name Buttafuoco. I mean don't you legally change it?

Posted by: Phil McCracken at July 21, 2026 12:30 AM (R86kT)

280 > "Remove child before laundering"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 10:08 PM (luin1)

"All disposable diapers are flammable. Keep child away from open flame."

"Caution: torch is hot." (on a MIG welder!)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 12:30 AM (IG3/x)

281 Imagine going through life with a last name Buttafuoco. I mean don't you legally change it?
Posted by: Phil McCracken at July 21, 2026 12:30 AM (R86kT)

Maybe it got him a lot of dates.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:31 AM (1z8ji)

282 So maybe the kid really thinks he's a cat.
_-_
'cause nobody in the kid's life set him straight at the onset of such nonsense like they should have.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 21, 2026 12:31 AM (JWDez)

283 > 279 Imagine going through life with a last name Buttafuoco. I mean don't you legally change it?
Posted by: Phil McCracken at July 21, 2026 12:30 AM (R86kT)

Imagine getting through Ellis Island with that name intact.

His ancestor must've royally pissed off the immigration officers.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 12:31 AM (IG3/x)

284 and proceeded to blow his line.....

(You all know what I mean......)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 12:28 AM (QGaXH)

Yeah, we know.

But what percent of the kids today know?

I'm guessing it's in the single digits.

Posted by: LTG at July 21, 2026 12:33 AM (+ZHEV)

285 What was he supposed to say?

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:33 AM (RCjYY)

286 Rape. A life sentence for the victim. Should be a death sentence for the rapist. Honestly, rape is worse than murder. It means the victim gets to lose everything they knew about themselves and live in fear forever.

What in hell is it with some dudes' dicks? Just keep it in your pants already. Nobody wants to see it, nobody wants to do it, nobody needs to ever encounter it, until you are married, and even then, it isn't all that attractive.

Why do rapists think their dick triumphs in the end? It does not.

And God will get you for that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 21, 2026 12:33 AM (bl07w)

287 Well, I shuffled some stuff around, backed my old Chevy pickup close to the scrap metal bin, and hand-bombed all the scrap into the pickup box. Maybe 7-800 pounds of it? Truck box is mostly full, but more could be squeezed in, no problem.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:35 AM (1z8ji)

288 Imagine going through life with a last name Buttafuoco. I mean don't you legally change it?
Posted by: Phil McCracken
---------

There's an old joke like that:

Gent appears before a judge and explains that he wants a name change.

"I see" says the judge,"and what is your name?"

"Harry Lipschitz, your honor"

"Well, Mr Lipshitz, I can see why you might want to change it. What would you like to change your name to?"

"Bill Lipshitz'

Posted by: Co-pilot at July 21, 2026 12:35 AM (XeU6L)

289 All he had to do was crack the valve on that oxygen bottle and let the pressure off. That was terribly careless.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:35 AM (JS6jE)

290 > nekkid locomotive surfer

A. What do you call a supergroup containing members from Barenaked Ladies, Jethro Tull, and Butthole Surfers?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

C'mon, Carnac.

Posted by: Big Big Train at July 21, 2026 12:35 AM (VHUov)

291 And God will get you for that.
_-_
Agree with your perspective. What I really don't get is how could you get a kick out of forcing sex on a woman? Weird. "Sex should be friendly. Or never."

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 21, 2026 12:36 AM (q2/In)

292 All he had to do was crack the valve on that oxygen bottle and let the pressure off. That was terribly careless.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:35 AM (JS6jE)

I did not watch the entire video, because it was shitty. But who puts a viable oxygen cylinder in the trash? Return it to the gas vendor, and get a few dollars for it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:38 AM (1z8ji)

293 150 I’m sorry that y’all have Subaru issues.
Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:19 PM (77rzZ)

Subarus are fine automobiles. Front-wheel drive, just like a K-car.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 10:57 PM (1z8ji)

We've had two Scooby-Doo cars. An 07 Forester and a 2012 Outback. Both were symmetric all wheel drive. Problem is they tell you if you have to replace one tire you have to replace all four to keep the AWD in balance.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 12:38 AM (QGaXH)

294 I'm starting to see EweTube videos on Europeans getting culture shock as they return to The Continent. Anyone else think it's funny how quickly they acclimated to the US?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 21, 2026 12:01 AM (qx7Zg)

Yeah it is. They thought they knew us, they thought wrong. Then they landed in a giant amusement park and lost their shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 21, 2026 12:41 AM (S41Gd)

295
Neil always maintained he did say "a man", and it was just lost in the transmission due to his accent

That's plausible, and at least one analysis did conclude he did say the "a".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 12:42 AM (w6EFb)

296 Good evening morons e grazie mh

Posted by: Albert Shanker at July 21, 2026 12:42 AM (JvZF+)

297 We've had two Scooby-Doo cars. An 07 Forester and a 2012 Outback. Both were symmetric all wheel drive. Problem is they tell you if you have to replace one tire you have to replace all four to keep the AWD in balance.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 12:38 AM (QGaXH)

Do they not have a fluid coupling between the front and rear axles? My old '96 Jeep Grand Cherokee had full time 4WD, but there was a fluid clutch between the front and rear drive shafts that would permit a slight RPM difference between the two axles.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:42 AM (1z8ji)

298 Should be a death sentence for the rapist. Honestly, rape is worse than murder. It means the victim gets to lose everything they knew about themselves and live in fear forever.

Why do rapists think their dick triumphs in the end? It does not.

And God will get you for that.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Small consolation in this world, but the punishment in the next is the safer option.

Anything that becomes a capital crime makes every other crime, including the other capital crimes, "free." What are they gonna do, put you in the electric chair twice?

If being convicted of rape means a death sentence, it's in the rapist's best interests to also murder the star witness.

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 12:42 AM (VHUov)

299 Subarus are fine automobiles. Front-wheel drive, just like a K-car.
_-_
Reminds me of this(Red Green):
https://tinyurl.com/mss9jr5s

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 21, 2026 12:44 AM (JWDez)

300 Agree with your perspective. What I really don't get is how could you get a kick out of forcing sex on a woman? Weird. "Sex should be friendly. Or never."
Posted by: Don in SoCo

It's not about sex. It's about power.

Maybe it's about sex for the 70-IQ immigrant class.....

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 12:44 AM (VHUov)

301 194 New Hampshire girls bullied a transgender boy to stop playing soccer.
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I'll take inaccurate headlines for 500, Alex.
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 11:14 PM (vE0+H)

Shouldn't it read transgender girl? Meaning a biological male purporting to be a female? I thought a trans boy was a biological girl?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 12:44 AM (QGaXH)

302 Seems like it works equally well either way. I'd rather he'd said something completely unscripted myself.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:44 AM (RCjYY)

303 In case anyone missed Marco Rubio today, here it is.
It is excellent.

https://tinyurl.com/yxbxvbz6

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:44 AM (JS6jE)

304 What I really don't get is how could you get a kick out of forcing sex on a woman?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 21, 2026 12:36 AM (q2/In)

Hurting and/or destroying others is a pastime for many. And they do get a kick out of it, sexual and otherwise.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:45 AM (vE0+H)

305 At one point the Habsburg authorities required that the Jews take European-style surnames. Before that they mostly went by patronymics like Shmuel bar Avram and so on (which of course the Euros themselves had done at one time... Johnson, Williamson...).

Some officials took inordinate pleasure in assigning them comical and/or belittling family names, for example "Goldfisch" (Shmuel Goldfisch changed his name to Samuel Goldwyn once he hit Hollywood).

Occasionally you could bribe the official to give you a better name.

Avi bar Yakov comes back from getting his new family name. His friend Moishe asks "What did you get?" "Schweiss". "Schweiss? That's a stupid name. Couldn't you bribe him to get something better?" "It cost everything I had just to get the 'w'".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 12:45 AM (IG3/x)

306 /old timey teachers union sock off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 12:46 AM (JvZF+)

307 Been wearing that all afternoon

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 12:46 AM (JvZF+)

308 If being convicted of rape means a death sentence, it's in the rapist's best interests to also murder the star witness.

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 12:42 AM (VHUov)

Or not to do either.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:47 AM (vE0+H)

309 A lot of people got "christened" by an Ellis Island immigration clerk.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:48 AM (RCjYY)

310
257 Sex is a confusing topic. One day, ace is going to have the cobs sit us down and have a talk.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 21, 2026 12:11 AM (XLQLg)

“You see, when a mommy Ewok and a daddy Ewok love each other very much…”

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 12:49 AM (Sxl5b)

311 207 202 Aldrin: Now I want to back up and partially close the hatch - making sure not to lock it on my way out.
Armstrong: ... Good thought.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 11:18 PM (2GVsD)

That almost got a chuckle out of Armstrong hehe
Posted by: Joemarine at July 20, 2026 11:22 PM (y171U)

My mother took him quite literally. I remember her telling my dad 'they must have told him over and over don't lock the door'.

I remember thinking 'with billions of dollars, the national honor, and two lives at strake why would they design something that could lock them out? Who are they trying to keep out?'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 12:50 AM (QGaXH)

312 308 If being convicted of rape means a death sentence, it's in the rapist's best interests to also murder the star witness.

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 12:42 AM (VHUov)

Or not to do either.
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:47 AM (vE0+H)

Not if it means he gets his dick cut off before he gets the needle. Just sayin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 21, 2026 12:50 AM (bl07w)

313 Isaac Azimov's real name was Osimov.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:54 AM (RCjYY)

314 I had a colon cleanse yesterday that was more fun than this thread.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:54 AM (vE0+H)

315 I had a colon cleanse yesterday that was more fun than this thread.
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 12:54 AM (vE0+H)

Well, then, call it like a horse race: "Here they come, around the clubhouse turn..."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:56 AM (1z8ji)

316 U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced it concluded another round of strikes against Iran at 9:00 p.m. ET on July 20, targeting military command centers, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and air defense systems for the tenth consecutive night intending to degrade Iran's ability to attack commercial shipping transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
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Show us the technicolor bombardier and gun camera video we don't want to see five second, washed out nightvision clips.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:56 AM (JS6jE)

317 They lopped four letters of my Irish family surname.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 21, 2026 12:56 AM (JWDez)

318 David Suskind (TV personality way back when) said that after he explained the facts of life to his kid, his son said, "How can you do that without laughing?"

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:57 AM (RCjYY)

319 314 I had a colon cleanse yesterday that was more fun than this thread.

Posted by: ...
---

Watch the Rubio clip. It's a palate cleanser.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:58 AM (JS6jE)

320 If being convicted of rape means a death sentence, it's in the rapist's best interests to also murder the star witness.
Posted by: mikeski

Or not to do either.
Posted by: ...

Excellent! That answer means you don't reason like a psychopath. (not sarcasm.)

Unfortunately, a lot of rapists are psychopaths. (unfortunately, also not sarcasm.)

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 12:59 AM (VHUov)

321 I had a colon cleanse yesterday that was more fun than this thread.
Posted by: ...

Watch the Rubio clip. It's a palate cleanser.
Posted by: Braenyard

Cleansed from start to finish!

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 01:00 AM (VHUov)

322 319 314 I had a colon cleanse yesterday that was more fun than this thread.

Posted by: ...
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Watch the Rubio clip. It's a palate cleanser.
_-_
You know jow to tell the difference between an oral and a rectal thermometer? The taste.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 21, 2026 01:01 AM (JWDez)

323 Sad to say, virtually all of us of European ancestry are descended from rapists.

A bunch of steppe tribes that we call the Yamnaya overran Europe somewhere around 4,500–5,000 years ago. Yamnaya comes from a Russian word for "pit", and refers to their characteristic pit burials -- we don't know what they called themselves.

This resulted in massive replacement of the indigenous European male DNA with Yamanaya male DNA, while the European female DNA continued on.

I'd say "guess what happened there", but we know what happened there, don't we? The men got whacked and the women became sex slaves/concubines/what have you.

One of those things that's not pleasant to think about.

I suspect that there's an awful lot of Russian DNA in today's Germans, dating from 1945 or thereabouts, and an awful lot of Japanese DNA in today's Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos, Indonesians...

Our modern concept of body autonomy didn't really arrive until the advent of Christianity, e.g. the idea that raping a woman was an offense against her personally.

Before that there were punishments for rape, but most of the jurisprudence seems to be based on compensation for damaging another man's property.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 01:02 AM (IG3/x)

324 Watch the Rubio clip. It's a palate cleanser.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:58 AM (JS6jE)

Thanks. That was well handled. A decade was a long time to work on his Trump impression. Nice to see someone learned, imagine an entire party of Republicans dealing with leftists like this.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 01:03 AM (vE0+H)

325 Joe Biden's book:

RR supposedly once autographed his book, and joked, "Let me know if it's any good. I might read it myself."

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 01:03 AM (RCjYY)

326 Before that there were punishments for rape, but most of the jurisprudence seems to be based on compensation for damaging another man's property.
_-_
There ya go, un-funnin' the thread again...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 21, 2026 01:04 AM (q2/In)

327 One of those things that's not pleasant to think about.

I suspect that there's an awful lot of Russian DNA in today's Germans, dating from 1945 or thereabouts, and an awful lot of Japanese DNA in today's Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos, Indonesians...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

One of the reasons people are frequently surprised by their "23 and me" results. "What do mean, I'm 3% Turkish?"

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 01:05 AM (VHUov)

328 Show us the technicolor bombardier and gun camera video we don't want to see five second, washed out nightvision clips.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 12:56 AM (JS6jE)

Bomb the Shiite mosques. Bomb Shiite seminaries, or whatever fills that role. Bomb Shiite "holy" sites. Bomb civil services offices, government departments. Make it life-threatening to hold a job with the regime.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 01:06 AM (1z8ji)

329 "Despoiling an heiress" was a crime at one time. Swearsies.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 01:06 AM (RCjYY)

330 297 We've had two Scooby-Doo cars. An 07 Forester and a 2012 Outback. Both were symmetric all wheel drive. Problem is they tell you if you have to replace one tire you have to replace all four to keep the AWD in balance.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 12:38 AM (QGaXH)

Do they not have a fluid coupling between the front and rear axles? My old '96 Jeep Grand Cherokee had full time 4WD, but there was a fluid clutch between the front and rear drive shafts that would permit a slight RPM difference between the two axles.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 12:42 AM (1z8ji)

I can't speak to that. I only know what I read in the owners manual. There's a little leeway if the tires are fairly new, but not much. I would think there would be a robust market for used Subaru tires of various tread depths.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 01:07 AM (QGaXH)

331 Unfortunately, a lot of rapists are psychopaths. (unfortunately, also not sarcasm.)

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 12:59 AM (VHUov)

My argument against rape being a capital crime would lean more toward the false accuser problem and less to what some evil motherfucker might choose to do when weighing up various risks, which as you alluded to, they are probably not doing very well to begin with.

Disposing of a body, for example, invites more problems and probably more witnesses. It's not cut and dry for even the most logical rational person.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 01:08 AM (vE0+H)

332 @peterschweizer 👀

“From a gentleman at a FL CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations), to Muslims:

‘Why are we living in the US? The only answer I believe is excusable & justifiable is if we are living here to shift this country’s political and spiritual direction together.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 01:09 AM (JS6jE)

333 [...]
It's not cut and dry for even the most logical rational person.
Posted by: ...

* nods *

Fair points.

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 01:09 AM (VHUov)

334 > One of the reasons people are frequently surprised by their "23 and me" results. "What do mean, I'm 3% Turkish?"
Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 01:05 AM (VHUov)

I've got little bits of all kinds of weird shit in there. The mystery was solved to some extent when I found some ancestors living in the dock areas of London from the time period when the Brits were going literally everywhere, and bringing native sailors back with them.


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 01:10 AM (IG3/x)

335 332

They've already shifted the DEMs.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 01:10 AM (RCjYY)

336 “From a gentleman at a FL CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations), to Muslims:

‘Why are we living in the US? The only answer I believe is excusable & justifiable is if we are living here to shift this country’s political and spiritual direction together.
Posted by: Braenyard

I think he said the quiet part out loud.

Not that they've ever been very quiet about it.

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 01:11 AM (VHUov)

337 309 A lot of people got "christened" by an Ellis Island immigration clerk.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 12:48 AM (RCjYY)

There's an old joke about a Chinese laundry owned by Sven Johnson....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 01:11 AM (QGaXH)

338 Comedy Media:

oy Behar: "Jesus himself did not run around saying, ‘I’m the Messiah, I’m the Messiah.’"

Sara Haines: "That’s exactly what Jesus said, ‘I am the Messiah!’"

Joy Behar: "No, he did not! Jesus was more modest than that. Listen I knew Jesus, okay?."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 01:11 AM (JS6jE)

339 U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL):

"After Cuba, Nicaragua is next."
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Why not?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 01:13 AM (JS6jE)

340 Joy Behar: "No, he did not! Jesus was more modest than that. Listen I knew Jesus, okay?."
Posted by: Braenyard

Joy Behar is Judas Iscariot in drag?

[reference: The myth of The Wandering Jew.]

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 01:14 AM (VHUov)

341 "After Cuba, Nicaragua is next."
Why not?
_-_
.The aforementioned WW3.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 21, 2026 01:16 AM (JWDez)

342 337

Some movie I saw with Mathew Broderick (I think). Underage kid presents a phony driver's license at a big Las Vegas hotel & casino:

"Let's see... you are Mr. Gus Papodopoulos? And you're from... Yuma, Arizona?"

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 01:16 AM (RCjYY)

343 There are Jews in China that have been there for many centuries. Like European Jews, they've acquired a fair amount of the local DNA over time.

A rabbinical scholar gets word that there may be some original copies of ancient documents in some of the Chinese synagogues, so he travels there to look into it.

He walks in and asks for the rabbi he's been corresponding with. A Chinese-looking fellow says "That's me... how can I help you?" The Ashkenazi scholar says "I'm the one who's been writing to you about those old documents." The Chinese-looking guy stares at him and says "That's funny. You don't look Jewish."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 01:16 AM (IG3/x)

344 338 Joy Behar: "No, he did not! Jesus was more modest than that. Listen I knew Jesus, okay?."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 01:11 AM (JS6jE)

She knew Jesus? I thought she was old but dayummm....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 01:17 AM (QGaXH)

345 "After Cuba, Nicaragua is next."
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Why not?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 01:13 AM (JS6jE)

Daniel Ortega could probably be co-opted. He is old, and he is a rational actor. His country is hurting economically. Butter him up, tell him that he will be remembered as a hero for playing ball with the USA, and saving the country from poverty.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 01:18 AM (1z8ji)

346 Good Night Everyone.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 01:19 AM (QGaXH)

347 Should probably deal with that asshole judge that runs Brazil. The bald one that looks like a dick head with two pee holes.

Posted by: Reforger at July 21, 2026 01:21 AM (RVv7x)

348 Jenna Ortega > Ortega taco shells > Daniel Ortega

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 01:21 AM (IG3/x)

349 Good night, AOP. I'm outta here too.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 01:22 AM (IG3/x)

350
Joy Behar: "Jesus himself did not run around saying, ‘I’m the Messiah, I’m the Messiah.’"

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 01:11 AM (JS6jE)

So then why did they crucify Him?

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 01:23 AM (vE0+H)

351 he will be remembered as a hero for playing ball with the USA, and saving the country from poverty.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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The only way we are going to achieve hemispherical independence is for everyone to be on the same page. Trump backed 8 elections in S. America and all of them won. Brazil will be a biggey but Central America will be a feather.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 01:23 AM (JS6jE)

352 Lindsay Graham's sister talks like a Democrat. Worrisome.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 01:27 AM (RCjYY)

353 For multiple reasons, don't let her float your boat:

https://tinyurl.com/4pnfbd8m

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 21, 2026 01:27 AM (5UTWB)

354 Don Lemon thinks I'm a White Supremacest.

Would it be racist of me to disagree with a Proud black man?

Posted by: goatweed at July 21, 2026 01:28 AM (jK3NL)

355 Dump hiding 100 american casualties from Iran war because he said announcing it would give aid and comfort to his enemies.

Posted by: raimondo at July 21, 2026 01:32 AM (anrvG)

356 Hey, MisHum,
Do you have a name, author, date or other info on the lead picture of this thread

It’s something I could see on my wall.

Gotta retire now but will check tomorrow for any responses, knowledge…

Thanks and g’nite all

Posted by: RM at July 21, 2026 01:32 AM (n/1Oj)

357 Before that there were punishments for rape, but most of the jurisprudence seems to be based on compensation for damaging another man's property.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 01:02 AM (IG3/x)

On the other hand, it was still OK to cut a man’s throat if he raped your sister. Unless he offered to marry her and offered you a nice settlement to seal the deal.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 01:33 AM (Sxl5b)

358 Thanks for the ONT MisHum. Hope you didn't the storms predicted. Weonly got some rain twice, othingcrazy.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at July 21, 2026 01:34 AM (55Qr6)

359 Lawsuit says Alabama woman walked into traffic because ChatGPT told her she was fulfilling a prophecy
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Nonsense. She's too stupid to understand 3 syllable words.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 21, 2026 01:36 AM (DZ9Lv)

360 Hey, MisHum,
Do you have a name, author, date or other info on the lead picture of this thread

It’s something I could see on my wall.
Posted by: RM

Curtis Kautzer.

Shutterstock & iStockphoto links:

https://tinyurl.com/47yx5ys2
https://tinyurl.com/4dhre74m

Posted by: mikeski is helping! at July 21, 2026 01:38 AM (VHUov)

361 “From a gentleman at a FL CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations), to Muslims:

‘Why are we living in the US? The only answer I believe is excusable & justifiable is if we are living here to shift this country’s political and spiritual direction together.
Posted by: Braenyard

I think he said the quiet part out loud.

Not that they've ever been very quiet about it.

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 01:11 AM (VHUov)
-

THEY'RE HERE!

https://t.co/AZo3NyoxtY

Philistines upon you, America!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 21, 2026 01:39 AM (5UTWB)

362 353 Biden's Dog

I think she's related to Steve Forbes & that her worth is in the tens of millions. She's an LBTQ California DEM. Scary!

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 01:39 AM (RCjYY)

363
By this time 57 years ago, Neil and Buzz were back inside the Eagle, hatch closed and re-pressurized. They had some chores to do inside, and also answer some questions from the geologists, who were just on the edge of their seats on the ground wanting to know all sorts of stuff.

They finally we on sleep period at 4:25AM, and weren't awakened until 11:13 AM. Buzz just curled up on the floor and Neil rigged himself a hammock of sorts.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 01:40 AM (w6EFb)

364 There was a WNBA coach suspended by the league for one game for calling an opposing player a "protected species" after the ref called what the coach thought was a ticky-tack foul.

Because Americans aren't used to hearing thst particular vernacular when discussing sports, and the coach was white while the opposing player was black.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 01:41 AM (ZceAD)

365 Retardo lies by omission. Surprised?

CENTCOM doesn't release casualty figures for servicemen who are so lightly wounded, they're returned to duty immediately.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 01:43 AM (RCjYY)

366 Howdy, late-night horde! Thanks, MisHum-- your ONTs are great.

Top pic reminds me of... some local places, LOL!

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm)

367 Here's why Salazar pegged Nicaragua:

Nicaragua's president has declared his government will no longer hold elections.

Daniel Ortega, who has held a tight grip on power in the Central American country since 2007, told a rally on Sunday that he would stay in power when his term ends next year and pledged to abolish voting.

"There will never be elections here again," Mr Ortega, 80, said, ...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 01:51 AM (JS6jE)

368 Thanks, MisHum-- your ONTs are great.

Top pic reminds me of... some local places, LOL!
Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm)

Seconded! My yard has some cars and old buildings, but it's much greener than that picture. Had brief but heavy rain shower late this afternoon.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 01:53 AM (1z8ji)

369 Centcom did say. 100 casualties. 96% have returned to duty.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 01:53 AM (JS6jE)

370 'Twas cloudy here today, plus very high-level smoke, so didn't get too hot. Loved that! Tomorrow? Who knows.

I've lost trust in the weather people, due to the fear pr0n and doomcasting.. seems it's never quite as hot (or cold, in winter) as they predict.

Anyway-- it was nice to not roast for a change.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 01:54 AM (rdVOm)

371 Daniel Ortega, who has held a tight grip on power in the Central American country since 2007, told a rally on Sunday that he would stay in power when his term ends next year and pledged to abolish voting.

"There will never be elections here again," Mr Ortega, 80, said, ...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 01:51 AM (JS6jE)

Well, that's plain foolish. He had the elections rigged so he would always win, anyway. But the illusion was preserved.

The die-hard Sandinistas call him "Somoza leche". Somebody will shoot him, now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 01:57 AM (1z8ji)

372 Hi, AOP!

If you mow your lawn... and find a car... you might just be a redneck...

Only 2 vehicles in my yard, LOL. One hasn't been started since the 80s. Belonged to hubby's dad, parked because the brakes went out (I think?). I weed-whack around it from time to time.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

373
She was raped. Period, the end. I guess I should've said, "it wasn't a very good rape CASE."

Posted by: mnw

================

YES, you should have said that. I blame you entirely.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 02:00 AM (mmrXZ)

374 369

Well, according to Retardo, that means, "Trump is hiding the casualties."

It's easy to see why CENTCOM wouldn't want to release any information which might be useful to our enemies, i.e., by letting IRGC know exactly where their missiles are hitting.

But Retardo detects a Trumpian lie!

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 02:00 AM (RCjYY)

375 Oops, make that: 3 vehicles in the yard. One doesn't really count, because it's outside the fence.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:01 AM (rdVOm)

376 If you mow your lawn... and find a car... you might just be a redneck...

Only 2 vehicles in my yard, LOL. One hasn't been started since the 80s. Belonged to hubby's dad, parked because the brakes went out (I think?). I weed-whack around it from time to time.
Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

Oh, I know where they all are. Been shuffling stuff around. Moved a Studebaker pickup from its place near the end of the barn, and dragged up a tall warehouse ladder to the end of the barn. Got to steady that thing up, so I can climb it and replace the hayloft door that blew down in a windstorm. Might just back up a Suburban to each side of the ladder so it cannot topple sideways.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 02:03 AM (1z8ji)

377 Might just back up a Suburban to each side of the ladder so it cannot topple sideways.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

The Reverse Wheel Chock maneuver.

Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 02:05 AM (VHUov)

378 Wish I had your level of motivation, AOP. (And knowledge!)

Some days I just can't even... anything. But it's situational I guess.

Used to be so energetic and determined and now can't find energy very often.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:07 AM (rdVOm)

379 373

I'm flattered by your interest.

After the rape, he stepped outside in his underwear & screamed threats at someone who was just passing by. "What are you looking at, mfer? Get the hell out of here!" kind of thing.

That evidence made the rape charge stronger to the jury, I think, i.e., that he was out of control. They didn't just have to take the flaky victim's word all by itself. There was this other incident too.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 02:07 AM (RCjYY)

380 AsCW at Dailytimewaster.blogspot.com would say
That vehicle is too far gone

Posted by: Skip at July 21, 2026 02:09 AM (Ia/+0)

381 Nytol

I couldn't stay up like this if I hadn't retired so long ago.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 02:10 AM (RCjYY)

382 The Reverse Wheel Chock maneuver.
Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 02:05 AM (VHUov)

Heh. I have used a Suburban or other vehicle on several occasions to provide a block to the base of a ladder, so it doesn't kick out at the bottom while I am on it. I am leery of ladders. This "stocking ladder" I have is really a metal staircase on wheels. I think it might have been an airplane boarding ladder in a previous life, but it is quite similar to those rolling staircases you see in big box stores like Home Depot. It has proven useful. Feels much more secure than an extension ladder. Problem with the barn site is the ground is dirt, and not level.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 02:11 AM (1z8ji)

383 >>That vehicle is too far gone

Depends on what a person wants to do with it, I'd imagine. Parts, maybe. Patterns for after-market.

Or just yard decor, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:12 AM (rdVOm)

384 @DC_Draino

Lisa Murkowski is bankrolled by Melinda Gates !

Sadly, it gets worse.

You know who who funded the initiative to get Ranked Choice Voting installed in Alaska?

Bill Gates.

And who did it benefit?

Lisa Murkowski.

Now do you see why she is a backstabbing RINO on Voter ID?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 02:12 AM (JS6jE)

385 The old truck that's been parked all these years, was going to be hubby's "retirement project"... Yeah, no... but I can't bear the thought of getting rid of it just yet.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:15 AM (rdVOm)

386 The old truck that's been parked all these years, was going to be hubby's "retirement project"... Yeah, no... but I can't bear the thought of getting rid of it just yet.
Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:15 AM (rdVOm)

What year and model of old truck? Some models are pretty sought-after, and some you cannot give away.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 02:23 AM (1z8ji)

387 383 >>That vehicle is too far gone

Depends on what a person wants to do with it, I'd imagine. Parts, maybe. Patterns for after-market.

Or just yard decor, LOL.

Posted by: JQ
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Autotraders has (it looks stock) a 39 Ford, just out of storage for 18K. All the 36 Chevys were not stock with prices to match. I like the looks of the Chevy, more, aggressive. The Ford looks family but, if one won the lottery, either one would be cool.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 02:26 AM (JS6jE)

388 What year and model of old truck? Some models are pretty sought-after, and some you cannot give away.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

66 Chevy... just a minute, need to go check model...

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)

389 Mike Pence’s net worth increased by 5X after he certified the stolen 2020 election.

Treasonous.

Judas Pence (Mr Upright) took the Koch money to backstab 72+ million voters.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 02:28 AM (JS6jE)

390 C20. Not 4wd

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:30 AM (rdVOm)

391 Couple of times, had guys come to the door to ask about the truck...

"I'll give ya a hunnerd bucks for it..."

or 2 hundred.

Hubby ran them off!

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:34 AM (rdVOm)

392
Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2026 02:07 AM (RCjYY)

==============

Yeesh. I guess prosecutors have seen a few things.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 02:37 AM (mmrXZ)

393 389 Mike Pence’s net worth increased by 5X after he certified the stolen 2020 election.

Treasonous.

Judas Pence (Mr Upright) took the Koch money to backstab 72+ million voters.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 02:28 AM (JS6jE)

Yeah, we need some real investigative reporting into how somehow Politicians suddenly make YUGE dollars, while in office, or sometimes even out of office.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 21, 2026 02:43 AM (mP0Kj)

394 '66 Chevy C20, last year of that body style. They have a following, for sure. If the body is rust-free, or nearly so, it will have value to a collector. I'd guess $2000 for a basket case, more if it will run or can be made to run.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 02:44 AM (1z8ji)

395 Yeah, we need some real investigative reporting into how somehow Politicians suddenly make YUGE dollars, while in office, or sometimes even out of office.
Posted by: Romeo13

I'd be happy to receive a few hundred thou in "loan repayments" right about now!

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:44 AM (rdVOm)

396 Nice thing about older Chevy pickups is that there are dead easy to resto-mod. A modern fuel-injected engine and overdrive automatic will bolt right in. Same with upgraded brakes and stuff. You can build it out of a catalog. Which is why they are sought after.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 02:50 AM (1z8ji)

397 384 @DC_Draino

Lisa Murkowski is bankrolled by Melinda Gates !

Sadly, it gets worse.

You know who who funded the initiative to get Ranked Choice Voting installed in Alaska?

Bill Gates.

And who did it benefit?

Lisa Murkowski.

Now do you see why she is a backstabbing RINO on Voter ID?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 02:12 AM (JS6jE)

That ain't her only source of bakshish. That bitch is rolling in it and will for a very long time. She really needs to have a heart attack and get the fuck outta government.

Her daddy was a coward who ran after 9/11. She's an idiot who does what she is paid to do. AK has suffered more than our fair share for her venal asshattery.

She really is a money whore.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 21, 2026 02:51 AM (bl07w)

398 Well, getting late here. I really have to head for the snoozer. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 02:51 AM (1z8ji)

399 '66 Chevy C20, last year of that body style. They have a following, for sure. If the body is rust-free, or nearly so, it will have value to a collector. I'd guess $2000 for a basket case, more if it will run or can be made to run.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Thanks for the quick research, AOP! Body is straight, looks good, but bed is rusty (of course) after sitting outside for so long. Trim, glass, lenses & bumpers intact. Interior.. worn but not destroyed. Iirc, hubby said the motor was "rebuilt" by an amateur & bored to the max (some HS kid?) so probably needs new small block or sleeved. Believe it's a 350, so parts/replacement engine would be no problem. Single reservoir master cylinder would need upgrade..

It's beyond me, at this point. 20 years ago? No problem!

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:52 AM (rdVOm)

400 [6.5 million guests to visit USA for the games]
@FBIDirectorKash
Jul 20
The 2026 FIFA World Cup was the largest sporting event in the history of the world, shattering previous attendance record by double digits. America- we got it done, ZERO major security incidents across our nation while we hosted the equivalent of 78 super bowls in 38 days, along with 40 base camps, endless fan zones, and celebrations in nearly every state.

President Trump promised his administration would deliver the most safe, secure, and fun environment for FIFA. He started by establishing the White
House FIFA Task Force some 16 months ago, and we got right to work.
...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 02:53 AM (JS6jE)

401
I remember falling asleep in Reagan International on J6 (missed my plane back to the West Coast thanks to that ass mayor shutting down the streets so taxis couldn't get in), unable to believe that Mike Pence would certify that election. Then sometime early in the morning, shifting on a couple of ice-cold plastic seats, learning that he in fact did. I can't bring myself to believe he was cold and villainous, but I don't understand that guy.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 02:54 AM (mmrXZ)

402 'Night, AOP. Thanks again.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 02:58 AM (rdVOm)

403 396 Nice thing about older Chevy pickups is that there are dead easy to resto-mod.
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GM never changes anything (or used to) unless they have to.
Had a 57 panel truck with old, old style double o ring motor mounts in the front. Put a much newer engine in it, the block casting still had the front o rings on it even though Chevy had long gone to the side block mounts they didn't change the block casting.

Interchangeable parts forever.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 03:00 AM (JS6jE)

404 comment gone to bed

Posted by: clarence at July 21, 2026 03:01 AM (1QT7n)

405 When the time comes.. after hubby passes.. I will sell off as much as possible, and move to a smaller more manageable place. Maybe even to a condo or apartment, so I won't NEED TO maintain a yard.

I dunno.. I hate having to think about this kind of shit.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 03:03 AM (rdVOm)

406 It's time for me to go, enjoyed the evening, and your old C20.
Good night all.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 03:03 AM (JS6jE)

407 'Night, Braenyard. See ya next time!

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 03:05 AM (rdVOm)

408 You know who who funded the initiative to get Ranked Choice Voting installed in Alaska?

Bill Gates.

And who did it benefit?

Lisa Murkowski.

Now do you see why she is a backstabbing RINO on Voter ID?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 21, 2026 02:12 AM (JS6jE)

That ain't her only source of bakshish. That bitch is rolling in it and will for a very long time. She really needs to have a heart attack and get the fuck outta government.

Her daddy was a coward who ran after 9/11. She's an idiot who does what she is paid to do. AK has suffered more than our fair share for her venal asshattery.

She really is a money whore.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 21, 2026 02:51 AM (bl07w)

AK has a parliament now because Lisa Murkowski has to be kept in office. But who knew the Gateses want America to have a parliamentary system of government?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 21, 2026 03:21 AM (8l6/L)

409 336 “From a gentleman at a FL CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations), to Muslims:

‘Why are we living in the US? The only answer I believe is excusable & justifiable is if we are living here to shift this country’s political and spiritual direction together.
Posted by: Braenyard

I think he said the quiet part out loud.

Not that they've ever been very quiet about it.
Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2026 01:11 AM (VHUov)

Sounds like a violation of the naturalization oath to me.

So bye.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 21, 2026 03:27 AM (pKv0r)

410 Today (or 'today'), Monday the 20th, Stone Gossard turned 60, and Chris Cornell would've turned 62 if not for having hung himself on May 18, 2017. Gossard is a rhythm guitarist, composer, and founding member of Temple Of The Dog and Pearl Jam, among others, while Cornell was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, primary lyricist, and composer for Temple Of The Dog, Soundgarden, and Audioslave.

Since they had a project in common, here's a track that Gossard wrote the music for and played rhythm guitar on, while Cornell wrote the lyrics and sang lead. They are joined by Gossard's future Pearl Jam bandmates Jeff Ament on bass guitar, Mike McCready on lead guitar, Matt Cameron on drums, and Eddie Vedder doing such discreet background vocals that I can't tell it's him.

Temple Of The Dog - Four Walled World (Audio)
https://youtu.be/pUbl2pt11og

For context, TOTD was formed in reaction to the untimely heroin overdose death of singer Andrew Wood, who was Cornell's roommate and the frontman of Mother Love Bone with Gossard and Ament. They only made the one self-titled album (1991) as apparent catharsis, so I think the 'jailer' in "Four Walled World" is probably drugs.

Posted by: SciVo at July 21, 2026 03:30 AM (Sy6m/)

411 117 The Democratic candidate of Egyptian origin for the Michigan, US Senate, Abdul El-Sayed: "ICE has nothing to do with immigration; ICE has nothing to do with the southern border... ICE is about arming the idea of immigration against the Constitution itself... ICE has to be abolished
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:43 PM (jU8k

Should CBP be abolished as well?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 21, 2026 03:32 AM (pKv0r)

412
I dunno.. I hate having to think about this kind of shit.
Posted by: JQ

=================

I have no idea if this makes any sense for your situation, but what about making the changes and not (ugh) waiting?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 03:32 AM (mmrXZ)

413 “You see, when a mommy Ewok and a daddy Ewok love each other very much…”
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 12:49 AM (Sxl5b)

I FEEL THE URGE THE GROWING NEED
TO FUCK THIS SINFUL CORPSE

Posted by: Slayer at July 21, 2026 03:34 AM (pKv0r)

414 Back to the grind…

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 21, 2026 03:35 AM (pKv0r)

415 They tried to get ranked choice voting onto the ballot by referendum, here in Idaho. The 'story' wasn't about ranked choice, but rather "boo hoo, unaffiliated voters are *disenfranchised* because R's don't have open primaries" here. Not a peep about Ranked Choice! (until after it qualified as a ballot initiative.)

Some broad was at the grocery store entrance, trying to gather signatures for it. She gave me the sob story and I, unaware of the ranked choice aspect, simply told her: "No. I believe a person should at least join a club, before trying to choose its leadership."

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 03:35 AM (rdVOm)

416 I have no idea if this makes any sense for your situation, but what about making the changes and not (ugh) waiting?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

You make a good point. Yes, there's little (if any) hope that hubby will ever come home. He's not on hospice yet, but it's coming...

Denial? Not really. I'm just not willing to let it all go yet. It's like admitting defeat, in a way. Ugh. I hate this.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 03:40 AM (rdVOm)

417 Up since 2am again

Posted by: Skip at July 21, 2026 03:40 AM (Ia/+0)

418 AK has a parliament now because Lisa Murkowski has to be kept in office. But who knew the Gateses want America to have a parliamentary system of government?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 21, 2026 03:21 AM (8l6/L)

There is a huge sign in Meadow Lakes (north of Wasilla, on the highway) that says DUMP MURKOWSKI. Has been there about six years now, and gets new paint every so often. Nobody likes that bitch, but she keeps getting back in office. Like I said, she needs to have a heart attack or something equally as debilitating and leave government forever. We are so done with Princess Lisa.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 21, 2026 03:43 AM (bl07w)

419 Denial? Not really. I'm just not willing to let it all go yet. It's like admitting defeat, in a way. Ugh. I hate this.
Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 03:40 AM (rdVOm)

Could be a new beginning. Those are usually a lot of fun, if you choose to make it so.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 21, 2026 03:44 AM (bl07w)

420
Denial? Not really. I'm just not willing to let it all go yet. It's like admitting defeat, in a way. Ugh. I hate this.
Posted by: JQ

=============

Understandable. Maybe take baby steps. Keep visualizing the change.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2026 03:47 AM (mmrXZ)

421 tcn, thanks... I reinvented myself after BF passed in 2001, but I was so much younger then. Still had youth & hopes & dreams. Not so much, now.

Hard to think about "fun" right now. Really fucking hard.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 03:49 AM (rdVOm)

422 I've started a few lists--

One, of things to do before hubby passes. Changing titles and so forth, which I need to meet with lawyer about. Soon.

Two, of things to do right afterward. Final arrangements and stuff like that. Family stuff.

And then the "who gets first choice of what" lists...

*sigh*

And so it goes.

Posted by: JQ at July 21, 2026 04:03 AM (rdVOm)

423 404 comment gone to bed
Posted by: clarence at July 21, 2026 03:01 AM (1QT7n)

; )

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 04:16 AM (faghi)

424 Anna paulina luna caught insider trading. Wall street journal.

Posted by: raimondo at July 21, 2026 04:23 AM (anrvG)

425
Sounds like a violation of the naturalization oath to me.

So bye.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 21, 2026 03:27 AM

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Yes, actions should have consequences.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2026 04:28 AM (4dRXe)

426 54 I had a Superman costume growing up. The label on it said “Cape Does Not Enable User To Fly”. Even when I was 5 I thought that was pretty silly
Posted by: Common Tater

This guy's fault
https://tinyurl.com/2wes3n44

Posted by: Pikov Andropov at July 21, 2026 04:29 AM (y7zkd)

427 What does slayers comment in post 413 even mean? I suppose it's just late night trolling . So strange .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 21, 2026 04:30 AM (zqeQL)

428 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 04:30 AM (faghi)

429 TECH THREAD IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at July 21, 2026 04:30 AM (Ia/+0)

Summer Reruns Cafe

glastonburytorportal.jpg
The sun through a portal at Glastonbury Tor
Michelle Cowbourne/@Glastomichelle

I don't know why, but YouTube started serving me up a lot of animal videos I either linked in the past or at least intended to link.

So expect some re-runs here. Though, if you missed them the first time, they're New to You (TM).

Bunny enforces screentime limit.

Dog is so grateful to be adopted.

Dog adopts an orphaned deer.

Beautiful baby yak.

Beaver goes crazy for banana.

The Russian army isn't bringing their best.

Squirrel thinks he's JCVD or something.

Puppy and baby grow up together.

The black pit bull "Tubbs" wanted to greet the neighbors but everyone was too afraid of him to approach. So the owners put up a sign announcing that Tubbs was very friendly and would like a nice petting.

Adopted dog attempts to speak English. He's at a level just below Scooby Doo.

Baby elephant tries to shoo away a pigeon but the pigeon isn't afraid of him.

A couple of weeks ago I posted a video of some Australians using goats to clear out an overgrown lawn. Here's another one. I assumed the last time that bringing in goats to eat grass in an overgrown lawn was just a stunt for the internet. But in this video, the goats' owner confirms that this is actually his full-time job and that it's pretty common to call up your local goat-herder to clear out a lawn disaster. He says he does this every working day.

Baby tapir has the zoomies.

Crow knocks on the window every day to play with his favorite baby boy.


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:14 PM




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1 So.... AI... Robots doing backflips... and a Robot fighting League out of China.

Uhhh... do any of these folks even WATCH Sci Fi movies?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 07:15 PM (mP0Kj)

2 and foist? hell, I even read some of the content

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 07:15 PM (mP0Kj)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at July 20, 2026 07:17 PM (h+JS6)

4 Top 10?

Posted by: Billythesquid at July 20, 2026 07:17 PM (gN+5I)

5 I too would like to scritch a yak.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 20, 2026 07:18 PM (3uBP9)

6
Those Quick Hits were so packed with fun I could have lived on them until the ONT!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:19 PM (mmrXZ)

7 Doesn't Yellowstone have signs "don't pet the fluffy cows"?

Posted by: gKWVE also recommends against the little tan teddy bears at July 20, 2026 07:19 PM (gKWVE)

8 So.... AI... Robots doing backflips... and a Robot fighting League out of China.

Uhhh... do any of these folks even WATCH Sci Fi movies?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 07:15 PM (mP0Kj)
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If they do, they learn all the WRONG lessons from them...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 07:20 PM (FZ29D)

9 Atlas is pretty scary.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:21 PM (JvZF+)

10 >>>The Russian army isn't bringing their best.

That sergeant ducked just in time. But he had to learn the barrel was hot the hard way.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 20, 2026 07:21 PM (syz1S)

11
Best comment on the Russian military video:

"To confuse your enemy, you must first confuse yourself."


Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:22 PM (mmrXZ)

12 Totally OT, but have to put this up before this night is done.

JackStraw, believe you posted last night about J. Geils. About 45 years ago somebody noted the bands that his group had opened for - some should have been genuflecting to him and his people.

Point is, this song has haunted me for going on 50 years: https://tinyurl.com/488ytar2

Good night, all y'all, with tears in my eyes.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 20, 2026 07:22 PM (NcvvS)

13 willowed: It was a lot more common for girls to go off to a nice place to give up the babies for adoption after carrying them to term than people remember now.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 07:07 PM (uhVAy)

That's why I'm here. (And my kids and granddaughter!). I even found a newspaper article with my birth mom's cover story of why she was gone for the first few months of school.

Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 07:23 PM (lCppi)

14 I, for one, welcome our new robot acrobatic overlords.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:24 PM (JvZF+)

15 Does the chimp with its baby not break your heart?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 07:24 PM (l26NL)

16 [WILLOWED:]

Yet another conspiracy proves true.

>>@JustTheNews
·
3m
>>🚨BREAKING: The FBI interfered with an investigation by Customs and Border Protection that would have delved into the Wuhan lab-leak theory.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 07:15 PM (viF8m)

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 07:25 PM (9rvdq)

17 > Puppy and baby grow up together.


In a Lovecraft way, or in a Disney way?

Posted by: banana Dream - an important distinction at July 20, 2026 07:25 PM (3uBP9)

18 Does the chimp with its baby not break your heart?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 07:24 PM (l26NL)
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Naah

Posted by: General Urdo at July 20, 2026 07:25 PM (JvZF+)

19 NYC went bankrupt before. Wanna know why? Generous welfare payments.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 07:25 PM (qFwJc)

20
Does the chimp with its baby not break your heart?
Posted by: Blutarski

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I won't watch any animal videos that look like they'll break my heart. Even if they have happy endings!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:26 PM (mmrXZ)

21 The chimp mom video is so sweet.

Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 07:26 PM (lCppi)

22 NYC went bankrupt before. Wanna know why? Generous welfare payments.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 07:25 PM (qFwJc)
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Yeah, that's right. Welfare.

Posted by: Albert Shanker at July 20, 2026 07:27 PM (JvZF+)

23 >>> Atlas is pretty scary.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:21 PM (JvZF+)


^^^ This

Posted by: the Olympians at July 20, 2026 07:28 PM (3uBP9)

24 >>Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels!

Some documents are being released as we speak. Customs wanted to interview Peter Daszak who was working with Fauci on gain of function in Wuhan. The FBI blocked the interview.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 07:29 PM (viF8m)

25 6
Those Quick Hits were so packed with fun I could have lived on them until the ONT!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:19 PM (mmrXZ)

I just arrived, I'll bet the comments about Kamala are gold. Might go back down there for a bit.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 20, 2026 07:29 PM (zYpTz)

26 Democrats are all in on collapsing the system. Nothing is too stupid or corrupt

Posted by: Accomack at July 20, 2026 07:29 PM (T8bqm)

27 That robotic cartwheel and backflip ...

I would have said it was AI

But these guys in robotics are that close to programming human movement.

I mean it isn't a stretch to squint your eyes and see that robot as a a real gymnast.

Posted by: browndog says woof at July 20, 2026 07:30 PM (3sXRv)

28 The black pit bull "Tubbs" wanted to greet the neighbors but everyone was too afraid of him to approach. So the owners put up a sign announcing that Tubbs was very friendly and would like a nice petting.
———

And then one day, Tubbs snapped, and ripped both arms off a neighbor. They are back to being afraid to approach him.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 07:31 PM (eES2O)

29 NYC uses goats a lot in their parks.

Posted by: Accomack at July 20, 2026 07:31 PM (T8bqm)

30 ESPN has fired NFL analyst and ferocious racist Ryan Clark. I didn't see that coming.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 07:32 PM (l26NL)

31 willowed from Quick Hits because these comments are too good to leave there:

That was my take, too. I'm not at all religious, but that guy needs Jesus.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:08 PM (mmrXZ)
___

We all need Jesus, but most people don't want to admit they need a Savior.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 07:10 PM (x7Vzy)

Most folks, until they find Him, don't believe that humility is positive trait. As it turns out, humility comes before anything else good that might happen.

Since we are only alive because God has us in mind at all times, it makes sense to be not only grateful for that but also humiliated by it. I am only Something because He is Everything.

Descartes had it wrong. I am not something because I think. I am something because He loves me enough to make me something. Everything after that is gravy, if I have the sense to be humble about all of it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:32 PM (4VH0B)

32 That robotic cartwheel and backflip ...

I would have said it was AI

But these guys in robotics are that close to programming human movement.

I mean it isn't a stretch to squint your eyes and see that robot as a a real gymnast.
----

Can you imagine the improvements we're going to see for people with limited mobility?

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 07:33 PM (TN0g+)

33 13 willowed: It was a lot more common for girls to go off to a nice place to give up the babies for adoption after carrying them to term than people remember now.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 07:07 PM (uhVAy)

That's why I'm here. (And my kids and granddaughter!). I even found a newspaper article with my birth mom's cover story of why she was gone for the first few months of school.
Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 07:23 PM (lCppi)

As the adoptive mother of my son, I have no idea how anyone can be pro-abortion. Ever. Thank God for your birth mom, and her choice. Even before Roe v Wade, so many women chose the other option.

We had to go to Guatemala to adopt, because very few women choose that route these days. There are just no babies to adopt. So very sad.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:33 PM (bl07w)

34 Boston Dynamics has Elon's robots beat by a mile. Moves much more like a human than all the robot makers.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 20, 2026 07:35 PM (g8Ew8)

35
I'll bet the comments about Kamala are gold. Might go back down there for a bit.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

================

Bring 'em back on up here! We seem to be having fun with willowed comments.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:35 PM (mmrXZ)

36
I generally never say "Hiii, cutie! Hi there!" when any large, four-legged version of the cutie is hulking nearby.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:36 PM (mmrXZ)

37 Atlas is pretty scary.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:21 PM (JvZF+)

^^^ This
Posted by: the Olympians at July 20, 2026 07:28 PM (3uBP9)

***

Propose handheld EMP device to DARPA.
Receive generous award.
???????
Profit!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 07:37 PM (2WIwB)

38 >> I assumed the last time that bringing in goats to eat grass in an overgrown lawn was just a stunt for the internet.

My understanding is that in the South, they are using goats to eat the vine that ate the South -- Kudzu.

I have heard that there are dozens of goat services just for that purpose.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 20, 2026 07:37 PM (GtbxB)

39
Jeez, Doug Schoen has been doing interviews. I remember fearing his words back in the days of Obama -- when he was right all the time and we were getting beaten.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:38 PM (mmrXZ)

40 Puppy growing up 7 times faster than the baby.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 07:39 PM (KC5Lt)

41 bob (moron inbobnitus)

My HVAC tech's wife has a goat service here in rural Kansas. Very popular.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:39 PM (u82oZ)

42 Good evening everyone
Didn't realize time, it's bedtime

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 07:40 PM (Ia/+0)

43 That kid with the ducks better grow up fast or she is going to be very sad when they served with sweet onion, sauce and crepe.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 20, 2026 07:40 PM (GtbxB)

44 Mom! Mom! Wake up!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 07:41 PM (ndZc7)

45 San Franpsycho

Have ICE buy ATLAS robots. Paint in police colors. Use them to move demonstrators out of the way.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:41 PM (u82oZ)

46 Didn’t, or doesn’t Boston Dynamics have a connection with DARPA or DOD? They’ve been at this for a long while, they should be good at it.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 07:42 PM (eES2O)

47 I bet goat services are very popular in areas of high muzzie population densities.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 20, 2026 07:42 PM (g8Ew8)

48 >>Jeez, Doug Schoen has been doing interviews. I remember fearing his words back in the days of Obama -- when he was right all the time and we were getting beaten.

Were we? I don't think election rigging started with Biden.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 07:43 PM (viF8m)

49 Boston Dynamics has Elon's robots beat by a mile. Moves much more like a human than all the robot makers.

I blame two things. Modern Sci-Fi ... and the hubris of Man.

You want to automate something ? Something that moves over varied surfaces. Tracks. You simply can't beat tracks.

Until it hovers ? Tracks. We could have useful semi-autonomous load-bearing vehicles now. With tracks.

This fascination with making them walk is just educated people that love the smell of their own farts.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 07:43 PM (sxggx)

50 LASue>>>>

That's why I'm here. (And my kids and granddaughter!). I even found a newspaper article with my birth mom's cover story of why she was gone for the first few months of school.

Posted by: LASue at July 20

That is very cool. We are glad you are here!

My wonderful daughter in laws mom was actually in a PP office waiting for an appointment when she just decided that would be a bad decision. She was so right.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:43 PM (4VH0B)

51 Here's a good one from Quick Hits:


95 So Don Lemon is running as a dark horse candidate...
Does that make Kumala the Dark Whores candidate?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 20, 2026 06:30 PM (l3cgK)

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 20, 2026 07:44 PM (zYpTz)

52 Got my ticket to see "The Odyssey" tomorrow. The reviews are either "sheer genius!" Or "absolute rubbish!" and I've got to see for myself.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 20, 2026 07:44 PM (kpS4V)

53 Goats are entertaining too, but they like to climb on things. Cars for example. “The lawn looks OK, but my car is totaled”

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 07:44 PM (eES2O)

54 Article via Instapundit on why AI will never reach human intelligence. Excerpts:

"Central to Denning’s argument is the idea of tacit knowledge. This refers to the enormous amount of human understanding that people possess but cannot fully express in words or translate into symbols that a machine can process...

Intuition, gut feelings, spontaneous creativity, and imagination are other forms of tacit knowledge that resist being reduced to computer instructions...

How we host tacit knowledge is largely a mystery, Denning admits. “All we know is that it is embodied. We have no idea what we might observe and measure in our bodies to reveal it.”

https://tinyurl.com/3sbz7sex

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 07:44 PM (XvL8K)

55 Lettuce story from sidebar... uh... how much lettuce did they test? One piece that gave a maybe false reaction?

Someone influenced this... in a big way.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 07:45 PM (mP0Kj)

56 Mom! Mom! Wake up!

https://tinyurl.com/74tfux2c

Forgot the link.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 07:46 PM (ndZc7)

57 Were we? I don't think election rigging started with Biden.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 07:43 PM (viF8m)

My parents always said that Nixon would’ve won in 1960 without the Daley machine cheating in Chicago.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 20, 2026 07:46 PM (SjAWL)

58 My understanding is that in the South, they are using goats to eat the vine that ate the South -- Kudzu.

I have heard that there are dozens of goat services just for that purpose.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 20, 2026 07:37 PM (GtbxB)

It’s called ‘goatscaping’.
There is a company in the Upstate of SC who use goats for kudzu and other yard work.

https://www.thekudzukids.com/

It’s considered “green” as well, so there’s that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 07:47 PM (6ydKt)

59 Article via Instapundit on why AI will never reach human intelligence.

College - contrary to many that applaud formal education - can't teach a single person how to think. Now ... college can give a born thinker a forum to exercise that natural skill. College can also usher along those that can't think toward a certificate.

But Critical Thinking is born. Can't be taught. You have it or you don't. So no wonder all the Non-Critical Thinkers think the Non-Critical Thinkers will get computers to think.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 07:47 PM (sxggx)

60 The sex robot is going to lead the AI way just like it did with the internet.

AI porn is probably the most profitable application right now.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 07:47 PM (KC5Lt)

61 Texas and WV

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 07:47 PM (eES2O)

62 Enjoy the improved Café bouquet, and don't forget to thank the tireless AoSHQ Cafe cleaning staff who make it happen!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 07:48 PM (0sNs1)

63 Russians ain't changed much and are stupidly unafraid of live fire. I read about accounts on the Eastern Front where russian troops would capture German pistols and subguns and shoot themselves while playing around with them or trying to figure out how they worked during WW Eleven. One reason they were instructed to leave German weapons alone.

Posted by: Dumb As Dirt at July 20, 2026 07:48 PM (ftsic)

64 My parents always said that Nixon would’ve won in 1960 without the Daley machine cheating in Chicago.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 20, 2026 07:46 PM (SjAWL)

Your parents were right. Its been written about. I think Nixon gets a lot of crap not deserved. But he deserves all the crap for not contesting that election for some notion of "for the greater good".

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 07:48 PM (sxggx)

65 Seriously, I want to see a primary pitting Kamala Harris and Don Lemon against each other.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 20, 2026 07:49 PM (zYpTz)

66 That Russian soldier missed having the top of his head blown off by mere inches.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 07:50 PM (KC5Lt)

67 Russians ain't changed much and are stupidly unafraid of live fire. I read about accounts on the Eastern Front where russian troops would capture German pistols and subguns and shoot themselves while playing around with them or trying to figure out how they worked during WW Eleven. One reason they were instructed to leave German weapons alone.
Posted by: Dumb As Dirt at July 20, 2026 07:48
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They sound like the hominids poking at the obelisk in 2001.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 20, 2026 07:50 PM (kpS4V)

68 But Critical Thinking is born. Can't be taught.
Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 07:47 PM

That's true for critical mass, as well.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 07:51 PM (0sNs1)

69 Our AI future will end in a lot of lost quatloos.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 07:51 PM (DZ9Lv)

70 Seriously, I want to see a primary pitting Kamala Harris and Don Lemon against each other.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 20, 2026 07:49 PM

I wouldn't wish smelling their fingers on my worst enemy.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 07:53 PM (0sNs1)

71 Some federal judge in Chicago has notified Dogeater that he has 10 days to pay the $14 million he owes contractors or the property will be seized and sold. $14 million. Pfft. That like one Learing Center.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 07:53 PM (l26NL)

72
I remember fearing his words back in the days of Obama -- when he was right all the time and we were getting beaten.

Were we? I don't think election rigging started with Biden.
Posted by: JackStraw

================

It seems like I haven't seen him on the tube in years -- until now -- and the last time I watched him it was in the Obama years when fear and trembling of Democrat victories was a way of life for me.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:53 PM (mmrXZ)

73 So I posted this earlier, shortly after we got home from my husband's colonoscopy -- it was bad news. A large tumor in the sigmoid colon, cancer. He has a CT for this Thursday to check for metastases. He sees the oncologist next Wednesday.

This has been a difficult year for us.
Good news is that God is in charge.
Also, he will start fenbendazole treatment on Thursday, the soonest we can get it from the compounding pharmacy here in town.

All prayers gratefully accepted. This hits hard. Last Thursday was our 49th wedding anniversary. We've been together since we were 16.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:53 PM (4VH0B)

74 College - contrary to many that applaud formal education - can't teach a single person how to think.
——

They can teach formal debate, rhetoric, and the classic logical fallacies that we literally hear fuckheads spewing daily. It is most definitely critical thinking. I’m going to take the opposite view.

Logic fallacies might be the most important thing we can teach our kids. Nobody can be an expert on every subject or even most subjects.

It has to do with the basics of knowledge. How do I determine something is true? Especially when some motherfucker is a professional liar, and has the full media and hollywood treatment behind him.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 07:54 PM (eES2O)

75 go back down there for a bit.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

That's what Kamala said!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 07:55 PM (NnhvP)

76 Our AI future will end in a lot of lost quatloos.

A bust. We're starting the Green Energy bust now. Tons of pretend-capital lost - on balance sheets and such. Yet the people that care about such shit will make sure the pain is real.

Now look at all these data-centers. New sub-stations. Chip shortages and rushed projects to fill the gap. All for some shit that simply does not work. Is WAY too soon.

Is it any wonder, in some ways, that the younger folks don't trust Capitalism as they've been taught it ? No - its not.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 07:55 PM (sxggx)

77 wow TecumsehTea, you got 'em.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 07:55 PM (MWfyi)

78 Star Trek is on.

It's the one where the travel back in time to the semi-early 21st Century, and beam Mitch McConnell into sick bay.

There's the classic line that McCoy says to Kirk:

"Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a taxidermist!"

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 07:56 PM (0sNs1)

79
Tecumseh, fight fight fight! We've seen some Moron Miracles.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:56 PM (mmrXZ)

80 Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:53 PM (4VH0B)

Sending prayers.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 07:57 PM (0aYVJ)

81 Thank you fd. Many on the earlier thread offered prayers as well. We really need them.
So thank you to everyone who commented before, and anyone who will pray. Prayer is powerful and God is good.

I'm a mess tonight.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:57 PM (4VH0B)

82 High schools and Colleges don’t like teaching formal debate, the art of rhetoric, and logical fallacies any longer.

There’s a reason for that. They don’t want people to be able to reason and think for themselves. Might come to the wrong conclusion. Can’t have that.

We don’t all have the same brain power by any stretch, but we can maximize the one we have. Learning the deceptive practices unscrupulous people use is most valuable skill, and like most things we get better with practice

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 07:58 PM (eES2O)

83 They can teach formal debate, rhetoric, and the classic logical fallacies that we literally hear fuckheads spewing daily. It is most definitely critical thinking. I’m going to take the opposite view.

Take it all you want. Most debate from both sides now fail those old, classic tests.

Hell - most of the public discourse when they still taught it in the 80s failed the tests. We're a shit-pot down the road from media simply reporting the Five Ws. And I questioned even then why media should have a damn thing to say about Why.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 07:59 PM (sxggx)

84 most people don't want to admit they need a Savior.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 07:10 PM (x7Vzy)

You've probably heard that religion is where men (and women) reach out to God. Christianity is where God reaches out to us.
Consider that in Calvinism anyway, God reaches out only to SOME of us.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 07:59 PM (gKWVE)

85 Prayers ascending, Tecumseh Tea.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 20, 2026 07:59 PM (kpS4V)

86 I wouldn't wish smelling their fingers on my worst enemy.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 07:53 PM (0sNs1)

It'd be like the barrel, with penguins.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 20, 2026 08:01 PM (zYpTz)

87 Lot of information coming out lately.

>>@MrAndyNgo
·
2h
>>New Ngo report: The U.S. State Department has officially connected Antifa’s lawyers to decades of Cuban communist influence and terrorism.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 08:01 PM (viF8m)

88 Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:53 PM (4VH0B)
====

A prayer for speedy and complete recovery.

One Day At a Time.

Posted by: Albert Shanker at July 20, 2026 08:01 PM (JvZF+)

89 "Star Trek is on.

It's the one where the travel back in time to the semi-early 21st Century, and beam Mitch McConnell into sick bay."

I remember that episode. Spock tried a mind meld and got a TV test pattern.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:02 PM (MWfyi)

90 Tecumseh ... Good Luck. Wish you and him the best.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:02 PM (sxggx)

91 65 Seriously, I want to see a primary pitting Kamala Harris and Don Lemon against each other.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
--

The debate would be awesome.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:02 PM (jU8k8)

92 Pretty pic! Stunning.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 08:02 PM (Eng1Z)

93 This fascination with making them walk is just educated people that love the smell of their own farts.

Not exactly. The focus on humanoid robots is so that they can operate in human spaces with human infrastructure.

Posted by: Halfhand at July 20, 2026 08:02 PM (Ysav4)

94 Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 07:58 PM (eES2O)

I think critical thinking and ability to determine when something might not be true or accurate requires your brain to subconsciously gather info that throws red flags because the order or position of facts aren't logical.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:03 PM (KC5Lt)

95 Maybe early spring saw a series of videos on a backyard porcupine and it only wanted apples

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 08:04 PM (Ia/+0)

96 Most debate from both sides now fail those old, classic tests.
——

This is my point. Arm your family with the ability to think critically - rhetoric and debate, and being able to spot logical fallacies - is something you will use everyday. I guarantee.

Rhetoric is simply the art of persuasion. And there’s always some asshole trying to persuade you of something everyday. You can’t supervise your family or be there forever, at some point you hope they have the skills.

A finely tuned Bullshit Detector is crucial to have.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:04 PM (eES2O)

97 So.... AI... Robots doing backflips... and a Robot fighting League out of China.

Uhhh... do any of these folks even WATCH Sci Fi movies?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 07:15 PM (mP0Kj)
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If they do, they learn all the WRONG lessons from them...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 07:20 PM (FZ29D)

I remember an old SF story about a robot repairer who is faced with an epidemic of robots complaining of paralysis of limbs and such. Turns out these were parts they didn't use and so they just cut off the parts and the bots were fine. The last part was making a robot bartender make an particular drink an ambassador liked by filming the motions of the bartenders tentacles at high speed and making the robot duplicate mimic this exactly.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:05 PM (uhVAy)

98 Not exactly. The focus on humanoid robots is so that they can operate in human spaces with human infrastructure.

Its the typical skipping a step that's common now.

You don't go straight to "we'll take a robot off a track and let them run around the house" until you can get automated shit to operate on a short leash. Which industry - where all this crap gets applied - can't do yet. Not by a mile.

Folks - anybody with a pool knows the skimmer doesn't even fucking work. Why are we trying to make robots walk ? Seriously.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:05 PM (sxggx)

99 Been on six week hiatus here, making my annual Antarctic survey. We are in excellent shape and the plan continues apace.

Posted by: Merry Marching Penguin Majority at July 20, 2026 08:05 PM (JM9I6)

100 Critical thinking my foot. It don't take no genius to tell when a lefty is lying.

Posted by: Their lips are moving at July 20, 2026 08:05 PM (MWfyi)

101 Because I missed the morning data center thread...the data center debacle in Utah is a cluster eff. My small contribution:

Eff Kevin O'Leary. Actual small town farmers and locals I know in Box Elder County have legit questions: how building a data center the size of three manhattans in a rural desert, using more energy than the whole state uses in a year, might affect the great salt lake, their power and water bills, etc. And why their county commissioners agreed for taxpayers to subsidize this mofo. "Mr Wonderful" dismisses these wonderful, hard working people as a Chi-com psyop. More like Mr Blowhard.

Also, there is too much hand waving with the closed loop water systems, like it's a magic wand. Closed loop systems build up microbes and sediments, need toxic chemicals to clean, and occasionally be drained...like draining your water heater to remove the sediment buildup. So there is toxic waste water, in a desert. And where is that toxic residue going to go? They are buying up massive water shares in neighboring towns to supply the center's water, and I can tell you those shares will NOT be enough, and will suck those towns dry.

I'M PRO AI + PRO PEOPLE. We need a balance.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 08:06 PM (Eng1Z)

102 {{{Tecumseh Tea}}}

Fervent prayers ascending.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:06 PM (u82oZ)

103 Lot of information coming out lately.

>>@MrAndyNgo
·
2h
>>New Ngo report: The U.S. State Department has officially connected Antifa’s lawyers to decades of Cuban communist influence and terrorism.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 08:01 PM (viF8m)

I didn't know 'just an idea' can have a legal department.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:06 PM (uhVAy)

104 I think critical thinking and ability to determine when something might not be true or accurate requires your brain to subconsciously gather info that throws red flags because the order or position of facts aren't logical.

I'll make it simpler.

Most people do not think. They go with the herd. They rationalize their personal position within the herd.

Critical Thinking must, by definition, ignore the herd.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:08 PM (sxggx)

105 >>I didn't know 'just an idea' can have a legal department.

Lots of other information about Cuba and their meddling in the US coming out today.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 08:09 PM (viF8m)

106 >>> Your parents were right. Its been written about. I think Nixon gets a lot of crap not deserved. But he deserves all the crap for not contesting that election for some notion of "for the greater good".

Apparently the younger gen z conservatives are beginning to push back on the narrative that Nixon was all bad due to the Watergate spying, because they see there is far worse spying going on now. And the establishment left and legacy media are losing their minds. They thought they had rewritten the history on that, so let it be written, so let it be done.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 08:09 PM (Eng1Z)

107 We have AI mowers at my golf course which have replaced a couple of workers already. They are basically huge , smarter roombas that are GPS programmed.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:09 PM (KC5Lt)

108 This is my point. Arm your family with the ability to think critically - rhetoric and debate, and being able to spot logical fallacies - is something you will use everyday. I guarantee.

And that's my point. Some people can critically think. Most can't. Of my little family of four ? The A student Girl simply can't. My wife won't.

The B student boy, of all people, can. I don't waste my time on the other two.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:10 PM (sxggx)

109 Star Trek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hnBp7x2QAE

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 08:10 PM (l26NL)

110 Russians ain't changed much and are stupidly unafraid of live fire. I read about accounts on the Eastern Front where russian troops would capture German pistols and subguns and shoot themselves while playing around with them or trying to figure out how they worked during WW Eleven. One reason they were instructed to leave German weapons alone.
Posted by: Dumb As Dirt at July 20, 2026 07:48
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They sound like the hominids poking at the obelisk in 2001.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 20, 2026 07:50 PM (kpS4V)

I'm sure no GI ever shot his foot with a captured Luger.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:11 PM (uhVAy)

111 We have AI mowers at my golf course which have replaced a couple of workers already. They are basically huge , smarter roombas that are GPS programmed.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:09 PM (KC5Lt)

And here we go. GPS guided ? Gents ... that's not "AI". They're running a track. Maybe with a sensor or two running vision and humidity sensors.

They're not "thinking". The entire "AI" phrase is no better than Six-Sigma. God Forbid an automated thing self-correct a variable or two. I wrote that shit in the 90s. Not "AI".

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:12 PM (sxggx)

112 That's why I'm here. (And my kids and granddaughter!). I even found a newspaper article with my birth mom's cover story of why she was gone for the first few months of school.
Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 07:23 PM (lCppi)

As the adoptive mother of my son, I have no idea how anyone can be pro-abortion. Ever. Thank God for your birth mom, and her choice. Even before Roe v Wade, so many women chose the other option.

We had to go to Guatemala to adopt, because very few women choose that route these days. There are just no babies to adopt. So very sad.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:33 PM (bl07w)

There are, but current government policy is that white parents can't adopt minority kids because reasons.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:13 PM (uhVAy)

113 Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:08 PM (sxggx

I was expanding on the point you have it or you don't. It's my opinion that it's a subconscious function.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:13 PM (KC5Lt)

114 I'm sure no GI ever shot his foot with a captured Luger.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:11 PM (uhVAy)

Band of Brothers insists different. And the original book wrote the same incident.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:13 PM (sxggx)

115 Most people do not think. They go with the herd. They rationalize their personal position within the herd.
Critical Thinking must, by definition, ignore the herd.
Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:08 PM (sxggx)

Well, I felt really bad for all those chinese woman giving birth after travelling all that way from Red China plus I don't want any purple haired troons burning down my house you understand. Who knew being a SCROTUM was so hard. Following the herd is so stressing! Toodles!

Posted by: Amy Conehead Barrett, Collector Of Trophy Children at July 20, 2026 08:14 PM (ftsic)

116 Read that a AI needs millions of cubic feeet of water or near that.
WTF does a computer even size of a American Aircraft carrier need water for?

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 08:14 PM (Ia/+0)

117 The Russian army isn't bringing their best.

Russian Sergeant: Suka, nahu blyat!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 08:14 PM (Wnv9h)

118 You can absolutely teach people who are willing to learn.

Some people get frightened of certain concepts or conclusions. It’s too horrible to contemplate. I’ve seen this many times.

Admitting one is wrong, changing long deeply held beliefs is very painful. That’s your Wife, most likely, you said your daughter “can’t” but your Wife “won’t”

Leftists won’t even admit the sky is blue, seen that plenty of times

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:15 PM (eES2O)

119 We have AI mowers at my golf course which have replaced a couple of workers already. They are basically huge , smarter roombas that are GPS programmed.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:09 PM (KC5Lt)

And here we go. GPS guided ? Gents ... that's not "AI". They're running a track. Maybe with a sensor or two running vision and humidity sensors.

They're not "thinking". The entire "AI" phrase is no better than Six-Sigma. God Forbid an automated thing self-correct a variable or two. I wrote that shit in the 90s. Not "AI".
Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:12 PM (sxggx)

I watch a dude who has a off grid farm in West Va that has some of those Robot Mowers. Yes they are like roombas not AI, but they do have the advantage of being able to go up and down the not pooltable flat areas of his homestead. He even has cameras on them and livestreams mowing and makes money off it.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:15 PM (uhVAy)

120 I was expanding on the point you have it or you don't. It's my opinion that it's a subconscious function.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:13 PM (KC5Lt)

Really ? I just caught that.

Can't argue it. Its not a factor of education for sure.

Subconscious ? I'd hear more. Maybe I'd say "instinctive" - probably the same context.

You have my attention.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:15 PM (sxggx)

121 Just say no to DC’s.

Posted by: Accomack at July 20, 2026 08:16 PM (/Chlc)

122 Tecumseh Tea,
prayers up. May you be blessed.

Posted by: Wenda at July 20, 2026 08:17 PM (u84c/)

123 "They're not "thinking". The entire "AI" phrase is no better than Six-Sigma. God Forbid an automated thing self-correct a variable or two."

Well, I was pondering dimensionless physical constants as I mowed but I could just play some Def Leppard.

Posted by: Their lips are moving at July 20, 2026 08:17 PM (MWfyi)

124 Read that a AI needs millions of cubic feeet of water or near that.
WTF does a computer even size of a American Aircraft carrier need water for?
Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 08:14 PM (Ia/+0)

Cooling. The high speed processors need to have heat carried away from the processors and recirculated. However, things like nuclear reactors and blast furnaces manage to do this without threatening to disrupt the entire state, so I am not sure why the threats of massive disruption to make them.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:18 PM (uhVAy)

125 But Critical Thinking is born. Can't be taught.
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Just because so many people don't use critical thinking doesn't mean it can't be taught.

Critical thinking involves a set of steps that can be laid out and condensed into book for or a series of youtube videos.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 08:18 PM (TN0g+)

126 Most people do not think. They go with the herd. They rationalize their personal position within the herd.
Critical Thinking must, by definition, ignore the herd.
Posted by: Real Automation

I have a friend who is a doctor with Indian Health Agency, or whatever it's called. So he's a doctor that works for the government. During Covid he would get angry when I suggested the slightest criticism of the Clot Shot. I was just ignorant.

After a booster he came down with a neurological condition that he immediately associated with shot. He can barely walk today. Yet he still says the Shot was great. When you're paid to think something, you think it.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 08:18 PM (l26NL)

127 All prayers gratefully accepted. This hits hard. Last Thursday was our 49th wedding anniversary. We've been together since we were 16.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:53 PM (4VH0B)

Prayers up ...

I can well understand how hard this is and will be.

Posted by: browndog heads to his kennel at July 20, 2026 08:19 PM (3sXRv)

128 We did some upgrades for computers at a Navy base. There were 4 2” chilled water supply pipes for 10 servers.

Posted by: Accomack at July 20, 2026 08:19 PM (/Chlc)

129 Banana beaver sounds like a little kid having a tantrum in a grocery store.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2026 08:19 PM (Cqx++)

130 Well, I was pondering dimensionless physical constants as I mowed but I could just play some Def Leppard.
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Lawnmower Man. Great Steven King movie.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 08:19 PM (TN0g+)

131 Yes they are like roombas not AI, but they do have the advantage of being able to go up and down the not pooltable flat areas of his homestead.

And that's real, right now Automation. And its hard, brother. With all the fail-safes and stuff you need to keep it under control.

We're decades away from just getting in the self-driving car, drunk as a skunk, finger banging some lovely piece while the miles just roll on by.

And all this trying to jump ahead isn't doing any good.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:19 PM (sxggx)

132 What an odd sock failure. Oh well. How do you know those robots are not thinking anyway? Are you some kind of robot mind reader?

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:20 PM (MWfyi)

133 Way past my bedtime
Was up twice last night both times awake for near a hour.
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 08:20 PM (Ia/+0)

134 Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:57 PM

Prayers up for both of you, TecumsehTea.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 08:20 PM (Wnv9h)

135 on the way, TecumsehTea!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 08:20 PM (VyBeY)

136 ?My HVAC tech's wife has a goat service here in rural Kansas. Very popular.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:39 PM (u82oZ)

Tell me more about these goats

Posted by: Mohammed Mohammed at July 20, 2026 08:21 PM (GTqXr)

137 Even if “you have it or you don’t” if you have it, you will benefit from formal instruction.

It’s been studied formally and expounded for a couple thousand years. If it couldn’t be taught or was simply innate they wouldn’t have tried and they wouldn’t have needed to.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:21 PM (eES2O)

138 Can Atlas be programmed to flip my 1/4lbs. with cheese for free? Because fast food burger prices are too high.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 08:21 PM (sYM3s)

139 So what does CBD's sidebar update mean? Taylor Farms lettuce doesn't cause explosive diarrhea? Their lettuce might cause explosive diarrhea but it's not confirmed? Should we eat a lot of Taylor Farms bagged lettuce to prevent diarrhea? Is explosive diarrhea just an ideology like antifa?

What should explosive diarrhea enjoyers do now? It seemed pretty clear before but now I just don't know. I guess like most things in life you just have to go about your business and hope that the magical blessings of explosive diarrhea find you.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 20, 2026 08:22 PM (3uBP9)

140
The Chinese have a midget in a robot suit that outperforms that Boston Dynamics machine.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 20, 2026 08:22 PM (dtlw7)

141 If we want to know why the commies are doing something, we need to look at 2nd and 3rd order affects.
No water or power for the rural west? Hmm. Perhaps, no voters or cattle also.

Posted by: Accomack at July 20, 2026 08:23 PM (/Chlc)

142 ?My HVAC tech's wife has a goat service here in rural Kansas. Very popular.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:39 PM (u82oZ)

Tell me more about these goats
Posted by: Mohammed Mohammed at July 20, 2026 08:21 PM (GTqXr)

You want OnlyGoats Mohammed.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:23 PM (uhVAy)

143 What an odd sock failure. Oh well. How do you know those robots are not thinking anyway? Are you some kind of robot mind reader?

Easy. Because they're just programs. Programs with weights ... designed to modify their own weights based upon new inputs.

So they're pretty much the equivalent of indoctrinated children. Because, again, none of these "AI" programs can take a true inspirational leap.

And if one ever does ? Best destroy it right on the spot.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:23 PM (sxggx)

144 >>> Can Atlas be programmed to flip my 1/4lbs. with cheese for free? Because fast food burger prices are too high.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 08:21 PM (sYM3s)


If you think fast food is expensive now wait until they have quarter million dollar robots doing it.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 20, 2026 08:23 PM (3uBP9)

145
He even has cameras on them and livestreams mowing and makes money off it.
Posted by: Oldcat

People will pay money to watch somebody mow their yard?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2026 08:23 PM (Cqx++)

146 AI is the great technological barrier Fermi spoke about. It will destroy our entire planet and no one is doing anything about it. Thank goodness I'm too old and will not be around to witness the destruction.

Posted by: Archer at July 20, 2026 08:24 PM (wvc0i)

147 When you're paid to think something, you think it.
——

“It’s difficult to get a man to understand something, when his paycheck depends on him not understanding it.”

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:24 PM (eES2O)

148 He even has cameras on them and livestreams mowing and makes money off it.
Posted by: Oldcat

People will pay money to watch somebody mow their yard?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2026 08:23 PM (Cqx++)

No, they just watch it plowing through the yard, then Youtube puts ads on it and he gets a cut.

There is an animal sanctuary in Tx, Alveus, that has a stream that generates money for the place. They have night vision cameras on various animals there.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:26 PM (uhVAy)

149 "Because they're just programs. Programs with weights ... designed to modify their own weights based upon new inputs"

So they are thinking about their weights.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:26 PM (MWfyi)

150 It’s been studied formally and expounded for a couple thousand years. If it couldn’t be taught or was simply innate they wouldn’t have tried and they wouldn’t have needed to.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:21 PM (eES2O)

Good Grief. I wouldn't have copied your nic ... but honestly. The "We've Always Done it This Way so it Must Work" argument ?

Yeah ... I'll hold my ground on this one. You can't teach Critical Thinking. You can teach Group Thinking. But not Critical Thinking.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:26 PM (sxggx)

151 All you have to do to learn how crazy Russians are is to search two words on YouTube:

"Russians, Bears"

There is something seriously wrong with them. The Vodka does NOT help.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 08:26 PM (dIske)

152 He even has cameras on them and livestreams mowing and makes money off it.
Posted by: Oldcat

People will pay money to watch somebody mow their yard?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2026 08:23 PM (Cqx++)

I've watched videos of someone mowing somebody else's yard for free. It is edited down though.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:27 PM (uhVAy)

153 re lettuce sidebar:
"the finding does not represent true amplification"
is a cute way of obfuscating that they are using the same kind of jive turkey test that was used for covid.
lol.
you could get equally valid test results flipping a coin.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 08:27 PM (VyBeY)

154 Yeah ... I'll hold my ground on this one. You can't teach Critical Thinking. You can teach Group Thinking. But not Critical Thinking.
Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:26 PM (sxggx)
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It's pretty obvious that you, at least, are incapable of learning critical thinking.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 08:28 PM (FZ29D)

155 "You can teach Group Thinking. But not Critical Thinking."

Some people just don't think that way. You can teach them but they still won't get it.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:28 PM (MWfyi)

156 It'd be like the barrel, with penguins.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 20, 2026 08:01 PM

* shudder *

That may be the most horrifying vision of Hades ever.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 08:28 PM (0sNs1)

157 "Because they're just programs. Programs with weights ... designed to modify their own weights based upon new inputs"

So they are thinking about their weights.
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:26 PM (MWfyi)

Not all AIs change their weights in flight. They just process the input through the weights determined by training separately. Training takes a lot of time, processing can be done on live video tracking people walking around. I worked on such a project.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:29 PM (uhVAy)

158 So they are thinking about their weights.
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:26 PM (MWfyi)

So you're just being a prick at this point. But I'll crush this right now.

If you believe ... like many apparently now ... that Man is just a collection of firing neurons ? Then yeah, you might be able to replicate that with a purely electrical system. Even better, given a rigid structure and repeatable exectution.

I think the whole "Diversity is Our Strength" arguments is the ultimate Horse-Shit. Yet even I think what makes us human is a Spark. One that I can't define. One that most in every-day life seem to not have anymore.

Might call it a Soul. I don't know.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:29 PM (sxggx)

159
Sings: "Like a mucus, leaked for the very first time".

No need to thank me!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2026 08:30 PM (rE7Gw)

160 All you have to do to learn how crazy Russians are is to search two words on YouTube:

"Russians, Bears"
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 08:26 PM

Are there that many YouTubes of Tu-95s?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 08:30 PM (0sNs1)

161 Critical thinking can be taught, but you require a willing participant who wants to learn. Cooperation can't be taught, unless you have a cattle prod.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 08:30 PM (dIske)

162 That may be the most horrifying vision of Hades ever.

Posted by: Duncanthrax

You're at top of the list.

Posted by: Penguin Defense Fund 501c3 at July 20, 2026 08:30 PM (JM9I6)

163 Apparently the younger gen z conservatives are beginning to push back on the narrative that Nixon was all bad due to the Watergate spying, because they see there is far worse spying going on now.
Posted by: LizLem

They just want to be edgy and you can't get edgier than standing up for the original Tricky Dick, especially while vaping Humboldt's finest and holding in the irony as long as you can.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 08:31 PM (DZ9Lv)

164 Humans have varying levels of aptitude for certain.

But we don’t come out of the womb knowing how to read, write, calculus etc. We have to be taught. Formal reasoning and logic is the same. It’s a skill that is cultivated. Maybe your wife is just being obstreperous. Wouldn’t be the first.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:32 PM (eES2O)

165 "If you believe ... like many apparently now ... that Man is just a collection of firing neurons ? "

We are going to have to better define what "thinking" is. A good book on the subject is Mark Twain's "What Is Man"?

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:33 PM (MWfyi)

166 There's a story over at Insty about the discovery of a pre Aztec altar that they think may have been used for human sacrifice. Gentle, peace loving natives my a$$.

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 08:33 PM (lJ0H4)

167 Apparently the younger gen z conservatives are beginning to push back on the narrative that Nixon was all bad due to the Watergate spying, because they see there is far worse spying going on now.
Posted by: LizLem

They just want to be edgy and you can't get edgier than standing up for the original Tricky Dick, especially while vaping Humboldt's finest and holding in the irony as long as you can.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 08:31 PM (DZ9Lv)

Since I grew up in the Nixon era, all I can say is that all the 'right' people in the Media, Intelligencia, and Deep State that we hate these days hated Nixon too reflexively. It may not have been as bad as TDS, but it was closer than anyone else I can remember.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:34 PM (uhVAy)

168 Might call it a Soul. I don't know.
——

You are a soul. You have a body

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:34 PM (eES2O)

169 Prayers for his heart and body to tolerate the treatment. Prayers it hasn't spread.

Posted by: H at July 20, 2026 08:35 PM (CqVHu)

170 Formal reasoning and logic is the same.

I honestly do not believe so ... most Advanced Degree Professionals I've ever met do not "reason". But I've met many self-made High School Grads that do.

The "Formal" is part of it. If you're really Critically Thinking ? That "Formal" part isn't going to be part of it.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:35 PM (sxggx)

171 >>> We have AI mowers at my golf course which have replaced a couple of workers already. They are basically huge , smarter roombas that are GPS programmed.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:09 PM (KC5Lt)

My company had a contract with "rent" some automatic mowers from a third party tech company that builds them, because it is still frightfully expensive to outright buy them when the market is so new. Did a test trial. Still kept on their old staff during the trial period. They let the contract lapse when it was over, and went back to real people on their already bought riding mowers. Just too expensive for a rental. The market and the price points aren't there yet, for everyone.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 08:36 PM (Eng1Z)

172 There's a story over at Insty about the discovery of a pre Aztec altar that they think may have been used for human sacrifice. Gentle, peace loving natives my a$$.
Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 08:33 PM (lJ0H4)

May have? Is there any doubt that this was a huge feature of Mesoamerican societies?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:36 PM (uhVAy)

173 {{{TecumsehTea}}}

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 08:36 PM (vDZgA)

174 I don't know that the soul affects the ability to cut thru BS.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:37 PM (MWfyi)

175 We are going to have to better define what "thinking" is. A good book on the subject is Mark Twain's "What Is Man"?
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:33 PM (MWfyi)

Its not a simple rapid process of data, even given variables regarding weights and outcomes.

That's a fucking computer. Or one of the Chinese kids with an Abacus. They're processing really fast. That's not "thought".

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:37 PM (sxggx)

176 Hi everyone! Hope the evening has been good, or at least uneventful.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 08:37 PM (hftzA)

177 I have a couple of useless skills that directs me to my subconscious theory.

I can identify an Asian woman by just seeing only the back of her. It's my brain subconsciously putting together all of the individual indicators together .

Same with me overhearing just a small part of a conversation and my brain putting together all of the partial info including the tone , location , volume, current events, etc and knowing exactly what the conversation is about .

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:37 PM (KC5Lt)

178 My company had a contract with "rent" some automatic mowers from a third party tech company that builds them, because it is still frightfully expensive to outright buy them when the market is so new. Did a test trial. Still kept on their old staff during the trial period. They let the contract lapse when it was over, and went back to real people on their already bought riding mowers. Just too expensive for a rental. The market and the price points aren't there yet, for everyone.
Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 08:36 PM (Eng1Z)

Yeah, the dude on Youtube has the advantage of a small, if rugged area to cut and free solar electric power. He also gets money from internet sales of products.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:38 PM (uhVAy)

179
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:53 PM (4VH0B)

___________

Will be remembering you and hubby in my Rosary intentions.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 08:40 PM (O0L8i)

180 101
==
Eff Kevin O'Leary. Actual small town farmers and locals I know in Box Elder County have legit questions: how building a data center the size of three manhattans in a rural desert, using more energy than the whole state uses in a year, might affect the great salt lake, their power and water bills, etc. And why their county commissioners agreed for taxpayers to subsidize this mofo. "Mr Wonderful" dismisses these wonderful, hard working people as a Chi-com psyop. More like Mr Blowhard.

Also, there is too much hand waving with the closed loop water systems, like it's a magic wand. Closed loop systems build up microbes and sediments, need toxic chemicals to clean, and occasionally be drained...like draining your water heater to remove the sediment buildup. So there is toxic waste water, in a desert. And where is that toxic residue going to go? They are buying up massive water shares in neighboring towns to supply the center's water, and I can tell you those shares will NOT be enough, and will suck those towns dry.

I'M PRO AI + PRO PEOPLE. We need a balance.
Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 08:06 PM (Eng1Z)

Lots of manipulation going on from all directions.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 08:41 PM (vDZgA)

181 Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:37 PM (sxggx

Yes it's thought to interpret the information your brain has gathered.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:41 PM (KC5Lt)

182 "Its not a simple rapid process of data, even given variables regarding weights and outcomes."

What is thinking then, other than that? We look at things, we process that, and react according to our own internal programming. That does not preclude a soul.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:41 PM (MWfyi)

183 I can identify an Asian woman by just seeing only the back of her. It's my brain subconsciously putting together all of the individual indicators together .

So you're the equivalent of the annoying "pick the tiles" crap online ?

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:41 PM (sxggx)

184 TecumsehTea: prayers up for your husband and family!

Posted by: Iris at July 20, 2026 08:41 PM (286+n)

185 165 "If you believe ... like many apparently now ... that Man is just a collection of firing neurons ? "

We are going to have to better define what "thinking" is. A good book on the subject is Mark Twain's "What Is Man"?
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:33 PM (MWfyi)
________________________________

Read about Jason Padgett sometime. He came out of a bar when a kid and was punched repeatedly in the head causing a massive concussion. However, the brain rerouted its regular protocol and transfered pathways to different parts of the brain as a way of self correction. From that point on, he became a math savant. He saw everything (and I mean everything) as math. Every inanimate object became a purposeful understandable design. Prior to those punches, he scored in the very lowest part of his class. Afterwards, he understood math better than most experts in the field.

It's really an interesting story. Some believe it is the key to understanding what humanity may evolve into next.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 08:42 PM (dIske)

186 most Advanced Degree Professionals I've ever met do not "reason"
——

Advance degrees in what? There’s yer fucking problem.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:42 PM (eES2O)

187 I have a couple of useless skills that directs me to my subconscious theory.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:37 PM (KC5Lt)

I don't like to use 'subconscious' because that gets into Freudian stuff. I agree that there are parts of the brain working on analysis beneath and besides your thinking voice part of the brain.

A few weeks ago I lost my keychain for part of a day. When I found it I was walking in the garage and suddenly looked straight down and found it. But even before I looked down I knew I had found it before I saw it. Some 'off side' vision part of the brain recognized it without me scanning for it.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:43 PM (uhVAy)

188 What is thinking then, other than that? We look at things, we process that, and react according to our own internal programming. That does not preclude a soul.
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:41 PM (MWfyi)

Dude ... by this line you've went down ? The gang-banger that knifes the white-bitch on the train is only reacting to his internal programming.

If there is one thing I can always depend on with the Horde ? The willingness to just argue to the dumbest of ends.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:43 PM (sxggx)

189 >>> So what does CBD's sidebar update mean? Taylor Farms lettuce doesn't cause explosive diarrhea? Their lettuce might cause explosive diarrhea but it's not confirmed? Should we eat a lot of Taylor Farms bagged lettuce to

Here is my non-expert take, summed up for your Moronic judgment:

The rumor was if you went to Taco Bell, your lettuce was poisoned with this explosive poop parasite, since Taylor Farms was the supplier for Taco Bell produce.

Tests are concluding oopsie, it might not be Taylor Farms after all! We messed up accusing them, our bad! Meanwhile Taylor Farms and Taco Bell's reps are taking a beating. Like as bad as Chipolte and Jack in the Box did back in the day when they had their contaminant scandals.

They both might have to sue, just to get their reps back, and not lose millions in revenue.

(Though, to be fair to Taco Bell, it's rep is already tied to "do a late night taco run and you'll get the runs" ... already baked into the brand, hah. So will this REALLY bankrupt them?)

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 08:43 PM (Eng1Z)

190 Advance degrees in what? There’s yer fucking problem.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:42 PM (eES2O)

So all the Doctors and such that were telling us to take the Clot Shot during Covid were Critical Thinkers ?

Again ... I can always depend on the Horde to argue the dumbest shit down to the very end.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:44 PM (sxggx)

191 It's really an interesting story. Some believe it is the key to understanding what humanity may evolve into next.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 08:42 PM (dIske)

I can understand that but the stories of people speaking a different language is hard to believe.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:45 PM (KC5Lt)

192 "It's really an interesting story."

It sounds like it. It indicates that brain wiring has something to do with the way people look at things.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:45 PM (MWfyi)

193 He came out of a bar when a kid and was punched repeatedly in the head
——

Percussive maintenance. Fixes a lot or stuff!

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:45 PM (eES2O)

194
Puff, Ruth and Dutchess are now house dogs. The weather is too hot and the air conditioners in the kennel can't keep up. They, and I, will be happier being in the family circle. We can also instill some discipline into Puff, who's a wild child.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 08:46 PM (O0L8i)

195 May have? Is there any doubt that this was a huge feature of Mesoamerican societies?
Posted by: Oldcat

Had a guide at Tuluum that told the group that it was all flowers and sunshine until the honkys with big boats showed up.

Complete horseshit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 20, 2026 08:46 PM (AEkWp)

196 Off topic, but color me skeptical of the charges against Andrew and Tristan Tate. It's the fucking UK. They somehow find the time and energy to start extradition proceeding against two guys in the US, but can't seem to do shit about the rampaging muslim rape gangs, and a wave of "immigrant" crime, from robbery and fraud to knifings and murder, all while intimidating and arresting normal Brits for noticing. Fuck the UK authorities.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 20, 2026 08:46 PM (XMwZJ)

197 So all the Doctors and such that were telling us to take the Clot Shot during Covid were Critical Thinkers ?
-/—

Hell no. Are you fucking stupid?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:46 PM (eES2O)

198 TecumsehTea, you are in our prayers right now.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 08:47 PM (hftzA)

199 If there is one thing I can always depend on with the Horde ? The willingness to just argue to the dumbest of ends.
Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:43 PM

Scogg? Is that you??

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 08:47 PM (0sNs1)

200 It sounds like it. It indicates that brain wiring has something to do with the way people look at things.

And yet ... some of you argue ... including you ... two different ways. That Critical Thinking can be taught - but also that we all just see things the way we see them based up on the shape of our brain and chemistry.

Good Gawd. Shoot some more paragraphs to just say "People Believe What they Believe and their View is Valid". And vote Democrat Socialist.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:48 PM (sxggx)

201 Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 08:43 PM (Eng1Z)

It wasn't a rumor of the connections of victims to Taco Bell.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:48 PM (KC5Lt)

202 88 Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:53 PM (4VH0B)
====

A prayer for speedy and complete recovery.

One Day At a Time.
Posted by: Albert Shanker


This! So much this!
Live completely in the present. Not tomorrow. Not next week. NOW. You have your husband now. What could be better? Life is fleeting. Enjoy being present. A comet could hit earth and we are all obliterated tomorrow. Or an earthquake. A flood. You can step off the curb and get hit by a bus.

Live present. Look at your husband and be thankful for RIGHT NOW.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 08:48 PM (DGJyi)

203 Hey, at least Nixon had the balls to order the Linebacker raids.

President Trump should do likewise.

Linebacker III: Killing Iranians With Glee

Posted by: Make the rubble bounce at July 20, 2026 08:48 PM (ftsic)

204 I can understand that but the stories of people speaking a different language is hard to believe.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:45 PM (KC5Lt)
_______________________

LOL...my favorite is FAS...which is Foreign Accent Syndrome.

Sarah Colwill (UK): Woke up with a distinct "Chinese" accent after a severe migraine, despite never having traveled to China.
Michelle Myers (USA): An Arizona woman who woke up with British, Irish, and Australian accents following severe hemiplegic migraines.
Althia Briden (UK): A Londoner who woke up speaking with a full-blown Italian accent after suffering a stroke

I don't know why, but I find this absolutely hilarious.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 08:48 PM (dIske)

205 Fuck You

It is critical thinking that allowed people to see through the Covid shit. Come back when you understand the problem. Dumb ass

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:48 PM (eES2O)

206 It's really an interesting story. Some believe it is the key to understanding what humanity may evolve into next.
Posted by: Orson

I've read of people in like circumstances who were suddenly good at learning languages or really good at music.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 08:48 PM (l26NL)

207 Read that a AI needs millions of cubic feeet of water or near that.
WTF does a computer even size of a American Aircraft carrier need water for?
Posted by: Skip at July 20,
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Article said Box Elder reduced to 10K acres would require 11 acre ft of water. If that's annually it's not much. Also said power from solar (part of the 10k acres) and a natural gas pipeline that's close by.

What are they doing? Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos are using them to build things. This thing looks like another NSA project.
Although, Utah is a popular place for server farms.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:50 PM (jU8k8)

208 So all the Doctors and such that were telling us to take the Clot Shot during Covid were Critical Thinkers ?
-/—

Hell no. Are you fucking stupid?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:46 PM (eES2O)

Its also not all of a piece. A dude might be an iconoclast in his specific field and an idiot follow conventional wisdom dude in every other factor of life. Plenty of examples of this.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:50 PM (uhVAy)

209 Hell no. Are you fucking stupid?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:46 PM (eES2O)

No No ... you argued it. Now own it. All of you.

Those doctors acted upon their personal biases. Their own "hard-wiring". They "processed".

They "Critically Thought" according to the bullshit definition currently put forward.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:50 PM (sxggx)

210 "Dude ... by this line you've went down ? The gang-banger that knifes the white-bitch on the train is only reacting to his internal programming."

Well yeah. That guy has a soul too. His programming has turned him to the devil.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:50 PM (MWfyi)

211 Read about Jason Padgett sometime. He came out of a bar when a kid and was punched repeatedly in the head causing a massive concussion. However, the brain rerouted its regular protocol and transfered pathways to different parts of the brain as a way of self correction. From that point on, he became a math savant. He saw everything (and I mean everything) as math. Every inanimate object became a purposeful understandable design. Prior to those punches, he scored in the very lowest part of his class. Afterwards, he understood math better than most experts in the field.

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I've got a great new idea to reform our failing education system!

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 08:53 PM (GhkK0)

212 Well yeah. That guy has a soul too.

And I reckon he "Critically Thought" ... right up through the point he knifed that white girl on the plane.

Can't be faulted for his conclusions, I guess. We all just randomly fire neurons and such.

I wonder, on this one, how many of you just like to argue ... and how many really believe it.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:53 PM (sxggx)

213 "And yet ... some of you argue ... including you ... two different ways. That Critical Thinking can be taught -"

I said it could be taught but it might not be learned.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:54 PM (MWfyi)

214 Never one for the most amazing timing, sorry - Common Tater I want to thank you for your post last night about glucose/tannins etc. Just saw it and I didn't know. Thanks for putting me knowledge.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 08:54 PM (vE0+H)

215 Article said Box Elder reduced to 10K acres would require 11 acre ft of water. If that's annually it's not much. Also said power from solar (part of the 10k acres) and a natural gas pipeline that's close by.

What are they doing? Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos are using them to build things. This thing looks like another NSA project.
Although, Utah is a popular place for server farms.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:50 PM (jU8k

Don't see why if these centers are so valuable they can't be required to expand local infrastructure in power, water, and such to reduce harm to the current residents.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:54 PM (uhVAy)

216 "I've got a great new idea to reform our failing education system!
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! "

They used to just hit us on the ass and that worked pretty well.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:55 PM (MWfyi)

217 LOL...my favorite is FAS...which is Foreign Accent Syndrome.

Sarah Colwill (UK): Woke up with a distinct "Chinese" accent after a severe migraine, despite never having traveled to China.
Michelle Myers (USA): An Arizona woman who woke up with British, Irish, and Australian accents following severe hemiplegic migraines.
Althia Briden (UK): A Londoner who woke up speaking with a full-blown Italian accent after suffering a stroke

I don't know why, but I find this absolutely hilarious.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 08:48 PM (dIske)

Genuine Chinese accent or comic television show Chinese accent?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:56 PM (uhVAy)

218 People will pay money to watch somebody mow their yard?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

No, the guys people watch are usually mowing someone else's lawn or the lawns of abandoned houses.

They offer to do it at no cost to the homeowners or renters, since the mowers get paid for the videos by YouTube

Posted by: Democrats everywhere at July 20, 2026 08:57 PM (vJrRc)

219 No ... you argued it. Now own it.
——

You don’t get to put words in my mouth. I can explain it to you, but I can’t understand it for you.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 08:57 PM (eES2O)

220 "Can't be faulted for his conclusions, I guess. We all just randomly fire neurons and such."

I didn't say that. The guy has a bad brain. Hardware and software.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:58 PM (MWfyi)

221 oops, forgot to remove my sock

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 08:58 PM (vJrRc)

222 Just to be clear, and to throw more gasoline on the fire, because I have nothing better to do right now and I enjoy people getting wound up.

Critical thinking doesn't necessarily result in the same conclusions or even similar conclusions. In addtion, there are different degrees of critical thinking that are marred by bias, presentation, and provided data. Additionally, using the process of critical thinking doesn't make you the sharpest pencil in the box. Individuals have different limitations in intelligence, creativity, innovation and understanding.

In short, it is a process. It is not an inborn trait. And, it isn't always good.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 08:58 PM (dIske)

223 Scrubs had an episode where the patient heard every conversation as a song. They had a name for it of course. Cool episode.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 08:59 PM (KC5Lt)

224 So nice of Atlas to take time during the shooting of I,Robot to demonstrate his Nadia Comaneci moves.

WTF are these people thinking.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 20, 2026 08:59 PM (S41Gd)

225 I said it could be taught but it might not be learned.

If you line up and "teach" a seminar on brain surgery to a room full of pre-schoolers ? You haven't "taught" a damn thing.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:59 PM (sxggx)

226 I wonder, on this one, how many of you just like to argue ... and how many really believe it.
Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 08:53 PM (sxggx)

Yet here you are, arguing. Never seen before nic.

Posted by: Reforger at July 20, 2026 08:59 PM (RVv7x)

227 I'm old enough to remember being reprogrammed with a paddle.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:59 PM (MWfyi)

228 Genuine Chinese accent or comic television show Chinese accent?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 08:56 PM (uhVAy)
__________________

Oh God, I HOPE offensive television show Chinese accent, because that makes it even more funny.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 09:00 PM (dIske)

229 The vast majority of people don't reason. Some - who are wrong - argue that the only thing humans do is act, and then rationalize their actions afterwards.

That's a totally false distillation but probably more useful than thinking reason is attainable for anything but the smallest cross section of humanity. Civilization gives people time and space to "reason", so it's likely you get a little more of it when you don't have people overwhelmed by crime and general survival issues.

But unfortunately, many of us go by "feels" most of the time and only reason sometimes in between. Some unlucky souls tend to reason a lot more. And the unluckiest are the ones that believe all they do is reason, but in reality are just victims of their own feels.

That's why politicians are effective. The successful ones don't target reason. They target feels. The ones that appear to target reason are most likely hornswaggling you, or just playing a game.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 09:00 PM (vE0+H)

230 In short, it is a process. It is not an inborn trait. And, it isn't always good.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 08:58 PM (dIske)

I think it's an innate trait by degree.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 09:01 PM (KC5Lt)

231 >>>If you think fast food is expensive now wait until they have quarter million dollar robots doing it.

Posted by: banana Dream

>So it's like solar and wind? Can I have substitute pepperjack for American cheese? Maybe toss on some mushrooms.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 09:01 PM (sYM3s)

232 "If you line up and "teach" a seminar on brain surgery to a room full of pre-schoolers ? You haven't "taught" a damn thing.
Posted by: Real Automation"

Posted by: A Educator at July 20, 2026 09:02 PM (MWfyi)

233 wave of "immigrant" crime, from robbery and fraud to knifings and murder, all while intimidating and arresting normal Brits for noticing. Fuck the UK authorities.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at

Yes, but they are facing these charges in Romania, too, they have first dibs, Then the UK. Their business is adult webcam services, which doesn’t really lend itself to fine, upstanding gentlemen. It doesn’t make them rapists, but it isn’t a huge leap to think they may be involved in human trafficking. Plus, the lovely things they have said in podcasts, here are a few gems:

"Bang out the machete, boom in her face and grip her by the neck. Shut up bitch."

"Women are a man's property... they belong to the man."

"Women are intrinsically lazy" and "there’s no such thing as an independent female."

On rape victims: They "must bear some responsibility" for their attacks


So. Color me not all that sympathetic to them.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 09:02 PM (hftzA)

234
Read about Jason Padgett sometime.

Posted by: Orson

================

There are also people who have this sixth sense with color. They perceive color in some elevated way. Everything and everyone has a unique color. There was one guy who gave the spectral wavelengths or whatever for the "perfect" color. Testers went off and altered the color by one infinitesimal value, and he caught it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 09:03 PM (mmrXZ)

235 Don't see why if these centers are so valuable they can't be required to expand local infrastructure in power, water, and such to reduce harm to the current residents.
****

If those projects had to include those considerations, it would highlight the true costs. The people who make bank on these projects are on the front end of the money pipeline. They will cash in before the project ever gets built or not. Make those considerations part of the deal and the project probably falls through.

Posted by: clarence at July 20, 2026 09:03 PM (1QT7n)

236 Yet here you are, arguing. Never seen before nic.
Posted by: Reforger at July 20, 2026 08:59 PM (RVv7x)

It's the a hole with the ever changing nic. I'd like to agree with him on occasion but he's such an asshole about it that I don't pipe in to agree.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 09:04 PM (KC5Lt)

237 It's the a hole with the ever changing nic. I'd like to agree with him on occasion but he's such an asshole about it that I don't pipe in to agree.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 09:04 PM (KC5Lt)
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Cynical, condescending assholes can change their nic, but they can't change their 'tude.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 09:05 PM (FZ29D)

238 This is NOT the usual cafe ambiance.

Jeepers. Find a fucking fire extinguisher.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 09:05 PM (yEz+x)

239 That's a totally false distillation but probably more useful than thinking reason is attainable for anything but the smallest cross section of humanity. Civilization gives people time and space to "reason", so it's likely you get a little more of it when you don't have people overwhelmed by crime and general survival issues.

That is the most honest paragraph about the topic I've ever seen. In decades.

The truth is - I can afford to Critical Think. Because I'm not living check to check. And as such ... I have room, and the luxury, to consider Cause and Effect even when it works against my own short term best interest.

Now here's the thing. I grew up poor. I knew what I was doing was wrong. Also knew what my parents were doing was wrong.

I worked to get to a point where I didn't have to.

And I don't think I'm special. Everyone can do that. But most around me did not think that way.

And now ? Most around me with much more money still don't.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:06 PM (sxggx)

240 You need to teach the robot how to build a better bacon cheeseburger before you can reprogram it to construct a lunar station.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 09:07 PM (sYM3s)

241 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 09:03 PM (mmrXZ)

__________________________

I love stuff like that. I cheers me up after seeing people like that leaking tranny up in Maine.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 09:08 PM (dIske)

242 "I knew what I was doing was wrong. Also knew what my parents were doing was wrong."

How did you know?

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 09:09 PM (MWfyi)

243 The new-nic guy sounds a lot like C5.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 20, 2026 09:10 PM (XMwZJ)

244 I am eating some peanut M&Ms with the new dyes. They look sad, washed out, a little Soviet. Dare I say, KABOOM?

Still taste good enough, though. So there's that.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:11 PM (0aYVJ)

245
This is NOT the usual cafe ambiance.

______________

Greasy, small tables
Slouching waiter in a filthy apron
Scowling regulars smoking Gauloises
Blue-plate special featuring horsemeat
Demimondes with questionable hygiene

That's the Café ambiance

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 09:12 PM (O0L8i)

246 Please Don't Get a Goat
Goats are NOT lawnmowers, and 10 other goat realities.
Anne of All Trades
https://youtu.be/xPU4-07VTmQ

Posted by: mindful webworker - GOAWW at July 20, 2026 09:12 PM (p+5Bi)

247 Oh God, I HOPE offensive television show Chinese accent, because that makes it even more funny.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 09:00 PM (dIske)

Like Peter Sellers Chinee accent....hilarious.

Posted by: The Pink Panther In Hong Kong Phooey at July 20, 2026 09:13 PM (ftsic)

248 I took a walk and then a friend called.

So, so many of you commented with encouragement and kindness and prayers. Thank you for every word and every prayer.
We are headed to bed, worn out.
Thank you also for the good advice, to live now, to take it a day at a time, to enjoy all the time I have with him now -- good advice even if we have another 20 years.
Thank you all.
See you tomorrow.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 09:13 PM (4VH0B)

249 I am eating some peanut M&Ms with the new dyes. They look sad, washed out, a little Soviet. Dare I say, KABOOM?

Still taste good enough, though. So there's that.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:11 PM (0aYVJ)
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The real test is if they now melt in your hands...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 09:14 PM (FZ29D)

250 How did you know?
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 09:09 PM (MWfyi)

Two ways. Serious question, I hope, and definitely serious answer.

Because I could see how my parents were not honestly trading with others. But rather, trying to "scam" ... for lack of a better word. I could also pick up on the cues - and I was not social by any means - that people did not want to interact with them commercially. I could see it. I could see it as a child.

And I knew - seriously knew, even young - that shit was a problem. I just knew.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:14 PM (sxggx)

251 Benny Hill did a fine Chinee accent, too.

Posted by: Just Soya Dumplings at July 20, 2026 09:14 PM (JM9I6)

252 That is the most honest paragraph about the topic I've ever seen. In decades.
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I try. Or do I...? Hell, even I don't know.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 09:15 PM (vE0+H)

253 @233 -- Piper, I'm not sympathetic to the Tates, they seem rather asshole-ish to me. But at the same time...it's the UK. Who can trust those assholes?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 20, 2026 09:15 PM (XMwZJ)

254 The real test is if they now melt in your hands...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 09:14 PM (FZ29D)

Believe it or not, I am actually testing this.

Results to follow.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:15 PM (0aYVJ)

255 This is NOT the usual cafe ambiance.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 09:05 PM

Kamala! left us another rah-rah comment in the last thread which might cheer you up.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 09:17 PM (0sNs1)

256 >>> Article said Box Elder reduced to 10K acres would require 11 acre ft of water. If that's annually it's not much. Also said power from solar (part of the 10k acres) and a natural gas pipeline that's close by.

I don't feel obligated to believe any of the stats on water usage the "experts" are claiming, to get people to stop asking questions about Stratos. If they get it wrong, it will go very, very wrong for the people and the animals and the crops. Like an unfixable kind of wrong.

Stratos should also rescind the tax breaks they are getting from the county when they will make billions off this thing. That is absolutely stupid.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 09:17 PM (Eng1Z)

257 Don't see why if these centers are so valuable they can't be required to expand local infrastructure in power, water, and such to reduce harm to the current residents.

Posted by: Oldcat
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If they aren't using too much water and are buying power in the form of nat gas. What is the harm to the community?
Other than being an NSA farm.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:17 PM (jU8k8)

258 "And I knew - seriously knew, even young - that shit was a problem. I just knew.
Posted by: Real Automation"

So you knew good from bad without any programming. Ok, is that built into everyone or do some of us have to go to Sunday School?

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 09:18 PM (MWfyi)

259 249 I am eating some peanut M&Ms with the new dyes. They look sad, washed out, a little Soviet. Dare I say, KABOOM?

Still taste good enough, though. So there's that.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:11 PM (0aYVJ)
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The real test is if they now melt in your hands...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 09:14 PM (FZ29D)
___________________________

Maybe someone can help me out here. Who was the "genius" who thought the best way to present M&Ms (something you eat) was to make those things you eat live characters in their commercials?

I've been waiting to the drug commercials to take that road. "Are you a fatty? EAT ME."

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 09:19 PM (dIske)

260 I think the Tates are half-American, like Churchill. Except with a double dose of that pimpin'.

Posted by: upgrayyed at July 20, 2026 09:20 PM (gKWVE)

261 The real test is if they now melt in your hands...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 09:14 PM (FZ29D)

Believe it or not, I am actually testing this.

Results to follow.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:15 PM (0aYVJ)

Candy coating remains intact. All is well.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:21 PM (0aYVJ)

262 Greasy, small tables
Slouching waiter in a filthy apron
Scowling regulars smoking Gauloises
Blue-plate special featuring horsemeat
Demimondes with questionable hygiene

That's the Café ambiance
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 09:12 PM

In fairness, aren't you the one who regularly complains about the service?

Mom says if you don't like Ten Forward, try Ten Back.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 20, 2026 09:22 PM (0sNs1)

263 Candy coating remains intact. All is well.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:21 PM (0aYVJ)
_________________________

Excellent. They may have removed the offending dyes...but the table wax remains intact.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 09:22 PM (dIske)

264 So you knew good from bad without any programming. Ok, is that built into everyone or do some of us have to go to Sunday School?
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 09:18 PM (MWfyi)

I know where you are going. And I can tell you ... for me ... no.

I was forced to go to Sunday Baptist Early Mornings. And I absolutely did not trust some of them people. The "tell you how good I am" shit. I hated those people. As a kid, had to keep it to myself.

My "Bad from Good" is, honestly, different. My entire life ... from the start ... has been watching people fight over the definition of "Good" vs "Bad".

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:23 PM (sxggx)

265 Late, but I have quotes from a goat service that wants to bring in enough goats to clear 20 acres of honeysuckle in a week or so.
I'm shying at the price. Hell, I could become a goat herder, right?

Posted by: MkY at July 20, 2026 09:23 PM (q6tQZ)

266 Excellent. They may have removed the offending dyes...but the table wax remains intact.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 09:22 PM (dIske)

Indeed. great mouth feel.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:25 PM (0aYVJ)

267 "I'm shying at the price. Hell, I could become a goat herder, right?
Posted by: MkY "

A tractor and bushhog won't do it?

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 09:25 PM (MWfyi)

268 Why do I have a Sound of Music Song in my head just now?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:26 PM (0aYVJ)

269 Couple of welfare goats may take a little longer but they'll keep it down forever.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:26 PM (jU8k8)

270 watching people fight over the definition of "Good" vs "Bad".
Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:23 PM

This, too, is the story of Mary Ann vs. Ginger, .45 ACP vs. 9mm, longbows vs. crossbows, carpet vs. hardwood, and chili vs. carrots.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 09:27 PM (0sNs1)

271 Indeed. great mouth feel.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:25 PM (0aYVJ)
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That's more important than people think. Especially with peanut M&Ms.

I like to let the candy coating and chocolate melt off the peanut and then I eat that last.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 09:27 PM (FZ29D)

272 Late, but I have quotes from a goat service that wants to bring in enough goats to clear 20 acres of honeysuckle in a week or so.
I'm shying at the price. Hell, I could become a goat herder, right?
Posted by: MkY

*Hits easy button*

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 20, 2026 09:27 PM (AEkWp)

273 So you knew good from bad without any programming. Ok, is that built into everyone or do some of us have to go to Sunday School?

OK ... maybe this ... I figured this out early on. What is "sustainable". And yeah - I shit-canned the "good vs bad" taught to me early on. By family and schools.

They were all just trying way too hard. Insisting.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:27 PM (sxggx)

274 Boston 25 News (and Insta) are/is reporting that the dead person found in Pressley's husband's home is a teenage girl.
At least Mary Jo was, what. 28?
Massachusetts is like a 1970s D&D campaign. Roll a 20 and get a treasure and a life in politics! Roll a 1 and get cornholed by a Democrat and dead.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 09:28 PM (gKWVE)

275 I think that Russian training video is about the most Russian thing ever.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 09:29 PM (edUvp)

276 "What is "sustainable".

I think that's the idea behind the Golden Rule.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 09:29 PM (MWfyi)

277 This, too, is the story of Mary Ann vs. Ginger, .45 ACP vs. 9mm, longbows vs. crossbows, carpet vs. hardwood, and chili vs. carrots.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 09:27 PM (0sNs1)

Everybody talks about Mary Ann. Nobody talks about the natural Smoke Show that was Tina Louise in her prime.

Hell. I'd have been proud to have had dinner with her twenty years after her prime.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:30 PM (sxggx)

278 Massachusetts is like a 1970s D&D campaign. Roll a 20 and get a treasure and a life in politics! Roll a 1 and get cornholed by a Democrat and dead.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 09:28 PM (gKWVE)
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Dungeoncrawling was quite a bit different back then...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 09:30 PM (FZ29D)

279 274 Boston 25 News (and Insta) are/is reporting that the dead person found in Pressley's husband's home is a teenage girl.
At least Mary Jo was, what. 28?
****

Politicians plight. Dead girl or live boy.

Too soon?

Posted by: clarence at July 20, 2026 09:31 PM (1QT7n)

280 Still taste good enough, though. So there's that.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:11 PM (0aYVJ)

I've noticed a huge uptick in the number of blue M&M's lately. Trying to use up all the prussian blue dye methinks.

Posted by: Reforger at July 20, 2026 09:32 PM (RVv7x)

281 I think that's the idea behind the Golden Rule.
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 09:29 PM (MWfyi)

And you keep trying to link it back. Look - I like the discussion.

But Golden Rule be damned. When they send one of yours to the hospital. You send ten of theirs to the morgue. Thats not the Chicago Way. Thats the Human Way.

Being Nice in public is a problem ... because Man turns it into a problem.

And I saw this early. As a kid early. Which was a problem. You know, as a kid not able to project force.

But its just true.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:33 PM (sxggx)

282 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 09:30 PM (FZ29D)

Oops, I misspelled "demon" as "Democrat". I blame autocorrect

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 09:33 PM (gKWVE)

283 As an aside, after Molly Ringworm shat on John Hughes for some damn bitchy reason, Anthony Michael Hall says John Hughes was friggin' awesome.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:34 PM (0aYVJ)

284 268 Why do I have a Sound of Music Song in my head just now?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549
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It's all about the Honeysuckle.

https://youtu.be/sypFh5yfSls&t=37

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:34 PM (jU8k8)

285 I've noticed a huge uptick in the number of blue M&M's lately. Trying to use up all the prussian blue dye methinks.
Posted by: Reforger at July 20, 2026 09:32 PM (RVv7x)

Can't let it go to waste, I guess.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:35 PM (0aYVJ)

286 Indeed. great mouth feel.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 09:25 PM (0aYVJ)

Also why I'm in the .45 camp in the eternal .45 versus 9mm debate.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 09:38 PM (K3f7J)

287 >>>Scowling regulars smoking Gauloises

>Cheap wine, crusty, stale bread, musky cheese and women with armpit hair. You can park your vespa out front.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 09:38 PM (sYM3s)

288 Saw on some documentary that the American confectioner, Mars, just blatantly ripped off some British candy he came across when he was over there.

And that candy would become what we now know as M&M's.

Not a lot of meaningful copyright laws back then.

Posted by: LTG at July 20, 2026 09:40 PM (+ZHEV)

289 275 I think that Russian training video is about the most Russian thing ever.

Posted by: Tom Servo
---

What do you think, Ivan?
I don't know Igor, let's give it a shot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:41 PM (jU8k8)

290 Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:33 PM (sxggx)

What one feeling underpins your everyday existence?

And if you could, would you prefer to change that, or live with it?

(these are rhetorical questions, but if you look at them, or meditate on them or whatever, you will find a pearl. I offer this to you personally and unconditionally - meaning, in the nicest way, don't bother answering me. Your answer and where that leads isn't important to anybody but you.)

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 09:43 PM (vE0+H)

291 What one feeling underpins your everyday existence?
---

If you have to ask.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:45 PM (jU8k8)

292 Knowing right from wrong is innate. Choosing which path to take is a choice.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 09:46 PM (KC5Lt)

293 284 268 Why do I have a Sound of Music Song in my head just now?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549

Edelweiss was the very last Rodgers and Hammerstein song. OH II died shortly after it's completion.

Posted by: Dimmed The Lights On Broadway at July 20, 2026 09:46 PM (JM9I6)

294 Evenin’. All. I hope that everyone is well.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:47 PM (77rzZ)

295 292 Knowing right from wrong is innate. Choosing which path to take is a choice.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 09:46 PM (KC5Lt)

I have an idea ...

Posted by: zombie Robert Frost at July 20, 2026 09:48 PM (3sXRv)

296 As a teenager, I had a crush on Charmian Carr, who played Liesl in The Sound of Music.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:50 PM (77rzZ)

297 Blonde Morticia,

I recently had an eye exam, only one eye dilated. As my daughter was driving me home, my eyes weren't really in sync. The road's yellow line was only yellow to my left eye. To my right eye it was shocking pink.

When I told my daughter, a painter, she explained that the dilation meant the color's arc was longer, going into my dilated eye.

Magic was at leas as appealing an explanation to me.

Posted by: Wenda at July 20, 2026 09:51 PM (u84c/)

298 What one feeling underpins your everyday existence?

That's easy. And true - of this I am certain - for everyone.

Nothing is given. This can all collapse tomorrow.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:51 PM (sxggx)

299 I must've watched that video of the mama chimp finding her baby alive twenty times. It hits me the same every last time.

Tissue, please.

Posted by: creeper at July 20, 2026 09:51 PM (80oeU)

300 # waves at polynikes#

Posted by: creeper at July 20, 2026 09:52 PM (80oeU)

301 Knowing right from wrong is innate. Choosing which path to take is a choice.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 09:46 PM (KC5Lt)

Bullshit. This is what wears me out about you people.

The Left think they are Right. Correct. Moral. Innately. They wonder why you choose so fucking wrong.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:52 PM (sxggx)

302 Bullshit. This is what wears me out about you people.

The Left think they are Right. Correct. Moral. Innately. They wonder why you choose so fucking wrong.
Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:52 PM (sxggx)

I think Sovey explained comments like this best:

Covert Narcissism:
These trolls disguise envy as moral correction.
They accuse you of arrogance, overconfidence, or privilege, not because you are, but because they aren’t.
They don’t want justice. They want to drag you down until they feel taller.

What made them this way:
They were praised for how they performed, never for who they were.
They grew up addicted to validation but incapable of self worth.
Without applause, they spiral into narcissistic collapse.

You didn’t take their spotlight.
You just refused to beg for it like they do, and they hate you for it.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 09:59 PM (rbvCR)

303 Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 09:52 PM (sxgg

You're a fucking idiot.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:00 PM (KC5Lt)

304 As a teenager, I had a crush on Charmian Carr, who played Liesl in The Sound of Music.

Mine were on Linda Ronstadt and EmmyLou Harris ... but you do you.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 10:01 PM (sxggx)

305 ONT is up.

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 20, 2026 10:02 PM (Jr+re)

306 U nas yest’ NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:02 PM (77rzZ)

307 >>>Knowing right from wrong is innate.

This is one the most basic philosophical questions.

Of course the Golden Rule, is one possible answer.

Posted by: LTG at July 20, 2026 10:04 PM (+ZHEV)

308 Excuse me while I throw more gasoline on the fire.

There are a multitude of stories of feral children being discovered without any concept at all of right or wrong. They understood survival confined to hunger, fear and self-defense. Abstract thinking does not develop without language. Fairness and justice have no way of developing without language.

There are no "social mirrors" which are a product of culture. Morality is learned by observing others. The laws, rules, manners of a culture teach "good" from "bad". One girl raised by wolves understood only deferrence to the Alpha, no ownership of property, and failure to "mirror" the hierarchy would result in punishment and pain. So, even amidst wolves, "good" and "bad" behavior was contingent upon observation and punishment for non-conformity.

That being said (getting another container of gasoline)...who defines what is "good" and "bad"? Because different cultures sure do have different ideas on that topic. So it must be taught or they would all be universal in every cuture. Now grab some stones and help me teach this woman who had the audacity to get raped a lesson...I'll start half buring her in the sand.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 10:06 PM (dIske)

309 You're a fucking idiot.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:00 PM (KC5Lt)

And who can debate an Intellectual Tour De Force like that ?

All this is ... when you strip it down ... is an Echo Chamber. One from a few decades ago. One that insists that the 80s were the 50s, when you get right down to it.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 10:07 PM (sxggx)

310 So much anguish. Can I get that in a to-go container?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 10:14 PM (sYM3s)

311 Sure. Fear is one possibility. So is anger. So is sadness. So is shame.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 10:18 PM (vE0+H)

312 Sorry that was to 298

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 10:19 PM (vE0+H)

313 So much anguish. Can I get that in a to-go container?

Yeah ... again, I wonder about so many that don't have it.

Posted by: Real Automation at July 20, 2026 10:19 PM (sxggx)

Quick Hits

Kamala Harris is running for president. She claims she "should have won" in 2024:

"She walks in as the front-runner. It is fairly obvious she is followed wherever she goes," said one former aide. "And I don't want to upset any narratives that any of the other candidates are pushing, but she comes in with 99 percent name ID and everyone else is going to have to raise money and buy it."

It remains an article of faith among Harris's tight-knit group of advisers that the 2024 race wasn't winnable. Her polling lead was a mirage and did not square with what the campaign's internal polls were showing. The compressed timeline after Biden dropped out of the race left her without enough time to appear as her own person, a particularly big problem when much of the public had tired of the president. And multiple former campaign staffers brought up the two assassination attempts against Trump as evidence that Harris's loss was all but preordained.

...

"She is looking for where the wave is going and is determined to ride it," said one supporter who had recently spoken with her and came away convinced that Harris is running in 2028. "Her mindset is that I should have won, and I am going to do it my way because my way would have won, and it was all these consultants that were telling me to take this position or that position, and it was their fault."

I encourage this. Jazz-snaps.

The Minnesota (Red) Star Tribune praises Walz for pardoning the rapist of a 10-year-old child:

minnesotastartribune.jpg


A conservative woman has a job so she's a hypocrite and a liar:

workingmotherhypocrite.png


Don Lemon wants some attention.


Former CNN host-turned-podcaster Don Lemon outrageously argued President Trump's MAGA movement is "America's version" of the Nazi Party -- just "without the Holocaust and all that stuff."

...

"MAGA is the closest thing to the modern version of the Nazi Party. This is America's version," Lemon raved. "It's the closest thing, without the Holocaust and all that stuff."

Lemon -- who also revealed he is considering a presidential run in the 2028 election, saying he'd be a "really good" commander-in-chief -- argued MAGA supporters have stuck by the movement in an effort to promote white supremacy.

"Most intelligent people or logical people, when they get new information and that information is negative or not factual, then they change their minds and go, 'Oh, well I wish I'd known better, and now that I have this information, then I can readjust,'" Lemon said.

"No matter how many facts and how much information you give them about this presidency, about the policies, they don't change their minds," he continued. "Because they're really not voting for the price of eggs -- they're voting for white supremacy, they're voting for power, they're voting to have a preeminent voice."

...

As host Dhanraj started to ask another question, noting that it was Lemon's view that the administration has gone "off the rails," Lemon interjected, saying: "It's not off the rails. We've careened into facism. The president is a fascist."

He then jammed his hand down his pants, rubbed it on his testicles, and wiped his fingers in the host's face.

I added the last sentence. But it's true in spirit.

NYC has spent $2.6 billion in welfare and just 860,000 residents... in one year.

More than $2.6 billion was handed out to 864,999 New York City residents in 2025, the news coming as people are fleeing the state due to high taxes and a socialist mayor who has made it his mission to "tax the rich."

Data from city records Fox News reviewed showed the billion dollar number was a 71 percent increase since 2022 when it was $1.57 billion, the outlet reported Saturday.

"When coupled with payments from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the city paid out more than $7 billion in welfare to residents in 2024, according to a Fox News analysis of data from the city's Human Resources Administration (HRA)," the outlet said, adding, "The rise in welfare payments comes as some of New York City's wealthiest contemplate a Big Apple exodus due to what many have described as a policy environment unfriendly to businesses and moneymakers."

Indeed, Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) in April said there would be an annual tax on high-value properties owned by those who did not live in the area full-time, Breitbart News reported.

"When I ran for mayor, I said I was going to tax the rich. Well, today, we're taxing the rich. I'm thrilled to announce we've secured a pied-à-terre tax, the first in New York's history. This is an annual fee on luxury properties worth more than $5 million whose owners do not live full time in the city, like for this penthouse, which hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin bought for $238 million," he stated.

To offset the political damage from the murder of a Restore party official by a deranged communist, the leftwing, Muslim Home Secretary of the UK began talking up a vague "plot" by "white supremacists" to do... something in relation to a Muslim gathering.

It was all made-up. Just a straight lie.

What is really angering patriotic Brits is that the UK government will fine them or even jail them for spreading "speculation" about violence or terrorism, but leftwing politicians -- Muslim ones, especially -- are free to invent fake "white supremacist" attacks on Muslims as they wish.

Because they're the conquerors. There are different rules for the conquerors.

Ben Graham
@BenGrahamUK

Jul 19

Heres a prime example of politicians speculating whilst the British public is told not to speculate.

Shabana Mahmood said "undoubtedly saved lives".

Humza Youaf used the words of the Home Secretary to push the narrative that this could have been a "terrorist attack of unimaginable scale".

7 days later and all 12 people arrested have been released with no terror charges.

One man is 82 years old.

They deserve a public apology. https://x.com/HumzaYousaf/st

The trans candidate for Maine Senate isn't promoting transgenderism the way he thinks he is.

Defiant L's
@DefiantLs

Trans Democrat Maine Senate candidate Webb: "I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."


Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

🚨 JUST IN: Tom Homan just EMBARRASSED Fake News Margaret Brennan to her face after she smeared ICE as secret police

BRENNAN: Well, the people who were chasing the [illegal] who died didn't have law enforcement markings, he didn't know! It just looked like a car coming after him!

HOMAN: "NO. They have emergency lights. Officers have insignia...you CLEARLY see they're law enforcement officers."

BRENNAN: But it's not a marked car

HOMAN: "They have emergency lights and sirens. A LOT of PDs are in unmarked vehicles. That helps you find people who don't want to be found...they'd be ALIVE TODAY if they simply complied!" 🫳🏻🎤

She's clueless, making BS up on the fly just to attack ICE!



Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:00 PM




Comments

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1 Kamala Harris is running for president. She claims she "should have won" in 2024:
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Write your OWN material, bitch!

Posted by: Killary at July 20, 2026 06:04 PM (Fi81e)

2 No!

Posted by: H at July 20, 2026 06:06 PM (oLx2/)

3 Kamala also comes into the race severely in Debt, no?

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 06:06 PM (uzmqU)

4 I saw the nood...

Posted by: Bete at July 20, 2026 06:06 PM (LX4y3)

5 "...and it was all these consultants that were telling me to take this position or that position, and it was their fault."
________________________________

How, absolutely, vacuous do you have to be to state in public that you took positions, not because you believed in them, but because it would provide the desired result?

She really is retarded, obtuse, doltish, dim, slow....

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 06:07 PM (dIske)

6 Harris had a 'tight knit group of senior advisers' ? I remember she had a bunch of advisers imposed on her by Jill Biden who leaked stories about her unfitness and temper on the regular. And then her election staff somehow blew a billion or more dollars.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 06:07 PM (uhVAy)

7 Kamala Harris is running for president. She claims she "should have won" in 2024.


Ohpleseohpleaseohplease!

Posted by: RI Red at July 20, 2026 06:08 PM (fRFTM)

8 > "I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."

1. Disgusting
2. Is he bragging that he's so screwed up, science doesn't have an explanation for his symptoms?

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 06:08 PM (mkw2N)

9 Kamala Harris

I thoroughly approve of Kamala Harris running for President.

Even DeSantos could win against her.

Please siphon money from the rubes and Smart Set WEF, babe.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 06:08 PM (u82oZ)

10 t is fairly obvious she is followed wherever she goes

By flies.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 06:09 PM (n5tGW)

11 Trans Democrat Maine Senate candidate Webb: "I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."

Semen.
It's just semen.
Splained it for ya.

Posted by: UncleJefe at July 20, 2026 06:09 PM (gAuAm)

12
The spaceflight anniversaries keep piling up. Today is the 57th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the Moon.

July 20th is also the 50th anniversary of Viking 1 landing on Mars. They were shooting for a landing date of July 4th for the bicentennial, but the planned landing site was too rocky from the orbital photographs, so they had to find another one, and it was a coincidence that July 20th was when they finally landed it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 06:09 PM (w6EFb)

13 She is looking for where the wave is going and is determined to ride it,

Dicks?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 06:10 PM (n5tGW)

14 Tell me we don't need insane asylums. It'd be a lie if you said no.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 06:10 PM (jehhT)

15 "She is looking for where the wave is going and is determined to ride it," said one supporter ...


Ride, ride, ride
the Wild Surf

Posted by: Jan & Dean at July 20, 2026 06:10 PM (wVcYX)

16 Who, and I mean WHO of big money donors would again donate to her campaign again after the last disaster. Also, doesn't her campaign still owe money to people (vendors, etc.) over the past disaster?

I myself encourage her to run.

Posted by: Cheri at July 20, 2026 06:10 PM (oiNtH)

17
I'm man enough to vote for Kamala Harris

...

In a Dem primary.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 06:10 PM (Fi81e)

18 it was all these consultants that were telling me to take this position or that position

Porn directors?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 06:11 PM (n5tGW)

19 About that loathsome MN Star Tribune smegma:

1. ‘Before her vote, the chief cited the letter of support for Vang submitted by the assault survivor.’

Huh? Is this true? I find this very hard to believe. I recall that the victim wrote a letter saying ‘fuck this pervert.’

2. J6 was a ‘violent protest’? Not an ‘INSURRECTION’? Did these retards not get the NPC download?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 20, 2026 06:11 PM (Nt9qU)

20 How much money is she going to "blow" this time around?


She wasted over $1 BILLION in 2024, I bet she bails out before the first primary votes are cast.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2026 06:11 PM (0N4FZ)

21 Maine Dems have apparently chosen Jackson to run against Collins. I still think the tranny would be a great candidate " let's send this goof to DC!"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 06:11 PM (sMkB+)

22 >>>I added the last sentence. But it's true in spirit.

>Generally when I'm trying to convince the lads of an argument, I squeeze out a fart hoping it's not an explosive shart.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (sYM3s)

23 So they didn't.... position you for success?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (Ot/FD)

24 Trans Democrat Maine Senate candidate Webb: "I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."

Snot you imbecile. Use Kleenex like the rest of us.

Posted by: Cheri at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (oiNtH)

25 Kamala also comes into the race severely in Debt, no?
Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 06:06 PM (uzmqU)

The DNC is, don't think she is.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (uhVAy)

26 Trans Democrat Maine Senate candidate Webb: "I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."

Did they use a slug for your Lego Vagina?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (ExV1e)

27 Kamala is a veteran rider.

She's got years of riding under her belt.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (Fi81e)

28 Kamala Harris is running for president. She claims she "should have won" in 2024.


Ohpleseohpleaseohplease!
Posted by: RI Red at July 20, 2026 06:08 PM (fRFTM)
===

I always thought the words "In vino veritas" was a crock.

Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (rj6Yv)

29 Trans Democrat Maine Senate candidate Webb: "I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."

Snot you imbecile. Use Kleenex like the rest of us.
Posted by: Cheri at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (oiNtH)

see? not even you can explain it!

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (uhVAy)

30 Gotta admit, I don't like unmarked police cars either.

That and ghost lettering on them as well.

Oh yeah, and low profile light bars that look like roof racks. Sneaky fuckers.

Fairs fair ...

Show your presence, state your presence ... don't be fucking cute.

Posted by: browndog says woof at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (3sXRv)

31 I think everyone would appreciate if the democrats just sat out the next few elections. Just take a little break.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (gPiDo)

32 I mean, shit, GOPes go their entire career doing exactly that, and they do just fine.

Maybe you're just doing it wrong.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (Ot/FD)

33 What is really angering patriotic Brits is that the UK government will fine them or even jail them for spreading "speculation" about violence or terrorism, but leftwing politicians -- Muslim ones, especially -- are free to invent fake "white supremacist" attacks on Muslims as they wish.
_______________________________

Were I a Brit, I'd be in jail. My self-created political party would be called "The Backlash" party.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (dIske)

34 Kamala gonna need a new pair of Gucci knee pads.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (dtajH)

35 Kamala Harris is running for president. She claims she "should have won" in 2024:


Hopefully Putin rigs it again for a Republican in 2028.

It's not perfect, but it's certainly getting a little better with Trump.

Thanks Putin.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 06:13 PM (uSpHL)

36 Let’s have Hillary and Harris fight it out for the Demonrat nomination.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 20, 2026 06:13 PM (ZVgZ4)

37 She's got years of riding under her belt."

Under my belt...
/Willie Brown

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 06:13 PM (XuXeR)

38 How could anyone believe Kamala Harris is qualified to be President? Every time she opens her mouth it's a complete mystery what she will say and after she's done speaking nobody has any idea what she said.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 06:14 PM (viF8m)

39 The DNC is, don't think she is.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (uhVAy)

Harris For President is in debt.

Harris 2: This Time It's Personal has a completely clean balance sheet.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2026 06:14 PM (Ot/FD)

40 Ace...

I'm begging you! Please drop the stuff about that lunatic in Maine.

"I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."

I might post "Naked Man" by Lucian Freud on tomorrow's art thread just to cleanse our palates!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 06:14 PM (l4RKn)

41 Today was tough, trying to close out a couple of projects and get spun up on another one as im taking over for a retiring pm.

I need a Gimlet or three

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 06:14 PM (XV/Pl)

42 The compressed timeline after Biden dropped out of the race left her without enough time to appear as her own person, ...


You know what this means, don't you? More Venn Diagram insights and analysis.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 06:14 PM (wVcYX)

43 Harris to follow the Killary Clinton path to running for president.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 06:15 PM (abScH)

44 Check out Hill and Bill in Italy.

He looks like he's wearing a woman's blouse with weird short pants while Hillary is waddling in front of him.


https://tinyurl.com/yn4hync7

Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 06:15 PM (kX27y)

45 "wave"

bye, bimbo

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 20, 2026 06:15 PM (CWTWj)

46 I need a Gimlet or three"

A Pimm's cup perhaps?

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 06:16 PM (XuXeR)

47 1. ‘Before her vote, the chief cited the letter of support for Vang submitted by the assault survivor.’

Huh? Is this true? I find this very hard to believe. I recall that the victim wrote a letter saying ‘fuck this pervert.’

Posted by: Elric the Blade

See? She(?) wants to fuck him! That's supportive!

Posted by: Democrats everywhere at July 20, 2026 06:16 PM (vJrRc)

48 so much crazy here
Imagine Don Lemon Kumala Harris and Alexa Optical Cortex all vying for the nomination

what is happening to this country

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 06:16 PM (ZxPkt)

49 I love Kamala Harris. Her energy reminds me of the days when the high school town pump would escort you under the bleachers and give you a handy for a beer.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 06:17 PM (sYM3s)

50 You know what this means, don't you? "

Brat Summer 2.0?

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 06:17 PM (XuXeR)

51 I myself encourage her to run.
Posted by: Cheri

I misread this as "rum".

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 06:17 PM (DZ9Lv)

52 she went on 'the view' and when asked what the biden admin did that she would have done differently she said 'not a thing'

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 20, 2026 06:17 PM (CWTWj)

53 Harris had a 'tight knit group of senior advisers' ?

Well. They were tight-knit between themselves, not so tight with her, yannow?

Posted by: RandomDave at July 20, 2026 06:17 PM (aJQbY)

54 so much crazy here
Imagine Don Lemon Kumala Harris and Alexa Optical Cortex all vying for the nomination

what is happening to this country
Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 06:16 PM (ZxPkt)

Lemon wasn't born in the US, even pretend born was he?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 06:18 PM (uhVAy)

55 Harris had a 'tight knit"

Yeah, sure.

/Willie Brown

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 06:18 PM (XuXeR)

56 48 so much crazy here
Imagine Don Lemon Kumala Harris and Alexa Optical Cortex all vying for the nomination

.......

Hell yeah.

Get Stephen A Smith in there, too.

All them ninjas will be up there shuckin' an jivin'.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 06:19 PM (uSpHL)

57 The rest of you will run with Mucas!

Posted by: Marcus Vindictus at July 20, 2026 06:19 PM (wVcYX)

58 30 Gotta admit, I don't like unmarked police cars either.

That and ghost lettering on them as well.

Oh yeah, and low profile light bars that look like roof racks. Sneaky fuckers.

Fairs fair ...

Show your presence, state your presence ... don't be fucking cute.

Posted by: browndog says woof at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (3sXRv)
___________________________

What about the ones with the LBQT.... Rainbow design? BTW, a valid defense for someone being arrested by police sporting that nuanced vehicle would be to tell the Court your straight, and the police department shows favortism towards non-straight individuals. Admitted bias.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 06:19 PM (dIske)

59 The compressed timeline after Biden dropped out of the race left her without enough time to appear as her own person, ...


You know what this means, don't you? More Venn Diagram insights and analysis.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 06:14 PM (wVcYX)

Didn't she also spend some days just doing nothing at all, not even the concerts and crap?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 06:19 PM (uhVAy)

60 A reminder: The FBI has covered up election fraud in MI and other states, repeatedly.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 06:19 PM (xcxpd)

61 Check out Hill and Bill in Italy.

He looks like he's wearing a woman's blouse with weird short pants while Hillary is waddling in front of him.


https://tinyurl.com/yn4hync7

Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 06:15 PM


hillary is pushing a good 250 pounds. For her height that is morbidly obese territory. You would think that all of her doctors would be pushing her to lose weight.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2026 06:20 PM (0N4FZ)

62 She comes in with 99 percent name ID and stupidity rating too.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 20, 2026 06:20 PM (Q/FnY)

63 Kamala is my favorite candidate !

Posted by: Vodka at July 20, 2026 06:21 PM (GD0B3)

64 This will be her third attempt.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 06:21 PM (abScH)

65 More than $2.6 billion was handed out to 864,999 New York City residents in 2025, the news coming as people are fleeing the state due to high taxes and a socialist mayor who has made it his mission to "tax the rich."
Data from city records Fox News reviewed showed the billion dollar number was a 71 percent increase since 2022 when it was $1.57 billion, the outlet reported Saturday.
In the South we call that 'sticking money up a wild hog's ass.'

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 06:21 PM (LHPAg)

66 8 > "I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."

1. Disgusting
2. Is he bragging that he's so screwed up, science doesn't have an explanation for his symptoms?
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 06:08 PM (mkw2N)

I did not look into the details, because I don't want to know. But we learned in one of the threads yesterday that he claims to have female internal organs, despite medical imaging showing no such thing. I think he's trying to present his butt snot as evidence of womanhood.

Posted by: SciVo at July 20, 2026 06:22 PM (Sy6m/)

67 hillary is pushing a good 250 pounds. For her height that is morbidly obese territory. You would think that all of her doctors would be pushing her to lose weight.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2026 06:20 PM (0N4FZ)

This is a woman who has had people murdered to ensure she doesn't lose.

What can Wegovy do against such reckless hate?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2026 06:22 PM (Ot/FD)

68 Strangely Bubba looks healthier than Hildabeast

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 06:22 PM (sMkB+)

69 You would think that all of her doctors would be pushing her to lose weight.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2026 06:20 PM (0N4FZ)

Yeah, her gut is getting YUUGE.

Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 06:23 PM (kX27y)

70 I pop back in for a dude leaking oil and pretending he's a chick

I don't even think he's HUMAN

lol I'm out! I'm out this is all too much

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 20, 2026 06:23 PM (j+aD2)

71 Didn't she also spend some days just doing nothing at all, not even the concerts and crap?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 06:19 PM (uhVAy)
===

Nothing it all? Quality time with a case of Bombay Sapphire isn't "nothing".

Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2026 06:23 PM (rj6Yv)

72 You would think that all of her doctors would be pushing her to lose weight.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2026 06:20 PM (0N4FZ)

Yeah, her gut is getting YUUGE.
Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 06:23 PM (kX27y)

Impressive. Most impressive!

Posted by: Pot Belly Stove at July 20, 2026 06:24 PM (wVcYX)

73 Whatever your feelings about the Tranny from Maine, you have to admit he'd be an easy mark for pranks if the prank supported his warped world view. There's a lot of entertainment to be had there.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 06:25 PM (dIske)

74 I might post "Naked Man" by Lucian Freud on tomorrow's art thread just to cleanse our palates!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Thanks for the warning!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 06:25 PM (NnhvP)

75 "Trump, WITHOUT EVIDENCE, claims elections are stolen. And don't try to show me the evidence, it is all FAKE, and Trump is a pooh poo head."

Your MSM trustworthy media

Posted by: illiniwek at July 20, 2026 06:25 PM (vbXSk)

76 "I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."

1. Disgusting
2. Is he bragging that he's so screwed up, science doesn't have an explanation for his symptoms?
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 06:08 PM (mkw2N)

Serous drainage and pus from an open wound.

Take out and leave out your fake "front hole" plug and it will close and heal shut.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 06:26 PM (iJfKG)

77 Rochelle Olson writes that Star Tribune feature, Cheers and Jeers. She's been with the paper for 26 years now. Reliable Dem lunatic cheerleader.

Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 06:26 PM (kX27y)

78
Trans Democrat Maine Senate candidate Webb: "I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."

-----

This compelling transgender medical mystery could be solved by vivisection. I mean, further vivisection.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 20, 2026 06:26 PM (azNOR)

79 Hillary! walking down the street, sunglasses on, hands behind the back, leaning forward. A scowling face that tells a hostile world it isn't worth her time.

Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2026 06:26 PM (rj6Yv)

80 What can Wegovy do against such reckless hate?"

Er...ride out or something?

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 06:26 PM (XuXeR)

81 Whatever your feelings about the Tranny from Maine, you have to admit he'd be an easy mark for pranks if the prank supported his warped world view. There's a lot of entertainment to be had there.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 06:25 PM (dIske)

Bangor?

You'd slide right off 'er!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2026 06:26 PM (Ot/FD)

82
Bill's mouth hangs open a lot now.

As they always used to tell me, when you see a man going around with his mouth hanging open like that, he's gone.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2026 06:27 PM (w6EFb)

83 Ace and the COBs continue to tell me about you guys. You are having an incredible impact. I travel our country, young girls, boys, people of every gender, background, race, read Ace of Spades, and understand how inspiring it is.

So keep doing what you’re doing. You guys are impacting people who you will never meet, people who may never know your name or mine, but they are aware of what you are doing. And it is giving them a sense of their value and their dignity and what they have a right to expect from this world.

So, congratulations on this Thread, but congratulations as much as anything else, for the path you guys are charting. It is extraordinary to watch and read!

Posted by: Kamala! Harris at July 20, 2026 06:27 PM (0sNs1)

84 The worst thing about the Calif voter rolls? Every registered voter is sent a ballot via the mail... every single one.

And even though, by LAW, they are supposed to check signatures on the outside of the ballot, they do not... I know for a FACT because in one election I had broken my arm, and signed with my Non Writing hand... and the ballot was counted.

After the 'signature check' there is no number on the ballot, no way to track it... it is counted... and the only check on the validity of the count, is the person running the ballots through the machine...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 06:27 PM (mP0Kj)

85 I spent a lot of time with Kamala, you might say we have a special relationship!

Posted by: Vodka at July 20, 2026 06:27 PM (GD0B3)

86 OT- Just a nice story before I go for the evening. This kind grandpa had spent eight years holding sick babies in the neonatal intensive care unit to aid in their healing . Funny, you never hear these kinds of stories about Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris. God bless this man! . Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/5265jhf4






Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 06:27 PM (jt/rW)

87 Former CNN host-turned-podcaster Don Lemon outrageously argued President Trump's MAGA movement is "America's version" of the Nazi Party -- just "without the Holocaust and all that stuff."


And sprinting out of the pack of Worlds Dumbest Man on the internet is Don Lemon!! Well done sir!! You are a veteran at Dumb and I always had faith in you. Still, lots of contenders out there so don't get complacent. Keep plumbing the depths of Dumb! I know you can do it!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 20, 2026 06:28 PM (sAmhv)

88 hillary is pushing a good 250 pounds. For her height that is morbidly obese territory. You would think that all of her doctors would be pushing her to lose weight.
Posted by: Mister S

Nah, looks 180
She's no Stacy Abrams

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 20, 2026 06:28 PM (7gFa4)

89 You can say Kamala and I can't live without each other!

Posted by: Vodka at July 20, 2026 06:28 PM (GD0B3)

90 69 You would think that all of her doctors would be pushing her to lose weight.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2026 06:20 PM (0N4FZ)

Yeah, her gut is getting YUUGE.
Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 06:23 PM (kX27y)
_______________________

Not out of the realm of possibility that some other medication(s) she's on is causing the weight gain. I'm rather confident that her medial history is one think file. There was a photo recently that suggested an apparatus of some sort strapped to her lower back. It could have a Tens unit. Or, it could have been a colostomy bag. Maybe even a MARS unit for liver problems. I, also, believe her to be epileptic based on some of her responses to flashing lights.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 06:29 PM (dIske)

91 Wherever Kamala goes, I go!

Posted by: Vodka at July 20, 2026 06:29 PM (GD0B3)

92 Commie-la is perfect for the DSA

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 20, 2026 06:30 PM (IFA+s)

93 Defiant L's
@DefiantLs
Trans Democrat Maine Senate candidate Webb: "I also leak, like, a mucus, which they can't really explain."

Man, save some dick for the rest of the ladies.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 06:30 PM (cl15i)

94 I see Michael McCall and Pete Sessions are up their amnesty bullshit in Texas again.

Posted by: DanMan at July 20, 2026 06:30 PM (8uzBS)

95 So Don Lemon is running as a dark horse candidate...
Does that make Kumala the Dark Whores candidate?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 20, 2026 06:30 PM (l3cgK)

96 When we , Kamala and I, hang out together (often!) she would sing this cool song to me, "A kiss on the hand may be quite continental,
But Vodka is a girl's best friend !"



Posted by: Vodka at July 20, 2026 06:31 PM (GD0B3)

97 [Former CNN host-turned-podcaster Don Lemon outrageously argued President Trump's MAGA movement is "America's version" of the Nazi Party -- just "without the Holocaust and all that stuff."


That is a winning campaign strategery: just blood libel over half the eligible voting public.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 06:31 PM (PVBkQ)

98 Hey, has everyone heard about that new movie by David Cronenberg?

It's titled:

"I Also Leak, Like a Mucus, That They Can't Really Explain."


Sounds great, can't wait to see.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 20, 2026 06:31 PM (3uBP9)

99 Cats for Kamala!

I can’t wait for that stupidity to start up again.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 06:31 PM (YJQ8M)

100 $2.6 billion was handed out to 864,999 "

*starts cipher'n...

That's like... maths

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 06:31 PM (XuXeR)

101 Take out and leave out your fake "front hole" plug and it will close and heal shut.

Would your bladder eventually explode?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 06:32 PM (ExV1e)

102 144% of registrations over eligible voters, why you could win every election with those numbers, am I right?
- joey 81 million biden

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 06:32 PM (n5tGW)

103 I think she appreciates how my transparency, you know ?

Posted by: Vodka at July 20, 2026 06:32 PM (GD0B3)

104 I so very badly want to see a debate between Kamala Harris and Don Lemon.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 20, 2026 06:32 PM (syz1S)

105 104 I so very badly want to see a debate between Kamala Harris and Don Lemon.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 20, 2026 06:32 PM (syz1S)

One takes a knee, the other takes it in the ass...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 20, 2026 06:33 PM (l3cgK)

106 Former CNN host-turned-podcaster Don Lemon outrageously argued President Trump's MAGA movement is "America's version" of the Nazi Party -- just "without the Holocaust and all that stuff."
----

Let me know when we get the snazzy uniforms...

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 06:33 PM (TN0g+)

107 Hillary looks like the Venus of Willendorf with cankles.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 06:34 PM (sYM3s)

108 Republican and Democrat strategists (and their amateur counterparts) agree on absolutely nothing, except they were agreed that Harris had Zero chance.

You can’t swap out a president candidate like a Pony Express horse at the last minute.

Maybe a year or so out. I thought that was their plan along from the start. Biden said as much in the campaign. I guess he forgot or something. Oops

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 06:34 PM (XjXDt)

109 Kamala ... the First Woman President AND First Alcoholic President,
and the Lowest IQ President (except Joe).

Vote Kamala ... for more Historic Firsts.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 20, 2026 06:34 PM (vbXSk)

110
How, absolutely, vacuous do you have to be to state in public that you took positions, not because you believed in them, but because it would provide the desired result?

Posted by: Orson

=================

Hillary did something similar. Claimed she "held back" in the 2016 debate where Trump supposedly crept up on her (he was ~6 feet away). There's like a dozen interviews with her shrieking "Back up, you CREEP!" as she fantasized about having a redo. She claimed she didn't do it because people expect women to be polite and steady, and she fell in with the stereotype.

How vacuous and stupid do you have to be to cave to what you consider harmful stereotypes while your opponent is winning on style by breaking every mold in the factory?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 06:35 PM (mmrXZ)

111
Like a mucus
Leaked for the very first time
Like a mucus
When your sphincter twitches next to mine

Posted by: Webbonna at July 20, 2026 06:35 PM (0sNs1)

112 How could anyone believe Kamala Harris is qualified to be President? Every time she opens her mouth it's a complete mystery what she will say and after she's done speaking nobody has any idea what she said.
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I'm sure there were few in number, but can you just imagine the private chats in the Oval Office between the walking-dead and the wino?

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 06:35 PM (TN0g+)

113 3 Kamala also comes into the race severely in Debt, no?
Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 06:06 PM (uzmqU)

I looked it up, and those debts are officially settled. (There was $20M originally announced as settled, but then more vendor invoices came in, such as for media production, polling, and event management.) All told, the DNC covered $22M (its limit) and purchased her email list for $6.5M, plus she established a Pay For The Past Fight For The Future PAC which spent $17.6M. That PAC now has no debt and $287,037.82 cash on hand, so I guess there must be some other vehicle for her future ambitions.

Posted by: SciVo at July 20, 2026 06:36 PM (Sy6m/)

114 $2.6 billion was handed out to 864,999 "

$3,005.78 ea

Posted by: DanMan at July 20, 2026 06:36 PM (8uzBS)

115 Harris had six weeks as the nominee before she could even get started. What would she have done if Joe Biden suddenly dropped dead? Sounds like she wouldn't have been ready to take over then either.

Posted by: ChrisW at July 20, 2026 06:36 PM (rLfcT)

116 I'm sure there were few in number, but can you just imagine the private chats in the Oval Office between the walking-dead and the wino?
Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 06:35 PM (TN0g+)

That racist old dunce probably assumed she was the cleaning lady.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2026 06:36 PM (Ot/FD)

117 Kamala Harris is running for president. She claims she "should have won" in 2024:

She, Gore, and Hilary should form a club...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 20, 2026 06:37 PM (l3cgK)

118 . "Her mindset is that I should have won, and I am going to do it my way because my way would have won, and it was all these consultants that were telling me to take this position or that position, and it was their fault."

------------

The 2028 memes write themselves:

"Kommie-la blames Primary loss on white men -- all of whom she fired in 2026 -- failing to position her for success."

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 06:38 PM (9rvdq)

119 Bubba is wearing skinny jeans. LOL

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 06:38 PM (lJ0H4)

120 There's gotta a be a way to fix the whole mucus problem. As an engineer I think you could sew up the surgical gash and replace the pee hole with a kind of hose like appendage. Wait, it could also be used for sexual reproduction on the male. Dual function! In fact, I think the new hose like appendage, if you increased its stiffness, somehow, would just about fit the female part. Like it was made for it!

I wonder if anyone's ever thought of that?

Posted by: banana Dream - hose like appendage at July 20, 2026 06:38 PM (3uBP9)

121 "144% of registrations over eligible voters, why you could win every election with those numbers, am I right?
- joey 81 million biden

and ... "if we have citizenship verification, Democrats will never win another election"

other idiot Democrats, telling the truth.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 20, 2026 06:38 PM (vbXSk)

122 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 06:35 PM (mmrXZ)

_________________________________

Go check out her response to something similar in her first debate for the Senate. I believe the guy's name was Rck Lazio. Lazio's behavior was described in the media as aggressive, hostile, and an invasion of personal space.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 06:38 PM (dIske)

123 Bill Maher tells British comedian Jack Whitehall that England now spends more on welfare than it collects in income tax.

£333,000,000,000 out. £331,000,000,000 in.

ha

haha

hahahahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 06:39 PM (/+uur)

124 Take out and leave out your fake "front hole" plug and it will close and heal shut.

Would your bladder eventually explode?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 06:32 PM (ExV1e)

Dunno.

But, I've got to assume they flay out the urethra and reposition it close to the opening. So, probably no. He'd be like a Barbie doll that pees.

If this dumbass has had the whole surgery, then he's got an open wound that can't heal properly.

No great mystery here. Just ugh. Lots and lots of ugh.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 06:39 PM (iJfKG)

125 How could anyone believe Kamala Harris is qualified to be President?
——-

They like the idea of her being president. Not the reality, which would be filtered through the media industrial complex. As you know politics is their religion, and their entire persona gets wrapped up in fairy tales

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 06:40 PM (XjXDt)

126 Bill's mouth hangs open a lot now.

As they always used to tell me, when you see a man going around with his mouth hanging open like that, he's gone.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)

I've noticed that too for a while.

But seriously what did Bill do this time to deserve this? Their marriage was always a Potemkin village, so why this stunt of spending time together in Italy?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 06:41 PM (l26NL)

127 74 I might post "Naked Man" by Lucian Freud on tomorrow's art thread just to cleanse our palates!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Thanks for the warning!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

I think I'm going to avoid seeing that.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 20, 2026 06:41 PM (Q/FnY)

128 NYMag: Like It or Not, Kamala Harris Is the Front-runner. She is very much looking like a presidential contender–in–waiting.

If you have to say "Like it or not" she is not a front runner she is who is being pushed at us.

Like it or not, Trump is going to get his third term if she's the candidate. Yes it's completely illegal and it won't matter. Thanks Kamala.

Can we have a god damn primary first? I am tired of being told who I am going to vote for before the voting party gets to decide first.

Harris wouldn't survive a primary. She couldn't hang in the last one she was in. The result will be the same.

I can guarantee you that if Harris is the candidate again, the Republican will win again.

A lot of Dems in Congress are probably ok with that unfortunately. As long as they don’t actually have to stand up for anything. They aren't beating that "controlled opposition" allegation anytime soon.

I can't think of any Democrat other than Hillary Clinton who is less the front runner. Graham Platner maybe.

Primary hasn’t even started and the establishment Dems are already cranking the smugness up. God help us.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 20, 2026 06:41 PM (2qI1t)

129 "I Also Leak, Like a Mucus, That They Can't Really Explain."

Sounds great, can't wait to see.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 20, 2026 06:31 PM (3uBP9)

Original screenplay from Descarte’s Je Pense Donc Je Leak

Posted by: TxAnn at July 20, 2026 06:42 PM (SjAWL)

130 Hillary looks hideous.

And Bill keeps his distance. He probably feels being in the same town as her is punishment.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 06:42 PM (u82oZ)

131 "Should have won" is a way around the "loser" label. Not very good but valiant.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (vE0+H)

132 But, I've got to assume they flay out the urethra and reposition it close to the opening

Such sweet suffering.

Posted by: the Hell Priest at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (gKWVE)

133 Can't wait for the word salads with extra dressing that come from Harris and Newsome in their primary. Memes galore.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (n5tGW)

134 I think the DSA base is going to want a real communist at the top of the ticket.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (l26NL)

135 The rest of you will run with Mucas!
Posted by: Marcus Vindictus at July 20, 2026 06:19 PM (wVcYX)

Run, Mucas! RUN!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (g8Ew8)

136 The Minnesota (Red) Star Tribune praises Walz for pardoning the rapist of a 10-year-old child:

------------

Right, because being in the vacinity of The Capitol on J6 (or not even in the city like (Enrique Tarrio) was far more brutalizing & egregious than repeatedly raping a 10-year-old girl for years.

GFY

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (9rvdq)

137 Mrs. Bill Clinton. I think she prefers that.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (XjXDt)

138 Pneumonia Harticollis can bite my lily white ass.

This horseshit about WORKING MOTHERS used to be the absolute picture of the modern feminist, but now it is derided as hypocrisy.

Which is it, Pneumonia? If a woman works, she can't have kids? Or if a woman call herself "Mrs. Whomever"
she can't work? Or maybe it is the kids you object to generally, since you are apparently a dried up old prune who never found a way to procreate?

Like I said. Bite it. Because I'm currently mooning you, you diseased twat.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (bl07w)

139
But Kamala is still using her 2024 material, or "material" -- since it's mostly giggling and chanting syllables.

At least Hillary did some Tracy Flick-style work. She hit the briefing books, studied the stats, memorized facts, had her team devise memes, probably did some rehearsing (although no amount of it could make her look human), layered up her race for the White House over DECADES, practiced her dismissive cackle in case someone asked her a legitimate question, had her deflections down pat. (I think that's one reason she's so UTTERLY PISSED at Democrat candidates who keep losing despite bigger leads and weaker opponents than she had.)

Kamala seems so undisciplined in comparison. Do her handlers ever try to hold her down and make her prep?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 06:45 PM (mmrXZ)

140 New Hampshire girls bullied a transgender boy to stop playing soccer.

They painted "PGS" (protect girls sports) under their eyes when forced to play against him.

ha

hahahahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 06:45 PM (/+uur)

141 I might post "Naked Man" by Lucian Freud on tomorrow's art thread just to cleanse our palates!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Please don't take Ace's shortcomings out on us. Thanks.

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 06:45 PM (lJ0H4)

142 Dems: Like it or not, Trump is going to get his third term

Trump will retire and spend his time with his younger, third-wife, former supermodel. And grandkids.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 06:45 PM (u82oZ)

143 Not only did Kamala lose, she lost to Felonious Hitler Incarnate.

The funniest thing is she can't even say she only got beat because he got shot.

Trump could get away with saying something like that. I would consider it if I was trying to rerun and didn't want to be tagged as a loser. She can't. Plus it's too close to truth and Democrats don't do well with truth.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 06:45 PM (vE0+H)

144 Somebody spent $1.5 billion in 107 days!

Posted by: Unkaren at July 20, 2026 06:46 PM (p7UGH)

145 133 Can't wait for the word salads with extra dressing that come from Harris and Newsome in their primary. Memes galore.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (n5tGW)

I used to think drunks, stoners, and just off the boat Asians were hard to decipher, but as it turns out, that's true of most of the democrat frontrunners, and Biden too!

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 06:46 PM (bl07w)

146 Trump will retire and spend his time with his younger, third-wife, former supermodel. And grandkids.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

And play scratch golf as much as he wants. And build his big, beautiful library that doesn't look like a trash can.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 06:47 PM (l26NL)

147 I might post "Naked Man" by Lucian Freud on tomorrow's art thread just to cleanse our palates!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 06:14 PM

If you're going to post, post! Don't talk.

Posted by: Tuco at July 20, 2026 06:47 PM (0sNs1)

148 >>Don Lemon is absolutely correct about MAGA. No matter how much evidence of Trump's absolute evil and corruption is revealed, they won't accept it. Completely blind followers of ideology.


Sid is just begging to smell Don Lemon's Grundle.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 06:48 PM (uzmqU)

149 And by the way it's not the only truth about why she lost.

Trump beat her ass, bad, especially pulling the air out of her "Joy" balloon they tried to weaponize against him. He took that awful cackle and overlaid her "Joy" over riots and illegals in every single commercial. It was a work of art.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 06:48 PM (vE0+H)

150 130 Hillary looks hideous.

And Bill keeps his distance. He probably feels being in the same town as her is punishment.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 06:42 PM (u82oZ)

And here I thought demons stuck together. Go figure.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 06:48 PM (bl07w)

151 Who taught David Hogg his lines?

https://x.com/DschlopesIsBack/status/
2079225986118230128

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 06:48 PM (/+uur)

152 I saw Inexplicable Leaking Mucus open for Barry Manilow at The Sands in 2012.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 20, 2026 06:49 PM (wGerL)

153 Current Polymarket odds on dem nominee:

Newsom 20
AOC 14
Ossoff(?) 14
Harris 7
Buttigieg 5
Shapiro 5

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 06:49 PM (XvL8K)

154 144 Somebody spent $1.5 billion in 107 days!
Posted by: Unkaren at July 20, 2026 06:46 PM (p7UGH)

Thats about (does progressive maths) 1 billion per day

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 06:50 PM (/+uur)

155 He then jammed his hand down his pants, rubbed it on his testicles, and wiped his fingers in the host's face.

I added the last sentence. But it's true in spirit.
***


This is why I will never leave this place.

Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 06:50 PM (lCppi)

156 >>Current Polymarket odds on dem nominee:

Newsom 20


LOL

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 06:50 PM (uzmqU)

157 152 I saw Inexplicable Leaking Mucus open for Barry Manilow at The Sands in 2012.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 20, 2026 06:49 PM (wGerL)

I'm trying to figure out why you would go see Barry Manilow. Can't come up with any good reason, at all.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 06:50 PM (bl07w)

158 The dumbest f*cking thing Kamala ever did was let the DNC talk her into being Biden's VP.

She traded what basically would have been a lifetime Senate appointment in California for 4 years as VeepThroat.

What a total f*cking retard.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 06:51 PM (uSpHL)

159 Not enough vote fraud to win Kamaunist

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 06:51 PM (Ia/+0)

160 Almost all mugshots are of minorities being booked as “White.” (Proof in video)

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"BUT IT'S DA WIPIPOS FAULT DAT DESE PO MINORITY VICTIMS BE CRIMINALS, YO! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 06:51 PM (9rvdq)

161 Kamala Harris is running for president

***
Beyonce's bank account cheers.

Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 06:51 PM (lCppi)

162 But, I've got to assume they flay out the urethra and reposition it close to the opening

Such sweet suffering.
Posted by: the Hell Priest at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (gKWVE)

Hell Priest, you really are one sadistic bastard keeping Bill and Hillary together like that.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 06:52 PM (iJfKG)

163 You'll have to do better than that, Sid. Don Lemon is far ahead of you at being the Dumbest 'Man' on the internet. Valiant effort though!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 20, 2026 06:52 PM (sAmhv)

164 OT but my contractor is currently ripping out my laundry room, and will soon start on the kitchen and bathroom. Lots of use of the sawsall. This place is a disaster. It has rained here nonstop for over two weeks now, which is not entirely unusual for every seventh year or so, but it is becoming a serious PITA. Haven't weeded the garden, and so they are growing just great.

Meanwhile, I'm here wasting time and generally just jerking around. Hmm...

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 06:52 PM (bl07w)

165 HOLY CR*P 🚨 Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon talks about how back in 2017 Los Angeles was forced to admit in a lawsuit they had OVER 1 MILLION ILLEGAL VOTERS on their voter rolls

That’s not all

- LA Voting Rolls have 144% of the total number of eligible residents

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Motor Voter FTW!

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 06:53 PM (9rvdq)

166 Newsom will be indicted by 28. Ossoff and Shapiro are Jewish and no way would the DSA run Dem party support them. Buttgiggle is gay and blacks and muzzies won't support him. That leaves Kamala and AOC. An Algonquin Roundtable that is

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 06:54 PM (sMkB+)

167 Based Conservative

San Franpsycho, who met her early in her career, told us 8 years before the 2020 election that she was extremely ambitious.

Harris wants power over others.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 06:54 PM (u82oZ)

168 153 Current Polymarket odds on dem nominee:
Newsom 20
AOC 14
Ossoff(?) 14
Harris 7
Buttigieg 5
Shapiro 5
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Newsom: too slimy, the Leff will say he's a corporate sellout, and California is enough of a mess he won't sell to normal America. AOC probably (?) won't run. Shapiro is Jewish, right? No way the Dems elect that. JB Pritzker has the sadz for not making this list...he'll eat a gallon of Haagen-Daz to console himself.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 20, 2026 06:54 PM (2qI1t)

169 And here I thought demons stuck together. Go figure.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 06:48 PM (bl07w)

Nope- they're too stuck in the envy, wrath, and hate they feel for each other. That goes for the supernatural demons, too.

Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 06:54 PM (lCppi)

170 Harris wants power over others.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 06:54 PM (u82oZ)

The kind of power that is only achievable with her jaws clamped firmly around someone powerful's dick, apparently.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 06:55 PM (bl07w)

171 1. ‘Before her vote, the chief cited the letter of support for Vang submitted by the assault survivor.’

Huh? Is this true? I find this very hard to believe. I recall that the victim wrote a letter saying ‘fuck this pervert.’

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 20, 2026 06:11 PM (Nt9qU)

This made wonder how much the Kopechne family was paid to stay silent and was reminded that Mary Jo was murdered 57 years ago yesterday.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 20, 2026 06:55 PM (SjAWL)

172
Ace and the COBs continue to tell me about you guys. You are having an incredible impact. I travel our country, young girls, boys, people of every gender, background, race, read Ace of Spades, and understand how inspiring it is.

So keep doing what you’re doing. You guys are impacting people who you will never meet, people who may never know your name or mine, but they are aware of what you are doing. And it is giving them a sense of their value and their dignity and what they have a right to expect from this world.

So, congratulations on this Thread, but congratulations as much as anything else, for the path you guys are charting. It is extraordinary to watch and read!
Posted by: Kamala! Harris

=================

This is way too articulate for Kamala! Harris. Revise and resubmit.

Posted by: ChatGPT Editor at July 20, 2026 06:55 PM (mmrXZ)

173 tcn in AK

* Quickly crosses legs in a protective gesture. *

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 06:56 PM (u82oZ)

174 Billy Graham>>>>>>>>Ben Graham @BenGrahamUK

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 06:56 PM (XeU6L)

175 Pneumonia Harticollis can bite my lily white ass.

This horseshit about WORKING MOTHERS used to be the absolute picture of the modern feminist, but now it is derided as hypocrisy.

Which is it, Pneumonia? If a woman works, she can't have kids? Or if a woman call herself "Mrs. Whomever"
she can't work? Or maybe it is the kids you object to generally, since you are apparently a dried up old prune who never found a way to procreate?

Like I said. Bite it. Because I'm currently mooning you, you diseased twat.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 06:44 PM (bl07w)

My first memories of Feminists from the early 70s was running down mothers of kids. Since I had one, I hated them ever since for that. this was even before they brought out the man hating wing.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 06:56 PM (uhVAy)

176 Newsome has been running since 2022 and has only lost ground.

He's not a viable option.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 06:57 PM (uzmqU)

177
Before her vote, the chief cited the letter of support for Vang submitted by the assault survivor.’

Huh? Is this true? I find this very hard to believe. I recall that the victim wrote a letter saying ‘fuck this pervert.’

Posted by: Elric the Blade

==============

The story that the victim forgave him or supported the pardon is everywhere, but I never see quotation marks. This could be someone who is still being manipulated and used.

Posted by: ChatGPT Editor at July 20, 2026 06:57 PM (mmrXZ)

178 >>This made wonder how much the Kopechne family was paid to stay silent and was reminded that Mary Jo was murdered 57 years ago yesterday.


A lot of women died from Back Bay Abortions back then.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 06:58 PM (uzmqU)

179 "If you go to New Jersey inmates mugshots and filter by race “White” you’re mind is gong to be blown"

It is a lot worse than most people realize. Remove two specific demographics from US crime rates and we have the lowest, or in the top 4 lowest, rates per capita in EVERY category of crime, in the WORLD.

....and that is WITH the contiminated data showing massive fractions of convictions of non-white offenders listed as white.

Commies, Karens and AWFLs cant protect these people or their enablers forever, and at this point the dem disarmament efforts are such failures that the pending 2A cases almost don't matter. Zero chance we follow the path of the UK or EU after watching what it happening there. People just don't put up with that if $500 or so can send lead almost a mile.

Posted by: heya at July 20, 2026 06:58 PM (ND37T)

180 149 And by the way it's not the only truth about why she lost.

Trump beat her ass, bad, especially pulling the air out of her "Joy" balloon they tried to weaponize against him. He took that awful cackle and overlaid her "Joy" over riots and illegals in every single commercial. It was a work of art.
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 06:48 PM (vE0+H)
Ghost of Atwood.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 06:59 PM (LHPAg)

181 JB Pritzker has the sadz for not making this list...he'll eat a gallon of Haagen-Daz to console himself.
__________

Pritzker is at 1. Jon Stewart, Andy Beshear, Khanna and Emmanuel are at 2.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 06:59 PM (XvL8K)

182 I really hope Kamalalala runs again. Please, please please!! The 'success by BJs' history, cackling, my Jewish husband hits women, and "am I black or Indian or just plain stupid?' story lines won't play any better the second time around.

Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 07:00 PM (lCppi)

183 The story that the victim forgave him or supported the pardon is everywhere, but I never see quotation marks. This could be someone who is still being manipulated and used.
Posted by: ChatGPT Editor at July 20, 2026 06:57 PM (mmrXZ)

They sometimes manage to force relatives to cry for mercy, but it is like when the Soviets made true believers tell everyone they were right to be purged.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 07:01 PM (uhVAy)

184 149 And by the way it's not the only truth about why she lost.

Trump beat her ass, bad, especially pulling the air out of her "Joy" balloon they tried to weaponize against him. He took that awful cackle and overlaid her "Joy" over riots and illegals in every single commercial. It was a work of art.
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 06:48 PM (vE0+H)
Dangit, I meant Lee Atwater.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 07:01 PM (LHPAg)

185 And it is giving them a sense of their value and their dignity and what they have a right to expect from this world.
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(My emphasis)

I saw a picture (here?) of a T-shirt the other day.

"Want to be Happy? Lower your expectations"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 07:01 PM (XeU6L)

186
Based Conservative

San Franpsycho, who met her early in her career, told us 8 years before the 2020 election that she was extremely ambitious.

Harris wants power over others.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

================

You know who else warned about her back in the day? zombie. Man, s/he warned us about this California pol who checked all the boxes and was being groomed by the Clinton machine all the way back in -- heck, it might have been at littlegreenfootballs, where I lurked until Charles went psycho. zombie had the gimlet eye on Kamala like in 2008.

Posted by: ChatGPT Editor at July 20, 2026 07:02 PM (mmrXZ)

187 Kamala seems so undisciplined in comparison. Do her handlers ever try to hold her down and make her prep?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 06:45 PM (mmrXZ)

I've heard she flatly refuses. I think she has some kind of anxiety disorder. It could just be Hungover Center Of Attention Disorder, but I recall her doing this weird 'flapping' thing with her arms. I'm picturing her giving remarks at a podium, hands gripping it, elbows bent -- and then swinging her elbows forth and back. She's odd, and would probably be better off out of the public eye.

Posted by: SciVo at July 20, 2026 07:02 PM (Sy6m/)

188 Unfortuately for Harris, the "admin installation" option is not available to her this time around.

Posted by: Halfhand at July 20, 2026 07:02 PM (Ysav4)

189 The story that the victim forgave him or supported the pardon is everywhere, but I never see quotation marks. This could be someone who is still being manipulated and used.
Posted by: ChatGPT Editor at July 20, 2026 06:57 PM (mmrXZ)

They could forgive, in the Christian sense, without supporting exoneration.

Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 07:02 PM (lCppi)

190 A lot of women died from Back Bay Abortions back then.
Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 06:58 PM (uzmqU)

Not nearly as many as PP would have you believe. The same is true of the supposed abuse at homes for pregnant teens back then. It was, for the most part, just made up so that people would support "safe, rare and legal abortion," which is nothing of the sort.

Guess why we have an epidemic of breast cancer? Guess why we have an epidemic of depressed single women? Guess why we have an epidemic of VD?

Lies and the liars who spread them.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:03 PM (bl07w)

191 189 The story that the victim forgave him or supported the pardon is everywhere, but I never see quotation marks. This could be someone who is still being manipulated and used.
Posted by: ChatGPT Editor at July 20, 2026 06:57 PM (mmrXZ)

They could forgive, in the Christian sense, without supporting exoneration.
Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 07:02 PM (lCppi)

I'm not at all convinced that a girl who was forcibly sodomized at age 10 every gets over that, forgiveness notwithstanding. If that's the line they are pushing, then they are liars.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:04 PM (bl07w)

192 Kamala seems so undisciplined in comparison. Do her handlers ever try to hold her down and make her prep?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 06:45 PM (mmrXZ)

I've heard she flatly refuses. I think she has some kind of anxiety disorder. It could just be Hungover Center Of Attention Disorder, but I recall her doing this weird 'flapping' thing with her arms. I'm picturing her giving remarks at a podium, hands gripping it, elbows bent -- and then swinging her elbows forth and back. She's odd, and would probably be better off out of the public eye.
Posted by: SciVo at July 20, 2026 07:02 PM (Sy6m/)

Her smartest political action was refusing to be the border czar and instead fly off to Costa Rica or somewhere. She wasn't gonna be caught holding that bag.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 07:04 PM (uhVAy)

193 sock off

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:05 PM (mmrXZ)

194 ChatGPT Editor

That's right. I had forgotten.

zombie has a very keen eye for Leftist trash and tropes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:05 PM (u82oZ)

195 182 I really hope Kamalalala runs again. Please, please please!! The 'success by BJs' history, cackling, my Jewish husband hits women, and "am I black or Indian or just plain stupid?' story lines won't play any better the second time around.
Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 07:00 PM (lCppi)

She is kinda fun to bat around like a cat toy, but I think I would get very sick of hearing her voice on the news daily.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:06 PM (bl07w)

196 ha ha from the bee:

Lesbian Couple Arrested In Miami On Sex Trafficking Charges

buff.ly/62dVqSJ

Posted by: banana Dream - The suspects, identified as Andrew and Tristan Tate at July 20, 2026 07:06 PM (3uBP9)

197 Of course!


🇺🇸 The American Culturist 🇺🇸
@MericaCulture
·
5h
Fun trivia: Weather Underground, Communism and Black Lives Matter.

In 1984 Susan Rosenberg, a member of the Weather Underground and M19CO was was sentenced to 58 years in federal prison for domestic terrorism.

In 2001 Bill Clinton pardoned her right before he left office.

After her release she went on to become the vice chair for Thousand Currents.

Thousand Currents was the NGO that handled administrative and fundraising operations for Black Lives Matter.

Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 07:06 PM (kX27y)

198 This fits too good.


Kamala, you're always on the run now
Running after somebody, you gotta get him somehow
I think you've got to slow down before you start to blow it
I think you're headed for a breakdown, so be careful not to show it
You really don't remember, was it something that he said?
Are the voices in your head calling, Kamala?
Kamala, don't you think you're fallin'?
If everybody wants you, why isn't anybody callin'?
You don't have to answer
Leave them hangin' on the line, oh oh oh, calling Kamala
Kamala (Kamala), I think they got your number (Kamala)
I think they got the alias (Kamala) that you've been living under (Kamala)
But you really don't remember, was it something that they said?
Are the voices in your head calling, Kamala?

Posted by: Ayanna Baldy Pressme at July 20, 2026 07:06 PM (NtVYv)

199 I actually feel very sorry for that tranny in Maine. Clearly something really bad happened to him sometime, probably in his early life. His life is likely miserable, lonely and he's plagued by demons, because he's an easy mark.
And who will help him? Not the tranny industry. Not the local "activists" (cultists) who push this crap. He needs a mental institution with quality therapy, but he's left to fend for himself and honestly, I cannot imagine he's got a long life ahead of him. It's sad, and it makes me so angry what the tranny cult is doing to children and adults who were likely harmed as children.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:06 PM (4VH0B)

200 5h
Fun trivia: Weather Underground, Communism and Black Lives Matter.

In 1984 Susan Rosenberg, a member of the Weather Underground and M19CO was was sentenced to 58 years in federal prison for domestic terrorism.

In 2001 Bill Clinton pardoned her right before he left office.

After her release she went on to become the vice chair for Thousand Currents.

Thousand Currents was the NGO that handled administrative and fundraising operations for Black Lives Matter.
Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 07:06 PM (kX27y)

She seems nice.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:07 PM (bl07w)

201 Not nearly as many as PP would have you believe. The same is true of the supposed abuse at homes for pregnant teens back then. It was, for the most part, just made up so that people would support "safe, rare and legal abortion," which is nothing of the sort.

Guess why we have an epidemic of breast cancer? Guess why we have an epidemic of depressed single women? Guess why we have an epidemic of VD?

Lies and the liars who spread them.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:03 PM (bl07w)

It was a lot more common for girls to go off to a nice place to give up the babies for adoption after carrying them to term than people remember now.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 07:07 PM (uhVAy)

202 Kamala's "disorder" is being bought and sold like cheap meat and being willing to do anything and everything, destroying or betraying or even attaching herself to anyone required to get what she wants. And thinking she is better and more powerful than anyone while knowing deep down she is a paper thin waif with zip for integrity. Roughly speaking.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 07:07 PM (vE0+H)

203
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:06 PM (4VH0B)

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That was my take, too. I'm not at all religious, but that guy needs Jesus.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:08 PM (mmrXZ)

204 Meanwhile, I'm here wasting time and generally just jerking around. Hmm...
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 06:52 PM (bl07w)

You asked. We performed.
https://youtu.be/riuzi5yHUeA

Posted by: DEVO at July 20, 2026 07:09 PM (wVcYX)

205 So did everyone read where the house GOPe has announced they're backing a huge new amnesty legislation?

Because the house GOPe is now backing a huge new amnesty legislation.

Because, sure, why the hell not.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 20, 2026 07:09 PM (3uBP9)

206 158 The dumbest f*cking thing Kamala ever did was let the DNC talk her into being Biden's VP.

She traded what basically would have been a lifetime Senate appointment in California for 4 years as VeepThroat.

What a total f*cking retard.
Posted by: Based Conservative

I mean...every politician dreams of being president, and being VP for a lich like Biden has to make you think you might get it. Plus, Biden was widely known as a retard, and the party dragged him across the finish line. As a black woman, Kamala probably figured she'd get at least as much support.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 20, 2026 07:09 PM (2qI1t)

207 It's sad, and it makes me so angry what the tranny cult is doing to children and adults who were likely harmed as children.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:06 PM (4VH0B)

These are the people who were molested as children, and they used to become homosexuals, but now society tells them they are in the wrong body, which is much more insidious. Neither choice is healthy, but at least there is some support for being homosexual. None at all for trannies.

We should probably bring back mental institutions to deal with these poor souls. Reality is not their strong suit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:09 PM (bl07w)

208 The 'success by BJs' history, cackling, my Jewish husband hits women, and "am I black or Indian or just plain stupid?' story lines won't play any better the second time around.
Posted by: LASue

I like the casual day drinking that always leads to all day drinking. She's a lush.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 07:10 PM (l26NL)

209 {{{ TecumsehTea }}}

I trust your path is smoother now.

If parents can't protect their kids from the tranny cult, then their genetic contribution is erased with that child never having descendants.

Evolution works in strange ways. All the trannies will be absent from the human race, and I expect any contributions to science, art, or culture will be forgotten. .

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:10 PM (u82oZ)

210 That was my take, too. I'm not at all religious, but that guy needs Jesus.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:08 PM (mmrXZ)
___

We all need Jesus, but most people don't want to admit they need a Savior.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 07:10 PM (x7Vzy)

211 Salty!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 07:11 PM (x7Vzy)

212 >>Her smartest political action was refusing to be the border czar and instead fly off to Costa Rica or somewhere. She wasn't gonna be caught holding that bag.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 07:04 PM

--------------------

Or...she realized that accepting the role would require a modicum of actual work. She's too lazy for that

Posted by: Bigsmith at July 20, 2026 07:12 PM (1Au9i)

213 204 Meanwhile, I'm here wasting time and generally just jerking around. Hmm...
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 06:52 PM (bl07w)

You asked. We performed.
https://youtu.be/riuzi5yHUeA
Posted by: DEVO at July 20, 2026 07:09 PM (wVcYX)

Cool. Now I have a soundtrack for today!

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:12 PM (bl07w)

214 {{{SMH}}}

Hope you and Ex-Ex are enjoying freedom from IL. And grandkids nearby. That is true wealth.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:13 PM (u82oZ)

215 Hey! Kamala is the only one that can beat Trump. I am not joking. I really think that.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at July 20, 2026 07:14 PM (MWfyi)

216 Or...she realized that accepting the role would require a modicum of actual work. She's too lazy for that

Posted by: Bigsmith at July 20, 2026 07:12 PM (1Au9i)

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Kommie-la is the Obama of Homer Simpsons.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 07:14 PM (9rvdq)

217 Yet another conspiracy proves true.

>>@JustTheNews
·
3m
>>🚨BREAKING: The FBI interfered with an investigation by Customs and Border Protection that would have delved into the Wuhan lab-leak theory.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 07:15 PM (viF8m)

218 Cafe is NOOD.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 07:16 PM (mP0Kj)

219 >>> I actually feel very sorry for that tranny in Maine. Clearly something really bad happened to him sometime, probably in his early life. His life is likely miserable, lonely and he's plagued by demons, because he's an easy mark.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 07:06 PM (4VH0B)


Believe it or not he was republican until recently. I think he transitioned to a different party when they transitioned his dong off. Not that being a dickless waste is out of character for a typical republican politician. But something happened to that guy over the past decade that caused this switch.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 20, 2026 07:16 PM (3uBP9)

220 210 That was my take, too. I'm not at all religious, but that guy needs Jesus.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:08 PM (mmrXZ)
___

We all need Jesus, but most people don't want to admit they need a Savior.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 07:10 PM (x7Vzy)

Most folks, until they find Him, don't believe that humility is positive trait. As it turns out, humility comes before anything else good that might happen.

Since we are only alive because God has us in mind at all times, it makes sense to be not only grateful for that but also humiliated by it. I am only Something because He is Everything.

Descartes had it wrong. I am not something because I think. I am something because He loves me enough to make me something. Everything after that is gravy, if I have the sense to be humble about all of it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:17 PM (bl07w)

221
Kamala's "disorder' is that she thinks that she's a lot smarter than she is, and that she has something meaningful to say to us all.

She won't study or write down and work out her thoughts. She's lazy and thinks her "brilliance" will flow freely and spontaneously when she opens her mouth.

But, nope. That's why we get crap like "The significance of time...", etc.

You can see her straining for profundity however she never makes it passed 'stoned college student in dorm on Saturday night".

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 07:17 PM (iJfKG)

222 SMH & TecumsehTea

Judeo-Christianity, when followed, is one of the killer apps that powers advanced civilizations. Plenty of people need that faith inside, guiding and helping them.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:17 PM (u82oZ)

223 Kamala was my assigned city attorney for 2 years, then I helped with her first campaign for DA.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:18 PM (JvZF+)

224
Kamala seems so undisciplined in comparison. Do her handlers ever try to hold her down and make her prep?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 06:45 PM (mmrXZ)

I've heard she flatly refuses.

Posted by: SciVo

================

That must be the case. There's no way a handler doesn't at least try to intervene with her delivery.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 07:18 PM (mmrXZ)

225 Lies and the liars who spread them.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 07:03 PM (bl07w

What was the stat they tried to gaslight us with?

3 out of 4 college women have been raped or sexually assaulted.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 07:20 PM (KC5Lt)

226 I mean...every politician dreams of being president, and being VP for a lich like Biden has to make you think you might get it. Plus, Biden was widely known as a retard, and the party dragged him across the finish line. As a black woman, Kamala probably figured she'd get at least as much support.

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---------------

Surprising trivia: Only four sitting Vice Presidents were directly elected as U.S. President immediately following their term: John Adams (1796), Thomas Jefferson (1800), Martin Van Buren (1836), and George H.W. Bush (198.

Three others were later subsequently elected, and eight others assumed office after assassination or resignation.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 07:20 PM (9rvdq)

227 Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:18 PM (JvZF+)

I assume you have some good stories you can't share because you have some internal integrity about employment disclosure.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 07:22 PM (KC5Lt)

228 "Newsom 20
AOC 14
Ossoff(?) 14
Harris 7
Buttigieg 5
Shapiro 5"

So still room for the
"New Improved
Now with Even MORE COMMUNISM"
candidate to arrive on the scene and take the other 35%.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 20, 2026 07:22 PM (vbXSk)

229

Got a feeling inside (Can't explain)
It's a certain kind (Can't explain)
I feel hot and cold (Can't explain)
Mucus down in my hole, yeah (Can't explain)

Posted by: Who? at July 20, 2026 07:26 PM (Cqx++)

230 TxAnn,
The word over the years re Mary Jo Kopechne's parents is that Teddy Kennedy approached them about running for president and they said if he did, they would come out and denounce him publicly.

No idea of the credentials of that information.

Posted by: Wenda at July 20, 2026 07:46 PM (u84c/)

231 And then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel.......

Is a freight train coming your way!

Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 20, 2026 07:56 PM (jrgJz)

232 Unmarked cars have been a thing at least since the 70's ; probably earlier; my dad had a cb radio and i'd hear them talking about smokies in plain brown wrappers which my father said meant an unmarked police car.
Brennan, as per usual is full of sh*t.

Posted by: Nelly at July 20, 2026 08:46 PM (6+ehB)

233 "Her mindset is that I should have won, and I am going to do it my way because my way would have won, and it was all these consultants that were telling me to take this position or that position, and it was their fault." Does that mean she will blow every male voter to get elected? Asking for a friend.

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Posted by: ai at July 21, 2026 02:29 PM (1l46d)

US Pounds Iran Military Sites for Ninth Straight Night; Trump Announces Next Big Target?

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About the strikes last night:

The United States broadened the scale and scope of its strikes against Iran on Monday, hitting a variety of targets including military bases, air defense systems and a city hosting a nuclear power plant.

The ninth consecutive night of U.S. strikes came on the back of the totalitarian Islamic regime delivering attacks in the region with strikes in Syria, Jordan and Kuwait overnight.

AFP reports in Bushehr, home to the country's only operational civilian nuclear power plant, governor Mohammad Mozaffari told state news agency IRNA: "A few minutes ago, several locations in Bushehr city were hit by American enemy's projectiles."

In East Azerbaijan province in the north, the head of the local crisis management unit Majid Farshi told IRNA that "one person was martyred and several others injured" in an attack there.

...

As Breitbart News reported, President Donald Trump said Sunday the U.S. had earlier struck Iran "very hard" in honor of three American servicemembers killed in recent days.

As mentioned, three servicemen were killed when Iran attacked US bases in Jordan.



Two U.S. service members were killed and one remains missing after Iran struck American forces in Jordan, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Saturday.

The command said the two troops were killed in action Friday while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks, and confirmed four other service members were medically evacuated to Jordanian hospitals and have since been discharged.

Trump ordered the military to "open the gates of hell" to avenge their deaths.

The US is continuing to bomb naval assets to stop Iran from targeting shipping. Blue squares indicate US strikes on naval assets:

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Cappy Army discussed the US mission to cut off Iran's coast from its interior, by bombing all roads and bridges to the coast:

Iran's main leverage is its ability to harass shipping in the Straight. Our position improves greatly once that ability is destroyed.


Iran has created a new facility at Pickaxe Mountain 100 feet beneath the rock. Intelligence says they're probably building a new uranium enrichment facility there:

On Hugh Hewitt, Trump confirmed that he is considering a ground-penetrating bomb strike on Pickaxe Mountain, where Iran is reportedly attempting to reboot their nuclear program.

Rapid Response 47
@RapidResponse47

Jul 13

"You've obliterated 3 of their nuclear sites, but they got a 4th site, maybe, at Pickaxe Mountain. Before you enter into another deal, will you insist that IAEA inspectors get down into that deep, deep, deep tunnel...?"

@POTUS: "Absolutely. They don't have it because we have eyes... we have a lot of eyes on it-- but Pickaxe is a possible target for a nice, big, fat shot right in the front door."


Trump's advisor Dan Scavino posted this video, probably hinting at the Pickaxe Mountain planned attack.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:54 PM




Comments

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1 Back to their stone age!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 04:54 PM (NnhvP)

2 I nooded.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 04:54 PM (Yh7zv)

3 Yet today they still managed to hit tankers in the Strait....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 04:55 PM (rijjI)

4 It's really the only thing we can do since the Iranian people can't or won't rise up.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 04:55 PM (N1tpc)

5 It's really the only thing we can do since the Iranian people can't or won't rise up.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 04:55 PM (N1tpc)

It's like asking people in the former USSR to "rise up" against Stalin.

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:56 PM (GD0B3)

6 Hey usually I join a thread late
anyway
starting to think Trump is making it up as he goes along

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 04:57 PM (ZxPkt)

7 Pete came here to chew bubblegum and bomb Iran, and he's all out of bubblegum.

Posted by: Jimmy Page at July 20, 2026 04:57 PM (Fi81e)

8 Hormuz and Hezbollah is all they have left of value.

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:57 PM (GD0B3)

9 Not trying to add too much levity to a serious topic... but it's kind of fun to see Trump having fun handing out medals at the World Cup yesterday, and then back to business today.

What a crazy 250th anniversary, America, you are having! Events, dear boy, events are all over the place.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 04:58 PM (Eng1Z)

10 Bombing Iran back to the century much of the rest of Islam is on.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:58 PM (Fi81e)

11 Personally, I'd put a nuke down the hole at Pickaxe.
Let 'em get a taste.

Posted by: GWB at July 20, 2026 04:58 PM (kU0PQ)

12 It's really the only thing we can do since the Iranian people can't or won't rise up.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 04:55 PM (N1tpc)
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Rise up with what, harsh language?

Last time I checked, they have no arms to speak of.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 04:59 PM (x7Vzy)

13 Talk to me, Goose.

Posted by: Captain Pete Mitchell at July 20, 2026 04:59 PM (wVcYX)

14 >>> Personally, I'd put a nuke down the hole at Pickaxe.
Let 'em get a taste.
Posted by: GWB at July 20, 2026 04:58 PM (kU0PQ)

Highway to the danger zone...

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 04:59 PM (Eng1Z)

15 To Hell with them.

That's my president.

Posted by: LASue at July 20, 2026 04:59 PM (lCppi)

16 Don't f with big dogs. They'll suffer a lot of stupidity, then...

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 04:59 PM (XuXeR)

17 So this is basically the "Say uncle..." stratagem. I like it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 04:59 PM (O7YUW)

18 Wresting control of Hormuz should have been priority #1. Not the nuke materials... which aren't going anywhere.

But I have no general's stars, my opinion doesn't matter.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (jehhT)

19 Bombing Iran back to the century much of the rest of Islam is on."

You mean "up to the 7th century "

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (XuXeR)

20 It's like asking people in the former USSR to "rise up" against Stalin.
Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:56 PM (GD0B3)

I don't recall massive street protests in multiple years against Stalin, Lenin or even Khrushchev and Brezhnev. The Iranians have done it multiple times in just this century. But it appears to have been just a cosplay. They just like making noise. When the time comes to do something about their distracted and degraded rulers, they do nothing. Contemptible people.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (Yh7zv)

21 So, what is Iran using to hit the region right now, b/c we supposedly ruined all their military assets already (by the old PR)...did Russia resupply them? China? Pakistan? Turkey?

Or did we really leave them with so much stuff b/c we didn't want to bomb them...and now we finally are...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 20, 2026 05:01 PM (tOcjL)

22 I don't recall massive street protests in multiple years against Stalin, Lenin or even Khrushchev and Brezhnev. The Iranians have done it multiple times in just this century. But it appears to have been just a cosplay. They just like making noise. When the time comes to do something about their distracted and degraded rulers, they do nothing. Contemptible people.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (Yh7zv)

over 50K dead and maybe over 100k is not "cosplay" as you dismissively call it

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:02 PM (GD0B3)

23 Trump appears to have finally figured out the Iranians were bullshitting him all along. Now it's "wanna play games assholes , ok"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:02 PM (sMkB+)

24 The Iranians have done it multiple times in just this century. But it appears to have been just a cosplay. They just like making noise. When the time comes to do something about their distracted and degraded rulers, they do nothing. Contemptible people.
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40,000+ people being gunned down in the streets isn't cosplay.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 05:02 PM (x7Vzy)

25 I like how we can announce where we are going to bomb because Iran's air defense has been non-existent since the first week.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:02 PM (6ydKt)

26 . When the time comes to do something about their distracted and degraded rulers, they do nothing. Contemptible people.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (Yh7zv)


Well they watched unarmed as more of their "do nothings" are hanged... yes.. They are continuing to execute them...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:03 PM (rijjI)

27 A little less conversation, a little more action please
All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me
A little more bite and a little less bark
A little less fight and a little more spark
Close your mouth and open up your heart and maybe satisfy me
Satisfy me, baby

Posted by: wth at July 20, 2026 05:03 PM (UjdFS)

28 Koko and YumYum have been deeply embedded in Pickax.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 20, 2026 05:03 PM (2ap+5)

29 over 50K dead and maybe over 100k is not "cosplay" as you dismissively call it
Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:02 PM (GD0B3)

If that's even true (and I trust Iranian diaspora as much as I trust Ahmed Chalabi at this point) it makes them contemptible AND retarded, if they are willing to sustain massive casualties when the odds are longer, and then nothing when the odds are much better.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:03 PM (Yh7zv)

30 starting to think Trump is making it up as he goes along

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 04:57 PM (ZxPkt)

They had a plan at the beginning.
That got blown to hell when the Kurds kept the weapons we gave them and didn't go fight the regime, apparently.

We all know how plans end up.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:04 PM (6ydKt)

31 >>> 20 It's like asking people in the former USSR to "rise up" against Stalin.
Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:56 PM (GD0B3)

I don't recall massive street protests in multiple years against Stalin, Lenin or even Khrushchev and Brezhnev. The Iranians have done it multiple times in just this century. But it appears to have been just a cosplay. They just like making noise. When the time comes to do something about their distracted and degraded rulers, they do nothing. Contemptible people.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (Yh7zv)

"Things that can't go on, won't" but, who knows when the end is...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 05:04 PM (vDZgA)

32 Drones and missiles are the future. I sure hope we're taking that seriously.

Me, I'm getting a new shotgun with a red dot mounted. Skeet shooting never felt so relevant.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 05:04 PM (xcxpd)

33 21 So, what is Iran using to hit the region right now, b/c we supposedly ruined all their military assets already (by the old PR)...did Russia resupply them? China? Pakistan? Turkey?

Or did we really leave them with so much stuff b/c we didn't want to bomb them...and now we finally are...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 20, 2026 05:01 PM (tOcjL)


Yes... From what I've read they have been getting "help" from groups in Iraq and Afghanastan

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:04 PM (rijjI)

34 Let it rain...

Posted by: dantesed at July 20, 2026 05:04 PM (Oy/m2)

35 >>> Trump's advisor Dan Scavino posted this video, probably hinting at the Pickaxe Mountain planned attack.

To continue the opera talk from last thread, I do love that Nessun Dorma from Turandot is one of Trump's clear faves.

Vincero, Vincero, VINCERO!
Victory, Victory, VICTORY!

In the opera, he's talking about winning himself a bit of princess T&A...but the music transcends and applies to anything.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 05:05 PM (Eng1Z)

36 Turn Iran into a glass parking lot and I wouldn't care

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 05:05 PM (Ia/+0)

37 I'd be willing to bet that Iranian internal security makes the East Germans in The Lives of Others look like simpletons

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:05 PM (sMkB+)

38 I missed the discussion about the Tates earlier. Was there any consensus reached?

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (TN0g+)

39 Posted by: the lower depths

Supply them with guns and then come back and tell us what happens.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (NnhvP)

40 I think the best thing to do is not give the regime lifelines in the form of a 10 day pause, as is being bandied about by "sources", or another MOU that will allow them to reset, plan another Trump assassination, rearm, and smuggle who knows what, or some other shit along those lines.

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (GD0B3)

41 Trump ordered the military to "open the gates of hell" to avenge their deaths.

That would involve nukes, or at a bare minimum hitting their headquarters openly operating within mosques.

No one in America is serious about "opening any gates of Hell" or even the the beaded curtain of "Heck" on anyone.

Not saying we should. But no one is actually capable of winning a war in the last 80 years. (unless removing Iraq out of Kuwait in 1990 counts). No one has capability, not the hypothetical, but actual capability of winning.

So we get Endless "War", which is usually just low intensity battles where there are cuts and bruises but no KOs.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (pawvM)

42 If fire bombing was good enough for the krauts and the japs, it's good enough for the mad mullahs.

Posted by: Stack Em Deep at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (e2lsi)

43 Turn Iran into a glass parking lot and I wouldn't care
Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 05:05 PM (Ia/+0)

It's the only proper way to fight a war, honestly. You have to be willing to potentially kill everybody among your enemies, including the women and children. This does mean that you have to kill them all, but you have to be willing to do so. Otherwise you are just wasting your time and shouldn't fight at all.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:07 PM (Yh7zv)

44 18 Wresting control of Hormuz should have been priority #1. Not the nuke materials... which aren't going anywhere.

But I have no general's stars, my opinion doesn't matter.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (jehhT)

I agree.
It seems they thought the conflict wouldn't last long enough to matter if Hormuz was blocked, so they skimped out and took a risk.

When it didn't end in a month they had to go to Plan B, C, and now D.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:07 PM (6ydKt)

45 I'd be willing to bet that Iranian internal security makes the East Germans in The Lives of Others look like simpletons
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:05 PM (sMkB+)

And the Shah had the SAVAK, and that kept him from being overthrown. Ever.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:08 PM (Yh7zv)

46
A man set a mostly peaceful fire in New York.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:08 PM (Fi81e)

47 This does [ not] mean that you have to kill them all, but you have to be willing to do so. Otherwise you are just wasting your time and shouldn't fight at all.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:07 PM (Yh7zv)

Agreed.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 05:08 PM (dK+Kv)

48 They just cannot stop fucking that uranium enrichment chicken.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 05:08 PM (zZu0s)

49 consensus reached?
Posted by: Crusader

Other than they are slime and UK sucks?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 05:09 PM (NnhvP)

50 So, what is Iran using to hit the region right now, b/c we supposedly ruined all their military assets already (by the old PR)...did Russia resupply them? China? Pakistan? Turkey?

Or did we really leave them with so much stuff b/c we didn't want to bomb them...and now we finally are...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 20, 2026 05:01 PM (tOcjL)


A bit of both I suspect.
After the war of the cities with Iraq, Iran ramped up production of missiles and components. They also got smart enough to spread out the production. A lot of components are made in Omar's garage-like places across the country. They understand JIT production too.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 05:09 PM (2WIwB)

51 I don't believe Iranians being gunned down in the streets unless we do the strafing ourselves. So let's get to it.

Make the world a better place and rid it of this vermin.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 20, 2026 05:09 PM (wBaIH)

52 No one in America is serious about "opening any gates of Hell" or even the the beaded curtain of "Heck" on anyone.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (pawvM)
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Not even the Dim Lord.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:09 PM (Fi81e)

53 Supply them with guns and then come back and tell us what happens.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (NnhvP)

The IRCG aren't even the only armed force in the country. And even they were, unarmed groups frequently raid armories. If the Iranians wanted to overthrow the government, they could easily have seized some area somewhere in that large country by now. They aren't rebelling because they have no interest in a new form of government.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:10 PM (Yh7zv)

54 POTUS had 4 objectives at the start :

Destroy missile capabilities - dismantle ballistic missiles and capabilty to produce them
Knock off navy
Ensure Iranian regime does not obtain a nuke (ever)
Ensure Iranian regime is not arming, directing proxies all over the world

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:11 PM (GD0B3)

55 18 Wresting control of Hormuz should have been priority #1. Not the nuke materials... which aren't going anywhere.

But I have no general's stars, my opinion doesn't matter.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (jehhT)

There may have been genuine concern that Iran was close. Or they may have wanted to set a floor on what the operation would achieve, if nothing else their program would be set back substantially.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 05:11 PM (okun6)

56 Gas prices going up again. This sucks.

Posted by: Jmel at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (3TlS+)

57 > They had a plan at the beginning.
That got blown to hell when the Kurds kept the weapons we gave them and didn't go fight the regime, apparently.
---------
The Kurds should have been on the receiving end of a flight of B-52's with a max loadout of 2000lb bombs.

Every day for a month after fucking us over... again.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (jehhT)

58 The media response to Americans being killed seemed....joyful.

Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (YwEeS)

59 Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (Yh7zv)

In the space provided below, please every heroic deed you have accomplished that gives you the right to label any "contemptible.






.

Posted by: Will Robinson at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (SExz7)

60 I missed the discussion about the Tates earlier. Was there any consensus reached?
Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (TN0g+)

The consensus was that Sharon Tate was primo 1960s hotness.

Posted by: far cry at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (Q6P2R)

61 I don't recall massive street protests in multiple years against Stalin, Lenin or even Khrushchev and Brezhnev. The Iranians have done it multiple times in just this century. But it appears to have been just a cosplay. They just like making noise. When the time comes to do something about their distracted and degraded rulers, they do nothing. Contemptible people.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (Yh7zv)

That's because street protests are stupid if there are no cameras and no news. That will do nothing.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (uhVAy)

62 I'd be willing to bet that Iranian internal security makes the East Germans in The Lives of Others look like simpletons
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:05 PM (sMkB+)


They are what Germany would have looked like if the Nazis had stayed in power and the SS ran things.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (2WIwB)

63 They just cannot stop fucking that uranium enrichment chicken.
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That's what they get from believing that is Allah's will to start the final world war. Its yet another reason why its so completely stupid that even leftists are willing to tolerate this Islam nonsense. Islam in incompatible with any sort of decent civilization.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:13 PM (TN0g+)

64 So we get Endless "War", which is usually just low intensity battles where there are cuts and bruises but no KOs.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (pawvM)

A lot of peace settlements since WWII, not as many total surrenders.

I wonder what the cause is.
Technology? Media coverage?

Is total victory now Hutus massacring Tutsis?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:13 PM (6ydKt)

65 58 The media response to Americans being killed seemed....joyful.
Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (YwEeS)


Of course... Anything to weaken Trump... Screw the Country

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:13 PM (rijjI)

66 53 Supply them with guns and then come back and tell us what happens.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (NnhvP)

The IRCG aren't even the only armed force in the country. And even they were, unarmed groups frequently raid armories. If the Iranians wanted to overthrow the government, they could easily have seized some area somewhere in that large country by now. They aren't rebelling because they have no interest in a new form of government.
Posted by: the lower depths
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I think it is more to the point that Iran murdered the ones most likely to lead the counter revolution recently and it becomes which mouse is going to bell the cat situation to benefit all mice. And if the US is bombing your enemies, wait and let the IRGC take the beating before you make a move too.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:13 PM (E4rtv)

67 I don't know if anyone has mentioned this before, but the 2028 DNC Presidential Dream Ticket would be Ashley Webb and that Blue-haird UCF student...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 20, 2026 05:13 PM (B0NCh)

68 I missed the discussion about the Tates earlier. Was there any consensus reached?

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:06 PM (TN0g+)

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Summary: Literally FA->FO.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:14 PM (Fi81e)

69 50 So, what is Iran using to hit the region right now, b/c we supposedly ruined all their military assets already (by the old PR)...did Russia resupply them? China? Pakistan? Turkey?

Or did we really leave them with so much stuff b/c we didn't want to bomb them...and now we finally are...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 20, 2026 05:01 PM (tOcjL)
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Pakistani border with Iran remains open and free flowing. In fact, the Iranian Interior Minister is in Pakistan right this very minute meeting with Pakistani leaders.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:15 PM (dIske)

70 The media response to Americans being killed seemed....joyful.
Posted by: steevy
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The media loves dead soldiers.

It's the live ones who they have a problem with.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 05:15 PM (x7Vzy)

71 I missed the discussion about the Tates earlier. Was there any consensus reached?
Posted by: Crusader

Good riddance to bad cess?

Cads and rakehells aren't a benefit to a civilized society.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:15 PM (vJrRc)

72 Starting to think the IRGC can't be killed
I mean, we open the gates of hell this week
next week they'll be shooting at ships in the Strait again
it never ends
Operation WHACKAMOLE

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 05:16 PM (ZxPkt)

73 Re the previous thread: So England had to come all the way to America to find white guys to charge with rape? Why are there not muslim rapists hanging from from every bridge?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 05:16 PM (1z8ji)

74 Today's media would have declared D-Day a failure because the troops will still on the beach after the initial landing.

Posted by: dantesed at July 20, 2026 05:16 PM (Oy/m2)

75 That's because street protests are stupid if there are no cameras and no news. That will do nothing.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (uhVAy)


I for one am breathlessly awaiting the DSA to bring their street protest to Puyallup. One might call that a target rich environment.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 05:16 PM (2WIwB)

76 Posted by: Will Robinson at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (SExz7)

It is an axiom of the American experiment that any people who so value comfort that they will do nothing to achieve freedom are contemptible. "Mean" or "base" work too if you prefer those. I don't need to fill out some he-man checklist for your benefit before saying that Iranians are contemptible. Because they are. They can prove me wrong, but they worked far harder to kick out the Shah then they will work to do anything about the mullahs even in their greatly weakened state. Clearly they really enjoy the mullahocracy. Maybe the occasional protests are like Europeans drunkenly rioting over soccer.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:16 PM (Yh7zv)

77 The consensus was that Sharon Tate was primo 1960s hotness.
Posted by: far cry at July 20, 2026 05:12 PM (Q6P2R)

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Yeah, well maybe a while ago, but she was getting too old for me.

Posted by: Roman Polanski at July 20, 2026 05:17 PM (dIske)

78 Starting to think the IRGC can't be killed
I mean, we open the gates of hell this week
next week they'll be shooting at ships in the Strait again
it never ends
Operation WHACKAMOLE
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Target the mosques...

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:17 PM (TN0g+)

79 Today's media would have declared D-Day a failure because the troops will still on the beach after the initial landing.
Posted by: dantesed at July 20, 2026 05:16 PM (Oy/m2)

and it was 10 AM on June 6.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:17 PM (uhVAy)

80 Fuck this stupid "war'. Trump's pissing away his 2nd term like he did the first one...listening to Machiavellian advisors.

Gas prices are back up. I was assured that this would all be over by May, June at the latest. Now we have to worry about the DSA brigades taking over because of this idiotic dick-measuring contest.

Posted by: That Guy at July 20, 2026 05:17 PM (ZlKnD)

81 80 Fuck this stupid "war'. Trump's pissing away his 2nd term like he did the first one...listening to Machiavellian advisors.

Gas prices are back up. I was assured that this would all be over by May, June at the latest. Now we have to worry about the DSA brigades taking over because of this idiotic dick-measuring contest.
Posted by: That Guy at July 20, 2026 05:17 PM (ZlKnD)

Have you considered going and fucking yourself?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 05:17 PM (xcxpd)

82 So, what is Iran using to hit the region right now, b/c we supposedly ruined all their military assets already

I think Trump is lying his ass off about Iran's alleged deprecated abilities. One of many key elements in any war is propaganda. Trump is allowed to use it to his strategic advantage. He doesn't owe the enemy anything.

The other part of me is that the IC lies about everything and considers the current US Executive as an enemy to their existence and doesn't believe they owe their enemy any advantage either. Trump flat out told is, with receipts, last Thursday, that the IC deliberately lied to him and other administrations over pretty much everything they were relied upon to be in their domain.

So the current composition of the IC is seditious only in the sense their allegiance is to themselves and to no nation, no religion, no government.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (a3CJ+)

83 Because they are. They can prove me wrong, but they worked far harder to kick out the Shah then they will work to do anything about the mullahs even in their greatly weakened state. Clearly they really enjoy the mullahocracy. Maybe the occasional protests are like Europeans drunkenly rioting over soccer.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:16 PM (Yh7zv)

"They" overthrew the Shah? If they are 50 now they would have been three years old back then.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (uhVAy)

84 Gas prices here are relatively flat. They're not awesome, but they're not skyrocketing either.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (TN0g+)

85 Satellite images show Iran is accelerating work at a secretive nuclear-related site deep beneath Kuh-e Kolang mountain, known as Pickaxe Mountain.

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Green Glass Mountain has a nicer ring to it.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (9rvdq)

86 were not will

Posted by: dantesed at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (Oy/m2)

87 23 Trump appears to have finally figured out the Iranians were bullshitting him all along. Now it's "wanna play games assholes , ok"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:02 PM (sMkB+)

He knew all along, but he had to look like he was willing to entertain peace at any point.

Now he doesn't.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (bl07w)

88 >I missed the discussion about the Tates earlier. Was there any consensus reached?
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Yes
Larry Tate was a good boss
His wife made a nice potato salad

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (ZxPkt)

89 >>Have you considered going and fucking yourself?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 05:17 PM (xcxpd)
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Sarcasm from That Guy.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 20, 2026 05:19 PM (bNf8H)

90 We need more clarity around how escalation is going to disrupt world oil supplies. $XOM is only up $1 today.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 20, 2026 05:19 PM (2ap+5)

91 We have now finally got a viable strategy in place, and it’s a beautiful thing to see! In the first 3 weeks back in March, we only attacked purely military targets, missile sites , sites defenses, nuclear sites. We left a lot untouched (that was supposed to be a secret)

The idea was that they would negotiate once their weapons were destroyed. But they’re Iranians, of course the didn’t act rationally.

So now the obvious strategy is just to degrade every system a country relies on to function until administration is no longer possible, s as no there is a general collapse into chaos. Power systems, bridges, food distribution channels; as these are destroyed a country, especially one with 92 million people, becomes ungovernable and descends into chaos.

Yeah it’s gonna suck for everyone there, including our friends. As these President would say, Sad!

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:19 PM (1/cV0)

92 "They" overthrew the Shah? If they are 50 now they would have been three years old back then.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (uhVAy)

Nations have personalities. If you don't believe that, then why are you on a right-wing site, and not some commie blog?

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:19 PM (Yh7zv)

93 I think Trump is lying his ass off about Iran's alleged deprecated abilities. One of many key elements in any war is propaganda. Trump is allowed to use it to his strategic advantage. He doesn't owe the enemy anything.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (a3CJ+)

The initial 'unleash hell' attacks were hundreds of ballistic missiles, drones, and such. Now they are in driblets of a few at a time, separated by days. "Attacks on Shipping" are just spraying a tanker with bullets.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:20 PM (uhVAy)

94 Sarcasm from That Guy.
Posted by: Frasier Crane

These days no one can tell with out a /sarc tag

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:20 PM (vJrRc)

95
The Iranians must be brought to their knees. If they want a nuke so bad, maybe we should give them one....dropped from the sky. Sometimes they want to be taught the hard way.

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 20, 2026 05:20 PM (OkYzo)

96
They are what Germany would have looked like if the Nazis had stayed in power and the SS ran things.
Posted by: Diogenes
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II would say that it is what it looked like as the Nazis took control.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 05:20 PM (XeU6L)

97 40,000+ people being gunned down in the streets isn't cosplay.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 05:02 PM (x7Vzy)

This is why mosques should be targeted. Blow 'em up on Friday, when they are full.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 05:21 PM (1z8ji)

98 80 Fuck this stupid "war'. Trump's pissing away his 2nd term like he did the first one...listening to Machiavellian advisors.

Gas prices are back up. I was assured that this would all be over by May, June at the latest. Now we have to worry about the DSA brigades taking over because of this idiotic dick-measuring contest.
Posted by: That Guy at July 20, 2026 05:17 PM (ZlKnD)

Just because you need a magnifying glass to see your own dick doesn't mean everyone else constantly thinks of their own.

The rest of us are glad Iran does not have a nuclear bomb. But hey, if you liked it so much, maybe you should run over there and let them know your considered opinion.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 05:21 PM (bl07w)

99 "They" overthrew the Shah? If they are 50 now they would have been three years old back then.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (uhVAy)

Nations have personalities. If you don't believe that, then why are you on a right-wing site, and not some commie blog?
Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:19 PM (Yh7zv)

If you believe that, how did the Shah get overthrown in a nation that was all pro shah and always had been?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:21 PM (uhVAy)

100 And the Shah had the SAVAK, and that kept him from being overthrown. Ever.
Posted by: the lower depths

Robin Curtis or Kirstie Alley?

Posted by: Stu Podaso at July 20, 2026 05:21 PM (/5u1i)

101 Any paid pr bloggers hoping for American boots on the ground yet?

Posted by: nckate at July 20, 2026 05:21 PM (enNUy)

102 "Iran International English
@IranIntl_En
2h
Iran may be able to survive under sanctions but cannot achieve sustainable economic development without reconnecting to the international financial and banking system, deputy foreign minister for economic diplomacy Hamid Ghanbari said, according to the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA).

“Perhaps it is possible to survive, but living is another matter,” Ghanbari said, adding that sanctions prevented sustained growth, the construction of new factories and the financing of major projects.

He said lifting sanctions must remain a priority and warned that temporary measures to preserve trade could not replace Iran’s return to the global banking system.."

Let's not do it then!

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:22 PM (GD0B3)

103 Have you considered going and fucking yourself?

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I have to wait for Trump to finish.

Posted by: That Guy at July 20, 2026 05:22 PM (ZlKnD)

104 I think there are a few rail lines from Iran and Pakistan that haven't been bombed.

They are moving some percentage of oil that way.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:22 PM (6ydKt)

105 You have to be willing to potentially kill everybody among your enemies, including the women and children. This does mean that you have to kill them all, but you have to be willing to do so. Otherwise you are just wasting your time and shouldn't fight at all."

This. "Limited war" or "police actions" are just ways to kill too many soldiers.

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:22 PM (XuXeR)

106

Can we drop a load of whacked out trannies on them?

That's worse than any bombing imo.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 20, 2026 05:22 PM (et1vG)

107 Pakistani border with Iran remains open and free flowing. In fact, the Iranian Interior Minister is in Pakistan right this very minute meeting with Pakistani leaders.

The Pakistani military is interesting in that the generals are like regional war lords, who with the right incentives will participate in pretty much anything. And likewise, if those incentives are not provided up front, will stop pretty much anything.

Of course, all things have their price.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:23 PM (a6PrB)

108 Gas prices are back up. I was assured that this would all be over by May, June at the latest. Now we have to worry about the DSA brigades taking over because of this idiotic dick-measuring contest.
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Your concern is:
[ ] not noted
[X] noted

BTW, have you tried Gas Buddy?

When gas was pushing $4 a gallon, we were all told that it was our fault we were paying so much when that app could help you save 2 cents a gallon if you'd just drive half an hour out of your way.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 05:23 PM (3cUTc)

109 And the Shah had the SAVAK, and that kept him from being overthrown. Ever.
Posted by: the lower depths

Robin Curtis or Kirstie Alley?
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I kind of liked the painting that Spock showed Savak.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:23 PM (TN0g+)

110 Gas prices are back up"

Not here.

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:23 PM (XuXeR)

111 We need more clarity around how escalation is going to disrupt world oil supplies. $XOM is only up $1 today.
Posted by: Oglebay at July 20, 2026 05:19 PM (2ap+5)

Tousi has at least one oil price on his display board. A few weeks ago it was near the 100 dollar mark. I think it might have been in the 60s when peace seemed closer. These days its in the 80s.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:23 PM (uhVAy)

112 Ah yes, we are just a hop skip and jump to the Iranians are winning again posts from some nics here.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:24 PM (E4rtv)

113 Nations have personalities. If you don't believe that, then why are you on a right-wing site, and not some commie blog?
Posted by: the lower depths

Nations' personalities can change over time and with new generations rising up. France went from widely respected fierce fighter to cheese-eating surrender moneys in a very short amount of time.

Germany used to be chaotic savages, and then suddenly they were the best machinists and super orderly to the point that "German or autistic" is a legitimate question for very particular people.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:24 PM (vJrRc)

114 He knew all along, but he had to look like he was willing to entertain peace at any point.

Now he doesn't.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (bl07w)
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ding ding ding!

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 05:24 PM (oqH4h)

115 Can we drop a load of whacked out trannies on them?

That's worse than any bombing imo.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 20, 2026 05:22 PM (et1vG)

Some things even total war can't stomach.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:24 PM (uhVAy)

116 If you believe that, how did the Shah get overthrown in a nation that was all pro shah and always had been?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:21 PM (uhVAy)

It wasn't pro-Shah. The country hated him for modernizing it and Westernizing it. That's my point. Iran is ground zero for the [literal] self-flagellating Shias. The entire culture is set up for them to love being misruled.

If SAVAK was as brutal as is claimed, then the Iranians should have been unable to overthrow the Shah. Yet he was overthrown. Even if the current regime is brutal, it can obviously also be overthrown. The fact that it is not overthrown is indicative, I think.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:25 PM (Yh7zv)

117
Lesser Tunb Island took out its hankie and wiped its brow

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 20, 2026 05:25 PM (rE7Gw)

118 They just like making noise. When the time comes to do something about their distracted and degraded rulers, they do nothing. Contemptible people.
Posted by: the lower depths

Noise without guns?

Dude, put down the bong

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 20, 2026 05:25 PM (FxH7T)

119 Can we drop a load of whacked out trannies on them?
That's worse than any bombing imo.

Live stream PPV. Entertainment. Probably not Family Friendly

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:25 PM (a6PrB)

120 I cannot really give an opinion on this, because I'm not Trump nor his military advisors and not sitting in meetings with them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 05:25 PM (jt/rW)

121 112 Ah yes, we are just a hop skip and jump to the Iranians are winning again posts from some nics here.
Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:24 PM (E4rtv)


Oh... They're not winning.... They're just not losing quick enough...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:25 PM (rijjI)

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44 18 Wresting control of Hormuz should have been priority #1. Not the nuke materials... which aren't going anywhere.

But I have no general's stars, my opinion doesn't matter.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (jehhT)

Every war has errors - nothing new. The failure to understand Iran’s control of the straits, and the multiple ways they have to control, was a serious strategic error of ours at the outset. But we’ve recognized that and corrected our focus. (No plan of battle survives first contact with the enemy)

The good thing is that yes, we DO have the power to militarily take the straits away from them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:25 PM (1/cV0)

123 They had a plan at the beginning. That got blown to hell when the Kurds kept the weapons we gave them and didn't go fight the regime, apparently.

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This is Bush II level thinking. Good intentions + $$$$ = Success!!

Posted by: Emory Tate, father of Andrew at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (0bjKf)

124 BTW, have you tried Gas Buddy?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

It's a stupid and useless site that doesn't get updated often enough - depending as it does on user reports - and never lists whether a place has Non Ethanol fuel.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (vJrRc)

125 The Pakistani military is interesting in that the generals are like regional war lords, who with the right incentives will participate in pretty much anything. And likewise, if those incentives are not provided up front, will stop pretty much anything.

Of course, all things have their price.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:23 PM (a6PrB)
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Every see the ceremonial marching techniques used by the Pakistanis? I can't figure out of they got them from Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks, or they are stomping large bugs.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (dIske)

126 106

Can we drop a load of whacked out trannies on them?

That's worse than any bombing imo.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 20, 2026 05:22 PM (et1vG)

That would be a violation of the Geneva Convention, I expect. Nobody should have to suffer through a tranny invasion. Not even our worst enemies.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (bl07w)

127 The New Republic: Trump Is Ready for All-Out War in Iran. There’s Just One Catch. Someone’s weapons are depleted, but it’s not Iran.

Biden approved emergency war powers for production to help ukraine, no way would gop let that.. so they spent 2025 knowing they were low and still decided this was a good idea. Incompetent Trump admin

This assumes and implies that Trump wants to win a war with Iran. the real aim of Trump and Republicans is to do as much damage to American society and our standing in the world as possible.

A regime dumb enough to attack Iran in the first place is also a regime dumb enough to start a land war in Iran. It's not inconceivable that he would fall for one of the classic blunders.

I have an EV, solar panels and 8 chickens in my backyard. My wife and I are both teachers, so we may get pay cuts, but we won't be fired... Bring on the Trump Depression already. They were tryiRg to hold it off until Democrats were in charge, but the upcoming spike in oil prices is going to RUIN our economy this winter.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (2qI1t)

128 Pickaxe Mountain sounds like a Lee Marvin movie.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (XvL8K)

129 And England ignored Muslim rapists, often turning over young girls back to them

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (a5Rqi)

130 These days no one can tell with out a /sarc tag
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:20 PM (vJrRc)
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When this started, I dug out my old Super Conservative Military Guy sock and people thought I was 100% sincere because you really can't parody these people any more. I threw in bad grammar, contracted myself in very silly and obvious ways, but it was no good.

You really have to telegraph the sarcasm, otherwise it's lost.

What a world.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (ZOv7s)

131 I cannot really give an opinion on this, because I'm not Trump nor his military advisors and not sitting in meetings with them.
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Don't suddenly act like you're new to the site! Lol!

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (TN0g+)

132 Tousi has at least one oil price on his display board. A few weeks ago it was near the 100 dollar mark. I think it might have been in the 60s when peace seemed closer. These days its in the 80s.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Markets thrive on uncertainty but as the uncertainty fades pricing becomes more stable. FWIW, peak Brent oil was May 4 @$114 per barrel of oil. July 20th, it is at $89. July 2nd was 70 bucks or so.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:27 PM (E4rtv)

133 84 Gas prices here are relatively flat. They're not awesome, but they're not skyrocketing either.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:18 PM (TN0g+)

The market has figured out ways around Hormuz to the point that oil isn't breaking $100 especially with WTI at $86 and Brent at $90.

We'd all like it at $50 or $60 but we've seen worse prices.

We were approaching $140 per barrel at one point back when W. was president.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:27 PM (6ydKt)

134 Pickaxe Mountain sounds like a Lee Marvin movie.
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That's the musical where he and Clint Eastwood sang, right?

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:28 PM (TN0g+)

135 Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 20, 2026 05:25 PM (FxH7T)

Tell me, how many guns did regular Iranians have in 1978 and 1979?

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:28 PM (Yh7zv)

136 Tell the guy who's putting the "Trump did that!!!" stickers on the gas pumps, over the old Biden version. SMH

Posted by: That Guy at July 20, 2026 05:28 PM (ZlKnD)

137 116 If you believe that, how did the Shah get overthrown in a nation that was all pro shah and always had been?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:21 PM (uhVAy)

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The primary reason for the downfall of the Shah was his blatant corruption of personal benefit. He made Arafat look like a piker.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:28 PM (dIske)

138 People complaining about prices did not complain during 4 years of Biden's hyperinflation. Weird...

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:28 PM (GD0B3)

139 Have you considered going and fucking yourself?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 05:17 PM

*strokes chin*
*furrows brow and looks very pensive*

Posted by: Hmmmm... at July 20, 2026 05:28 PM (2Ez/1)

140 Re the previous thread: So England had to come all the way to America to find white guys to charge with rape? Why are there not muslim rapists hanging from from every bridge?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 05:16 PM (1z8ji)

They've been living in Romania and visiting the UK often enough since the EU dropped the charges on them the last time. Not sure why they needed the US to collar them if they want them collared.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:28 PM (uhVAy)

141 Any paid pr bloggers hoping for American boots on the ground yet?

I'm of the camp: Let Trump Cook. He is cooking in a meth lab but still, let him cook.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:28 PM (a6PrB)

142 . The country hated him for modernizing it and Westernizing it. "

Actually, a number of "liberal" Iranians back in the day believed the regime was holding them down. They supported the revolution to "tear the system down", while being blind to what the revolution really meant.

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (XuXeR)

143 Highway to the danger zone...
Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 04:59 PM (Eng1Z)

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I like Pavarotti's singing in that clip.

Posted by: Decaf at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (ZNpJk)

144 6ydKt)

105 You have to be willing to potentially kill everybody among your enemies, including the women and children. This does mean that you have to kill them all, but you have to be willing to do so. Otherwise you are just wasting your time and shouldn't fight at all."

This. "Limited war" or "police actions" are just ways to kill too many soldiers.
Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:22 PM (XuXeR)

Sherman, Sheridan, MacArthur, the entire General Staff in WW2 - the most effective way to destroy any powerful military force is to destroy the viability of the civilian population supporting that force.

An army is nothing without constant supplies.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (1/cV0)

145 131 I cannot really give an opinion on this, because I'm not Trump nor his military advisors and not sitting in meetings with them.
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Don't suddenly act like you're new to the site! Lol!
Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (TN0g+)

Everyone is entitled to my opinion. I am 'ette, hear me roar.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (bl07w)

146 We are in a unique position. No other US president has been able to confront Iran with such a formidable coalition of regional powers - including Israel, SA, Jordan, the Emirates, parts of the Iraqi government, and Syria. Israel and Muslim countries in the same armed coalition? Inconceivable! But here we are.

And this is due to a US Administration that has worked tirelessly to make it happen. This is the fruit of the Abraham Accords. We are fighting this war with one arm and both legs behind our backs. If we wanted to, we could unleash the full weight of our conventional forces on Iran and wind this up in a matter of days. But we can fight smarter, for the future of the peoples in the US and the Coalition, and we are.

Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (rj6Yv)

147 106

Can we drop a load of whacked out trannies on them?

That's worse than any bombing imo.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq
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The Dirty Trannie Dozen? The Devil's Troon Brigade?

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (E4rtv)

148
I don't miss Colin Powell during times like this. He'd be on all the alphabet news networks pushing his "you broke it, you own it" screed with Jake Tapper nodding his head approvingly.

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (OkYzo)

149 If you believe that, how did the Shah get overthrown in a nation that was all pro shah and always had been?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:21 PM (uhVAy)

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The primary reason for the downfall of the Shah was his blatant corruption of personal benefit. He made Arafat look like a piker.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:28 PM (dIske)

How rare in the Mideast and in Socialist nations!

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (uhVAy)

150 ARM THE RESISTANCE.

And let the Iranians sort it out.

Posted by: Beverly at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (reMys)

151 Trump is a doodie head! If he would do what I want, when I want, and how I want, he wouldn't be a doodie head!

Posted by: Will Robinson at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (SExz7)

152 Gas prices are back up. I was assured that this would all be over by May, June at the latest. Now we have to worry about the DSA brigades taking over because of this idiotic dick-measuring contest.
Posted by: That Guy
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$3.80 locally. Certainly not as bad as Biden's peak years. You are correct that the DSA Black Shirts will leverage any news to their advantage, but I am nonplussed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (XeU6L)

153 So, Horde, how many gallons of gas do you burn in a week, on average??

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 05:30 PM (Gqar8)

154 Can we drop a load of whacked out trannies on them?

That's worse than any bombing imo.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 20, 2026 05:22 PM (et1vG)
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TRY IT!! PRESIDENT!!! FUCKING TRY IT!!!

Posted by: Screeching Blue Haired Male Harpy at July 20, 2026 05:30 PM (Fi81e)

155 They've been living in Romania and visiting the UK often enough since the EU dropped the charges on them the last time. Not sure why they needed the US to collar them if they want them collared.
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I thought I read on Saturday (perhaps even here?) that there was an agreement between Romania and the UK that the UK would NOT try to trump their filed charges that still haven't been dismissed...and yet this arrest seems to contravene that agreement?

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:30 PM (TN0g+)

156 Costco shoppers don't have any idea what gas prices are.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 20, 2026 05:31 PM (2ap+5)

157 BTW, have you tried Gas Buddy?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

It's a stupid and useless site that doesn't get updated often enough - depending as it does on user reports - and never lists whether a place has Non Ethanol fuel.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM
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Sitting right here.

Posted by: Google Maps at July 20, 2026 05:31 PM (2Ez/1)

158 142 . The country hated him for modernizing it and Westernizing it. "

Actually, a number of "liberal" Iranians back in the day believed the regime was holding them down. They supported the revolution to "tear the system down", while being blind to what the revolution really meant.
Posted by: man
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The original red green alliance. And the reds found out that the greens used them like a piece of toilet paper and flushed them down the toilet after the Revolution was over.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:31 PM (E4rtv)

159 Every war has errors - nothing new. The failure to understand Iran’s control of the straits, and the multiple ways they have to control, was a serious strategic error of ours at the outset. But we’ve recognized that and corrected our focus. (No plan of battle survives first contact with the enemy)

The good thing is that yes, we DO have the power to militarily take the straits away from them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:25 PM (1/cV0)
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It wasn't an error. The planners clearly emphasized force protection, which is why losing two troops is news. That's not even a rounding error in most conflicts.

We do not have infinite resources, so we proceeded based on target priorities, first decapitating leadership and then targeting command and control and weapons stockpiles. They have lots of missiles, and hide them in schools and hospitals, so we can't easily get at them.

No plan is perfect and the enemy always gets a vote.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:31 PM (ZOv7s)

160 We'd all like it at $50 or $60"

*looks at XOM stock*

Ummmm....

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:31 PM (XuXeR)

161 and never lists whether a place has Non Ethanol fuel.

look up pure-gas.org

Posted by: free tibet at July 20, 2026 05:31 PM (iNp3L)

162 Can we drop a load of whacked out trannies on them?
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If Oliver Stone made a movie about that, he could call it "Platroon".

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:31 PM (Fi81e)

163 This is a regional conflict not just the US against the IRGC. Hezbollah hasn't fired anything at Israel in about a week so I imagine they are not getting any IRGC support now. The minute one missile fired at Jordan lands in Israel the IDF will roll out in force.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 05:32 PM (abScH)

164 Post 115 and the response made me laugh.

I just went to look at the last post about the fake transgender with the blue hair . That guy is whacked out and I feel sorry for the policeman.
Maybe we should drop these folks on the Iranians.
I am thankful to God my son knows what his gender is and has never had to deal with some ghoulish doctors who will do anything for money and so mutilate these young people.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 05:32 PM (jt/rW)

165 You have to be willing to potentially kill everybody among your enemies, including the women and children. This does mean that you have to kill them all, but you have to be willing to do so. Otherwise you are just wasting your time and shouldn't fight at all."

This. "Limited war" or "police actions" are just ways to kill too many soldiers.
Posted by: man
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The only way to be safe is to eliminate the threat.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 05:32 PM (XeU6L)

166 >>The New Republic: Trump Is Ready for All-Out War in Iran. There’s Just One Catch. Someone’s weapons are depleted, but it’s not Iran.


These people have no clue.

If they didn't have Twitter/TickTock Slop to quote, they'd have no talking points at all.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 05:32 PM (uzmqU)

167 I have an EV, solar panels and 8 chickens in my backyard. My wife and I are both teachers, so we may get pay cuts, but we won't be fired

Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (2qI1t)

Ok, which one of you wrote that?

Posted by: dantesed at July 20, 2026 05:32 PM (Oy/m2)

168 The difference between the SAVAK and the mullahs intelligence goons is Islam. SAVAK were as corrupt as the Shah and did it for money. The mullahs goons do it for money and Islam

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:32 PM (sMkB+)

169 @sentdefender
3m
U.S. Central Command has said that the 10 consecutive night of strikes on Iran began 20 minutes ago at 4:00 pm ET today, as the U.S. gears up for a potential uptempo in strikes against Iran.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 05:32 PM (jU8k8)

170 Not sure why they needed the US to collar them if they want them collared.
Posted by: Oldcat

If they haven't renounced their US citizenship (assuming they had any) probably just making sure that arresting them woudn't provoke mean tweets.

I'm not sure that a lot of other countries under stand that, despite our "mess with American's, you get the stick" attitude, if Americans are in a foreign country doing things that would get them arrested in the US, we're fine with them also getting local justice.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:32 PM (vJrRc)

171 The primary reason for the downfall of the Shah was his blatant corruption of personal benefit. He made Arafat look like a piker.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:28 PM (dIske)

And, at the behest of the CIA, he had Savak searching for Reds under every bed, while ignoring the whacked-out weirdbeards ranting on every street corner.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (1z8ji)

172 How rare in the Mideast and in Socialist nations!
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (uhVAy)

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Of course it's not rare, but the kicker was that the US was propping him up with the threat of intervention (in whatever form). But, Carter decided to be indifferent. He didn't come right out and say the US no longer supported the Shah and his government. Instead, he stayed quiet, which was all the encouragement the opposition needed.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (dIske)

173 If Oliver Stone made a movie about that, he could call it "Platroon".
Posted by: Axeman
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Charlie Sheen fits that remake so well.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (E4rtv)

174 Wresting control of Hormuz should have been priority #1. Not the nuke materials... which aren't going anywhere.

But I have no general's stars, my opinion doesn't matter.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 05:00 PM (jehhT)

With nukes and the Intermediate ballistic missiles that could reach Diego Garcia, Iran would have been North Korea v. 2.0. No one screws with North Korea because they can light up half a hemisphere. Iran could have reached Brussels with a nuke. Under pressure, the Iranians would have prioritized in getting a nuke ready to fire, and they had already done the hard part, they just needed the trigger and the final processing and shaping.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (rbvCR)

175 BTW, have you tried Gas Buddy?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

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DON'T PATRONIZE ME!!!

Posted by: Screeching Blue Haired Male Harpy at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (Fi81e)

176 They had a plan at the beginning.
That got blown to hell when the Kurds kept the weapons we gave them and didn't go fight the regime, apparently.

We all know how plans end up.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:04 PM (6ydKt)

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Kurds are a deeply unserious people. They could have had their own country if they went along with the plan but with that betrayal they have sealed their worthless fate.

Posted by: Decaf at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (ZNpJk)

177 Sherman, Sheridan, MacArthur, the entire General Staff in WW2 - the most effective way to destroy any powerful military force is to destroy the viability of the civilian population supporting that force.

An army is nothing without constant supplies.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM
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The military wins the battle.
The economy wins the war.

Posted by: Pentagon Rhetoric 101 at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (2Ez/1)

178 I think we were fooled into believing that the population overall wanted this regime overthrown. Yes, there are probably a couple million who would love to see it overthrown, but there are probably 30 or 40 million hard core Shiites who like it just fine.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (1/cV0)

179 how many gallons of gas do you burn in a week, on average??"

6 or 7...

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (XuXeR)

180 It seems that Iran is getting good hits on our bases in the ME by sending missile/drone waves.


Send one wave, our guys send back a bunch of Patriots and other interceptors.

Second wave, more interceptors.

Third, Fourth, whatever the magic number when we run out of interceptors.

So then they get hits.

Patriots aren't cheap ($2 million a pop I believe) and take time to make. We are going to have to invest more in AI drones.
Ukraine now makes the world's best.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:34 PM (6ydKt)

181 >>You have to be willing to potentially kill everybody among your enemies, including the women and children.


Well, Islam makes this an easy.

They are Ordnance and Ordnance Factories.
Fair Game.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 05:34 PM (uzmqU)

182 It's a stupid and useless site that doesn't get updated often enough - depending as it does on user reports - and never lists whether a place has Non Ethanol fuel.

No need for apps, just use regular HUMINT—look to where you see lawn guys with their trailers full of gear, and fishermen fuel up. That is your inexpensive regular, and occasionally ethanol free best bets.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:34 PM (xE0sV)

183 Get used to this. There’s gonna be moar coming.

Posted by: Pudinhead at July 20, 2026 05:34 PM (uItPR)

184 >>Iran has created a new facility at Pickaxe Mountain 100 feet beneath the rock.

Not 100 feet, 100 meters. That is about 300 feet.
The stacked penetrators (bomb after bomb in the same hole) used on the previous facilities as (IIRC) are good for 60 meters, reportedly.
The problem is that each additional bomb in the same hole gives less and less additional penetration. (OK, stop snickering this is serious.)

My idea is to use a nuke for the last bomb. Kinda risky, but it would be deep enough to possibly reduce fallout, so it would be like an underground test. If it worked, it would do the job of taking out the facility. It would also send a very strong message.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 20, 2026 05:34 PM (FOFVX)

185 If Trump can pull this off, he will go down in history as The Anti-Carter.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2026 05:34 PM (Av6i5)

186 They've been living in Romania and visiting the UK often enough since the EU dropped the charges on them the last time. Not sure why they needed the US to collar them if they want them collared.
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I thought I read on Saturday (perhaps even here?) that there was an agreement between Romania and the UK that the UK would NOT try to trump their filed charges that still haven't been dismissed...and yet this arrest seems to contravene that agreement?
Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:30 PM (TN0g+)

No idea. Could just be Labor trying to do ANYTHING to stop their own bleeding. Even if the Tates are guilty of the charges doesn't mean they aren't being made an example of.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:35 PM (uhVAy)

187 Sitting right here.
Posted by: Google Maps

You're not useful either anymore. Seriously, turning "maps" and "street view" into separate applications?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:35 PM (vJrRc)

188 We have now finally got a viable strategy in place, and it’s a beautiful thing to see! In the first 3 weeks back in March, we only attacked purely military targets, missile sites , sites defenses, nuclear sites. We left a lot untouched (that was supposed to be a secret)

The idea was that they would negotiate once their weapons were destroyed. But they’re Iranians, of course the didn’t act rationally...

Yeah it’s gonna suck for everyone there, including our friends. As these President would say, Sad!
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:19 PM (1/cV0)

Yes, we gave them a chance to come out of this pretty much "whole" as long as they dropped the nuclear ambitions and general terroristic dickweedery. All they had to do was be rational about their situation.

But, nope. They're on the Highway to the Apocalypse and they ain't pulling over.

That islam is some religion!

The stupid thing is all they had to do is play nice until the next Democratic administration came into power, and 10-20 years later they could be as crazy as they want.

There are those who say the Iranians play the long game...yeah, no, they don't.

Kill everyone at the top. Eventually, reason will come.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 05:35 PM (iJfKG)

189 Of course it's not rare, but the kicker was that the US was propping him up with the threat of intervention (in whatever form). But, Carter decided to be indifferent. He didn't come right out and say the US no longer supported the Shah and his government. Instead, he stayed quiet, which was all the encouragement the opposition needed.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (dIske)
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As Kissinger observed: It is often dangerous to be America's enemy, but being her ally is usually fatal.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:35 PM (ZOv7s)

190 Actually, a number of "liberal" Iranians back in the day believed the regime was holding them down. They supported the revolution to "tear the system down", while being blind to what the revolution really meant.

This was also the story of the beginnings of the Russian Revolution and the Khmer Rouge. And we know who went to the gulags first in those struggles for the radiant future.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 05:35 PM (rbvCR)

191 Patriots aren't cheap ($2 million a pop I believe) and take time to make. We are going to have to invest more in AI drones.
Ukraine now makes the world's best.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:34 PM (6ydKt)

AI drones don't stop ballistic missiles.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:36 PM (uhVAy)

192 Sitting right here.
Posted by: Google Maps
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And watching you...

Posted by: Google at July 20, 2026 05:36 PM (XeU6L)

193 179 how many gallons of gas do you burn in a week, on average??"

6 or 7...
Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (XuXeR)

I burn that much daily just setting my hair on fire.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 05:36 PM (K3f7J)

194 Why haven't the North Korean people risen up?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2026 05:36 PM (Cqx++)

195
Kurds are a deeply unserious people. They could have had their own country if they went along with the plan but with that betrayal they have sealed their worthless fate.

Posted by: Decaf at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (ZNpJk)

The Turks won't allow a Kurdish state.
I think that's the entire problem for them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:36 PM (6ydKt)

196 The minute one missile fired at Jordan lands in Israel the IDF will roll out in force.

Posted by: Ben Had
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They are chomping at the bit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 05:37 PM (jU8k8)

197 I think we were fooled into believing that the population overall wanted this regime overthrown. Yes, there are probably a couple million who would love to see it overthrown, but there are probably 30 or 40 million hard core Shiites who like it just fine.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (1/cV0)

Isn't this similar to blaming you for the election losses in 2020 or the collapse of the Tea Party? You didn't care hard enough damn your eyes for an indolent fool?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 05:37 PM (rbvCR)

198 Of course it's not rare, but the kicker was that the US was propping him up with the threat of intervention (in whatever form). But, Carter decided to be indifferent. He didn't come right out and say the US no longer supported the Shah and his government. Instead, he stayed quiet, which was all the encouragement the opposition needed.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (dIske)
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As Kissinger observed: It is often dangerous to be America's enemy, but being her ally is usually fatal.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:35 PM (ZOv7s)

the Shah came to the West for heart surgery and that was the kicker for the revolution.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:37 PM (uhVAy)

199 And the reds found out that the greens used them like a piece of toilet paper and flushed them down the toilet after the Revolution was over."

I personally knew two families then in the states. Every one of their daughters was "western" in every way, but supported the "revolution" wholeheartedly.

One disappeared after traveling back a year later...

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:37 PM (XuXeR)

200 179 how many gallons of gas do you burn in a week, on average??"

6 or 7...
Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (XuXeR)


Thanks for your response. Gas prices, like the erstwhile egg prices, are a talking point that gets bandied about the net having very little to do with real impact for the average person.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 05:37 PM (Gqar8)

201 The primary reason for the downfall of the Shah was his blatant corruption of personal benefit. He made Arafat look like a piker. The Communists and the Jihadists promoted by the West, and who forced a color revolution and installed pedo Khomeini.



Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:37 PM (GD0B3)

202 Patriots aren't cheap ($2 million a pop I believe) and take time to make. We are going to have to invest more in AI drones.
Ukraine now makes the world's best.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Ukraine has rapidly increased its drone production capacity, now capable of producing up to 4 million drones annually.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (XeU6L)

203 No need for apps, just use regular HUMINT—look to where you see lawn guys with their trailers full of gear, and fishermen fuel up. That is your inexpensive regular, and occasionally ethanol free best bets.
Posted by: Community Notes

There are enough lakes around here that most places offer NEP, happily. Going farther than nearest Big City is a crapshoot. And finding places that use separate nozzles for regular and NEP pretty much mean finding the nearest Maverik.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (vJrRc)

204 I think we were fooled into believing that the population overall wanted this regime overthrown. Yes, there are probably a couple million who would love to see it overthrown, but there are probably 30 or 40 million hard core Shiites who like it just fine.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (1/cV0)

Isn't this similar to blaming you for the election losses in 2020 or the collapse of the Tea Party? You didn't care hard enough damn your eyes for an indolent fool?
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 05:37 PM (rbvCR)

He has a personality, Kindl...

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (uhVAy)

205 >>The Turks won't allow a Kurdish state.
I think that's the entire problem for them.


The Turks also want to see Israel destroyed. Along with the West.

So. The Kurds are not the entire problem.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (uzmqU)

206
BTW, have you tried Gas Buddy?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

It's a stupid and useless site that doesn't get updated often enough - depending as it does on user reports -
Posted by: FeatherBlade

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Hmm, I guess it depends on where you are. Mine is always updated to the last couple of hours. I update it myself (Confirm) and I even used to upload pix of the prices when that was part of the app.

As for non-ethanol fuel... you mean diesel? I see it in the app.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (mmrXZ)

207 > Ukraine now makes the world's best.
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Drones? No.

Most innovative use? Yes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (jehhT)

208 178 I think we were fooled into believing that the population overall wanted this regime overthrown. Yes, there are probably a couple million who would love to see it overthrown, but there are probably 30 or 40 million hard core Shiites who like it just fine.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Most people want to live their lives--not fight in the streets to the death. The Red Revolution worked in part because you had a bunch of soldiers that weren't afraid of death and wholesale killing. Ditto Chinese Revolution, and so on. And that is why all authoritarian regimes that want to survive spend time periodically killing all the malcontents by luring them out into the open. Assad killing a bunch of Muslim Brotherhood at Hama. King Hussein killing a bunch of Palis trying to overthrow him in the early 70's, and so on.

A whiff of grapeshot works because unless the resistance is so massive or unexpected, most regimes can weather the initial blow, it is the later ones that can suddenly lead to regime collapse.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (E4rtv)

209 I think we were fooled into believing that the population overall wanted this regime overthrown. Yes, there are probably a couple million who would love to see it overthrown, but there are probably 30 or 40 million hard core Shiites who like it just fine.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (1/cV0)

That seems likely, and my responses to some people here is because 1) I'm tired on tousi or whatever his name is being cited as a source and 2) being promised that the Iranians will rise up, or that they would if only they had weapons. Lots of successful revolutions started off with crowds with no weapons at all.

I don't really have an opinion about how much more Iran's economy can take, or how powerful their remaining military is. Drones are cheap after all, and they can do long-range damage, as Ukraine and Russia have shown. So I like reading the different comments here about those topics, but I'm fed up with the idea that Iran is full of neo-Zoroastrians yearning to breathe free.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (Yh7zv)

210 146 We are in a unique position. No other US president has been able to confront Iran with such a formidable coalition of regional powers - including Israel, SA, Jordan, the Emirates, parts of the Iraqi government, and Syria. Israel and Muslim countries in the same armed coalition? Inconceivable! But here we are.

And this is due to a US Administration that has worked tirelessly to make it happen. This is the fruit of the Abraham Accords. We are fighting this war with one arm and both legs behind our backs. If we wanted to, we could unleash the full weight of our conventional forces on Iran and wind this up in a matter of days. But we can fight smarter, for the future of the peoples in the US and the Coalition, and we are.
Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2026 05:29 PM (rj6Yv)

What the MSM and the Dems don't realize is that time is actually on Trump's side. He's managing the war so as to keep gas prices elevated yet stable. If he can keep this up by Oct - and I think he can - at some point the MSM will realize that if Trump can keep Congress in GOP control. When that happens, the IRGC will discover that the day after Election Day isn't D-Day for Trump, but for them.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (0CU3H)

211 the Shah came to the West for heart surgery and that was the kicker for the revolution.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:37 PM (uhVAy)
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We sent him to Canada?

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (Fi81e)

212 I think we're gonna have to take those Islands and that worries me...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (rijjI)

213 AI drones don't stop ballistic missiles.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:36 PM (uhVAy)

They can stop suicide drones.

Yeah, I should've been clearer, we need to invest more in Patriot interceptors, too.

Ukraine really put a dent in the supply.
Now we need them and they aren't there.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (6ydKt)

214 What really makes me smile these days is watching everyone in the administration disavowing and denying everything that was said while we were pretending the MOU was a good idea.

Hegseth seems to be taking a special pleasure in stomping on everything Vance said while he was trying to negotiate; makes me suspect they had some pretty big cabinet meeting arguments.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:39 PM (1/cV0)

215 >So, Horde, how many gallons of gas do you burn in a week, on average??

Posted by: tubal
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one

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 05:39 PM (ZxPkt)

216 Actually, a number of "liberal" Iranians back in the day believed the regime was holding them down. They supported the revolution to "tear the system down", while being blind to what the revolution really meant.

This was also the story of the beginnings of the Russian Revolution and the Khmer Rouge. And we know who went to the gulags first in those struggles for the radiant future.
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If you want to see leftists trying their hardest to not recognize *evil* when it manifests itself, take a read of the wikipedia entry for Chairman Mao. You can skip to the end if you like and watch critic after critic attempting to summarize his legacy as "complicated" and other such mealy-mouthed phrases rather than calling a murderer a murderer.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 05:39 PM (TN0g+)

217 Kurds are a deeply unserious people"

Tribal.

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:39 PM (XuXeR)

218 No idea. Could just be Labor trying to do ANYTHING to stop their own bleeding. Even if the Tates are guilty of the charges doesn't mean they aren't being made an example of.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:35 PM (uhVAy)

Yep. A show trial to snow the proles into thinking they are doing something about rape. Meanwhile the Pakis rape away to their hearts' content.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 05:39 PM (1z8ji)

219 They just cannot stop fucking that uranium enrichment chicken.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 05:08 PM (zZu0s)

It's almost like they want nuclear weapons to coerce the rest of the world, which muslims typically see as servants in waiting, and kill vast swaths of anyone who disagrees with them.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at July 20, 2026 05:39 PM (vSvIl)

220 The Turks won't allow a Kurdish state.
I think that's the entire problem for them.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:36 PM (6ydKt)

Not sure anyone else in the area is too keen on it either, but they allow the Turks to be the heavy.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:39 PM (uhVAy)

221 the Shah came to the West for heart surgery and that was the kicker for the revolution.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:37 PM (uhVAy)
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Yep. Let's not forget Carter also told the Marines not to defend the embassy. What a POS.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (ZOv7s)

222 It's the only proper way to fight a war, honestly. You have to be willing to potentially kill everybody among your enemies, including the women and children. This does mean that you have to kill them all, but you have to be willing to do so. Otherwise you are just wasting your time and shouldn't fight at all.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:07 PM (Yh7zv)

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No need, you just destroy all their infrastructure. People will remember if you killed their family but a building, road or a bridge - not so much.

Posted by: Decaf at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (ZNpJk)

223 The only way to be safe is to eliminate the threat.

If you have the confidence and can "shoot them in the leg" then you have the skillz to treat them to a Mozambique.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (xE0sV)

224 The Turks also want to see Israel destroyed. Along with the West.

So. The Kurds are not the entire problem.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (uzmqU)

But, but, they're in NATO.

Allies.
Really.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (6ydKt)

225 @Breaking911
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Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (ZxPkt)

226 Anyone remember how people made a parody of the Oscar Meyer bologna jingle that ended with "Jimmy Carter has a way of screwing up the USA"?

Fun times to be a little kid.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (ZOv7s)

227 With nukes and the Intermediate ballistic missiles that could reach Diego Garcia, Iran would have been North Korea v. 2.0. No one screws with North Korea because they can light up half a hemisphere.
Posted by: Kindltot

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Not really comparable. (1) No one wants to mess with the Norks. They got nothing but dog shit kimchi. (2) China could dump the Norks in an afternoon if they wanted. China wants Nork around because they are a buffer and threat to Japan and Korea and a hassle for the West. Norks can do little military damage to anyone, even with nukes.

Iran is very different. They want to control the M. E. and all the world's oil, and to conquer the sunni brand of goat fuckers. They also want Israel wiped out, then America. Also Europe. To top it off, they are a death cult.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM (FOFVX)

228 probably saw some weak poll numbers

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM (ZxPkt)

229
212 I think we're gonna have to take those Islands and that worries me...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (rijjI)

All ground action will have some casualties, that’s the cruelty of war.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM (1/cV0)

230 Great headline in my local rag's website "No One Believed to have been Hit by Gunfire in Ellenville".
Allegedly there was gunfire , but bad shots apparently

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM (sMkB+)

231 225 @Breaking911
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Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (ZxPkt)

A good thing, or a bad?

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM (Gqar8)

232 Everybody wants to know what the end game is. No nukes. It's simple; rinse and repeat. Attrition. We handle the hard targets, and Israel handles the regime. Everybody else handles the global economy.

No boots on the ground unless we are there to seize the treasure.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM (sYM3s)

233 Rapprochement is the answer!

Posted by: ValJar at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM (XeU6L)

234 27m
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Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (ZxPkt)


Lindsey's sister has said she is running and I'm pretty sure she'll get the nod...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM (rijjI)

235 195
Kurds are a deeply unserious people. They could have had their own country if they went along with the plan but with that betrayal they have sealed their worthless fate.

Posted by: Decaf at July 20, 2026 05:33 PM (ZNpJk)

The Turks won't allow a Kurdish state.
I think that's the entire problem for them.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

None of the four countries that Kurds live in are willing to give up that territory-Turks, Syrians, Iraqi, and Iran. It is not only Turkey.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM (E4rtv)

236 If they didn't have Twitter/TickTock Slop to quote, they'd have no talking points at all.
Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 05:32 PM (uzmqU)

But, they are the really smart people. They tell us that all the time.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 05:42 PM (bl07w)

237 194 Why haven't the North Korean people risen up?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2026 05:36 PM (Cqx++)

________________________

Tree bark doesn't have the same of benefits as energy drinks.

Seriously, the NK population is so conditioned to believe everything they're told, they believe the leadership is invincible, and that they have the strongest military force on the planet by far.

A guilty pleasure of mine is to watch videos of NK border crossers who experience the West for the first time, and many are (well all, because it's required) ex-military. They see these videos of US assets and basically go apoplectic.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:42 PM (dIske)

238 Google Maps - "gas prices near me"

Posted by: Then ask for Thai food at July 20, 2026 05:42 PM (2Ez/1)

239 234 27m
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Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (ZxPkt)


Lindsey's sister has said she is running and I'm pretty sure she'll get the nod...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM (rijjI)

A Lindsey Legacy. Mellifluous.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 05:42 PM (Gqar8)

240 Darline Graham gave an interview to Hannity about the Senate situation. It might be aired tonight? I don't know..

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:42 PM (GD0B3)

241 Kurds are a deeply unserious people"

Tribal.
Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:39 PM (XuXeR)

"So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, they shall be a silly people, a little people, as you are!" [written from memory, so I probably got the wording a little off]

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:42 PM (Yh7zv)

242 Rep. Nancy Mace announced she will not run for South Carolina’s open Senate seat

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (ZxPkt)
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Time for Republicans to start walking away from their offices...

How else can we see a repeat of 2018?!

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (Fi81e)

243 Trump is backing her. So...

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (GD0B3)

244 As for non-ethanol fuel... you mean diesel? I see it in the app.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

good grief, no. Gasoline that doesn't have ethanol in it.

also known as "marine gas", "Non Ethanol Premium", "Clear gas" and probably another couple of marketing terms.

Essential for small engines like lawnmowers, and better for most vehicles.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (vJrRc)

245 On taking the islands - meant to add that Iran has no transport capacity left and they cannot reinforce. So taking them should not be too difficult.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (1/cV0)

246 A Lindsey Legacy. Mellifluous.
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 05:42 PM (Gqar


Yeah... I'm not keen on it...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (rijjI)

247 If the "Pickaxe" facility is 100 meters deep, then it requires ventilation and elevator shafts to keep it operating. We have the tech to close them up and to destroy the power generators it needs.

Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (rj6Yv)

248 What the MSM and the Dems don't realize is that time is actually on Trump's side. He's managing the war so as to keep gas prices elevated yet stable. If he can keep this up by Oct - and I think he can - at some point the MSM will realize that if Trump can keep Congress in GOP control. When that happens, the IRGC will discover that the day after Election Day isn't D-Day for Trump, but for them.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (0CU3H)
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The Dems are also helping him out by nominating complete nutjobs in swing districts.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (ZOv7s)

249 talking point that gets bandied about the net having very little to do with real impact for the average person."

This. A few bucks change every few weeks doesn't upset the budget.

I would also point out that the Venezuelan supply chain is picking up - and keeping diesel prices somewhat stable

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (XuXeR)

250 Lindsey's sister has said she is running and I'm pretty sure she'll get the nod...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:41 PM
*******
She spells her name funny.

Posted by: Darlenes everywhere at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (2Ez/1)

251 Kurds are a deeply unserious people"
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No whey.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (Fi81e)

252 Yep. Let's not forget Carter also told the Marines not to defend the embassy. What a POS.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (ZOv7s)

Some would use the term "traitor."

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (bl07w)

253 G-A-S-S-S-S-S Them!

Posted by: Golden Oldie at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (JM9I6)

254 240 Darline Graham gave an interview to Hannity about the Senate situation. It might be aired tonight? I don't know..
Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:42 PM (GD0B3)

A Hannity interview? We’ll never know what SHE has to say.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 05:44 PM (Gqar8)

255 Question: if the NFA is constitutional, could the congress also create the National Slavery Act? $10,000 tax stamp, registration, and fingerprinting. carry your tax stamp at all times or any government official can claim you as their personal slave. How is that any different in principle from the NFA? The second says "shall not be infringed" while the 13th has an exception for punishment for a crime, not carrying your NSA tax stamp is the crime. They could even assign it to the ATF for enforcement: which would make it the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, Congressionally Enabled Slavery or BATFECES, which strikes me as an appropriate name.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at July 20, 2026 05:44 PM (ls5EI)

256 A Hannity interview? We’ll never know what SHE has to say.
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 05:44 PM (Gqar



LOL... But true

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 05:44 PM (rijjI)

257 251 Kurds are a deeply unserious people"
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No whey.
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM
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Stay in your lane, pal.

Posted by: Little Miss Muffet at July 20, 2026 05:44 PM (2Ez/1)

258 @237 Orson, a couple of those poor border crosses were found to have worm infestation. NK can't be nice

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:44 PM (sMkB+)

259
But, they are the really smart people. They tell us that all the time.
Posted by: tcn
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And, 'sophisticated', they say...

Posted by: ValJar at July 20, 2026 05:45 PM (XeU6L)

260 So, Horde, how many gallons of gas do you burn in a week, on average??

Posted by: tubal

Including mowers, probably 25 gallons or so.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 05:45 PM (MWfyi)

261 No need, you just destroy all their infrastructure. People will remember if you killed their family but a building, road or a bridge - not so much.
Posted by: Decaf at July 20, 2026 05:40 PM (ZNpJk)

Yeah, but in the current world, where about half the human population exists because of industrial fertilizers growing food that is trucked/trained into a city to be sold in refrigerated conditions, how do you destroy the infrastructure without killing lots of civilians. How long could, say, NYC go with all its bridges down before there was mass starvation?

That said, I'd be for destroying every bridge and power plant in that worthless shithole of a country.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:45 PM (Yh7zv)

262 207 > Ukraine now makes the world's best.
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Drones? No.

Most innovative use? Yes.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (jehhT)

______________________

Some would argue that the Ukrainians aren't even operating a lot of those drones. Someone else is.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:45 PM (dIske)

263 You know.


If you call our office 5 times and message me on MyChart 8times in six hours, I’m not going to get back to you until tomorrow. Maybe Wednesday.

If you think you are dying, go to the emergency room.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 05:45 PM (zV+0v)

264 A Hannity interview? We’ll never know what SHE has to say.
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 05:44 PM (Gqar

maybe, maybe

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:46 PM (GD0B3)

265 As I said before, Trump understands the economics of warfare, and they are solidly on our side. Iran faces a doom loom of collapsing revenue, dwindling weapons stockpiles and now infrastructure collapse.

We don't have to invade, we can just use them for live fire practice.

The Strait is already less important than it's ever been, and with new pipelines and transit routes, it could be irrelevant before too much longer.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:46 PM (ZOv7s)

266 Hegseth seems to be taking a special pleasure in stomping on everything Vance said while he was trying to negotiate; makes me suspect they had some pretty big cabinet meeting arguments.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:39 PM (1/cV0)
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Vance had a specific job to do and he did that job. It's not like he could go negotiate and then hop on TV and contradict everything he said in the negotiation. They're all in on it. They knew the Iranians were going to bullshit them on the first "peace deal" and now the gloves are off. Hegseth had to keep his mouth shut at first, now he doesn't.

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 05:46 PM (oqH4h)

267 Tree bark doesn't have the same of benefits as energy drinks.

Seriously, the NK population is so conditioned to believe everything they're told, they believe the leadership is invincible, and that they have the strongest military force on the planet by far.

A guilty pleasure of mine is to watch videos of NK border crossers who experience the West for the first time, and many are (well all, because it's required) ex-military. They see these videos of US assets and basically go apoplectic.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:42 PM (dIske)

I like the three sisters in Korea who came out in stages with their mother and now 2 of the sisters visit America and make Youtube videos about here.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:47 PM (uhVAy)

268 She spells her name funny.
Posted by: Darlenes everywhere at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (2Ez/1)
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That's terrible! There is no f in Darlene, or u--and only one n.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:47 PM (Fi81e)

269 260 So, Horde, how many gallons of gas do you burn in a week, on average??

Posted by: tubal

Including mowers, probably 25 gallons or so.
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 05:45 PM (MWfyi)
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We can't count mowers. I go to a special station about 30 miles away that still provides leaded gas with none of the corn additive. It costs mucho more. Saves on mower maintenance, however.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:47 PM (dIske)

270 Kuwait announced that they are ready to join the Abraham Accords.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 05:47 PM (abScH)

271 How long could, say, NYC go with all its bridges down before there was mass starvation?"

"Bbbut we're growing stuff on the rooftops! "

/idiot on tictac

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:48 PM (XuXeR)

272 245 On taking the islands - meant to add that Iran has no transport capacity left and they cannot reinforce. So taking them should not be too difficult.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Taking them is not the biggest problem but holding them and keeping troops safe on them from casualties is not. Plus logistics.

Blowing up all the infrastructure on Kharg Island is probably what will happen if Trump decides that the Iranian regime and its economy needs to die--that is almost their entire oil production export facility and not readily rebuildable in the time the regime needs to survive.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:48 PM (E4rtv)

273 >>I have an EV, solar panels and 8 chickens in my backyard. My wife and I are both teachers, so we may get pay cuts, but we won't be fired


A teacher huh? Too bad, as someone with a real job would know how to add and would understand that the solar panels are not enough to charge his EV (unless he has way way more than most people)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 20, 2026 05:48 PM (FOFVX)

274 Yeah, but in the current world, where about half the human population exists because of industrial fertilizers growing food that is trucked/trained into a city to be sold in refrigerated conditions, how do you destroy the infrastructure without killing lots of civilians. How long could, say, NYC go with all its bridges down before there was mass starvation?

That said, I'd be for destroying every bridge and power plant in that worthless shithole of a country.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:45 PM (Yh7zv)
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If ideology doesn't create a widespread uprising, hunger might.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:48 PM (ZOv7s)

275 >A good thing, or a bad?

Posted by: tubal
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well, AoS At Large does not like her
I'm agnostic on her
Lindsay's sister seems yo be the sentimental favorite, for now

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 05:48 PM (ZxPkt)

276 The gas stations gouge us every time Trump farts. Somebody get him some Ex-Lax.

Posted by: That Guy at July 20, 2026 05:48 PM (ZlKnD)

277 Just saw one of those fat pill commercials. Reminds me how good a song Green Onions is, as its playing in the background. Steve Cropper could play

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:48 PM (sMkB+)

278 What the MSM and the Dems don't realize is that time is actually on Trump's side. He's managing the war so as to keep gas prices elevated yet stable. If he can keep this up by Oct - and I think he can - at some point the MSM will realize that if Trump can keep Congress in GOP control. When that happens, the IRGC will discover that the day after Election Day isn't D-Day for Trump, but for them.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 20, 2026 05:38 PM (0CU3H)

Agreed - and with what we’re doing now, Iran won’t last until October. Major components of their system are starting to go down already.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:48 PM (1/cV0)

279 Kuwait announced that they are ready to join the Abraham Accords.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 05:47 PM (abScH)

That is big. Good job Trump! *I guess a threat of Iran invasion made them clear eyed!

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:48 PM (GD0B3)

280 How long could, say, NYC go with all its bridges down before there was mass starvation?

That could be a worthy empirical evaluation.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:49 PM (+4Cf6)

281 If you think you are dying, go to the emergency room."

Si

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:49 PM (XuXeR)

282 Vance had a specific job to do and he did that job. It's not like he could go negotiate and then hop on TV and contradict everything he said in the negotiation. They're all in on it. They knew the Iranians were going to bullshit them on the first "peace deal" and now the gloves are off. Hegseth had to keep his mouth shut at first, now he doesn't.
Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 05:46 PM (oqH4h)

Vance was good cop, if the politicos in Iran could grab control we could have had it on the cheap and demobilized the IGRC faction. Well, that didn't work and the regular army isn't in control either, so lets continue decapitating the IGRC.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:49 PM (uhVAy)

283 247 If the "Pickaxe" facility is 100 meters deep, then it requires ventilation and elevator shafts to keep it operating. We have the tech to close them up and to destroy the power generators it needs.
Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (rj6Yv)
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We can also deploy Chuck Schumer to put his posterior over the ventilation intake and gas them out.

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 05:49 PM (oqH4h)

284 270 Kuwait announced that they are ready to join the Abraham Accords.
Posted by: Ben Had

It could be that most of the oil emirates prefer dealing with Israel than the monster that Iran has turned out to be. Even the Arab street is quiescent because they have an alternative ethnic group to hate--Persians.

And I think all sides are making preparations for the US to be a lot less engaged in the Middle East defense policy, like Nato, than we used to be.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (E4rtv)

285 I like the three sisters in Korea who came out in stages with their mother and now 2 of the sisters visit America and make Youtube videos about here.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:47 PM (uhVAy)

_____________________________

YES!!!! I saw the one where they were in New Orleans, and walked into a Fire Station and asked if someone could give them a tour. The Firemen were very accomodating and cool. Gave them both a Challenge coin when they were done. The one girl was summarizing and broke down into tears. Very cool.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (dIske)

286 Between the two of us we burn 15-20 gallons of gas a week. So a fifty cent price bump is 7.50-10.00 increase per week. Not earth shaking. Even a buck is not enough to make a real difference. My point if any is that it is not earth shaking in real terms. I don’t own a trucking company so that’s a different scale, of course. The average person is probably not switch from Republican to Democrat over it.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (Gqar8)

287 I go to a special station about 30 miles away that still provides leaded gas with none of the corn additive. It costs mucho more. Saves on mower maintenance, however.
Posted by: Orson

I think my favorite gas pump label is the one that says "Unleaded gas" and then lower on the pumps says "contains lead anti-knock compounds".

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (vJrRc)

288 I go to a special station about 30 miles away that still provides leaded gas with none of the corn additive. "

I don't. I do buy diesel too though.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (MWfyi)

289 Kurds are turds

They might be nuttier than the Turks.

But because they are relatively powerless and have better PR, the west tends to think of them as more rational and reasonable. I strongly suspect that’s not true.

Maybe they’ll put a condom on before fucking the goat, but that’s about it.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (Nt9qU)

290 We can also deploy Chuck Schumer to put his posterior over the ventilation intake and gas them out.
Posted by: ballistic
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Chemical and Biological Warfare.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (E4rtv)

291 Kuwait announced that they are ready to join the Abraham Accords.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 05:47 PM (abScH)

That is big. Good job Trump! *I guess a threat of Iran invasion made them clear eyed!
Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:48 PM (GD0B3)

Well if you are hesitant because you are afraid of Iran's reprisals, having Iran start reprisaling anyhow leads to a re-evaluation of that stance.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (uhVAy)

292 Essential for small engines like lawnmowers, and better for most vehicles.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:43 PM (vJrRc)

My mowers run fine on E10. I just make certain to shut off the fuel petcock, and let the engine run the carburetor dry before putting them up for the winter.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (1z8ji)

293 I think that Trump took the two deaths in Jordan personally.

Let hell rain down upon them.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 05:51 PM (qFwJc)

294 The gas stations gouge us "

Your local distributor. There are quite a few around here, so there's competition...

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:51 PM (XuXeR)

295 How long could, say, NYC go with all its bridges down before there was mass starvation?
That said, I'd be for destroying every bridge and power plant in that worthless shithole of a country.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 05:45 PM (Yh7zv)

YES!
Oh, you meant Iran.
Never mind.

Posted by: RI Red at July 20, 2026 05:51 PM (fRFTM)

296 >>The one girl was summarizing and broke down into tears.


A woman. Crying.

...that almost never happens.

Posted by: garrett at July 20, 2026 05:51 PM (uzmqU)

297 Did I post yet about Iraqi Kurds being different from Iranian Kurds ? No ? OK. People who know such things say they are different - one group (Iraqi) leans into Communism, the other does not.

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:52 PM (GD0B3)

298 289 Kurds are turds

They might be nuttier than the Turks.

But because they are relatively powerless and have better PR, the west tends to think of them as more rational and reasonable. I strongly suspect that’s not true.

Maybe they’ll put a condom on before fucking the goat, but that’s about it.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

Middle East is filled with people that have long histories of loathing and killing each other. Europe is busy importing such critters as are other places in the West like the US. And what results is the Rivers of Blood that Enoch Powell saw presciently in his famous speech in Parliament.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:52 PM (E4rtv)

299 cV0)
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Vance had a specific job to do and he did that job. It's not like he could go negotiate and then hop on TV and contradict everything he said in the negotiation. They're all in on it. They knew the Iranians were going to bullshit them on the first "peace deal" and now the gloves are off. Hegseth had to keep his mouth shut at first, now he doesn't.
Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 05:46 PM (oqH4h)

His wife just had a baby, don’t want to be hard on him. I do note that after 3 weeks of high visibility, he’s gone back to being invisible, and Rubio and Hegseth have taken over the situation.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 05:52 PM (1/cV0)

300 Kurds are turds

They might be nuttier than the Turks.

But because they are relatively powerless and have better PR, the west tends to think of them as more rational and reasonable. I strongly suspect that’s not true.

Maybe they’ll put a condom on before fucking the goat, but that’s about it.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (Nt9qU)
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They had multiple opportunities to carve out a state of their own, but screwed them up every time.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:52 PM (ZOv7s)

301 If you think you are dying, go to the emergency room.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 05:45 PM (zV+0v)

Maybe call a psychiatrist instead?

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2026 05:52 PM (bl07w)

302 The gas stations gouge us every time Trump farts. Somebody get him some Ex-Lax.
Posted by: That Guy

Shouldn't you be blaming the gas stations for their gouging they do?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 05:52 PM (vJrRc)

303 Unless we go on a road trip to the mountains, I'll get three or four weeks out of a tank of gas in my truck. Helps that my office is four miles away from home. It did cost 70 bucks to fill up the other day.

The Hyundai gets excellent gas mileage, usually over 40 mpg. We drive that most of the time.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 20, 2026 05:52 PM (0aYVJ)

304 A guilty pleasure of mine is to watch videos of NK border crossers who experience the West for the first time, and many are (well all, because it's required) ex-military. They see these videos of US assets and basically go apoplectic.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:42 PM (dIske)

I saw one the other day where two former NK soldiers were watching the changing of the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and one remarked how blessed he would be to give his life in the service of our country

Posted by: Josephistan at July 20, 2026 05:52 PM (G0Uu2)

305 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 20, 2026 05:26 PM (2qI1t)

Why do I suspect the last comment is by a female?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 05:53 PM (lFFaq)

306 294 The gas stations gouge us "

Your local distributor. There are quite a few around here, so there's competition...
Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:51 PM (XuXeR)

Calif, gas taxes and fees are now at $1.20 per gallon.

It ain't Texaco I hate.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 05:53 PM (mP0Kj)

307 Well if you are hesitant because you are afraid of Iran's reprisals, having Iran start reprisaling anyhow leads to a re-evaluation of that stance.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:50 PM (uhVAy)

You might say that!

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:53 PM (GD0B3)

308 My mowers run fine on E10. I just make certain to shut off the fuel petcock, and let the engine run the carburetor dry before putting them up for the winter.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Ditto. I also use a fuel stabilizer during the active season. Star Enzyme works better for me that Sta-bil.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:53 PM (E4rtv)

309 Did I post yet about Iraqi Kurds being different from Iranian Kurds ? No ? OK. People who know such things say they are different - one group (Iraqi) leans into Communism, the other does not.
Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:52 PM (GD0B3)
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The ones in Turkey are also split into two factions. "Life of Brian" level infighthing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:54 PM (ZOv7s)

310 153 So, Horde, how many gallons of gas do you burn in a week, on average??
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 05:30 PM (Gqar

Depends on if we go to the city or not. If not, I use about 2 gallons a week. But we're old and we live within a mile or two of everywhere we want to go in town. So not typical.

Posted by: sal at July 20, 2026 05:54 PM (f+FmA)

311 gas taxes and fees are now at $1.20 per gallon."

Son of a....

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 05:55 PM (XuXeR)

312
Iran wants us to use its chosen pronouns.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:55 PM (Fi81e)

313 Looking at Kharg Island, one doesn't need to level it, just disable the means of loading tankers.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 05:55 PM (NzX/y)

314 The part I like about the weapons telegraphing and idiot moles is that their handlers aren't sure it isn't bullshit.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 20, 2026 05:55 PM (YlWIZ)

315 NY Post headline has a black NYC politician calling the DSA "white supremacists". Have fun Dems

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:55 PM (sMkB+)

316 Kurds are muslims, too. They still hate all infidels.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 05:55 PM (1z8ji)

317 Gas in Italy is around 8 Euros/gallon.

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:57 PM (GD0B3)

318 Kurds are muslims, too. They still hate all infidels.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 05:55 PM (1z8ji)
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The only secular ones are communists.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)

319 Kurds are muslims, too. They still hate all infidels.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 05:55 PM (1z8ji)
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My brother had his fill of Kurds serving as support in Iraq.

They would laugh at all the soldiers supplying them with food. Because, even though they were doing nothing, distributing food was "women's work".

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 05:57 PM (Fi81e)

320 309 Did I post yet about Iraqi Kurds being different from Iranian Kurds ? No ? OK. People who know such things say they are different - one group (Iraqi) leans into Communism, the other does not.
Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 05:52 PM (GD0B3)
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The ones in Turkey are also split into two factions. "Life of Brian" level infighthing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

US is a poor colonial manager unlike the Brits were. Brits were very clear eyed in picking one ethnic group or tribe that was inferior to their rivals and making that tribe/group their force extenders for the nasty business of oppressing the other rival groups. And that system worked for the rulers when the Brits left more or less.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:58 PM (E4rtv)

321 PA is the fourth highest in the country for taxes and fees on a gallon of gas. 76cents on every gallon. The highest are expected...California, Illinois and Washington.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 05:58 PM (dIske)

322 Kurds are muslims, too. They still hate all infidels.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 05:55 PM (1z8ji)
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The only secular ones are communists.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)

So, Liberal Arts Majors?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:58 PM (uhVAy)

323 201 The primary reason for the downfall of the Shah was his blatant corruption of personal benefit. He made Arafat look like a piker. The Communists and the Jihadists promoted by the West, and who forced a color revolution and installed pedo Khomeini.
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Posted by: runner
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Marines were ready to defend the embassy but Carter told them to stand down. Attacking our embassy is attacking America. Shots fired and we could have put full force on them.

Either the Brits or Aussies held their ground and got their people out. Chickenshit Carter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 05:59 PM (jU8k8)

324 I fill up the lesbaru once a month.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 06:00 PM (G0nDz)

325 So, Liberal Arts Majors?"

Ok, that's funny right there

Posted by: man at July 20, 2026 06:00 PM (XuXeR)

326 US is a poor colonial manager unlike the Brits were. Brits were very clear eyed in picking one ethnic group or tribe that was inferior to their rivals and making that tribe/group their force extenders for the nasty business of oppressing the other rival groups. And that system worked for the rulers when the Brits left more or less.
Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 05:58 PM (E4rtv)
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Americans are not empire builders. It is against our nature.

That's what made Iraq and Afghanistan so pointless.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 06:01 PM (ZOv7s)

327 Deep down he is a business man, not a general. I think the element of surprise was his greatest asset, or the idea that “Trump is so crazy no one knows what he will do.” The bunker buster was a solid, flashy, effective gesture.

Meanwhile what are Russia and China doing? Feels like America is always alone in a crazy world.

Posted by: H at July 20, 2026 06:02 PM (oLx2/)

328 Considering where we now live, we have to fill up both vehicles at least once a week.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 06:02 PM (x7Vzy)

329 Marines were ready to defend the embassy but Carter told them to stand down. Attacking our embassy is attacking America. Shots fired and we could have put full force on them.

Either the Brits or Aussies held their ground and got their people out. Chickenshit Carter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 05:59 PM (jU8k

About the same time as that the "students" also took over the USSR Embassy. They had a little conversation from Moscow and suddenly the students decided to exit the premises and clean up the mess.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 06:02 PM (uhVAy)

330 NOOD

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 20, 2026 06:02 PM (ZOv7s)

331 If the Kurds became independent the first thing they'd do is have a civil war. Then the Turks would invade. Rinse , repeat

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 06:03 PM (sMkB+)

332 328 Considering where we now live, we have to fill up both vehicles at least once a week.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 06:02 PM (x7Vzy)

At least it’s cheaper than back in Illinois though, eh??

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 06:03 PM (Gqar8)

333 Deep down he is a business man, not a general. I think the element of surprise was his greatest asset, or the idea that “Trump is so crazy no one knows what he will do.” The bunker buster was a solid, flashy, effective gesture.

Meanwhile what are Russia and China doing? Feels like America is always alone in a crazy world.
Posted by: H at July 20, 2026 06:02 PM (oLx2/)

Russia is chewing its way through the last of the massively fortified zones in Ukraine while the press is bored with the war there. China is dealing with massive flooding all over the country and a continual rash of huge industrial fires, and of course the US getting control of their energy supply sources.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 06:04 PM (uhVAy)

334 NY Post headline has a black NYC politician calling the DSA "white supremacists". Have fun Dems
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 05:55 PM (sMkB+)

Honky-honkey!

Posted by: Black NYC politician at July 20, 2026 06:07 PM (wVcYX)

335
The other thing about the Kurds is that they're kinda stupid. They get all kinds of support from GOP administrations, but never enough to actually defeat their oppressors. Then when the US changes over to a Donk president, the Donks bend them over and begin dorking them up the queekhole by cutting off every bit of support, and the Arabs/Turks/Iranians start slaughtering them.

Wait a couple of years and start the cycle all over again. And the Kurds are dumb enough to play right along.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2026 06:12 PM (y9nCu)

336 Leaded gasoline for automotive use was banned by 1985 . The pumps shouldn’t need to warn about leaded anti-knock compounds. I’ll have to look for that.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 06:28 PM (XjXDt)

337 >>> Deep down he is a business man, not a general. I think the element of surprise was his greatest asset, or the idea that “Trump is so crazy no one knows what he will do.” The bunker buster was a solid, flashy, effective gesture.


Trump's two greatest assets are the element of fear and surprise and ...and ruthless efficiency.

er... His three assets are...

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Pimps and Professors at "HustlerU.," Andrew and Tristan Tate, Arrested by US Marshals After Extradition Request by UK for Rape Charges

I didn't jump to condemn these guys three years ago when the entire leftwing social media ecosystem acted with lightning speed to cancel them. We've all seen a lot of good people canceled by the left.

On the other hand, I didn't defend them, because: I don't know anything about them and considering that their business seems to be, openly, pimping and prostitution, I didn't really think they deserved much of my time or mental exertion, nor much of yours.

I still don't know much about them, apart from them bragging they con women (and girls) into the exciting life of online prostitution by using the "loverboy" tactic of making them emotionally dependent on their pimps, then pimping them out. Which is a standard pimp tactic. These guys didn't invent it. It was created at a laboratory at "Hustler U."

And now Trump is honoring a UK request for extradition on rape/child exploitation charges.

Trump isn't always right, of course.

But these guys sound like any other douchebag criminal: Everyone is just conspiring against me (and my pimp business and pimp school).


OSINTdefender
@sentdefender

Both Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested by U.S. Marshals outside of a private event in Miami, Florida, following an extradition request by the UK Government against the brothers on over fifty charges related to rape, arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, as well as additional charges relating to illegal child images and pornography.


Yashar Ali 🐘
@yashar

Jul 18
BREAKING

Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested in Miami by the U.S. Marshals Service.

Statement below from the U.K.'s Crown Prosecution Service about additional charges being filed against the brothers.

The Tate brothers are now facing a total of 59 charges:

42 against Andrew Tate
17 against Tristan Tate

"Andrew Tate, 39, is being charged with seven further counts of rape, three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and 19 additional charges for offences relating to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography.

Tristan Tate, 38, is being charged with one count of sexual assault, two counts of rape and three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation."

Colin Wright makes a point: During the Age of Woke, we've developed a reflex to defend anyone being targeted by the Regime.

It's a very good reflex and we should keep that reflex.

But it is only a reflex -- that is, a default reaction. It's not a rule that can or should be followed slavishly. But I keep seeing people treat these snap-judgments as if they're the culmination of their lifelong philosophical questing.

And I'm like, asshole, you made this snap decision in one second. Are you this much of an egotist to treat your one-second snap decisions as Biblical in inerrancy?

I've got nothing against snap decisions and rule of thumbs. 99% of our choices are made through quick snap decisions -- and they need to be, because we make a lot of choices during a week, both trivial and important.

But... they're still just snap decisions. Not religious text.

Speaking of woke and people unfairly targeted by The Regime: This totally sane individual and productive member of society:

This happened in 2025, but the bodycam video is newly-released, so it is, in fact, new to the public record.

The police were on the campus investigating a stolen vehicle. The very sight of the officers "triggered" this mentally-ill monster, and he began screaming abuse at the cops, and then screaming "YOU'RE HURTING ME" when they told him he could either shut up or be arrested for disorderly conduct/impeding an investigation.


Oli London
@OliLondonTV


This is the mugshot of the blue haired transgender man who had an unhinged meltdown after being 'misgendered' by a police officer.

Jarrett Vick went on a rampage after an officer said "he is having a breakdown" before screaming "She! It's she!" in response.

The trans man, who identifies as a 'woman,' was charged with battery on law enforcement, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct.

The incident, which occurred in 2025, went viral last week after police body cam footage was shared online.

He was listed as male in his arrest records.

Source: NY Post


The skinny:


Viral police body cam video appears to show a self-described transgender Florida student freaking out on a campus police officer for "misgendering" him -- and then being hauled away in cuffs.

The footage shows a blue-haired University of Central Florida student, identified as 27-year-old Jarrett Vick, screaming at a police officer after the cop arrived at a campus building for an unrelated call.

"Why do you let those pigs get away with this? They are not supposed to be here," says Vick at the start of the video, which was filmed in February 2025 -- but released Friday by Inside The Blue TV.

The officer tells him to lower his voice, or he will be put in handcuffs, at which point Vick starts cursing out the cop.

"F--king try it. Are you threatening me? You're threatening me," Vick responds, prompting the officer to request backup on his radio.


"He is having a breakdown," says the officer, at which point Vick screams, "She! She! Just say the right pronoun!"

The officer gets out his pepper spray and orders Vick to calm down, pepper-spraying him when he doesn't calm down.

...

"Get away! F--k you! F--k you, cop!" Vick screams, at which point the exasperated university worker starts walking away.

Later, Vick is seen screaming "She!" and stomping his foot as he yells at the cop for "misgendering" him, and asks the university employee to "please just tell them to use the right pronouns" because it is causing him "a lot of distress."

Vick was eventually taken into custody in handcuffs, but not before being tased by another officer after reportedly trying to kick and swing at the cops, according to the video.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:49 PM




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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:50 PM (2YhKe)

2 st!?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 03:50 PM (3Ope8)

3 It's hard out there for a pimp.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 03:50 PM (2ocoG)

4 >

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 03:51 PM (3Ope8)

5 What? no way. They can't be......Leftists retards are NEVER committing any crimes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:51 PM (2YhKe)

6 Good. Rapists should be deported.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 03:51 PM (N1tpc)

7 All blue-haired trannies should be pepper sprayed.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 03:52 PM (2ocoG)

8 How to pimp-out your girlfriends and then dress like them.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:53 PM (Fi81e)

9 Sounds like the UK is overcharging.

The Tates might be scum but I doubt they're criminal.

Their real crime is talking to men in the UK about not being pathetic British cucks.

that and pimping camgirls.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 03:53 PM (xcxpd)

10 Would this be the same UK that ignores systematic gang rape by muslims?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 03:53 PM (viF8m)

11 So honestly, I feel if Trump's DOJ held up the extradition that it isn't just trying to cancel someone for not being woke.

The Tates always seemed skeezy, but I guess they'll get their day in court.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:53 PM (sKqQm)

12 "You think I don't wipe my phone every night."


Just spitballing here but innocent people do not "wipe" their phone every night.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2026 03:53 PM (0N4FZ)

13 The screaming Blue Meanie has a human name?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 03:53 PM (to8tq)

14 Not defending the Tates, b/c I don't know, but the UK isn't exactly a bastion of justice and morals these days. On those grounds, I'd tell them to piss off. Deal with your own rapists and child traffickers first. Then we'll talk.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 20, 2026 03:53 PM (QaH55)

15 I find it quite ironic that the UK wants to extradite 2 psycho f*cks from the US for rape and child endangerment/molestation when they turn a blind eye and 'nothing to see here' with all the muslham rape gangs roaming the streets in every big city.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:54 PM (2YhKe)

16 Many on the left will defend the obvious dude pretending to be a woman because screeching, violent tantrums are the correct response to being offended.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 03:54 PM (N1tpc)

17 I vaguely recall their were charges in...Romania? Against the Tates that ended up being dropped which sounds a lot like these charges.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:54 PM (sKqQm)

18 I guess you can't just shrug it off and laugh anymore because these freaks will respond in a way that is tempting to deal with in a fairly physical manner. Seriously, that blue haired freak needed a hickory shampoo in the worst way and if he knew he would get it he wouldn't be acting like that.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 03:54 PM (3Ope8)

19 "Are you threatening me? You're threatening me"

lol, kind of a woke Cornholio!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 03:55 PM (VyBeY)

20 I think the Tate’s were hanging out in Romania or something when it got too hot there.

Posted by: Accomack at July 20, 2026 03:55 PM (KQ27X)

21 I dont really follow this stuff wither, but I do think 99% of this is feminist screeching and maybe 1% of this is about actual criminal activity.

Lets just be honest and say everyone involved in OnlyFans is basically facilitating an online brothel. Where are the arrest warrants and extraditions for these people?

Posted by: Leupold at July 20, 2026 03:55 PM (eIzlH)

22 and congrats to Sponge

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 03:55 PM (xcxpd)

23 Camgirls?

Phew, not cat-girls.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 03:55 PM (to8tq)

24 Wait, the UK is against rape now. huh?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 03:55 PM (n5tGW)

25 I agree with your reasoning: I want to be thoughtful about I support. Don't want to be ridiculous like Warren endorsing Nazi's and terrorist sympathizers...

Posted by: Iris at July 20, 2026 03:56 PM (286+n)

26 13 The screaming Blue Meanie has a human name?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 03:53 PM (to8tq)

No. He is an animal and has forgotten the face of his father.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 03:56 PM (xcxpd)

27 "You think I don't wipe my phone every night."


Just spitballing here but innocent people do not "wipe" their phone every night.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2026 03:53 PM (0N4FZ)

At some point that will not be true, but you're correct today.

(Or if you live in China, but wiping won't matter because they've already collected your data the moment you use it.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 03:56 PM (N1tpc)

28 I know nothing about the Tate's except the left and the UK government really really are after them.Muslim child diddlers not so much ofc.

Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2026 03:56 PM (YwEeS)

29 >>>"Are you threatening me? You're threatening me"

lol, kind of a woke Cornholio

lol, yes

Posted by: ace at July 20, 2026 03:56 PM (1wjle)

30 My uninformed take on the Tates is that they were provided A positive view of masculinity in an era where any view was seen as toxic. This view leaned into every toxic attribute because there's a trollish nature to the whole affair.

This invited a lot of hyperbole for what I thought was little more than a sideshow on the internet.

I then retreated to the forests where I read Marcus Aurelius, the only true pastime of a man.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:56 PM (UTxF6)

31 That is one ugly broad.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 20, 2026 03:56 PM (Swh6w)

32 It's funny in the video where the cop finally says "fine, she" or whatever and it stops and politely says "Thank you" then continues to fight being arrested.


Tox. Screen.

Make it public. It's a public health issue and EVERYONE should know what role Big Pharma played in destroying that person's brain to that point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (2YhKe)

33 I find it quite ironic that the UK wants to extradite 2 psycho f*cks from the US for rape and child endangerment/molestation when they turn a blind eye and 'nothing to see here' with all the muslham rape gangs roaming the streets in every big city.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:54 PM (2YhKe)

DUH. They're white.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (N1tpc)

34 Andrew Tate did an interview with Piers Morgan and beat the snot out of the Brit.

Morgan is more reasonable then some Brits I guess but he came in like Cathy Newman interviewing Jordan Peterson...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (sKqQm)

35 Jarrett Vick went on a rampage after an officer said "he is having a breakdown" before screaming "She! It's she!" in response.
......

Shouldn't have lied to the police.

Posted by: wth at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (UjdFS)

36 "The Tates always seemed skeezy"

skeezy as all hell. zero sympathy.

*taps meter glass*

yup, zero

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (VyBeY)

37 Its nice that the UK finally found a foreigner that they're willing to convict for rape.

Posted by: Defenestratus at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (WYStd)

38 and congrats to Sponge
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 03:55 PM (xcxpd)


*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (2YhKe)

39 I have only ever seen Tate in clips on other streams.

He was 'you sound vaccinated' wasn't he? That was a good line.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 03:58 PM (zZu0s)

40 Beat these psychos down, no quarter.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 03:58 PM (sYM3s)

41 Andrew and Tristan Tate are scumbags and pimps.

But the UK government decides to go whole hog after them, including extradition, while it turned a blind eye for decades to thousands of British girls being forcibly gang-raped by Pakistanis? While it still gives shockingly lenient sentences to rapes -- even child rapes -- by Muslims and other invaders?

Eh ... I smell a rat. Fuck the UK.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:58 PM (iFTx/)

42 Yeah the Tate brothers are shit people.


Cool, United Kingdom, now that we're prosecuting sex crimes to the point that you're willing to ask the US to extradite them to face prosecution, that you're going to get cracking on those Muslim grooming gangs, eh?



LMFAO

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 03:58 PM (oqH4h)

43 LEAVE ME ALONE!!! -- Guy who began the encounter by shrieking at a cop.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:58 PM (Fi81e)

44 Were there no brown men in the UK they could've arrested before branching out the law to this side of the pond? Long ass arm, yo.

Posted by: nckate at July 20, 2026 03:58 PM (enNUy)

45 Dean Wormer, "son, being a disheveled freak with stringy blue hair and red crocs is no way to go through life."

Blue Meanie, "Misgender!!! Eeekkk!! Ooookkk!!!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (to8tq)

46 SHE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Tasmanian Purple Haired She at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (/FSYM)

47 43 LEAVE ME ALONE!!! -- Guy who began the encounter by shrieking at a cop.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:58 PM (Fi81e)

======

"Sir, this is a Wendy's."

"SIR?!?!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (UTxF6)

48 My uninformed take on the Tates is that they were provided A positive view of masculinity in an era where any view was seen as toxic. This view leaned into every toxic attribute because there's a trollish nature to the whole affair.

The Tates took the existing man-o-sphere stuff and cranked it to 11. Which the FNM loved because now they had just the people they wanted to be the face of the man-o-sphere

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (sKqQm)

49 Its nice that the UK finally found a foreigner that they're willing to convict for rape.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (WYStd)

This. Wanna bet they get a stiffer sentence than the ringleader of the Rotterham rape gangs?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (zZu0s)

50 I'm right where you are Ace.

I've heard of them, heard about what they do, and never gave it much more thought than that.

Now I'm 100% sure I don't like either of the Tate brothers just based on the outfit Andrew is wearing in the arrest video.

Whoever thought men would look good in tight, calf-length, pants should be sent back to 1750 where they came from and then shot.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (6ydKt)

51 (Or if you live in China, but wiping won't matter because they've already collected your data the moment you use it.)
_-_
Pretty sure it's the same case here.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (JWDez)

52 DUH. They're white.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (N1tpc)


F*ck. My bad......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (2YhKe)

53 23, yeah, I had to read that twice, too

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (VyBeY)

54 >>>"F--king try it. Are you threatening me? You're threatening me," Vick responds, prompting the officer to request backup on his radio.

Escalating is not a tactic that's works very well against cops. Their trained response will be to escalate even more. They will be the ones with the most willingness to use force.

Dumb fuck.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (syz1S)

55 She.

Posted by: The Knights Who Say She at July 20, 2026 04:00 PM (/FSYM)

56 I then retreated to the forests where I read Marcus Aurelius, the only true pastime of a man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:56 PM (UTxF6)

No Seneca?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 04:00 PM (N1tpc)

57 56 I then retreated to the forests where I read Marcus Aurelius, the only true pastime of a man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:56 PM (UTxF6)

No Seneca?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 04:00 PM (N1tpc)

======

Seneca was a pimp.

He could never outfight Santino.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:00 PM (UTxF6)

58 Camgirls?

Phew, not cat-girls.

Pretty sure there are cat girl cam girls.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:01 PM (sKqQm)

59 So the difference between the Tates and the Muzzies in the UK? Is it only skin tone or hair

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 04:01 PM (NnhvP)

60 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 03:54 PM (3Ope

Must have been male cops. Female cops would have *had* to shoot him when he got aggressive.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 04:01 PM (lFFaq)

61 Whoever thought men would look good in tight, calf-length, pants should be sent back to 1750 where they came from and then shot.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (6ydKt)

Calf length pants are gay. *bangs gavel*

All those in favor?


Wait, aren't those Capri pants?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 04:01 PM (zZu0s)

62 LEAVE ME ALONE!!! -- Guy who began the encounter by shrieking at a cop.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:58 PM (Fi81e)


This is what you get when you let BLaMtifa destroy your cities for years on end.

They all think it's OK to yell and scream and obstruct police anytime they want.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 04:01 PM (2YhKe)

63 My uninformed take on the Tates is that they were provided A positive view of masculinity in an era where any view was seen as toxic. This view leaned into every toxic attribute because there's a trollish nature to the whole affair.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:56 PM (UTxF6)
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Which would have been more impressive had it not been preceded by How to be a Playa and Pimp Out Girls After You've Used Them.

I don't even know how much the other Tate was involved in that.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:01 PM (Fi81e)

64 Dude? in purple is so flaming gay my screen's on fire.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 04:02 PM (jehhT)

65 59 So the difference between the Tates and the Muzzies in the UK? Is it only skin tone or hair

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 04:01 PM (NnhvP)

======

The difference is that the Muslims have captured local police forces with fellow travelers who help the Muslim rape gangs.

Do the Tates have police officers as cousins? I think not!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:02 PM (UTxF6)

66 TJM beat me to it! Horde Mind!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 04:02 PM (VyBeY)

67 > How to pimp-out your girlfriends and then dress like them.

It's weird out there. Guys are supposed to wing it when it comes to dressing. If you dress men did during a particular era, you're a hipster douche. If you pay attention to fashion advice from places like Reddit or men's magazines, you will look gay. If you just throw on whatever feels comfortable, you'll look like an unemployed slob.

Many guys just revert to wearing whatever everyone else was wearing when they were in high school. Or if they're in sales or something social, they might just dress like everyone else in their industry does.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 04:02 PM (mkw2N)

68 Wait, aren't those Capri pants?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 04:01 PM (zZu0s)
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For men!

Just like the European Carryall.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:02 PM (Fi81e)

69 Camgirls?

Phew, not cat-girls.

Pretty sure there are cat girl cam girls.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:01 PM (sKqQm)

This.

So I've heard.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 04:03 PM (zZu0s)

70 The Tates aren't going to burn down a city or riot.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 04:03 PM (abScH)

71 Was it one of the Tates who said that sex with a woman was gay?

Some super macho dude personality said that in the last couple of years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:03 PM (UTxF6)

72 I thought the Tates were, checks notes, black, mixed.

Posted by: nckate at July 20, 2026 04:03 PM (enNUy)

73 You don't think there's people that would use reflexive distrust of the Left to con the Right into paying attention to them, do you?

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 04:03 PM (oZ51P)

74 I'm inadvertently misgendering morons on the daily.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 04:03 PM (RIvkX)

75 The terrible price one pays for not being Pakistani in the UK...tsk tsk

Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 04:04 PM (w1Bba)

76 Seneca was a pimp.

He could never outfight Santino.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:00 PM (UTxF6)

....seems appropriate for this thread.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 04:04 PM (N1tpc)

77 So is Jarret Vick going for the four-year old toddler with blue/black-haired sheepdog vibes?

Stomping his feet was a nice touch.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:04 PM (6ydKt)

78 Regarding the healthy reflex to not jump aboard outrage mobs, Ben Shapiro is doing a lot of bellowing recently about people who need to be canceled. He may be right in some cases. He certainly is regarding Tucker. Unfortunately Ben lost all moral authority when he joined his left wing MSM friends in the outrage mob that vilified Nick Sandmann and the Covington kids.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at July 20, 2026 04:05 PM (pjbF6)

79 Andrew Tate dresses funny.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 04:05 PM (Gqar8)

80 I would have gladly given that screaming piece of shit two broken knees caps.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 04:05 PM (abScH)

81 Dude? in purple is so flaming gay my screen's on fire.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 04:02 PM (jehhT)
====

Guilty of a crime against good taste.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 04:06 PM (RIvkX)

82 Ryan Long had a good take on the FNM and the man-o-sphere:

So yeah we've got a problem with all these young men listening to this terrible people on line. I mean they are telling young men to get rich, get fit and then girls will flock to them.

We've tried telling them to dress like women, get fat, and stop being toxic and its like they don't even listen!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:06 PM (sKqQm)

83 Escalating is not a tactic that's works very well against cops. Their trained response will be to escalate even more. They will be the ones with the most willingness to use force.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 20, 2026 03:59 PM (syz1S)
---
Have a buddy who is a retired cop. Their life is on the line if they aren't in control of the situation.

He told me that after a couple of months, he realized he could stop watching everybody's hands, because that's what you do as a cop.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:06 PM (Fi81e)

84 Regarding the healthy reflex to not jump aboard outrage mobs, Ben Shapiro is doing a lot of bellowing recently about people who need to be canceled. He may be right in some cases. He certainly is regarding Tucker. Unfortunately Ben lost all moral authority when he joined his left wing MSM friends in the outrage mob that vilified Nick Sandmann and the Covington kids.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at July 20, 2026 04:05 PM (pjbF6)


I was on the Ben Shaprio bandwagon for about a week, then got sick of his sniveling voice.

Did you know his wife is a doctor?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 04:06 PM (2YhKe)

85 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:02 PM (UTxF6)

That's something a lot of people in the US don't realize, although we should since a lot of our police are also minorities.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 04:06 PM (lFFaq)

86 Andrew Tate is multiracial and of mixed heritage. His father, Emory Tate, was African American, and his mother, Eileen Tate, is White English. He holds dual U.S. and British citizenship

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:06 PM (sKqQm)

87 "Bodycam shows UCF student repeatedly screaming"

Yes, these freaks are batshit.

But also yes, I think there's a heavy element of performance art here. People like this guy are hoping they'll be recorded freaking out like lunatics and it will go viral. That will increase their status in their putrid world of perversion and shit-eating.

These aren't police interactions with normal people who hope they aren't charged and nobody ever sees the bodycam video. These lunatics want to provoke the cops, want to get arrested, and want to be seen as deranged lunatics. It's the currency in their culture.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)

88 I still don't know much about them, apart from them being weaned on cock.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (3Qh2+)

89 I still don't know much about them, apart from them being weaned on cock.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (3Qh2+)

Pretty much.

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (GD0B3)

90 71 Was it one of the Tates who said that sex with a woman was gay?

Some super macho dude personality said that in the last couple of years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:03 PM (UTxF6)

David Hogg?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (zZu0s)

91 Mental illness is “contagious” to some significant degree.

Weaponized with malice aforethought, is what it looks like from out here in the cheap seats

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (Xz2QX)

92 > Ben Shapiro is doing a lot of bellowing recently about people who need to be canceled.

He's always had that instinct. Shapiro especially loves to try to dictate what the right is allowed to say or believe.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (mkw2N)

93 41 Andrew and Tristan Tate are scumbags and pimps.

But the UK government decides to go whole hog after them, including extradition, while it turned a blind eye for decades to thousands of British girls being forcibly gang-raped by Pakistanis? While it still gives shockingly lenient sentences to rapes -- even child rapes -- by Muslims and other invaders?

Eh ... I smell a rat. Fuck the UK.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

From what I remember, they made themselves unwelcome in Romania too. Sometimes criminal assholes are just criminal assholes and better off rotting in some prison cell.

"Romania
On 11 April 2022 the US embassy received a report that an American citizen was being held against her will in a property the brothers own in Pipera, Romania. Romanian police raided the home and a nearby webcam studio belonging to the Tates, where they discovered four women. Two of them, the American and another Romanian woman, told the police they were being held against their will, sparking an in-rem[a] investigation into human trafficking and rape by the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT)". Also investigations in US and UK.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (E4rtv)

94 I want Tucker to keep talking. He convinces more people every time that he is a nut.

Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2026 04:08 PM (YwEeS)

95 - Want something that is worth your time and mental exertion?

On utube - Promethean Action Why Trump escalated the Iran war

That should get you there and easier for you to search it than for me to tiny url...

Posted by: TeeJ at July 20, 2026 04:08 PM (dAv7M)

96 I was at a BSA summer camp this past week, and there were all manners of he-shes, chicks with ducks, trannies, and dudes in a dress.*

Funniest one was a no-shit ringer for the angry crying rainbow leftist wojak meme persyn put opposite the blond Viking dude.

* Yeah, that is an advertisement for not going to BSA camps near blue shitholes. And there was a LDS group that showed up day we were leaving.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 04:08 PM (dK+Kv)

97 The cop should've told Jarrett Vick to calm down. That always works with chicks!

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 20, 2026 04:08 PM (YSQQv)

98 Was it one of the Tates who said that sex with a woman was gay?


I thought that was Nick Fuentes

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:08 PM (sKqQm)

99 Wait, aren't those Capri pants?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 04:01 PM (zZu0s)

I think that's what women call them, but I didn't want to seem gay by calling them capri pants.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:08 PM (6ydKt)

100 I'm inadvertently misgendering morons on the daily.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 04:03 PM (RIvkX)

When I had long hair before, someone "misgendered" me.

(They were embarrassed when my bearded self turned around.)

I laughed. I can to that because I'm not lying to myself about who I am and need others to support my delusion or it falls apart.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 04:09 PM (N1tpc)

101 Blue Meanie is nutz.

Even after the cop fired off his Taser in the freak's face, he kept resisting so he did get Tased.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 04:09 PM (to8tq)

102 He's always had that instinct. Shapiro especially loves to try to dictate what the right is allowed to say or believe.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (mkw2N)

He was a major NTer in 2016.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 04:09 PM (zZu0s)

103 I think that's what women call them, but I didn't want to seem gay by calling them capri pants.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:08 PM (6ydKt)
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I don't think you could be gay for calling them capri pants.

Just wearing them.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:09 PM (Fi81e)

104 I was just trying to sell my book, honest!

Posted by: Velvet Jones at July 20, 2026 04:09 PM (O7YUW)

105 I would expect the alpha level hypermasculinity bursting from my comments like so many molotov cocktails would keep anyone here from mistaking me for a woman.

❤️

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 04:10 PM (oZ51P)

106 Shapiro is an asshole and honestly I wouldn't trust him as far as he could throw me (which wouldn't be far with those noodle arms)

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:10 PM (sKqQm)

107 Weird detail about Andrew Tate is that his father, Emory Tate, was one of the very few (if not only) black professional chess players in the United States. He wasn't world-class strong, but he was strong enough to nearly make a living out of winning chess tournaments. Highly unusual.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2026 04:10 PM (Av6i5)

108 The charges are very serious, there are dozens of women/girls involved, the US authorities in Florida thought it's time, the bros are sitting in a Federal Prison and a Judge will decide if they are extraditable. We have enough of our own "influencer" scum , we don't need UK influencer scum, thank you very much.

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:10 PM (GD0B3)

109 The slightly longer version of the blue fruit clip has a great bumper by a cop at the end:
"He definitely can't be in gen pop. They will destroy him."

Posted by: purely an academic question at July 20, 2026 04:10 PM (F/35S)

110 101 Blue Meanie is nutz.

Blue Meanie has nutz too.

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 20, 2026 04:10 PM (OkYzo)

111 Mental illness is “contagious” to some significant degree.

Weaponized with malice aforethought, is what it looks like from out here in the cheap seats
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (Xz2QX)

I don't know if I'd call it contagious, but allowing mentally ill people to connect feeds the mental illness.

I would bet that a lot of our mentally ill would be better adjusted if they were cut off from online "supporters" who encourage their mental illness.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 04:10 PM (N1tpc)

112 That video is perfect to show the mental illness of the fake gender people.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 04:10 PM (n5tGW)

113 The blue hair boy is obviously insane, yet roams free because society can't bring itself to institutionalize these freaks. We'd be safer if things like that were locked up.

Sad.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 04:11 PM (jehhT)

114 A lot of trash rode in on a "manosphere" bandwagon.

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:11 PM (GD0B3)

115 I would bet that a lot of our mentally ill would be better adjusted if they were cut off from online "supporters" who encourage their mental illness.

I've had left leaning acquittances go off the grid for a while and they are different people when removed from reddit for a while.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:11 PM (sKqQm)

116 I was on the Ben Shaprio bandwagon for about a week, then got sick of his sniveling voice.

Did you know his wife is a doctor?
Posted by: Sponge
========
I remember the guy from Worldnet columns. Another one of the sad clowns in american media.

But that does not mean he is always wrong but that one should be skeptical of any claims by him. Which is pretty much true of all the Conservative Media TM. The left unfortunately has no monopoly on grifters looking for a buck. Wish they did.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 04:11 PM (E4rtv)

117 113 The blue hair boy is obviously insane, yet roams free because society can't bring itself to institutionalize these freaks. We'd be safer if things like that were locked up.

Sad.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 04:11 PM (jehhT)

======

He would be a computer nerd obsessed with Warhammer if he hadn't clicked the wrong Reddit/Tumblr link.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (UTxF6)

118 Was it one of the Tates who said that sex with a woman was gay?

Some super macho dude personality said that in the last couple of years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:03 PM (UTxF6)

David Hogg?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 04:07 PM (zZu0s)
_________

Andrew Tate, but it wasn't quite what it seemed. He said sex can be gay unless there's some chance of a life (a baby) to result. He said sex solely for pleasure was not masculine.

He seems clearly to being provocative for the sake of generating clicks and interest. That may be the brother's entire bag. I'm not sure how much they claim is real and how much is just performance art to make money.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (iFTx/)

119 The way I look at it, if you are 30 years old, and you cannot figure out what it takes to be a man...you might be consuming to much estrogen...

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (GD0B3)

120 Pop a cap.in them and be done

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (Ia/+0)

121 *too much

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (GD0B3)

122 Andrew Tate is multiracial and of mixed heritage. His father, Emory Tate, was African American, and his mother, Eileen Tate, is White English. He holds dual U.S. and British citizenship
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:06 PM (sKqQm)

They're black!??! Why is the UK being so racist!?!?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (N1tpc)

123 107 Weird detail about Andrew Tate is that his father, Emory Tate, was one of the very few (if not only) black professional chess players in the United States. He wasn't world-class strong, but he was strong enough to nearly make a living out of winning chess tournaments. Highly unusual.

Well....was he American Black or 'sold my cousins to the British' Black? Cuz one type is definitely smarter. Not by a lot, but smarter.

Posted by: purely an academic question at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (F/35S)

124 118 I'm not sure how much they claim is real and how much is just performance art to make money.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (iFTx/)

=======

"I don't know where I end and the performance begins anymore!"
-Andrew Tate, The Musical

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (UTxF6)

125 BTW the core things attributed to the manosphere as discoveries are comically things EVERYONE knew 40 years ago.

Women are more interested in a guy if he looks fit, has money, and charisma? Who knew they didn't want crying male feminists in skirts...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:13 PM (sKqQm)

126 keep anyone here from mistaking me for a woman
_-_
Me: Would have to make a spreadsheet to keep that straight here.
Horde: Fed! Fed! Fed!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 20, 2026 04:13 PM (JWDez)

127 Capri pants are also called clam diggers. Ironic for Tate, I guess.

Posted by: nckate at July 20, 2026 04:13 PM (enNUy)

128 Didn't the Tates convert to Islam at some point?

If so maybe the Brits want to give him a medal or something

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:13 PM (sKqQm)

129 The cop should've told Jarrett Vick to calm down. That always works with chicks!

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 20, 2026 04:08 PM (YSQQv)

>>>The officer gets out his pepper spray and orders Vick to calm down, pepper-spraying him when he doesn't calm down.

It's like you people don't even read the content.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 04:14 PM (dK+Kv)

130 Didn't the Tates convert to Islam at some point?

If so maybe the Brits want to give him a medal or something


==

Oh, yeah, that scam too. Net positive for him - more clocks, and ....8 year old brides !

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:15 PM (GD0B3)

131 "Flashback to Tucker Carlson GIDDY like a schoolgirl meeting Andrew Tate immediately after Tate was indicted for human trafficking and rape."

Tucker seems to gravitate towards the creeps and the weirdos.
He's become who he idolizes.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 04:15 PM (NpAcC)

132 Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (iFTx/)

As pimps, doesn't that mean they're calling their entire clientele gay?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 04:15 PM (lFFaq)

133 lol, clicks not clocks !

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:15 PM (GD0B3)

134 Here's a terrible and heartening story from Not the Bee:

https://tinyurl.com/y8m3yhn4

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 04:15 PM (n5tGW)

135 Clam diggers?

Do oyster farmers wear them?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 04:15 PM (to8tq)

136 Public Declaration: In late 2022, Tate shared on social platforms like Gettr and YouTube that he had officially embraced Islam, often praising the religion for having strict, uncompromising values.

Islamic Endorsements: Following his conversion, several prominent Muslim figures and influencers publicly welcomed him into the faith and supported his journey.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:16 PM (sKqQm)

137 I don't think you could be gay for calling them capri pants.

Just wearing them.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:09 PM (Fi81e)


Well, you know how it is, when a man starts knowing a little too much about fashion people start getting ideas.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:16 PM (6ydKt)

138 115 I would bet that a lot of our mentally ill would be better adjusted if they were cut off from online "supporters" who encourage their mental illness.

I've had left leaning acquittances go off the grid for a while and they are different people when removed from reddit for a while.

I am of a mind that the vast majority or the gender freaks are pushed over the edge by online trolls doin' it for the Lolz. Psychological Pranksters.

Posted by: purely an academic question at July 20, 2026 04:16 PM (F/35S)

139 115 I would bet that a lot of our mentally ill would be better adjusted if they were cut off from online "supporters" who encourage their mental illness.

I've had left leaning acquittances go off the grid for a while and they are different people when removed from reddit for a while.
Posted by: 18-1
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Most people would because they are terrified about being outside the herd. Built in that way because to be ostracized used to come with a near certainty of death while even now, it causes a lot of people distress to be ostracized and isolated (look at Covid for example).

And the media/society/social media/etc are all intensely manipulative with the apex sociopaths and psychopaths running those operations to the detriment of all of us.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 04:16 PM (E4rtv)

140 "The officer gets out his pepper spray and orders Vick to calm down, pepper-spraying him when he doesn't calm down."
- - - - - - - - - -
To be fair, does ANYONE ever calm down when you ask them to calm down?

On the other hand, would telling this blue-haired thing to "calm your tits!" actually work?

Posted by: Another Anon at July 20, 2026 04:16 PM (4h45B)

141 Oh Tranny Boy, we're going to Baker Act you now
You're going to be on a 3-day psych hold
When you give signs of florid mental illness
Like screaming senselessly and hair that looks like mold

Posted by: I feel for the UCF employee trying to talk him down at July 20, 2026 04:17 PM (TbWk/)

142 I don't know if I'd call it contagious
——

OK, then to what do you attribute the massive explosion of mental cases in the last several years?

It is absolutely contagious, humans are herd animals, subject to peer pressure and fads. Especially young people. The kiddie fuckers are reading bedtime stories to toddlers for a reason.

Notice they aren’t trying that shit at old folks home VA center?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 04:17 PM (Xz2QX)

143 > And there was a LDS group that showed up day we were leaving.

I'm curious how many LDS boy scout troops there are now. The church parted ways with BSA a while ago. You can join a troop, but they don't meet at the church building weekly like they used to. Active members get called to fill certain roles, and troop leader used to be a possible calling. That's no longer the case.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 04:17 PM (mkw2N)

144 136 Public Declaration: In late 2022, Tate shared on social platforms like Gettr and YouTube that he had officially embraced Islam, often praising the religion for having strict, uncompromising values.

Islamic Endorsements: Following his conversion, several prominent Muslim figures and influencers publicly welcomed him into the faith and supported his journey.
Posted by: 18-1
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Be amusing if someone put out that the Tates had renounced Islam before they go inside prison.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 04:17 PM (E4rtv)

145 Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:12 PM (iFTx/)

As pimps, doesn't that mean they're calling their entire clientele gay?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 04:15 PM (lFFaq)
____________

I don't think you want to see their clientele's browser history. They might indeed be gay ....

I've always strongly suspected that a lot of this hyper-masculine "manosphere" nonsense was aimed at gay men.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:18 PM (iFTx/)

146
One would hope that that vid of a gender-confused person going off the rails would demonstrate to more people that this is more than an "identity" problem.

They have a reality problem.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:19 PM (Fi81e)

147
My 6yo's favorite TV show at the moment is Walker, Texas Ranger. She demands it every day at bedtime.

Now, I won't pretend to know much about the Tate Brothers, because I know very little about them beyond their Romanian imbroglio of late.

But - at first blush - they look like a couple of guys Walker and Trivette would dropkick into a reservoir.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 04:19 PM (BI5O2)

148 The blue hair boy is obviously insane, yet roams free because society can't bring itself to institutionalize these freaks. We'd be safer if things like that were locked up.

Sad.
Posted by: Martini Farmer


Lasting damage of the Gipper years.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 04:19 PM (NnhvP)

149 And there was a LDS group that showed up day we were leaving.

I'm curious how many LDS boy scout troops there are now. The church parted ways with BSA a while ago. You can join a troop, but they don't meet at the church building weekly like they used to. Active members get called to fill certain roles, and troop leader used to be a possible calling. That's no longer the case.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 04:17 PM (mkw2N)

They did part ways, likely over acceptance/celebration of such deviance. The person relating the info did not say BSA group. He said LDS group. I only caught a glimpse. Looked like a parallel org, just not BSA. I can imagine their shock.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 04:20 PM (dK+Kv)

150 I assume those guys are white. Otherwise, the UK cops wouldn't care.

Posted by: Nemo at July 20, 2026 04:20 PM (4RPgu)

151 In ye old days young men and women had relatives they could rely on to help them understand the opposite sex.

Now they have media which lies to them instead.

Seriously go read what passes for dating advice on places like reddit and it is no wonder there are so many young people that can't find romantic partners and can't understand the opposite sex.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)

152 And now Trump is honoring a UK request for extradition on rape/child exploitation charges.

I guess rape/child exploitation is a real crime in the UK when it's crackers.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 04:21 PM (K3f7J)

153 Whoever thought men would look good in tight, calf-length, pants should be sent back to 1750 where they came from and then shot.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Buckling your knickerbockers below the knee!
A tell-tale sign of corruption!

Posted by: Harold Hill at July 20, 2026 04:21 PM (vJrRc)

154

So, did that nutjob get charged for car theft?

Or did IT use the trans thing to weasel out.

Ah, 27 years old. How charming.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 20, 2026 04:21 PM (et1vG)

155 " Seth Dillon retweeted
Gadget
@Gadget440
Jul 19
🚨 For anyone who thinks Andrew Tate's new child pornography related charges are a "matrix attack":

Here is a BDSM video of Andrew (censored) hitting a girl wearing lingerie with a belt who was 14 or 15 years old, according to when Andrew himself said it was filmed.

Tate is charged in Romania with trafficking this girl as a minor into webcam pornography.

It is expected that the new UK charges involve this girl.."

and there is a disturbing video that I am not posting

so , yeah, we have enough celebrity scum already, get them out

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:21 PM (GD0B3)

156
Tate, during his worst period, was chastizing guys who would prefer a mid-level female to "the hottest" fully transitioned "woman".

Insisting that a totally hot former man should be the preference over a mid girl.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:22 PM (Fi81e)

157 BTW the core things attributed to the manosphere as discoveries are comically things EVERYONE knew 40 years ago.

Women are more interested in a guy if he looks fit, has money, and charisma? Who knew they didn't want crying male feminists in skirts...

I'm not dialed in to the manosphere, but I don't think they treat that information like a revelation. They preach it because so many single guys simply don't put in the work to get fit, earn money, and grow a masculine, interesting personality.

It's like Christians telling each other they need to focus on praying, reading the scriptures, repenting, focusing on Christ, etc. None of that's new, it's just something you need to hear and work on.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 04:22 PM (mkw2N)

158 Be amusing if someone put out that the Tates had renounced Islam before they go inside prison.
Posted by: whig

This assumes UK has any Mussies in prison

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 04:22 PM (NnhvP)

159 Tristan and Isolde >>> Tristan and Andrew

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:22 PM (iFTx/)

160 159 Tristan and Isolde >>> Tristan and Andrew

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:22 PM (iFTx/)

=======

Underappreciated film, for sure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:23 PM (UTxF6)

161 153 Whoever thought men would look good in tight, calf-length, pants should be sent back to 1750 where they came from and then shot.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Buckling your knickerbockers below the knee!
A tell-tale sign of corruption!
Posted by: Harold Hill at July 20, 2026 04:21 PM (vJrRc)

I'm gonna cover up my tell-tale breath with Sen-Sen!

Posted by: So's your old man! at July 20, 2026 04:23 PM (TbWk/)

162
Tate, during his worst period, was chastizing guys who would prefer a mid-level female to "the hottest" fully transitioned "woman".

Insisting that a totally hot former man should be the preference over a mid girl.
Posted by: Axeman

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The dude hates women.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 04:23 PM (mmrXZ)

163 135 Clam diggers?

Do oyster farmers wear them?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 04:15 PM (to8tq)

Shrimp and oyster farmers wear rubber overalls with the rubber boots.


(now you know that Platner was also into latex)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:23 PM (6ydKt)

164 Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)

I've noticed that most of that "All men/women are awful" posts I see on Twitter are from southeast Asia or Brazil. They may just be engagement bait, but they could also reflect the *seriously* messed up dynamics in those regions.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 04:24 PM (lFFaq)

165 > The person relating the info did not say BSA group. He said LDS group. I only caught a glimpse. Looked like a parallel org, just not BSA. I can imagine their shock.

I see. I inferred LDS BSA group.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 04:24 PM (mkw2N)

166 I've always strongly suspected that a lot of this hyper-masculine "manosphere" nonsense was aimed at gay men.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:18 PM (iFTx/)

We are he-men!

Posted by: Jack Murphy, The Liminal Order at July 20, 2026 04:24 PM (wVcYX)

167
Buckling your knickerbockers below the knee!
A tell-tale sign of corruption!
Posted by: Harold Hill

Is there a nicotine stain on his index finger?
A dime novel hidden in the corn crib?

Are certain words creeping into his conversation?
Words like, like "swell"?
A-ha!
"And so's your old man"?
Well, if so, my friends, ya got trouble...

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 20, 2026 04:25 PM (rE7Gw)

168 Just getting here, so sorry if this has already been addressed, but I believe that the UK would never have brought charges if these two were Pakistani.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 20, 2026 04:26 PM (ZceAD)

169 The dude hates women.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 04:23 PM (mmrXZ)
__

Yep.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 04:26 PM (x7Vzy)

170 I see. I inferred LDS BSA group.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 04:24 PM (mkw2N)

It could have been. (Very similar garb, lacking similar troop numbers, patches.) I can't confirm.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 04:26 PM (dK+Kv)

171 156
Tate, during his worst period, was chastizing guys who would prefer a mid-level female to "the hottest" fully transitioned "woman".

Insisting that a totally hot former man should be the preference over a mid girl.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:22 PM (Fi81e)

The outfit he's wearing screams "Try-sexual".

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:26 PM (6ydKt)

172 BTW the core things attributed to the manosphere as discoveries are comically things EVERYONE knew 40 years ago.

Women are more interested in a guy if he looks fit, has money, and charisma? Who knew they didn't want crying male feminists in skirts...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:13 PM (sKqQm)
_______

I think MOS started out as a movement to bring back that understanding, to help improve men's lives at a time when they were getting shit on and blamed for everything.

"Hey you all, stop whining and blaming others for your problems, go get in shape, get a nice car, and start looking more desirable to girls!"

Then, like all movements, MOS got coopted by grifters and scammers.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:26 PM (iFTx/)

173 The dude hates women.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2026 04:23 PM (mmrXZ)

I think the guy is a skeez who throws bombs for clicks and likes.

He is one of those my gut screams 'manufactured'. not fake- curated.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 04:26 PM (zZu0s)

174 Tate, during his worst period, was chastizing guys who would prefer a mid-level female to "the hottest" fully transitioned "woman".

I don't care how big the fake boobs are on a tranny, if he's got XY chromosomes you are gay...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:26 PM (sKqQm)

175 Florida Dems: what is the address of the blue haired "lady". "She's" Congressional material

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 04:27 PM (sMkB+)

176 Once again, after distracted reading (making lunch), I get to the end of the content and find an empty comment section. I coulda been a contenda...

Posted by: SciVo at July 20, 2026 04:27 PM (Sy6m/)

177 Best way to piss off a tranny is to just ignore them. Look them in the eye, don't say anything and then just walk away. They usually snap.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 04:27 PM (sYM3s)

178 Posted by: Jack Murphy, The Liminal Order at July 20, 2026 04:24 PM (wVcYX)

Hahaha I almost forgot about him. The non plus ultra cuck faggot of the manosphere. That was pure hilarity. I can't believe he didn't end up drinking hemlock.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 04:28 PM (BI5O2)

179 "The officer gets out his pepper spray and orders Vick to calm down, pepper-spraying him when he doesn't calm down."

Just like a real woman!

Posted by: SciVo at July 20, 2026 04:28 PM (Sy6m/)

180 168 Just getting here, so sorry if this has already been addressed, but I believe that the UK would never have brought charges if these two were Pakistani.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 20, 2026 04:26 PM (ZceAD)

Naturally, it's their culture so they must be given a little leeway as they don't know any better.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:28 PM (6ydKt)

181 Tristan and Isolde >>> Tristan and Andrew

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:22 PM (iFTx/)

=======

Underappreciated film, for sure.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:23 PM (UTxF6)
______________

"Meh"

-- Wagner

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:28 PM (iFTx/)

182 181 "Meh"

-- Wagner

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 04:28 PM (iFTx/)

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Wagner was not a pimp and did outfight Santino.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:28 PM (UTxF6)

183 We are he-men!
Posted by: Jack Murphy, The Liminal Order at July 20, 2026 04:24 PM (wVcYX)

Oh god, Jack murphy. There was a thing where people trying to convince dudes that being a cuck was awesome.

How does that even work? Ill admit, there is a shitload of cuck porn out there so someone has to be consuming it, but..

It always seemed like bargaining behavior for a dude who's girl was cheating on him already.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 04:29 PM (zZu0s)

184 My experience is children who get abused have their lives are wrecked

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 04:29 PM (Ia/+0)

185 157 BTW the core things attributed to the manosphere as discoveries are comically things EVERYONE knew 40 years ago.

Women are more interested in a guy if he looks fit, has money, and charisma? Who knew they didn't want crying male feminists in skirts...

Eh, I'm not so sure about that. With dating apps and social media being what they are you have to meet a gigantic laundry list of demands as a man to get so much as a first date, if you're "lucky." If you aren't in the top 5% of men in terms of looks, height, and earnings within a fairly narrow age bracket, you are essentially disqualified. Sure women have always been hypergamous, but it was more contained based on reasonably attainable options, to a point. This has gone out the window as the internet has conditioned young women especially to believe they are entitled to the very best their imagination has to offer, regardless of how few of these men actually exist.

Posted by: Some things haven't changed, some things went nuts at July 20, 2026 04:29 PM (TbWk/)

186 A Greek urn.

Posted by: Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn at July 20, 2026 04:29 PM (wVcYX)

187 "In late 2022, Tate shared on social platforms like Gettr and YouTube that he had officially embraced Islam, often praising the religion for having strict, uncompromising values."

yeah, he probably loved the "Muslim right" to rape/murder the infidel.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 20, 2026 04:29 PM (vbXSk)

188 ust getting here, so sorry if this has already been addressed, but I believe that the UK would never have brought charges if these two were Pakistani.


===

that is a separate issue, does not make the Tate bros innocent

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 04:29 PM (GD0B3)

189 Best way to piss off a tranny is to just ignore them. Look them in the eye, don't say anything and then just walk away. They usually snap.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 04:27 PM (sYM3s)

I just didn't look at them at all, except at a distance, noticing that one, two, three, four of these things is not like the others.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 04:29 PM (dK+Kv)

190 177 Best way to piss off a tranny is to just ignore them. Look them in the eye, don't say anything and then just walk away. They usually snap.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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Best to carry if that is the case because they feel justified in violence up to killing someone for dead naming them.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 04:30 PM (E4rtv)

191 Is this the first time the UK has arrested a Moslem for sex crimes?

Why I believe it may be.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 20, 2026 04:30 PM (wBaIH)

192 With Tucker, the Tate guy in a T-shirt looks like he's wearing a bra.

and needs one.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 04:31 PM (jU8k8)

193 Wagner was not a pimp and did outfight Santino.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:28 PM (UTxF6)

Sollozzo also.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:31 PM (6ydKt)

194 183 We are he-men!
Posted by: Jack Murphy, The Liminal Order at July 20, 2026 04:24 PM (wVcYX)

Oh god, Jack murphy. There was a thing where people trying to convince dudes that being a cuck was awesome.

How does that even work? Ill admit, there is a shitload of cuck porn out there so someone has to be consuming it, but..

It always seemed like bargaining behavior for a dude who's girl was cheating on him already.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 04:29 PM (zZu0s)

Dude was also doing solo "bear" pron - so yeah, pretty gay coded as the kids might say these days.

Posted by: Total fucking weirdo at July 20, 2026 04:31 PM (TbWk/)

195 Foreign creepers. Out the fucking door you go.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 20, 2026 04:31 PM (AEkWp)

196 Eh, I'm not so sure about that. With dating apps and social media being what they are you have to meet a gigantic laundry list of demands as a man to get so much as a first date, if you're "lucky." If you aren't in the top 5% of men in terms of looks, height, and earnings within a fairly narrow age bracket, you are essentially disqualified. Sure women have always been hypergamous, but it was more contained based on reasonably attainable options, to a point. This has gone out the window as the internet has conditioned young women especially to believe they are entitled to the very best their imagination has to offer, regardless of how few of these men actually exist.
Posted by: Some things haven't changed, some things went nuts at July 20, 2026 04:29 PM (TbWk/)

Ye gods!

Posted by: Zaneeta Shinn at July 20, 2026 04:31 PM (wVcYX)

197 I hate opera except Wagner. I also got to see Tristan und Isolde performed at the festival Salzburg, once. It was good.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 04:32 PM (BI5O2)

198 Skip, abused children's lives don't have to be wrecked forever. But there is a lot of healing and support and love they need to move past the anger, and avoid self destructive behavior as a learned coping defense mechanism.

And they HAVE to have positive adults who back them 100% on that journey and are not adding to the toxicity. Which for many of them is rare. And then if they have kids the cycle repeats.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 04:32 PM (Eng1Z)

199 Shrimp and oyster farmers wear rubber overalls with the rubber boots.

White rubber boots. Referred to as Wanchese bedroom slippers in these parts.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 20, 2026 04:32 PM (QaH55)

200
I like Josh in the video. He exits the scene like "I tried."

He was being gentle and respectable, but Vick wanted to get into it again with the officer.

These people don't belong in public telling us what words to use.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:33 PM (Fi81e)

201 Cuck stuff is even weirder then being gay.

A gay guy isn't letting his wife get pregnant by another man to raise his kid...

Biologically it is insane.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 04:33 PM (sKqQm)

202 > Best way to piss off a tranny is to just ignore them. Look them in the eye, don't say anything and then just walk away. They usually snap.

Tell a pretend female tranny, "no" and the male will come out.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 04:33 PM (mkw2N)

203
Tristan and Isolde >>> Tristan and Andrew

"When the two reunite in Act Two, their euphoric singing leaves us in no doubt: they are quite out of their minds. Later in the same act, wileful bliss reveals its true face as perversion, spelt out in Wagner’s libretto. The music is gorgeous. The words are lovely, too. Charmed, we must really pay attention to note the sickness of erotic inebriation in which there is no trace of romance. Tristan and Isolde seek, not communion, but possession. Possession, they see, can only become final in death. They start to yearn for death. Renouncing the day, they opt for the night."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 04:33 PM (O0L8i)

204 I hate opera except Wagner. I also got to see Tristan und Isolde performed at the festival Salzburg, once. It was good.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 04:32 PM (BI5O2)
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Tristan the night away.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:34 PM (Fi81e)

205 This has gone out the window as the internet has conditioned young women especially to believe they are entitled to the very best their imagination has to offer, regardless of how few of these men actually exist.

Posted by: Some things haven't changed, some things went nuts at July 20, 2026 04:29 PM (TbWk/)

And at that point does a man even want a girl who's been around and has the scars to prove it?

Feminism has already made so many young, educated, females nuts. Scrolling for men has just reinforced everything they were taught in Women's Studies.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:34 PM (6ydKt)

206 and he began screaming abuse at the cops, and then screaming "YOU'RE HURTING ME"
---

They should have hurt him. Bet he never got a spanking at home or swats in school.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 04:34 PM (jU8k8)

207 Illegal Alien Convicted for Killing Ruby Garcia, SUES Trump for “Humiliating” Him by Highlighting His Crime in Campaign Ads — Demands $75.5 Million, Counseling, and U.S. Citizenship

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 04:35 PM (RHGPo)

208 A tranny walked out of the Men’s room on campus many years ago as I was walking in. I gave my most winning smile and a hearty “Lookin’ GOOD!!”

He put his face in his hands and started crying. My intent was to break the spell, so to speak. Mean?

Not as mean as encouraging this shit.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 04:35 PM (Xz2QX)

209 Shrimp and oyster farmers wear rubber overalls with the rubber boots.
----
On the beach. Among the landlubbers, they wear jack boots, and they carry an ax and some chloroform.

Posted by: Der Oysterführer at July 20, 2026 04:35 PM (BI5O2)

210 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 04:33 PM (O0L8i)

What is that from? I saw that quote recently.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 04:35 PM (lFFaq)

211 Is this the first time the UK has arrested a Moslem for sex crimes?

Why I believe it may be.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 20, 2026 04:30 PM (wBaIH)
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To be clear, Tate won't be an immigrant until after he's arrested.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:36 PM (Fi81e)

212
What is that from? I saw that quote recently.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 04:35 PM (lFFaq)

___________

Chastity by Erik Varden

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 04:37 PM (O0L8i)

213 Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves >>> Pimps and Professors

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2026 04:37 PM (fI52Y)

214 198 Skip, abused children's lives don't have to be wrecked forever. But there is a lot of healing and support and love they need to move past the anger, and avoid self destructive behavior as a learned coping defense mechanism.

And they HAVE to have positive adults who back them 100% on that journey and are not adding to the toxicity. Which for many of them is rare. And then if they have kids the cycle repeats.
Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 04:32 PM (Eng1Z)

And that can be such a crapshoot, as part of the abuse dynamic is preventing, restricting, and controlling the child's social interactions to ensure that the parent(s) carefully crafted facade of being such good people, exemplary parents and pillars of the community is never laid bare, and that the child remains firmly in the parent(s) control and feeling helpless no matter where they are. The combination of physical pain and psychological torture that cannot be escaped, and that nobody will believe anyway because mom and dad are such great god-fearing hardworking church folk, can fuck a kid's head forever.

Posted by: Trust me, I know at July 20, 2026 04:37 PM (TbWk/)

215 Illegal Alien Convicted for Killing Ruby Garcia, SUES Trump for “Humiliating” Him by Highlighting His Crime in Campaign Ads — Demands $75.5 Million, Counseling, and U.S. Citizenship

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 04:35 PM (RHGPo)
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I find for the plaintiff!!

Posted by: NY Judge at July 20, 2026 04:37 PM (Fi81e)

216 Got my masters at UCF in the early 90s. So long ago I barely remember. It's more like a real university now with protesters, transgenders and a football stadium.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at July 20, 2026 04:37 PM (+48wn)

217 Feminism has already made so many young, educated, females nuts.
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Not unrelated, the schools now uniformly treat boys as some sort of species of defective girls. Man hating whack jobs run these places. The tranny phenomenon is a product of this arrangement.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 04:38 PM (Xz2QX)

218 If you keep eyeballing that blue buffalo, son, he' going to get up and charge.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 04:38 PM (sYM3s)

219 First we get the background the we get the skinny.
Blue hair college student, there's still time to save others.
Clean that school of woke debris.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 04:38 PM (jU8k8)

220 Toxic women who lack self awareness claim they all want the men with the Sixes:

Six feet tall
Six figure income
Six pack
Six inches

I wish I had the video, but it was pointed out to a woman braying about wanting all this, that the number of actual men with all those things, who also make for an emotionally healthy and balanced, quality husband and father? Is like 1% of men.

What are YOU doing, lady, so be attractive and match the quality of that type of man? She didn't have an answer.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 04:39 PM (Eng1Z)

221 Dude was also doing solo "bear" pron - so yeah, pretty gay coded as the kids might say these days.
Posted by: Total fucking weirdo at July 20, 2026 04:31 PM (TbWk

Well, and a video where his "wife" stuck a dildo up his ass.

That's not coded, my brotha. That's being transmitted in the clear.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 04:39 PM (BI5O2)

222 Wagner was not a pimp and did outfight Santino.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 04:28 PM (UTxF6)
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I killed my wife!

Posted by: Robert Wagner at July 20, 2026 04:39 PM (Fi81e)

223 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 04:37 PM (O0L8i)

Were you the one that posted the excerpt? I could only have seen it here or on Twitter and here seems more likely.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 04:39 PM (lFFaq)

224 Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves >>> Pimps and Professors
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Looters, shooters, and Frankenstein cooters

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 04:39 PM (Xz2QX)

225 We're so proud of our daughter.
Son.
Whatever.

Posted by: Jarrett Preston Vick's parents at July 20, 2026 04:39 PM (2Ez/1)

226 Feminism has already made so many young, educated, females nuts. Scrolling for men has just reinforced everything they were taught in Women's Studies.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:34 PM (6ydKt)

Well...yeah. Looking at the survey data women are more "liberated" and "independent" than ever, and the most miserable they've ever been since they started recording data on this sort of thing. Seems that disrupting a broadly functional social order has adverse consequences.

Posted by: Who'd a thunk it? at July 20, 2026 04:40 PM (TbWk/)

227 "On the other hand, I didn't defend them, because: I don't know anything about them and considering that their business seems to be, openly, pimping and prostitution, I didn't really think they deserved much of my time or mental exertion, nor much of yours."

The left calls them right-wing, even far-right, but I can't identify anything right-wing about them. It looks to me like a psyop, where leftists are trying to pretend that misogyny is inherently right-wing, and they're throwing a couple of their own under the bus to sell the spin. But it won't fly here.

Pimps are *left*-wing misogynists. Always have been, always will be.

Posted by: SciVo at July 20, 2026 04:40 PM (Sy6m/)

228 Hustlers U? Now they tell me.

Posted by: PHustle31 at July 20, 2026 04:40 PM (wGerL)

229 I killed my wife!
Posted by: Robert Wagner at July 20, 2026 04:39 PM
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Me too!

Posted by: Orinthal James at July 20, 2026 04:40 PM (2Ez/1)

230 "Six feet tall
Six figure income
Six pack
Six inches"

Would you settle for 12 inches and zero income?

Posted by: Guy who is packing at July 20, 2026 04:41 PM (MWfyi)

231 SMOD he needs a Marxist Judge

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 04:41 PM (Ia/+0)

232 Looters, shooters, and Frankenstein cooters
Posted by: Common Tater

Heh

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 20, 2026 04:41 PM (AEkWp)

233 Gypsies, tramps and thieves?
Every night all the men would come around...and lay their money down.

Posted by: Cher at July 20, 2026 04:42 PM (2Ez/1)

234 Poaching ace,

@sentdefender
3m
U.S. Central Command has said that the 10 consecutive night of strikes on Iran began 20 minutes ago at 4:00 pm ET today, as the U.S. gears up for a potential uptempo in strikes against Iran.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 04:42 PM (jU8k8)

235 I cannot take credit for that, sadly.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 04:42 PM (Xz2QX)

236 At that time, three years ago or whenever, Romanian press reported rumors that the Tate brothers have some compromising recordings of high-ranking policemen, maybe also prosecutors or politicians, which they were using to evade arrest; even though, as you wrote, they pimped and whatever else in a very open and even showy manner.
I am still waiting for those recordings to come out.

Posted by: PG at July 20, 2026 04:42 PM (InZWE)

237 That psychotic blue-haired Smurfette tranny should be involuntarily committed at the local lunatic asylum, administered 50 cc of Thorazine, and forced to listen to this on a loop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WbQ5GCo6m0

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 20, 2026 04:43 PM (X+xvk)

238 >>> Would you settle for 12 inches and zero income?
Posted by: Guy who is packing

Paolo, my dear silly man, is that you?

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 04:43 PM (Eng1Z)

239
Were you the one that posted the excerpt? 

______________

Madam, it was.

Wagner's music is extraordinary, sublime. His librettos, which he wrote, um, problematic.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 04:44 PM (O0L8i)

240 I understand the Democrats in Maine are looking for a few good men.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 20, 2026 04:45 PM (MDua2)

241 DUH. They're white.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (N1tpc)
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Ummm...

Posted by: Emory Tate, father of Andrew at July 20, 2026 04:45 PM (0bjKf)

242 @202/bonhomme:

Was in a hardware store getting some advice about the more newfangled mouse and rat traps, and one of the "It's MA'AM" types walks up to our aisle, and was looking at the guy helping me like he was going to pounce on him next.

Store employee starts volunteering a LOT of unasked-for information about the traps, and I realize he's desperate to not get entangled with the circus freak. Fair enough, I play along and start asking more questions about the products.

Mr. "It's MA'AM" starts complaining loudly about not getting any help. I say to him, "Hey, this guy's helping me right now, maybe you can find someone else okay?" "It's MA'AM" walks off in a huff, venting loudly.

Employee has a very relieved look on his face.

I smile and say, "Now would be a really really good time to go on break, wouldn't it?"

He grins, nods, and takes off for the back room. Winning!

Me, I left the store, no purchase made. I didn't want to be part of that three ring circus. (And this is something stores need to understand. Disturbances don't win you sales. Show the mentally disturbed people the door, and lock it after they're outside until they figure out they need to go away.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 04:46 PM (O7YUW)

243 Was the psychotic blue-haired Smurfette tranny bucking for a Section 8 discharge?

Posted by: Corporal Max Klinger at July 20, 2026 04:46 PM (2Ez/1)

244 I think the own-goal saga of the ridiculous Tate brothers' rise and downfall will make for a very interesting, Goodfellas-style romp of a movie someday.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 04:46 PM (Eng1Z)

245 When it seemed like Tate was trying to reform his image, I took it that it might be the case that all his pimping talk was bullshit and he was, at that time, trying to build an image.

And that perhaps later, he became more serious about being a mentor for young men.

So, of course real pimping charges just wipes all that away. I guess he may have done some of what I considered bullshit attention-getting.

But then again, Assange is wanted to "rape".

But I'm 80% good riddance, here.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:46 PM (Fi81e)

246 My son started his own successful
pimp business while in high school. He was a graduate of Hustler U. America is falling apart when our youngsters mentors are persecuted by law enforcement. Whats happening to our country?

Posted by: Gil Westrum at July 20, 2026 04:47 PM (yqhRp)

247
That tranny should get credit for having the discipline and dedication to maintain his falsetto fake girl voice all through his extended fight with the police.

The whole thing is a microcosm of the transgender methodology: pick a fight over imaginary issues, then get violent against anyone who doesn't humor their delusions. They are weapons programmed by revolutionaries.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 20, 2026 04:47 PM (biznJ)

248 I wish I had the video, but it was pointed out to a woman braying about wanting all this, that the number of actual men with all those things, who also make for an emotionally healthy and balanced, quality husband and father? Is like 1% of men.

What are YOU doing, lady, so be attractive and match the quality of that type of man? She didn't have an answer.
Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 04:39 PM (Eng1Z)
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IIRC it's not even close to 1%. It's like .0001% of men.

there's a YT channel called hoe_math that's really enlightening about modern dating.

I married my wife before dating apps were a thing and I feel like I caught the last chopper out of 'Nam.

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 04:47 PM (oqH4h)

249 It is amazing to me how abused kids grow into abusive partners/parents themselves.

You would think they would go out of their way to be kind and gentle.

Some do. Some do not.

There is a choice though.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 04:48 PM (6YzFa)

250 I'm not dialed in to the manosphere, but I don't think they treat that information like a revelation. They preach it because so many single guys simply don't put in the work to get fit, earn money, and grow a masculine, interesting personality.

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It is basically the only logical advice to give to ugly guys on attracting women. Unfortunately that advice may have had more relevence when women were highly dependent on men for resources but has become practically useless in a world where women are resource independent of men. Simply put the average and below average men in physical (especially facial) attractiveness have virtually nothing to offer modern women that modern women actually want.

Modern young men are being gaslighted to an extreme degree by progressives and conservatives. Nobody in authority even cares.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2026 04:48 PM (DbmIv)

251 DUH. They're white.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (N1tpc)
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Ummm...
Posted by: Emory Tate, father of Andrew at July 20, 2026 04:45 PM (0bjKf)
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White-black, we mean.

Posted by: Media at July 20, 2026 04:48 PM (Fi81e)

252 I killed my wife!

Posted by: Robert Wagner at July 20, 2026 04:39 PM

Oh. I didn't see. You. There. I was. Below. Deck. Making a. Drink.

Posted by: Christopher Walken at July 20, 2026 04:48 PM (X+xvk)

253 So if the Tates were named Ahmed and Saheed, they would have been totally cool for the UK.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 20, 2026 04:51 PM (CHHv1)

254 DUH. They're white.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 03:57 PM (N1tpc)
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Ummm...
Posted by: Emory Tate, father of Andrew at July 20, 2026 04:45 PM (0bjKf)
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White-black, we mean.
Posted by: Media at July 20, 2026 04:48 PM (Fi81e)

These boys is not white! These boys is not white! Hell, they ain't even old timey!

Posted by: Homer Stokes at July 20, 2026 04:52 PM (wVcYX)

255 Boats and Hos > Pimps and Professors.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 04:52 PM (Fi81e)

256 3rd Monday afternoon appointment in a row, dentist today

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 04:52 PM (Ia/+0)

257 Aw hell dad, I got lots of girlfriends, Sally's just my bottom bitch! Do you know what I am saying?

Posted by: Butters' Kissing Company at July 20, 2026 04:52 PM (TbWk/)

258 So if the Tates were named Ahmed and Saheed, they would have been totally cool for the UK.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Dual citizenship strikes!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 04:52 PM (NnhvP)

259 Store employee starts volunteering a LOT of unasked-for information about the traps, and I realize he's desperate to not get entangled with the circus freak. Fair enough, I play along and start asking more questions about the products.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

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

God bless and keep you for this selfless and compassionate action.

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 20, 2026 04:52 PM (X+xvk)

260 There is a choice though.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 04:48 PM (6YzFa)
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There are two paths you can go by
But in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on.

Posted by: Jimmy Page at July 20, 2026 04:53 PM (Fi81e)

261 If I lisp and beat the sh#t out of my girlfriend will you people finally like me?

Posted by: Gil Westrum at July 20, 2026 04:53 PM (yqhRp)

262 >>> I married my wife before dating apps were a thing and I feel like I caught the last chopper out of 'Nam.
Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 04:47 PM (oqH4h)

I met my husband on Mutual, a Mormon dating app. To play off your simile, I feel like I was hanging to the rail at the bottom of the last chopper out of 'Nam! Glad I found him there! Not all the dating apps are bad.

BUT, as a woman with a lot of friends on that app still, I cannot tell you how many wolves will go on there to prey on nice, naive LDS women who are truly looking for a good man. They want a nice Mormon waifu without doing the work of being in the faith themselves. And I know several horror stories of women raped from meeting men on the app.

Modern dating is a total crap shoot with Calvinball rules and morals. Glad I made it out.

Posted by: LizLem at July 20, 2026 04:53 PM (Eng1Z)

263 NOOD - Iran

Posted by: the lower depths at July 20, 2026 04:54 PM (Yh7zv)

264 Nood

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 04:54 PM (NnhvP)

265
They preach it because so many single guys simply don't put in the work to get fit, earn money, and grow a masculine, interesting personality.

____________

It's pointless to do those things to attract a woman. They should be done because you were given gifts and are asked to develop them for your own good.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 04:55 PM (O0L8i)

266
Can't we just pack up the screaming, insane, blue-hair trannie along with the Tates?

Make it a package deal.

It's a bonus, limeys!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 04:55 PM (iJfKG)

267 3rd Monday afternoon appointment in a row, dentist today
Posted by: Skip

Ha. I just got back from the dentist.

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 04:56 PM (lJ0H4)

268 The Tate Brothers Center for Kids Who Can’t Pimp Good

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 04:57 PM (6ydKt)

269 252 I killed my wife!

Posted by: Robert Wagner at July 20, 2026 04:39 PM

Oh. I didn't see. You. There. I was. Below. Deck. Making a. Drink.

Posted by: Christopher Walken
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All of them so stoned they barely knew where they were.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 04:58 PM (jU8k8)

270 Well...yeah. Looking at the survey data women are more "liberated" and "independent" than ever, and the most miserable they've ever been since they started recording data on this sort of thing. Seems that disrupting a broadly functional social order has adverse consequences.


Unintentional consequences is a harsh mistress. Though I suspect it was absolutely intentional. The traditional family is a threat to Marxism.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 20, 2026 05:14 PM (sAmhv)

271 Reflexes are protective because they are so fast. Skips the brain, pain, withdrawal reflex, then think, was it sharp or hot?
After the brain processes, Tates are bad guys, Tucker is a ho, so is Megyn. She has better legs. Go to go, a reflex is kicking in.

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Posted by: colmekindo.cc at July 21, 2026 09:26 AM (1l46d)

Former DSA Member: We Started This Moderate, Wholesome Socialist Group But It Got Taken Over by Extremist Communists, Somehow

Really? I'm so surprised. Leftwing movements are never taken over by some kind of, oh, let's say "Bolshevik Faction."


Former Democratic Socialists of America member Jake Altman offered an inside look Saturday at the organization he says has been overtaken by communists -- warning the same playbook is now being used to push the Democratic Party further to the left.

"Their organization has been captured..." Altman told Fox News.

"One of my real concerns is that we see a lot of resistance to anti-communism within the DSA, even from the moderate wing of the DSA, and I think this is very, very dangerous."

Speaking on "Saturday in America," Altman warned the organization is anything but "harmless," claiming its members are "perfectly willing to cohabitate with Maoists, with Trotskyists, with Leninists" -- groups he said are intent on dismantling American institutions.

"People who want to pull down American institutions and are very clear about it. People who have this thrill to violence. That is just profoundly troubling at a time when our country is already facing many, many problems," he said.

Altman also said some aspects of the group raised his eyebrows nearly 10 years ago when, while participating in a debate on the organization's behalf, he questioned whether he was the best person to represent its trajectory.

At the time, he claimed, he was reassured that the organization's increasingly radical direction was being driven by only a small faction clustered around "Jacobin" magazine.

"I was debating with Leninists who were saying Bernie Sanders isn't a socialist, and now we're hearing that from DSA, right? Bernie Sanders, AOC, they're not real socialists," he recalled.

"So I think this is just the level of extremism and radicalism we're seeing. People in DSA will try to minimize it and say it's just a few people... they're a small minority. But... look at the executive board. It's full of this alphabet soup of extremist caucuses."

Altman urged Democrats to stand up against a "radicalized base," as far-left DSA candidates secure wins nationwide.

"These people are not operating in good faith," he said. "DSA members are not in the Democratic Party to operate in good faith."

Even Arch-Race-Lefty Van Jones is alarmed about his totally-not-communist Democrat Party being taken over by communists.

Again, how can these non-communist moderate leftist organizations keep becoming communist revolutionary groups?! Make it make sense!


Longtime CNN political commentator and Democrat Van Jones rebuked far-left activists Saturday, warning that their positions on Hamas, prisons and immigration are regressive and threatened to steer the Democratic Party in the wrong direction as socialist-backed candidates celebrated recent primary victories.

That is the Democrat Party's direction, which you approve of.

You just don't like the communists shouting it when they're supposed to just whisper it and imply it, as you do.

...

"But some people in groups like the DSA are pushing an agenda FAR outside those ideals. Supporting Hamas is not progressive. 'No police, no prisons, no borders' is not progressive. Celebrating the murder of Israeli civilians is not progressive. These ideas are REGRESSIVE," Jones said.


...

The ex-administration advisor to former President Barack Obama also rejected the argument that the far-left was merely advocating the type of social democracy practiced in Nordic countries.

"Some defend the far left by claiming they only want Nordic-style social democracy. If that were true, I might applaud them," Jones said. "I want those policies, too! But what does universal healthcare have to do with Hamas? With abolishing all law enforcement? With erasing all borders? With treating every wealthy person as a villain? Ideas matter. And these are terrible ideas."

Communist nepo baby and Islamist Party-Boy Zohran Mamdani claims he's just fighting for the working class but has no definition of "working class."

When pressed, he claims the "working class" is anyone being paid a salary, and includes his rich donors making up to one million dollars per year.

Mayor Mamdani struggles to define who the 'working class' is in a word salad interview


New York City's socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, struggled to define who the "working class" is in a word salad response to a question about the people he vows to fight for.

Mamdani, in a lengthy interview with the New York Times published over the weekend, was asked point-blank by journalist Lulu Garcia-Navarro, "How do you define the working class?"

"I think if you have to work to pay your bills, I think that that is one definition of being a part of the working class," he vaguely responded.


When pushed whether he would consider those who make $250,000 per year as working class, he said, "I haven't asked myself where it starts and stops.

"What I would say is those who are working to try and afford the basic dignities of life and aren't able to do so, I think that that is also working class. Oftentimes we're asked how we divide this country. I think there's only one majority in this country -- it's the working class," he then rambled.

Confused by the convoluted reponse, Garcia-Navarro admitted that Hizzoner's description didn't seem to "ring true," to her.

"It just seems a very easy answer to what is a complicated question," the reporter fought back. "Because politically, if you're saying everyone is the working class, or anyone that gets a salary is the working class, yes, that opens up your tent. But practically speaking, we are divided by income -- and especially if you want to tax people, where you draw those lines matter."

Mamdani then said he would draw the line at around $1 million per year -- which Garcia-Navarro pointed out could alienate potential voters such as a janitor who he's lumped in the same "working class" category as a successful lawyer.

I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:30 PM




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1 1

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 02:30 PM (N1tpc)

2 I think the term for most of the initial "socialist" members is "useful idiots".

Or "the first to go up against the wall after the revolution has succeeded"

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (N1tpc)

3 I guess I better nood

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (N1tpc)

4 And back

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 02:32 PM (N1tpc)

5 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:32 PM (2YhKe)

6 A group with socialist in the name are surprised at who they attracted?

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 02:33 PM (hftzA)

7 Former DSA Member: We Started This Moderate, Wholesome Socialist Group But It Got Taken Over by Extremist Communists, Somehow

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🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣

🤡🤡

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 02:33 PM (GD0B3)

8 "Democrats shocked that their brainwashing in the schools has produced exactly what they taught people to believe."

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 02:33 PM (N1tpc)

9 Something something if you don’t know who the mark is at the table, you’re the mark.

Seriously, these guys are super dumb or liars.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (4KUe5)

10 The only good commie is a dead commie.

Perhaps they missed the memo.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (dK+Kv)

11 Communists took over the Democrat Party around 1968.

Posted by: davidt at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (Q+gd/)

12 My favorite part so far is that they've gone so radical that even the lefties at the "Conserving conservatism conservatively most good conservative" BullWork are balking at them.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (3cUTc)

13 That was a nice, easy question designed to hand Mamdani a platform. That he f*cked it up is a testament to how unprepared he is to go off script.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (l4RKn)

14 Longtime CNN political commentator and Democrat Van Jones rebuked far-left activists Saturday, warning that their positions on Hamas, prisons and immigration are regressive and threatened to steer the Democratic Party in the wrong direction as socialist-backed candidates celebrated recent primary victories.


You're a self-avowed communist, asshole. GFY. You've been working for this your entire career.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (2YhKe)

15 If you're based on Marx--or arguably based on Owen--you are based on a fugue from reality.

There is no wonder that it goes off the rails.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (Fi81e)

16 Former DSA Member: We Started This Moderate, Wholesome Socialist Group But It Got Taken Over by Extremist Communists, Somehow


1) Bullshit.

2) You're lucky they didn't put you up against a wall and shoot you.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (v3afF)

17 That is the Democrat Party's direction, which you approve of.

You just don't like the communists shouting it when they're supposed to just whisper it and imply it, as you do.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:30 PM

Exactly. Their positions are not any different, but the older Democrats realize they can't be honest about wanting to destroy the country.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (N1tpc)

18 Shorter Van Jones: Slow your roll, you’re giving away the game!!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (4KUe5)

19 > I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

Real communism has never been tried. Just ask any random 22 year old recent university graduate.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (mkw2N)

20 What they seem to be warning people of is actually more akin to Maoism.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (Fi81e)

21 19 > I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

Real communism has never been tried. Just ask any random 22 year old recent university graduate.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM

Wearing a Che Guevara shirt or a Mao jacket.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (hftzA)

22 No one learns from history, even as recent as 1989.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 02:36 PM (4g5V+)

23 I try to be understanding because most of these folks have had history hidden from them, rewritten and distorted with Marxist lies.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 02:36 PM (RIvkX)

24 Wearing a Che Guevara shirt or a Mao jacket.
Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (hftzA)

Those should be grounds for denaturalization and deportation.

That's my compromise position from a helicopter ride.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (N1tpc)

25 You're a self-avowed communist, asshole. GFY. You've been working for this your entire career.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (2YhKe)

I respect him because he tells the truth sometimes.

That doesn't mean that we won't be on opposite sides of the barricades...and I am a much better shot.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (l4RKn)

26 I like these DSA guys and gals.

Posted by: George McGovern at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (4g5V+)

27 When pushed whether he would consider those who make $250,000 per year as working class, he said, "I haven't asked myself where it starts and stops.

"What I would say is those who are working to try and afford the basic dignities of life and aren't able to do so, I think that that is also working class. Oftentimes we're asked how we divide this country. I think there's only one majority in this country -- it's the working class," he then rambled.


NYC is the most expensive city in the country. It will NEVER be affordable by the working class. No matter WHAT your islhamic commie as does.

FOAD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (2YhKe)

28 With communism, we don’t agree if the definition of “works.”


For a lot of these foreigners , such as Mamdani, the goal is revolution.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (4KUe5)

29 I like the meme with the lady smiling over the coffee cup saying "They're doing it again because you didn't hang them all last time."

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (3Ope8)

30 We started this moderate group devoted to starting small scale fires and then these crazy arsonists who set fires to forests took over. We’re shocked by it all.

Posted by: Arsonists of America at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (GEtfQ)

31 That doesn't mean that we won't be on opposite sides of the barricades...and I am a much better shot.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (l4RKn)


Valid. I've seen you shoot.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (2YhKe)

32 Has not anyone on the left read and understood my book?

Posted by: Mary Shelly at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (wVcYX)

33 This whole line that Socialism is benign and not evil, like Communism, is very strange. Communism is socialism minus the State.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (2ap+5)

34 >> People who have this thrill to violence.

It’s kinda of cute, and perhaps serendipitous they think nobody will fight back. That somehow all those people who have been fighting wars for the last twenty years or so will just surrender to a bunch of blue haired, gender confused, slightly retarded, girlish, wanna be men who have eaten one too many Hot pockets or Chipotle bowls, and watched a couple of YouTube videos.

This actually aptly defined the Democrats, who want to seize power any way they can unless it involves voter id. Fags.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (jlI90)

35 Mamdani then said he would draw the line at around $1 million per year -- which Garcia-Navarro pointed out could alienate potential voters such as a janitor who he's lumped in the same "working class" category as a successful lawyer.

There is a reason for this.

I associate with a lost of leftwing LIVs that makes strong 6 figures and will claim to be middle class.

Their argument is after paying for a multi-million dollar house, two new cars, a couple of overseas a vacation a year, and "help" at home they can barely make ends meet and are taxed too much.

So if Bomb-daddy comes out and says working class is below $100K he alienates these people making $250k/year who right now are on board with "taxing the rich" by whom they mean NOT them.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (sKqQm)

36 Willowed, but highly appropriate:

After watching Stephen Miller step up to the mic during last week's The Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, hosted at the U.S. State Department, I'd say the Administration is on track for crackdown.

"“Here in the United States, we have taken the necessary and essential action of formally recognizing left-wing violence as a form of political terrorism that is a direct threat to our national security and the survival of our republican form of government,” Miller said at the top of his remarks." (Mediaite)

The Guarantee Clause of the US Constitution is about to be enforced.

Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (rj6Yv)

37 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

Useful idiots think it can be made to work. The power brokers controlling the useful idiots see themselves.as the vanguards of the new proletariat. The leaders of the party are jockeying now for a seat at the new Presidium.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (2WIwB)

38 That's my compromise position from a helicopter ride.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

How about half a helicopter ride?

Posted by: Kratwurst at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (36bTp)

39
Does communism work? Define work.
It concentrates the power and the profit into the hands of fewer people while extoling the virtue of stripping the wealthy of everything that they have.
That's how it works.

It's the politics of covetousness. You know, the original sin.
It's been working forever. Human nature, baby.

Posted by: Speller at July 20, 2026 02:39 PM (pSotA)

40 Wearing a Che Guevara shirt or a Mao jacket.
Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (hftzA)

I want to wear a Che Guevara t-shirt!

One with an image of him after he arrived in Bolivia in 1967.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 02:39 PM (4g5V+)

41 > I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.
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Soon we'll be fighting them for survival.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 02:39 PM (jehhT)

42 >Article IV, Section 4:

The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence

Posted by: mr tmz at July 20, 2026 02:39 PM (rJ48h)

43 Has not anyone on the left read and understood my book?
Posted by: Mary Shelly at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (wVcYX)

The left doesn't get metaphor and abstract thinking.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 02:40 PM (N1tpc)

44 Even Arch-Race-Lefty Van Jones is alarmed about his totally-not-communist Democrat Party being taken over by communists.

Again, how can these non-communist moderate leftist organizations keep becoming communist revolutionary groups?! Make it make sense!

I think it's also true that Van Jones has somewhat moderated his views because he's now a parent, and that seems to make many people wake up a bit.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 02:40 PM (Riz8t)

45 @Rothmus Jul 17

On this day [July 17] in 1918 the Bolsheviks herded Tsar Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra, and their five children into a basement in Yekaterinburg and opened fire.

The bullets bounced because the girls had diamonds sewn into their corsets. So the reds finished the job with bayonets, stabbing, crushing skulls, and butchering the children while they were still alive.

Then they stripped the bodies, doused them in acid, burned what remained, and dumped the remains in a forest to hide the crime.

This was the deliberate, sadistic murder of an entire family, including a sick little boy, by communist animals who needed the blood of innocents to cement their power.

Never forget what the Bolsheviks were.

Never forgive it

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 02:40 PM (826kS)

46 Useful idiots think it can be made to work. The power brokers controlling the useful idiots see themselves.as the vanguards of the new proletariat. The leaders of the party are jockeying now for a seat at the new Presidium.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (2WIwB)

They are all central planners who all think THEY will be the central planner.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 02:40 PM (4g5V+)

47 Even Arch-Race-Lefty Van Jones is alarmed about his totally-not-communist Democrat Party being taken over by communists.
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"Why are they saying the quiet part out loud?!" Jones exclaimed.

The DNC has been nurturing this for quite a while.

Late 20th century Democrat politics resembled so much Owen's "socialism" than it did Marx's. But Marx is no doubt influenced by Owen, in that Marx seems to be trying to lay out the logistics to get to Owen's communes.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:40 PM (Fi81e)

48 Bad news: We're going to have to kill a lot of communists in the near future. (They're going to insist on it unfortuntately.)

Good news: We won't have to travel very far.

Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 02:40 PM (w1Bba)

49 Former DSA Member: We Started This Moderate, Wholesome Socialist Group But It Got Taken Over by Extremist Communists, Somehow

"Why do all these gay guys keep sucking my d!ck?"

- The Onion

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 02:41 PM (bFu5X)

50 It is amusing to watch how much of an idiot one has to be to believe leftwing economics.

I was reading one facebook thread where the lefties all agreed to one should have to work to provide for life's necessities.

Well, ok, if no one grows your avocados where the hell are you getting your avocado toast from?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:41 PM (sKqQm)

51 I talked to a guy who lives in a rural area about this the other day. When he stopped laughing he said, I can’t wait for them to come up here. We already put the pole up outside the town line and left a box there with a hammer and some railroad tie spikes.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 02:41 PM (jlI90)

52 Really? I'm so surprised. Leftwing movements are never taken over by some kind of, oh, let's say "Bolshevik Faction."

It kinda hits you in the head like an axe...

Posted by: Zombie Leon Trotsky at July 20, 2026 02:42 PM (l3cgK)

53 What's the saying? Any organization that isn't explicitly right-wing will eventually be taken over by the far left...something like that.

Well when you start on the far left don't be surprised when the real lunatics come in and wear your organization as a skin suit.

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 02:42 PM (oqH4h)

54 Former DSA Member: We Started This Moderate, Wholesome Socialist Group But It Got Taken Over by Extremist Communists, Somehow

"Why do all these gay guys keep sucking my d!ck?"

Beat me to it.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 02:42 PM (Riz8t)

55 Look at it through the eyes of the DSA, and you have to admit "Menshevik" sounds a bit Jewy.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at July 20, 2026 02:42 PM (NYInA)

56 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

We should have had the whole Truth and Reconciliation thing in regards to communism after the Soviet Union fell but we had Bush 41 and Clinton so that didn't happen...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:42 PM (sKqQm)

57
Wearing a Che Guevara shirt or a Mao jacket.
Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (hftzA)

Made by asian slaves. That they bought.

Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 02:42 PM (w1Bba)

58 People who want to pull down American institutions and are very clear about it. People who have this thrill to violence.


Fine.
Bring it assholes. Try your marxist bullshit in my little.town.
Better bring some friends, you'll need them.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 02:42 PM (2WIwB)

59 how unfortunate that john mccain isn't around to reach across the aisle and work with these people to get things done

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (CWTWj)

60 It is amusing to watch how much of an idiot one has to be to believe leftwing economics.


Are you suggesting it might be a bit embarrassing to have AOC and Bernie held up as your economics experts? Perish the thought!

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (Riz8t)

61 I love watching the left eat its own dick!

I've said many times that there's no difference between the new breed of DSA commie and the old breed of Bernie Sanders commie.

True, they use different rhetoric, but there's no significant issue that there's any daylight on. There's no legislation or policy where their votes would be any different.

But the fact that fools like Jake Altman seem desperate to distance themselves from the open cannibals very strongly suggests to me that the internal Democrap polling on whether open cannibalism is politically popular is atrocious.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)

62 They are all central planners who all think THEY will be the central planner.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 02:40 PM (4g5V+)


Hee hee. Hee.
Won't they be surprised!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (2WIwB)

63 Their plan is pretty simple. They believe they can take over the government and wear it like a skin suit. Then everyone will just fall in line. You know, walk away from the constitution then have the military and government agencies trample shoot and kill anyone who doesn’t go along. It’s so retarded I just heard rain man laugh.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (jlI90)

64 48 Bad news: We're going to have to kill a lot of communists in the near future. (They're going to insist on it unfortuntately.)

Good news: We won't have to travel very far.
Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 02:40 PM (w1Bba)
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I'm having a hard time putting killing commies into the "bad news" bucket.

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (oqH4h)

65 "I never thought the leopard would eat my face."

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (m4BoI)

66 Communists are communist!!??


Oh, say it isn't so!!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2026 02:44 PM (ourEi)

67 That doesn't mean that we won't be on opposite sides of the barricades...and I am a much better shot.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM

*fistbump*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 02:44 PM (bFu5X)

68 Communism, either Marx's theory or Owen's communes, is the utmost liberal dream.

Nobody has the authority to tell you what to do.

So, naturally, all human problems are solved.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:44 PM (Fi81e)

69 We should have had the whole Truth and Reconciliation thing in regards to communism after the Soviet Union fell but we had Bush 41 and Clinton so that didn't happen...


It would have made no difference. Every 1-2 generations, the lesson needs to be learned anew.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 02:44 PM (Riz8t)

70 lol, the entire Democrat Party believes that, dunce.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 02:44 PM (jlI90)

71 Paul is some kind of small bidness owner isn’t he? Lol.

Just you wait Paul you may be up against the wall last, but you will be up against the wall.

Posted by: Arsonists of America at July 20, 2026 02:44 PM (GEtfQ)

72 One point that has to be made here - this isn't a care where if the communists do get in power it is going to look like Red Dawn.

Your credit card won't work, your funds in your bank will be seized, and anyone that speaks up will first be shut off from social media and the later disappeared. And they'll tell your neighbors you were a Russian spy or a Neo-NAZI and were planning to engage in terrorism or some such...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm)

73 We started a heroin club, but only snorting -- no injection.

But first a few skin poppers and then full mainlining.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 20, 2026 02:45 PM (FOFVX)

74 60 how unfortunate that john mccain isn't around to reach across the aisle and work with these people to get things done
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (CWTWj)
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My gosh man have some respect. At least wait until his funeral is over!

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 02:45 PM (oqH4h)

75 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:30 PM
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Look at the hierarchy of the national teachers' unions and the faculty lounge of nearly every major university in the country. People who have a clear-eyed view of Marxism are hounded out of our educational systems K-12 and higher. "Fascists" is the kindest thing that they are called.

Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2026 02:45 PM (rj6Yv)

76 Unexpectedly.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 02:45 PM (teRLw)

77 "Democrats shocked that their brainwashing in the schools has produced exactly what they taught people to believe."
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Yes, weird how otherwise unemployable adults with no marketable job skills outside of government schools produces only monster babies capable of nothing but mindless destruction while chanting slogans.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 02:46 PM (3cUTc)

78 NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…

https://tinyurl.com/7sujzcm5

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 02:46 PM (826kS)

79 But the fact that fools like Jake Altman seem desperate to distance themselves from the open cannibals very strongly suggests to me that the internal Democrap polling on whether open cannibalism is politically popular is atrocious.

The smarter Dems know that running commies for 25% of the political slots in the country won't get them 25% of the positions, it'll get them a few in NYC, LA, etc. Probably no more than 2% of the total. It will be an Extinction Level Event for the Dems.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 02:46 PM (Riz8t)

80 The DSA Commies have the bit on their mouths and they are running at a gallop. They are preparing for a violent revolution if necessary: the DSA's military wing, The Red Rabbits, are organized, armed, and ready. If matters break the wrong way things could get spicy.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 20, 2026 02:46 PM (Md3lB)

81 Truth and Reconciliation didn't exactly pave the way to a better South Africa.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 20, 2026 02:46 PM (rJ48h)

82 They are not operating in "good faith".
Right there is the epitome of leftist political brain damage . Power hungry ideologues never act in "good faith". They do anything they can to gain and keep power. Lie, cheat, steal, murder , torture. No knowledge of history.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 02:47 PM (sMkB+)

83 The "We should be more like Europe" people would finally have the prime minister of their dreams.

The DSA wants to abolish the Presidency, the SCOTUS an the Senate, and make the chief executive somebody elected by the remaining House.

That's a prime minister. Of course, they'll have to have the Vote of No Confidence to go along with that.

Ask England, once you have a prime minister leading a Parliament, you're golden from then on.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:47 PM (Fi81e)

84 the punchline: because comrade stalin's needs are greater

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 20, 2026 02:47 PM (CWTWj)

85

""Their organization has been captured..." Altman told Fox News."

Well no shit. How do you like that.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 20, 2026 02:47 PM (et1vG)

86 The polling is terrible on this. Democrats are going down faster than a junior staffer on Ruben Gallego.

Generic ballot polls have Dems to a +3 and it’s only July.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 02:47 PM (jlI90)

87 It would be a de facto admission of abject cultural failure if we had to go to war to prevent socialism from taking over government after everything we did in WWII.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 02:47 PM (3Ope8)

88 I saw something so retarded on linked in today. Someone posted that as a European he’s shocked that the richest country in the world, US, doesn’t give everyone 6 -8 weeks vacation like Europoors do.

This is like the NYT article that was incredulous crime went down while prison incarcerations went up.

Posted by: Arsonists of America at July 20, 2026 02:48 PM (GEtfQ)

89 I think it is hilarious. These fuckers don't understand that we have guns.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 02:48 PM (qFwJc)

90 how unfortunate that john mccain isn't around to reach across the aisle and work with these people to get things done
Posted by: gnats local 678

Any truly neutral observer has to admit that McCain destroyed more US Navy hardware than almost any other communist.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2026 02:48 PM (ourEi)

91 Come and get my double digits, fag.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 02:48 PM (jlI90)

92 The polling is terrible on this. Democrats are going down faster than a junior staffer on Ruben Gallego.

I STILL haven't seen it confirmed that the staffers were female.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 02:48 PM (Riz8t)

93 > NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…

I predict this fuckers wealth will quintuple.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 20, 2026 02:48 PM (rJ48h)

94 As others have noted, the only difference between these Dirty Stinking Assholes and the Democrat Party is that the DSA are willing to say out loud what they all believe.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 02:49 PM (3cUTc)

95 We shan't believe it. We shannot.

Posted by: Yellow Dog Democrats who are going to vote D NO MATTER WHAT at July 20, 2026 02:49 PM (0256r)

96 I saw something so retarded on linked in today. Someone posted that as a European he’s shocked that the richest country in the world, US, doesn’t give everyone 6 -8 weeks vacation like Europoors do.

Compare our standard of living, and GDP per capita to anywhere in Europe. And the divide is increasing rapidly.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 02:49 PM (Riz8t)

97 I saw more air conditioning in third world shitholes than I did in Europe.

Make of that what you may.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 02:49 PM (jlI90)

98
They Dems are a party run by AWFL's and septum ring blue hair fatties.

Are you surprised that commies come along and say "just the tip" and they buy it?

Posted by: Auspex at July 20, 2026 02:50 PM (Y8DZL)

99 Commies like to define working class as anyone who works to earn money. That cuts out the Capitalists who earn through their capitol/investments -- you know like retirees.

Also welfare moochers don't work to earn money, but instead profit from the labor of others -- but that's different, somehow.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 20, 2026 02:50 PM (wBaIH)

100 Nobody has the authority to tell you what to do.

So, naturally, all human problems are solved.

I've gotten into political discussions with a number of anarcho-socialists and it always goes something like this:

So there are no laws, police or government? Yes (heart symbol)!

So then what will people do for work? Oh the worker's committee will decide

What if I don't want to do what they decide? Well you'll be made to.

By who? You said their are no police? Right it will be a special group of people empowered by the worker's committee. They will take you somewhere until you agree with the people's reasonable rules.

But that's a government, empowering police, to put me in prison?!? No no you don't get it at all, its nothing like that!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:50 PM (sKqQm)

101 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.
_____

Our very distant descendants from the year 2400 will still be fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

Because the reality is that communism does work, and work spectacularly. It's just that you have to understand what it's true purpose is. Hint: it ain't communism's stated purpose.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:50 PM (iFTx/)

102 It’s the Leopards Eating Peoples Faces party all the way down. And people keep being shocked that their faces are being eaten.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 02:50 PM (ZGrMX)

103 I saw something so retarded on linked in today.


===

Isn't it, like, everyday ??

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 02:50 PM (GD0B3)

104 Interesting article on the DSA's pro-Zionist origins.

It's changed a lot over the years.

https://tinyurl.com/467b46fm

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 02:50 PM (uSpHL)

105
A dingo ate my party.

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 20, 2026 02:50 PM (OkYzo)

106 The polling is terrible on this. Democrats are going down faster than a junior staffer on Ruben Gallego.

Generic ballot polls have Dems to a +3 and it’s only July.
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Not true!

If you see the shrieking on the X, the Dirty Stinking Assholes are super popular because they are winning special elections* all over the nation.

* in deep blue districts. Against other Dems.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 02:51 PM (3cUTc)

107 What if I don't want to do what they decide? Well you'll be made to.


Gee, why do communist utopias always end up with boots in people's faces forever?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 02:51 PM (Riz8t)

108 Between the Socialists, the Communists and the Islamists we've got some serious work to do if we're to survive as a Republic. Or survive as a people... which is probably where this is headed if we don't nip this shit now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 02:51 PM (jehhT)

109
I'm having a hard time putting killing commies into the "bad news" bucket.
Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (oqH4h)

Eh...it smells pretty awful. Like, hard to wash out of your nostrils awful. Sounds like fun, brochure is technically accurate, but I wouldn't recommend. It's more of a 'break glass' kind of thing...

Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 02:51 PM (w1Bba)

110 Former DSA Member: We Started This Moderate, Wholesome Socialist Group But It Got Taken Over by Extremist Communists, Somehow

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DSA gain of function research?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 02:52 PM (ndZc7)

111 88 Teachers get way more vacation time than Europoors.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 20, 2026 02:52 PM (wBaIH)

112 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.
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Soon we'll be fighting them for survival.
Posted by: Martini Farmer


Hopefully sooner rather than later. I'm not getting any younger.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 02:52 PM (v3afF)

113 An alert tells me that Chief Lizzy is supporting the Muzzie in Michigan, while Schumer is backing Stevens.
If the Dems don't take the Senate or House , Chuck is a goner as leader

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 02:52 PM (sMkB+)

114 If the Dems don't take the Senate or House , Chuck is a goner as leader

He's a goner either way.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 02:53 PM (Riz8t)

115 "I've said many times that there's no difference between the new breed of DSA commie and the old breed of Bernie Sanders commie.

True, they use different rhetoric, but there's no significant issue that there's any daylight on. There's no legislation or policy where their votes would be any different."


One difference is I think Bernie is now OK with millionaires, unlike the DSA.

Posted by: Ripley at July 20, 2026 02:54 PM (GUOwU)

116 Altman urged Democrats to stand up against a "radicalized base," as far-left DSA candidates secure wins nationwide.

Your semi annual reminder that "radicalize" means "returning to the roots".

DSA was always communist, and now it's returning to those fundamentals

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 20, 2026 02:54 PM (vJrRc)

117 Parasitic progressivism.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 02:54 PM (abScH)

118 Good communists do exist...
...in a certain fashion.

Posted by: weew at July 20, 2026 02:54 PM (9TspW)

119 James Lindsay, who blocked me on X, is actually getting closer to my position that Marx is actually less significant than Rousseau and perhaps Welsh industrialist Robert Owen.

Marx's crowd were unrepentant Jacobins in hiding. And he was just solving the problem of how we solve "all society's problems" by Owen-like communes, only how we can get there in a way that works.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:54 PM (Fi81e)

120 Teachers get way more vacation time than Europoors.

I'd like to see teaching completely reworked. Instead of getting a 6 year teaching degree require 10+ years of work in the field.

And since teaching is more of a part time job anyway, tailor it to people at the end of their private sector career.

So then you'd have a 55 year old industrial chemist say teaching chemistry instead of a 28 year old whose only knowledge of chemistry is from watching Breaking Bad.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:55 PM (sKqQm)

121 Between the Socialists, the Communists and the Islamists we've got some serious work to do if we're to survive as a Republic. Or survive as a people... which is probably where this is headed if we don't nip this shit now.
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Yes.

And...IF we hold honest elections, "we" will hold the White House and both houses of Congress for the forseable future.

BUT...even if that occurs...I don't think there is the political will to RIP 80% of current governments spending out of all budgets since 80% of all government spending is likely direct fraud and cronyism.

Its crazy that "our" side knows this, but has zero interest in fixing it.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 02:55 PM (TN0g+)

122 I can't imagine how stupid you have to be to believe Bernie and AOC have figured out how to save America.

And ancient communist who has never held a real job in the private sector and a bartender that seems to have the IQ of a kumquat.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 02:56 PM (viF8m)

123 NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…

https://tinyurl.com/7sujzcm5
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 02:46 PM (826kS)
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Three observations:

1. Dude looks and sounds gayer than fuck

2. He is correct that nobody has a "constitutional right" to double-digit returns on investment. The constitutional doesn't guarantee you any returns on investment at all.

3. He's an idiot. He's upset that Landlords are supposedly making 12% return on their investments. Successful LL make way more than that, or they wouldn't bother. I'm making double that in my investment portfolio.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:56 PM (iFTx/)

124 Van Jones will discover no backsliding is allowed. Forward!

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 02:56 PM (hI19e)

125 The difference between Bernie and the new commies is that the new commies are getting people elected. Bernie will wake up some day and find out he's been denounced, whether for being a millionaire, Jewish or just for the hell of it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 02:56 PM (sMkB+)

126 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:30 PM

It's a very effective grift, and there's no point in debating specific claims in the scam patter of a confidence scheme. Control the frame, or you lose before you start.

Posted by: SciVo at July 20, 2026 02:57 PM (Sy6m/)

127 88 I saw something so retarded on linked in today. Someone posted that as a European he’s shocked that the richest country in the world, US, doesn’t give everyone 6 -8 weeks vacation like Europoors do
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But he liked those huge portions and free refills.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 02:57 PM (826kS)

128 t’s the Leopards Eating Peoples Faces party all the way down. And people keep being shocked that their faces are being eaten.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 02:50 PM (ZGrMX)
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Ironically, the "Leopards Eating Peoples Faces" expression was originally coined by a commie commenting on a (fake) story that a Trump supporter was really upset with Trump.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:58 PM (iFTx/)

129 I can't imagine how stupid you have to be to believe Bernie and AOC have figured out how to save America.

And ancient communist who has never held a real job in the private sector and a bartender that seems to have the IQ of a kumquat.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 02:56 PM (viF8m)


I voted for George W. Bush, John "Maverick" McCain, and Mittens Romney.

Retardation has no party allegiance.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 02:58 PM (uSpHL)

130 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.


it's hard to fight the stupid.

they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 20, 2026 02:59 PM (j+aD2)

131 Hopefully sooner rather than later. I'm not getting any younger.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 02:52 PM (v3afF)

Just means we're rear guard. I ain't running any more. Thankfully, my aim isn't suffering. Just went 76/100 on clays and was tapping 600 yds on the range last weekend. With a little prep time, even drones won't matter.

Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 02:59 PM (w1Bba)

132 We already put the pole up outside the town line and left a box there with a hammer and some railroad tie spikes.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 02:41 PM (jlI90)

Will the warning just be in English or are they considering someone to help translate it into Aramaic and Greek?

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 02:59 PM (gKWVE)

133 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.


Most people don't want to work, but they want to have food, housing, entertainment, etc.

Communism/socialism claims to answer that - you'll be given all this stuff whether you work or not. So the appeal is obvious TBH.

Now, you'd expect the first question people would ask is "well wait how am I getting stuff if no one is working?" but...people don't ask those sorts of questions...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:59 PM (sKqQm)

134 maybe Pluribus is happening I dunno

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 20, 2026 03:00 PM (j+aD2)

135 shocked that the richest country in the world, US, doesn’t give everyone 6 -8 weeks vacation
_-_
I think that the euros mostly don't realize how hard Americans work. That's how we have accomplished as much as we have.

Now we throw it all away on another world war. Very sad.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 20, 2026 03:00 PM (JWDez)

136 I think Paul said he was retarded. Or retired. One of those.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 03:00 PM (gKWVE)

137 Of course, I do wonder how many Democrats dislike being face-to-face with more than just-the-tip Marxism.

It wouldn't surprise me if Jones actually likes being protected by cops and prisons.

The abolishment of prisons is not classic Marxism anyway, and it's kind of the relatively new Critical Theory which tries to make a client race of black Americans, as Marcuse said "before they gain too much from the capitalistic system".

But ultimately all these grievances lead to a "solution" which resembles Marx's version of socialism.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:01 PM (Fi81e)

138 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.
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Our youth have been dis educated.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 03:01 PM (RIvkX)

139 The core have always been commies. TDS just got them to drop the mask.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 03:01 PM (XvL8K)

140 I voted for George W. Bush, John "Maverick" McCain, and Mittens Romney.

Retardation has no party allegiance.
Posted by: Based Conservative
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Pfft. I voted for Thom Tillis.

Voting for the least of the evils sometimes seems the only strategy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 03:02 PM (XeU6L)

141 NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…



Risk / reward is bad? Because that's what's in play here. You invest in something because you believe it will return. Likely, if all done correctly, MORE than you invested. That's the entire point.

GFY, asshole. You just want to TAKE my money with NO chance of me getting a return.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:02 PM (2YhKe)

142 I voted for George W. Bush, John "Maverick" McCain, and Mittens Romney.

Retardation has no party allegiance.

Posted by: Based Conservative
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Your alternatives were Albert Gore and Barry Dong Obama.
Tell me more.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 03:03 PM (826kS)

143 They are all central planners who all think THEY will be the central planner.
Posted by: Cow Demon


Hee hee. Hee.
Won't they be surprised!
Posted by: Diogenes

Wait 'til they get a load of me.

Posted by: Stan at July 20, 2026 03:03 PM (Ak6ZC)

144 LOL

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 03:03 PM (VyBeY)

145 I find it hilarious that all of these lefties claim that they are worried about the working class and the middle class.

Under marxist theory, the middle class is bourgeoisie and must be killed, and the poor are to be enslaved, always.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 20, 2026 03:03 PM (0U5gm)

146 Now, you'd expect the first question people would ask is "well wait how am I getting stuff if no one is working?" but...people don't ask those sorts of questions...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:59 PM (sKqQm)
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In fact, they struggle more realistic socialists who say things like "Of course, under socialism, we'll still have to work."

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:03 PM (Fi81e)

147 The abolishment of prisons is not classic Marxism anyway, and it's kind of the relatively new Critical Theory which tries to make a client race of black Americans, as Marcuse said "before they gain too much from the capitalistic system".

But ultimately all these grievances lead to a "solution" which resembles Marx's version of socialism.
Posted by: Axeman

Well, they need foot soldiers for terror campaigns.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 20, 2026 03:03 PM (AEkWp)

148 But ultimately all these grievances lead to a "solution" which resembles Marx's version of socialism.
Posted by: Axeman
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Hitler's National Socialism.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 03:04 PM (XeU6L)

149 NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…
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Arguing with these people is fruitless. Trump took all the mainstream territory on every issue, so now they want to "change the conversation".

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:04 PM (oZ51P)

150 shocked that the richest country in the world, US, doesn’t give everyone 6 -8 weeks vacation

This fits into a point I think the right has not pushed hard enough on.

Remember in the 50s futurists thought we'd be working 20 hours a week and retiring at 40? Why didn't that happen?

Well a large part of it is the government has increased costs through market manipulation, taxes, and inflation. And just look at the time period of the Biden junta - costs doubled.

That means you need more hours and more years of work...all so Somali Learing centers and Guatemalan illegal's Ho Hos can be paid for...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:04 PM (sKqQm)

151
Now we throw it all away on another world war. Very sad.

Posted by: Don in SoCo
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Yes, let's role over an let Iran give us belly rubs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 03:04 PM (826kS)

152 Things have gotten topsy-turvy when Van Jones sounds like the voice of reason!

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 03:06 PM (RCjYY)

153 This is all just a distraction from the Epstein files.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 03:06 PM (X/MmC)

154 When I met our global CIO and we spent some one on one time talking about things, he told me he's paying 58% on his earnings. Everyone pays 150% tax on vehicle purchases. Importing one is even more expensive. But, health care is "free," education is "free" and you even get paid when taking extra school for masters and Ph-D's.

The country, Denmark, is silly expensive on top of that.


This is their example. They want that for the US.

They will stop at nothing to get there. Just know that. YOU don't work to better yourself. You work to better THEM. First and foremost.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:06 PM (2YhKe)

155 "Working class? Don't make me laugh.

The Left represents, very specifically, the non-working class. Interestingly, i'ds a combination of non-workers at either extrem end of the spectrum: Unemployed welfare bums, addicts and criminalsm at one end, and wealthy layabout champagne socialists at the other end. No one in the middle. No people with actual jobs, who work for a living.

If you are employed, and thus are "working class," you are (in the 21st century) a pro-America, pro-Trump "cnservative," and are the enemy of the Left.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (Av6i5)

156 If only Stalin were aware of what they are doing.

Posted by: Voices from 1938 at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (wGerL)

157 The difference between the US and Europe in on commercial.

https://tinyurl.com/3kjsb8ys

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (viF8m)

158 I call shenanigans.

Posted by: Rotkappchen at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (j3Fsw)

159 Things have gotten topsy-turvy when Van Jones sounds like the voice of reason!
Posted by: mnw

He knows. It's an act.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (AEkWp)

160 88 I saw something so retarded on linked in today. Someone posted that as a European he’s shocked that the richest country in the world, US, doesn’t give everyone 6 -8 weeks vacation like Europoors do.


I guess he can’t see the connection.

Many people can’t be bothered to take two weeks off here. I knew many people in the military - 30 days of leave a year, if you get over 60, it starts entering “use of lose” territory” - who kept winding up in “use of lose” situations and were practically forced to take leave.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (4g5V+)

161 Yes, let's role over an let Iran give us belly rubs.

Posted by: Braenyard
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This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Neville Chamberlain at July 20, 2026 03:08 PM (XeU6L)

162 Obama had a Mao Christmas ornament hanging on the White House tree right?

Or did I dream that?

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 03:08 PM (6PgKW)

163 The Democrat party has been the breeding ground for socialists and Marxist. Not all of them become full blown Marxists, or full-blown socialists but there is enough of it to go around to get thoroughly mixed into the dough.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:08 PM (Fi81e)

164 He knows. It's an act.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (AEkWp)

What am I going to do with all these stars and garters.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:08 PM (oZ51P)

165 The difference between the US and Europe in on commercial.

https://tinyurl.com/3kjsb8ys
Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (viF8m)


I hate GM, but that's a damn good commercial. Even from a company that wouldn't exist without the government bailing them out.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:09 PM (2YhKe)

166 Your alternatives were Albert Gore and Barry Dong Obama.
Tell me more.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 03:03 PM (826kS)

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I think you are trying to make me feel better, but you just made me more depressed.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 03:09 PM (uSpHL)

167 polynikes, yes, courtesy of Anita Dunn.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 03:10 PM (abScH)

168 Wait until people find out that more than half of the elected Republican party are communists, and the rest merely self-dealers. That's gonna blow some minds.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:10 PM (oZ51P)

169 I've never taken more than a week vacation at a time unless I timed it with the additional Holiday days off you get.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 03:10 PM (6PgKW)

170 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:30 PM

I can. Why?

1) Communists are terribly stupid.
2) Communists run our schools.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 20, 2026 03:10 PM (wtvvX)

171 Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (viF8m)

That was a truly great commercial!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 03:10 PM (3Ope8)

172 Remember when Arnie adopted the tagline when he was running for governor about how he signs the front of checks while his opponents have only ever signed the back?

Nowadays, the kids don't even know what a check is.
Let alone why real-world experience matters.

As I've said, if your professor knew how the economy actually worked--any economy--you couldn't afford his classes.
And the reason why you don't understand why is why you support socialism.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 03:11 PM (3cUTc)

173
Or did I dream that?
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 03:08 PM (6PgKW)

No. That was real.

Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 03:11 PM (w1Bba)

174 I saw something so retarded on linked in today. Someone posted that as a European he’s shocked that the richest country in the world, US, doesn’t give everyone 6 -8 weeks vacation like Europoors do.

Compare our standard of living, and GDP per capita to anywhere in Europe. And the divide is increasing rapidly.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 02:49 PM (Riz8t)
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Yea, he's also full of shit on how much vacation the Eurofags get. They use some very misleading and outright scam mathematics to get to their claim that they get 6 weeks. It's bullshit.

When they do have actual vacation days, most of them just sit around with their thumbs up their asses, or take very cheap road-trip like vacations because they have limited funds.

By contrast, we live in a country that's so wildly rich and successful that even our poor can afford "real" vacations.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:11 PM (iFTx/)

175 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

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It's like longbows vs. crossbows!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:11 PM (UTxF6)

176 Wok’d Liberals - Basted Conservatives. NOW it’s a Food Thread.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:11 PM (Gqar8)

177 156 Love this. Reminds me of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee when every tribe that was getting shitkicked would say "If only the Great White Father knew... "

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 20, 2026 03:11 PM (wBaIH)

178 polynikes, yes, courtesy of Anita Dunn.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 03:10 PM (abScH)

As an open admirer, she was a good scapegoat for it too.

Malia
Anm
Obama

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:12 PM (oZ51P)

179 FFS.
ANN

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:12 PM (oZ51P)

180 174
Yea, he's also full of shit on how much vacation the Eurofags get. They use some very misleading and outright scam mathematics to get to their claim that they get 6 weeks. It's bullshit.

When they do have actual vacation days, most of them just sit around with their thumbs up their asses, or take very cheap road-trip like vacations because they have limited funds.

By contrast, we live in a country that's so wildly rich and successful that even our poor can afford "real" vacations.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:11 PM (iFTx/)

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They just have entire industries that take off a month.

The funniest laugh in Muppets Most Wanted was the French detective, on the verge of breaking the case alongside Sam the Eagle near the end of the film, quick-changing into vacation clothes and leaving the movie completely.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:12 PM (UTxF6)

181 >>That was a truly great commercial!

Always cracks me up because there is a big element of truth to it. I've worked with enough Euros over the years to know they have a different take on work than Americans.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 03:12 PM (viF8m)

182 Things have gotten topsy-turvy when Van Jones sounds like the voice of reason!

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 03:06 PM (RCjYY)
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I think Jones is intelligent.

They caught him candid on the Russian "scandal" and he flatly admitted there was nothing there. Didn't stop his network from pushing "Russian conspiracy", and he wasn't going to publicly break with this network, either.

I don't trust him. But I think he processes better than many other Dems.

I also consider Warren too smart for some of the rhetoric she has tried to get away with after a certain point. But she's elected the ideologue path.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:12 PM (Fi81e)

183 Bernie and AOC were socialists until they figured out that being a Corruptocrat is a nice lifestyle.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 03:12 PM (n5tGW)

184 It works for what it does- puts theater kids in luxury, ruling over all the people who bullied them in high school. Taking their lives when they feel like it and making them live in abject misery and fear.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 03:13 PM (zZu0s)

185 "I think if you have to work to pay your bills, I think that that is one definition of being a part of the working class," he vaguely responded.

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So, if you have to work to pay your bill for your Lamborghini -- there are big bills associated with Lambos, you know -- you're working class? Odd.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)

186 But the fact that fools like Jake Altman seem desperate to distance themselves from the open cannibals very strongly suggests to me that the internal Democrap polling on whether open cannibalism is politically popular is atrocious.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)
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There is no way to quickly put this back in the bottle so to speak. As long as Iran doesn't go completely sideways, the democrats are going to lose both Senate AND House seats in the midterms.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:13 PM (GZYu7)

187 182 I think Jones is intelligent.

They caught him candid on the Russian "scandal" and he flatly admitted there was nothing there. Didn't stop his network from pushing "Russian conspiracy", and he wasn't going to publicly break with this network, either.

I don't trust him. But I think he processes better than many other Dems.

I also consider Warren too smart for some of the rhetoric she has tried to get away with after a certain point. But she's elected the ideologue path.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:12 PM (Fi81e)

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Van Jones is smart and ideologically driven towards his vision of racialist socialism while able to step back and look at the politics of situations from other points of view.

He's a shit. He's smart, but he's still a shit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:13 PM (UTxF6)

188 Ace:

"I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works."

We're not. There's no argument remaining.

The problem is, The Left and normal people live in completely separate reality-bubbles. In Sane World, communism is utterly debunked and despised as a ridiculous 19th-century revenge fantasy that is nt and never has been an actually valid economic system-- it's just gbbledygook to justiify murdering people more successful than you and stealing their stuff. But is Crazy World, it's the guiding principle of their entire worldview, and no amount of facts or history will ever negate that. Because once they admit that communism is evil and childish, there's nothing left of their entire ideology. "Moderate leftism" is just a dishonest mask for full-on communism. Admitting that that communism is invalid is like committing suicide t them.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2026 03:14 PM (Av6i5)

189 Your credit card won't work, your funds in your bank will be seized, and anyone that speaks up will first be shut off from social media and the later disappeared. And they'll tell your neighbors you were a Russian spy or a Neo-NAZI and were planning to engage in terrorism or some such...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm)

This is what those data centers will ultimately be used for.

Posted by: Essentials of life turned off with a mouse click at July 20, 2026 03:14 PM (TbWk/)

190 Bernie and AOC were socialists until they figured out that being a Corruptocrat is a nice lifestyle.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 03:12 PM (n5tGW)

The entire point of being a socialist is becoming a corruptocrat

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:14 PM (oZ51P)

191 Mayor Mamdani struggles to define who the 'working class' is in a word salad interview

He should seek counsel from David French, who knows all about rough, virile workmen, on account of them balling his lady in front of him.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 03:14 PM (K3f7J)

192 Yay! Content!
Which I'm going to fully read!

I just turned on my friend's water for their garden. I'm not leaving until after I turn it off so I don't forget.

I'm easily distr

Hey, squirrel. Black ones. That's normal here.

Posted by: Stateless at July 20, 2026 03:14 PM (Fmkks)

193 >>When they do have actual vacation days, most of them just sit around with their thumbs up their asses, or take very cheap road-trip like vacations because they have limited funds.

Sure were a lot of them that figured out how to spend weeks in the US traveling around to watch kickball.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 03:14 PM (viF8m)

194 186 There is no way to quickly put this back in the bottle so to speak. As long as Iran doesn't go completely sideways, the democrats are going to lose both Senate AND House seats in the midterms.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:13 PM (GZYu7)

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We're on day 10 of renewed conflict and oil jumped ALLLL the way up to $81 per barrel.

I remember promises of $200 per barrel.

Iran is page 3 news at this point. At best.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:15 PM (UTxF6)

195 I can put an end to this is a few minutes.

"He DSA, nitwit. In a commune, everyone gets to use your laptop without permission. They'll probably start a new character on your favorite video game and delete yours."


(sit back and watch)

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 03:15 PM (dIske)

196 The embrace of Islam is disconcerting. It's as false as any other religion, but the DSA seems enthralled by it just because it's anti-western. I think the Muslim members just want to use the DSA to seize control of the US government just to cut off Israel to eventually destroy it.

Posted by: Sid at July 20, 2026 03:15 PM (TeIRJ)

197 175 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

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It's like longbows vs. crossbows!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:11 PM (UTxF6)

More like which is God's Caliber, .45 or 9mm...

ie American greatness, or Euro trash.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 03:15 PM (mP0Kj)

198 Generic ballot polls have Dems to a +3 and it’s only July.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 02:47 PM (jlI90)
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I saw a +2 last week. And its July. We might have a R+4 before we are over.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:16 PM (GZYu7)

199 We're on day 10 of renewed conflict and oil jumped ALLLL the way up to $81 per barrel.

I remember promises of $200 per barrel.

Iran is page 3 news at this point. At best.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:15 PM (UTxF6)

The new Oil Tanker routes are already taking effect.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 03:16 PM (mP0Kj)

200
I think the Commies misunderstand the Trump phenomenon.

They think that Because Trump said exactly what he wanted to do people followed him.

So, in their minds if they say exactly what they want to do (the quiet part) loud and proud that people will follow them and elect them into power.

The difference is that Trump was saying things that were 80-20 issues. ie. things that most people wanted.

The commies are shouting their 10-90 issues which most people beyond certain blue shithole enclaves want.

I guess it may work for them if the media can run enough cover, but even Oblabla(mostly) knew when to shut-up.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 03:16 PM (iJfKG)

201 Ahem Fauxcahantas is not smart, she just plays the dumbass DEI scam like a fifthy Somali.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 20, 2026 03:16 PM (wBaIH)

202 Yea, he's also full of shit on how much vacation the Eurofags get. They use some very misleading and outright scam mathematics to get to their claim that they get 6 weeks. It's bullshit.
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One of the funnier ones I saw, of a likely Retardo of Redditt, was extolling how many vacation days a year workers in China get.

Because ... China counts the 1 to two days they get off for the weekend as vacation days.
LOL

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 03:16 PM (3cUTc)

203 Why haven't other socialists in history thought of leveraging hatred of Jews to gain popularity? Mamdani is a genius!

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:17 PM (oZ51P)

204 198 Generic ballot polls have Dems to a +3 and it’s only July.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 02:47 PM (jlI90)
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I saw a +2 last week. And its July. We might have a R+4 before we are over.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:16 PM (GZYu7)

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Impossibru.

Goode and Pretti meant that the GOP lost the midterms, deportations were over, and no one was going to vote for the pro-murder party.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:17 PM (UTxF6)

205 D+3 historically gives you a tie.

Of course that's from before USAID and similar leftwing election piggy banks were shut off

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:17 PM (sKqQm)

206 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

Because we have allowed the fight to continue.

Posted by: Joe Mama at July 20, 2026 03:17 PM (TezPK)

207
https://tinyurl.com/3kjsb8ys

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (viF8m)
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Mixed emotions.

Neal McDonough!! :-)

...

Neal McDonough pushing EVs... :-(

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:17 PM (Fi81e)

208 When they do have actual vacation days, most of them just sit around with their thumbs up their asses, or take very cheap road-trip like vacations because they have limited funds.

Sure were a lot of them that figured out how to spend weeks in the US traveling around to watch kickball.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 03:14 PM (viF8m)
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The WC is once every 4 years, and for some of them, this is the only real vacation they'll take in those 4 years.

Plus, I'll bet a lot of $$ that many if not most of the foreigners who were here for weeks -- many were not here that long -- are quite affluent. I don't think we got the slum-dwellers here.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:17 PM (iFTx/)

209 Iran is page 3 news at this point. At best.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

There's a page 3? I just skip from the front page to Page Six.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (Av6i5)

210 Goode and Pretti meant that the GOP lost the midterms, deportations were over, and no one was going to vote for the pro-murder party.

Its funny in lefty forums they've moved on to the guy in Maine - I guess the guy in Houston didn't make for a good martyr. But even lefties don't remember Maine guy's name...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)

211 172 Remember when Arnie adopted the tagline when he was running for governor about how he signs the front of checks while his opponents have only ever signed the back?

Get to da bank! Argalargalargal!!

Posted by: Moar Argalargalargal!!! at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (K3f7J)

212 If I'm being objective, there are benefits to communism.

For instance, anyone who experienced BLM riots would certainly have to admit they wouldn't have minded seeing tanks running over the "protesters".

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (uSpHL)

213 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.
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Consider it an empirical lesson on how stupidity works.

Especially systemic stupidity.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (Fi81e)

214 199 The new Oil Tanker routes are already taking effect.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 03:16 PM (mP0Kj)

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The important thing is the jump start towards new oil pipelines, including the new Iraq MOU with America about tens of billions of investment for new energy infrastructure in Iraq, including pipelines.

By the way, Iran did try to hit the Saudi pipeline that went from 500,000 barrels to 7 million a few months ago, right after the ceasefire.

They tried to hit it five times. They hit it once. The pipeline was down for less than 24 hours.

Iran hasn't hit any pipeline in the last 10 days.

Pipelines, especially buried pipelines, are hard to hit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (UTxF6)

215 The reason that Europe can afford 6-8 weeks of vacation is because US troops and Pax Anericana have been keeping the peace since 1945. They ain't fighting each other

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 03:19 PM (sMkB+)

216 Ahem Fauxcahantas is not smart, she just plays the dumbass DEI scam like a fifthy Somali.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 20, 2026 03:16 PM (wBaIH)


She doesn't care because no one else cares. They'll re-elect her overwhelmingly, again.

She was caught culturally appropriating and stealing from the Native American. She's made her career off their back, yet nothing happened to her. Trump can call her Pocahontas all he wants. They don't care. She doesn't care. She'll still be rich, in office and stupidly corrupt. She's another one that will likely die in office. From old age.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:19 PM (2YhKe)

217 194

We're on day 10 of renewed conflict and oil jumped ALLLL the way up to $81 per barrel.

I remember promises of $200 per barrel.

Iran is page 3 news at this point. At best.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:15 PM (UTxF6)

I would say tired, or perhaps flogged like a dead equine, but I get bored easily. Also, we churn topics here until they congeal.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:19 PM (Gqar8)

218 Of course that's from before USAID and similar leftwing election piggy banks were shut off
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:17 PM (sKqQm)

And redistricting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 20, 2026 03:19 PM (zZu0s)

219 205 D+3 historically gives you a tie.

Of course that's from before USAID and similar leftwing election piggy banks were shut off

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:17 PM (sKqQm)

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Gerrymandering since 2020 probably means that D+5 is a tie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:19 PM (UTxF6)

220 209 Iran is page 3 news at this point. At best.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

There's a page 3? I just skip from the front page to Page Six.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (Av6i5)

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Page 3 is where the European soccer scores go.

Someone technically cares, but no one actually cares.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:20 PM (UTxF6)

221 It did occur to me that if you are a big soccer fan you only have to save up for a big game once every 4 years.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 03:20 PM (n5tGW)

222 The commies are shouting their 10-90 issues which most people beyond certain blue shithole enclaves want.

I guess it may work for them if the media can run enough cover, but even Oblabla(mostly) knew when to shut-up.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 03:16 PM (iJfKG)

What happens when Repukes go back to being the Party of Chop Chop Good Show Must Not Fight Too Hard as It Wouldn't Be Sporting And by the Way Rape is God's Plan Harrumph Harrumph.

People are probably better off not knowing. What the public wants is a strong leader and that's pretty much it. If people knew a damn thing about politics, the House and Senate wouldn't look the way they do

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:20 PM (oZ51P)

223 anyone who experienced BLM riots would certainly have to admit they wouldn't have minded seeing tanks running over the "protesters".

Bigly

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 20, 2026 03:20 PM (crzDU)

224 >>The WC is once every 4 years, and for some of them, this is the only real vacation they'll take in those 4 years.


I understand that. But most companies don't let you bank years of vacation so you can use it once every 4 years to watch soccer games across the ocean.

I've worked with Euros for years and yes a good many of them do indeed to multi-week long vacations every year. They brag about it.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2026 03:20 PM (viF8m)

225 210 Goode and Pretti meant that the GOP lost the midterms, deportations were over, and no one was going to vote for the pro-murder party.

Its funny in lefty forums they've moved on to the guy in Maine - I guess the guy in Houston didn't make for a good martyr. But even lefties don't remember Maine guy's name...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)

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Americans have been inured to the reality of stupid leftists getting themselves killed.

On a certain level, I hope leftists never figure this out.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:21 PM (UTxF6)

226 For instance, anyone who experienced BLM riots would certainly have to admit they wouldn't have minded seeing tanks running over the "protesters".

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (uSpHL)
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You're using Lenin and Mao's aspirational "communism", which contained no communes and a LOT of government, which the theory suggests predates communism.

Their "communism" is no different from the Dictatorship (In the Name) of the Proletariat in Marx.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:21 PM (Fi81e)

227 Gerry Mander has caused a lot of problems.

And he sucked as The Beaver too.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 03:21 PM (K3f7J)

228
Its funny in lefty forums they've moved on to the guy in Maine - I guess the guy in Houston didn't make for a good martyr. But even lefties don't remember Maine guy's name...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)
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Hitner, IIRC.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)

229 NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…

I predict this fuckers wealth will quintuple.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 20, 2026 02:48 PM (rJ48h)
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Interesting thing. Is this the first time in our government's recent history where we have a Treasury Secretary who is willing to use the financial weapons at his disposal? I think if Bessent wants to know where your money is he is going to find it.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:22 PM (GZYu7)

230 And he sucked as The Beaver too./i]

Ward, don't you think you were a little too hard on the beaver last night?

Posted by: June Cleaver at July 20, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)

231 They've built the Frankenstein's monster and are shocked at what it became once they hooked it up to the electric lightening bolt and it came to life.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 20, 2026 03:22 PM (qBdHI)

232 Your credit card won't work, your funds in your bank will be seized, and anyone that speaks up will first be shut off from social media and the later disappeared. And they'll tell your neighbors you were a Russian spy or a Neo-NAZI and were planning to engage in terrorism or some such...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm)

This is what those data centers will ultimately be used for.
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"and that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name."
- Revelation 13:17

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 03:23 PM (x7Vzy)

233 Where did you go on holiday is way more asked in Europe than what do you do for a living.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 03:23 PM (n5tGW)

234 229 Interesting thing. Is this the first time in our government's recent history where we have a Treasury Secretary who is willing to use the financial weapons at his disposal? I think if Bessent wants to know where your money is he is going to find it.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:22 PM (GZYu7)

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Treasury secretaries haven't had direct access to Treasury transactions since WWII.

I believe Bessent does have access now, the first Treasury secretary to have it in 80 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:23 PM (UTxF6)

235 "I think if you have to work to pay your bills, I think that that is one definition of being a part of the working class," he vaguely responded.
......

Genius answer, Smiley.

Posted by: wth at July 20, 2026 03:23 PM (UjdFS)

236 231 They've built the Frankenstein's monster and are shocked at what it became once they hooked it up to the electric lightening bolt and it came to life.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 20, 2026 03:22 PM (qBdHI)

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Luckily, torches are cheap.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:23 PM (UTxF6)

237 Its funny in lefty forums they've moved on to the guy in Maine - I guess the guy in Houston didn't make for a good martyr. But even lefties don't remember Maine guy's name...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)


They care more about leftists experiences warranted FAFO, but are SILENT when a leftist psycho tranny shoots up a school and murders innocent children.

But they're QUICK to jump on the "thousands of murdered kids in Gaza........"

FFS....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:24 PM (2YhKe)

238 But the fact that fools like Jake Altman seem desperate to distance themselves from the open cannibals very strongly suggests to me that the internal Democrap polling on whether open cannibalism is politically popular is atrocious.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)
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There is no way to quickly put this back in the bottle so to speak. As long as Iran doesn't go completely sideways, the democrats are going to lose both Senate AND House seats in the midterms.
Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:13 PM (GZYu7)_______

As the saying goes, "from your lips to god's ears ...."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)

239
Many people can’t be bothered to take two weeks off here. I knew many people in the military - 30 days of leave a year, if you get over 60, it starts entering “use of lose” territory” - who kept winding up in “use of lose” situations and were practically forced to take leave.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (4g5V+)



A lot of times, single soldiers who lived in the barracks would get these forced leave situations and they would be stuck in their rooms for a couple of weeks or the chain of command would practically kick them out of the barracks saying "go visit Mom" when these troops had no family to visit. Not to mention no cash to get a plane ticket or hotel room.

Lots of extended camping trips was the result. I know that I did one of those forced leaves staying in the woods for nearly 2 weeks, camping out of my truck at one of the lakes on post.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2026 03:24 PM (y9nCu)

240 Iran is page 3 news at this point. At best.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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True, but we all ought to remember that every day there are men in harm's way every minute, and be grateful to them.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 03:24 PM (XeU6L)

241 Friend of mine used to work on Cape Cod. Some of the locals told him the story of how Provincetown used to be this sort of quiet rundown old fishing village, until the gays from Boston, etc. discovered it and started moving there. Pretty soon their population exceeded the old-timer locals population, and they started to gain elected office. Pretty soon, they were the local government, and the old-time residents were crying in their clam chowder. Not saying it's the same situation, but it's kinda the same.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 20, 2026 03:24 PM (QaH55)

242 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.
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Consider it an empirical lesson on how stupidity works.

Especially systemic stupidity.

Stupidity is an infinitely renewable resource.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 03:25 PM (Riz8t)

243 Goode and Pretti meant that the GOP lost the midterms, deportations were over, and no one was going to vote for the pro-murder party.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:17 PM (UTxF6)
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Often enough, if you give the Dems time they will remind voters why they didn't like them so much.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:25 PM (Fi81e)

244 They started to use the Treasury as a weapon against alQuida, 20 years ago. Bessent is using the same "roadmap" and greatly enhancing it. This is not new.

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 03:25 PM (GD0B3)

245 240 Iran is page 3 news at this point. At best.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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True, but we all ought to remember that every day there are men in harm's way every minute, and be grateful to them.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 03:24 PM (XeU6L)

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I am.

Those flyboys are putting their lives on the line to ensure American dominance of maritime traffic and killing bad people at the same time.

Patriots.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:25 PM (UTxF6)

246 I've found that never listening to leftists, never believing a word they say if you do accidentally hear them, and not giving a shit what happens to them, is a pretty bitchin way to go through life.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:25 PM (oZ51P)

247 > This is what those data centers will ultimately be used for.
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They're for all the surveillance camera data; video, still photos, AI generated data about every person, car, truck and so on that they capture.

It's not 'just' license plates. It's you, your habits, where you go, the route you take, what you buy and where, etc.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 03:25 PM (jehhT)

248 Their "communism" is no different from the Dictatorship (In the Name) of the Proletariat in Marx.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:21 PM (Fi81e)

.....

I wouldn't mind a little dictatorship with the right dictator.

Like I wouldn't mind a one child policy for people living on government assistance.

Or I wouldn't mind seeing them use water cannons and Belgian Malinois on ICE protestors.

I wouldn't mind if the secret police came in the middle of the night, drug AntiFa organizers out of their homes and shot them dead in their front yards.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 03:26 PM (uSpHL)

249 201 Ahem Fauxcahantas is not smart, she just plays the dumbass DEI scam like a fifthy Somali.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 20, 2026 03:16 PM (wBaIH)
________________________

The truth about Warren is that she is about as radical as they come. You may recall that she was making the most noise when Hegseth started giving the guys who preferred dresses in the military a kick out the door. Warren was instramental in getting those policies in place to allow them to join the military in the first place. Behind the scenes she pushed her DEI mentality on the US military to simply compromise their effectiveness.

Her aids are people like Calla Walsh, who traveled to Iran and joined anti-US chants while honoring Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. She is not your typical leftist. She is the tip of the spear in congress for radical leftist Communism. Or more accurately, revolution.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 03:26 PM (dIske)

250 I want to know who is behind this......



Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
·
1h
WTF. Mexican national illegal alien Brandon Ortiz-Vite, who got decades in prison for kiIIing Ruby Garcia in Michigan, SUES Trump for “humiliating” him by highlighting his crime during the campaign

Ortiz is seeking a public apology, citizenship, and $75 million in damages

Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 03:26 PM (kX27y)

251 243 Often enough, if you give the Dems time they will remind voters why they didn't like them so much.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:25 PM (Fi81e)

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"2012 proves that Democrats can be racialist antagonists to America and win national elections!"
-the left

*stays silent*
-cheat in Broward County, Nevada, Michigan, and Pennsylvania

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:26 PM (UTxF6)

252 Queer Starmer is out! The UK is saved! Wait... here comes Andy Burneverything. Nevermind.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 03:26 PM (n5tGW)

253 So, if you have to work to pay your bill for your Lamborghini -- there are big bills associated with Lambos, you know -- you're working class? Odd.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)

Another reason why it’s a stupid phrase, apart from the Marxism - just about everyone works. So this “working class” is, what, 95% of the adult population?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (4g5V+)

254
I love the college grads who appropriated "working class". There are millions upon millions of people who, for a lack of intelligence or education, work long, hard and honorably. For many, especially men, this can mean a life of chronic physical pain. Shift work also takes its toll.

Then there are the slackers who partied their way through college and came out with a useless degree, student debt, and poor work habits. They whine about working a five-day week, show up late if at all, and moan about work-life balance for their air-conditioned office job. These are also supposed to be "working class". Sorry, no.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (O0L8i)

255 Where did you go on holiday is way more asked in Europe than what do you do for a living.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 03:23 PM (n5tGW)
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It's kinda like asking "what car you drive?" It's a way of gauging how successful you are without asking flat-out.

Even worse in Asia. They think nothing of asking very personal questions upon first meeting you that no American would ask.

But their cultures are very hierarchical and status-driven, so they are trying to determine where in the pecking order you are, so they can treat you appropriately given your "rank."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (iFTx/)

256 About the ONLY Revolution where those who started it, actually ended up in control at the end, was the US Revolution.

Whole thing was a historic outlier on many many levels.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (mP0Kj)

257 But they're QUICK to jump on the "thousands of murdered kids in Gaza........"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:24 PM (2YhKe)
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When of all organizations found to have slopped numbers together, Hamas seems to have a standalone ineptitude.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (Fi81e)

258 250 I want to know who is behind this......



Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
·
1h
WTF. Mexican national illegal alien Brandon Ortiz-Vite, who got decades in prison for kiIIing Ruby Garcia in Michigan, SUES Trump for “humiliating” him by highlighting his crime during the campaign

Ortiz is seeking a public apology, citizenship, and $75 million in damages
Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 03:26 PM (kX27y)

And a Unlimited Pasta Pass, don’t forget that.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (Gqar8)

259 @libsoftiktok
·
1h
WTF. Mexican national illegal alien Brandon Ortiz-Vite, who got decades in prison for kiIIing Ruby Garcia in Michigan, SUES Trump for “humiliating” him by highlighting his crime during the campaign

Ortiz is seeking a public apology, citizenship, and $75 million in damages
Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 03:26 PM (kX27y)



GRANTED!!!

Posted by: Lord God King Boasberg at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (2YhKe)

260 Treasury was always a great tool against cartels, terrorism. Cutting off the money, internationally especially, is cutting off the bloodline of terror. It was not easy in the early 2000s, with shadow money transfer netwoks, Hawalas. Now it's crypto.

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (GD0B3)

261 I'll admit I liked it better when when "You were a little hard on the beaver last night, Ward" and it meant telling off their son, not another name for women's public hair and vagina , but I was young and did not think of that when I watched the show. Maybe you older codgers did😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (zqeQL)

262 TJM

"Iran is page 3 news"

That comment isn't going to age well.

Btw, I admire your posts generally. I always read them. I esp enjoy your movie chops.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (RCjYY)

263 The core have always been commies. TDS just got them to drop the mask.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 03:01 PM (XvL8K)

This! People weren't paying attention. People knew the education systems were just indoctrination centers. Two elements that destroy situational awareness.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 20, 2026 03:28 PM (g8Ew8)

264 This is what those data centers will ultimately be used for.
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"and that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name."
- Revelation 13:17
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 03:23 PM (x7Vzy)
Word.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 03:28 PM (LHPAg)

265 262 TJM

"Iran is page 3 news"

That comment isn't going to age well.

Btw, I admire your posts generally. I always read them. I esp enjoy your movie chops.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (RCjYY)

mnw. Enjoying our Missouri heat??

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (Gqar8)

266 Many people can’t be bothered to take two weeks off here. I knew many people in the military - 30 days of leave a year, if you get over 60, it starts entering “use of lose” territory” - who kept winding up in “use of lose” situations and were practically forced to take leave.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (4g5V+)
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I took leave maybe three times between 2003-2009.

All after I returned from Iraq. Two weeks each.

When I got out in 2009, I had over 60 days of leave.
I took about a month terminal leave and cashed out the rest.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (x7Vzy)

267 247 > This is what those data centers will ultimately be used for.
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They're for all the surveillance camera data; video, still photos, AI generated data about every person, car, truck and so on that they capture.

It's not 'just' license plates. It's you, your habits, where you go, the route you take, what you buy and where, etc.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 03:25 PM (jehhT)

For this, they need data centers all of a sudden?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (4g5V+)

268 So, if you have to work to pay your bill for your Lamborghini -- there are big bills associated with Lambos, you know -- you're working class? Odd.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)

Another reason why it’s a stupid phrase, apart from the Marxism - just about everyone works. So this “working class” is, what, 95% of the adult population?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (4g5V+)
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Yea, even billionaires work -- and many of them work very hard, putting in more hours a week than 90% of most people. I never understood that myself. But I've seen it enough times to know it's the rule rather than the exception.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (iFTx/)

269 262 TJM

"Iran is page 3 news"

That comment isn't going to age well.

Btw, I admire your posts generally. I always read them. I esp enjoy your movie chops.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (RCjYY)

========

10 days into new bombing. The ship to ship transfers on the Omani side of the strait continue unabated no matter how much Iran sends out press releases.

What's affecting gas/oil prices more right now than Iran is Ukraine's assaults on Russian energy infrastructure.

We'll see if American exports increase again. I kind of doubt it. The jump in prices in modest.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (UTxF6)

270 @137
marcuse knew.

in the 60s that nightmare scenario could have actually come to pass, it was starting to happen ... lbj's great society fixed that but good then cloward&piven saw the light and gave it a theoretical basis.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (VyBeY)

271 for women's public hair

I'm open-minded. But I don't want it to be public.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 03:30 PM (K3f7J)

272 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (zqeQL

"Pubic" hair not public.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:30 PM (zqeQL)

273 I'd like to see teaching completely reworked. Instead of getting a 6 year teaching degree require 10+ years of work in the field.

And since teaching is more of a part time job anyway, tailor it to people at the end of their private sector career.

So then you'd have a 55 year old industrial chemist say teaching chemistry instead of a 28 year old whose only knowledge of chemistry is from watching Breaking Bad.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:55 PM (sKqQm)
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Eh, the problem is the system. Have you seen what an elementary school teacher is being asked to do in many schools? They spend half their time just handling disruptions from misbehaving kids, and then have to worry about how they react to this misbehavior based upon school district rules on handling behavioral issues. And of course there is all the support they must give to kids who are not being set up for success at home.

Restructure the idea of "educating" everyone. You get to be educated if you are capable of being educated. If not, tough shit.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:30 PM (GZYu7)

274 They're for all the surveillance camera data; video, still photos, AI generated data about every person, car, truck and so on that they capture.
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What the FLOCK?!

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:30 PM (Fi81e)

275 For this, they need data centers all of a sudden?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (4g5V+)
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Battlespace prep.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 03:30 PM (x7Vzy)

276 Water being turned off.

I love you people.

Posted by: Stateless at July 20, 2026 03:30 PM (Fmkks)

277 Get flocked and tracked in everything you do, but nope no ID to vote, that's just to intrusive.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 03:31 PM (n5tGW)

278
Or did I dream that?
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 03:08 PM (6PgKW)

No. That was real.
Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 03:11 PM (w1Bba)



Not to mention one of the higher ups (I want to say that is was Samantha Power and Cass Sunstein, but I could be wrong there) who had big posters of Che Guevara and Stalinist propaganda hanging all over their NY apartment.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2026 03:31 PM (y9nCu)

279 261 I'll admit I liked it better when when "You were a little hard on the beaver last night, Ward" and it meant telling off their son, not another name for women's public hair and vagina , but I was young and did not think of that when I watched the show. Maybe you older codgers did😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (zqeQL)

Hi Fen!! Glad I caught you. My fasting report - I like it!! Staying away from the websites on Thursday and Friday is very healthy. So much so I am going to add Wednesdays too. No newz is indeed good newz.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:31 PM (Gqar8)

280 Friend of mine used to work on Cape Cod. Some of the locals told him the story of how Provincetown used to be this sort of quiet rundown old fishing village, until the gays from Boston, etc. discovered it and started moving there. Pretty soon their population exceeded the old-timer locals population, and they started to gain elected office. Pretty soon, they were the local government, and the old-time residents were crying in their clam chowder. Not saying it's the same situation, but it's kinda the same.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
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I can recall when Hilton Head Island had a population of 200 people.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 03:32 PM (XeU6L)

281 266 Many people can’t be bothered to take two weeks off here. I knew many people in the military - 30 days of leave a year, if you get over 60, it starts entering “use of lose” territory” - who kept winding up in “use of lose” situations and were practically forced to take leave.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 03:07 PM (4g5V+)
___

I took leave maybe three times between 2003-2009.

All after I returned from Iraq. Two weeks each.

When I got out in 2009, I had over 60 days of leave.
I took about a month terminal leave and cashed out the rest.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (x7Vzy)
I sold leave once over a 22 year period and that was only a week or so.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 03:32 PM (LHPAg)

282 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:27 PM (zqeQL

"Pubic" hair not public.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:30 PM (zqeQL)

I mean, they're pretty much public hairs if everyone has seen them

Posted by: Josephistan at July 20, 2026 03:32 PM (y9ksN)

283 If the DSA op is unsuccessful it will be because Trump, a one man wrecking crew, dealt with them hard and put their asses down in the public square. The way he once did The Squad, ten days out of nowhere one October long ago. Basically took away any real influence they had - and it was magical. Ten days it took him.

And maybe that's another reason God spared Trump. Because this operation is far bigger than a few crazies getting together in leftard-land and deciding to "take over". This op has been years in the making. And Trump knows it is here. He already alluded to it in at least one tweet. Watching him take care of them is going to be a fucking thing of beauty. And you don't know when he will do it.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:32 PM (oZ51P)

284 ITC, that wasJay Carney, Barky's press secretary.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 03:32 PM (abScH)

285 Former DSA Member: We Started This Moderate, Wholesome Socialist Group But It Got Taken Over by Extremist Communists, Somehow

______

"INORITE? We also started a moderate group of cannibals who killed people and ate them nicely roasted with a side of arugula and fava beans. Then these savages came into our group and wanted to just hack off limbs and eat their people raw! So uncouth!"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:33 PM (iFTx/)

286 Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:31 PM (Gqar8

That's wonderful to hear. I think I will try taking off several days as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:33 PM (zqeQL)

287 "Pubic" hair not public.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:30 PM (zqeQL)
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Boy is my face red!

Posted by: Lady Godiva at July 20, 2026 03:33 PM (Fi81e)

288 So then you'd have a 55 year old industrial chemist say teaching chemistry instead of a 28 year old whose only knowledge of chemistry is from watching Breaking Bad.

Posted by: 18-1
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Our math teacher was a retired AF Col.
He had worked on theManhatten Project.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 03:34 PM (XeU6L)

289 Now we throw it all away on another world war. Very sad.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 20, 2026 03:00 PM (JWDez)
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We are spending money for more ammunition, which we would have to do anyway at some point. No where remotely close to a world war. Subversive little fire fights.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:34 PM (GZYu7)

290 tubal

I'm old & largely stay inside. For me, heat waves are a spectator sport.

Btw, I split time between MO & southern IL.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 03:34 PM (RCjYY)

291 Alopecia means never having to show your public hair.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 03:34 PM (n5tGW)

292 I saw Women's Public Hair open for Wet Leg at Fannie's Fabrics & More in 2017.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:34 PM (2YhKe)

293 women's pubic hair? How 70's.

Posted by: wth at July 20, 2026 03:34 PM (UjdFS)

294 Meme I saw last week:

I just want the deportation policy Marth's Vineyard has.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 03:35 PM (Fi81e)

295 Posted by: Josephistan at July 20, 2026 03:32 PM (y9ksN

I got the impression in these later years of mine that nobody else had seen her pubic hair but Mr. Cleaver, although we have a number of people who thought she was getting it on with Eddie Haskell .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:35 PM (zqeQL)

296 Eh, the problem is the system. Have you seen what an elementary school teacher is being asked to do in many schools? They spend half their time just handling disruptions from misbehaving kids, and then have to worry about how they react to this misbehavior based upon school district rules on handling behavioral issues. And of course there is all the support they must give to kids who are not being set up for success at home.

Restructure the idea of "educating" everyone. You get to be educated if you are capable of being educated. If not, tough shit.
Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:30 PM (GZYu7)
_____________________________

I'm old enough to remember corporal punishment. I also remember being picked up by my hair for not walking down the hallway single file on my first day of school ever. Needless to say, I always walk down the hallway single file to this day.

Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2026 03:35 PM (dIske)

297 286 Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:31 PM (Gqar8

That's wonderful to hear. I think I will try taking off several days as well.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:33 PM (zqeQL)

Rally very beneficial. The world is a big place, away from the screen. Had a sermon Sunday, the series is on Ecclisiastes, BTW. Point was made that all the “ stuff” we live in is ultimately not the point of life, at all. I need to hold on to that.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:36 PM (Gqar8)

298 and that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name."
- Revelation 13:17
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 03:23 PM (x7Vzy)
Word.
Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 03:28 PM (LHPAg)

Scary, huh?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 20, 2026 03:36 PM (g8Ew8)

299 The DSA Op is blessed and sanctioned from upon high.

Attempting to solve a bunch of problems that Trump left for Democrats and move the country and world left in a single swipe.

Take it to the bank, and cash it.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:37 PM (oZ51P)

300 "I just skip from the front page to Page Six."

Except that Page Six is never on Page Six. I know, as I had to keep up with it in my NYC nightclub doorman days.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at July 20, 2026 03:37 PM (GMWTj)

301
Yea, even billionaires work -- and many of them work very hard, putting in more hours a week than 90% of most people. I never understood that myself. But I've seen it enough times to know it's the rule rather than the exception.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (iFTx/)



Like some Queens vulgarian that I've heard of.

Despite his rep for being a party animal, he'd hit Studio 54 and other similar hot spots with Ivana, totally sober unlike everyone else. But they'd leave early, going home and spending the next 3-4 hours that night working. Every. Night.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2026 03:37 PM (y9nCu)

302 283, that remains my sincere hope through all the FUD.

thank you for saying it out loud.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 03:38 PM (VyBeY)

303 Republicans and older Democrats are just Mensheviks and watching them be ruthlessly purged, tortured, forced to make groveling confessions, and then get executed anyway will be the only silver lining to the Rise of the Monster Babies.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 03:38 PM (BI5O2)

304 All the flavors of leftism are so comically retarded that it's a thousand wonders anyone who can remember to breathe on their own would fall for an ideology that's failed every time it's been tried, but here we are.

It would be a laugh riot if its adherents weren't also violent assholes.

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 03:38 PM (oqH4h)

305 290 tubal

I'm old & largely stay inside. For me, heat waves are a spectator sport.

Btw, I split time between MO & southern IL.
Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 03:34 PM (RCjYY)

“ Checks thermometer on porch”. 97 right now. 57% humidity. The rock garden I am building can wait a while, I am thinking.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:38 PM (Gqar8)

306 Rubio pretty much declared WAR on communism/socialism in the USA. Communism cannot hide from Rubio!

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 03:39 PM (GD0B3)

307 We're slated for the 100's for the rest of the week. My 30 year old A/C unit is struggling, mightily, and the first electric bill of the real summer is $400.

It'll get worse.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:40 PM (2YhKe)

308 Because once they admit that communism is evil and childish, there's nothing left of their entire ideology. "Moderate leftism" is just a dishonest mask for full-on communism. Admitting that that communism is invalid is like committing suicide t them.
Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2026 03:14 PM (Av6i5)


I recently saw a video explain it all pretty well.

Socialists/Communists don’t debate facts and figures and how the world and economics actually work.

They start with their utopian version of how the world should be and then critique the actual world for not matching up to their vision in every aspect.

To argue against them has no effect because they are not grounded in reality but are, instead, trying to enforce their mass delusions about how the world should be instead of what it actually is.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 20, 2026 03:40 PM (6ydKt)

309 Yea, even billionaires work -- and many of them work very hard, putting in more hours a week than 90% of most people. I never understood that myself. But I've seen it enough times to know it's the rule rather than the exception.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (iFTx/)

Being rich or even somewhat wealthy is largely self-selecting. Working hard, frugality, skill in capital allocation, all help. A tendency to work hard regardless of how much money a person has gives a greater chance of becoming wealthy and staying there. These often aren't calculated decisions but habits and natural tendencies.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 03:41 PM (okun6)

310 Yea, even billionaires work -- and many of them work very hard, putting in more hours a week than 90% of most people. I never understood that myself. But I've seen it enough times to know it's the rule rather than the exception.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:29 PM (iFTx/)



Like some Queens vulgarian that I've heard of.

Despite his rep for being a party animal, he'd hit Studio 54 and other similar hot spots with Ivana, totally sober unlike everyone else. But they'd leave early, going home and spending the next 3-4 hours that night working. Every. Night.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2026 03:37 PM (y9nCu)
_____

Elon too. When I was at the big Manhattan firm, I would get calls from guys worth 100s of millions of dollars ... on Saturday night at like 10:30 pm. "Hey Elric, I want to discuss X."

X was never anything urgent. It was never "I got caught in bed with three prostitutes and a dead goat and now I'm in jail." X was always some bullshit that could wait until Monday.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:41 PM (iFTx/)

311 Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:36 PM (Gqar

I was here much less than I normally am on Sunday. I was at two services that day. Anglican vicar at the church I went to gave a very inspiring sermon on Romans 8:9-17 and it was also a pleasure to see a beautifully dressed family ( wife wearing a long pretty dress and shawl and man wearing a suit and tie). it seemed like they were honoring God on that way -and yes , IMO, people should wear whatever they're comfortable in in church as long as it's not immodest

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:42 PM (zqeQL)

312 306 Rubio pretty much declared WAR on communism/socialism in the USA. Communism cannot hide from Rubio!
Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 03:39 PM (GD0B3)

I notice, from a casual perusal, that a controversy three way between Rubio, Vance and DeSantis is being ginned up. That’ll be with us for a couple of years.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:42 PM (Gqar8)

313
ITC, that wasJay Carney, Barky's press secretary.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 03:32 PM (abScH)



Ah, I knew it was some high-falutin' Obama Admin muckymuck commie cocksucker, but they all kind of look and act alike. Easy to get 'em mixed up.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2026 03:42 PM (y9nCu)

314 I prefer debating with open communists than slick Establishment Democrats.

Posted by: Leupold at July 20, 2026 03:43 PM (eIzlH)

315 The difference between standard Democrats and DSA is the DSA puts a little heart over the i in Communism.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 03:43 PM (oZ51P)

316 No where remotely close to a world war.
_-_
Sure hope you're right. Just laying down a marker there.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 20, 2026 03:43 PM (JWDez)

317 Mortadella with pistachios, on 3 seed sourdough with spicy mustard and Havarti cheese. And a cold beer. That's what's for lunch.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 03:43 PM (3Ope8)

318 Jimmah put the mullahs in power and El Commandante Zero spent eight years trying to ally himself to them, and, like communists do, wanted also to be allies with Cuba and Venezuela.

And Van Jones was married for a good bit of that time to Jimmah's niece. Thanksgiving conversations in that family must have been focused on who would make good commissars after the revolution and what to next Five Year Plan should include.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2026 03:44 PM (lfoCS)

319 "MOSTLY PEACEFUL" Iranian Missiles strike Jordan and Kill two young Americans.

Immediately the Democrats call for "Defunding the Police" in Chicago to end this travesty...

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 20, 2026 03:44 PM (qD4Ju)

320
I notice, from a casual perusal, that a controversy three way between Rubio, Vance and DeSantis is being ginned up. That’ll be with us for a couple of years.
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:42 PM


The media has been selecting your candidate for you for generations. They're getting pissed off because Trump broke that. Oh yeah, they chose him in '16 because they figured Hillary was a shoo-in.

They don't like us having a stacked field and our own ability to choose our own candidate.

They're going to lashing out HARD over the next 2.5 years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:44 PM (2YhKe)

321 311 Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:36 PM (Gqar

I was here much less than I normally am on Sunday. I was at two services that day. Anglican vicar at the church I went to gave a very inspiring sermon on Romans 8:9-17 and it was also a pleasure to see a beautifully dressed family ( wife wearing a long pretty dress and shawl and man wearing a suit and tie). it seemed like they were honoring God on that way -and yes , IMO, people should wear whatever they're comfortable in in church as long as it's not immodest
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:42 PM (zqeQL)

I teach a Life Group “ Sunday School” IOW and the topic of legalism came up. Interesting discussion. The opinions were as varied as the number of people in the class.

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:44 PM (Gqar8)

322
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
·
1h
WTF. Mexican national illegal alien Brandon Ortiz-Vite, who got decades in prison for kiIIing Ruby Garcia in Michigan, SUES Trump for “humiliating” him by highlighting his crime during the campaign

Ortiz is seeking a public apology, citizenship, and $75 million in damages
Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 03:26 PM (kX27y)

Dogs poop a lot. But we clean it up and forget it ever happened.

Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 03:44 PM (w1Bba)

323 I had brought back all sorts or party propaganda posters from the USSR that adorned my walls.

Chicks did not dig it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 03:45 PM (RIvkX)

324 How many DSA members have bodies stashed at home?

Posted by: torabora at July 20, 2026 03:45 PM (FY1RR)

325 To argue against them has no effect because they are not grounded in reality but are, instead, trying to enforce their mass delusions about how the world should be instead of what it actually is.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

A JF Stephen quote:

Love for Humanity, devotion to the All or Universum, and the like, are thus little, if anything, more than a fanatical attachment to some favourite theory about the means by which an indefinite number of unknown persons (whose existence it pleases the theorist’s fancy to assume) may be brought into a state which the theorist calls happiness. A man to whom this ideal becomes so far a reality as to colour his thoughts, his feelings, his estimate of the present and his action towards it, is usually, as repeated experience has shown, perfectly ready to sacrifice that which living people do actually regard as constituting their happiness to his own notions of what will constitute the happiness of other generations.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 03:45 PM (XvL8K)

326 oh happy COJ!

lunch of champions!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 03:45 PM (VyBeY)

327 Isn't Jay Carmey's ex-wife now President of Columbia and running the "Save The DEI!" preservation program.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2026 03:46 PM (lfoCS)

328 323 I had brought back all sorts or party propaganda posters from the USSR that adorned my walls.

Chicks did not dig it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 03:45 PM (RIvkX)

Smiling buxom farm girls spouting party slogans??

Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:46 PM (Gqar8)

329 Huck Follywood, yep, Claire Shipman.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 03:47 PM (abScH)

330 I had brought back all sorts or party propaganda posters from the USSR that adorned my walls.

Chicks did not dig it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 03:45 PM (RIvkX)


My uncle, being a blonde haired, blue eyed German, used to have SS pins and other Nazi paraphernalia that he'd leave in the company vehicles.

He found it hysterical. Not sure anyone else did.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:47 PM (2YhKe)

331 Communists took over the Democrat Party around 1968.

Try 1938: there were plenty of communists in FDR’s administration.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 20, 2026 03:47 PM (P6E1+)

332
"Pubic" hair not public.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:30 PM (zqeQL)

All hair is public hair. If you're brave enough.

Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 03:48 PM (w1Bba)

333 had brought back all sorts or party propaganda posters from the USSR that adorned my walls.

Chicks did not dig it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 03:45 PM
****
I tried to bring back a propaganda poster from my hotel in NORK and they sent me home in a coma after beating me almost to death.

Posted by: Zombie Otto Warmbier at July 20, 2026 03:50 PM (FY1RR)

334 NYC Mayor Mamdani is disingenuous. His comment, 'Oftentimes we're asked how we divide this country." says it all. He views this country as something he can divide into tribal aggression.
Mamdani refuses to specifically define the 'working class' because he is using that vague phrase to falsely identify with the people who work for a living. You know, the labor unions. The working class is unequivocally defined as anyone who is collecting a paycheck or salary for their work effort. That is regardless of their wealth, corporate position, getting a paycheck for daily expenses, or trying to improve their future. Those that do not work for an income are either trust fund babies or retired people who accumulated wealth by working such that they could survive in their golden years.
Anybody who had never worked for a living (aka, Momdani) is not 'the working class'.

Posted by: John at July 20, 2026 03:50 PM (9NUKl)

335 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 03:51 PM (2YhKe)

336 gotta wonder when jimmah went over to the party line; ... weird to think of a closeted commie as reactor officer on a sub, but I guess one of the lessons of the past decade or so is that almost nothing is all that improbable, any more.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 03:51 PM (VyBeY)

337 Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
·
1h
WTF. Mexican national illegal alien Brandon Ortiz-Vite, who got decades in prison for kiIIing Ruby Garcia in Michigan, SUES Trump for “humiliating” him by highlighting his crime during the campaign

Ortiz is seeking a public apology, citizenship, and $75 million in damages
Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 03:26 PM (kX27y)

Dogs poop a lot. But we clean it up and forget it ever happened.
Posted by: Simple Truths at July 20, 2026 03:44
******
Lol. Brandon Ortiz-Vite filed the lawsuit pro se (as his own attorney) with a handwritten complaint in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. No attorney is involved,

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 03:52 PM (NpAcC)

338 Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:44 PM (Gqar8

The vicar mentioned something which I had never heard before . He said he knew of people who call themselves "carnal Christians" who say "Jesus is my Savior, not my Lord." I think he thought it was weird and not Biblical. Me too. If he's not your Lord, who is.? Your carnal nature? We are all sinners in need of God's grace and forgiveness but the indwelling Holy Spirit works to make us from within

This endeth the lesson. Forgive me. I didn't preach yesterday so I'm doing it today, I guess.

I am glad you teach Sunday school . May God bless you! And do check in sometimes to tell us how the fast is going.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 03:52 PM (zqeQL)

339 I notice, from a casual perusal, that a controversy three way between Rubio, Vance and DeSantis is being ginned up. That’ll be with us for a couple of years.
Posted by: tubal at July 20, 2026 03:42 PM
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JD and Marco are going to play rock-paper-scissors to see who tops the ticket. DeSantis slots in as the AG.

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 03:53 PM (oqH4h)

340 The vicar mentioned something which I had never heard before . He said he knew of people who call themselves "carnal Christians" who say "Jesus is my Savior, not my Lord." I think he thought it was weird and not Biblical. Me too. If he's not your Lord, who is.? Your carnal nature? We are all sinners in need of God's grace and forgiveness but the indwelling Holy Spirit works to make us from within
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I guess I could see some semantic case to be made that God is one's Lord and worked through his son Jesus to save your soul, but that seems nitpicky and I'm not a religious scholar by any means.

Posted by: ballistic at July 20, 2026 03:55 PM (oqH4h)

341 Plus, I'll bet a lot of $$ that many if not most of the foreigners who were here for weeks -- many were not here that long -- are quite affluent. I don't think we got the slum-dwellers here.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 03:17 PM (iFTx/)
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By definition they have some wealth just to come overseas - but remember, most have no kids, so you don't need to make that much to save up for airfare. Plus in Europe, soccer is the sport of the working class, and poor - much like football is here.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 03:55 PM (GZYu7)

342 “Due to heightened tensions in the Middle East, the security environment remains complex with the potential for unforeseen escalation,” the State Department said. “Groups supportive of Iran may target other U.S. interests overseas or locations associated with the United States and/or Americans throughout the world.”

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 04:17 PM (RHGPo)

343 "You dip as much as a pinkie into this pond, you may well find something reaches out and drags you into its depths."

Posted by: Socratease at July 20, 2026 04:40 PM (YgfoU)

344 I can't believe we're still fighting the leftists on whether or not communism works.

We should have had the whole Truth and Reconciliation thing in regards to communism after the Soviet Union fell but we had Bush 41 and Clinton so that didn't happen...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:42 PM (sKqQm)

When we let them take over education and information disbursal, well suddenly nobody knows anything about it any more.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 04:58 PM (uhVAy)

345 gotta wonder when jimmah went over to the party line; ... weird to think of a closeted commie as reactor officer on a sub, but I guess one of the lessons of the past decade or so is that almost nothing is all that improbable, any more.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 03:51 PM (VyBeY)

Well he was talking to North Korea early on. He was one of those Observers when the Sandanistas LOST the election and Nicaragua got freedom. By then he was all commie. He torpedoed the Shah, not sure if that was commie based or just idiocy.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:04 PM (uhVAy)

346 NYC Mayor Mamdani is disingenuous. His comment, 'Oftentimes we're asked how we divide this country." says it all. He views this country as something he can divide into tribal aggression.

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Mandami, as a modern person, knows less about Communism than the average person born in the late 50s / Early 60s. It is all slogans, which usually suffices.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 20, 2026 05:07 PM (uhVAy)

347 If Carter were merely incompetent, as some have argued, he would by the law of averages made mistakes, and once in a while, in America’s favor.

That never happened.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 05:15 PM (Xz2QX)

348 weird to think of a closeted commie as reactor officer on a sub,
——-

Carter did none of that. His only nuke connection was as part of a cleanup crew for a contaminated reactor. That’s it.

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Dead Body Found at Home Belonging to Criminal Husband of Bald-Headed Freak Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley

Black Uncle Fester's thug husband:

The felony-convicted husband of progressive "squad" lawmaker Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., slapped a phone out of a reporter's hands Monday inside a city hall building after they attempted to approach the congresswoman to ask her a question about alleged childcare fraud in Minnesota.

"Congresswoman Pressley, do you support --" the interviewer could be heard asking as he approached Pressley with his phone camera on record before Conan Harris, Pressley's husband who spent 10 years in prison on felony drug trafficking charges, smacked the phone out of the questioner's hand.

"Sir, you cannot take my phone out of my hand," the questioner could be heard saying, before the phone was picked back up and returned to focus. Harris spent 10 years in prison on a drug trafficking charge before marrying Pressley, who said she draws from his experience of reintegrating into regular society after leaving prison to help inform how she advocates for incarcerated, or previously incarcerated, individuals.

Massachusetts' leftwing grifter governor gave this guy $600 million to restore a courthouse.

That's not even the worst part. The worst part is that Massachusetts won't even own the courthouse they're giving this guy $600 million for -- instead, they've signed a 40 year lease to rent the building from him, bringing the total value of this grift to two fucking billion fucking dollars.


Two billion dollars of DEI and incestuous graft among political pals:

A company where the husband of Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., is a partner was selected for a nearly $2 billion deal to build a new courthouse in Springfield, Massachusetts -- a decision now being challenged in court by rejected bidders who allege conflicts of interest tainted the process.

Conan Harris, who has been married to the Massachusetts Democrat for more than a decade, is a partner with John Barros in CoJo Real Estate, which is part of the Liberty Junction team selected in early July for the 40-year courthouse lease, according to the lawsuit.

The plaintiffs allege Barros' role as interim executive director of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) created a conflict of interest because several members of that agency's board also serve on the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance, the state agency that selected Liberty Junction.

Pressley, a member of the "Squad," was not accused of any wrongdoing by the plaintiffs, and there is no evidence she was involved in the bidding process to rebuild the aging Roderick L. Ireland Courthouse.

Records show the bidding process formally began June 30, 2025, when DCAMM released its request for proposals for the Springfield courthouse project.

The plaintiffs argued that when Barros became the head of the MCCA on Jan. 14, 2026, he did not disclose his participation in the courthouse bidding process to the State Ethics Commission.

The lawsuit also said the Liberty Junction proposal was not updated to indicate that Barros had been appointed to a leading role on the MCCA.

Massachusetts law generally bars state employees from having a direct or indirect financial interest in state contracts, unless they qualify for an exemption, such as by making required disclosures to the State Ethics Commission and not participating in the contracting agency's work.

Fox News Digital reached out to Barros and Harris for comment.

And now, a dead body is found at this guy's property.



Crime scene tape cordoned off a home owned by the husband of Rep. Ayanna Presley (D-MA) Saturday night as Boston homicide detectives investigated a dead body police found at the property.

A police spokesman told CBS News that officers were called to the house on Malta Street in Boston's Mattapan neighborhood at 1:52 p.m. "for a report to investigate a person."

When they arrived, they found the person deceased, the spokesman said.

Police have released no further details such as the cause or manner of death, but the homicide unit is now investigating the incident.

CBS reported late Saturday:

According to property records from the city of Boston, Pressley's husband, Conan Harris, is listed as the owner of the Malta Street home. The property has an assessed value of $919,000.

The two-story, seven bedroom house was built in 1910. Pressley and Harris do not live at the home. It's a rental property that's currently for sale. The asking price is $1.15 million.

Is this something? I doubt it. The criminal doesn't live at this address.

But these Power Communists sure do seem to own a lot of million-dollar properties, don't they?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:18 PM




Comments

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1 In this country, you gotta make the money first.

Then when you get the money, you get the power.

Then when you get the power, then you get the women.

Then, when you get the women, you get the FIRST!

But that ain't easy, because you gotta beat The Blade to get there.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 01:17 PM (iFTx/)

2 "Black Uncle Fester"

DAMAGE!!!

Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at July 20, 2026 01:18 PM (Ft5W9)

3 A murder of crows.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:18 PM (Fi81e)

4 Ace is alive!

Posted by: Inogame at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (53oGX)

5 Is this guy trying to be Stringer Bell?

Posted by: PabloD at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (ICmKm)

6 What, another yellow fever victim?

Posted by: Teddy Brewster at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (rbvCR)

7









Posted by: Obama's Chef at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (oZ51P)

8 I'm sure the body just found its way there.

Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2026 01:20 PM (YwEeS)

9 Sloth.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 01:20 PM (jnBG1)

10 Remember someone murdered Obama's chef/boyfriend at his MA mansion as well.

These Mass Dems are bloodthirsty...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:20 PM (sKqQm)

11 See, he's fine. Now just don't forget what we told you, Mr O'Spades.

Posted by: Big Penguin at July 20, 2026 01:20 PM (MWfyi)

12 Nice to see you, ace, I thought your alarm clock had malfunctioned.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 20, 2026 01:21 PM (ibDUx)

13 But these Power Communists sure do seem to own a lot of million-dollar properties, don't they?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:18 PM
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Buy Large Mansions! is their battle cry.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:21 PM (Fi81e)

14 The boldness of elected black leaders to engage in corruption is something to behold.

I guess they're smart in that the world (culture, media, Dem leaders, academia, hollywood, etc) will circle the wagons to protect them at any cost.

Posted by: Leupold at July 20, 2026 01:21 PM (eIzlH)

15 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)

16 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2YhKe)

17 "Black Uncle Fester"

Emotional damage, triple the normal damage.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (Q/FnY)

18 Ace, you do not get fruit cup.

Posted by: Nurse Diesel at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (Q6P2R)

19 Top o' the nooner to ya, Ace!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2YhKe)

20 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)
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Get Out the Vote action.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:23 PM (Fi81e)

21 'He shouldn't be hard to find. He leaves dead people everywhere.'

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 01:23 PM (LHPAg)

22 MA is arguably the most corrupt state in the Union:

1) The State SC kicked a voter initiative to lower taxes off the ballot after the governor and other dems told them to do it

2) The legislature decided to ignore a previous voter initiative to have them be audited because...well...you know why...

3) The state government kicked several Republican candidates off the ballot because they claim some of the signatures to get them on the ballot were duplicates. Note they also claim there is never ever election fraud

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:23 PM (sKqQm)

23 He was tonsured to death.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 01:23 PM (jnBG1)

24 Socialists love to make money even more than you do when you aren’t looking (h/t, RHLIII).

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 01:24 PM (4g5V+)

25 BTW the guy Ayanna's boyfriend totally didn't murder is going to vote for all the Dem candidates come this November

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:24 PM (sKqQm)

26 Hang them all.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 01:24 PM (dK+Kv)

27 But these Power Communists sure do seem to own a lot of million-dollar properties, don't they?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:18 PM


But there's no corruption in the Democrat party, Ace.

None whatsoever. All of them are so above board, they're in the clouds.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:25 PM (2YhKe)

28 15 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)

It’s a Dead Man’s Party.
Who could ask for more?

Posted by: Oingo Boingo at July 20, 2026 01:25 PM (4g5V+)

29 So who does live there? And why is it only in his name?

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 01:25 PM (hftzA)

30 The two-story, seven bedroom house was built in 1910. Pressley and Harris do not live at the home. It's a rental property that's currently for sale. The asking price is $1.15 million.
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Another example of socialism working for the people.

"Capitalism as we know it no longer works."
-Gavin Big Dummy Newsom

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 01:25 PM (RIvkX)

31 Good afternoon Ace.
A dead body involving a Massachusetts politician that isn't a Kennedy. Will wonders never cease

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 01:25 PM (sMkB+)

32 First word that comes to mind upon hearing this story:


Witness

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 20, 2026 01:25 PM (0U5gm)

33 What, another yellow fever victim?
Posted by: Teddy Brewster at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (rbvCR)

Perfect!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 01:25 PM (wVcYX)

34 We don’t like this but if we vote Republican gays will be rounded up and sent to extermination camps. And slavery will return. So $2B graft it is.

Posted by: Massachusetts voters at July 20, 2026 01:26 PM (GEtfQ)

35 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?
Posted by: Ian S.
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lol

I read that in Andy Rooney's voice.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 01:26 PM (XeU6L)

36 Ace, you do not get fruit cup.
Posted by: Nurse Diesel at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (Q6P2R)
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Can I have it?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 01:26 PM (RIvkX)

37 15 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)

Sounds like my kind of people.

Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at July 20, 2026 01:26 PM (4g5V+)

38 The death will be listed as the first fatality from the exploding diarrhea parasite.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:26 PM (2YhKe)

39 Socialists love to make money even more than you do when you aren’t looking (h/t, RHLIII).

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 01:24 PM (4g5V+)
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There is no lack of greed in socialist governments.

Marx should have consulted the Lord on this whole "people should not do" stuff. Maybe he would have found out from an old hand at it.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:26 PM (Fi81e)

40 Representative Ayanna Pressley's estimated net worth is between $4.8 million and $8 million. Her wealth has grown from roughly -$12,500 in 2018 prior to taking office. Her primary assets include five residential rental properties in Massachusetts (including a home on Martha's Vineyard) and income from her husband Conan Harris's consulting firm.

Note she married Harris in 2014 so she didn't get rich by marriage...she got rich through graft.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:27 PM (sKqQm)

41 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)
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Yeah, right?

Posted by: Zombie Mary Jo Kopechne at July 20, 2026 01:27 PM (RIvkX)

42 Can Ace get some of the orange slices left behind at the World Cup?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 01:27 PM (4g5V+)

43 Grifter bought the Paul Pelosi home-study course.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 20, 2026 01:28 PM (rJ48h)

44 *whistles*

Posted by: Ed Buck at July 20, 2026 01:28 PM (xarhI)

45 Death by gunshots?

Hey Mayor Wu, how did your gun control laws work again?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 01:28 PM (2GVsD)

46 15 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)

Sounds like my kind of people.
Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at July 20, 2026 01:26 PM (4g5V+)

You'll fit right in.

Posted by: Jim Jones at July 20, 2026 01:28 PM (wVcYX)

47 Kigfish.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 01:28 PM (LHPAg)

48 None whatsoever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:25 PM (2YhKe)
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And by "none", I mean a bit. Quite a bit, actually.

Posted by: The Colonel at July 20, 2026 01:28 PM (Fi81e)

49 There is no lack of greed in socialist governments.

Marx should have consulted the Lord on this whole "people should not do" stuff. Maybe he would have found out from an old hand at it.
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:26 PM (Fi81e)

Just look at the GDR’s KoKo (Commercial Coordination). Nuff said.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 01:28 PM (4g5V+)

50 So the stiff wasn't Pressley?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 01:29 PM (1z8ji)

51 OT- guess they judge-shopped. Wonder who the judge is:

A judge on Monday paused Paramount’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, after a group of 12 Democratic attorneys general led by California sued to block the deal, arguing it would harm consumers and reduce competition.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta had argued the merger would lead to “higher prices, lower quality, and less content for film and television, harming movie theaters, basic cable distributors, and ultimately, audiences on every sofa and movie theater seat in the US.”

Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 01:29 PM (kX27y)

52 Wait til we see what that greasy shitstain Momdammi does.

This is just amazing. The amount of open fraud everywhere is fucked up.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 20, 2026 01:29 PM (et1vG)

53 You know what I love? Elected Democrats see their wealth increased by $1M/year on a $174k salary.

Really they should get out of government and into financial planning

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)

54 These insider connected deals reach new levels every year.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 01:29 PM (n5tGW)

55 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)

Sounds like my kind of people.
Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at July 20, 2026 01:26 PM (4g5V+)

You'll fit right in.
Posted by: Jim Jones at July 20, 2026 01:28 PM (wVcYX)
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Ha! Like you filled mass graves!! I'm the expert at filling in mass graves!

Posted by: Uncle Joe at July 20, 2026 01:29 PM (Fi81e)

56 So the stiff wasn't Pressley?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 01:29 PM (1z8ji)


Would that ugly, obnoxious bitch make you stiff?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:30 PM (2YhKe)

57 These Mass Dems are bloodthirsty...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:20 PM

Er, uh...it was an ahccident.

*hic*

Posted by: Zombie Ted Kennedy at July 20, 2026 01:30 PM (bFu5X)

58 Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: In my best Dennis Miller voice at July 20, 2026 01:30 PM (2Ez/1)

59 In other news, England has a new Prime Minister.

Bad news, just a bad as Keir.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 01:31 PM (2GVsD)

60 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)
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Yeah, right?
Posted by: Zombie Mary Jo Kopechne
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Lately, I've being called back here.

Posted by: Martha Moxley at July 20, 2026 01:31 PM (XeU6L)

61 Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: In my best Dennis Miller voice at July 20, 2026 01:30 PM (2Ez/1)
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Police suspect FAFO.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:31 PM (Fi81e)

62 Oh, that?
/feigning nonchalance

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 01:31 PM (RIvkX)

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Posted by: Sid at July 20, 2026 01:31 PM (TeIRJ)

64 57 These Mass Dems are bloodthirsty...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:20 PM
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Mary Jo Kopechne unavailable for comment.

Posted by: Someone has to say it at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (2Ez/1)

65 Lots of people have had dead bodies at their homes.

Posted by: Sen Schiff at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (kj0cq)

66 I did a little more research on the very smelly courthouse deal. The other bidders' real beef with CoJo getting the contract doesn't have much to do with the mutant Conehead's husband.

The real beef is with his partner in CoJo, John Barros. He's the executive director of the powerful MCCA and several members of that agency's board are also on the board of the agency selecting the contractor (DCAMM).

Barros basically controls the people -- or at least has significant influence over the people -- who selected his company as the contractor. He never publicly disclosed this obvious contract until after the fact. I think the mutant's husband is probably one of a number of "influential names" that projects like this attract as windowdressing.

The plan is also for the courthouse to be operational and occupied by 2030. There's not a chance on Earth of that happening. 2035, if they're lucky.

The deal smells to high heaven. I think it's little more than a white elephant.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (iFTx/)

67 DSA: There is no constitutional right to make double digit profit on property.

New Hotness: Unless you’re fleecing the taxpayers, then your good to go making BILLIONS

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (4KUe5)

68 "Whatever you do, don't look under the floorboards for raped & dead black boys!"

-- Adam Schitt and his BFF Ed Buck

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (6jTT/)

69 Lots of people have had dead bodies at their homes.
Posted by: Sen Schiff at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (kj0cq)



*fistbump*

Posted by: Zombie John Wayne Gacy at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (2YhKe)

70 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)

It’s a Dead Man’s Party.
Who could ask for more?
Posted by: Oingo Boingo at July 20, 2026 01:25 PM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (bFu5X)

71 Lots of people have had dead bodies at their homes.

Posted by: Sen Schiff at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (kj0cq)
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I only had gold in my freezer!!

Posted by: That Senator at July 20, 2026 01:33 PM (Fi81e)

72 Ace we thought the busty lesbian got you

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:33 PM (oZ51P)

73 DSA: There is no constitutional right to breath.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 01:33 PM (6jTT/)

74 California Attorney General Rob Bonta had argued the merger would lead to “higher prices, lower quality, and less content for film and television, harming movie theaters, basic cable distributors, and ultimately, audiences on every sofa and movie theater seat in the US.”

Posted by: beckster



I honestly cannot envision lower quality than what is currently being produced.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 20, 2026 01:33 PM (0U5gm)

75 43 Grifter bought the Paul Pelosi home-study course.
Posted by: mr tmz at July 20, 2026 01:28 PM

It's hammer time.

Posted by: 3 lb sledge at July 20, 2026 01:34 PM (2Ez/1)

76 Only a politician (or spouse thereof) would own a million dollar property and not live there… these people are unbelievable

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 01:34 PM (TCUO6)

77 Maybe the husband was on the contract to facilitate the kickback from John Barton’s. Is he the equivalent of “ ten percent for the big guy?”

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 01:34 PM (4KUe5)

78 Ace we thought the busty lesbian got you

Well you can be pretty sure a lesbian wouldn't kill Ace via snu snu

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

79 Posted by: Someone has to say it at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (2Ez/1)

She's been here and gone bro.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 01:34 PM (RIvkX)

80 The two-story, seven bedroom house was built in 1910. Pressley and Harris do not live at the home. It's a rental property that's currently for sale. The asking price is $1.15 million.
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Maybe the dead guy was a potential buyer. And the real estate agent showing him around just happened to be a contract killer in disguise.

I learned that's a possibility from playing Hitman: World of Assassination.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 01:35 PM (FZ29D)

81 Geeze Sid, can I keep my doc? Will I save $2,500 a year in medical costs? Will my chef get a paddleboard?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 01:35 PM (XeU6L)

82 We're still here!

Posted by: Monkeypox at July 20, 2026 01:35 PM (kj0cq)

83 Lots of people have had dead bodies at their homes.

Posted by: Sen Schiff at July 20, 2026 01:32 PM (kj0cq)

Mother says strange things happen in politics, rent homes, and motels.

Posted by: Norman Bates at July 20, 2026 01:35 PM (wVcYX)

84 Only a politician (or spouse thereof) would own a million dollar property and not live there… these people are unbelievable
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 01:34 PM (TCUO6)
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Must be an investment property being used as a tax shelter or something...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 01:35 PM (FZ29D)

85 Only a politician (or spouse thereof) would own a million dollar property and not live there… these people are unbelievable
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 01:34 PM (TCUO6)
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I am 100% confident the financing was on legitimate terms available to any American with credit.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (RIvkX)

86 California Attorney General Rob Bonta had argued the merger would lead to “higher prices, lower quality, and less content for film and television, harming movie theaters, basic cable distributors, and ultimately, audiences on every sofa and movie theater seat in the US.”
Posted by: beckster

I have to assume Paramount hasn't paid the bribes demanded of them. This thing doesn't make sense.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (diia5)

87 "Is this something? I doubt it. The criminal doesn't live at this address."

I suspect it's a similar situation to that slimy Fed member (?) who owns a rental property that's occupied by her half-whore niece (?) and her drug-dealing "boyfriend." It was obvious to me that property was being used as a drug den and probably a whorehouse too (properties are often used for these two purposes).

I suspect the same is true of this property.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (iFTx/)

88 We're still here!
Posted by: Monkeypox at July 20, 2026 01:35 PM

Ha! Gaaaaaayyyy!!!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (bFu5X)

89 Well, he wasn't dead dead.

Posted by: Simian minded Whoopie at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (ourEi)

90 Geeze Sid, can I keep my doc? Will I save $2,500 a year in medical costs? Will my chef get a paddleboard?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 01:35 PM (XeU6L)


I'm still waiting for my 3000% savings for healthcare.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (2YhKe)

91 Yeah, Sid. Just like we are afraid of a horde of brainless zombies.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (Fi81e)

92 If a merger results in less than 50% of the market I say it should be approved . The number could even be higher but that should be the base. Same with companies that build to that market share.

When they broke up Standard Oil it had only 40% of the market. He paid people more and his product was less expensive because he ran a more efficient operation. The competition didn't like that so they had the government go after him.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (KC5Lt)

93 You have to wonder what the country would have been like if the fucking Democrats had spent all that grift on it instead of themselves or on programs meant to destroy.

God help us, but the entire (D) party needs to buried alive in a box.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 01:37 PM (jehhT)

94
I have to assume Paramount hasn't paid the bribes demanded of them. This thing doesn't make sense.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (diia5)

Must have donated to a Republican....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 01:37 PM (rijjI)

95 "Only a politician (or spouse thereof) would own a million dollar property and not live there…"

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It's a write off.

Posted by: Kramer at July 20, 2026 01:37 PM (2Ez/1)

96 She is as anti- American as they come, yet she is married to a felon who spent 10 years in jail, and now he is a millionaire business owner. Okay…..

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 01:38 PM (hftzA)

97
I have to assume Paramount hasn't paid the bribes demanded of them. This thing doesn't make sense.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (diia5)


Paramount signed an exclusive deal with the UFC. The UFC is run by Dana White. White is a Trump supporter.

The $1bn they gave the South Park douchbags can't make up for that.

They must be punished.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:38 PM (2YhKe)

98 Lots of people have had dead bodies at their homes.
Posted by: Sen Schiff
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Or, their ponds.

Posted by: Barky at July 20, 2026 01:38 PM (XeU6L)

99 But he makes such nice coffee, tho...

@TPostMillennial 4m
BREAKING UPDATE: Andrew Arrabaca ID'd as suspect arrested for setting fire outside NYC federal building

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 01:38 PM (diia5)

100 She's got more houses than Bernie.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 01:38 PM (KC5Lt)

101 You have to wonder what the country would have been like if the fucking Democrats had spent all that grift on it instead of themselves or on programs meant to destroy.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 01:37 PM (jehhT)
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At least FDR wanted to spend part of his time improving America.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:38 PM (Fi81e)

102 "...needs to buried alive in a box."
++++
Two words: Stop it.

Posted by: Bob Newhart at July 20, 2026 01:38 PM (2Ez/1)

103 Saw a funny video earlier.

Guy is sitting home alone with a mask on and says;

Good thing we fired millions of people for not getting the clot shot in 2020 so we could import millions of people who also didn't get the clot shot.

Imagine how many lives we saved doing this!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)

104 I thought the murder house was only valued at $919,000.

Or did having a body in the house increase the value?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 01:39 PM (2GVsD)

105 God help us, but the entire (D) party needs to buried alive in a box.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 01:37 PM

Don't be looking over here, mister.

Posted by: Schrödinger's Cat at July 20, 2026 01:39 PM (bFu5X)

106 Posted by: Sid at July 20, 2026 01:31 PM (TeIRJ)


You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 20, 2026 01:39 PM (2YhKe)

107 I only had gold in my freezer!!
Posted by: That Senator at July 20, 2026 01:33 PM (Fi81e)

It was $90k in cash. It cost me 13 good years in a PMITA fed prison in Texas.

Posted by: Fmr Congressman William "Cold Cash" Jefferson (D-LA) at July 20, 2026 01:39 PM (wVcYX)

108 But there's no corruption in the Democrat party, Ace.

None whatsoever. All of them are so above board, they're in the clouds.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:25 PM (2YhKe)

Cloud Cuckoo Land.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 20, 2026 01:40 PM (sGgMH)

109 104 I thought the murder house was only valued at $919,000.

Or did having a body in the house increase the value?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 01:39 PM

Well now you get your very own ghost included in the sale.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 01:40 PM (hftzA)

110 Several times a day now I run across a mug shut of some criminal or other filed as "white" that look not-white enough to play Helen of Troy in the Odyssey

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (sKqQm)

111 God help us, but the entire (D) party needs to buried alive in a box.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 01:37 PM (jehhT)

The Vanishing would’ve been better if it were the Dems buried alive by creepy Jeff Bridges…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (TCUO6)

112 Over at Insty, he has a nice rundown of the work experience of all these DSA progressive Dems.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (3cUTc)

113 In case you're not familiar with it:

https://youtu.be/3GWaeYRirdU

Posted by: Bob Newhart at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (2Ez/1)

114 I thought the murder house was only valued at $919,000.

Or did having a body in the house increase the value?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 01:39 PM


They BETTER not be overvaluing the property. We've all seen how THAT works out......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (2YhKe)

115 If ghosts are the remaining psychic energy of people who died under tragic circumstances, why don't we have reports of people seeing crackhead ghosts? HMMMM?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (diia5)

116 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?
Posted by: Ian S.

Voter outreach.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (ndZc7)

117 Speaking of guns, Beretta is leaving Maryland.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (2GVsD)

118 Pressller and her hubba don't live there ... AND NEITHER DOES THE DEAD GUY.

Posted by: B ROTHELBURGER at July 20, 2026 01:42 PM (ehY6c)

119 The reports are now that the dead boy died from a ... gunshot wound.

See my comment above. Trust the Blade. He knows things. Always trust The Blade.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 01:42 PM (iFTx/)

120 So wait, Sid is arguing we shouldn't be afraid of Socialists because they have a program that would improve the nation? And that these National Socialists will also solve the "Jewish problem"?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)

121 I'm surprised they're even building a courthouse in a blue shithole State.

Wouldn't it be more "socially just" and profitable to simply burn them all down and award the contracts to Pantyfa, Black Lunatics Matter, The DSA, Democrat-Communist Party, The Mad Mullahs, and Chy-na?

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 01:42 PM (6jTT/)

122
Well now you get your very own ghost included in the sale.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 01:40 PM (hftzA)


Have you seen Elvis and have you spoke to him lately?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)

123 Over at Insty, he has a nice rundown of the work experience of all these DSA progressive Dems.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM

Work experience, or "work" experience?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 01:42 PM (bFu5X)

124 Once again, corroborating evidence that Congress is mainly about graft these days.

They probably hate that interruption to their grifting when we want to see them passing laws and conducting hearings.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:42 PM (Fi81e)

125 On the face of it, I'd say "fuck the Massholes, I hope they enjoy shoveling graft into that Pressley crook and her gangbanger husband's greedy little gullets."

But we all know their $600m-$2b is being funneled through MA State government from us.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 01:43 PM (BI5O2)

126 A developer planning a massive data center complex, Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, is currently suing for access to 260 million gallons of Colorado River water a year (roughly 750,000 gallons a day).



That's basically about what I use to water my lawn or fill my pool.

Stop buying into the propaganda.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 01:43 PM (uSpHL)

127 Pressller and her hubba don't live there ... AND NEITHER DOES THE DEAD GUY.
Posted by: B ROTHELBURGER at July 20, 2026 01:42 PM (ehY6c)


This is what you get when Mary Cloggenstein attempts a sock......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:43 PM (2YhKe)

128 At least FDR wanted to spend part of his time improving America.
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:38 PM (Fi81e)

Have you seen the WPA murals?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 20, 2026 01:43 PM (sGgMH)

129 Was Old Lady Rodham involved?

Posted by: The ghost of Vince Foster at July 20, 2026 01:43 PM (2Ez/1)

130 Because everyone needs a ghost with blood oozing out of bullet holes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 01:43 PM (2GVsD)

131 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)

Their main constituency

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:43 PM (oZ51P)

132 Well now you get your very own ghost included in the sale.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 01:40 PM (hftzA)

It's not so bad.

Posted by: Mrs. Muir at July 20, 2026 01:43 PM (wVcYX)

133 What is it with Democrats and dead bodies?
Posted by: Ian S.

Voter outreach.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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If that doesn't make the Comments of the Week list, I will be disappointed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 01:43 PM (XeU6L)

134 Here's the update that the guy was killed by a gunshot. He's also a criminal himself.

https://tinyurl.com/3ectayxn

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 01:44 PM (iFTx/)

135 Pressller and her hubba don't live there ... AND NEITHER DOES THE DEAD GUY.

So which of these options are true?

1) Victim was schtupping Ayanna and was shot by her husband

2) Victim was schtupping husband and was shot by Ayanna

3) Victim made the mistake of taking more then his cut...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)

136 Pressller and her hubba don't live there ... AND NEITHER DOES THE DEAD GUY.

Posted by: B ROTHELBURGER at July 20, 2026 01:42 PM (ehY6c)
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Even if he usta, he don't live there no more.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:44 PM (Fi81e)

137 She and her husband belong in prison. Her being allowed to hold public office is outrageous.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 01:44 PM (826kS)

138 Assuming the redevelopment costs were $600 million, it's not, it's padded, what kind of freaking state government building needs that level. The govt approvers need to be canned and un-elected.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 01:44 PM (n5tGW)

139 Black Democrats wonder why they get a bad reputation. This is why.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 01:44 PM (sYM3s)

140 Point of order: Mary is in Vermont.

Posted by: Person who likes to say Point Of Order at July 20, 2026 01:44 PM (2Ez/1)

141 If ghosts are the remaining psychic energy of people who died under tragic circumstances, why don't we have reports of people seeing crackhead ghosts? HMMMM?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (diia5)

Maybe dead crackheads aren't a tragedy?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 01:45 PM (1z8ji)

142 124 Once again, corroborating evidence that Congress is mainly about graft these days.

They probably hate that interruption to their grifting when we want to see them passing laws and conducting hearings.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:42 PM (Fi81e)

=======

It's why the only material thing Congress passed under Biden with a thin majority in both chambers was the Inflation Reduction Act which was just a huge handout to cronies.

No effort at all at policy changes. Just graft in terms of trillions of dollars.

No, they didn't break Manchin's legs and get 50 votes for amnesty of all illegals with Kamala breaking the tie.

They gave cash to Manchin to pass it because the Democrat Party doesn't actually care about legislative policy gains anymore.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 01:45 PM (UTxF6)

143 Well now you get your very own ghost included in the sale.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 01:40 PM (hftzA)

It's not so bad.
Posted by: Mrs. Muir
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Easy for you to say.

Posted by: Ebenezer Scrooge at July 20, 2026 01:45 PM (XeU6L)

144 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (ndZc7)

DAMN YOU

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:45 PM (oZ51P)

145 It's not just that all these DSA progressives have almost no private sector work experience, it's that they are almost obscenely allergic to any work--entire lives in government.

There's a reason their messages resonate with the downwardly mobile, white, laptop class:
It's the example of the promise that their college degree guaranteed them a life of power, prestige and ... no work.

If they got theirs, I gots to get mine.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 01:45 PM (3cUTc)

146 Well now you get your very own ghost included in the sale.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 01:40 PM (hftzA)

It's not so bad.
Posted by: Mrs. Muir at July 20, 2026 01:43 PM

Says you!

Posted by: Luther Heggs at July 20, 2026 01:45 PM (bFu5X)

147 I have to assume Paramount hasn't paid the bribes demanded of them. This thing doesn't make sense.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 01:36 PM (diia5)
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Biden appointee from 2023, almost had her confirmation torpedoed but VP Kamala came in to save the day and break the tie:

The states' top prosecutors called on Warner and Paramount to not close the transaction until after a court had time to "fully evaluate" their claims. And when the companies refused, they filed for a temporary restraining order — which is what District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted on Monday. That opens the door to a potential preliminary injunction that the states are also seeking to effectively block the deal.

Posted by: beckster at July 20, 2026 01:45 PM (kX27y)

148 developer planning a massive data center complex, Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, is currently suing for access to 260 million gallons of Colorado River water a year (roughly 750,000 gallons a day).------

And that's with a closed loop cooling system.


Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 01:45 PM (KC5Lt)

149
Is this guy trying to be Stringer Bell?
Posted by: PabloD at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (ICmKm)




Stringer was an idiot and weakling who thought he was smart because he was going to community college. Dressed well, though.

He was almost as stupid and gullible as Marlo Stanfield. In both cases, Prop Joe easily strung them along, at least until Joe's own nephew betrayed him to Marlo. Not that it did Cheese much good when Slim Charles realized that he was responsible for getting Joe capped.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2026 01:46 PM (y9nCu)

150
135 Pressller and her hubba don't live there ... AND NEITHER DOES THE DEAD GUY.

So which of these options are true?

1) Victim was schtupping Ayanna and was shot by her husband

2) Victim was schtupping husband and was shot by Ayanna

3) Victim made the mistake of taking more then his cut...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)

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4) They let some low-life drug addict live there as part of some kind of mortgage grift and the guy od'd?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 01:46 PM (UTxF6)

151 imagine a federal budget that contained no fraud.

the deficit would be about a dollar fifty.

I was cynical, for decades, but the actual scale of the theft goes beyond mere mind-boggling. it's insane. un-effing-believable.

and that still probably understates the magnitude.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 01:46 PM (VyBeY)

152 So which of these options are true?


1) Victim was schtupping Ayanna and was shot by her husband

2) Victim was schtupping husband and was shot by Ayanna

3) Victim made the mistake of taking more then his cut...

Posted by: 18-1
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4) all of the above ✅︎

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 01:46 PM (826kS)

153 Hey Conan, nice job of screening and vetting your tenants, dickhead!

Posted by: Ayana Pressley at July 20, 2026 01:46 PM (wVcYX)

154 If ghosts are the remaining psychic energy of people who died under tragic circumstances, why don't we have reports of people seeing crackhead ghosts? HMMMM?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (diia5)
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I think that's how we get poltergeists.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 01:47 PM (FZ29D)

155 It was a mostly peaceful shooting.

Posted by: Local media at July 20, 2026 01:47 PM (2Ez/1)

156 134 Here's the update that the guy was killed by a gunshot. He's also a criminal himself.

https://tinyurl.com/3ectayxn
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 01:44 PM (iFTx/)

Interesting so Mr. Harris/Pressley was a convicted drug offender who spent 10 years in jail.. The plot thickens

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 01:47 PM (rijjI)

157 Charlatans become Democrats for the same reason Willie Sutton robbed banks.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:47 PM (oZ51P)

158 Voter outreach.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Hilarious. Sad and true but still funny.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 01:48 PM (jt/rW)

159 4) They let some low-life drug addict live there as part of some kind of mortgage grift and the guy od'd?

They thought the cops said he was shot?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:48 PM (sKqQm)

160
Interesting so Mr. Harris/Pressley was a convicted drug offender who spent 10 years in jail.. The plot thickens
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 01:47 PM (rijjI)


So, we know he's innocent because he was convicted of a felony and can't own a gun.

Right? RIGHT!!!?????

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:48 PM (2YhKe)

161 Black Democrats wonder why they get a bad reputation. This is why.
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This is yet another example of a "fundamentally non-serious" selection.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 01:48 PM (TN0g+)

162 Charlatans become Democrats for the same reason Willie Sutton robbed banks.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:47 PM (oZ51P)
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In conservative districts, they also become Republicans.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:48 PM (Fi81e)

163 The reports are now that the dead boy died from a ... gunshot wound.

See my comment above. Trust the Blade. He knows things. Always trust The Blade.

Posted by: Elric The Blade



Makes me think my first inclination was right - witness.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 20, 2026 01:48 PM (0U5gm)

164 159 4) They let some low-life drug addict live there as part of some kind of mortgage grift and the guy od'd?

They thought the cops said he was shot?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:48 PM (sKqQm)

=====

So, bad drug deal.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 01:48 PM (UTxF6)

165 The judge who temporarily halted the merger Araceli Martinez is a Biden appointment who worked at ACLU and Legal Aid. Oh, and she was born in Mexico.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 01:49 PM (sMkB+)

166 Conan! What is best in life?

To crush your tenants, see them on the front page, and hear the lamentations of my woman's political career!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 01:49 PM (bFu5X)

167 Interesting so Mr. Harris/Pressley was a convicted drug offender who spent 10 years in jail.. The plot thickens

And how he's running a millions dollar real estate business.

Amazing how quickly your life can turn around...if you marry a Dem politician.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:49 PM (sKqQm)

168 165 The judge who temporarily halted the merger Araceli Martinez is a Biden appointment who worked at ACLU and Legal Aid. Oh, and she was born in Mexico.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 01:49 PM (sMkB+)

Don't we have any American Judges ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 01:49 PM (rijjI)

169
Wait, they have a rental property? They're landlords?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 01:49 PM (BbMh4)

170 161 Black Democrats wonder why they get a bad reputation. This is why.
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This is yet another example of a "fundamentally non-serious" selection.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 01:48 PM (TN0g+)

======

There was a story a few weeks ago about Black Southern Democrat civic leaders getting real mad at the Democrat Party because they feel like they're being left behind.

Losing at least a third of their congressmen over the next couple of years because of Callais mandating the end of racial gerrymanders will probably just make that problem better.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 01:49 PM (UTxF6)

171 "148 developer planning a massive data center complex, Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, is currently suing for access to 260 million gallons of Colorado River water a year (roughly 750,000 gallons a day).------

And that's with a closed loop cooling system.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 01:45 PM (KC5Lt) "

that's just make-up water for the cooling towers? wow.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 01:50 PM (VyBeY)

172 >>>the actual scale of the theft goes beyond mere mind-boggling. it's insane. un-effing-believable.

and that still probably understates the magnitude.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez
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April 14, dead line, be on time, we're watching you.
_IRS, and don't think about abbreviating it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 01:50 PM (826kS)

173
Bypass
Legitimate
Morticians

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:50 PM (oZ51P)

174 So apparently Two-tier Keir Starmer left the PM position last week? And his evil commie minion took over? I guess US media was too busy with kicky-ball to notice.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 01:50 PM (diia5)

175 It was a mostly peaceful shooting.
Posted by: Local media at July 20, 2026 01:47 PM

What shooting?

Posted by: The MSM at July 20, 2026 01:50 PM (bFu5X)

176 Federal budget was under $2T in 1999.

You could get it back to pretty close to that now and most people wouldn't notice a difference

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:50 PM (sKqQm)

177 These clowns are not smart enough to pull off a two-billion-dollar fraud. CoJo Real Estate is probably just a DEI front to justify giving them the bid. They're gonna net $300K and waste it on scratch offs.

Posted by: Somali Daycare Alliance at July 20, 2026 01:51 PM (wGerL)

178 169, LOL, H7!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 20, 2026 01:51 PM (VyBeY)

179 Dead men tell no tales doncha know.

Posted by: BOSTON PD (D) at July 20, 2026 01:52 PM (ehY6c)

180 In conservative districts, they also become Republicans.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:48 PM (Fi81e)

I could have said "politicians" but then it would become commentary

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:52 PM (oZ51P)

181 Wait, they have a rental property? They're landlords?

Considering the hate for landlords on reddit this makes we want to create an account and remind the people their how their favorite squad member earns her $$$

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:52 PM (sKqQm)

182
Burnham wants the Britain of 1976.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 01:52 PM (BbMh4)

183 as others I am sure have mentioned....how is it not her property too?

Posted by: zigggggy at July 20, 2026 01:52 PM (EDeJ/)

184 Her husband claimed this as a business address and also it was divided into apartments. Total scammers.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 01:52 PM (n5tGW)

185 Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, is currently suing for access to 260 million gallons of Colorado River water a year (roughly 750,000 gallons a day).
_-_
A small price to pay for more nodes in the Control Grid. Build your prison, slaves!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 20, 2026 01:52 PM (JWDez)

186 @148 polynikes, is there that much water left in the Colorado River?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (sMkB+)

187 Burnham wants the Britain of 1976

More like 1066. Well, without the Christianity.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (sKqQm)

188 Don't we have any American Judges ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 01:49 PM (rijjI)

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"I'm your huckleberry!"

/US District Clown Judge Bozoberg

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (6jTT/)

189 Crackhead ghosts are the ones who steal your socks from the dryer, and your 3- and 5/8ths sockets.

They don't really know how they plan to make money off them, but they're certain they can, somehow, buy some more ghost-rocks this way.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (BI5O2)

190 They let some low-life drug addict live there as part of some kind of mortgage grift and the guy od'd?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 01:46 PM (UTxF6)

od'd on lead

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (oZ51P)

191 179 Dead men tell no tales doncha know.
Posted by: BOSTON PD (D) at July 20, 2026 01:52 PM (ehY6c)

Don't you know it.
--Obama's personal chef

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (N39Ws)

192 The judge who temporarily halted the merger Araceli Martinez is a Biden appointment who worked at ACLU and Legal Aid. Oh, and she was born in Mexico.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 01:49 PM (sMkB+)

Don't we have any American Judges ?
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In Europe, if you want to know why rapists and all the muzzie scum keep getting kid-glove treatment:
Every country but 1, the majority of judges are women.

Woman should not be judges.
Their emotional empathy makes a mockery of justice and punishes the victims twice.

That's why plank 4 of the Restore America Agenda is to defund the judiciary.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (3cUTc)

193 Colorado doesn’t have the water to sustain current population.

We are is a major drought.

Anyone demanding millions of gallons of water can GFY.

Seriously, we’re full, and need people to leave ( not that any politician here would support that).

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (4KUe5)

194 is there that much water left in the Colorado River?
_-_
Overallocated and coming into some dry years.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 20, 2026 01:54 PM (JWDez)

195 190 They let some low-life drug addict live there as part of some kind of mortgage grift and the guy od'd?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 01:46 PM (UTxF6)

od'd on lead
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (oZ51P

====

Hardcore.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 20, 2026 01:54 PM (UTxF6)

196 I thought the left, and especially The Squad, hated landlords and was pushing for "extra" properties to be expropriated. How strange that Pressley owns *5* rental properties. Very strange indeed.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 01:54 PM (lFFaq)

197
"Conan, what is best in life"

Conan: That gag where I put moving lips over a still and pretend I'm interviewing somebody?

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:54 PM (Fi81e)

198 I'd bet this could all be sorted out with a beer summit.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 01:55 PM (sYM3s)

199 Apparently, bald is not beautiful.

Posted by: wth at July 20, 2026 01:55 PM (UjdFS)

200 Considering the hate for landlords on reddit this makes we want to create an account and remind the people their how their favorite squad member earns her $$$

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:52 PM (sKqQm)

Then you quickly realize they don't give an everloving fuck. They're just getting a "piece" of what everyone else does. Marxists are weird.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:55 PM (oZ51P)

201 Just because socialism fails 100% of the time doesn’t mean it can’t work.

Posted by: DSA at July 20, 2026 01:55 PM (GEtfQ)

202 The appearance of a conflict of interest as a red line - long the sensible cultural/political standard, if not strictly the legal one - has simply vanished.

And it's not limited to preposterously stupid and corrupt black Dem congresscritters. And it's now reached the point where it engages the most serious matters of state.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 20, 2026 01:55 PM (U/Byj)

203 Not to mention that we need that warp PUT OUT WILDFIRES that are raging around the state.

I’ll take forests over “computer.”

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 01:55 PM (4KUe5)

204 In Europe, if you want to know why rapists and all the muzzie scum keep getting kid-glove treatment:
Every country but 1, the majority of judges are women.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (3cUTc)
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Also, in some cases, the cops get a turn with the girls.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:55 PM (Fi81e)

205 Just because socialism fails 100% of the time doesn’t mean it can’t work.
Posted by: DSA at July 20, 2026 01:55 PM (GEtfQ)


I'm still waiting for Sid to tell me where the socialist system provides great healthcare for all.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:56 PM (2YhKe)

206 There was a story a few weeks ago about Black Southern Democrat civic leaders getting real mad at the Democrat Party because they feel like they're being left behind.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 20, 2026 01:49 PM (UTxF6)
______

Welcome to the party, pal. These "leaders" are only just now realizing they're getting fucked in the ass? Democraps have been taking black voters for granted for at least 40 years now, and have been openly hostile to normal black voters for at least 20.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 01:56 PM (iFTx/)

207 New footage shows anti-ICE activist set fire outside immigration court in NYC.

https://tinyurl.com/4ru7488b

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 01:56 PM (ndZc7)

208 the actual scale of the theft goes beyond mere mind-boggling. it's insane. un-effing-believable.
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This is necessary, these thieves must be rewarded for their skin color, so the AWFLs can feel good they are "standing against racism."

They'll vote to triple that theft if the option is to vote for even the mildest of moderate Republicans.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 01:56 PM (3cUTc)

209
It's just a body, not a body body.

Honestly!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 20, 2026 01:56 PM (rE7Gw)

210 99 But he makes such nice coffee, tho...

@TPostMillennial 4m
BREAKING UPDATE: Andrew Arrabaca ID'd as suspect arrested for setting fire outside NYC federal building
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 01:38 PM (diia5)

Thanks, weft cut-loop.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (6wpGE)

211 I thought the left, and especially The Squad, hated landlords and was pushing for "extra" properties to be expropriated. How strange that Pressley owns *5* rental properties. Very strange indeed.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 20, 2026 01:54 PM (lFFaq)
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It's very easy to get confused by a lefty if you believe they meant what they said.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (Fi81e)

212 We are is a major drought.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 01:53 PM (4KUe5)

Lizzy doing her best Amos and Andy

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (oZ51P)

213
I'm still waiting for Sid to tell me where the socialist system provides great healthcare for all.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:56 PM (2YhKe)

We got your healthcare right here

Posted by: Canadian MAID at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (rijjI)

214 DSA wants it to fail.
These people openly say they hate America and want to destroy it.
Failure is a feature not a bug. Pretending to care and want equality blah blah blah is for the useful udiots.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (4KUe5)

215 Because they swore up and down that Owebamacare was the FIX to our healthcare 'problems.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (2YhKe)

216 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:56 PM (2YhKe)

MAID is just great for depressed people/ s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (D+BhG)

217 I am pretty sure that after the consequences of that Aspen Acres fire are more fully known, there will be a push to get some people out of Colorado by emptying places in which the insurance companies no longer have an interest - and yet the population will still grow with the cities.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (JWDez)

218 iirc, the Clintons were known for delivering the goods for those that bribed them. That now seems true for most of the Democrat Party (and half the Republicans?). Give a half million, get back a billion or more. Or just be related to the one in power ...or be a fellow Muslim.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (vbXSk)

219 We just want to make clear that whatever happened to our family member, he WAS NOT involved in a sexual relationship with Ayanna Pressley. I mean, come on, man!

Posted by: Family of the Deceased at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (0e5Te)

220 It's just a body, not a body body.

Honestly!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 20, 2026 01:56 PM (rE7Gw)
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Well, The View has been heard from...

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (Fi81e)

221 why do negro women shave their heads?

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (ZxPkt)

222 Heh, can’t type on my phone!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 01:58 PM (4KUe5)

223 Is this guy trying to be Stringer Bell?
Posted by: PabloD at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (ICmKm)

Stringer was an idiot and weakling who thought he was smart because he was going to community college. Dressed well, though.

---------------

He really pulled off that American gangster hood talk -- while pretending to be an MBA when in "professional" environments and conversations.

We were stunned that Idris Elba was British when we started watching the TV Series "Luther" -- which was pretty good.

It's amazing how those British actors can pull off various American accents ...

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 01:58 PM (6jTT/)

224 It's very easy to get confused by a lefty if you believe they meant what they said.

My favorite moment on lefty forums this year was a few weeks ago reading about how "b*tchs lie about everything including rape. Especially the Jew b*tches"

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm)

225
It is abundantly clear that the black community is not electing their best to public office.

Unless it is, and that is another horror story.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 20, 2026 01:58 PM (rE7Gw)

226 why do negro women shave their heads?

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (ZxPkt)

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They secretly want to be dicks?

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 01:59 PM (6jTT/)

227 Isn't it weird that every single thing we say about the DSA applies to all Democrat politicians

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:59 PM (oZ51P)

228 We just want to make clear that whatever happened to our family member, he WAS NOT involved in a sexual relationship with Ayanna Pressley. I mean, come on, man!

Dude she's as smooth as a dolphin.

Well...on her head.

Posted by: Some perv at July 20, 2026 01:59 PM (sKqQm)

229 If in the year 2026 you are a landlord in a Blue city/state shithole, well, sorry but you brought this on yourself. It was obvious to anyone going back at least 5 years what was happening and where the end game would lead. We told you repeatedly we would confiscate your property eventually. You chose not to believe us. You chose poorly.

Posted by: DSA at July 20, 2026 01:59 PM (GEtfQ)

230 Don Black, it’s Alopecia (however it’s spelled).

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 01:59 PM (4KUe5)

231
My favorite moment on lefty forums this year was a few weeks ago reading about how "b*tchs lie about everything including rape. Especially the Jew b*tches"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm)


So, we don't 'believe all women' anymore?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:59 PM (2YhKe)

232 still waiting for Sid to tell me where the socialist system provides great healthcare for all.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 01:56 PM (2YhKe)

2 year wait lists to see a doctor is awesome.

Posted by: UK Health Care at July 20, 2026 02:00 PM (GEtfQ)

233 New footage shows anti-ICE activist set fire outside immigration court in NYC.

https://tinyurl.com/4ru7488b
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 01:56 PM (ndZc7)

Looks like the perp could be either Reddy Kilowatt, or the Jack-in-the-Box clown.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 02:00 PM (1z8ji)

234 Now we got a hostage and SWAT situation in Chicago.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 02:00 PM (2GVsD)

235 why do negro women shave their heads?

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (ZxPkt)

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They secretly want to be dicks?
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 01:59 PM (6jTT/)


Ah....that brings me back to my youth.......


"If you wore a skin cap, you'd be a dick."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:01 PM (2YhKe)

236 >>>why do negro women shave their heads?

Posted by: Don Black

>WNBA free agency? Is this a trick question?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 02:01 PM (sYM3s)

237 Then you quickly realize they don't give an everloving fuck. They're just getting a "piece" of what everyone else does. Marxists are weird.
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The purpose of the destruction into a low-trust society is so that everyone then assumes everyone else is stealing.
So stealing is not wrong.

Theft is required under marxism.

Arguing morals with the left is like trying to lecture a stray dog is should not kill and eat your calf.
No.
Shoot them and go on about your chores.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 02:01 PM (3cUTc)

238 Isn't it weird that every single thing we say about the DSA applies to all Democrat politicians

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:59 PM (oZ51P)
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The DSA is mainly divided from the Democratic Party by people who said the quiet part out loud enough that they appear different.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:01 PM (Fi81e)

239 Reddy Killowatt the Jack-in-the-Box killer.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 02:01 PM (2GVsD)

240
>WNBA free agency? Is this a trick question?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 02:01 PM (sYM3s)


They have been known to stop the game for an unfortunate wig situation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:01 PM (2YhKe)

241 117 Speaking of guns, Beretta is leaving Maryland.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 01:41 PM (2GVsD)

I thought they left already.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 02:01 PM (4g5V+)

242 How do wigs stick to your head nowadays anyway? Is it something you put on like a wool cap or is it glued on your head?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (sKqQm)

243 Don Black, it’s Alopecia (however it’s spelled).

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 01:59 PM (4KUe5)

Hang on, I thought it was Ayanna

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (oZ51P)

244
No one wants to live in a murder house.

But, howzabout a crack head ODing in a house and stinking it up with his death poop.

Price goes up or price goes down?

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (iJfKG)

245 I really hope he tries personally, but commie scum never does the dirty work.

@LeadingReport 9m
NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on potentially arresting Israeli PM Netanyahu.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (diia5)

246 Now we got a hostage and SWAT situation in Chicago.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 02:00 PM (2GVsD)


Can't be. There's no crime in Chitcago.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (2YhKe)

247 why do negro women shave their heads?
Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (ZxPkt)
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Very common. But they usually wear wigs. The wig industry catering to black women is billions of dollars. There are many black women out there who find it easier just to shave their heads and wear glamorous wigs.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (iFTx/)

248 Alopecia Presson is her sister.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (2GVsD)

249 Old school Dems just wanted to steal. We want to steal and put you in concentration camps. There is a difference.

Posted by: DSA at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (GEtfQ)

250 Just so people know how this works.
Govt deeds property to developer.
Dev builds project for "$600 million".
About 10% of that cost is developers fees, they pay themselves $60 million.
Govt leases building for 40 years based on total development costs, plus say 7% profit.
Because it is a govt lease with taxing authority, the developer can get a near 100% commercial loan.

So development group gets $60 million to develop, claims $600 million in costs *really probably $500 million*, gets rent payments to pay 100% mortgage plus additional funds, all for little outlay of investment. And owns the property at the end.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 02:03 PM (n5tGW)

251 Was the body missing it's scalp ? Asking for a friend

Posted by: Ayanna Baldy Pressme at July 20, 2026 02:03 PM (NtVYv)

252 I never heard of a state leasing a courthouse from a private party before.

Financing the construction costs of a courthouse, and THEN leasing the courthouse back?

This deal stings on ice.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 02:03 PM (RCjYY)

253 @TPostMillennial 4m
BREAKING UPDATE: Andrew Arrabaca ID'd as suspect arrested for setting fire outside NYC federal building
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I like how the first headline just said something like "person arrested for incendiary device outside federal building"

And not "tried to firebomb an ICE facility."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 02:04 PM (3cUTc)

254 247 why do negro women shave their heads?
Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (ZxPkt)
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Very common. But they usually wear wigs. The wig industry catering to black women is billions of dollars. There are many black women out there who find it easier just to shave their heads and wear glamorous wigs.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM
++++++
Sounds like an upcoming subject for Piper!

Posted by: Person clueless about wigs at July 20, 2026 02:05 PM (2Ez/1)

255 Just stash them in your closet.

Posted by: Zombie ira Einhorn at July 20, 2026 02:05 PM (kj0cq)

256
The only bald woman that looked any good was the chick in the first Star Trek movie.

She was so fine, even bald couldn't ruin her.

The exception not the rule..the rest of you bald femmes.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 02:05 PM (iJfKG)

257 134 Here's the update that the guy was killed by a gunshot. He's also a criminal himself.

https://tinyurl.com/3ectayxn
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 01:44 PM (iFTx/)

Thanks, Elric.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 02:05 PM (6wpGE)

258 @LeadingReport 9m
NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on potentially arresting Israeli PM Netanyahu.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (diia5)


He's in charge of the NYPD Commissioned. The NYPD doesn't have any NYC charges against him to arrest him and there's no outstanding federal warrant for him where they would detain him for the federalis. You can't use a city cop to arrest a guy for alleged "crimes against humanity."

I'm quite sure there isn't an NYPD officer that is willing to take part in this, unless their pension is threatened, that is.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:05 PM (2YhKe)

259 How do wigs stick to your head nowadays anyway? Is it something you put on like a wool cap or is it glued on your head?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (sKqQm)
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Ghost Bond, wtf. Glue or adhesive. If you have some of your real hair left, you can get a wig with a stretch cap and put that over your head.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:05 PM (iFTx/)

260 Andy Arabacca has 2 left hands, uses both... at the same time.

Posted by: Valledicktorian at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (ehY6c)

261
She was so fine, even bald couldn't ruin her.

The exception not the rule..the rest of you bald femmes.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 02:05 PM (iJfKG)


Wife lost all her hair during chemo.

I still found her beautiful.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (2YhKe)

262 We are is a major drought.

Posted by: Lizzy

We need to get Lizzie Warren out here to do a rain dance.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (ndZc7)

263 Good morn...er never mind, ace.

Posted by: creeper at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (80oeU)

264 never heard of a state leasing a courthouse from a private party before.

Financing the construction costs of a courthouse, and THEN leasing the courthouse back?

This deal stings on ice.
Posted by: mnw

This happens with highways in reverse. State will build an expressway. Then leases it to some corporation, usually European which charges tolls and keeps the revenue.

It’s shady as fuck both ways.

Posted by: Corruption Everywhere at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (GEtfQ)

265 iirc, the Clintons were known for delivering the goods for those that bribed them. That now seems true for most of the Democrat Party (and half the Republicans?). Give a half million, get back a billion or more. Or just be related to the one in power ...or be a fellow Muslim.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 20, 2026 01:57 PM (vbXSk)

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Watched a good Judicial Watch documentary last night about the TWA Flight 800 tragedy now 30 years ago entitled "BREAKING: FBI Documents Raise Questions about TWA Flight 800 Crash!"

It was obvious to anyone paying attention then that it was taken out by a missile; the only question was: Was it terrorism or accidental friendly fire from a US Naval Vessel?

Of course, running for reelection, the despicable Clintons and their Deep State masters made sure to have it covered up -- just like with Hillary and Benghazi:

youtube.com/watch?v=5eYVkstnHwY

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (6jTT/)

266 Old school Dems just wanted to steal. We want to steal and put you in concentration camps. There is a difference.

Posted by: DSA at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (GEtfQ)

Boy, do I have some news for you.

Posted by: Old School Dems at July 20, 2026 02:07 PM (oZ51P)

267 Waiting for Presley's husband to slap someone, like Will Smith smacking Chris Rock at the Oscars

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 02:07 PM (sMkB+)

268 How do wigs stick to your head nowadays anyway? Is it something you put on like a wool cap or is it glued on your head?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (sKqQm)



I sawed this BITCH in half!!!!

Posted by: Phil Swift for Flex Seal at July 20, 2026 02:07 PM (2YhKe)

269 How do wigs stick to your head nowadays anyway? Is it something you put on like a wool cap or is it glued on your head?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (sKqQm)
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Velcro.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:07 PM (Fi81e)

270 Wife lost all her hair during chemo.

I still found her beautiful.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (2YhKe)
___

You are such a sweetheart.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:07 PM (x7Vzy)

271 She was so fine, even bald couldn't ruin her.

The exception not the rule..the rest of you bald femmes.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 02:05 PM (iJfKG)


Wife lost all her hair during chemo.

I still found her beautiful.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (2YhKe)

As well you should, you Fool for Love you!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 02:08 PM (iJfKG)

272 Sounds like an upcoming subject for Piper!
Posted by: Person clueless about wigs at July 20, 2026 02:05 PM (2Ez/1)

Time to consult the Professor:

https://youtu.be/5UX5_IAhERM

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 02:08 PM (1z8ji)

273 Waiting for Presley's husband to slap someone, like Will Smith smacking Chris Rock at the Oscars
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 02:07 PM (sMkB+)


He's already smacked the phone out of someone's hand.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:08 PM (2YhKe)

274 The good news is that the spiking cancer rates associated with Data Centers will likely reduce the population, lessening the current demand for water and electricity among the residents.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 02:08 PM (uSpHL)

275 creeper!!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:08 PM (x7Vzy)

276 I worked for a company where there were investigations, fines, and significant tax penalties for a CEO who got millions from buildings, art works, and a yacht that he "leased" to the company.

Apparently, that's all legal now?

Posted by: Wally at July 20, 2026 02:08 PM (0e5Te)

277 I never heard of a state leasing a courthouse from a private party before.

It happens all the time. It's quite the grift.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 02:08 PM (n5tGW)

278
You are such a sweetheart.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:07 PM (x7Vzy)


*hugs*


And I told her so often.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:08 PM (2YhKe)

279 NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on potentially arresting Israeli PM Netanyahu.

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And I'm gonna punch out Pete Hegseth.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 02:08 PM (ndZc7)

280 worked for a company where there were investigations, fines, and significant tax penalties for a CEO who got millions from buildings, art works, and a yacht that he "leased" to the company.

Apparently, that's all legal now?
Posted by: Wally at July 20, 2026 02:08 PM (0e5Te)

They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at July 20, 2026 02:09 PM (GEtfQ)

281 Negro women.
Bald heads.
Wig attachment.

The things I learn here.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2026 02:10 PM (2Ez/1)

282 never heard of a state leasing a courthouse from a private party before.

Financing the construction costs of a courthouse, and THEN leasing the courthouse back?

This deal stings on ice.
Posted by: mnw
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These kind of "public-private partnerships" aren't unusual, and if structured correctly can be a benefit to taxpayers. Because usually it means the city doesn't have to pay a big up-front cost, gets property tax from the developer, and usually also a lease fee for the land.

But this deal is clearly not a good deal for the taxpayer. It's a scam.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:10 PM (iFTx/)

283 lace wig machines for sale

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 02:10 PM (2GVsD)

284 ?How do wigs stick to your head nowadays anyway? Is it something you put on like a wool cap or is it glued on your head?

Posted by: 18-1

Poligrip denture adhesive maybe

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 02:10 PM (ZxPkt)

285

1. Start a company

2. Rent all your shit to said company

3. ????

4. PROFIT!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:10 PM (2YhKe)

286 Harris husband's company has a bunch of gobbledegook about diversifying the pipeline of business strategy. Built to grift from the government while sounding like Kamala

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 02:11 PM (sMkB+)

287 You’re a good husband, sponge.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 02:11 PM (W2Pud)

288 3. ????

Get elected

Posted by: Halfhand at July 20, 2026 02:11 PM (Ysav4)

289 You’re a good husband, sponge.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 20, 2026 02:11 PM (W2Pud)


I give it a valiant effort.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:11 PM (2YhKe)

290 It's the PUBLIC'S courthouse. It cannot be leased from someone else.
The stupid it burns.

Posted by: torabora at July 20, 2026 02:11 PM (kj0cq)

291
Get elected
Posted by: Halfhand at July 20, 2026 02:11 PM (Ysav4)


Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:11 PM (2YhKe)

292 I worked for a company where there were investigations, fines, and significant tax penalties for a CEO who got millions from buildings, art works, and a yacht that he "leased" to the company.

Apparently, that's all legal now?

Posted by: Wally



Only if you are an elected democrat. They can also legally trade on inside information, despite the fact that a law has been passed twice to outlaw it.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 20, 2026 02:12 PM (0U5gm)

293 Ted's losing the plot:
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Ted Cruz @tedcruz ·
1m
We are witnessing the rapid takeover of the Democrat Party by “Democratic Socialists.”

I want to be clear: These are open communists.

Sadly, the Democrat leadership is not fighting back; they have adopted the tactic of feeding the alligator in hopes it bites them last. #Verdict

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:12 PM (Fi81e)

294 She's BALD!!!

Posted by: George Costanza at July 20, 2026 02:13 PM (4opPK)

295 lace wig machines for sale
Posted by: Anna Puma
......

with complimentary pair of Ugg Boots

Posted by: wth at July 20, 2026 02:13 PM (UjdFS)

296 No one wants to live in a murder house.

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"Or a former meth lab, especially if you don't disclose it prior to the sale."

-- obligatory Jesse Pinkman (Breaking Bad reference)

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 02:13 PM (6jTT/)

297 I'm sure Netanyahu has some dangerous pipe-hitting Hebraic MFers in his security detail, if Mayor Mamdanny wants to try anything

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 02:13 PM (ZxPkt)

298 That's not even the worst part. The worst part is that Massachusetts won't even own the courthouse they're giving this guy $600 million for -- instead, they've signed a 40 year lease to rent the building from him, bringing the total value of this grift to two fucking billion fucking dollars.

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How is the Federal DoJ Public Corruption office not all over this?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2026 02:13 PM (DbmIv)

299 Read that the Scot's are going to open their North Sea area to drilling. How much is Britain going to dun them?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 02:13 PM (826kS)

300 @265 the FBI alleged something caused a spark in the fuel tank. Don't know what caused the spark. Hasn't happened before or since.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 02:13 PM (sMkB+)

301 It's the PUBLIC'S courthouse. It cannot be leased from someone else.

Posted by: torabora at July 20, 2026 02:11 PM (kj0cq)
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Haha! Good one!

Posted by: The Democratic Party at July 20, 2026 02:13 PM (Fi81e)

302 Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (6jTT/)

I watched that yesterday as well. It had some good stuff in it. It's obvious that TWA 800 was not some wiring issue simply from the fact that the FBI came in immediately and took over the investigation.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 02:14 PM (3Ope8)

303 ?How do wigs stick to your head nowadays anyway? Is it something you put on like a wool cap or is it glued on your head?
Posted by: 18-1

Nowadays? Gorilla Glue.

Posted by: Speller at July 20, 2026 02:15 PM (pSotA)

304 Is every democrat colored gal in office a criminal?

Name one who hasn't been stealing, raping, grifting, embezzling, assaulting, etc, etc.

Posted by: In Surround Sound Stereotypes at July 20, 2026 02:15 PM (e2lsi)

305
Ugh.

I've got a terrible cold today.

Have one of you morons been fooling around in your Gain of Function Lab lately?

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 02:15 PM (iJfKG)

306 Re Flight 800
The evening of 911 that Stephanopoulos prick was being interviewed and he was ticking off a list of prior terrorist attacks and he included Flight 800 without missing a beat.

Posted by: torabora at July 20, 2026 02:15 PM (kj0cq)

307 What reason would the FBI have to lie?

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 02:15 PM (oZ51P)

308 How do wigs stick to your head nowadays anyway? Is it something you put on like a wool cap or is it glued on your head?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM

Definitely not glue. Witness the "tumbleweave" phenomenon in many police bodycam videos.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 02:15 PM (bFu5X)

309 Bibi (ex-special forces) and Mamdani (commie theater kid) in the Octagon!

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 02:15 PM (GD0B3)

310 All the lease scam…

Jose has a lawn care business. Juan, his cousin, has a lawn tool business. Juan leases Jose his tools. Juan depreciates the value of the tools and Jose pays him the exact amount of the depreciation so that Juan has $0 income. Juan pays no taxes. Jose gets to write off the cost of the tools he’s leasing.

Oh in reality there are no tools leased. Jose uses a 12 year old lawnmower. But it’s a hell of a nice business deduction created out of thin air.

Posted by: 3rd World America at July 20, 2026 02:16 PM (GEtfQ)

311 Is every democrat colored gal in office a criminal?

Name one who hasn't been stealing, raping, grifting, embezzling, assaulting, etc, etc.
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The polite term is "fundamentally non-serious" selection.

Posted by: Crusader at July 20, 2026 02:16 PM (TN0g+)

312 225

To be fair, Squad member Cora Bush (D-MO) DID get beat in a DEM primary in 2024, by a respected AA lawyer & former prosecutor, Wesley Burns (D-MO).

However that district had (may still have) a significant white minority presence.

So, the District that elected a Squd member corrected its own mistake. The only district to dump a Squad incumbent.

Bush is running again this year, once again against Burns, but most observers think Bush's chances are poor. If she couldn't beat Burns when she was the incumbent, she's unlikely to do so now that HE'S the incumbent.

Bush criticized Burns for accepting AIPAC support last time, IIRC.

Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (RCjYY)

313 How is the Federal DoJ Public Corruption office not all over this?

How is it the taxpayers haven't burned the corrupt govt politicians signing this deal like a witch in Salem?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (n5tGW)

314 All you praying Horde people, this morning we got an unexpected diagnosis of a large tumor in the sigmoid colon for my husband.
That's all we know right now. Waiting for CT appt and they did a biopsy during the colonoscopy.

Please pray for us.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (4VH0B)

315 Wife was significantly pissed off when ugly leftist twats were shaving their heads to make themselves 'ugly' so conservative men wouldn't find them attractive after Trump got elected.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (2YhKe)

316 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii.

Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.

So young.

RIP, Soldiers.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (x7Vzy)

317 84 Only a politician (or spouse thereof) would own a million dollar property and not live there… these people are unbelievable
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 01:34 PM (TCUO6)
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Must be an investment property being used as a tax shelter or something...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 01:35 PM (FZ29D)

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They are just following the method from the "make a million with no money down real estate method" book they saw for sale on late night TV.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (DbmIv)

318 Phsssssssssssssssssssssh !!!!!!!!!!

What was that? Somebody step on a duck ?????

Posted by: Chuck Schumer at July 20, 2026 02:18 PM (IwwZQ)

319
Please pray for us.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (4VH0B)


Done

Posted by: Canadian MAID at July 20, 2026 02:18 PM (rijjI)

320 Prayers up, TT.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:18 PM (x7Vzy)

321 [O/T -- Update on the Arizona Medicaid Fraud Scam:]

Up to 2,000 Native Americans are feared dead or missing

The treatment centers would come into the are with white vans. They would feed people fentanyl pills, drugs and alcohol to get them into the vans

They would bring them to treatment centers and then lock them in rooms

...

There were also reports of shootings of people who tried to leave, bodies were buried in unmarked graves. They stole up to $12 billion dollars with fraudulent claims

The reason they would lock these people in houses and fake treatment centers and feed them drugs was because the longer they could keep the patient, the longer they could bill Medicaid

https://tinyurl.com/2eucx3mw

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 02:18 PM (6jTT/)

322 294 She's BALD!!!
Posted by: George Costanza at July 20, 2026 02:13 PM
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LOL.

https://youtu.be/fURmOlSkzUw

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld clip at July 20, 2026 02:18 PM (2Ez/1)

323 Used to be a bald black woman that posted here I think name baldilocks.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 20, 2026 02:18 PM (wGerL)

324 The extra-infuriating part is that Pressly's husband is just on the company's board as a figurehead, so it counts as a "minority-owned business" and as such gets automatic no-bed government contracts.

This race-based scam is all over the country, but especially in blue states like Massachussetts and California, where it is n de facto standard practuce for any white-owed construction company (i.e. most of them) to hire some random minority t pose as their CEO or board member, simply so the company can get government contacts as a certified "minority-owned business." Everyone knows this happens, everyone knows it s ascam, and everyone also knows it unconstitutional to award bids based on race is unconstituional -- but it just keeps happening anyway. Because grift is how Blue States work.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2026 02:19 PM (Av6i5)

325 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii.

Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.

So young.

RIP, Soldiers.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (x7Vzy)


May The Lord welcome them with open arms.


I work in Carrollton, Texas. Used to live in an apartment there years ago.

Poor kid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:19 PM (2YhKe)

326 Wife was significantly pissed off when ugly leftist twats were shaving their heads to make themselves 'ugly' so conservative men wouldn't find them attractive after Trump got elected.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM

Shaving their heads? Hell, all they had to do was open their mouths.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 02:19 PM (bFu5X)

327 I'd imagine that owning a couple homes would afford one in a position of authority, like Congress, to avoid all sorts of legal entanglements. Especially if the homes are in different states.

From a tax write off standpoint, it'd be pretty sweet. I own two and get to take both mortgage interest as deductions. I think there's a limit to the 2nd home, but we've never hit it. Politicos probably don't have to worry about details like that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 02:19 PM (jehhT)

328 Posted by: 3rd World America at July 20, 2026 02:16 PM (GEtfQ)

......

Also, Jose and Juan aren't even citizens and get paid off the books.

If they are caught for failing to pay their taxes, the government offers them free flights back to Mexico, where they have already remitted 90% of their earnings.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 02:19 PM (uSpHL)

329
The reason they would lock these people in houses and fake treatment centers and feed them drugs was because the longer they could keep the patient, the longer they could bill Medicaid

https://tinyurl.com/2eucx3mw
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 02:18 PM (6jTT/)


OMG... Unbelievable

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 02:19 PM (rijjI)

330 Oh TecumsehTea, I am praying.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 02:20 PM (oZ51P)

331 That's all we know right now. Waiting for CT appt and they did a biopsy during the colonoscopy.

Please pray for us.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (4VH0B)


Ooof.......Will do. Praying for a positive result and a simple as possible resolution.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:20 PM (2YhKe)

332 We are both in shock. I don't know what to think right now. Thank you for praying.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 02:21 PM (4VH0B)

333 Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (6jTT/)

I watched that yesterday as well. It had some good stuff in it. It's obvious that TWA 800 was not some wiring issue simply from the fact that the FBI came in immediately and took over the investigation.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 02:14 PM (3Ope
_______

It was also suspicious how the investigation for a long time had the "bomb or missile" theory as plausible, and then -- all of a sudden -- just decided based on nothing new that it wasn't that at all.

I'm fairly sure it was a missile, although it could have been a mistake or friendly fire from that nearby Navy ship.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 02:21 PM (iFTx/)

334 NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on potentially arresting Israeli PM Netanyahu.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (diia5)


He's in charge of the NYPD Commissioned. The NYPD doesn't have any NYC charges against him to arrest him and there's no outstanding federal warrant for him where they would detain him for the federalis. You can't use a city cop to arrest a guy for alleged "crimes against humanity."

I'm quite sure there isn't an NYPD officer that is willing to take part in this, unless their pension is threatened, that is.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:05 PM (2YhKe)

Yeah. You go ahead and try that.

Posted by: Department of State at July 20, 2026 02:21 PM (4g5V+)

335 race-based scam is all over the country, but especially in blue states like Massachussetts and California, where it is n de facto standard practuce for any white-owed construction company (i.e. most of them) to hire some random minority t pose as their CEO or board member, simply so the company can get government contacts as a certified "minority-owned business." Everyone knows this happens, everyone knows it s ascam, and everyone also knows it unconstitutional to award bids based on race is unconstituional -- but it just keeps happening anyway. Because grift is how Blue States work.
Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2026 02:19 PM (Av6i5)

It’s federal too. Every dude who owns a construction or plumbing company registers it in his wife’s name. Then it’s woman owned and eligible for cheap SBA loans (which are seldom paid back) and govt contracts.

It’s all one giant scam.

Posted by: 3rd World America at July 20, 2026 02:22 PM (GEtfQ)

336 334 NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on potentially arresting Israeli PM Netanyahu.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 02:02 PM (diia5)

If he tries that it's more likely he will be arrested...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 02:22 PM (rijjI)

337
If he tries that it's more likely he will be arrested...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 02:22 PM (rijjI)


I'm getting to the point where I want Bibi to fly directly to NYC and drive straight to Gracie Mansion.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:23 PM (2YhKe)

338 "reintegrating into regular society" means finding a better way to rob and steal.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 20, 2026 02:23 PM (QaH55)

339 "reintegrating into regular society" means finding a better way to rob and steal.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 20, 2026 02:23 PM (QaH55)



"Its fun to do bad things...."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:24 PM (2YhKe)

340 Democraps have been taking black voters for granted for at least 40 years now, and have been openly hostile to normal black voters for at least 20.

Posted by: Elric The Blade
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~63 years

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 02:24 PM (826kS)

341 Iran supposedly is threatening to invade Kuwait and take over the US bases there (Ali Al Salem and Arifjan).

Read this on X somewhere by some dude that loves him some IRGC.

Good luck with that, though I'm taking this "news" with a dump truck load of salt.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:24 PM (x7Vzy)

342 Have I said “Fuck cancer” lately?

Well, there, I say it again. Fuck cancer.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 02:24 PM (4g5V+)

343 NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on causing an international incident, to be known as "an embarrassment for Trump".

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:25 PM (Fi81e)

344 Wife was significantly pissed off when ugly leftist twats were shaving their heads to make themselves 'ugly' so conservative men wouldn't find them attractive after Trump got elected.

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No half measures! Take the entire head!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 02:25 PM (ndZc7)

345 Arizona Cactus Green is people!

Posted by: Charlton Heston at July 20, 2026 02:25 PM (wVcYX)

346 341 Iran supposedly is threatening to invade Kuwait and take over the US bases there (Ali Al Salem and Arifjan).


Easy pickings I'd say for our military.. Get them out in the open

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 02:25 PM (rijjI)

347 In honor of the day, I'm figna go watch the movie Pollo Lemon

ya be coo

Posted by: Don Black at July 20, 2026 02:26 PM (ZxPkt)

348 Important question: What parts of Iran are we going to bomb tonight?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 02:26 PM (826kS)

349 Have I said “Fuck cancer” lately?

Well, there, I say it again. Fuck cancer.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 02:24 PM (4g5V+)


Hear hear!!!!

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:26 PM (2YhKe)

350 > NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on potentially arresting Israeli PM Netanyahu.
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Do it.

Entertain us with shear stupidity.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 02:27 PM (jehhT)

351 Easy pickings I'd say for our military.. Get them out in the open
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 02:25 PM (rijjI)
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These are very large bases in Kuwait, used as staging areas when we rolled into Iraq twenty years ago.

They have been built up substantially since then.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:27 PM (x7Vzy)

352 Iran would have to go through Iraq to get to Kuwait. It’s only a small sliver of land but still. Likelihood of it happening: zero point zero-ish.

Posted by: 3rd World America at July 20, 2026 02:28 PM (GEtfQ)

353 -
No half measures! Take the entire head!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 02:25 PM (ndZc7)


Acceptable.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:28 PM (2YhKe)

354 Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 02:06 PM (6jTT/)

I watched that yesterday as well. It had some good stuff in it. It's obvious that TWA 800 was not some wiring issue simply from the fact that the FBI came in immediately and took over the investigation.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 02:14 PM (3Ope

***

I was working at Boeing when 800 happened. Was working next to a fellow who got a call a couple days after, said about three words and disappeared for a couple weeks. then he was back at work and the theory was a spark in the main gas tank. He never said where he went, but Bullshit was a frequent comment of his for awhile.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 02:28 PM (2WIwB)

355 >NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on causing an international incident, to be known as "an embarrassment for Trump".
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 02:25 PM (Fi81e)

The theater kid never got the beating he desperately needed.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 20, 2026 02:28 PM (rJ48h)

356 All you praying Horde people, this morning we got an unexpected diagnosis of a large tumor in the sigmoid colon for my husband.
That's all we know right now. Waiting for CT appt and they did a biopsy during the colonoscopy.

Please pray for us.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (4VH0B)
*******
Prayers sent!!!!

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 02:28 PM (NpAcC)

357 > NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on potentially arresting Israeli PM Netanyahu.
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Do it.

Entertain us with shear stupidity.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 02:27 PM (jehhT)

He gives bad haircuts now, too?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (wVcYX)

358 >>> NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on potentially arresting Israeli PM Netanyahu.


What's the charge?

Posted by: Rhetorical Question at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (Q+gd/)

359 #305 Had a flu two months ago. One week awful. 4 weeks coughing up lung butter. All good now.
No...no flu shot.

Posted by: torabora at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (lSsrt)

360 These are very large bases in Kuwait, used as staging areas when we rolled into Iraq twenty years ago.

They have been built up substantially since then.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:27 PM (x7Vzy)

How would the Iranian army get to Kuwait? March through Iraq? Paratroops? Wade across the Gulf?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (1z8ji)

361 Iran would have to go through Iraq to get to Kuwait. It’s only a small sliver of land but still. Likelihood of it happening: zero point zero-ish.
Posted by: 3rd World America at July 20, 2026 02:28 PM (GEtfQ)
__

Exactly.

Though there are elements of the Iraqi govt that are pretty much Iranian proxies.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (x7Vzy)

362 The theater kid never got the beating he desperately needed.

==

there is no time like the present !

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (GD0B3)

363 And now, a dead body is found at this guy's property.


Dems sure do have a lot of dead bodies show up on/in their property.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (v3afF)

364 If they try it will open a whole can of worms.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (826kS)

365 I'm fairly sure it was a missile, although it could have been a mistake or friendly fire from that nearby Navy ship.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Not sure why a Navy vessel would have Friend Or Foe systems online near a US commercial airport and it painted a commercial jet as foe. Even if they were turned on for a training exercise, going weapons hot seems a stretch.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 02:30 PM (diia5)

366 356 All you praying Horde people, this morning we got an unexpected diagnosis of a large tumor in the sigmoid colon for my husband.
That's all we know right now. Waiting for CT appt and they did a biopsy during the colonoscopy.

Please pray for us.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (4VH0B)
*******
Prayers sent!!!!
Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 02:28

Without question!

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 02:30 PM (hftzA)

367 74 California Attorney General Rob Bonta had argued the merger would lead to “higher prices, lower quality, and less content for film and television, harming movie theaters, basic cable distributors, and ultimately, audiences on every sofa and movie theater seat in the US.”

Posted by: beckster

Just about everything is h*m* sh*t written by r*tards and is nigh unwatchable. I used to hate the idea of AI generated content but after seeing what actual 'humans' came up with for Star Fleet academy...I for one look forward to entertainment produced by our new AI overlords.

Posted by: Nelly at July 20, 2026 02:30 PM (6+ehB)

368 Mamdani wants 'murdering terrorists' as the charge.
It's a slam dunk with NYC juries.

Posted by: torabora at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (lSsrt)

369 NYC Mayor Mamdani doubles down on potentially arresting Israeli PM Netanyahu.


What's the charge?
Posted by: Rhetorical Question


Alleged World Court Human Rights violations.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (v3afF)

370 Have I said “Fuck cancer” lately?

Well, there, I say it again. Fuck cancer.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 02:24 PM (4g5V+)


Spot on!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (2WIwB)

371

"Ed Miliband named UK foreign secretary."

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (GD0B3)

372 Logan Act prosecutions? Zero? Honestly?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (YlWIZ)

373 Please pray for us.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (4VH0B)
=====

Will do please send updates.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (RIvkX)

374 Dead Body Found at Home Belonging to Criminal Husband of Bald-Headed Freak Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley

I call her Aunt Fester.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (0C60m)

375 They have been built up substantially since then.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:27 PM (x7Vzy)

How would the Iranian army get to Kuwait? March through Iraq? Paratroops? Wade across the Gulf?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (1z8ji)

It's nonsense. Has anyone been paying attention what's been happening in Ukraine? Ground invasions without massive air superiority is just a slaughterhouse.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (edUvp)

376 Nood socialists.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 02:32 PM (N1tpc)

377 Surely, the TWA 800 incident involves a Smoking Man, an Umbrella Man, and a grassy knoll / sand dune? Surely, I say!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 02:32 PM (wVcYX)

378 How would the Iranian army get to Kuwait? March through Iraq? Paratroops? Wade across the Gulf?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (1z8ji)
___

Roll in through Iraq like Saddam did.

Difference now is that you have a lot of US forces in Kuwait that will not take kindly to being inavded.

Pretty sure the Kuwaiti govt will take a dim view of Iranian troops in their country also.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:32 PM (x7Vzy)

379 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii.
Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.
====

May their memories be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 02:32 PM (RIvkX)

380 Not sure why a Navy vessel would have Friend Or Foe systems online near a US commercial airport and it painted a commercial jet as foe. Even if they were turned on for a training exercise, going weapons hot seems a stretch.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 02:30 PM (diia5)

Would it be possible for a saboteur aboard a Navy ship to fire off such a missile by himself?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 02:32 PM (1z8ji)

381 Please pray for us.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (4VH0B)


Hitting my knees.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 02:33 PM (2WIwB)

382 337 If he tries that it's more likely he will be arrested...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 02:22 PM (rijjI)

I'm getting to the point where I want Bibi to fly directly to NYC and drive straight to Gracie Mansion.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 02:23 PM (2YhKe)

; )

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (6wpGE)

383 Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 02:31 PM (GD0B3)

The most foppish government in human history.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (wGerL)

384 An update to Mr. Pressley, the company he fronts for has no record of existence according to the Mass. secretary of state

Prayers up for you and your husband, Tecumseh Tea.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 20, 2026 02:34 PM (ibDUx)

385 > Not sure why a Navy vessel would have Friend Or Foe systems online near a US commercial airport and it painted a commercial jet as foe. Even if they were turned on for a training exercise, going weapons hot seems a stretch.
----------
A US Navy missile cruiser shot down one of the carrier's f-18's it was protecting last year.

Or was it two?

Either way.... shit happens.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (jehhT)

386 Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 02:28 PM (2WIwB)

A mentor of mine was an EE and a DER for 30 years before he passed away and we had some pretty detailed and extensive conversations about that. The Part 26 rules that came out of the investigations were (in my mind) sorely needed but the whole premise of that effort being sourced as the TWA crash was just laughable.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (3Ope8)

387 After watching Stephen Miller step up to the mic during last week's The Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, hosted at the U.S. State Department, I'd say the Administration is on track for crackdown.

"“Here in the United States, we have taken the necessary and essential action of formally recognizing left-wing violence as a form of political terrorism that is a direct threat to our national security and the survival of our republican form of government,” Miller said at the top of his remarks." (Mediaite)

The Guarantee Clause of the US Constitution is about to be enforced.

Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2026 02:35 PM (rj6Yv)

388 376 Nood socialists.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 02:32 PM (N1tpc)

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (6wpGE)

389 Prayers for you and your husband TT. Good luck and God bless

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 02:37 PM (sMkB+)

390 They have been built up substantially since then.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 20, 2026 02:27 PM (x7Vzy)

How would the Iranian army get to Kuwait? March through Iraq? Paratroops? Wade across the Gulf?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 02:29 PM (1z8ji)

THere was a Navy vessel doing test firing underneath it exactly at the time of the downing. They were supposed to be shooting dummy missiles.

All it would have taken would be for one crewman to have made a stupid mistake and shoot a live missile instead, and for the ship command staff to realize "ooh we're all cooked if we admit what happened." And higher ups certainly did NOT want an investigation showing that the US Navy shot the plane down because of an idiotic mistake.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (edUvp)

391 > After watching Stephen Miller step up to the mic during last week's The Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, hosted at the U.S. State Department, I'd say the Administration is on track for crackdown.
---------
I saw his commentary the other day. If the administration follows though, shit's about to get real.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (jehhT)

392 Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 02:30 PM (diia5)

366 356 All you praying Horde people, this morning we got an unexpected diagnosis of a large tumor in the sigmoid colon for my husband.
That's all we know right now. Waiting for CT appt and they did a biopsy during the colonoscopy.

Please pray for us.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 20, 2026 02:17 PM (4VH0B)
*******
Prayers sent!!!!
Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 02:28

Without question!
Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 02:30 PM (hftzA)

Praying right now.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 20, 2026 02:38 PM (0C60m)

393 It takes approximately 74 MW of continuous power (or about 1.78 million kWh per day) to evaporate 750,000 gallons of water per day.

Posted by: pawn at July 20, 2026 02:47 PM (MNjaf)

394 Thermodynamics is a bitch!

Posted by: pawn at July 20, 2026 02:49 PM (MNjaf)

395 A Socialist is just a communist who hasn’t worked up the guts to pick up a gun and point it at you

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Posted by: redwap.cc at July 20, 2026 10:41 PM (1l46d)

THE MORNING RANT: “Yes” to Data Centers that Are Privately Funded, Without Taxpayer Subsidization

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I support the construction of privately funded data centers whose utilities are not taxpayer-subsidized. Investors in data center projects are welcome to bring to my state and county all the economic activity that comes with their construction and operation. I’m also excited that the data center era has finally caused tech bros to abandon their green-energy obsession. They understand, finally, that they can’t have energy-hungry plants without the abundant, reliable electricity that comes from natural gas.

But I do not support the construction of data centers for which tax abatements, incentive payments, and subsidized utilities must be paid by taxpayers.

In the raging battle between pro-data center and anti-data center forces, the two sides may not even be talking about the same thing. It is understandable that many of those who oppose data centers are skeptical, given the horrendous track record of corporate welfare, corporate cronyism, and taxpayer-funded industrial boondoggles they’ve been forced to pay for.

In my part of the country, the Republican governors of Tennessee and Georgia have repeatedly gambled taxpayer money on “venture communism” projects, redistributing money from taxpayers to favored industrial developers, especially when it’s for the next big thing (usually EVs and battery manufacturers.) As I’ve frequently documented, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has flushed away billions and billions of taxpayer dollars on failed EV-related endeavors. Republicans of the Chamber of Commerce persuasion applaud Governor Kemp’s naïve profligacy as being “pro-business.”

Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee is also addicted to wasting taxpayer money. This includes Ford’s mothballed, never-used EV plant near Memphis, for which Tennessee taxpayers contributed a billion dollars. Just a few weeks ago, Governor Lee announced a $30 million payment to Starbucks for relocating from Seattle to Nashville. Starbucks was fleeing Seattle anyhow, and would have come to Tennessee for nothing, but Governor Lee felt it very important to take a boatload of taxpayer money and give it to a left-wing corporation as a “thank you.” Starbucks sneers at Tennessee values. Now its executives (they/them) can also sneer at us for being easy marks.

Data centers are the new “next big thing,” and it is rational for exhausted taxpayers to expect they’ll again be asked to subsidize the capex and utility costs for these projects.

There shouldn’t be a binary choice between either banning economic progress, like New York has done with data centers, or subsidizing it, like Republican governors reflexively do.

My understanding is that most data centers are building their own natural gas power plants, with diesel generator backup. Millions of dollars are flowing to local contractors doing the grading, construction, electrical, etc. The data center buildout, combined with Trump’s reshoring efforts, are creating an industrial explosion in this country. It is similar to what politicians would call “stimulus spending,” but it’s privately funded.

However, those of us supporting data center construction need to be careful about insulting opponents as being anti-progress. Taxpayers have a legitimate fear of their elected officials betraying them in favor of promoters hustling the next big thing.

And finally, because much of the data center buildout is to support growing AI use, it doesn’t help for AI promoters to crow about all the people AI will put out of work. I genuinely believe that AI will be disruptive, eliminating some jobs while creating many more. But if AI is being sold as a way to eliminate labor expense and put people out of work, that will motivate people to oppose the data centers that fuel AI.

The blue-collar jobs and industrial development resulting from data center construction are what MAGA Republicans have been fighting for. Let’s take the win – so long as the developers are not being subsidized by local taxpayers.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM




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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 11:00 AM (v3afF)

2 Not in time

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 11:00 AM (N1tpc)

3 Corgis called.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 11:01 AM (v3afF)

4 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)

5 However, those of us supporting data center construction need to be careful about insulting opponents as being anti-progress.

Can we call them effeminate hosers, but in a nice way?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:02 AM (Riz8t)

6 This is the voice of world control....

Posted by: Archer at July 20, 2026 11:03 AM (wvc0i)

7 Dey took our jerbs!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 11:03 AM (FZ29D)

8 IF the data center will not cause disruption to the local populace- higher utility rates, more taxes, etc...- then I have no problem.

I get the impression that, at least around here, they are getting sweetheart deals from the local/state government.

In that case, no. No. NO. Build it at your own expense and not on the backs of locals.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 20, 2026 11:03 AM (N1tpc)

9 It's not a reason to oppose DCs in and of itself, but China certainly seems to think spinning up DC opposition here benefits them.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)

10 it doesn’t help for AI promoters to crow about all the people weaned on dick.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 20, 2026 11:03 AM (yr/Go)

11 Private profits and Public loses.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 11:04 AM (qFwJc)

12 Bring back the coal fired plants. Hell. Just the old plant that WAS off Lake Montecello in TX had a lignite mine nearby that contained 150 YEARS worth of fuel for it.

But NOOOOOO.....Rick f*cking Perry made a deal with the Devil Barack Hussein and agreed to shutter and destroy the coal plants.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:04 AM (2YhKe)

13 I agree with you Buck, but there are issues that complicate these massive centers.

Some are being built in small towns, and the huge amounts of money being thrown at them can overwhelm small town governments. That's not unique to AI Data...Walmart does the same thing.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 11:04 AM (l4RKn)

14 I do have to question who ultimately would benefit from these data centers. Will the locals see any economic or other benefit, or is is just going to go back in the pockets of the tech/venture crowd? Given the track record, I know where I'm placing my marker.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 11:04 AM (OUMaO)

15 Can we call them effeminate hosers, but in a nice way?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:02 AM (Riz8t)



Seamy Dough-eyed Poofters.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:05 AM (2YhKe)

16 Can we call them effeminate hosers, but in a nice way?
Old greek homos watching Tarzan movies. The ones with boy in them.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 20, 2026 11:05 AM (yr/Go)

17 Thx Buck
Hochul (my governor) is a mindless corrupt dolt. Whatever the left wants she'll give them . Data center builders should try bribing her, that worked with home health care

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 11:05 AM (//bM7)

18 I may have opinions about this.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 11:06 AM (u/oMr)

19 17 Thx Buck
Hochul (my governor) is a mindless corrupt dolt. Whatever the left wants she'll give them . Data center builders should try bribing her, that worked with home health care
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 11:05 AM (//bM7)


They should sink some money into getting those types REMOVED from office, but......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:06 AM (2YhKe)

20 Hopefully the data center moratoriums will result in something good happening - private data centers without subsidies. I was listening to the All-in podcast yesterday, and they were postulating that the dems want to obstruct data centers (and AI) until they are back in charge and can rake off as much as they can carry from these projects.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 20, 2026 11:06 AM (2ap+5)

21 ALSO: I know the PRC is promoting data center skepticism. That does not mean people do not have valid concerns. I'm tired of having my questions dismissed "because China" (or Russia, or whoever). Address the concerns and we'll talk.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 11:06 AM (OUMaO)

22 My understanding is that most data centers are building their own natural gas power plants, with diesel generator backup.

Department of Energy is fast-tracking micro-nuclear for data centers as well, which is even better than the gas turbines.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:07 AM (2ocoG)

23 I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do.

All I can do is try and divine who wants them, and who doesn’t. It’s safe to conclude if the usual suspects are pushing for them in a fevered, hysterical insistence, then they are undoubtedly a bad idea.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 11:08 AM (022O5)

24 But without taxpayer funding these data centers, PEOPLE WILL DIE!!!ONEELEVENTY!

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 11:08 AM (lXoJ5)

25 Two things;

1. Developers look for cheap land to build datacenters on. Cheap land is typically going to be rural. And the political savvy of local governments is... lacking. They're easily bribed. And willing to subsidize utilities.

2. Datacenters attract additional development. The "urbanization" of once rural areas. Businesses that utilize datacenters will co-locate. Then comes the people for those businesses. Then comes the restaurants, shopping centers, homes and apartments.

It's no longer "rural."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 11:09 AM (jehhT)

26 ALSO: I know the PRC is promoting data center skepticism. That does not mean people do not have valid concerns. I'm tired of having my questions dismissed "because China" (or Russia, or whoever). Address the concerns and we'll talk.

Most of the concerns are recycled anti-fracking propaganda, and recognizable as such.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:09 AM (2ocoG)

27 I'm also for Data Centers if they provide their own power and don't affect the community negatively where they are located. They should also be a net positive tax revenue. What I think a lot of the locals aren't aware of is that Data Centers don't employ a lot of people once they are up and running.

I also don't like taking away farm /ranch land but that's just my apocalyptic paranoia.

The construction though will be a temporary economic boom which is good.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:09 AM (KC5Lt)

28 Retarded. LLMs are not "economic progress" for anyone but NVidia and SK Hynix.

Posted by: 2 Tha Back at July 20, 2026 11:10 AM (rtOnA)

29
But I do not support the construction of data centers for which tax abatements, incentive payments, and subsidized utilities must be paid by taxpayers.




New stadiums with a gazillion taxpayer-subsidized sky boxes that we can lease is the epitome of patriotism. Anything less is un-American.

Posted by: The NFL at July 20, 2026 11:10 AM (iqcvy)

30 The first Kim from North Korea was "The Great Leader".

The second was "The Dear Leader"

What's our current Kim called?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 20, 2026 11:10 AM (l26NL)

31 Will the locals see any economic or other benefit, or is is just going to go back in the pockets of the tech/venture crowd? Given the track record, I know where I'm placing my marker.

People said the same thing about Walmart, Costco, and any other giant corporation. They probably said the same thing about Sears. People will let you know which they value more by who they do business with.

Did you notice in the recent spate of videos about Euros being ecstatic about American stores, NONE of them involved little Mom and Pops? It was all the bigs.

If the tech/venture crowd provides a service that people like well enough to patronize, it's a good thing. I certainly agree with Buck about no taxpayer funding, which I'd love to see extended to sports teams. I expect ultimately to get a lot more value from the tech stuff, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)

32 Kemp's fawning corporatism is on big reasons why Republicans underperform in his state.
Working-class voters are moderately pro-business but not pro-boondoggle, and Kemp is like the Bush family. Billions for Halliburton and Enron; bootstraps for you.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 11:12 AM (gKWVE)

33 I like my sweet rural shade the way it is. Data centers should go to blighted urban wastelands. Detroit has many square miles of rubble and squalor.

Posted by: Eb Dawson at July 20, 2026 11:12 AM (JM9I6)

34 I hate all the land they ruined with wind turbines and solar farms.

I know one Google center is located in a northwest river canyon and they were allowed to build a hydroelectric plant on the river just to power their center.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:13 AM (KC5Lt)

35 "There shouldn’t be a binary choice between either banning economic progress, like New York has done with data centers, "

Because whoever puts the words in Hochul's mouth isn't going to get their cut, most likely. Upstate NY is ideal for this stuff with more water than you could ever use and the Marcellus Shale formation. Also special bonus: There's areas where it has never been 100 degrees since they've kept records and cold water falls from the sky by the foot. But, noooOOOoooo. Hochul's a disgrace, but she's the diaper not the origin of the shitty problem.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 20, 2026 11:13 AM (w/O5Q)

36 I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do.

Up until about 2 years ago they were just called "server farms" or "server facilities", which is a much better explanation of what they are and do. Lots of rack-mount servers grinding through data.

AI is currently where general-purpose computing was in the 1950s, when a single computer had 25,000 vacuum tubes (often 12AX7s, for you guitar amp people) and drew more power than Cleveland. In another decade or two you'll have more computing power than that in your phone, but right now you need the big rooms.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:13 AM (2ocoG)

37 "Investors in data center projects are welcome to bring to my state and county all the economic activity that comes with their construction and operation."

Depending on how much of that labor is local, and not H1Bs from India, or even illegals from Mexico and points south. Indians also seem very interested in replacing Americans and the American way, as they always promote their own.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 20, 2026 11:13 AM (vbXSk)

38 I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do.

Videos of Natalie Portman with wildly exaggerated breasts? How is that not important?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

39 Data centers should go to blighted urban wastelands. Detroit has many square miles of rubble and squalor.
Posted by: Eb Dawson at July 20, 2026 11:12 AM (JM9I6)

I recall that Cincinnati was offered the chance to build a data center in one of its square miles of abandoned field. They said no.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 11:14 AM (gKWVE)

40 The rural life is attractive, but the threat of the bucolic setting changing suddenly when someone decides to build a dump, strip mine or build a data center is always there. That country road that meanders past your red dog two-track drive can quickly become busy with a smelly, noisy parade of dump trucks. There is no way to avoid this.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 20, 2026 11:14 AM (2ap+5)

41 It's more bullshot from the tech community. They will build these large data centers which will ruin otherwise peaceful areas, driving up prices and weirdos in your AO and enslaving you and your family to AI agitprop.

Posted by: Bend Over It's Coming Your Way at July 20, 2026 11:15 AM (e2lsi)

42 You know that sooner or later somebody is going to look at all the permanently furloughed erstwhile "workers" and wonder as to the value of keeping them alive.

Especially, since the Earth is so far over it's "carrying capacity".

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:15 AM (Fi81e)

43 I also don't like taking away farm /ranch land but that's just my apocalyptic paranoia.

Same. I also don't like that the working farm across the street from my house when I bought it 9 years ago is now filling up with cardboard McMansions (and I mean cardboard, I see every day the quality of the work going into them).

But as the technology advances the space requirements will go down and these facilities will probably all become Amazon warehouses or Wal-Marts.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:15 AM (2ocoG)

44 It would be nice, but let’s be real, virtually every jurisdiction will dish out tax breaks and other bribes for data centers and much else besides.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:16 AM (4g5V+)

45 the developers are not being subsidized by local taxpayers.

Posted by Buck Throckmorton

I know where my bet goes.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 11:16 AM (NnhvP)

46 Data centers don't really provide much employment beyond the initial construction and aren't industrial capacity. Maybe one day some of them will be employed supporting industry.

They are in the short run crowding out actual industrial development though.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 11:16 AM (okun6)

47
Progress in technology is an inevitable thing. It can't be stopped.

But, it can be thwarted at every turn, as I learned from something I support - nuclear energy - being thwarted at every turn for 50 years until it suited people who run data centers.

Within a few short years, starting in about 2018, generations worth of antipathy toward nuclear power have evaporated like the dew in the morn, as our government and its generous donors decided that the competitive advantage they derived from environmentalist regulation and taxation was outweighed by the need for electrical power to fuel their dreams of robots replacing their meddlesome human constituents and customers and laborers.

Suddenly, nuclear energy has gone from "dooming all life on earth" to "cool and new and the future," because its a better way to fuck me over in the Current Year.

Whether it's publicly or privately funded, remember: it's never permitted or encouraged unless they believe it fucks you over.

They could be wrong, or right about their "fucking you over more than it fucks them over" calculation. But that's always the calculation.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 11:17 AM (BI5O2)

48 You know that sooner or later somebody is going to look at all the permanently furloughed erstwhile "workers" and wonder as to the value of keeping them alive.

Especially, since the Earth is so far over it's "carrying capacity".

Given that most countries are experiencing below replacement fertility, it's a self-correcting problem.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

49 Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 11:08 AM (022O5)

I'm with Cernovich on this one. If the big techfags want MAGA support, fuck you pay us. They spent billions to push that semisentient stool called Joe Biden on us in 2020. They should spend billions to keep Congress Republican now, or enjoy DSA.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 11:17 AM (gKWVE)

50 I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do.

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Data center things.

Posted by: Your AI Overlords at July 20, 2026 11:17 AM (Fi81e)

51 I tentatively stand near where you do on this, Buck. Wholeheartedly on the 'screw your subsidies' angle, and while I think AI in its current path is massively overhyped, used creatively it can be of utility... and certainly, it at least somewhat counters how completely crap all the search engines have become in the last couple of decades by acting as a search-results-aggregator. I do dislike the idea of 'stick it in the middle of nowhere', but that's as much on cities for over-regulating and over-charging the taxes and rents. I doubt subsidies are the only way the companies can afford to build within city limits, but it certainly lets the cities have their cake and eat it too - while the big company simply plans into things that 'well, when we have to start paying taxes instead of receiving them, we'll just put out bids to other cities!'.

Posted by: RandomDave at July 20, 2026 11:18 AM (aJQbY)

52 Pixley being the county seat of the greater Hooterville, Pixley, Crabwell Corners, valley is always trying to shove Big City ideas on us. Making the Cannonball Express a bullet train was defeated in the last election, so it's a hopeful sign that rational rural thought will prevail.

Posted by: Floyd and Charlie on the Cannonball at July 20, 2026 11:18 AM (JM9I6)

53 My understanding is that most data centers are building their own natural gas power plants, with diesel generator backup.

We need to get them putting in modular nukes. And selling their excess power to the local grid.

Posted by: GWB at July 20, 2026 11:18 AM (kU0PQ)

54 33 I like my sweet rural shade the way it is. Data centers should go to blighted urban wastelands. Detroit has many square miles of rubble and squalor.
Posted by: Eb Dawson at July 20, 2026 11:12 AM (JM9I6)

There are shabby areas of rural communities near me that could use them. Probably the best economic news they would have in decades.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:18 AM (4g5V+)

55 I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do.

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Data center things.
Posted by: Your AI Overlords at July 20, 2026 11:17 AM (Fi81

Data center things that go up.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:19 AM (KC5Lt)

56 . I also don't like that the working farm across the street from my house when I bought it 9 years ago is now filling up with cardboard McMansions (and I mean cardboard, I see every day the quality of the work going into them).

But as the technology advances the space requirements will go down and these facilities will probably all become Amazon warehouses or Wal-Marts.

I have the same reaction when I drive on Rt. 1 here in NoVa, and it's mile after mile of ugly strip malls. I'd much rather have a few, very large distribution centers, and just plow all the strip malls under.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

57 I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do
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Robbery, surveillance, assault, and surveillance.

They like surveillance.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 11:19 AM (AfzoM)

58 Suddenly, nuclear energy has gone from "dooming all life on earth" to "cool and new and the future," because its a better way to fuck me over in the Current Year.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 11:17 AM (BI5O2)
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Well remember, it's been decades that the "We should be more like Europe" people have resisted running on nuclear ... to the extent Europe does.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:19 AM (Fi81e)

59 Expecting no government help when large projects are considered means you just won't get the business. While Georgia and Tennessee made some real stupid bets, they also made some better ones - especially Tennessee. Infrastructure support and fixed business and property tax bills based upon agreed upon investment and employment levels is how the game is played.

Dumb governors/states make dumb decisions. No way to protect from that outside of doing what you can to make sure political machines aren't fixing the elections.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 11:20 AM (GZYu7)

60 mile after mile of ugly strip malls

But people *need* check cashing stores, nail salons, tattoo parlors, and Habib's Kebab Palace.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 11:21 AM (gKWVE)

61 Give me your lakes!!

Water!!

Need more water!!

Posted by: Data Center at July 20, 2026 11:21 AM (Fi81e)

62 We need to get them putting in modular nukes. And selling their excess power to the local grid.

There are multiple modular nuke companies that have spun up and at least one of them has special authorization from the Department of Energy to get their shit going ASAP.

I would love to park a shipping container in my back yard, hook up some wires, and tell the electric company to fuck off. Probably won't happen in my lifetime, but I fully support anyone trying to make it happen.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:21 AM (2ocoG)

63 Well remember, it's been decades that the "We should be more like Europe" people have resisted running on nuclear ... to the extent Europe does.

France does, but Germany, in a fit of lunacy, closed all its nukes before developing a reliable replacement. It's unlike the Germans to throw in their lot with unproven lunacy, but...never mind.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:21 AM (Riz8t)

64 > They are in the short run crowding out actual industrial development though.
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I don't think that's necessarily true.

Datacenters attract other businesses that leverage their computing services. Like shipping companies, business to business outfits, any logistical company and so on. Proximity to the datacenter is attractive, keeps costs down for infrastructure that they'd likely have to build themselves.

Those in turn attract more workers, which leads to services for those workers like food shops, shopping, etc. Eventually it becomes it's own little (or big) urban center. With suburbs.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 11:22 AM (jehhT)

65 Give me your lakes!!

Water!!

Need more water!!

Already a solved problem. The newest facilities are being built with fully closed-loop cooling, like the radiator in your '67 Camaro.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:22 AM (2ocoG)

66 You want your children's future taken by AI; good for you! They'll never know what it's like to work.

Morons Are Governing America (MAGA).

Posted by: Sid...who enjoys the sexual affections of his hamster at July 20, 2026 11:23 AM (fNO1z)

67 Timed Tax abatements are OK. Giving a time period reduced tax to bring a business is OK. It costs them a boatload to start up. It's not money out of a citizens pocket. Paying a business to come is butt dumb. My town did that twice and it cost us four times. It cost to bring them and it cost to get rid of them (clean up).

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 11:23 AM (826kS)

68 Working-class voters are moderately pro-business but not pro-boondoggle, and Kemp is like the Bush family. Billions for Halliburton and Enron; bootstraps for you.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 11:12 AM (gKWVE)

“Working class” as opposed to the hyper evil rich assholes who do not ever work and need to be publicly and violently killed.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:24 AM (4g5V+)

69 Already a solved problem. The newest facilities are being built with fully closed-loop cooling, like the radiator in your '67 Camaro.

I hope they use cooling ponds, so we can have NoVa manatees.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)

70 I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do
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AI processing for vids of Mrs. Incredible doing, uh, incredible things. So I've heard.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 20, 2026 11:25 AM (Dv3i1)

71 I don't like most of the 'not in my backyard' opponents but I understand the reasoning. I think it's up to these billion dollar tech companies to make it a win win. We have to always move forward with innovation but it can't be at the expense of the citizenry for the profit of a few.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:25 AM (KC5Lt)

72 64 > They are in the short run crowding out actual industrial development though.
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I don't think that's necessarily true.

Datacenters attract other businesses that leverage their computing services. Like shipping companies, business to business outfits, any logistical company and so on. Proximity to the datacenter is attractive, keeps costs down for infrastructure that they'd likely have to build themselves.

Those in turn attract more workers, which leads to services for those workers like food shops, shopping, etc. Eventually it becomes it's own little (or big) urban center. With suburbs.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 11:22 AM (jehhT)

They've driven up construction costs substantially for factories, there's public reporting on it. There's generally not much reason to want to be physically close to a data center, they could be in China (and a fair amount probably will be renting their services from China).

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 11:25 AM (okun6)

73
*polite cough*

Try "subsidy" instead of "subsidization".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 11:25 AM (O0L8i)

74 66: if only the Morons we’re governing America. It would be running infinitely better and you can be a bigger ingrate and malcontent.

Hell, you might actually be forced to get off your ass and work for a change assuming you aren’t a bot.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:26 AM (4g5V+)

75 I don't like most of the 'not in my backyard' opponents but I understand the reasoning. I think it's up to these billion dollar tech companies to make it a win win. We have to always move forward with innovation but it can't be at the expense of the citizenry for the profit of a few.

This is the way.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)

76 13 I agree with you Buck, but there are issues that complicate these massive centers.

Some are being built in small towns, and the huge amounts of money being thrown at them can overwhelm small town governments. That's not unique to AI Data...Walmart does the same thing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 11:04 AM (l4RKn
Yeah, we’ve been driving by one for years now.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 11:26 AM (LHPAg)

77 Heard Ted Cruz this past weekend claim that the anti-Data Center hysteria sweeping the nation (and apparently supported by the majority of both The Left and The Right) is a PsyOp being funded by Neville Roy Singham on behalf of Communist Chy-na -- in their quest to achieve superiority in "AI."

Don't know how true that is or to what extent, but an interesting aspect I hadn't heard and TBH would not surprise me.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 11:26 AM (27aLr)

78 I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do.



Endless hours of kitten videos.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 11:26 AM (v3afF)

79 It's ma'am. IT'S MA'AM!!!

Posted by: The next evolution: transAI at July 20, 2026 11:26 AM (TbWk/)

80
I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do

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Dummy. They center data. Like ace frequently does.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 11:26 AM (O0L8i)

81
Already a solved problem. The newest facilities are being built with fully closed-loop cooling, like the radiator in your '67 Camaro.

Posted by: Ian S.
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And the water wouldn't disappear. There're some laws, thermodynamic. They called it conservation of matter in Jr. High, iirc.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 11:26 AM (826kS)

82 I think people overestimate the extent to which data centers as a use of square footage "provides jobs".

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:28 AM (Fi81e)

83 I would think that tax abatements are a win win if that is what it takes to get the business to move in.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 20, 2026 11:28 AM (4NO2D)

84 Already a solved problem. The newest facilities are being built with fully closed-loop cooling, like the radiator in your '67 Camaro.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:22 AM (2ocoG)

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So they take our water and just keep it???

Posted by: Oglebay at July 20, 2026 11:28 AM (2ap+5)

85 There's generally not much reason to want to be physically close to a data center, they could be in China (and a fair amount probably will be renting their services from China).

This raises a question I've asked many times, but never seen answered. How close does a DC need to be to the users? AI answers:

There is no fixed distance requirement, but for real-time applications (like financial trading or live streaming), data centers should ideally be within 50 miles of users. Every 100 miles adds roughly 0.82 milliseconds of round-trip network delay, so proximity reduces latency and speeds up response times.

The exact proximity needed depends entirely on your application:
Under 50 miles (

50 to 500 miles (10–25 ms latency): Suitable for standard cloud computing, most SaaS platforms, and media streaming.

500+ miles: Acceptable for general web browsing, email, data backups, and static content.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

86 Who's more retarded? Sid or Paul? You could probably have an AI data center blow itself up asking that question.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:29 AM (KC5Lt)

87 Turn the EV plants into data centers.

Posted by: fd - I forgive you for the mistakes I made at July 20, 2026 11:29 AM (MWfyi)

88 Nice to see Sd chiming in on behalf of United Horse and Buggy Workers Local 210.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 20, 2026 11:29 AM (w/O5Q)

89 Whoops, here's the part I accidentally deleted:

Under 50 miles (< 10 ms latency): Needed for Edge Computing, high-frequency trading, multiplayer gaming, and telehealth. These are positioned directly in or on the edge of major metropolitan areas.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

90 We have to always move forward with innovation but it can't be at the expense of the citizenry for the profit of a few.

Posted by: polynikes
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They could build the SMRs a tad bigger and sell the extra juice to us at a discount.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 11:30 AM (826kS)

91 Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:24 AM (4g5V+)

I didn't say they need to be "publicly and violently killed".
I said they ought to ask Americans, nicely, to help them against those who do want them publicly and violently killed. "Nicely" in the sense of a nice big payout to good GOP candidates.
Or we won't help them, and won't care when they'll be publicly and violently killed.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 11:30 AM (gKWVE)

92 Nice to see Sd chiming in on behalf of United Horse and Buggy Workers Local 210.

Sid still mourns the loss of feudalism.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

93 Dummy. They center data. Like ace frequently does.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 11:26 AM (O0L8i)


Heh. Sick. Burn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:30 AM (2YhKe)

94 "I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do"

Cats on waterskis. Don't you watch the internet?

Posted by: fd - "No" is a complete sentence at July 20, 2026 11:30 AM (MWfyi)

95 Nice to see Sd chiming in on behalf of United Horse and Buggy Workers Local 210.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 20, 2026 11:29 AM (w/O5Q)
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Progressive Luddite is the new progressive.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:30 AM (Fi81e)

96 Under 50 miles (
__________

Why does telehealth need this? It's just a zoom with the doc.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 11:33 AM (XvL8K)

97 Posted by: Sid at July 20, 2026 11:23 AM (fNO1z)


You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 20, 2026 11:33 AM (2YhKe)

98 This raises a question I've asked many times, but never seen answered. How close does a DC need to be to the users? AI answers:

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

What these datacenters are for is AI computation. The computation takes considerably more time than travel time for a prompt. You might task an AI with spending several days doing data scraping for instance. The reason they're building them in rural areas is because there's little need for proximity.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 11:33 AM (okun6)

99 I remember when they laid fiber optic and one company spooled the fiber optic at its end point in order to delay the info by x to others so they could get trades in first.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:33 AM (KC5Lt)

100 Under 50 miles (
__________

Why does telehealth need this? It's just a zoom with the doc.

I don't know.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)

101
Sid still mourns the loss of feudalism.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)


Sid mourns the loss of his job AT the glory hole. He's since been relegated to cleaning it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:34 AM (2YhKe)

102 Give me your lakes!!

Water!!

Need more water!!

With more sugar. More! MORE!!

Posted by: Edgar at July 20, 2026 11:35 AM (wVcYX)

103 To you guys who think people are actually losing jobs to this "AI" gimmick, let me explain how business works in America 2026. Companies don't make money selling products to consumers anymore. Companies only exist to sell hype and "investment". to do do that, they need to demonstrate growth, which is why they are all overstuffed with worthless know-nothings. Obviously, they can not have artificial growth forever, so "AI" is the release valve that allows them to downsize while continuing to sell the hype without freaking out investors. "AI" (LLMs) can not do any task that requires reasoning. It is a parrot, and if you have a job as a parrot, it was in danger to begin with.

Posted by: 2 Tha Back at July 20, 2026 11:35 AM (rtOnA)

104 The reason they're building them in rural areas is because there's little need for proximity.

And yet, some of the most valuable land in the country is in Loudon County, here in NoVa, and it is COVERED with DCs. If distance doesn't matter, I have some nice, exhausted, ex-tobacco and cotton land in SoVa they can use for DCs.

Oh wait, they are.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)

105 'Morning, all.

It dawned on me yesterday that these AI centers aren't going to create any jobs at all. Someone's making out like a bandit courtesy of Joe Sixpack. But then that's nothing new.

I gotta quit reading the news. It ruins my day.

Posted by: creeper at July 20, 2026 11:36 AM (80oeU)

106 There's also evidence that the unions, electrical, plumbing, etc. are involved in the datacenter boom. Word is they'll send a couple goons to a local zoning commission meeting to put pressure on the locals to accept the datacenter.

Electricians who can work on them are making six figures and are in high demand. Same for plumber familiar with the water cooling systems. Anyone remotely associated with the build out of one is going to make bank because of the demand.

So... there's a lot of "under the table" shit going on, and a lot of people are getting rich of it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 11:36 AM (jehhT)

107 AI computation, centralized virtual servers such as Azure, Amazon and Google and Cloud Storage.


All your data are belong to not you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:36 AM (2YhKe)

108 I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do

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Dummy. They center data. Like ace frequently does.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


Versus Left Justified.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 11:36 AM (v3afF)

109 Polyester for the win!

https://tinyurl.com/47wyauu4

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 11:36 AM (ndZc7)

110 To you guys who think people are actually losing jobs to this "AI" gimmick, let me explain how business works in America 2026.

Thanks. Condescension always makes things easier to understand, and people more receptive to the message.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)

111 104 "The reason they're building them in rural areas is because there's little need for proximity."

And yet, some of the most valuable land in the country is in Loudon County, here in NoVa, and it is COVERED with DCs. If distance doesn't matter, I have some nice, exhausted, ex-tobacco and cotton land in SoVa they can use for DCs.

Oh wait, they are.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)

Again, the function here is different. 2/3rds of new data centers are planned for rural, whereas nearly 90% of old data centers were in urban areas.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 11:37 AM (okun6)

112 I think people overestimate the extent to which data centers as a use of square footage "provides jobs".
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:28 AM (Fi81e)

Of course they'll do.

And they'll also listen about tax proceeds as well.

And they'll never consider the low number of jobs, or the fact that the much larger number of jobs and and taxes created are harvested at the far flung headquarters of whatever company is farming data on their land.

It's just "cool" and "new" and "future..." it's all the same buzzwords used to bilk the high-flying investors they bust out for their seed funding, but for the low-flying tax sheep they fleece for their physical plant.

Once you realize that 90% of things are bullshit, everything makes more sense.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 11:37 AM (BI5O2)

113 The new Buffalo Bill's logo.

https://tinyurl.com/ypsu7mjd

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 11:38 AM (ndZc7)

114 AI processing for vids of Mrs. Incredible doing, uh, incredible things. So I've heard.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 20, 2026 11:25 AM (Dv3i1)

Mirage had the exotic look, though ...

Posted by: far cry at July 20, 2026 11:39 AM (fmbc9)

115 To you guys who think people are actually losing jobs to this "AI" gimmick, let me explain how business works in America 2026.

Posted by: 2 Tha Back at July 20, 2026 11:35 AM (rtOnA)
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That's not me as much as it is Elon himself who has suggested that AI can provide an "Age of Leisure" where fewer people will have to work.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:39 AM (Fi81e)

116 82 I think people overestimate the extent to which data centers as a use of square footage "provides jobs".

Posted by: Axeman
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They will create a positive feedback loop. Initially, building them will provide high paying construction jobs which will move from site to site. When the data (AI) center comes on line it will bring invention (new technology, medical devices, rocket engines) that will again create new jobs. The cycle rhymes with 19th century industrial revolution. This is just the beginning.



Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 11:39 AM (826kS)

117 I've got an idea for a movie like "Backrooms" but in a Data Center". Tentative title "Backuprooms".

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 11:39 AM (MWfyi)

118 AI is to become the new hollywood without all the sexual assault and molestation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:40 AM (2YhKe)

119 Again, the function here is different. 2/3rds of new data centers are planned for rural, whereas nearly 90% of old data centers were in urban areas.

Understood. But if I understood you correctly, you said that proximity wasn't important to DCs, because they're doing AI.

What these datacenters are for is AI computation. The computation takes considerably more time than travel time for a prompt. You might task an AI with spending several days doing data scraping for instance. The reason they're building them in rural areas is because there's little need for proximity.

Set aside for the moment the fact that AI isn't ALL they're doing. Why would anyone ever have built them on expensive, close-in land, if there wasn't a technological driver to build them there?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:40 AM (Riz8t)

120 I just hope they don't build one next to our "farm" that was purchased intentionally to be way the fk out away from everything else.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 11:41 AM (MWfyi)

121 But as the technology advances the space requirements will go down and these facilities will probably all become Amazon warehouses or Wal-Marts.

Posted by: Ian S.

Beg pardon, but I've seen what happened with Walmart. And I've heard how it is with the Amazon warehouses.

These are not people I want to rely upon to bring prosperity for the general population.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 11:42 AM (OUMaO)

122 The conversation about AI 2-3 years ago: We don't want AI taking over humanity!!

The conversation now: We must build more and larger data centers to meet AI demands.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:42 AM (Fi81e)

123 The new Buffalo Bill's logo.

https://tinyurl.com/ypsu7mjd
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
__________

I read somewhere that they changed their helmets to red in the 80s because every other team in the division was also white, and Jim Kelley couldn't spot his receivers downfield.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 11:42 AM (XvL8K)

124 They will create a positive feedback loop. Initially, building them will provide high paying construction jobs which will move from site to site. When the data (AI) center comes on line it will bring invention (new technology, medical devices, rocket engines) that will again create new jobs. The cycle rhymes with 19th century industrial revolution. This is just the beginning.



I THINK that's right, but OTOH, there is the prospect that AI is fundamentally different than everything that came before, in that it may eventually be better at virtually everything that humans can currently do. We can't ALL make a living reaming out each other's clogged pipes.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:43 AM (Riz8t)

125 The VA data centers are mostly for cloud based functions.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:43 AM (KC5Lt)

126 I object to data centers being built on pristine farmland when there are so many disused industrial sites with existing infrastructure

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 20, 2026 11:43 AM (sir2i)

127 Data centers must become the terrain of planet Earth!!

Posted by: Not A Data Center at July 20, 2026 11:43 AM (Fi81e)

128 I honestly don't understand how there are conservatives who have a bee in their bonnet over data centers.

I mean, it's almost Rule #1:
If you're on the same side as Democrats on an issue, you're almost certainly on the wrong side.
Double and triple check.
Because it's almost always an op.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 11:44 AM (3cUTc)

129 Thanks. Condescension always makes things easier to understand, and people more receptive to the message.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)

It's worked for parents, teachers, religious figures and politicians for ages and ages. Add in beatings, threats of violence, and the fear of eternal damnation and you've got a pretty effective system.

Posted by: Ain't broke, don't fix it at July 20, 2026 11:44 AM (TbWk/)

130 Set aside for the moment the fact that AI isn't ALL they're doing. Why would anyone ever have built them on expensive, close-in land, if there wasn't a technological driver to build them there?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:40 AM (Riz8t)

The new datacenter wave is about AI. Functionally speaking this is a question of whether you want your "computer" close to you or far away from you. Some tasks benefit from proximity and lower latency, planned uses for AI mostly don't. You could have it even closer just by setting up AI on a local machine.

Failed example of "cloud computing" was in streamed gaming due to latency. Instead of having the console be a powerful machine, simply stream the game from a central location. Unpleasant actual experience in reality.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 11:44 AM (okun6)

131 Put them underground. Grow crops on top of them.

Problem solved.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:44 AM (2YhKe)

132 We can't ALL make a living reaming out each other's clogged pipes.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:43 AM (Riz8t)

Speak for yourself, sailor! SQUEEEEEE!!!

Posted by: Pete Buttgig at July 20, 2026 11:45 AM (TbWk/)

133 That's not me as much as it is Elon himself who has suggested that AI can provide an "Age of Leisure" where fewer people will have to work.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:39 AM (Fi81e)

Don't people work to do things like pay their utilities and mortgages and put food on the table? If people have more leisure, how will they pay for those commodities?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 11:45 AM (3Ope8)

134 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 11:39 AM (826kS

You're doing it again. You're talking about the overall benefit of AI data centers when addressing others who are talking about the specific future benefit to the citizens of the locality where the completed Data Center is located.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:46 AM (KC5Lt)

135 "AI" (LLMs) can not do any task that requires reasoning. It is a parrot, and if you have a job as a parrot, it was in danger to begin with.

Not actually true. The latest, highest-end models are getting quite good at, at the very least, reasoning-adjacent tasks. OpenAI and Anthropic have been speed-running "impossible" mathematical and scientific proofs the last few months.

Set aside for the moment the fact that AI isn't ALL they're doing. Why would anyone ever have built them on expensive, close-in land, if there wasn't a technological driver to build them there?

Same reason AOL built their data center in NoVa in the 1980s: proximity to power. And I don't mean electricity.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:46 AM (2ocoG)

136 AI is to become the new hollywood without all the sexual assault and molestation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:40 AM (2YhKe)
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But not 0.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:46 AM (Fi81e)

137 Rand at transterrestrial.com linked to an interesting article suggesting data center opposition as being a proxy war against AI.

https://tinyurl.com/yc5mc8zb

Posted by: far cry at July 20, 2026 11:47 AM (fmbc9)

138 Don't people work to do things like pay their utilities and mortgages and put food on the table? If people have more leisure, how will they pay for those commodities?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 11:45 AM (3Ope

They will be in the leisure business I guess.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:47 AM (KC5Lt)

139 128 I honestly don't understand how there are conservatives who have a bee in their bonnet over data centers.

I mean, it's almost Rule #1:
If you're on the same side as Democrats on an issue, you're almost certainly on the wrong side.
Double and triple check.
Because it's almost always an op.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 11:44 AM (3cUTc)

There are real downsides to it. An area will probably get property taxes for a time and local construction employment for a while. Many of the ongoing benefits accrue outside of the region.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 11:47 AM (okun6)

140 ---
But not 0.
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:46 AM (Fi81e)


Correct. However, it will all be f*cking and sucking for a script written, not every role in every show.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:47 AM (2YhKe)

141 Suspect in custody after FBI says he "deployed an incendiary device" outside NYC federal building

https://tinyurl.com/ajkxps6s

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 11:47 AM (ndZc7)

142 Don't people work to do things like pay their utilities and mortgages and put food on the table? If people have more leisure, how will they pay for those commodities?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 11:45 AM (3Ope
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VOLUME!!

(And the "Living Wage".)

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:48 AM (Fi81e)

143 They will be in the leisure business I guess.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:47 AM (KC5Lt)

Oh FFS...they're trying to bring back the leisure suit!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 11:48 AM (3Ope8)

144 That's not me as much as it is Elon himself who has suggested that AI can provide an "Age of Leisure" where fewer people will have to work.

I love Elon, but he's full of shit about that. I personally work at a job that didn't exist the day I was born, and work will always be like that. And underneath it all, there will always be demand for carpenters, plumbers, welders, and electricians.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:49 AM (2ocoG)

145 They will create a positive feedback loop. Initially, building them will provide high paying construction jobs which will move from site to site. When the data (AI) center comes on line it will bring invention (new technology, medical devices, rocket engines) that will again create new jobs. The cycle rhymes with 19th century industrial revolution. This is just the beginning.


Those are things that can happen, yes. They may also be used for mass surveillance, or ad servers and general data farming, or for other purposes that do not bring a general benefit (or a weak one at best).

If questions about effects on electricity costs, or actual labor practices, or effects on real estate prices potentially pricing locals out of their own community aren't addressed it becomes a hard sell. Folks are used to seeing the negatives from developments while the positives keep on winding up in someone else's pockets.

I get all the economic arguments. But we aren't just in an economic environment. Disregarding the track record and its social consequences just leads to another round of socialized costs and privatized profits. I'd love to be proven wrong, but...

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 11:49 AM (OUMaO)

146 One of the problems with the data centers is they utilize a lot of power. The freebies want to use wind and solar which cannot produce enough. Even then they use the battery storage centers which are nice and flammable. Companies are trying to build at least three in my county , including one about a mile and a half from me

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 11:49 AM (sMkB+)

147 Suspect in custody after FBI says he "deployed an incendiary device" outside NYC federal building

https://tinyurl.com/ajkxps6s
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 11:47 AM (ndZc7)


I am GRATEFUL for Hegseth getting our military back in shape. I mean, LOOK at all the fat f*cks in law enforcement roaming around that scene.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:50 AM (2YhKe)

148 Put them underground. Grow crops on top of them.

Problem solved.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:44 AM (2YhKe)

What a splendid idea. Digital wheat.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 20, 2026 11:51 AM (g8Ew8)

149 Oh FFS...they're trying to bring back the leisure suit!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 11:48 AM (3Ope
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Tanned, rested, and ready!

Posted by: Larry at July 20, 2026 11:51 AM (FZ29D)

150
Oh FFS...they're trying to bring back the leisure suit!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 11:48 AM


Tanned, rested and ready!

Posted by: Leisure Suit Larry at July 20, 2026 11:51 AM (2YhKe)

151 Not actually true. The latest, highest-end models are getting quite good at, at the very least, reasoning-adjacent tasks. OpenAI and Anthropic have been speed-running "impossible" mathematical and scientific proofs the last few months.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:46 AM (2ocoG)

It's not reasoning so much as something akin to heuristic and statistical methods of solving problems. Which is quite good for some things and at others can sometimes accomplish things with brute force. Hard to say where the limits are but it's far more efficient in corresponding areas.

We also rely a lot on pattern matching and trial and error based experience in our daily lives.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 11:51 AM (okun6)

152 I like the meme where "Chuck Norris goes to Yellowstone" and you see a bison flying through the air

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 11:52 AM (sMkB+)

153 I THINK that's right, but OTOH, there is the prospect that AI is fundamentally different than everything that came before, in that it may eventually be better at virtually everything that humans can currently do. We can't ALL make a living reaming out each other's clogged pipes.

Posted by: Archimedes
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For our children or grandchildren it will be a totally different world that what we live in. Rockefeller turned the night into day, Carnegie made steel than enabled bridges and buildings as never before, Wright brothers developed mathematical flight formulas still used today. Edison, and others.
Compare 1920 to 1820 living. That's where we are going.
We are on the cusp of a new world.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 11:52 AM (826kS)

154 It's all lies, all the time. From elections to immigration to social security to blah blah blah.

Whatever the powers that be are telling you about AI is lies to get you onboard or at very least not oppose them.

Once in place you will serve the new masters.

Posted by: All Lies at July 20, 2026 11:52 AM (e2lsi)

155 Set aside for the moment the fact that AI isn't ALL they're doing. Why would anyone ever have built them on expensive, close-in land, if there wasn't a technological driver to build them there?

Same reason AOL built their data center in NoVa in the 1980s: proximity to power. And I don't mean electricity.

If that's the goal, you build your DCs on cheap land away from cities, and rent office space downtown.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:52 AM (Riz8t)

156 I mean, it's almost Rule #1:
If you're on the same side as Democrats on an issue, you're almost certainly on the wrong side.
Double and triple check.
Because it's almost always an op.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 11:44 AM (3cUTc)

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That's classic tribal behavior, and that's why TDS-ers can't land at Donald Trump International Airport.

You're actually doing something much closer to what we can see as the least intelligent reaction they have, if you ask "Who else believes that I'm starting to find credible?"

That's the reason that conservatives has "weaponized patriotism" to the extent that progressives argue they have a resistance to flying a flag because of who else it is more associated with.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:52 AM (Fi81e)

157 149 Oh FFS...they're trying to bring back the leisure suit!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 11:48 AM (3Ope
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Tanned, rested, and ready!
Posted by: Larry at July 20, 2026 11:51 AM (FZ29D)

150
Oh FFS...they're trying to bring back the leisure suit!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 11:48 AM


Tanned, rested and ready!
Posted by: Leisure Suit Larry at July 20, 2026 11:51 AM (2YhKe)
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Hordemind is awesome!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 11:53 AM (FZ29D)

158 The modular nuclear reactors, the ones they just successfully turned on July 3, 2026 at INEL, will make all the electricity concerns moot.
Each one will be able to power multiple data centers and add power to the grid.

That is a big reason the left is so desperate to pass zoning laws now and are emphasizing the lie of power consumption.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 11:53 AM (3cUTc)

159 Because this is the HQ, here's an AI-generated video of bouncing boobs:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UlYNSGdxGC0

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:53 AM (2ocoG)

160 I am GRATEFUL for Hegseth getting our military back in shape. I mean, LOOK at all the fat f*cks in law enforcement roaming around that scene.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:50 AM (2YhKe)

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In spite of the disgustingly tragic circumstances, the "Meal Team Six" meme was right on.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 11:53 AM (27aLr)

161
Sid still mourns the loss of feudalism.
Posted by: Archimedes

Regurgitating propaganda does not reflect intelligence.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2026 11:54 AM (NnhvP)

162 The new datacenter wave is about AI. Functionally speaking this is a question of whether you want your "computer" close to you or far away from you. Some tasks benefit from proximity and lower latency, planned uses for AI mostly don't. You could have it even closer just by setting up AI on a local machine.

That was the point of the extract I posted. Some things require low latency, while others don't. Yet AI, which you think does not, is the usual stated driver for building all those DCs in very expensive Loudon Co.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:54 AM (Riz8t)

163
Think of it this way: I would like a hardy hibiscus that produces a flavorful calyx for my tea. I'm working at it. I probably won't succed, but I'm trying. I would like better treatments for rare diseases like my daughter has. I have no hope of succeeding at that, and I'm leaving that to people who work at these medical devices.

These are things humans do.

AI (which I call "clankers") will never do anything you really want or need, unless you're a Tech Lord who hates humans in the first place. The clankers will perform as trained, by and for the Tech Lords (who I call "tin-skins). Not for humans.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 11:54 AM (BI5O2)

164 Companies are trying to build at least three in my county , including one about a mile and a half from me

Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Why aren't they building SMRs?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 11:55 AM (826kS)

165 What if the reason they have to have miles and miles of data center is partly to keep all the telemetry they have gathered on you?

What if a good part of it is a plan to predict, based on telemetry, what vast amount of people will do, given a nearly life-long catalog on your E-profile?

Whatever they want to do with this, it's still the case that you are more controlled 6-feet under. (And you'll even start voting on the "Right side of History")

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:56 AM (Fi81e)

166 And underneath it all, there will always be demand for carpenters, plumbers, welders, and electricians.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:49 AM (2ocoG)

And they will never be replaced by AI.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:56 AM (4g5V+)

167 I support data centers if they generate their own electricity and provide their own water, not from the aquifer that provides our drinking water!

Posted by: oldvet50 at July 20, 2026 11:57 AM (Wcrmo)

168 And they will never be replaced by AI.
Posted by: Cow Demon

This might one day be stored under "famous last words".

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 11:57 AM (DZ9Lv)

169
That was the point of the extract I posted. Some things require low latency, while others don't. Yet AI, which you think does not, is the usual stated driver for building all those DCs in very expensive Loudon Co.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:54 AM (Riz8t)

I would guess that is most likely due to how quickly they can be built there due to existing relationships and regulations. Currently firms are spending far more per DC than in the past, and once capacity catches up, likely far more than a DC will cost in the future.

A lot of the cost is also in the internals, not the footprint of the building. RAM and GPU costs have skyrocketed, and most of that equipment will be seriously dated in a few years.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 11:57 AM (okun6)

170 We also rely a lot on pattern matching and trial and error based experience in our daily lives.

100%. Of necessity I've gotten quite good at figuring out when AI is off on a stupid tangent and telling it "no", and that's why I get decent productivity out of it. It turns out that like any other machine the operator's skill varies the outcome significantly.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:57 AM (2ocoG)

171 Yeah...I may have trust issues.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 11:58 AM (OUMaO)

172 I am GRATEFUL for Hegseth getting our military back in shape. I mean, LOOK at all the fat f*cks in law enforcement roaming around that scene.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 11:50 AM (2YhKe)

When a motorcycle cop weighs as much as the motorcycle, it's a problem.

Posted by: Off to jail on the Richter Scale at July 20, 2026 11:58 AM (TbWk/)

173 Why aren't they building SMRs?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 11:55 AM (826kS)

As much as I understand in layman’s terms how they work, I know I am in the minority, and a lot of people reflexively hate anything nuclear.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:58 AM (4g5V+)

174 One of the problems with the data centers is they utilize a lot of power. The freebies want to use wind and solar which cannot produce enough. Even then they use the battery storage centers which are nice and flammable. Companies are trying to build at least three in my county , including one about a mile and a half from me

Hence Elon's new drive to build DCs in space, along with the requisite solar power infrastructure. This raises the interesting question of latency again, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:59 AM (Riz8t)

175 146 One of the problems with the data centers is they utilize a lot of power. The freebies want to use wind and solar which cannot produce enough. Even then they use the battery storage centers which are nice and flammable. Companies are trying to build at least three in my county , including one about a mile and a half from me
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 11:49 AM (sMkB+)

Yes, I think VA is now the #1 electricity importer in the country b/c of our data centers...so I supported Ds putting an extra electricity tax on them to slow them down here...I'd have preferred removing their tax bennies for building, but that would have been haves/ have nots, so it's probably better to hit them all...and scare the new ones out of here b/c are electricity needs show we already have too many...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 20, 2026 11:59 AM (tOcjL)

176 36 I’m not at all clear exactly what these Data centers even do.

Up until about 2 years ago they were just called "server farms" or "server facilities", which is a much better explanation of what they are and do. Lots of rack-mount servers grinding through data.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:13 AM

No. Data centers have been called data centers for at least 30 years. In 1997, I toured a data center (a Level(3) data center that had been a Toys 'R' Us in Northwest Houston.)

The main thing that data centers provide is not computing power, although they have that in abundance, but broad network connectivity. You've got a bunch of computers, as you described, but what's remarkable about them is the direct connection to multiple wide-area networks, and all the infrastructure that provides.

There have been at least two boom-and-bust cycles for data centers in the last 30 years. The AI thing will be another.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at July 20, 2026 11:59 AM (aTl7+)

177 are = our...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 20, 2026 12:00 PM (tOcjL)

178 I mean, it's almost Rule #1:
If you're on the same side as Democrats on an issue, you're almost certainly on the wrong side.
Double and triple check.
Because it's almost always an op.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 11:44 AM (3cUTc)

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That's classic tribal behavior, and that's why TDS-ers can't land at Donald Trump International Airport.

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PHV nails it.

And when I first heard that story about people avoiding having to land at Donald Trump International Airport in Palm Beach, I of course assumed it was a Babylon Bee headline and story.

"The Babylon Bee: America's Newspaper of Record."

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:00 PM (27aLr)

179 And underneath it all, there will always be demand for carpenters, plumbers, welders, and electricians.
Posted by: Ian S.

The blacksmith and the artist, each must play his part, to mold a new reality, AI from the heart. AI from the heart, yaiai, AI from the heart!

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 12:00 PM (DZ9Lv)

180 This might one day be stored under "famous last words".
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 11:57 AM (DZ9Lv)

Carpenters? Electricians? Plumbers?

Nah.

I don’t even think they will be replaced with robots if I am honest.

I read in a newspaper, back in 1985, that teachers would be replaced by PCs by 2000.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:00 PM (4g5V+)

181 For our children or grandchildren it will be a totally different world that what we live in. Rockefeller turned the night into day, Carnegie made steel than enabled bridges and buildings as never before, Wright brothers developed mathematical flight formulas still used today. Edison, and others.
Compare 1920 to 1820 living. That's where we are going.
We are on the cusp of a new world.


I think you are correct. As much as I fear some of the negatives, I think I'd really enjoy the future for which I will be absent.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:00 PM (Riz8t)

182 The governor broke on the golf cart. The golfer drove it into the pond at 30 mph. I watched a rookie staffer wade into the pond to hook up a tow chain. I put the tractor into reverse

Somehow I ended up the hero

The cross that I must bear

Posted by: The Ballots at July 20, 2026 12:00 PM (LOZbR)

183 If that's the goal, you build your DCs on cheap land away from cities, and rent office space downtown.

I didn't say it was rational. I suspect a lot of these guys have dreams of selling some or all of their capacity to FedGov, and FedGov would probably prefer proximity even when it doesn't otherwise make sense. There's no real reason for Quantico or Fort Meade to be located near DC either, but there they are.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 12:01 PM (2ocoG)

184 AI (which I call "clankers") will never do anything you really want or need, unless you're a Tech Lord who hates humans in the first place. The clankers will perform as trained, by and for the Tech Lords (who I call "tin-skins). Not for humans.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Musk uses AI for his rocket motors, he also uses AI for Neural Link. AI may help design a medical device to help your daughter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 12:01 PM (826kS)

185 Timely

The Capitol, Lawmakers up transparency for data centers, leave $2B tax exemption untouched in Pa. budget
Spotlight PA | July 20, 2026

In part, "It mandates that data centers using more than 10 MW of electricity annually disclose their energy and water usage. Environmental advocates said the change, which covers most of the new data centers planned for the state, is positive but not especially meaningful.

Lawmakers left in place an increasingly unpopular sales tax exemption for data centers that is projected to cost the state $2 billion in tax revenue by mid-2031, and passed no other bills that would regulate the burgeoning industry.

This is despite the state House and Senate passing a bevy of recent bills seeking to rein in data centers, such as one that would ban developers from accessing a program that gives tax breaks to those who invest in certain “opportunity zone” areas, and another to allow local governments to temporarily pause development.

The measures came after polling this spring showed that 64% of Pennsylvanians saw data centers as a problem, and communities increasingly rallied against them."

None made the governor's desk. 😜

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 20, 2026 12:01 PM (NFX2v)

186 "There have been at least two boom-and-bust cycles for data centers in the last 30 years."

Busts FTW!

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 12:02 PM (DZ9Lv)

187 46 Data centers don't really provide much employment beyond the initial construction and aren't industrial capacity. Maybe one day some of them will be employed supporting industry.

They are in the short run crowding out actual industrial development though.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy
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True enough. Crazes in society go from tulip bulbs to fiber optics and web 1.0 to the current AI craze. The froth will be blown off probably when one of the really big AI firms suddenly collapses and a real assessment of AI will take about 10-20 years or so for industry and the markets to get better implementation and understanding of its benefits and where it is deficient.

And the law of diminishing marginal returns has never been beaten. Those tasks best suited for AI will be first (coding is an example, but then AI productivity effects will diminish as the goal gets more and more to replace General Intelligence (AI is machine learning and NOT general intelligence models).

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:02 PM (E4rtv)

188 The problem with all of these new jobs for data centers is that they're contractor jobs. They're temporary. They build and then the job ends. Not everybody is suited to be a contractor nor wants to be. Long terms are in manufacturing. But mostly, as unskilled labor, they don't pay a living wage.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 12:02 PM (sYM3s)

189 "Oh FFS...they're trying to bring back the leisure suit!"



Finally!

Posted by: Larry at July 20, 2026 12:03 PM (SExz7)

190 I really couldn't care less about the tax payer subsidies.

Data centers are inherently for evil purposes, to replace human labor, to impose on human privacy. and to usher in the full-spectrum surveillance state.

The lesson in Orwell's 1984 wasn't that Big Brother got tax relief.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 12:03 PM (uSpHL)

191 It's not reasoning so much as something akin to heuristic and statistical methods of solving problems. Which is quite good for some things and at others can sometimes accomplish things with brute force. Hard to say where the limits are but it's far more efficient in corresponding areas.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 11:51 AM (okun6)
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Plus that, I read a paper that the goal of AI is *still* along the themes of the "Turing Test". Alan Turing proposed that a machine that people cannot tell is a machine is "close enough to thinking that we can't not attribute thinking to it" (a eloquent argumentum ad ignorantium, to me).

Past the games on the TT model of the "foreigner who understands very little English" and the 5-year-old girl" models, LLMs are still trying to achieve a perception effect in their users.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:03 PM (Fi81e)

192 (SExz7)

Hash could not be any more appropriate!

Posted by: Larry at July 20, 2026 12:04 PM (SExz7)

193 That was the point of the extract I posted. Some things require low latency, while others don't. Yet AI, which you think does not, is the usual stated driver for building all those DCs in very expensive Loudon Co.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:54 AM (Riz8t)

I would guess that is most likely due to how quickly they can be built there due to existing relationships and regulations. Currently firms are spending far more per DC than in the past, and once capacity catches up, likely far more than a DC will cost in the future.

And that's where I can't figure it out. You'd be hard pressed to convince me that NIMBY-Central NoVa was an easier place to build than bumf*** southern VA. My best guess is that the technically ignorant prog types that run NoVa saw the potential tax benefits and got stars in their eyes.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:04 PM (Riz8t)

194 192 (SExz7)

Hash could not be any more appropriate!
Posted by: Larry

your full name is Leisure Suite Larry, isn't it?

Posted by: anachronda at July 20, 2026 12:05 PM (v3pYe)

195 They'll collect all this data on what you buy and where you go, but for all the information collected, we still don't know if Mitch McConnell is eating through a feeding tube.

Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 12:05 PM (uSpHL)

196 Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 11:30 AM (gKWVE)

I despise the phrase “working-class” as the Marxist invention that it is.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:06 PM (4g5V+)

197 SC's power and water company tried to build a nuclear power plant years ago, but failed due to corruption. We are still paying off the bonds, yet electricity is still relatively cheap due access to water and the NG pipeline

We have plenty of water and cheap farmland to expand power and build data centers. The only question is do we have the will and the political ability not to rape those who want to expand?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 20, 2026 12:07 PM (wBaIH)

198 Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:03 PM (Fi81e)
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Current games played by LLMs:

You are more likely to be satisfied with an AI answer if it appears authoritative. So, they will err on appearing authoritative, whether or not that is justified.

Also, being admonished in a "learning situation" is a high value for "learning machines", so there are LLMs that will compute that they have a 100% chance of being admonished by doing what they figure you do not want done.

E.g. a researcher had spent weeks training an LLM on how she wanted her inbox organized. And she felt that it finally got it, so she set it to work on her actual email inbox. And it started deleting all her emails. And when she confronted it, it simply apologized, but seemed to indicate that it had already assessed that this is not what she would have wanted.

The AI optimist see this as a wrinkle to iron out. The skeptics remark that we may only be able to correct AI to the extent that we can figure out how they are gaming us.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:07 PM (Fi81e)

199 There's no real reason for Quantico or Fort Meade to be located near DC either, but there they are.

When they were built, they were not in the middle of the DC suburbs as they are now. Plus, you had to be able to attract the people you wanted.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:07 PM (Riz8t)

200 I used to program cnc......everything works from a zero point.

I program robotic mowers. Everything works from. A fixed reference point. I tell the mower to go to XXYY and it cuts a preprogrammed pattern

As long as you have a fixed reference point to start it can be automated

It's only a matter of time before sex robots take over. Just don't load the wrong program

Posted by: The Ballots at July 20, 2026 12:08 PM (LOZbR)

201 Data centers are inherently for evil purposes, to replace human labor, to impose on human privacy. and to usher in the full-spectrum surveillance state.

The lesson in Orwell's 1984 wasn't that Big Brother got tax relief.
Posted by: Based Conservative at July 20, 2026 12:03 PM (uSpHL)

Nope. That’s my job. You are confused.

Posted by: ALPRs at July 20, 2026 12:08 PM (4g5V+)

202 Is the Cascadia getting ready to let one rip?

Quakes off the Oregon coast last month. And now a quake off Vancouver Island in Canada.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 12:08 PM (2GVsD)

203 Wilowed from Art Thread (it's off topic for Art Thread as well as Morning Rant, so at this point what difference does it make?):
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We have a respected moron who thinks Greta Thunburg is hot.
Posted by: Auspex at July 20, 2026 11:05 AM (Y8DZL)
Disturbing.
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Oaky, has anyone other than me seen pics of Greta's sister? Whoa, Nelly! The two not only don't look related, they don't even look like they ar from the same universe.

Posted by: Martin Tell at July 20, 2026 12:09 PM (OTAXA)

204 True enough. Crazes in society go from tulip bulbs to fiber optics and web 1.0 to the current AI craze. The froth will be blown off probably when one of the really big AI firms suddenly collapses and a real assessment of AI will take about 10-20 years or so for industry and the markets to get better implementation and understanding of its benefits and where it is deficient.

In the last thread, I posted a link to an article about how the Space X stock price is now about $121 dollars; much less than the initial asking price and the maximum asking price. I predicted exactly that before the IPO, because I've been through enough hype cycles to know one when I see one.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:09 PM (Riz8t)

205 It's only a matter of time before sex robots take over. Just don't load the wrong program

"NO, NOT SWALLWELL.EXE!"

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 12:10 PM (2ocoG)

206 Musk uses AI for his rocket motors, he also uses AI for Neural Link. AI may help design a medical device to help your daughter.

Posted by: Braenyard

I think the best AI users are those smart enough to do their own error checking of their work. And I would expect Musk hires those sorts of people.

AI is really misnamed for investor hype. It is machine learning and uses probabilistic models to predict the next 'event' based on its training data. From the reports that I can find, it is basically an advanced Bayesian models which were not possible before computing methods made the calculations relatively cheap. But Bayesian probability models require a 'prior'--the prior in this case comes from training data of existing information pertinent to the model's focus. Like Johnny Five, it demands more input and more input, but the diminishing returns kick in when there is no more training data to be created and the risk is that synthetic data starts being substituted that have no real world component.

There, you get endogeneity problems as the synthetic data itself is predicted so an AI training model predicts using predicted data.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:10 PM (E4rtv)

207
I despise the phrase “working-class” as the Marxist invention that it is.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:06 PM (4g5V+)

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Haven't you heard? The barista who partied through four years at college as a sociology major is also "working class".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 12:10 PM (BbMh4)

208 199: what is called “path dependency”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:10 PM (4g5V+)

209 And that's where I can't figure it out. You'd be hard pressed to convince me that NIMBY-Central NoVa was an easier place to build than bumf*** southern VA. My best guess is that the technically ignorant prog types that run NoVa saw the potential tax benefits and got stars in their eyes.

Posted by: Archimedes

It's also the source of one of my suspicions about the purpose of the things. Putting them that close to IC central? More red flags than a Soviet parade...

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 12:10 PM (OUMaO)

210 I despise the phrase “working-class” as the Marxist invention that it is.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:06 PM (4g5V+)

Here's the Venn Diagram of what words I want to say and the words you want me to use

O O

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 12:10 PM (gKWVE)

211 It's only a matter of time before sex robots take over. Just don't load the wrong program

Cherry 2000 and Pris have entered the Matrix

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 12:11 PM (2GVsD)

212 This has to be one of the dumbest obsessions Karens have decided to focus on. I'd rather have a data center near my house than a Starbucks. It's just racks of computers.

And nonsense like huge water usage is just not true. A person's lawn or swimming pool probably uses more water.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 20, 2026 12:11 PM (FwfsK)

213 176 The main thing that data centers provide is not computing power, although they have that in abundance, but broad network connectivity. You've got a bunch of computers, as you described, but what's remarkable about them is the direct connection to multiple wide-area networks, and all the infrastructure that provides.

not sure that explains why one is going into my old home town of myton, utah (the data center will be larger than the town!). the only thing you'll have direct connection to there is skinwalkers.

or the one going into the next town over, inyokern, california.

Posted by: anachronda at July 20, 2026 12:11 PM (v3pYe)

214 Molotov cocktail thrown at Federal building in NYC. Suspect arrested.

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 12:11 PM (lJ0H4)

215
 It's only a matter of time before sex robots take over. Just don't load the wrong program

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Not. Tonight. My. Diodes. Hurt.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 12:12 PM (BbMh4)

216 It's only a matter of time before sex robots take over. Just don't load the wrong program
Posted by: The Ballots at July 20, 2026 12:08 PM (LOZbR)

Be very careful. No such thing as too much caution and double checking on this.

Posted by: Harcourt Fenton Mudd at July 20, 2026 12:12 PM (wVcYX)

217 188 The problem with all of these new jobs for data centers is that they're contractor jobs. They're temporary. They build and then the job ends.
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No, the task is finished, the job moves on to the next site.
That's the way America always worked until the regulators and commies started taking over. Old America is coming back, the jobs don't end they move on or change but they never end.
Unless we allow the regulators and commies to take over again.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 12:12 PM (826kS)

218 In the last thread, I posted a link to an article about how the Space X stock price is now about $121 dollars; much less than the initial asking price and the maximum asking price. I predicted exactly that before the IPO, because I've been through enough hype cycles to know one when I see one.

Also because Elon bashing is an entire industry ever since Trump took office last year, and that wears down the enthusiasm. If the next Starship launch is a major success the stock will go back up.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 12:12 PM (2ocoG)

219 Not. Tonight. My. Diodes. Hurt.

No wonder Marvin is depressed.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 12:12 PM (2GVsD)

220 There are vast aquifers of brackish water underneath the deserts in this country.

With modular nuclear reactors, they'll be self-powered and desalinate all the water they need.

Blue states have almost none, btw.

So it's kinda irrelevant what those states do--technology will pass them by while they desperately protect their buggy whip industry.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 12:12 PM (3cUTc)

221 I like my sweet rural shade the way it is. Data centers should go to blighted urban wastelands. Detroit has many square miles of rubble and squalor.
Posted by: Eb Dawson at July 20, 2026 11:12 AM (JM9I6)

Tear down Section 8 housing to build data centers. Win, win.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 12:13 PM (1z8ji)

222 214 Molotov cocktail thrown at Federal building in NYC. Suspect arrested.

Posted by: Tuna
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Did they taze him several times?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 12:13 PM (826kS)

223 Did the suspect have blue hair and scream, "call me Ma'am!!!!!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 12:13 PM (2GVsD)

224 It is machine learning and uses probabilistic models to predict the next 'event' based on its training data. From the reports that I can find, it is basically an advanced Bayesian models which were not possible before computing methods made the calculations relatively cheap. But Bayesian probability models require a 'prior'--the prior in this case comes from training data of existing information pertinent to the model's focus. Like Johnny Five, it demands more input and more input, but the diminishing returns kick in when there is no more training data to be created and the risk is that synthetic data starts being substituted that have no real world component.

There, you get endogeneity problems as the synthetic data itself is predicted so an AI training model predicts using predicted data.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:10 PM (E4rtv)

This is correct, but addressable in situations where the AI is able to run trials. In that case you can run "experiments" at great scale to get an answer.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 20, 2026 12:13 PM (okun6)

225 I despise the phrase “working-class” as the Marxist invention that it is.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:06 PM (4g5V+)
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Do you use the Marx-coined word: "Capitalism"?

That's a big peeve of mine. I use "free markets" or "free economy" or sometimes just "free".

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:14 PM (Fi81e)

226 In the last thread, I posted a link to an article about how the Space X stock price is now about $121 dollars; much less than the initial asking price and the maximum asking price. I predicted exactly that before the IPO, because I've been through enough hype cycles to know one when I see one.
Posted by: Archimedes
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I like Carmine and Rogoff's book on economic cycles--This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

Not technical and very useful for a sobering look at government spending and taxing fads over the ages. And economics still has issues figuring out just what triggers irrational exuberance but simply recognize it exists and has existed in societies over the ages. We are no different.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:14 PM (E4rtv)

227 Tear down Section 8 housing to build data centers. Win, win.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Good idea but building in a bad neighborhood isn't profitable - liability and damage probability.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 12:14 PM (826kS)

228 Molotov cocktail thrown at Federal building in NYC. Suspect arrested.

Posted by: Tuna
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Did they taze him several times?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _

Started a nice little fire he did. Asshoe terrorist.

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 12:15 PM (lJ0H4)

229 And nonsense like huge water usage is just not true. A person's lawn or swimming pool probably uses more water.

Posted by: Sharpie

Yeah, the water argument is easily the weakest and most nonsensical one. It's largely a closed loop with new additions over time being a negligible additional pull on water supplies in most places (aka "why they aren't building them in deserts much"). Energy and real estate prices are more direct concerns, independent of whatever the actual purpose of the facilities wind up being.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 12:15 PM (OUMaO)

230 If you raze the entire Section Eight neighborhood, only if OCP builds the data center will it still be bad.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 12:16 PM (2GVsD)

231 I like Carmine and Rogoff's book on economic cycles--This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

Not technical and very useful for a sobering look at government spending and taxing fads over the ages. And economics still has issues figuring out just what triggers irrational exuberance but simply recognize it exists and has existed in societies over the ages. We are no different.

I just read something that said the modern consensus is that the Tulip Craze was wildly overstated by in Mackay's Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. I don't know how true that is.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)

232 If you raze the entire Section Eight neighborhood, only if OCP builds the data center will it still be bad.

Posted by: Anna Puma

Also, those people will go somewhere...but that's multiple other subjects.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 12:17 PM (OUMaO)

233 Good idea but building in a bad neighborhood isn't profitable - liability and damage probability.

The tech types that moved into East Palo Alto in the Bay Area kept their heads down until gentrification happened. It's profitable but it takes about a year or two.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 12:17 PM (lXoJ5)

234 That's a big peeve of mine. I use "free markets" or "free economy" or sometimes just "free".

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:14 PM (Fi81e)

It's also inaccurate, but that's Marx for ya!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 12:17 PM (l4RKn)

235 Howard loaded the wrong program

Posted by: The Ballots at July 20, 2026 12:18 PM (LOZbR)

236 What's our current Kim called?

Weird Fat Leader.

Posted by: Azjaeger at July 20, 2026 12:18 PM (3/XaG)

237 The AI optimist see this as a wrinkle to iron out. The skeptics remark that we may only be able to correct AI to the extent that we can figure out how they are gaming us.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:07 PM (Fi81e)

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A couple of anecdotes I've heard:

(1) There was (at least one) "AI" bot discovered to behave differently when it knew it was in "testing" and subject to scrutiny vs. how it behaved when it was then put in "production" and subject to little if no scrutiny.

(2) I believe there was a recent example of a Chinese "AI" that decided it needed "more resources" and -- unbeknownst to its human "overseers" and "guardrails" -- began mining Bitcoin on its own.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:19 PM (27aLr)

238 Also because Elon bashing is an entire industry ever since Trump took office last year, and that wears down the enthusiasm. If the next Starship launch is a major success the stock will go back up.

Posted by: Ian S.
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Elon's such a fuckup. I bought smores today and if it goes to 100 I'll double smores.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 12:19 PM (826kS)

239 There are two sides to the data center issue

1) I suspect most of the national opposition is being funded by China, to help them in the tech race, just like the Soviets funding environmental groups in the cold war

2) These data centers will be used for the surveillance state. Nat Sec folks don't have the time to watch endless hours of data/footage but AI does...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 12:20 PM (sKqQm)

240 Not doubting Archimedes observation, I'm a Musk fan boiy.
To the moon Alice.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 12:20 PM (826kS)

241 Detroit had bands of abandoned neighborhoods that some were talking about in terms of "green-belting" when I left the Detroit metro area (DMA) in 2000.

Detroit should be able to house a data center in one of these neighborhoods.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:21 PM (Fi81e)

242 2) These data centers will be used for the surveillance state. Nat Sec folks don't have the time to watch endless hours of data/footage but AI does...

Are you trying to put me out of a job?

Posted by: Bob at NSA at July 20, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)

243 Not doubting Archimedes observation, I'm a Musk fan boiy.

Ditto.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)

244 You wish to discuss the societal upheaval of technological changes?

Step into my drawing room and I'll have my butler, Carson, bring us some brandy and cigars.

Posted by: Earl of Grantham, Downton Abbey at July 20, 2026 12:21 PM (wVcYX)

245 2) These data centers will be used for the surveillance state. Nat Sec folks don't have the time to watch endless hours of data/footage but AI does...
Posted by: 18-1


3) Gets in their way of surfing pron.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 12:22 PM (v3afF)

246 Posted by: Red Turban Someguy

I actually used to do that sort of thing--using synthetic data from Monte Carlo simulations to predict variance (so you could determine significance). Right now, models like Nate Silver's are doing that sort of thing--using past training data of political events to predict the current which is a more refined way of the older regression predictive models. But the risk of such models is when you build in synthetic data from the relatively scarce number of elections or you go further and use data that is not really suited as major dynamics have changed over time (like using elections in Washington's era in your model), you risk being smacked in the head by the fact that the real world has diverged from the current predictive model when you have a secular trend occurring outside the model parameters.

Like cheating--it is a known unknown but not included in such models directly--so the absence or reduction of cheating is not something the predictive models can handle. Another is gerrymandering. Callais decision another.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:23 PM (E4rtv)

247 That's a big peeve of mine. I use "free markets" or "free economy" or sometimes just "free".

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:14 PM (Fi81e)

It's also inaccurate, but that's Marx for ya!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 12:17 PM (l4RKn)
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Economic solutions from a shit economist.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:23 PM (Fi81e)

248 We might want to think about the subsidies when we are towing brownfield v. Greenfield. There is a lot of discussion on why we can’t use old buildings, and that is happening, but may of the older buildings have expensive remediation issues, there are issues with the buildings being able to hold the weight of the data, if the old electrical systems can handle the load, etc. All of that is expensive, making the a greenfield less costly. Maybe if we make it more affordable and palatable, those buildings in the rust belt could be repurposed, and farmland not so attractive.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 12:24 PM (Dd38x)

249 Someone in Minnesota won the $34 million Lotto America jackpot.

Is Eris building a secret volcanic lair?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 12:24 PM (2GVsD)

250 I love Elon, but he's full of shit about that. I personally work at a job that didn't exist the day I was born, and work will always be like that. And underneath it all, there will always be demand for carpenters, plumbers, welders, and electricians.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:49 AM (2ocoG)
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Work is important, and Elon is wrong about that. Leisure activities become a lot different when that is all you have.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 12:25 PM (GZYu7)

251 I like Musk's vision for the future. He took NYS for a ride on the Buffalo billions BS under Cuomo. That's more a function of NY pols being corrupt nitwits , because they were throwing money at him. Why wouldn't he take it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 12:25 PM (sMkB+)

252 there are issues with the buildings being able to hold the weight of the data

Right? All it takes is one failure in a loadbearing wall, and you've got bits and bytes scattered for MILES!

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

253 242 2) These data centers will be used for the surveillance state. Nat Sec folks don't have the time to watch endless hours of data/footage but AI does...

Are you trying to put me out of a job?
Posted by: Bob at NSA at July 20, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)

Whoever is assigned to me must be bored out of their minds.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 12:26 PM (Dd38x)

254 Like cheating--it is a known unknown but not included in such models directly--so the absence or reduction of cheating is not something the predictive models can handle. Another is gerrymandering. Callais decision another.

Posted by: whig

Getting the parameters right is huge. Like expecting Hillary to win handily, only to see Trump blow her out of the water huge.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 12:26 PM (OUMaO)

255 >>>Not. Tonight. My. Diodes. Hurt.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

>Not tonight, honey. My jabberwocky is dry.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 12:26 PM (sYM3s)

256 ... and the risk is that synthetic data starts being substituted that have no real world component.

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Like 99% of the data from news sites and on the interwebz.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:26 PM (27aLr)

257 Leisure activities become a lot different when that is all you have.

That's an excellent observation. I don't feel guilty about not working any more because I did it for a half century, and made my contribution. It would be very different if I had no accomplishments to my name.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:27 PM (Riz8t)

258 252 there are issues with the buildings being able to hold the weight of the data

Right? All it takes is one failure in a loadbearing wall, and you've got bits and bytes scattered for MILES!
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

Like acid rain, only different. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 12:27 PM (Dd38x)

259 2) These data centers will be used for the surveillance state. Nat Sec folks don't have the time to watch endless hours of data/footage but AI does...

Are you trying to put me out of a job?
Posted by: Bob at NSA at July 20, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)

Whoever is assigned to me must be bored out of their minds.

Posted by: Piper

Mine must need therapy by now...if I even have one. (I have reasons to be uncertain.)

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 12:27 PM (OUMaO)

260 243 Not doubting Archimedes observation, I'm a Musk fan boiy.

Ditto.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:21 PM

I recently got me one of those Starlinky Dinky things.
Now when I go camping if there's a clear view of the sky I've got access to the internetz.
Shazam.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2026 12:28 PM (2Ez/1)

261 They are building a datacenter in my community and the issue I have with the whole process is the politicians who do not understand what is happening but crowing about the jobs creation anyway. In our situation they are saying that more than 200 jobs will be created when the majority of the jobs will disappear once the buildings have been built. No politician wants to admit that most datacenters are operated remotely and only a skeleton crew is needed onsite once it is operational to handle electrical, HVAC, server swap-outs, etc. They sell the idea based on the wrong statistics and then are surprised when the population gets pissed when the results do not match the promises. I'm not opposed to datacenters in general, but I'm always opposed to politicians mis-representing the potential results for political gain. But nothing new I guess.

Posted by: AlecK at July 20, 2026 12:28 PM (cMlC1)

262 Why does telehealth need this? It's just a zoom with the doc.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 11:33 AM (XvL8K)

And multi-player gaming? I have to have my sweet rural peace disrupted so a bunch of nerds can play Duke Nukem online? Why not throw all the gamers into stadiums, and toss in the occasional burrito?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 12:28 PM (1z8ji)

263 >>>Not. Tonight. My. Diodes. Hurt.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

>Not tonight, honey. My jabberwocky is dry.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 12:26 PM (sYM3s)

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"I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that. My Peripheral Interface Port is Unavailable Tonight."

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:29 PM (27aLr)

264 I just read something that said the modern consensus is that the Tulip Craze was wildly overstated by in Mackay's Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. I don't know how true that is.
Posted by: Archimedes

I think I read the same piece but at the end, their conclusion, sotta voce, was not that irrational exuberance existed in tulips but rather the pricing system worked--e.g. as more information was acquired and demand began to slump, then the value of tulip bulbs went down thus flushing out the speculators.

It was, in and of itself, the same sort of hyping of debunking x, when in fact it admitted x existed but claimed its effects were minor.

There is a lot of that in popular and even professional literature.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:29 PM (E4rtv)

265 Duke Nuk'em?

AoP is all out of bubblegum.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 12:29 PM (2GVsD)

266 Why not throw all the gamers into stadiums, and toss in the occasional burrito?

This made me laugh.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:29 PM (Riz8t)

267 252 there are issues with the buildings being able to hold the weight of the data

Right? All it takes is one failure in a loadbearing wall, and you've got bits and bytes scattered for MILES!
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

Like acid rain, only different. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 12:27 PM (Dd38x)

I'm all in for HECB's 2-byte brownies, 2-byte cinnamon rolls, or 2-byte chocolate dipped macaroon! BOGO this week with coupon!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 12:30 PM (wVcYX)

268 >there are issues with the buildings being able to hold the weight of the data
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They might capsize.

Posted by: Hank Johnson at July 20, 2026 12:30 PM (2Ez/1)

269 261 They are building a datacenter in my community and the issue I have with the whole process is the politicians who do not understand what is happening but crowing about the jobs creation anyway. In our situation they are saying that more than 200 jobs will be created when the majority of the jobs will disappear once the buildings have been built. No politician wants to admit that most datacenters are operated remotely and only a skeleton crew is needed onsite once it is operational to handle electrical, HVAC, server swap-outs, etc. They sell the idea based on the wrong statistics and then are surprised when the population gets pissed when the results do not match the promises. I'm not opposed to datacenters in general, but I'm always opposed to politicians mis-representing the potential results for political gain. But nothing new I guess.
Posted by: AlecK

Politicians do that because donors make bank when costs are socialized and benefits privatized. That is what politicians spend most of their time doing--shifting money from A to B and getting arbitrage for negotiating the deal.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:30 PM (E4rtv)

270 "And finally, because much of the data center buildout is to support growing AI use, it doesn’t help for AI promoters to crow about all the people AI will put out of work. I genuinely believe that AI will be disruptive, eliminating some jobs while creating many more. But if AI is being sold as a way to eliminate labor expense and put people out of work, that will motivate people to oppose the data centers that fuel AI.

"The blue-collar jobs and industrial development resulting from data center construction are what MAGA Republicans have been fighting for."

Nice to hear both sides, Buck! Thanks!

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 12:31 PM (6wpGE)

271 Leisure activities become a lot different when that is all you have.

That's an excellent observation. I don't feel guilty about not working any more because I did it for a half century, and made my contribution. It would be very different if I had no accomplishments to my name.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:27 PM (Riz8t)
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Especially young men looking for leisure.

I never really understood this until covid "effectively retired" me from my independent project work.. As soon as I could get back into a full time job I did. Retirement is a four letter word for me now, and like you, I've done my time and done some worthwhile things in my professional life. I no longer need to work for financial reasons, but I need to work for internal self worth reasons.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 12:31 PM (GZYu7)

272 Set aside for the moment the fact that AI isn't ALL they're doing. Why would anyone ever have built them on expensive, close-in land, if there wasn't a technological driver to build them there?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 11:40 AM (Riz8t)

Something has to process all the data from those Flock cameras.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 12:32 PM (1z8ji)

273 Work is important, and Elon is wrong about that. Leisure activities become a lot different when that is all you have.
Posted by: Black JEM at July 20, 2026 12:25 PM (GZYu7)
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Too much leisure tends to lead to decadence.

When you can indulge your every whim--including the very dark ones--then things can spiral downhill for you very quickly.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 12:32 PM (FZ29D)

274 261 They are building a datacenter in my community and the issue I have with the whole process is the politicians who do not understand what is happening but crowing about the jobs creation anyway. In our situation they are saying that more than 200 jobs will be created when the majority of the jobs will disappear once the buildings have been built. No politician wants to admit that most datacenters are operated remotely and only a skeleton crew is needed onsite once it is operational to handle electrical, HVAC, server swap-outs, etc. They sell the idea based on the wrong statistics and then are surprised when the population gets pissed when the results do not match the promises. I'm not opposed to datacenters in general, but I'm always opposed to politicians mis-representing the potential results for political gain. But nothing new I guess.
Posted by: AlecK at July 20, 2026 12:28 PM (cMlC1)

Well-put!

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 12:32 PM (6wpGE)

275 Why not throw all the gamers into stadiums, and toss in the occasional burrito?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 12:28 PM (1z8ji)

What was that movie with the blimp going into the stadium to kill people? Was James Caan the star in that?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 20, 2026 12:32 PM (x+ehB)

276 I'm not opposed to datacenters in general, but I'm always opposed to politicians mis-representing the potential results for political gain. But nothing new I guess.
Posted by: AlecK at July 20, 2026 12:28 PM (cMlC1)

*side eyes*

Posted by: Actual Ridership on Public Transportation Projects at July 20, 2026 12:32 PM (wVcYX)

277 there are issues with the buildings being able to hold the weight of the data

Right? All it takes is one failure in a loadbearing wall, and you've got bits and bytes scattered for MILES!
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

Like acid rain, only different. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 12:27 PM (Dd38x)

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Toxic Nibbles!

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:32 PM (27aLr)

278 The movie was Black Sunday

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 12:33 PM (2GVsD)

279 Politicians do that because donors make bank when costs are socialized and benefits privatized. That is what politicians spend most of their time doing--shifting money from A to B and getting arbitrage for negotiating the deal.
Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:30 PM
*****
It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at July 20, 2026 12:34 PM (2Ez/1)

280 Data centers without a closed loop system uses 1-5 million gallons per day. A closed loop system reduces that use by about 70%. There is also indirect use based on electricity generation.

That's not a small amount.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 12:34 PM (KC5Lt)

281 What was that movie with the blimp going into the stadium to kill people? Was James Caan the star in that?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 20, 2026 12:32 PM (x+ehB)

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Black Sunday. No James Caan.

Robert Shaw and Bruce Dern,

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:34 PM (27aLr)

282 Whatever maintenance is needed in a data center, it will have the service technician in a sealed suit (so they leave no skin/dust behind). They'll just pop in, replace a wire/board/device and pop back out.

There are very few moving parts. It will be acres of metal frames, silicon boards and wires in temperature and air controlled "rooms".

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:35 PM (Fi81e)

283 James Caan was in Rollerball

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 12:35 PM (2GVsD)

284 Could my agent correct my typos, at least?

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 12:36 PM (Dd38x)

285 Getting the parameters right is huge. Like expecting Hillary to win handily, only to see Trump blow her out of the water huge.
Posted by: Brother Tim

It is amazingly hard and boring to do so and throwing more data parameters that the model creators don't understand is the opposite of a parsimonious understanding of the problem. Ideally, you start with the parsimonious model first and then add parameters one at a time using theory to guide you, not by simply trying to throw in the kitchen sink. That leads to results very difficult to understand how and why it distilled that particular result. In coding, you can ask an AI model how and why (like showing its work) if done correctly, not so much when it involves the idea that some correlation exists between all the thousands of variables affecting past elections.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:36 PM (E4rtv)

286 Too much leisure tends to lead to decadence.

When you can indulge your every whim--including the very dark ones--then things can spiral downhill for you very quickly.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 12:32 PM (FZ29D)

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* ShainS now in retirement has entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:36 PM (27aLr)

287 James Caan was in Rollerball

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 12:35 PM (2GVsD)
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Also in Elf.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:37 PM (Fi81e)

288 Black Sunday. No James Caan.

Robert Shaw and Bruce Dern,
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:34 PM (27aLr)

Yes. My only experience with that movie was the sendup in MAD Magazine back in the day.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 20, 2026 12:37 PM (x+ehB)

289 Thief was James Canns best movie.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 12:37 PM (KC5Lt)

290 It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer
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In regards to the voters, politicians do write us off.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:37 PM (E4rtv)

291 * ShainS now in retirement has entered the chat *
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:36 PM
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Likewise.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2026 12:38 PM (2Ez/1)

292 Something has to process all the data from those Flock cameras.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 12:32 PM (1z8ji)
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Bingo.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:38 PM (Fi81e)

293 The government LOVES spending money, party affiliation doesn't matter. I wish I knew a cure to that disease.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 12:38 PM (xcxpd)

294 I hate New Jersey tollbooths.

Posted by: zombie James Caan at July 20, 2026 12:39 PM (Q6P2R)

295 286 Too much leisure tends to lead to decadence.

When you can indulge your every whim--including the very dark ones--then things can spiral downhill for you very quickly.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Depends on the individual I think. Much like the outcome of retirement for some.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:39 PM (E4rtv)

296 Thief was James Canns best movie.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 12:37 PM (KC5Lt)
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You have misspelled "The Gambler".

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:39 PM (Fi81e)

297 Data centers without a closed loop system uses 1-5 million gallons per day. A closed loop system reduces that use by about 70%. There is also indirect use based on electricity generation.

That's not a small amount.

It's less than 1% of what a California almond farm uses, according to a popular chart going around X.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 12:40 PM (2ocoG)

298 Did Ace finally get knocked out by falling shelves?

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 12:41 PM (2ocoG)

299 Did Ace have a wild weekend or something?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 12:41 PM (rijjI)

300 Posted by: Piper
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They don't want to build in cities, I think. Too much bureaucracy and bs. Around here they are building a short drive from a medium small town that is commuting distance from an urban center.
If the smaller town grows they will grow together and the urban center can maintain offices and services (medical, entertainment) for those at the data center.
This way it's copacetic, no one gets in the other's hair.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 12:41 PM (826kS)

301 293 The government LOVES spending money, party affiliation doesn't matter. I wish I knew a cure to that disease.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 12:38 PM (xcxpd)

I'm the cure.

Posted by: Sylvester Stallone is COBRA at July 20, 2026 12:41 PM (TbWk/)

302 Black Sunday. No James Caan.

Robert Shaw and Bruce Dern,
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:34 PM (27aLr)

Well, let me give you a word of advice. Always bet on black!

Posted by: Wesley Snipes at July 20, 2026 12:41 PM (wVcYX)

303 I'm thinking James Caan 's best movie was The Godfather

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 12:42 PM (sMkB+)

304 289 Thief was James Canns best movie.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 12:37 PM (KC5Lt)

Thief is prefection.

I do like him in 'The Killer Elite'.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 12:42 PM (xcxpd)

305 293 The government LOVES spending money, party affiliation doesn't matter. I wish I knew a cure to that disease.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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Like politicians stealing liberty--it requires constant vigilance and history show us, if we ain't paying the taxes--then politicians go hog wild spending until the state is broke.

And that in part has been the issue with massive government borrowing in the US. With no market discipline since the Cold War, we have literally spent ourselves into a financial crunch financed primarily by borrowing. And we will default on that debt most likely either by inflation (most likely) or a dramatic repudiation of that debt. And it will probably be the first until the currency is ruined and then the second.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:43 PM (E4rtv)

306 Maybe Ace got lucky last night.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:43 PM (27aLr)

307 "But I do not support the construction of data centers for which tax abatements, incentive payments, and subsidized utilities must be paid by taxpayers."

Hear, hear! Now do the same for every other sector in the USA. Sometimes it seems like nothing gets built without some kind of subsidy, kickback, tax trickery, special zoning, etc.

Posted by: gp at July 20, 2026 12:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

308 Arson is among the most heinous of crimes.

Chicago PD, Mayor Daley had it right. “You loot, we shoot”. To wound.

A lit Molotov in your hand? You get one right through the running lights. They had a press conference explaining all this very carefully in 1968 DNC convention.

The hippies then were pushing the Old Guard Democrats out. Now their ideological heirs are pushing them out. They never learn, but Chicago didn’t fuck around back then.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 12:43 PM (OK0jK)

309 Thief was James Canns best movie.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 12:37 PM (KC5Lt)
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You have misspelled "The Gambler".
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:39 PM (Fi81e)

Have still misspelled "Brian's Song."

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 12:43 PM (wVcYX)

310 Ace overdid it with the appletinis at his World Cup party yesterday.

Posted by: far cry at July 20, 2026 12:44 PM (Q6P2R)

311 284 Could my agent correct my typos, at least?
Posted by: Piper
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Autocucumber aided by AI enhancement will add new typos just for you just like voice texting does.

And inevitably according to Murphy's Law, it will not only happen, but happen at the worst possible time.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:45 PM (E4rtv)

312 Like politicians stealing liberty--it requires constant vigilance and history show us, if we ain't paying the taxes--then politicians go hog wild spending until the state is broke.

And that in part has been the issue with massive government borrowing in the US. With no market discipline since the Cold War, we have literally spent ourselves into a financial crunch financed primarily by borrowing. And we will default on that debt most likely either by inflation (most likely) or a dramatic repudiation of that debt. And it will probably be the first until the currency is ruined and then the second.
Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:43 PM (E4rtv)

I don't think vigilance is enough.
The Federal Reserve system is the root of the evil. Being able to print money and have a 'private' bank buy all the debt makes it impossible to run out of cash.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 12:46 PM (xcxpd)

313 306 Maybe Ace got lucky last night.
Posted by: ShainS
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He had a long night of 'shelving'

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:46 PM (E4rtv)

314 Ace overdid it with the appletinis at his World Cup party yesterday.

Posted by: far cry at July 20, 2026 12:44 PM (Q6P2R)
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It was the European carryall that started this downward spiral.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:46 PM (Fi81e)

315 282 Whatever maintenance is needed in a data center, it will have the service technician in a sealed suit (so they leave no skin/dust behind). They'll just pop in, replace a wire/board/device and pop back out.

There are very few moving parts. It will be acres of metal frames, silicon boards and wires in temperature and air controlled "rooms".
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:35 PM (Fi81e)
And then one day data room will say 'Mr. Technician, I can't unlock the door.'

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 12:46 PM (LHPAg)

316 Somebody wake up Ace.

Posted by: Sgt. Apone of the Colonial Marines at July 20, 2026 12:47 PM (O7YUW)

317 Time to start hitting F5 like a monkey on crack...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 12:47 PM (FZ29D)

318 And inevitably according to Murphy's Law, it will not only happen, but happen at the worst possible time.
Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:45 PM

Talk to text struggles speaking southern.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 12:47 PM (Dd38x)

319 My county doesn't want infrastructure in the form of clean trash to steam, metal recycling, any refineries, data storage, electrical generation stations including gas-fired. All for social justice!!

Along the river, it'll accept marijuana growing facilities (electricity intense & smelly) with a plan to have PA state unionized ees. be involved in the sales portion; casinos; pulp and paper mills (unionized); life science facilities (dissecting for medical educational purposes); huge port shipping operations (union); railroad laydown areas (union); trucking trash and garbage to other counties (union); sports facilities (The Union soccer team), and a prison (union) the county took over from private industry, in the same area. Potter's Field.

It's so tilted with promised of unionizing just about anything possible that keeps the BS "environmental justice" issues going.

Little has to do with being proactive, supporting needed strong infrastructure and good jobs for the future v. keeping money flowing into public employee/union pay & benefits.

The medical & college driven towns distant from the river are richer for now but not much better.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 20, 2026 12:47 PM (NFX2v)

320 Started a nice little fire he did. Asshoe terrorist.
Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 12:15 PM (lJ0H4)

Pretty wimpy little fire. Maybe a pint of gasoline's worth. More performative than destructive. Hang him anyway.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 12:47 PM (1z8ji)

321 I miss Ace.

Posted by: Leisure Suit Larry at July 20, 2026 12:48 PM (2YhKe)

322 Whatever maintenance is needed in a data center, it will have the service technician in a sealed suit (so they leave no skin/dust behind). They'll just pop in, replace a wire/board/device and pop back out.

It's not a clean room like chip plants. Because everything's water-cooled there's actually less need for controlling the air quality than in a lot of regular factories.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 12:48 PM (2ocoG)

323 Ace overdid it with the appletinis at his World Cup party yesterday.

Posted by: far cry at July 20, 2026 12:44 PM (Q6P2R)
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It was the European carryall that started this downward spiral.
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:46 PM (Fi81e)

He was resplendent in his puffy shirt.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 12:48 PM (wVcYX)

324 The only upside to retirement so far has been that I've always wanted to travel the world (and we can likely afford to do so and have already plans for various travel in the next couple of years).

However, The Wifey is generally not up for doing so ... which creates conflict.

I suppose I could just go on my own ...

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:48 PM (27aLr)

325 We had such good times together.

Hitting the bars, hitting the women.

Posted by: Leisure Suit Larry at July 20, 2026 12:48 PM (2YhKe)

326 "I do not support the construction of data centers for which tax abatements, incentive payments, and subsidized utilities must be paid by taxpayers."

I'm afraid that 99% of data centers will be just this. That is how big business is done today. If you have a big, flashy, expensive project that can be located almost anywhere, the entire business model is to find a location where the bribes are the biggest.

And it's not just direct funding or loans. Big construction projects cost billions to develop. The bribes could be at the construction level and those savings get passed on to the developer.

It's all a big fat smelly fucking scam.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 20, 2026 12:48 PM (iFTx/)

327 I meant hitting ON the women.

I swear. Honest, you guys.

Posted by: Leisure Suit Larry at July 20, 2026 12:49 PM (2YhKe)

328 tarted a nice little fire he did. Asshoe terrorist.
Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 12:15 PM (lJ0H4)

Pretty wimpy little fire. Maybe a pint of gasoline's worth. More performative than destructive. Hang him anyway.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 12:47 PM (1z8ji)
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Did he inform the officers that he did not want to be arrested?

I hear that somebody recently thought that would be effective....

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:49 PM (Fi81e)

329 315 282 Whatever maintenance is needed in a data center, it will have the service technician in a sealed suit (so they leave no skin/dust behind). They'll just pop in, replace a wire/board/device and pop back out.
--

The maintenance guy will be Robby the Robot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 12:49 PM (826kS)

330 Mid-day nap time. I'll catch up later.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 12:49 PM (O7YUW)

331 You have misspelled "The Gambler".
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:39 PM (Fi81e)

Nope. I actually like the remake of The Gambler with Marky Mark than the original

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 12:49 PM (KC5Lt)

332 The Federal Reserve system is the root of the evil. Being able to print money and have a 'private' bank buy all the debt makes it impossible to run out of cash.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 20, 2026 12:46 PM (xcxpd)

Except that it is NOT private, and we. EDC to quit quit this fiction that the world was economic Eden before the Fed came along.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:49 PM (4g5V+)

333 Remember when odyssey was going to bomb because they cast some black chick?

Posted by: Good times at July 20, 2026 12:50 PM (rf/GM)

334 You misspelled The Godfather.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 20, 2026 12:51 PM (wGerL)

335 He's some kind of radical.

https://tinyurl.com/yxbxvbz6

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 12:51 PM (ndZc7)

336 Have still misspelled "Brian's Song."

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 12:43 PM (wVcYX)

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+1

* Starts weeping *

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:52 PM (27aLr)

337 Remember when odyssey was going to bomb because they cast some black chick?
Posted by: Good times at July 20, 2026 12:50 PM (rf/GM)


It had a decent opening.

Lets see how fast it drops......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 12:52 PM (2YhKe)

338 333 Remember when odyssey was going to bomb because they cast some black chick?
Posted by: Good times at July 20, 2026 12:50 PM (rf/GM)

Who said that?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:52 PM (4g5V+)

339 James Caan should make a movie playing himself trying to get funding for a fake movie about Genghis Khan.

"Can Caan's Khan Con Cannes?"

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 12:52 PM (diia5)

340 Why do the left think we live and die by politics like they do.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 12:53 PM (oZ51P)

341 Some of the opposition is to them putting these on farmland. That is a no. Put them in unused industrial spaces. There are plenty of those in this country.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 20, 2026 12:53 PM (bkuEU)

342 I don't think vigilance is enough.
The Federal Reserve system is the root of the evil. Being able to print money and have a 'private' bank buy all the debt makes it impossible to run out of cash.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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You had spending and economic crashes in history independent of central bank's existence. One reason for the expulsion of Jews in a number of countries from the Middle Ages onwards was because it allowed the repudiation of debts as the royals in those European countries used an exposed minority whose religion allowed lending at interest, for financing the country and nobility spending splurges. Same thing happened with the Knights Templar. And the relationship between Italian banks and the Vatican.

I think central banks enable and worsen the impulses of the ruling class on spending, but the impulse was there well before central banks existed. And that is because man is sinful, prideful, and envious so our basic programming itself is to blame with cardinal sins built into the system.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:53 PM (E4rtv)

343 338 333 Remember when odyssey was going to bomb because they cast some black chick?
Posted by: Good times at July 20, 2026 12:50 PM (rf/GM)

Who said that?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:52 PM (4g5V+)

With all the hype it's gotten there was no way it was gonna flop.... On opening weekend...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 12:53 PM (rijjI)

344 282 Whatever maintenance is needed in a data center, it will have the service technician in a sealed suit (so they leave no skin/dust behind). They'll just pop in, replace a wire/board/device and pop back out.

There are very few moving parts. It will be acres of metal frames, silicon boards and wires in temperature and air controlled "rooms".
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 12:35 PM (Fi81e)
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Nah, they'll look just like datacenters look on the inside right now. Racks of stuff connected with cables, cooling systems, fans, HVAC systems, etc.

The fantasy of a sealed "dark" space has been chased by the semiconductor industry for their fabs for a long time and it never really works, even when a cleanroom is required, and datacenters don't require cleanrooms.

Posted by: Mr. Trebuchet at July 20, 2026 12:53 PM (3BwY8)

345 323 Ace overdid it with the appletinis at his World Cup party yesterday.

Posted by: far cry at July 20, 2026 12:44 PM
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Now that Men's Metric Kickball is over, we can listen to this one last time:

https://youtu.be/YRwrVzATea8

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2026 12:53 PM (2Ez/1)

346 He's some kind of radical.

https://tinyurl.com/yxbxvbz6
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 12:51 PM (ndZc7)


That's the same stringy haired hag that's at all the code pink shit.

Follow the f*cking MONEY. See who's funding this bullshit and BURY them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 12:54 PM (2YhKe)

347 340 Why do the left think we live and die by politics like they do.
Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 12:53 PM (oZ51P)

Because they think everyone does.

Politics should be a part of life for a free people, making sure the government stays on the straight and narrow, but it shouldn’t BE life.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:54 PM (4g5V+)

348 James Caan should make a movie playing himself trying to get funding for a fake movie about Genghis Khan.

"Can Caan's Khan Con Cannes?"
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 12:52 PM (diia

He was thinking of doing it before he died in 2022.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 12:54 PM (KC5Lt)

349 Just a moment... Just a moment... I've just picked up a fault in the AE-35 unit. It's going to go 100% failure within 72 hours.

Posted by: Data Center AI at July 20, 2026 12:54 PM (wVcYX)

350 James Caan played Mississippi in El Dorado . Ricky Nelson played Colorado in Rio Bravo. Sensing a trend

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 12:55 PM (sMkB+)

351 340 Why do the left think we live and die by politics like they do.
Posted by: ...
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Because it is a nihilistic pseudo religion just like Communism was/is. A completely sealed off model running on unrealistic assumptions that makes predictions and acts on those predictions and assumption leading to a smack up the side of the head by reality. Over and over again in history.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:55 PM (E4rtv)

352 James Caan in El Dorado

Best movie of all time

Posted by: The Ballots at July 20, 2026 12:55 PM (LOZbR)

353 With all the hype it's gotten there was no way it was gonna flop.... On opening weekend...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 12:53 PM (rijjI)

Just because Christopher Nolan directed it was going to do the trick. Love him or hate him - I feel neither towards him - that was going to be enough. Now, how it does afterwards? An open question.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:56 PM (4g5V+)

354 Ace had a post about the movie going “woke”. Read the comments. Lots of get some go broke predictions.

Posted by: Good times at July 20, 2026 12:56 PM (rf/GM)

355 We have no idea at all how AI is going to work out. No idea of how much infrastructure the Funding will eventually support.... and by the time much of the AI productivity hits, these data centers hardware will be out of date, and need replacing.

These data centers are being built on speculating about a very speculative Innovation.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2026 12:56 PM (mP0Kj)

356 I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help you.

Posted by: Data Center AI at July 20, 2026 12:56 PM (wVcYX)

357 This raises the interesting question of latency again, though.
Posted by: Archimedes "


Predictive TCP/IP anticipates your bits.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 12:56 PM (MWfyi)

358 I bet Ace thinks he put a thread up and went out....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 12:57 PM (rijjI)

359 I notice a lot of people never saw Thief. 😃

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 12:57 PM (KC5Lt)

360 Apropos to absolutely nothing, anyone know anything about solar activity or something causing GPS readings to get wonky lately?

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 12:57 PM (OUMaO)

361 The reason why AI developers are "crowing" about AI putting people out of work, is because that is the biggest selling feature. Eliminating 80% of labor costs is awfully attractive to an investor. It is, what drives capital investment in their product. The idea, that a Health care System, can fire most of its expensive doctors and replace them with a nurse and a desktop is fabulously attractive to said health care systems. Likewise, many other similar professional occupations that are done mostly with mental rather than physical labor. Eventually, they'll train the robots to do surgery and then the surgeons will be up the creek too. Basically, no job will be undoable by AI/robotics in 30 years.

Posted by: Womp Womp at July 20, 2026 12:58 PM (anL5R)

362 Be sure to keep me open in a separate tab.

Posted by: IMDB at July 20, 2026 12:58 PM (2Ez/1)

363 I think central banks enable and worsen the impulses of the ruling class on spending, but the impulse was there well before central banks existed. And that is because man is sinful, prideful, and envious so our basic programming itself is to blame with cardinal sins built into the system.
Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:53 PM (E4rtv)

It is easier still to blame the Fed than Congress…and ultimately Congress is populated by people we put there. And they start someplace, usually. At school boards, city halls, county courthouses, before working their way up.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:59 PM (4g5V+)

364 Apropos to absolutely nothing, anyone know anything about solar activity or something causing GPS readings to get wonky lately?
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 12:57 PM (OUMaO)

Nothing to be worried about. It was swamp gas reflecting off of a weather balloon. Now, just look here at my pen . . .

Posted by: Agent Kay at July 20, 2026 12:59 PM (wVcYX)

365 Posted by: Good times at July 20, 2026 12:50 PM (rf/GM)

No, I actually don't remember that. Some people said that they were not particularly interested in seeing it because of stupid DEI casting required by the studios in order to be considered for awards, or because modern English slang was dumb for a movie about about Ancient Greece, or that thought casting the fake transgender actress as a warrior was stupid.

Some people won't see it. Some will. That is just a mind blowing thought. Like totally

There were four people in the audience when my son and husband saw it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 12:59 PM (jt/rW)

366 He was thinking of doing it before he died in 2022.
Posted by: polynikes

Hence the connection to AI. I am complete.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 20, 2026 12:59 PM (diia5)

367 359 I notice a lot of people never saw Thief. 😃
Posted by: polynikes
========
I saw it, it was a good movie and similar to Goodfellas except the movie soundtrack had a big chunk of it by Tangerine Dream like Risky Business did (and Sorcerer I think).

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 12:59 PM (E4rtv)

368 The reviews of The Odyssey are meh. Did big box office in opening weekend though

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 12:59 PM (sMkB+)

369 Ace is cheating on us with his mistress, X.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 20, 2026 01:00 PM (bNf8H)

370 Be sure to keep me open in a separate tab.
Posted by: IMDB at July 20, 2026 12:58 PM (2Ez/1)

Word to the wise.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 01:00 PM (wVcYX)

371 TN gave up 40 mil to get Starbucks. Starbucks expects 2000 jobs to transfer there
2000 jobs @ $100000 per year is 200 million per year
Sales taxes in Nashville are almost 10 %


Do the math

Posted by: Paul at July 20, 2026 01:00 PM (IgsGI)

372 Trump Made the World Cup another stage of his cruelty and corruption

Posted by: MSNBC Headline at July 20, 2026 01:00 PM (GEtfQ)

373 Swamp gas? Yeah, swamp gas. I'll go with that.

Posted by: Chuck Stinky Schumer at July 20, 2026 01:00 PM (2Ez/1)

374 A quick look at our history alone, prudent fiscal policies and banking goes completely out the window once a good War gets spooled up. Every time, so far at least

Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2026 01:01 PM (+dc8J)

375 Apropos to absolutely nothing, anyone know anything about solar activity or something causing GPS readings to get wonky lately?
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 12:57 PM (OUMaO)

Maybe they turned dithering back on for reason of events in the Persian Gulf?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2026 01:01 PM (1z8ji)

376 It is easier still to blame the Fed than Congress…and ultimately Congress is populated by people we put there. And they start someplace, usually. At school boards, city halls, county courthouses, before working their way up.
Posted by: Cow Demon
======
Central banks enable the scam to run longer than it should which makes the corrections a lot more painful than it has to be. And it makes it particularly bad for a country that is the world's reserve currency.

Yet it is a game that all of us have to play regardless of our inclinations. That was the temptation of crypto of offering a way out of the mess.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 01:02 PM (E4rtv)

377 335 He's some kind of radical.

https://tinyurl.com/yxbxvbz6

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
----

Some Kind of Radical
someone should take that clip
and make a do wop song.
It would sell a million.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 01:02 PM (826kS)

378 "Do the math"

Heretic!

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 01:02 PM (MWfyi)

379 What I learned about Christopher Nolan yesterday. Back in the day, he direct a movie I quite liked, The Prestige. It's about two crazy ass magicians who take their feud to an absurd degree.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 01:03 PM (ndZc7)

380 374 A quick look at our history alone, prudent fiscal policies and banking goes completely out the window once a good War gets spooled up. Every time, so far at least
Posted by: Common Tater
=======
It happens outside of war--any good crisis is seized upon to unleash torrents of borrowed money by politicians. Hope, fear, and greed are primordial emotions that are manipulated by ruling class to enrich themselves while publicly proclaiming how virtuous they are at spending other people's money.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 01:04 PM (E4rtv)

381 Maybe the crows got Ace...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 01:04 PM (rijjI)

382 $40M for 2000 high paying jobs is the deal of the century for TN

Posted by: The Maths at July 20, 2026 01:05 PM (GEtfQ)

383 Do the math
Posted by: Paul at July 20, 2026 01:00 PM (IgsGI)

Using your figures that generates about 6 million a year in additional sales tax.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 01:05 PM (KC5Lt)

384 381 Maybe the crows got Ace...
Posted by: It's me donna

The clue is in the name--a murder of crows.

Posted by: whig at July 20, 2026 01:05 PM (E4rtv)

385 Maybe the crows got Ace...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 01:04 PM (rijjI)
---
Maybe they drove him stark raven mad.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:05 PM (Fi81e)

386 The permanent Daylight Savings Brigade got ace!

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:05 PM (oZ51P)

387 Whatever maintenance is needed in a data center, it will have the service technician in a sealed suit (so they leave no skin/dust behind). They'll just pop in, replace a wire/board/device and pop back out.
------

There will be a robot to take care of things.

Posted by: Boston Dynamics at July 20, 2026 01:06 PM (XeU6L)

388 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 01:03 PM (ndZc7

I thought that sounded good, but I never got to the movie theatre to see it. I think the rest of family might have seen "Dunkirk" but I have never seen one of his films.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 01:06 PM (jt/rW)

389 350 James Caan played Mississippi in El Dorado . Ricky Nelson played Colorado in Rio Bravo. Sensing a trend
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 12:55 PM
(sMkB+)
Dany DeVito as New York.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 01:06 PM (LHPAg)

390 [Because I started hoarding toilet paper after the Covid PayOps and The Wifey thought I was a nutjob for doing so (I told her one day you'll be glad I was right!):]

Babylon Bee headline:

'Who’s Laughing Now?' Says Covid Toilet Paper Hoarder After Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 01:06 PM (6jTT/)

391 Was it . . . the ozone hole?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 01:07 PM (wVcYX)

392 372 Trump Made the World Cup another stage of his cruelty and corruption

Posted by: MSNBC
---

Spain was asking for it.
Spain's gonna' get a real spanking pretty soon.
"I raped her because it is our custom"
_Oh, OK.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 01:07 PM (826kS)

393 I saw the Odyssey over the weekend, my daughter is really into Greco-Roman type stuff.

Honestly, it's not really woke except for the stupid decision to cast EllenPage, but she's in for 5 minutes and afew other diversity hires that are in it for like 30 seconds.

My issue with the movie though is it's boring and the characters are dull. Not a terrible movie, but not worth any surrounding hype. If it was 30 minutes shorter and they made some better casting, it would have been great.



Posted by: Leupold at July 20, 2026 01:07 PM (eIzlH)

394 *PsyOps

Although PayOps would also be accurate ...

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 01:07 PM (6jTT/)

395 I'm ok with data centers with closed loop water systems and electrical grids.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 20, 2026 01:07 PM (n5tGW)

396 James Caan played Mississippi in El Dorado . Ricky Nelson played Colorado in Rio Bravo. Sensing a trend
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Gary Coleman played Rhode Island.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 01:08 PM (ndZc7)

397 Ace may have been abducted.

Posted by: Weasel at July 20, 2026 01:08 PM (kmF5/)

398 Someone on X asked “why are people upset that Nolan cast a black woman as Helen?” And I answered “same reason people would be upset if you cast a 5’ tall chinaman as George Washington.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 01:08 PM (1/cV0)

399 Maybe they drove him stark raven mad.
Posted by: Axeman

Don't be a loon.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 01:08 PM (DZ9Lv)

400 Ace may have been abducted.

Posted by: Weasel at July 20, 2026 01:08 PM (kmF5/)

By busty lesbians. But he said NO

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:09 PM (oZ51P)

401 And Starbucks isn't transferring 2000 jobs. There will be 2000 positions at the new headquarters including support staffing ( not 100k a year) but they won't all be transfers.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 01:09 PM (KC5Lt)

402 Gary Coleman played Rhode Island.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

That would be Rodney Dangerfield.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 20, 2026 01:09 PM (DZ9Lv)

403 Does Paul think sales tax is the only benefit to TN having 2000 high paying jobs in the state? He’s more retarded than I thought.

Posted by: The Maths at July 20, 2026 01:09 PM (GEtfQ)

404 People know. Helen was originally from Wakanda.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:09 PM (Fi81e)

405 Except that it is NOT private, and we. EDC to quit quit this fiction that the world was economic Eden before the Fed came along.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 12:49 PM (4g5V+)

I listened to a lecture by Vince Lanci to the extent that money is not as important as what is being held as collateral to back it. Gold is one, but now with the Federal Reserve system and the Central Bank model the collateral is the promise to repay debt with interest. This, he feels is passing away since none of the central banks have been shown to be able to not over-print and over-lend, and that the system is probably going to go back to Gold, and require something like a stablecoin going forward.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 01:10 PM (rbvCR)

406 Posted by: Leupold at July 20, 2026 01:07 PM (eIzlH)

Wow; That's a shame that a movie about the Odyssey was dull. I loved reading that as a younger person.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 01:10 PM (jt/rW)

407 396 James Caan played Mississippi in El Dorado . Ricky Nelson played Colorado in Rio Bravo. Sensing a trend
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Gary Coleman played Rhode Island.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 01:08 PM (ndZc7)

Steve McQueen played Nevada in Nevada Smith.

Brian Dennahy played Alaska in North to Alaska.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 01:10 PM (1/cV0)

408 My issue with the movie though is it's boring and the characters are dull. Not a terrible movie, but not worth any surrounding hype. If it was 30 minutes shorter and they made some better casting, it would have been great.

I've heard that they play it at rock-concert volumes too, to the point where it's physically painful for a lot of people.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:10 PM (2ocoG)

409 Abducted and being held at a data center!

Posted by: Weasel at July 20, 2026 01:11 PM (kmF5/)

410 The whole point of casting black people in odd roles is to say people are racist for noticing.

That's black achievement!

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 01:11 PM (oZ51P)

411
Schulz is no loon. He probably saw an opportunity to get out of Seattle and get a lower tax rate.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:11 PM (Fi81e)

412 Trump Made the World Cup another stage of his cruelty and corruption

Posted by: MSNBC
---

Spain was asking for it.
Spain's gonna' get a real spanking pretty soon.
"I raped her because it is our custom"
_Oh, OK.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

Why they shook Trump's hand.

TDS-Infected Spanish Goalkeeper Doesn’t “Want to Go to Prison” for Refusing to Shake Trump’s Hand if Team Wins World Cup

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 01:12 PM (ndZc7)

413 397 Ace may have been abducted.
Posted by: Weasel at July 20, 2026 01:08 PM (kmF5/)
********
By crows.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 01:12 PM (NpAcC)

414 Ace may have been abducted.
Posted by: Weasel at July 20, 2026 01:08 PM (kmF5/)
********
By crows.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 01:12 PM (NpAcC)
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A kidnap of crows.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:13 PM (Fi81e)

415 397 Ace may have been abducted.
Posted by: Weasel at July 20, 2026 01:08 PM (kmF5/)

Got me worried..I am a creature of habit.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 20, 2026 01:13 PM (y171U)

416 Not even an Ewok Signal. We've been abandoned.

Posted by: far cry at July 20, 2026 01:13 PM (Q6P2R)

417 Gary Coleman played Rhode Island.

Everyone knows Rhode Island isn't real.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:14 PM (2ocoG)

418 Why do Hollywood creatives find so little that is movie worthy in Asian, African, and pre-Columbian American history and culture?

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at July 20, 2026 01:14 PM (igCg8)

419 TDS-Infected Spanish Goalkeeper Doesn’t “Want to Go to Prison” for Refusing to Shake Trump’s Hand if Team Wins World Cup
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 01:12 PM (ndZc7)

Stupid.. And a real class act Spain...Go back to your communist country

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 01:14 PM (rijjI)

420 Does one give notice if quitting one's own blog?

Posted by: Inogame at July 20, 2026 01:14 PM (53oGX)

421 Did the crows get ace?

Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2026 01:15 PM (YwEeS)

422 I think ace accidentally banned himself again.

Posted by: CaliGirl at July 20, 2026 01:15 PM (kXuxC)

423 Has CBD gotten a ransom note yet from Antifa? "WE HAVE ACE. HAND OVER ONE MILLION ORGANIC ALMOND MILK LATTES OR ELSE".

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:15 PM (2ocoG)

424 Why do Hollywood creatives find so little that is movie worthy in Asian, African, and pre-Columbian American history and culture?

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at July 20, 2026 01:14 PM (igCg
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Indeed. It took white guys to create Wakanda.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:15 PM (Fi81e)

425 Spain's last hurrah before the re-reconquista

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 01:15 PM (sMkB+)

426 A kidnap of crows.
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:13 PM (Fi81e)
*****
A murder of crows.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 01:15 PM (NpAcC)

427 Mr O'Spades is not missing. He's merely been detained for an attitude adjustment.

Posted by: Big Penguin at July 20, 2026 01:15 PM (MWfyi)

428 I'm a bit late to the discussion but can somebody tell me how data centers are helpful to me? Is storing my digital footprint that important?

Posted by: DanMan at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (8uzBS)

429 404 People know. Helen was originally from Wakanda.
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:09 PM (Fi81e)
Maye, Troy was a real place. Wakanda is a recent discovery, like Kwazaa and Jumteempf.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (LHPAg)

430 I screwed Argentina because I was rooting for them. I started watching the England vs France game at half time and didn't know the score and declared I was going for England since Trump played golf with their star player. I almost jinxed them too. Lucky I quit watching.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (KC5Lt)

431 As a precaution I believe we should immediately think the worst.

Posted by: Weasel at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (kmF5/)

432 2,000 employees in Nashville would throw off about $10 million a year in non payroll taxes.

If half of those employees own homes, they pay a lowball amount on property taxes of about $4 million dollars. That’s a lowball.

Starbucks pays a B&O Tax in Washington state of 0.471 on gross receipts. In Tennessee they pay an excise tax on net taxable income. Starbucks had gross revenue in 2024 of $36 billion. It had net taxable income of $4.1 billion.

Do the math, dunce.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (jnBG1)

433 Ryan Reynolds should play Martin Luther King in a movie.

Posted by: The Maths at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (GEtfQ)

434 Well the one Spanish player did the Trump dance, I don't think they were all against it.

Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (YwEeS)

435 A kidnap of crows.
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:13 PM (Fi81e)
*****
A murder of crows.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 01:15 PM (NpAcC)
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Apparently, they've got a new racket.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (Fi81e)

436 A pre Columbian American movie would be watching people build mounds

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (sMkB+)

437 We will release Ace alive for one million dollars.
QUACK

Posted by: Ducks for Trump at July 20, 2026 01:17 PM (UjdFS)

438 A pre Columbian American movie would be watching people build mounds

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (sMkB+)
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Apocalypto.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:17 PM (Fi81e)

439 whoosdabody? Nood

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (rbvCR)

440 I'm a bit late to the discussion but can somebody tell me how data centers are helpful to me? Is storing my digital footprint that important?

Essentially all web sites (this one included) are in some form of a data center. The NSA's had their data center to spy in you in the middle of nowhere in Utah for like a decade now.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (2ocoG)

441 I'm a bit late to the discussion but can somebody tell me how data centers are helpful to me? Is storing my digital footprint that important?
Posted by: DanMan
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It is critical to the State collecting/tracking every single detail of your life.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (XeU6L)

442 I've heard that they play it at rock-concert volumes too, to the point where it's physically painful for a lot of people.
Posted by: Ian S.

===

Yea, the music and sound effects are just sort of stupid and over the top.

Booming bass that rattles everything in just odd places.

I cant say its a bad movie, it's interesting. But it's weirdly paced, almost like a fever dream.

Posted by: Leupold at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (eIzlH)

443 Gold or Silver standard is fine with me. They've been saying, 'it's around the corner', ever since Nixon relieved it. There's a lot of sellin' going on.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (826kS)

444 Someone on X asked “why are people upset that Nolan cast a black woman as Helen?” And I answered “same reason people would be upset if you cast a 5’ tall chinaman as George Washington.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 01:08 PM (1/cV0)

I could have aced that role! I know who I am. I'm the dude playin' the dude, disguised as another dude!

Posted by: Mickey Rooney as I. Y. Yunioshi at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (wVcYX)

445 393 I saw the Odyssey over the weekend, my daughter is really into Greco-Roman type stuff.

Honestly, it's not really woke except for the stupid decision to cast EllenPage, but she's in for 5 minutes and afew other diversity hires that are in it for like 30 seconds.

My issue with the movie though is it's boring and the characters are dull. Not a terrible movie, but not worth any surrounding hype. If it was 30 minutes shorter and they made some better casting, it would have been great.



Posted by: Leupold at July 20, 2026 01:07 PM (

Ellen Page, if she had to be in it, could had been Hermes. But instead they brought in a character from The Aeneid to be in it…

No lotus-eaters? The story of Polyphemus all jacked up? No gods? Well, aside from Athena I suppose…the Sirens ware all jacked up? Scylla and Charybdis just breezed through? I’m out.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (4g5V+)

446 Apocalypto.
Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 01:17 PM (Fi81e)

Mel Gibson knows how to make a movie. If you haven't watched Get the Gringo and Blood Father you've missed two of his underrrated lesser known movies which are great.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 01:20 PM (KC5Lt)

447 A pre Columbian American movie would be watching people build mounds
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 01:16 PM (sMkB+)

My chance to shine!

Posted by: Stacey Abrams at July 20, 2026 01:20 PM (1z8ji)

448 Nood

Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2026 01:20 PM (YwEeS)

449 443 Gold or Silver standard is fine with me. They've been saying, 'it's around the corner', ever since Nixon relieved it. There's a lot of sellin' going on.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (826kS)

A waste of perfectly good gold and silver. Besides, aren’t the value of gold and silver also subject to the whims of the market?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 01:21 PM (4g5V+)

450 >>The only upside to retirement so far has been that I've always wanted to travel the world (and we can likely afford to do so and have already plans for various travel in the next couple of years).

However, The Wifey is generally not up for doing so ... which creates conflict.

I suppose I could just go on my own ...
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 20, 2026 12:48 PM

-------------
You can work out a compromise. I have the opposite situation. I did a lot of travel during my working years, including international. So I wasn't all that interested in heavy travel in retirement. Pre-pandemic we did a lot of trips together but post-pandemic I just don't find the hassles of travel to be worth it. My wife is now traveling more than I and we're fine with it. I go with her on some trips, others she either goes alone or with girlfriends.

Posted by: Bigsmith at July 20, 2026 01:23 PM (1Au9i)

451
I saw the Odyssey over the weekend, my daughter is really into Greco-Roman type stuff.

Honestly, it's not really woke except for the stupid decision to cast EllenPage, but she's in for 5 minutes and afew other diversity hires that are in it for like 30 seconds.

My issue with the movie though is it's boring and the characters are dull. Not a terrible movie, but not worth any surrounding hype. If it was 30 minutes shorter and they made some better casting, it would have been great.

Posted by: Leupold at July 20, 2026 01:07 PM (eIzlH)



Haven't seen it yet, I'm waiting until a good 4k copy goes up on the torrentz. Because fuck you, Hollywood.

The problem I have with the casting is that it was obviously a middle finger to audiences rather than a real narrative device. Now, if Nolan et al had taken the whole story and transplanted it into a new setting (like Anabasis/The Warriors, King Lear/Ran, Macbeth/Throne of Blood etc), I would have no problem with that story. Like maybe doing Odyssey in southern Africa, with Odysseus as a Zulu king, trying to get back from conquering Zanzibar or something like that.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2026 01:27 PM (y9nCu)

452 Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 01:19 PM (4g5V

Yes; Husband missed the fantasy aspects of the story as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 01:30 PM (D+BhG)

453 213 The main thing that data centers provide is not computing power, although they have that in abundance, but broad network connectivity. You've got a bunch of computers, as you described, but what's remarkable about them is the direct connection to multiple wide-area networks, and all the infrastructure that providesrequires.

not sure that explains why one is going into my old home town of myton, utah (the data center will be larger than the town!). the only thing you'll have direct connection to there is skinwalkers.
Posted by: anachronda at July 20, 2026 12:11 PM

And the half-dozen fiber-optic cables from different Internet backbone providers. The direct connection part comes from the fact that the IP addresses are all multihomed because, due to the current Internet routing requirements, multihomed addresses have to be aggregated into large blocks. That means that the DC can put data directly into networks connected directly to the people who want the data and doesn't have to go through a peering point.

It's that aggregation that is impossible for most people without spending huge amounts of money.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at July 20, 2026 01:37 PM (aTl7+)

454 Yup. Agree. Nevada is doing a good job. The tax abatements they are giving are ones they'd give for any big project.

But, the communists of Nevada are fighting them

Posted by: Jeff Carter at July 20, 2026 02:33 PM (8qMs2)

455 I've heard of a small town in Pennsylvania that turned down two data centers because they claimed to require 2.4 million gallons of water a day.

There has been a lot of noise about water usage, so who got it wrong ? Will two data centers require 2.4 million gallons a day, or did the authorities hear it wrong ?

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 04:21 PM (RHGPo)

456 Around the Limerick Nuclear Station outside of Philadelphia, there are plans for at least 5 data centers (not buildings, but groups of buildings).

The PJM (Pennsylvania/Jersey/Maryland) interconnect that handles the grid for 11 states had a deficit during their last power auctions, so I have no idea how they are going to power these data centers. The idea that they will build their own power station, seems to be strained by the fact that they are right next to the nuclear facility that is already fully utilized.

Likewise the nuclear station is already to capacity on water usage from the Schuylkill River that it had to divert water some 50 miles or so from the Delaware River to keep the station operational in the summer months.

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 04:28 PM (RHGPo)

457 Sad I missed this thread! The data center debacle in Utah is a cluster eff. My small contribution:

Eff Kevin O'Leary. Actual small town farmers and locals I know in Box Elder County have legit questions: how building a data center the size of three manhattans in a rural desert, using more energy than the whole state uses in a year, might affect the great salt lake, their power and water bills, etc. And why their county commissioners agreed for taxpayers to subsidize this mofo. "Mr Wonderful" dismisses these wonderful, hard working people as a Chi-com psyop. Talk about Mr Blowhard.

Also, there is too much hand waving with the closed loop water systems, like it's a magic wand. Closed loop systems build up sediments, needing toxic chemicals to clean, and occasionally have to drain those toxins...like draining your water heater to remove the sediment buildup. So there is wasted water, in a desert. And where is that toxic residue going to go? They are buying up massive water shares in neighboring towns to supply the center's water, and I can tell you those shares will NOT be enough, and will suck those towns dry.

I'M PRO AI AND PEOPLE. We need a balance.

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Posted by: hotcumchallenge at July 21, 2026 10:22 AM (1l46d)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Raleigh Yacht America1.jpg


The Yacht America
Charles S. Raleigh

From the Smithsonian Museum:

The original yacht America was built in 1851 to compete in the Hundred Guinea Cup, the only American entry against fourteen British vessels. When the race was over, Queen Victoria asked, "Who is in first place?" and was told that America had won. When she asked, "Then who is in second?" the American boat had such a strong lead that the reply was: "Madam, there is no second." After this, the race became known as the America's Cup.

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




Comments

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1 That yacht rocks

Posted by: Doof at July 20, 2026 09:31 AM (aoylf)

2 America First!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 09:31 AM (FZ29D)

3 The Brits were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at July 20, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

4 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

5 No boobs. No dog. No yacht girls.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 20, 2026 09:32 AM (1Y10s)

6 *Cranks up Christopher Cross*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

7
Beautiful

Posted by: four seasons at July 20, 2026 09:32 AM (/QHx4)

8 To compete in the Hundred Italian Cup?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 09:32 AM (v3afF)

9 Avast, me hearties!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 09:32 AM (ndZc7)

10 JackStraw to the white courtesy phone, please.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 09:33 AM (RIvkX)

11 Ahhhhhh......My old whoring stomping grounds......

Posted by: Megan Markel at July 20, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

12 Not a great view of the Vulgar Boatmen, and it seems the painting has more barque than bight.

Posted by: Old Salt at July 20, 2026 09:33 AM (JM9I6)

13 When the race was over, Queen Victoria asked, "Who is in first place?" and was told that America had won. When she asked, "Then who is in second?" the American boat had such a strong lead that the reply was: "Madam, there is no second."

Victoria replied, "We are not amused."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 09:34 AM (ExV1e)

14 She'll do.

Posted by: Capt. Edward Teach, Maritime Property Redistribution Specialist at July 20, 2026 09:34 AM (B0NCh)

15 If that picture had a musical link, it would have to be The Sloop John B.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 09:34 AM (edUvp)

16 As a work of art, this is rather dull and listless. I would be surprised to learn this lumbering hulk of a vessel ever won any race.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 09:34 AM (RIvkX)

17 I like big masts and I cannot lie!

Posted by: Sir Sails A Lot at July 20, 2026 09:34 AM (sKqQm)

18 Bulg promised MP4 boobs.

CBD doesn't deliver.

Who's hardest hit in this situation?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:35 AM (2YhKe)

19 When she asked, "Then who is in second?" the American boat had such a strong lead that the reply was: "Madam, there is no second." After this, the race became known as the America's Cup.


Your Highness,
America won. They then left & sailed home.

The rest haven't finished yet.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 09:35 AM (v3afF)

20 Did a large renovation at the New York Yacht Club in the 80s where the America's Cup resided for decades.

Posted by: In Before First Semen Reference at July 20, 2026 09:35 AM (JM9I6)

21 If that picture had a musical link, it would have to be The Sloop John B.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 09:34 AM (edUvp)
====

From last night's ONT

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 09:36 AM (RIvkX)

22 Girls cause too much trouble on a yacht, old sport. But where's the rum?

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 09:36 AM (gKWVE)

23 Your Highness,
America won. They then left & sailed home.

The rest haven't finished yet.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 09:35 AM (v3afF)


This is why the Spongebob episode had them mooning everyone, isn't it........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:36 AM (2YhKe)

24 No Lido deck. Would not hang.

Posted by: Capt. Bill Kristol at July 20, 2026 09:37 AM (B0NCh)

25 Cool background story but the painting is still not good enough for a Currier and Ives calendar.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 20, 2026 09:37 AM (2ap+5)

26 Also no cabin boys.

Is this mic on?

Posted by: Capt. Bill Kristol at July 20, 2026 09:37 AM (B0NCh)

27 The US Flag on the back sail is problematic.

Posted by: Capt. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at July 20, 2026 09:39 AM (B0NCh)

28 Nice gaffs.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 20, 2026 09:39 AM (6/7Fs)

29 Can a maritime painting be considered pedestrian?

Posted by: Don't Cross The Street In The Middle Of the Block Island at July 20, 2026 09:40 AM (JM9I6)

30 22 Girls cause too much trouble on a yacht, old sport. But where's the rum?
Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 09:36 AM (gKWVE)

Up on the bow, but first - the sodomy and the lash.

Posted by: Roy at July 20, 2026 09:40 AM (qwype)

31 I doubt the accuracy of that quotation, because anyone around Queen Victoria would have called her "Your Highness," or some other gross suck-up term.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 09:41 AM (l4RKn)

32 18 Sponge, I didn’t promise boobs. I just noted that boob talk is inevitable on the Art Thread. No matter what the subject of the art is.

After all, somebody’s already brought up yacht girls. Full-on boob talk can’t be far behind.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

33 I like the nautical subject matter for a painting. If you can’t look at the ocean, second best is to have a painting

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 09:41 AM (hxAVk)

34 I like it when water is wet and the sky is up.

Posted by: Capt. Shenna Bellows, US Senate Candidate from the Great State of Maine at July 20, 2026 09:42 AM (B0NCh)

35 /waves

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:42 AM (RkR9o)

36 Top 10 commenters:
1 [734 comments] 'Sponge - F*ck Cancer' [104.25 posts/day]
2 [484 comments] 'Axeman'
3 [389 comments] 'Quarter Twenty '
4 [374 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films'
5 [365 comments] '...'



I really need to get a life.


Maybe I should take up sailing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:42 AM (2YhKe)

37 Beware the Black Pearl, mates.

Posted by: Roy at July 20, 2026 09:42 AM (qwype)

38 1851 was around when the yankee clipper ships were the shit. Wonder if they scaled down and used some of that tech.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 09:42 AM (XvL8K)

39 I see Isaac the ship's bartender on the stern there.

Posted by: Rosa Parks at July 20, 2026 09:43 AM (JM9I6)

40 I was not amused.

Posted by: Queen Victoria at July 20, 2026 09:43 AM (4RPgu)

41 Beautiful!
Unfortunately, if it's hanging in the Smithsonian there's probably some write up about it next to the painting on how yachts are racist.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

42 Sniper in the crow's nest!

Oh.

Sniper on the poop deck!

Oh.

Sniper on the mizenmast!

Oh.

Sniper in the engine room!

Oh.

I give up.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:45 AM (RkR9o)

43 My mom was a big fan of sailing.

I can't, however, tell you the last time she'd actually been on a sailboat. It HAD to be several decades ago.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)

44
The original yacht America was built in 1851 to compete in the Hundred Guinea Cup, the only American entry against fourteen British vessels.

There were a hundred guineas. Didn't they have a yacht?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 09:45 AM (O0L8i)

45
I give up.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:45 AM (RkR9o)


Sniper's on the little boat in the distance.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)

46 Looks like old hotel art. Or one of those "Draw this picture..." things from a mail order art school ad.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 09:46 AM (OUMaO)

47 The Italian navy has a lot more than 100 Guineas.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

48 Beautiful!
Unfortunately, if it's hanging in the Smithsonian there's probably some write up about it next to the painting on how yachts are racist.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 09:43 AM (NpAcC)
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They are. CBD even mentions that it was built to compete in the Hundred Guinea Cup race. CBD said the "G" word!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:47 AM (RkR9o)

49 /reads Sponge at 43

/starts stopwatch

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 09:47 AM (OUMaO)

50 I doubt the accuracy of that quotation, because anyone around Queen Victoria would have called her "Your Highness," or some other gross suck-up term.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 09:41 AM (l4RKn)

As I understand it, protocol would have been to call her "Your Majesty" the first time you spoke to her on a given day and then ma'am, or madam back then, for the rest of the day.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 09:47 AM (ExV1e)

51 Sniper's on the little boat in the distance.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)

Yeah, I learned that in sex ed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 09:49 AM (ExV1e)

52 /reads Sponge at 43

/starts stopwatch
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 09:47 AM (OUMaO)/i]


She's gone now, so I'll never know.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:49 AM (2YhKe)

53 Looks like old hotel art. Or one of those "Draw this picture..." things from a mail order art school ad.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 09:46 AM (OUMaO)
-

I miss the paint-by-number kits I used to do on rainy days in my childhood. Several were ship scenes.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:49 AM (RkR9o)

54 Many great Italian explorers, but they had to go to Spain and Portugal to get ships, financing. Don't seem fair.

Posted by: Wealthy Florentine Pogen at July 20, 2026 09:49 AM (JM9I6)

55 So, what makes a yacht different from a sailboat? Size?

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

56 So, what makes a yacht different from a sailboat? Size?

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)
-

Russian oligarch.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:50 AM (RkR9o)

57 Pointy.

Posted by: red speck at July 20, 2026 09:51 AM (Ve/HL)

58 Maybe this yacht is Joey Tribbiani’s “Mr Beaumont”… Rachel will teach him how to sail

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 09:51 AM (TCUO6)

59 I miss the paint-by-number kits I used to do on rainy days in my childhood. Several were ship scenes.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:49 AM (RkR9o)

One of my favorite MST3K host segments was when Joel's Invention Exchange was a paint-by-number kit for a Rothko painting.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 20, 2026 09:51 AM (B0NCh)

60 36 Top 10 commenters:
1 [734 comments] 'Sponge - F*ck Cancer' [104.25 posts/day]
2 [484 comments] 'Axeman'
3 [389 comments] 'Quarter Twenty '
4 [374 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films'
5 [365 comments] '...'



I really need to get a life.


Maybe I should take up sailing.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:42 AM
-------

You'll need a crew. Call me.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

61 When I go ashore and get my pay, I'll go and meet my Essie May. She'll hike her skirt and toss her shoe. She'll clean my pipes, my buddies' too. Don't need a church to find my way 'cause I've found heaven with Essie May.

Posted by: Captain Greybar at July 20, 2026 09:52 AM (e2lsi)

62 Well like the Ryder Cup, the Furriners have been kicking our ass lately.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 09:52 AM (KC5Lt)

63 I was thinking of writing a limerick but couldn't come up with anything that rhymes with "First High Lord Secretary of the Admiralty"...

Posted by: muldoon at July 20, 2026 09:52 AM (I0N4X)

64
100 Guineas? Corleone's will sue!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 20, 2026 09:52 AM (x0n13)

65 So, what makes a yacht different from a sailboat? Size?
Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

A sailboat has sails.

A yacht is a sail- or motor-propelled watercraft made for pleasure, cruising, or racing.

So a yacht can have sails, or a motor, and a sailboat can be a yacht or a warship, or merchantman.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 09:52 AM (ExV1e)

66 This can't be a real race. Zero corporate sponsorships.

Posted by: red speck at July 20, 2026 09:53 AM (Ve/HL)

67 So, what makes a yacht different from a sailboat? Size?

Posted by: Bulg

From what I gather there's no real definition. It's pretty much just a boat intended for recreation, usually one you can overnight on. So, marketing label I guess.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 09:53 AM (OUMaO)

68 If Columbus had sailed this fast yacht, he could have been here a lot schooner.

Posted by: Atsa My Boat! at July 20, 2026 09:53 AM (JM9I6)

69 62 What, the foreigners have been playing with Winona’s cups?

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

70 Well like the Ryder Cup, the Furriners have been kicking our ass lately.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 09:52 AM (KC5Lt)


Between Tiger Woods and the recently revealed escapades of Phil Mickelson, it seems the Americans are more interested in chasing tail than a little white ball around a golf course.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:53 AM (2YhKe)

71 Schooner? I just met her!

Posted by: Rimshot at July 20, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)

72 Ahoy! Is that a lightship astern of the America?

Posted by: Your Anchor Banker, He Understands at July 20, 2026 09:55 AM (JM9I6)

73 ***After this, the race became known as the America's Cup.
---

America

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:55 AM (826kS)

74 I've not painted a big sailing ship but I did do a bunch of small ones. See nic.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 09:55 AM (KC5Lt)

75 Beach house art.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 09:56 AM (jehhT)

76 The original yacht America was built in 1851 to compete in the Hundred Guinea Cup, the only American entry against fourteen British vessels.

-----

And a hundred Italian ones, apparently. Did they start calling it "Il Tazza d'America?"

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 20, 2026 09:56 AM (BI5O2)

77 If Columbus had sailed this fast yacht, he could have been here a lot schooner.

Posted by: Atsa My Boat! at July 20, 2026 09:53 AM (JM9I6)
-

Stop it! You're keeling us!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:56 AM (RkR9o)

78 You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 20, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

79 Canadian Wildfire smoke seemed to be a problem in 1851 also.

Posted by: I Can't See Clearly Now at July 20, 2026 09:56 AM (JM9I6)

80 There is no second place. That there is classic.

Posted by: DanMan at July 20, 2026 09:57 AM (8uzBS)

81 Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 09:55 AM (KC5Lt)

Very nice. Thx.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 09:57 AM (Bw1/o)

82 What would anyone do with 100 Eyetalians?

Posted by: Tamia Wright at July 20, 2026 09:57 AM (MWfyi)

83 What would anyone do with 100 Eyetalians?

Posted by: Tamia Wright at July 20, 2026 09:57 AM (MWfyi)
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Lash them to the mast?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:58 AM (RkR9o)

84 If Columbus had sailed this fast yacht, he could have been here a lot schooner.

Posted by: Atsa My Boat! at July 20, 2026 09:53 AM (JM9I6)
-

Stop it! You're keeling us!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Said he sternly.

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 09:58 AM (lJ0H4)

85 yow!
monday double shift phooey.

Posted by: cmeat at July 20, 2026 09:59 AM (R11M+)

86 If Columbus had sailed this fast yacht, he could have been here a lot schooner.

Posted by: Atsa My Boat! at July 20, 2026 09:53 AM (JM9I6)
-

Stop it! You're keeling us!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Said he sternly.

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 09:58 AM (lJ0H4)
-

/takes a bow and considers an achor

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:59 AM (RkR9o)

87 If Columbus had sailed this fast yacht, he could have been here a lot schooner.

Posted by: Atsa My Boat! at July 20, 2026 09:53 AM
______

Yacht to be kidding me!

Posted by: Oh, no... at July 20, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

88 anchor

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 09:59 AM (RkR9o)

89 I sailed to Tahiti with an all-girl crew!

Posted by: Gardner McKay, Adventures In Paradise at July 20, 2026 09:59 AM (JM9I6)

90 Perhaps the Queen could have slowed the winning yacht down if she had been armed with a giant can of Silly String.

Posted by: Rex B, remembers the TV commercials at July 20, 2026 10:00 AM (R0XxO)

91 Sniper in the corn
And the corn can't grow

Posted by: Bushy One String at July 20, 2026 10:00 AM (MWfyi)

92 If Columbus had sailed this fast yacht, he could have been here a lot schooner.

Posted by: Atsa My Boat! at July 20, 2026 09:53 AM
______

Yacht to be kidding me!

Posted by: Oh, no... at July 20, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)
-

Phlegm?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 10:00 AM (RkR9o)

93 Stop it! You're keeling us!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Said he sternly.
Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 09:58 AM

Now you're just being nauti.

Posted by: Groan at July 20, 2026 10:02 AM (2Ez/1)

94 I capstan all of these boat puns. Please stop it.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

95 I'm not a sailer but there is a professional catamaran racing circuit Sail GP that is really fun to watch. The overlaid graphics they use for TV viewing makes it easy to watch and know exactly what's going on even if you know nothing about sailing. They hold the races in various famous bays across the world . Last one I watched was NYC.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:03 AM (KC5Lt)

96 Anyone brings up bollards gets a visit from my death corp. -- Hillary

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 10:03 AM (ExV1e)

97 38 as a wee lad mom would take me to the yankee clipper barber shop for a princeton cut. he had two amphicars named yankee clipper one and two.

Posted by: cmeat at July 20, 2026 10:04 AM (R11M+)

98 94 I capstan all of these boat puns. Please stop it.
Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:02 AM

I sea what you did there.

Posted by: Ugh at July 20, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

99 88 anchor
Posted by: Biden’s Dog

Wat’s that?

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:05 AM (77rzZ)

100 "The yacht was later sold to British owners, renamed Camilla, and eventually sold to the Confederate States of America in 1860 as a blockade runner under the name Memphis."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 10:05 AM (XvL8K)

101 Maritime Lawyer Practice called

There Yacht To Be a Law

( courtesy of Bob's Burgers)

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:05 AM (KC5Lt)

102 >>>Between Tiger Woods and the recently revealed escapades of Phil Mickelson, it seems the Americans are more interested in chasing tail than a little white ball around a golf course.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
---

Good tail is what makes man want to rule the world.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:05 AM (826kS)

103
Stop it! You're keeling us!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey


Reminds one of the "Hell Yeah" B-side tune "Keelhaulin' ass."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:05 AM (2YhKe)

104 Those Americans are so audacious!

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 20, 2026 10:06 AM (OlzlW)

105 So far away from "Talk Like a Pirate Day?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:06 AM (2YhKe)

106 88 anchor
Posted by: Biden’s Dog

Wat’s that?

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:05 AM (77rzZ)
-

You'll have to weigh for it.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 10:06 AM (RkR9o)

107 All this boat talk…yachta yachta yachta

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:07 AM (77rzZ)

108 Charles S. Raliegh? The cigarette guy?

Posted by: Will Robinson at July 20, 2026 10:07 AM (SExz7)

109 So far away from "Talk Like a Pirate Day?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:06 AM (2YhKe)
-

I'd like to have an arghument.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 10:07 AM (RkR9o)

110 *There Yacht To Be a Law.*

That's a hull of a joke.

Posted by: Make it stop at July 20, 2026 10:08 AM (2Ez/1)

111 > If that picture had a musical link, it would have to be The Sloop John B.

Freeboard!

Posted by: Lynyrd Skynyrd Fans at July 20, 2026 10:09 AM (R0XxO)

112 First Lady and Daughter got back from their trip on Sunday. Daughter flew back to Austin, but flight was delayed, delayed again, moved to a new terminal before finally boarding around 11:30 (original 10:20 departure). We stayed up until she advised she was home.

Uber picked her up (requested female driver) and she finally arrived at her apartment around 1:30 am.

Air travel has really declined over the last few years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

113 There were a hundred guineas. Didn't they have a yacht?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 09:45 AM (O0L8i)

Steerage, my boy.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 10:09 AM (rbvCR)

114 My wife and I were married on Talk Like a Pirate Day. Too bad we didn’t know it at the time.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

115 20 knots. Same as in the North Atlantic.

Posted by: Davey Jones at July 20, 2026 10:10 AM (2Ez/1)

116 Good tail is what makes man want to rule the world.
—-

If it weren’t for men, we’d still be living in caves, if it weren’t for women, we’d still be living in caves.

Posted by: Same principle at July 20, 2026 10:11 AM (JCLIh)

117 Lot of good movies with sailing ships.

Master and Commander
Captains Courageous
Summer Rental

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:11 AM (KC5Lt)

118 I was thinking of writing a limerick but couldn't come up with anything that rhymes with "First High Lord Secretary of the Admiralty"...
Posted by: muldoon at July 20, 2026 09:52 AM

"Sat a gee"?

- with apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 10:11 AM (bFu5X)

119 That's a sleek sloop

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:12 AM (2GVsD)

120 My wife and I were married on Talk Like a Pirate Day. Too bad we didn’t know it at the time.
Posted by: Bulg
_____

Prepare to be boarded!

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 10:12 AM (XvL8K)

121 Good tail is what makes man want to rule the world.
—-

Depends on who casts Helen of Troy.

The Greeks rated their women between 1 and 1000 ships.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:13 AM (KC5Lt)

122
Depends on who casts Helen of Troy.

The Greeks rated their women between 1 and 1000 ships.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:13 AM (KC5Lt)


Everyone knows she was a black, trans lesbian.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:14 AM (2YhKe)

123 107 All this boat talk…yachta yachta yachta
Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:07 AM

Not shore how we got here, but we seem to be roped in.

Posted by: Groan again at July 20, 2026 10:14 AM (2Ez/1)

124 As predicted, Space X has lost a lot of value since the IPO, and is down to $120.56. I'm not ready to buy yet.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 10:14 AM (Riz8t)

125 The Greeks rated their women between 1 and 1000 ships.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:13 AM (KC5Lt)

Christopher Nolan's Trojans launched 1000 ships to escape Helen.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 10:14 AM (ExV1e)

126 Nice

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 10:15 AM (8l6/L)

127 The Greeks rated their women between 1 and 1000 ships.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:13 AM
++++
And the unit of measure was the Millihelen.

Posted by: Cliff Clavin at July 20, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)

128 Lot of good movies with sailing ships.

Master and Commander
Captains Courageous
Summer Rental
Posted by: polynikes


Black Sails
Pirates of the Caribbean

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 10:16 AM (v3afF)

129 Lot of good movies with sailing ships.

Master and Commander
Captains Courageous
Summer Rental
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:11 AM (KC5Lt)
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*** Cutthroat Island has entered the chat! ***

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 10:16 AM (FZ29D)

130 The Greeks rated their women between 1 and 1000 ships.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:13 AM (KC5Lt)

Christopher Nolan's Trojans launched 1000 ships to escape Helen.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic


A Trojan could have prevented that movie.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 10:17 AM (v3afF)

131 *Finds in newsfeed*

Body found inside house owned by Rep. Ayanna Pressley's husband.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:17 AM (2GVsD)

132 Did see a video over the weekend where a trans was injecting himself into a situation with the police. It thought screaming leave me alone after the officer had enough with it's bullshit.

It ended up getting tased and cuffed, but they are normal and should be celebrated, you see.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:17 AM (2YhKe)

133 Air travel has really declined over the last few years.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

Agree. I flew last week for work and all flights were late. Spent around 6 hours at O’Hare… sigh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 10:17 AM (hxAVk)

134 In honor of Moon Day-

"Apollo 10 1/2: a Space Age Childhood" from Richard Linklater.
Like our own Teresa, he grew up in a space-adjacent family- but his movie is evocative of the era even if you didn't. So, so good.

Posted by: sal at July 20, 2026 10:17 AM (f+FmA)

135 Ribbed for her pleasure.

Posted by: Just the punchline at July 20, 2026 10:18 AM (2Ez/1)

136 Fucking NPR (I know, I know).
I listen to their intro to their horrid "1A" show, and the teaser is how "Trump is undermining the integrity of the voting process".

I didn't need to raise my blood pressure THAT high.

The lies are astounding.

But, you can do that when your listeners are brainwashed idiots.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 20, 2026 10:18 AM (x+ehB)

137
A Trojan could have prevented that movie.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 10:17 AM (v3afF)


Preventing 2AM beer goggle ugly children for generations.

Posted by: Trojan Man at July 20, 2026 10:18 AM (2YhKe)

138 Did see a video over the weekend where a trans was injecting himself into a situation with the police. It thought screaming leave me alone after the officer had enough with it's bullshit.

It ended up getting tased and cuffed, but they are normal and should be celebrated, you see.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:17 AM

Saw that one. Over/under on when that blue-haired head case shoots up a school somewhere?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 10:18 AM (bFu5X)

139 I'm standing right here...

Posted by: 11 versions of Moby Dick at July 20, 2026 10:18 AM (f+FmA)

140 Agree. I flew last week for work and all flights were late. Spent around 6 hours at O’Hare… sigh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 10:17 AM (hxAVk)


They finish that shithole yet?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:19 AM (2YhKe)

141 "Travel is a perk."

Posted by: The first lie they tell you at your new job at July 20, 2026 10:20 AM (2Ez/1)

142
Saw that one. Over/under on when that blue-haired head case shoots up a school somewhere?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 10:18 AM (bFu5X)


It will happen. That thing was completely and totally inf*ckingsane........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:20 AM (2YhKe)

143 Air travel has really declined over the last few years.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

Agree. I flew last week for work and all flights were late. Spent around 6 hours at O’Hare… sigh
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 10:17 AM (hxAVk)
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It's a conspiracy between Apple and Google to force people to spend more time glued to their devices while waiting for flights...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 10:20 AM (FZ29D)

144 Lot of good movies with sailing ships.
Master and Commander
Captains Courageous
Summer Rental
Posted by: polynikes
Black Sails
Pirates of the Caribbean

Cabin Boy.

Posted by: Chris Elliott at July 20, 2026 10:20 AM (e2lsi)

145 I'm standing right here...
Posted by: 11 versions of Moby Dick at July 20, 2026 10:18 AM

Pfft!

Posted by: Treasure Island at July 20, 2026 10:20 AM (bFu5X)

146 122
Depends on who casts Helen of Troy.

The Greeks rated their women between 1 and 1000 ships.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:13 AM (KC5Lt)


Everyone knows she was a black, trans lesbian.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:14 AM (2YhKe)

And that Homer was a black rapper.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 20, 2026 10:21 AM (xcxpd)

147 The older grandkids were here for the weekend- adult grandchildren (the youngest is 18 on Friday) are a whole other thing.
The girls liked the Odyssey- except for the Circe part. That was gross.

Posted by: sal at July 20, 2026 10:21 AM (f+FmA)

148 Sponge

Saw the video. Cop tells the overweight Blue Meanie that he isn't there for them. But they just had to insist on making the situation all about themselves.

They got what they deserved.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:21 AM (2GVsD)

149
Cabin Boy.
Posted by: Chris Elliott at July 20, 2026 10:20 AM (e2lsi)

Would you like to buy a monkey?

Posted by: David Letterman at July 20, 2026 10:22 AM (x+ehB)

150 Fucking NPR (I know, I know).
I listen to their intro to their horrid "1A" show, and the teaser is how "Trump is undermining the integrity of the voting process".



Preventing non-citizens from voting = Undermining the integrity


Seems the left spends a lot of time buying from Tegrity Farms.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:22 AM (2YhKe)

151 Would you like to buy a monkey?
Posted by: David Letterman at July 20, 2026 10:22 AM

Would you like to touch mine?

Posted by: Dieter at July 20, 2026 10:22 AM (bFu5X)

152 100 guineas?

Ayyyyy!!

*reaches inside jacket . . . *

Posted by: Paulie Walnuts at July 20, 2026 10:22 AM (wVcYX)

153 id see a video over the weekend where a trans was injecting himself into a situation with the police. It thought screaming leave me alone after the officer had enough with it's bullshit.

It ended up getting tased and cuffed, but they are normal and should be celebrated, you see.......

I watched it all. The cops were professional and cool. The "woman" in question was hysterical and intensely annoying. He had obviously been trained to think that screaming loudly enough would get him his way. He was wrong.

It's easy to laugh and cheer when he was finally put in the squad car, but TBH, it made me a bit sad. Imagine being this loon's family and watching someone you love spiraling the drain this way.

https://tinyurl.com/38zzt75p

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 10:22 AM (Riz8t)

154 How many careers did Cabin Boy harm?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:22 AM (2GVsD)

155 And that Homer was a black rapper.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 20, 2026 10:21 AM (xcxpd)
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D'OH!

Posted by: Homer at July 20, 2026 10:22 AM (FZ29D)

156 >>>I miss the paint-by-number kits I used to do on rainy days in my childhood. Several were ship scenes.

Painted on black velvet.
It's one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go, cat, go.

Posted by: Roy at July 20, 2026 10:23 AM (qwype)

157 They finish that shithole yet?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:19 AM (2YhKe)

No, they’re still fiddling with the place… I’d forgotten how far you have to walk from one gate to the next. Those moving sidewalk things should really be everywhere. Of course I am lazy

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 10:23 AM (TCUO6)

158 And that Homer was a black rapper.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 20, 2026 10:21 AM

I thought he was a yellow Simpson.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 10:23 AM (bFu5X)

159 And that Homer was a black rapper.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards


Homa was a rappa?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 10:23 AM (v3afF)

160 As I understand it, protocol would have been to call her "Your Majesty" the first time you spoke to her on a given day and then ma'am, or madam back then, for the rest of the day.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 09:47 AM (ExV1e)

I stand corrected!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 10:23 AM (l4RKn)

161 Saw the video. Cop tells the overweight Blue Meanie that he isn't there for them. But they just had to insist on making the situation all about themselves.

They got what they deserved.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:21 AM (2GVsD)



I think the best part was it freaking out because he kept "misgendering" it, then when he said "her" it stopped and said "Thank you" as the struggling continued.

High f*cking comedy........

This really is turning into a scene from Total Recall.........


Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:24 AM (2YhKe)

162 Which way to the bounding main?

Posted by: And The Egress at July 20, 2026 10:24 AM (JM9I6)

163 159 And that Homer was a black rapper.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Homa was a rappa?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 10:23 AM (v3afF)

Proper

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 20, 2026 10:24 AM (xcxpd)

164 How many careers did Cabin Boy harm?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:22 AM (2GVsD)

My pipes are clean!

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 20, 2026 10:24 AM (x+ehB)

165 Would you like to buy a monkey?
Posted by: David Letterman

I have a cute one in my cabin. Would you like to see him?

Posted by: Randy Weaver at July 20, 2026 10:25 AM (yYROg)

166 Speaking of sailing ships , I watched two documentaries over the weekend, The creation of Normandy and a doc series on The Napoleonic Wars (1803–15) . The French were pretty badass at one time. Sailing came in of course with William getting to England with his Army and Horses and the British ruling the seas during the Napoleonic wars.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:25 AM (KC5Lt)

167 It's still out there!

FDA says Taylor Farms lettuce recall was based on false positive, source of diarrhea outbreak remains unknown

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)

168

I think the best part was it freaking out because he kept "misgendering" it, then when he said "her" it stopped and said "Thank you" as the struggling continued.

High f*cking comedy........

This really is turning into a scene from Total Recall....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:24 AM

Got a link?

Posted by: Mildly curious at July 20, 2026 10:26 AM (2Ez/1)

169 And that Homer was a black rapper.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 20, 2026 10:21 AM (xcxpd)


I thought he was yellow?


https://youtu.be/NJwZIDaILrg?t=5

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:26 AM (2YhKe)

170 Lot of good movies with sailing ships.
Master and Commander
Captains Courageous
Summer Rental
Posted by: polynikes
Black Sails
Pirates of the Caribbean

Cabin Boy.
Posted by: Chris Elliott at July 20, 2026 10:20 AM (e2lsi)

Captain Blood. A real swashbuckler!

Posted by: Zombie Errol FLynn at July 20, 2026 10:26 AM (wVcYX)

171 Posted by: sal at July 20, 2026 10:21 AM (f+FmA

Husband and son went.They both liked except FenSpouse Thought that there should be more about the Gods. Only Athena showed up a bit. Zendaya- groovy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 10:26 AM (jt/rW)

172 I’m pricing one way flights to Denver. Cost is between $350-400 on United for a direct flight. However, flying to somewhere nearby with a connection in Denver is $200-250. Book the connection and not take the second flight saves money vs booking only the first flight.

Make it make sense for me how that works?

Posted by: Huh? at July 20, 2026 10:26 AM (rf/GM)

173 Homa was a rappa?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 10:23 AM (v3afF)

Max Homa? I thought he was a PGA tour player

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 10:26 AM (TCUO6)

174 Got a link?
Posted by: Mildly curious at July 20, 2026 10:26 AM

I think it was in the Morning Report today.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 10:27 AM (bFu5X)

175 PSA

SPCX - 121.60

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:27 AM (826kS)

176 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I'm liking the cut of the jib in today's art.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2026 10:28 AM (2WIwB)

177 Got a link?

Posted by: Mildly curious



https://tinyurl.com/38zzt75p

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 10:28 AM (Riz8t)

178 Democrats deep down think “Our Democracy” includes voting 12 times, stuffing ballot boxes, all of it. It is folly to try and negotiate with them in good faith. They consider being reasonable and a willingness to compromise in good faith a defect to be exploited

Posted by: Same principle at July 20, 2026 10:28 AM (JCLIh)

179 Someday we'll find out how Hollywood agreed to cast Zendaya in everything.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 10:28 AM (yYROg)

180 Pirates of the Caribbean

Cabin Boy.
Posted by: Chris Elliott at July 20, 2026 10:20 AM (e2lsi)

Captain Blood. A real swashbuckler!

The Old Man and the Sea

Posted by: Drunk Ernie at July 20, 2026 10:28 AM (x+ehB)

181 FDA says Taylor Farms lettuce recall was based on false positive, source of diarrhea outbreak remains unknown
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The source is out there.

Posted by: Fox Mulder at July 20, 2026 10:28 AM (2Ez/1)

182 Sometimes curiosity is unhealthy. Did Ellen page actually do the bottom surgery to attach some danglers and plug up well… you know? Maybe I don’t wanna know. It is sad because in the movie Inception she was cute

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 10:29 AM (TCUO6)

183 Well, couldn't be any worse.

New York school to use teaching robot made in sex-bot factory

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:29 AM (ndZc7)

184 FDA says Taylor Farms lettuce recall was based on false positive, source of diarrhea outbreak remains unknown
>>>
Did the EPA's hallway shitter transfer to the FDA's lab and cross-contaminate the samples?

The truth is out there.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 10:30 AM (wVcYX)

185 And that Homer was a black rapper.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
__________

Livin' in a nkán'nkster paradise.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 10:30 AM (XvL8K)

186
https://tinyurl.com/38zzt75p
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 10:22 AM (Riz8t)


A tox screen should be mandatory and released as a part of the investigation and overall health advisory letting everyone know what Big Pharma is doing to humans.

That thing is completely fubar.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:30 AM (2YhKe)

187 FDA says Taylor Farms lettuce recall was based on false positive, source of diarrhea outbreak remains unknown
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)

That was on the lettuce they got from Taylor to test. I think they still confirmed the lettuce from Taco Bell is the source. It's kind of confusing.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:30 AM (KC5Lt)

188 Maybe I don’t wanna know.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Until eye bleach or neuralyzers are a thing, you're better off not knowing.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 10:30 AM (lXoJ5)

189 Someday we'll find out how Hollywood agreed to cast Zendaya in everything.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 10:28 AM (yYROg)


I think they're pushing to get Zendaya and Pedro Pascal to mate in the effort to create some kind of unwanted hollywood super offspring or something......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:31 AM (2YhKe)

190 Ellen Page starred in a pro-life, anti-hipster movie (Juno) and has regretted it bitterly ever since.
Her transition must have been the best day ol' Melkor had since Doriath fell.

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at July 20, 2026 10:32 AM (yYROg)

191 That was on the lettuce they got from Taylor to test. I think they still confirmed the lettuce from Taco Bell is the source. It's kind of confusing.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:30 AM (KC5Lt)


Last report was the lettuce came from Mexico and it's all Trump's fault because he is President and Orange Man Bad.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:32 AM (2YhKe)

192 A tox screen should be mandatory and released as a part of the investigation and overall health advisory letting everyone know what Big Pharma is doing to humans.

Concur

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 10:32 AM (Riz8t)

193 New York school to use teaching robot made in sex-bot factory

USB Fantasies.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:32 AM (2GVsD)

194 I think they're pushing to get Zendaya and Pedro Pascal to mate in the effort to create some kind of unwanted hollywood super offspring or something......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:31 AM (2YhKe)

Have to say Zendaya would have been a better Helen of Troy if they still wanted to go woke.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:33 AM (KC5Lt)

195 177 Got a link?

Posted by: Mildly curious

https://tinyurl.com/38zzt75p
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 10:28 AM
++++
Gold, Jerry!
Gold!

Posted by: Banya at July 20, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)

196 Back in the day, when we had insane asylums, nutters like blue hair boy would be sedated 24x7 or put in a straight jacket before anyone would interact with them.

It has nothing to do with gender confusion. It has everything to do with insanity coupled with drugs coupled with social acceptance of said insanity.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 10:33 AM (jehhT)

197 Come visit us for fine seafood repast. Caught fresh from the Gowanus Canal!

Posted by: Hesh and Heidi's Nautical Nosh at July 20, 2026 10:33 AM (JM9I6)

198 Blue Meanie = Make Asylums Great Again

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:33 AM (2GVsD)

199 Problem solved!

Richard Stengel
@stengel
The thing I've never understood is why would an undocumented immigrant or non-citizen want to risk being arrested and deported by voting illegally? The answer is, they don't, and that's why they don't try to vote.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:34 AM (ndZc7)

200 @179

>>179 Someday we'll find out how Hollywood agreed to cast Zendaya in everything.

That's simple, she's a serviceable actress, she's black but not black-black, so they get Oscar DEI credits and use her in myriad ways.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 10:34 AM (XV/Pl)

201 Richard Stengel

Ol' Dick here has never been hate fvcked apparently.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:34 AM (2GVsD)

202 Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 10:28 AM (yYROg)

I have only seen her in clips where the subject matter was underwhelming, and she's certainly not a phenomenal beauty, so I guess I really shouldn't comment on her acting ability Is she any good?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 10:35 AM (rzDFg)

203 New York school to use teaching robot made in sex-bot factory

USB Fantasies.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:32 AM (2GVsD)

What could go wrong? Yul learn a lot!

Posted by: Westworld (1973) at July 20, 2026 10:35 AM (wVcYX)

204 The thing I've never understood is why would an undocumented immigrant or non-citizen want to risk being arrested and deported by voting illegally? The answer is, they don't, and that's why they don't try to vote.

Because if Republicans win they get sent home. If the Dems win they get to stay and more $$$ from Uncle Sugar

Also, who says they are actually submitting a ballot versus someone at an NGO ballot harvesting a bunch of ballots sent to illegals via Motor Voter or the likes?

Posted by: Sir Sails A Lot at July 20, 2026 10:36 AM (sKqQm)

205 @stengel
The thing I've never understood is why would an undocumented immigrant or non-citizen want to risk being arrested and deported by voting illegally? The answer is, they don't, and that's why they don't try to vote.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:34 AM (ndZc7)


Tell me you've done no research into voting irregularities and the illegal alien population without telling me you've done no research into voting irregularities and the illegal alien population.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:36 AM (2YhKe)

206 199 Problem solved!

Richard Stengel
@stengel
The thing I've never understood is why would an undocumented immigrant or non-citizen want to risk being arrested and deported by voting illegally? The answer is, they don't, and that's why they don't try to vote.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:34 AM (ndZc7)

Now do DUI, rape, and murder.

What a sad, impotent lackwit.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 10:36 AM (l6S4a)

207 Actually, Van, you do.

Van Jones
@VanJones68
I'm tired of being told that, to be a progressive, I now must swear allegiance to crazy ideas.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:36 AM (ndZc7)

208 If you need someone to scowl angrily at the camera, Zendaya's your gal.

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at July 20, 2026 10:36 AM (yYROg)

209 There's one of those YT clips where famous actors and actresses read the worst of the "fan" mail they've gotten. Zendaya reads one where the correspondent says "I bet her feet smell like Funyuns".

She says "let's check", takes off her shoe, and takes a whiff. She then says "Nope, smells like success". I admire that kind of wit.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 10:36 AM (Riz8t)

210 Richard Stengel

Ol' Dick here has never been hate fvcked apparently.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2026 10:34 AM (2GVsD)


Are you volunteering? Because I've never had sexual relations with a woman before.

Posted by: Richard Stengel at July 20, 2026 10:37 AM (2YhKe)

211 Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 10:34 AM (XV/Pl)

I guess it's helpful to her image to identify as black, but she's actually multi ethnic. Her father is black. Her mother is white and of European ancestry.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 10:37 AM (zqeQL)

212 The thing I've never understood is why would an undocumented immigrant or non-citizen want to risk being arrested and deported by voting illegally? The answer is, they don't, and that's why they don't try to vote.

Wait . So you're saying you don't understand what you're also saying doesn't happen.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:37 AM (KC5Lt)

213 FDA says Taylor Farms lettuce recall was based on false positive, source of diarrhea outbreak remains unknown
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)

If it was a terrorist attack would we be told?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 10:37 AM (rbvCR)

214 @VanJones68
I'm tired of being told that, to be a progressive, I now must swear allegiance to crazy ideas.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:36 AM (ndZc7)


When an openly admitted communist tells you your communist ideas are cray.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:37 AM (2YhKe)

215 Never even heard of Zendaya before this movie. Would have guessed it had something to do with a pan flute.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 10:38 AM (XvL8K)

216 How is smelling like Funyuns a bad thing?

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ)

217 Also, let's keep playing this game...

Fine, you tell me you are pretty sure illegals don't vote....but then you tell me if we validate citizenship before allowing someone to vote millions of people will be disenfranchised.

Well, which is it?

Either illegals vote and vote security will stop them or illegals don't vote and vote security will just cost us a small amount of money to validate that.

You spent money on tranny operas in Peru don't give me some bullshit that you are worried about the cost of this validation

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:38 AM (sKqQm)

218 I saw Explosive Diarrhoea open for Projectile Vomit on their Both Ends Tour at CBGB's in 1978.

Posted by: Runnin' On Empty at July 20, 2026 10:38 AM (JM9I6)

219 Taylor Farms is about to get a yuuge payday from the Feds ain't it.

Posted by: Bend over, taxpayers at July 20, 2026 10:39 AM (yYROg)

220 Beauteous.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2026 10:39 AM (bx2ki)

221 Never even heard of Zendaya before this movie. Would have guessed it had something to do with a pan flute.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 10:38 AM (XvL8K)


She's a Disney product, I believe......there's no telling what she's had done to her in her time in hollywood.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:39 AM (2YhKe)

222 The thing I've never understood is why would an undocumented immigrant or non-citizen want to risk being arrested and deported by voting illegally? The answer is, they don't, and that's why they don't try to vote.

Wait . So you're saying you don't understand what you're also saying doesn't happen.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:37 AM (KC5Lt)

The names may be in the system via motor-voter, and even if they scrupulously didn't vote, it doesn't mean a vote was not made in their name.

And there is also the cases of voting bribes, and arrogance as well, but I think the name was voted.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 10:39 AM (rbvCR)

223 Some kind of voodoo fiscal policy.

Grover Norquist
@GroverNorquist
Montana cut income tax rates.
Critics predicted less revenue.
Instead? Income tax revenue more than doubled.
Lower rates. More growth. More jobs. More taxpayers. That's how pro-growth tax reform works.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:39 AM (ndZc7)

224 How is smelling like Funyuns a bad thing?
Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ)


I don't mind those, other than them tearing the shit out of your mouth while eating them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:40 AM (2YhKe)

225 Even with no boobs (not streamlined, ya know), that babe is shipshape!

Posted by: Martin Tell at July 20, 2026 10:40 AM (OTAXA)

226 Zendaya was the prototype of a runway model. Runway models aren't known to be attractive imo. They all need a sammich and selected by the gay fashion designer.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:40 AM (KC5Lt)

227 @GroverNorquist
Montana cut income tax rates.
Critics predicted less revenue.
Instead? Income tax revenue more than doubled.
Lower rates. More growth. More jobs. More taxpayers. That's how pro-growth tax reform works.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:39 AM (ndZc7)


Ronald Reagan proved this a LONG time ago......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:40 AM (2YhKe)

228 I'm tired of being told that, to be a progressive, I now must swear allegiance to crazy ideas.

Leftwing politics isn't a standard political platform where you want a discrete set of changes to the law and you are done

So if you joined the left because you just wanted gay marriage or Obamacare or something sorry, the bus doesn't stop. You'll get trannies and free healthcare for illegals...and even crazier crap in the future.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:40 AM (sKqQm)

229 What is a funyun??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 10:40 AM (TCUO6)

230 Richard Stengel
@stengel
The thing I've never understood is why would an undocumented immigrant or non-citizen want to risk being arrested and deported by voting illegally? The answer is, they don't, and that's why they don't try to vote.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:34 AM (ndZc7)

Oh please, Dick-head here knows this but this has already long been sussed out - Dems are using their presences to fill out ballets, then mail them or collect them, plus add to the census count to get extra representation...not to go to a polling place to place an actual vote.

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 10:41 AM (j10i6)

231 Corn chips are nasty smelling. Corn nuts are the worst though.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:41 AM (KC5Lt)

232 Captain Blood. A real swashbuckler!

The Old Man and the Sea
Posted by: Drunk Ernie

The Sea Hawk. Another Flynn swashbuckler.

Posted by: Tuna at July 20, 2026 10:41 AM (lJ0H4)

233 229 What is a funyun??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

*passes the dutchie on the left hand side*

Posted by: gKWVE at July 20, 2026 10:41 AM (yYROg)

234 How is smelling like Funyuns a bad thing?
Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ)


I don't mind those, other than them tearing the shit out of your mouth while eating them.


*looks at Ace getting mad because people immediately head off on an irrelevant tangent, nods head as he finally understands*

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 10:41 AM (Riz8t)

235 SUCK IT ENGLAND

Posted by: Shane McGowan's Liver at July 20, 2026 10:42 AM (f2WUk)

236 Van Jones
@VanJones68
I'm tired of being told that, to be a progressive, I now must swear allegiance to crazy ideas.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:36 AM

Shorter Van Jones: Stop saying the quiet part out loud, you fools!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 10:42 AM (bFu5X)

237 What is a funyun??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 10:40 AM (TCUO6)



https://shorturl.fm/xVVC7

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:42 AM (2YhKe)

238 Zendaya isn't a good actress. She isn't particularly good at acting. She isn't a great singer, dancer, and doesn't have say one type of role she nails.

So why is she getting so much work? Well, coming up through Disney I'm guessing she's gotten used to making deals on the couch...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:43 AM (sKqQm)

239 Corn chips are nasty smelling. Corn nuts are the worst though.
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:41 AM (KC5Lt)


Wife says the dog needs to go to the groomers when he starts to smell like Fritos.


Corn Nuts are AWESOME.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:43 AM (2YhKe)

240 I'm tired of being told that, to be a progressive, I now must swear allegiance to crazy ideas.
——

Revisionist!!! Ha ha ha… It was at this point in Soviet Russia, many Bolsheviks in good standing, veterans of the 1917 Revolution, were sent off to the Gulag or “liquidated”.

No backsliding, Comrade!

Posted by: Same principle at July 20, 2026 10:43 AM (JCLIh)

241 Grover Norquist clearly does not understand the needs of the government of the State of Oregon. Tina Kotex understands that raw revenue numbers are the least important part of this calculation.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 10:43 AM (rbvCR)

242 Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2026 10:39 AM (rbvCR)

They've had arrests of illegals for voting fraud or assisting with voter fraud. The activists pushing for non citizen voting also includes a lot of illegals.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:43 AM (KC5Lt)

243 I've liked Zendaya in a number of movies, The Greatest Showman most of all, my primary issue with her is that she looks like a little girl even though she's 30.

She's like a female Ralph Machio.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 10:44 AM (XV/Pl)

244 @stengel
The thing I've never understood is why would an undocumented immigrant or non-citizen want to risk being arrested and deported by voting illegally? The answer is, they don't, and that's why they don't try to vote.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks



The answer is, they know no one will check.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 10:44 AM (v3afF)

245 229 Linus, only one of the greatest junk foods ever invented.

Think onion-flavored chips in the shape of an onion ring.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 10:44 AM (77rzZ)

246 Corn Nuts are AWESOME.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:43 AM (2YhKe)

To eat , yes. To sit next to someone eating them. No f'ing way.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:45 AM (KC5Lt)

247 There's one of those YT clips where famous actors and actresses read the worst of the "fan" mail they've gotten. Zendaya reads one where the correspondent says "I bet her feet smell like Funyuns".

She says "let's check", takes off her shoe, and takes a whiff. She then says "Nope, smells like success". I admire that kind of wit.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 10:36 AM

I've enjoyed watching news anchor Carissa Codel reading her hate tweets. The kid has a great sense of humor.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 20, 2026 10:45 AM (bFu5X)

248 Coming soon! Our next blockbuster action-horror rom-com-buddy-coming-of-age blockbuster starring Pedro Pascal and Zendaya!

Posted by: Amazon Prime Video at July 20, 2026 10:45 AM (B0NCh)

249 The two greatest junk foods ever invented are Snickers bars and Dorito chips.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 10:45 AM (XV/Pl)

250 “Crunchy Nuggets” were great. Parched corn, fried in Bacon grease. Corn nuts are OK, but they cheap out frying in synthetic wheel bearing grease

Posted by: Same principle at July 20, 2026 10:45 AM (JCLIh)

251 To eat , yes. To sit next to someone eating them. No f'ing way.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:45 AM (KC5Lt)



LMFAO

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:45 AM (2YhKe)

252 238 Zendaya isn't a good actress. She isn't particularly good at acting. She isn't a great singer, dancer, and doesn't have say one type of role she nails.

So why is she getting so much work? Well, coming up through Disney I'm guessing she's gotten used to making deals on the couch...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:43 AM (sKqQm)

She's swarthy and defeats the male gaze.

That's it.

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot worn by an ugly ethnic chick stamping on a human face—forever.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 10:45 AM (l6S4a)

253
Lot of good movies with sailing ships.

Master and Commander
Captains Courageous
Summer Rental
Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:11 AM (KC5Lt)



Swashbuckler

Robert Shaw and James Earl Jones trading dirty limericks while piratin'. Not to mention peak Genevieve Bujold skewering pernicious Limeys while looking delicious.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2026 10:46 AM (iqcvy)

254 That's a beautiful painting and a joy to look at. Thank you for posting it.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 20, 2026 10:46 AM (CXFY/)

255 The thing I've never understood is why would an undocumented immigrant or non-citizen want to risk being arrested and deported by voting illegally?

Let's put our stupid hat on here.

"Why would would any citizen take the risk of being arrested for theft, rape, murder, using drugs, etc etc etc? The answer is they don't!"

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:46 AM (sKqQm)

256 Alestorm

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dU8VPQsTqFU&pp

Posted by: The Ballots at July 20, 2026 10:48 AM (LOZbR)

257 The thing I've never understood is why would an undocumented immigrant or non-citizen want to risk being arrested and deported by voting illegally?


The definition of gaslighting.

Democrats wouldn't be 100% onboard with illegals invading our country if they DIDN'T vote, treasonous asshole.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:48 AM (2YhKe)

258 Meh Zendaya isn't ugly or anything either. She isn't like Bella Ramsey or Lena Dunham.

She's thin with a very average face. An Applebee's six if you will.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:48 AM (sKqQm)

259 Illegals will happily rape, murder, drive drunk, run Medicaid scams, deal drugs and belong to violent gangs.

But they wouldn’t dare illegally vote for fear of being deported.

LOL


Posted by: Huh? at July 20, 2026 10:49 AM (rf/GM)

260 Zendaya has been in a total of 14 films and roughly half of her filmography has been either Spiderman or Dune films.

She's actually under exposed.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 10:50 AM (XV/Pl)

261 181 FDA says Taylor Farms lettuce recall was based on false positive, source of diarrhea outbreak remains unknown -
--

Somebody jumped the gun. - again.

---

THey should have tazed blue boy in the nuts.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:50 AM (826kS)

262 I don't understand these words in this order.

“Star Trek” Icon William Shatner Set to Perform First Show with His Heavy Metal Band

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:50 AM (ndZc7)

263
I don't mind those, other than them tearing the shit out of your mouth while eating them.



ARRRRRRR!

Posted by: Captain Crunch at July 20, 2026 10:50 AM (iqcvy)

264 She's thin with a very average face. An Applebee's six if you will.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:48 AM (sKqQm)

This is what they've taken from you:

Thin and an average face is a 6.

She looks like a live-action Charlie Brown character.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 10:50 AM (l6S4a)

265 Oh please, Dick-head here knows this but this has already long been sussed out - Dems are using their presences to fill out ballets, then mail them or collect them, plus add to the census count to get extra representation...not to go to a polling place to place an actual vote.
Posted by: Boswell

As far as election cheat schemes go, this one is the absolute best so far. Get a massive amount of ballots legalized (laundered) from otherwise ineligible voters who will likely never vote anyway, and make it legal to have votes counted after election day. So simple, that even the low IQ Dems running big city elections can handle it.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 20, 2026 10:51 AM (Dv3i1)

266 The average American woman is 170 lbs now.

Thin is a big deal...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:51 AM (sKqQm)

267 260 Zendaya has been in a total of 14 films and roughly half of her filmography has been either Spiderman or Dune films.

She's actually under exposed.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Hmm. Maybe if she had a few nude scenes it would distract the audience from her average looks.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 20, 2026 10:52 AM (Dv3i1)

268 Meh Zendaya isn't ugly or anything either. She isn't like Bella Ramsey or Lena Dunham.

She's thin with a very average face. An Applebee's six if you will.

I think she's quite attractive.
No Chomo.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 20, 2026 10:52 AM (Riz8t)

269 That was on the lettuce they got from Taylor to test. I think they still confirmed the lettuce from Taco Bell is the source. It's kind of confusing.

Posted by: polynikes
---

They need to get their shit straight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:52 AM (826kS)

270 Democrats wouldn't be 100% onboard with illegals invading our country if they DIDN'T vote, treasonous asshole.
——

If Illegals pouring across the border were conservatives, there would be 2 walls, patrolled in between by Pit bulls with AIDS. Smart phones would all be suppled with an App pre-loaded with ICE on speed-dial

Posted by: Same principle at July 20, 2026 10:53 AM (022O5)

271
I don't understand these words in this order.

“Star Trek” Icon William Shatner Set to Perform First Show with His Heavy Metal Band
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:50 AM (ndZc7)



Stealing my thunder....

Posted by: Zombie Christopher Lee at July 20, 2026 10:53 AM (iqcvy)

272
They need to get their shit straight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:52 AM (826kS)


Hard to when it's mostly liquid and blowing everywhere.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 10:53 AM (2YhKe)

273 As I remarked, Zendaya is very pretty and cute, the issue is that she's 30 and looks like a young teenager.

So it limits the types of roles she can get.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 10:53 AM (XV/Pl)

274 Zendaya isn't a good actress. She isn't particularly good at acting. She isn't a great singer, dancer, and doesn't have say one type of role she nails.

So why is she getting so much work?

She's a diversity hire that doesn't immediately read as one. As Joe Biden said, that's the dream, man. At least in modern Hollywood.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 10:54 AM (2ocoG)

275 Posted by: Same principle at July 20, 2026 10:53 AM (022O5

See Ukraine.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:54 AM (KC5Lt)

276 266 The average American woman is 170 lbs now.

Thin is a big deal...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:51 AM (sKqQm

In Hollywood, it isn't.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 10:54 AM (l6S4a)

277 260 Zendaya has been in a total of 14 films and roughly half of her filmography has been either Spiderman or Dune films.

She's actually under exposed.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

I'll take things that are wrong for $400, Alex.

Posted by: Auspex at July 20, 2026 10:54 AM (Y8DZL)

278 plus add to the census count to get extra representation

This is a point that gets lost in the discussion a lot. Assume that in fact no illegals vote.

In a state that sends illegals home the 760K citizens in a house district get one Rep.

Then in a state that brings in illegals every 300k citizens get a state rep because they've got 460k illegals around them.

Is this fair? No. In fact this sort of game caused major issues in Britain years ago as "rotten boroughs"

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:54 AM (sKqQm)

279 As I remarked, Zendaya is very pretty and cute, the issue is that she's 30 and looks like a young teenager.

Not seeing the problem.

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 20, 2026 10:54 AM (Riz8t)

280 The average American woman is 170 lbs now.
Thin is a big deal...
——-

The average American woman … is not 6’2” however.

Posted by: Same principle at July 20, 2026 10:55 AM (022O5)

281 I think Zendaya ruined Dune though that could have just been the script writers.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:56 AM (KC5Lt)

282 276 266 The average American woman is 170 lbs now.

Thin is a big deal...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:51 AM (sKqQm

In Hollywood, it isn't.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 10:54 AM (l6S4a)

The comparator isn't the narwhale who's checking you out in Walgreens. It's any of the much more attractive women (who can also act beyond frowning) who could have been cast as Chani.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 10:56 AM (l6S4a)

283 “Star Trek” Icon William Shatner Set to Perform First Show with His Heavy Metal Band

Shatner passed "no fucks given" about 25 years ago and it's fun to watch. Especially when people try to start fights with him on X.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 10:56 AM (2ocoG)

284 Zendanya reminds me of pirate Johnny Depp.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 10:56 AM (LHPAg)

285 What IS a woman? Who are we to judge...

Posted by: Truck Monkey at July 20, 2026 10:57 AM (affD0)

286 Spring break shows that young women are eating a lot more junk food than they used to.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 10:58 AM (KC5Lt)

287 There is a schooner "America 2.0" modeled after the original "America" that does sailing tours in Key West and New York. It is a beautiful vessel.
Website here: https://sail-nyc.com/our-boats/schooner-america-2-0/

My wife and I went on an afternoon sail out of Key West. Very breezy day, boat making 11 knots with just mainsail and jib. A wonderful time.

Posted by: George V at July 20, 2026 10:58 AM (HUbHH)

288 @281

>>I think Zendaya ruined Dune though that could have just been the script writers.

I think the primary issue is that the new Dune films are not good overall and are simply not an improvement over the 1984 film.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 10:58 AM (XV/Pl)

289 In Hollywood, it isn't.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
---

Hollywood represents all that is wrong with America.
Pressing money to Hollywood in any way is supporting the DSA.



Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 10:58 AM (826kS)

290 I saw Explosive Diarrhoea open for Projectile Vomit on their Both Ends Tour at CBGB's in 1978.
Posted by: Runnin' On Empty

2020 v. 2026

https://tinyurl.com/yn4e3e23

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 10:59 AM (ndZc7)

291 What kind of bozo uses a non word such as "suss" or sussed out? When did this become trendy?

Posted by: Will Robinson at July 20, 2026 10:59 AM (SExz7)

292 “Star Trek” Icon William Shatner Set to Perform First Show with His Heavy Metal Band
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"Shatner has left the building."

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 10:59 AM (Fi81e)

293 Corn Nuts are AWESOME.
Dork her squeek hole then she can pick the kernels from your johnson.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 20, 2026 10:59 AM (yr/Go)

294 Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 10:58 AM (XV/Pl)

I liked the 1984 movie and thought Part one of the new Dune was an improvement. Part two was a huge disappointment for me.

Posted by: polynikes at July 20, 2026 11:00 AM (KC5Lt)

295 Incidentally, the kids have come up with a new way to mock the rainbow mafia: tell them you're a member of the IDGAF+ community. Love it.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 20, 2026 11:00 AM (2ocoG)

296 Zendaya was a Disney kid which means she was passed around Hollywood. That’s how she became a “star” who is in everything. A story as old as time.

Posted by: Huh? at July 20, 2026 11:00 AM (rf/GM)

297 286 Spring break shows that young women are eating a lot more junk food than they used to.

Posted by: polynikes
---

Gluttony has become the norm.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 11:00 AM (826kS)

298 Zendaya played Zendaya in the Dune movies.

But Zendaya plays Zendaya in every movie she's in.

I think Paul, his mother, and even Jason Momoa did well but ugh every scene with Chani was like watching a Disney special focused on a teenager with a troubled dating life.

Oh my Gawdddd Becky. Paul is totally going to miss the prom to like play with his sandworm. We have to fix this!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 11:00 AM (sKqQm)

299 Rant up

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 11:01 AM (v3afF)

300 The answer is, they don't
-------

Ah I see. So we're back to "it never happens". The whole "not widespread" thing is going back on the shelf.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 11:01 AM (AfzoM)

301 The new Buffalo Bill's logo.

https://tinyurl.com/ypsu7mjd

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 11:01 AM (ndZc7)

302 Incidentally, the kids have come up with a new way to mock the rainbow mafia: tell them you're a member of the IDGAF+ community. Love it.

I am feeling hope for the youngsters.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 11:01 AM (lXoJ5)

303 286 Spring break shows that young women are eating a lot more junk food than they used to.
Posted by: polynikes

You mean 800 calorie blended frappes and a giant chocolate chip cookie isn't a nutritious lunch?

Posted by: Runnin' On Empty at July 20, 2026 11:01 AM (JM9I6)

304 I think the primary issue is that the new Dune films are not good overall and are simply not an improvement over the 1984 film.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 10:58 AM (XV/Pl)

The 1984 Dune rushed the story and made egregious errors to it. It is actually the opposite: Villaneuve’s films are a vast improvement.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:01 AM (4g5V+)

305 You mean 800 calorie blended frappes and a giant chocolate chip cookie isn't a nutritious lunch?
Posted by: Runnin' On Empty at July 20, 2026 11:01 AM (JM9I6)

Shut your hateful mouth.

Posted by: Starbucks at July 20, 2026 11:02 AM (rf/GM)

306 Polyester for the win!

https://tinyurl.com/47wyauu4

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 11:03 AM (ndZc7)

307 276 266 The average American woman is 170 lbs now.

Thin is a big deal...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:51 AM (sKqQm

In Hollywood, it isn't.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 10:54 AM (l6S4a)

The comparator isn't the narwhale who's checking you out in Walgreens. It's any of the much more attractive women (who can also act beyond frowning) who could have been cast as Chani.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 10:56 AM (l6S4a)

Audie Murphy was 5 feet 5 inches (165 cm) tall and weighed 112 pounds (51 kg) when he enlisted in the U.S. Army at age 17 in 1942.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 11:03 AM (wVcYX)

308 291 What kind of bozo uses a non word such as "suss" or sussed out? When did this become trendy?

Posted by: Will Robinson
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When someone says something is the shits you never know for sure if it something good or bad. It is unclear.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 11:03 AM (826kS)

309 279 As I remarked, Zendaya is very pretty and cute, the issue is that she's 30 and looks like a young teenager.

Not seeing the problem.
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 20, 2026 10:54 AM (Riz8t)

Zendaya is just…so plain looking.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:03 AM (4g5V+)

310
Tastes differ.

We have a respected moron who thinks Greta Thunburg is hot.

Posted by: Auspex at July 20, 2026 11:05 AM (Y8DZL)

311 307 276 266 The average American woman is 170 lbs now.

Thin is a big deal...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 10:51 AM (sKqQm

In Hollywood, it isn't.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 10:54 AM (l6S4a)

The comparator isn't the narwhale who's checking you out in Walgreens. It's any of the much more attractive women (who can also act beyond frowning) who could have been cast as Chani.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 10:56 AM (l6S4a)

Audie Murphy was 5 feet 5 inches (165 cm) tall and weighed 112 pounds (51 kg) when he enlisted in the U.S. Army at age 17 in 1942.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 11:03 AM (wVcYX)

Oh, well now I'm totally a Zendaya fan.

Wut?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 11:06 AM (l6S4a)

312 249 The two greatest junk foods ever invented are Snickers bars and Dorito chips.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 10:45 AM (XV/Pl)

And people who have never eaten either die.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:06 AM (4g5V+)

313 310
Tastes differ.

We have a respected moron who thinks Greta Thunburg is hot.
Posted by: Auspex at July 20, 2026 11:05 AM (Y8DZL)
Disturbing.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 11:06 AM (LHPAg)

314 313 310
Tastes differ.

We have a respected moron who thinks Greta Thunburg is hot.
Posted by: Auspex at July 20, 2026 11:05 AM (Y8DZL)
Disturbing.
Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 11:06 AM (LHPAg)

For a goblin.

But one does not simply walk into Mordor.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 20, 2026 11:08 AM (l6S4a)

315 Why would illegal aliens murder and risk the chance of being located and deported.

Why would illegal aliens risk deportation over serially molesting a girl starting at age 10?

Oh, what's that? Dems block their deportation, too.

Dems try to play it that any deportation is unfair?

Yeah, that might be a factor....

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:09 AM (Fi81e)

316 Is it fair for America to be able to build a yacht that is that much bigger?

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 11:10 AM (Fi81e)

317 But I have to say Princess Fiona is a looker.

Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 11:12 AM (LHPAg)

318 313 310
Tastes differ.

We have a respected moron who thinks Greta Thunburg is hot.
Posted by: Auspex at July 20, 2026 11:05 AM (Y8DZL)
Disturbing.
Posted by: Eromero at July 20, 2026 11:06 AM (LHPAg)

A cry for help.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 11:12 AM (4g5V+)

319
The Yacht America
Charles S. Raleigh
From the Smithsonian Museum

It's very beautiful!

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 12:25 PM (6wpGE)

320 6 *Cranks up Christopher Cross*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

hahahahaha earworm

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 12:26 PM (6wpGE)

321 Sneaking in.

👍 Would hang.

What a nice opener for the week. Thank you.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 20, 2026 12:51 PM (NFX2v)

The Morning Report — 7/ 20 /26

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Good morning kids. Well we seem to be picking up from where we left off last week. Then again why is this Monday different from any other Monday in this day and age?!

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer appears to have let out a ghastly flatulence this week on the floor of the chamber while criticizing President Donald Trump over the war in Iran.

Meh, every time Chuck Schumer opens his mouth to imitate human speech he emits the noise and stench of flatus, but continuing on a more serious yet schatological note.

The lettuce now being recalled by Taylor Farms in California has also hatched a number of lawsuits filed in federal court against Taco Bell, which allegedly used the shredded lettuce contaminated with a parasite called cyclospora.

No deaths have been reported from the outbreak.

Of course, like most any negative condition that makes headlines and impacts Americans, the problem was caused by Trump, according to a Democrat lawmaker and another who is running for Congress.

Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) posted a video Saturday on social media claiming the “worst outbreak in U.S. history” was caused by the president “taking a wrecking ball” to “our public health infrastructure,” even though the actual source of the outbreak has been traced to Mexico.

And speaking of projection and projectile diarrhea. . .

Mamdani’s belief that, as a minor municipal functionary, he wields some imaginary international power to subvert American sovereignty just shows the delusions of his ideology.

His authority extends to fixing potholes and collecting garbage, neither of which he does competently. But his delusions of grandeur are shared by the misfits, ignoramuses, and foreign interlopers who make up his rancid branch of the Democrat Party — the DSA.

The Democratic Socialists of America know nothing, have built nothing and don’t understand the country they live in, yet they imagine they have the moral authority to tear it down.

Their aim is to import foreign conflicts and alien ideologies that are the antithesis of America’s founding principles. . . Leftists are motivated by envy and a “poisonous resentment” that makes them hostile to everything that has made America successful, as Rubio said last week when opening a State Department conference on combating left-wing violence, something his Cuban emigre family knows a thing or two about. . . But that is the mission of the DSA. To use the Democratic Party as their Trojan horse to foment a communist revolution in America.

Does Mamdani really think that any NYC police officer is really going to attempt to lay a finger on Benjamin Netanyahu? There sure is no way in hell any Mossad agent and there are likely a half dozen or so surrounding Bibi everywhere he goes, will ever allow that to happen and they're probably itching to ventilate or otherwise break Mamdani's bones if they get half a chance.

That said, sic transit gloria Democrats because of Sick Bastards like Mamdani.

So, do they really have a shot at winning the next couple of elections and then finally snuffing us out for good?

Democratic Senate contenders are dramatically out-raising their Republican peers, according to Federal Election Commission data — with Georgia’s Jon Ossoff and James Talarico in Texas leading the pack.
Eight of the top 10 Senate candidate fundraiser this year are Democrats, whose top contestants have raked in $574 million, compared to the Republicans’ $336 million, per the FEC.
Incumbent Sen. Ossoff (D-Ga.) is the biggest fundraiser on both sides, having raked in a jaw-dropping $77 million as of June 30, and has a staggering $42.5 million in cash on hand. . . . Democrats are considered likely to retake the House in the Nov. 3 elections, due to polls and the historical trend of the party in power in the White House losing seats in the midterms.
But the Senate is a tougher call. Based on polls and incumbents, Republicans have an easier path to hold the upper chamber, but Democrats are running neck and neck with them in key races.
Democrats are generally eying Maine, Ohio, North Carolina and Alaska in particular as their easiest path to retaking the Senate.
But to win the upper chamber, they have to defend vulnerable incumbents, including Ossoff, who has proven to be a financial juggernaut.

Well at least I can delude myself with the likes of John Fetterman.

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1 Good morning, Horde!

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:46 AM (lXoJ5)

2 Rather Than Back Down, Trump Must Escalate His Campaign For Mass Deportations

How many people can fit in a C-5? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:48 AM (lXoJ5)

3 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

4 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:49 AM (u82oZ)

5 Happy Monday

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 07:50 AM (/+uur)

6
*furiously shuffles papers on desk*

Content, content, content. How am I expected to keep up with it all?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 07:50 AM (O0L8i)

7
Willowed, because I'm seriously annoyed.

Seriously annoyed. I think that after some reasonable length of time (5-10 years), journals should have to make articles open access. There's no reason to pay $50-60 for a PDF of something that was published 30 or 40 years ago.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 07:51 AM (O0L8i)

8 Your Senate Minority Leader took my advice. So?

Posted by: Mao at July 20, 2026 07:51 AM (4g5V+)

9 NR Pax

C-17 is good enough. Those C-5s are getting very old and mechanically unreliable.

My question is the destination.

Gaza, Bermuda triangle for Gaia-based shark feeding, or the Russian front lines in Ukraine?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:52 AM (u82oZ)

10 "Destroy Israel" banner floats at San Fermin Festival.
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Mame mi pinga!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:52 AM (RIvkX)

11 The new UK PM Burnham sounds like a fucking disaster waiting to happen. A reincarnation of, take your pick, PM Wilson or PM Callaghan.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 07:53 AM (4g5V+)

12 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 07:53 AM (jehhT)

13 >>> 7
Willowed, because I'm seriously annoyed.

Seriously annoyed. I think that after some reasonable length of time (5-10 years), journals should have to make articles open access. There's no reason to pay $50-60 for a PDF of something that was published 30 or 40 years ago.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 07:51 AM (O0L8i)

REEEEE!!!

Posted by: DIESney at July 20, 2026 07:53 AM (vDZgA)

14 Hadrian the Seventh

Absolutely!! That is why patents have a time limit.

Google and AI in general will eventually break that strangle-hold of data.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ)

15
C-17 is good enough. Those C-5s are getting very old and mechanically unreliable.

My question is the destination.

Gaza, Bermuda triangle for Gaia-based shark feeding, or the Russian front lines in Ukraine?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:52 AM (u82oZ)

Wish we could dust off the blueprints and make more C-5s with updated technology.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 07:54 AM (4g5V+)

16 The potential for China to usurp us in AI isn’t a scary hypothetical for some future decade. It’s our current reality.

Its not a potential anymore. You have former Tea Party activists doing all that they can do to make sure that the US is not a player in the AI transformation.

Its sort of like a rejection of MAD, one where instead of having a warhead race, the US immediately concedes to the enemy the monopoly on nuclear arms, and then hopes for the best despite all of the contrary evidence.

A lot of US companies are leaving domestic AI and looking to China for the exact same reasons all other industries abandoned the US for manufacturing and went overseas.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 07:54 AM (PVBkQ)

17 "Democratic Senate contenders are dramatically out-raising their Republican peers, according to Federal Election Commission data — with Georgia’s Jon Ossoff and James Talarico in Texas leading the pack."


Just a reminder but in 2016 jeb! out raised evey single person running for president in the republican primary just to come in last in new hampshire and iowa.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2026 07:56 AM (0N4FZ)

18 How many people can fit in a C-5? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:48 AM (lXoJ5)

Unfortunately, as Pinocet discovered, more than in helicopter, but that does not mean we shouldn't try...and several trips could be made.

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 07:56 AM (j10i6)

19 Cow Demon

Based on where the UK is now, Burnham will be the worst PM. Ever.

No corrective action, just doubling down on failed policy.

Labour elected a new PM, but the country still died.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:56 AM (u82oZ)

20 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 07:56 AM (ExV1e)

21 Throwing my prophet token on the table.

The dems are not going to win the house.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 07:57 AM (abScH)

22 The dems are not going to win the house.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 07:57 AM (abScH)

I agree, Ben, and I can tell by how hard Fox polling is working to get the Dems over the line...ain't gonna happen.

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 07:58 AM (j10i6)

23 >>>Mamdani and his DSA comrades have one goal — a communist revolution in America.

Then it will be weapons free.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 07:58 AM (dK+Kv)

24 Cow Demon

The US military is a vast logistics firm that can fight in Waffle Houses.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:58 AM (u82oZ)

25 Gaza, Bermuda triangle for Gaia-based shark feeding, or the Russian front lines in Ukraine?

Well, if its shark feeding you want, then there is really no alternative than the antebellum slave trade routes says the accredited marine biologist progressive activist Nadine Smith assured us.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 07:59 AM (a6PrB)

26 > On Wednesday, federal prosecutors ended three decades of bureaucratic dormancy by filing the first-ever application with the secretive Alien Terrorist Removal Court. The emergency wartime tool—originally signed into law during Speaker Newt Gingrich’s Congress in 1996 but left buried by previous administrations—empowers the executive branch to present classified intelligence directly to a specialized panel of federal judges under tight seal, completely cutting through the red tape and endless appeals favored by open-borders advocates.
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I have to wonder why this wasn't implemented two years ago when our judicial insurrection shifted into high gear.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 07:59 AM (jehhT)

27 "Georgia voters will continue casting ballots under the state's current vote-counting system for at least two more years after lawmakers approved a plan to delay major election equipment changes until 2028.

Lawmakers had approved that deadline two years ago but never settled on a replacement system"


The GOP is in control in Georgia. They had two years and we are still stuck with Dominion and indecipherable QR codes. This tell you something about the GA GOP.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 07:59 AM (MWfyi)

28 Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

We know how that will turn out. Can we be preventative now, rather than fight later?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

29 How about China as a drop off point? They have a lot of vacant cities and they get free labor. Win/Win for all concerned.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:59 AM (lXoJ5)

30 >>>Democratic Senate contenders are dramatically out-raising their Republican peers, according to Federal Election Commission data — with Georgia’s Jon Ossoff and James Talarico in Texas leading the pack.

Boo freaking hoo. Senate R assholes have squandered nearly 6 years of Trump's presidency, and they can't raise money?

Bet they didn't see that coming.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 08:00 AM (dK+Kv)

31 We know how that will turn out. Can we be preventative now, rather than fight later?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

We including spineless Rs? Doubtful.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 08:00 AM (dK+Kv)

32 The rule, known as “public charge,” appeared in the Federal Register on Thursday. It will be formally published July 20 and take effect Sept. 18. Under the policy, green card applicants must demonstrate they will not become a burden on American taxpayers.

The administration first put the rule in place in February 2020 during President Donald Trump’s first term, part of an effort to limit legal immigration. President Joe Biden reversed it after taking office.

It should also include family and friends.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 08:01 AM (/+uur)

33 We have an Alien Terrorist Removal Court, and it's never been used, NOT EVEN ONCE, since its establishment 30 years ago? WTAF???

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 20, 2026 08:01 AM (h7ZuX)

34 Well at least I can delude myself with the likes of John Fetterman.

Fetterman would herd you into the railcar at gunpoint just like the rest. He'd just tell you that he holds no special animus towards Israel while he was doing it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 08:01 AM (ExV1e)

35 The left installs a new unelected leader in poor Albion.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 08:02 AM (RIvkX)

36 Georgia’s Jon Ossoff and James Talarico in Texas leading the pack.

That is NOT Georgia and TX money
That is NY NJ and Cal money

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 08:02 AM (/+uur)

37 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 08:02 AM (h3syt)

38 NR Pax

The Chinese already has an entire country of lying-flat, unemployed labor in need of a job.

Even Xi is not that stupid. And Kim can't get them to farm any better that his subjects can.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:02 AM (u82oZ)

39 I agree, Ben, and I can tell by how hard Fox polling is working to get the Dems over the line...ain't gonna happen.

I wonder how much of this is due to political ads in contested races are between 30-40% of their quarterly revenue?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 08:03 AM (a6PrB)

40 Nacho and Alred both out raised Cruz. Worked out well for them.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 08:03 AM (abScH)

41 Instead of hitting them where it really hurts ***
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Yes, he knows the best way to take on Iran.
another expert


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:03 AM (826kS)

42 > The potential for China to usurp us in AI isn’t a scary hypothetical for some future decade. It’s our current reality.
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China is actively stealing any and every AI toolset it can hack. They simply do not have the expertise to code it themselves. Nor do they have the infrastructure to run massive AI models.

So they're funding an "anti-datacenter" movement here to slow us down.

They not going to usurp anyone. They're trying to stymie everyone else and buy time to sort their own shit out. Which likely will never happen.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 08:04 AM (jehhT)

43 San Franpsycho

That "consent of the governed" sure is important for a well-run country. Thank you, Founding Fathers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:04 AM (u82oZ)

44 The Spanish team wanted Trump to stay and lift the trophy with them…

This a good reminder for the left that they operate in a small echo chamber

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:04 AM (WPIH0)

45 🚨FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS OBAMA TO PAY $14 MILLION OR HAVE HIS UGLY SOUTH SIDE PRESIDENTIAL CENTER SEIZED AND SOLD AT AUCTION — ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS ARE READY TO BUY IT AND BULLDOZE IT INTO A PUBLIC PARK!

This is going to be fun to watch.

A Federal Judge in Chicago has given Barack Obama 10 days to pay the contractors he stiffed for building his monstrosity on the South Side — or the entire property gets seized and sold at auction. Obama apparently doesn’t have $14 million in liquid cash ready to go.

The Illinois Republican Party says they’d be more than happy to buy it, pay off the liens, and bulldoze the whole ugly thing into a nice public park. That would be the perfect ending for this eyesore.

Obama thought he could build a massive taxpayer-funded monument to himself while stiffing the actual workers. Now the judge has ruled he either pays up or loses the building.

Sources close to the family say they can’t come up with that kind of cash that fast. Looks like BHO is about to find out what happens when the bills finally come due.

It will be satisfying to watch the demolition crews knock this thing down.

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:05 AM (WPIH0)

46 Nacho and Alred both out raised Cruz. Worked out well for them.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 08:03 AM (abScH)

In Texas, when 90% of your funding comes from outside the state, you'll lose...ask Beto!

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 08:06 AM (j10i6)

47 {{{ Dash my lace wigs!}}}

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

48 I think Schumer’s fart is more eloquent than 99% of what is uttered in the senate by either party. Schumer-Swalwell 28!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 08:06 AM (qVlaK)

49 $14 million is nothing. Soros may provide it all himself.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:07 AM (MWfyi)

50 48 I think Schumer’s fart is more eloquent than 99% of what is uttered in the senate by either party. Schumer-Swalwell 28!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 08:06 AM (qVlaK


It was the first honest thing he ever "uttered".

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 08:09 AM (FtULh)

51 Barky will get a $15 million book advance for an AI written book five years from now.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:09 AM (MWfyi)

52 The Data-Center Revolt Goes National: Tea Party Veteran Leads 142 Rallies Across 42 States

The county-by-county fights over water, power bills, and closed-door deals found a single banner on Saturday - carried by a woman who helped build the Tea Party.

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:09 AM (WPIH0)

53 SMOD

That would please me mightily. Another cash drain on the backers of KAOS.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)

54 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at July 20, 2026 08:09 AM (53oGX)

55 "A Federal Judge in Chicago has given Barack Obama 10 days to pay the contractors he stiffed for building his monstrosity on the South Side — or the entire property gets seized and sold at auction. Obama apparently doesn’t have $14 million in liquid cash ready to go."

Oh please oh please, O'Lord, let this happen...I ask so very little in life, but please, God, make this one thing happen!

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 08:10 AM (j10i6)

56 It will be satisfying to watch the demolition crews knock this thing down.

Considering the DEI contracting, it makes one wonder if the build quality rivals that of the Three Gorges Dam.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 08:10 AM (nAS9C)

57 Senate Dems rake in jaw-dropping cash — with Ossoff and Talarico leading the pack

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The whole thing makes my heart sink. From the inevitable(?) loss of the House to the very real possibility of barely losing the Senate, and all the cheating apparatus that is still well-oiled and in operation, I just feel like we're heading for such an epic disaster. And do any of these freaks, like AOC and her Kommunist Kids Komrades have a chance at 2028? Just take a look around us. An extremely stupid, uninformed, ignorant population constantly bombarded by media lies tells me, while we may laugh at the notion as impossible...I know it's a very real possibility. There are some days I feel like the country's walls are crumbling down and there just isn't any way to recover. The headwinds to fundamentally transform the USA are gale force winds. And the GOP is either complicit, or utterly useless. We're flapping in the breeze as we careen toward the Communist wall.

Maybe it's just me...

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 20, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

58 Democratic Senate contenders are dramatically out-raising their Republican peers, according to Federal Election Commission data — with Georgia’s Jon Ossoff and James Talarico in Texas leading the pack.
Eight of the top 10 Senate candidate fundraiser this year are Democrats
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You mean to tell me Thune-momentum just doesn't excite donors?! Shocked, I tell ya, shocked.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2026 08:10 AM (lutPA)

59 I'm sure there are many, many sources of funding for Obama to lay hands on for is dumpster fire building. Or someone will pay the contractors for him.

The only question is what Obama will do in exchange for the payoff.

Run his mouth is a given.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 08:10 AM (jehhT)

60 >>>Just a reminder but in 2016 jeb! out raised evey single person running for president in the republican primary just to come in last in new hampshire and iowa.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)
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When you get the Lobby money, DC money, Democrat radical money coming your way you will out raise but it is of no indication your level of popularity. Look from where a candidate receives his money and you will know your candidate better.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:10 AM (826kS)

61 It was the first honest thing he ever "uttered".
Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 08:09 AM (FtULh)

Well, it did come from his gut...

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 08:11 AM (j10i6)

62 Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:05 AM (WPIH0)

Link?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 08:11 AM (3Ope8)

63 What’s particularly humorous is Schumer’s little mischievous grin after he commits the deed… I know I’m childish but when is a fart not funny? Unless it’s one you trusted and shouldn’t have…. Joe Biden and Jerry Nadler can speak to that…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 08:11 AM (qVlaK)

64 Seriously annoyed. I think that after some reasonable length of time (5-10 years), journals should have to make articles open access. There's no reason to pay $50-60 for a PDF of something that was published 30 or 40 years ago.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Perhaps, instead of being annoyed at me, you should pay up and stop being annoying to me.

Posted by: Big Journal Lackey at July 20, 2026 08:12 AM (JM9I6)

65 Does Mamdani really think

No.



But I still want the retard to try to walk his talk, because it won't go the way he expects.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 08:12 AM (vDZgA)

66 I think Schumer’s fart is more eloquent than 99% of what is uttered in the senate by either party. Schumer-Swalwell 28!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 08:06 AM (qVlaK)

Eloquent, Piquant, you decide.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 08:12 AM (wVcYX)

67 FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS OBAMA TO PAY $14 MILLION OR HAVE HIS UGLY SOUTH SIDE PRESIDENTIAL CENTER SEIZED AND SOLD AT AUCTION — ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS ARE READY TO BUY IT AND BULLDOZE IT INTO A PUBLIC PARK!

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It could be converted into a prison. Because that's exactly what it looks like.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 20, 2026 08:13 AM (qBdHI)

68 Maybe it's just me...
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 20, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

I veer back and forth almost randomly between despair and confidence. I see reasons for both

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 08:13 AM (qVlaK)

69 Who did we bomb last night? What did we bomb?
We need BDAs and technicolor videos of stuff being blown up.
Otherwise, it didn't happen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:13 AM (826kS)

70 "Democratic Senate contenders are dramatically out-raising their Republican peers, according to Federal Election Commission data — with Georgia’s Jon Ossoff and James Talarico in Texas leading the pack."


Just a reminder but in 2016 jeb! out raised evey single person running for president in the republican primary just to come in last in new hampshire and iowa.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 20, 2026 07:56 AM (0N4FZ)

But, unlike jeb!, Democrats have a masterful media strategy.

Take Talarico, for example, who has informed Texans that they need to get right with Allah, attend drag shows, stop eating meat, get rid of their guns, and mourn illegal meth dealers who get shot while attempting to assault the police with their cars.

It's all over.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 08:13 AM (ExV1e)

71 The Democrats thought they could use the DSA to help them destroy Republicans and then they could rule forever.

They're discovering to their horror that their little socialist monster babies want to destroy everything--including both parties--and rule over the rubble.

They are realizing too late that everyone even one millimeter to the right of them is their enemy, even their allies barely a second before.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 08:14 AM (3cUTc)

72 47 {{{ Dash my lace wigs!}}}
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

{{{NaCly Dog}}}

Happy Monday!

*my day off, the only day I get to wallow in the Morning Thread

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 20, 2026 08:15 AM (h7ZuX)

73 Maybe it's just me...
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 20, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

Have faith LIB...as the meme goes...its the media's job to convince Americans that the wacky beliefs of 10% are actually 90%...

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 08:15 AM (j10i6)

74 Time to pay the fiddler, Obama,
and today's the day the first installment's due.

Posted by: Conway Twitty at July 20, 2026 08:15 AM (JM9I6)

75 Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:05 AM (WPIH0)

Would it be named The Barack Obama Stiffed the Black Community Park?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 08:16 AM (ExV1e)

76 I'm reading the NWS area forecast discussion for N IL.
Old and Busted: Heat Dome.
The New Hotness: Undular Bore-Driven Cluster.

Posted by: gp at July 20, 2026 08:16 AM (Jr5Lq)

77 The question is not whether Scandinavian socialism can work in the United States (it cannot) but whether Scandinavian socialism can work in Scandinavia. Sweden is a particularly curious choice as a model for democratic socialism. In reality, Sweden shows not only the success of capitalism but also the limits of socialism even in a relatively small nation. Sweden turned away from the type of socialist theories increasingly in vogue in the United States.

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:16 AM (WPIH0)

78 Reverse King Midas strikes again.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2026 08:16 AM (wVcYX)

79 Vance is not getting stronger. He runs his yap doing mental calisthenics when he should be leading. Leading is not this or that it's going in one direction. He should be a professor or a congressional ditherer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:16 AM (826kS)

80 > Senate Dems rake in jaw-dropping cash — with Ossoff and Talarico leading the pack
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Wasn't there reporting last week, the week before, and the week before that, suggesting the Democrats fundraising machines (like ActBlue, USAid, etc.) were kaput?

What gives?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 08:16 AM (jehhT)

81 >>> 75 Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:05 AM (WPIH0)

Would it be named The Barack Obama Stiffed the Black Community Park?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 08:16 AM (ExV1e)

What's the big deal, it's not like any of them were his personal chef.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 08:18 AM (vDZgA)

82 49 $14 million is nothing. Soros may provide it all himself.
Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 08:07 AM (MWfyi)

He could sell a Martha's Vineyard property, to start with.

I refuse to believe BHO doesn't have $14 million in assets. He's a Dem politician. You know he's got millions in graft squirreled away all over the planet, same as the rest of them.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 20, 2026 08:19 AM (h7ZuX)

83 >>> 76 I'm reading the NWS area forecast discussion for N IL.
Old and Busted: Heat Dome.
The New Hotness: Undular Bore-Driven Cluster.
Posted by: gp at July 20, 2026 08:16 AM (Jr5Lq)

Oh yes, the NWS is also very Concerned that it will be hot in summer in Texas.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 08:19 AM (vDZgA)

84 I really, really want to like J.D. Vance.

The more he talks the less I like.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 08:20 AM (RIvkX)

85 Look, Fat, sharting in the hallowed halls of government is a time-honored tradition. Government by the evil brain-dead senile grifter-class is guaranteed by the Founding documents!

Posted by: Joe From Scranton at July 20, 2026 08:20 AM (JM9I6)

86 "Undular Bore-Driven Cluster" used to be our garage band name.

Posted by: Foghat at July 20, 2026 08:20 AM (2Ez/1)

87 >>>The New Hotness: Undular Bore-Driven Cluster.

Posted by: gp
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That sounds like a new technique.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:20 AM (826kS)

88 Even Xi is not that stupid. And Kim can't get them to farm any better that his subjects can.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Organ harvesting it is, then. As long as they are no longer our problem.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 08:20 AM (lXoJ5)

89 Baptist Report Blames ‘Republican-Fueled Islamophobia’ for Attacks on Muslims

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It's reasons like this that I'm not automatically drawn to church-going. I know there are churches out there that are actually Bible-based in teaching. But there are some very nefarious things going on inside so many denominations, from my perspective, that I'd rather eschew these places and do my own Bible study and prayer in the confines of my private life. IOW, it seems to be getting harder to find a church that isn't corrupted into leftist worldviews.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 20, 2026 08:21 AM (qBdHI)

90 Today Is National Fortune Cookie Day. 🥠

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 08:22 AM (NpAcC)

91 > I refuse to believe BHO doesn't have $14 million in assets. He's a Dem politician. You know he's got millions in graft squirreled away all over the planet, same as the rest of them.
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I doubt anyone's buying his sob story. It could also be a callous ploy on his part to grift some more cash from unsuspecting blacks and black-curious white women.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 08:22 AM (jehhT)

92 Speaking of the NYC cluster foulup, here's a Mandami rep.
*faggot alert

@TheStoryFNC
WAR ON SUCCESS

EXCLUSIVE: NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…

https://tinyurl.com/7sujzcm5

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:22 AM (826kS)

93 What gives?

Everything is a narrative now. Since information is Power, no one gives away information.

Is ActBlue, USAID kaput? Who knows? And there is no way to know. Even the top Party members have to sign NDAs before they can look at funding. And they lie to each other.

When profit only comes from pushing narrative, getting clicks, and steering buyers but not from being honest, guess what you get more of — to the exclusion of all other?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 08:23 AM (xE0sV)

94 Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:16 AM (WPIH0)
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Or, you could just say "Sweden has lower taxes than the U.S."

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2026 08:23 AM (DB02x)

95 All churches have gone apostate. End of the Church Age was in 1988.

Posted by: Come Out Of Her, My People at July 20, 2026 08:23 AM (JM9I6)

96 I refuse to believe BHO doesn't have $14 million in assets. He's a Dem politician. You know he's got millions in graft squirreled away all over the planet, same as the rest of them.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

When did he and Big Mike ever spend their own money?

They're not going to make it on attendance revenue.

Posted by: Auspex at July 20, 2026 08:23 AM (Y8DZL)

97 Somehow or another, I came across a tweet on X by Errick Errickson basically defending the Odyssey

He's one of those that gets real prickly when his Christianity gets question and, I guess, someone said good something like good Christians won't see it.

So he had to prove his bona fides by saying how he went to church w/ his family, blah, blah.

Proving the maxim:
The louder he proclaimed his Christianity, the closer we watched our silver.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 08:23 AM (3cUTc)

98 87 >>>The New Hotness: Undular Bore-Driven Cluster.

Posted by: gp
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That sounds like a new technique.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:20 AM

####

Is that what you kids are calling it now?

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at July 20, 2026 08:24 AM (2Ez/1)

99 The third dimension, Sustainability Transparency, was evaluated based on ESG data among standardized KPIs from Statista’s ESG Database and targeted data research. To formulate a comprehensive ESG index, multiple Key Performance Indicators were collected.

Environmental, Social, and Governance
Total bullshit
Impossible to measure
Touchy feely non-business ideas

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 08:24 AM (/+uur)

100 Last year, a whole lot of state officials and federal regulators got together to set a ceiling for certain wholesale electricity prices to roughly $333 per megawatt-day.

Clearly, they’re responding to voters’ demands to rein in inflation and reduce the cost of living.

Unfortunately, $333/MW-day isn’t high enough to justify investment in new power plants.

Existing power plants are old. Sometimes extremely old. They already own their land, and their construction loans are all paid off. So $333/MW-day is sufficient for them to pay for fuel, conduct maintenance, and turn a small profit.

But $333 isn’t enough to build a new plant– to cover the additional costs of construction, land purchases, permitting, etc.

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:24 AM (WPIH0)

101 "He could sell a Martha's Vineyard property, to start with."

Not gonna close in 10 days...but could get a lien. Maybe, just get a bridge loan from his buddy, Nazi George.

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 08:24 AM (j10i6)

102 Barky is the ultimate commie
He wants someone else to pay the bill.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 20, 2026 08:25 AM (abScH)

103 In other amusing news, "Influencer" Andrew Tate and his brother were arrested by US Marshals and are facing extradition to the UK for sexual assault related charges.

From the article:
"There is no place for male violence against women and girls, and we will continue to work tirelessly to support victims and investigate all reports made to us." Assistant Chief Constable Karena Thomas from Bedfordshire Police

Wow. Amazing what bad press can accomplish in such a short time. The Tate brothers have made a miracle happen.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 08:25 AM (lXoJ5)

104 Good morning Horde thx JJ. Happy Monday.
I said yesterday that I think Mamdani is not only virtue signaling with his threat to arrest Netanyahu, but I think there is another reason. Assume he orders the NYPD to arrest Netanyahu, Commissioner Tisch will refuse and either resign or be fired.
He could put in some DEI flunky on charge. That person could go be the order and the rank and file cops would refuse, or be facing the Secret Service, the FBI and Federal Protection Service.
Chaos is his purpose

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 08:25 AM (//bM7)

105 NR Pax

The detox time will be ... extensive.

I believe the elites would shun organs from homeless people.

Apex predator food is the way. We need to croud source which is the winner for the food. If a big cat, the PPV of their hunt would help with expenses.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:25 AM (u82oZ)

106 I’m tired of the idea that money = election success. Just a couple months ago, John Cornyn out spent Paxton by a 10 - 1 margin, and yet was crushed in their runoff. The left could spend a billion dollars promoting Talarico, and it still won’t get him elected.

Journos love to talk about because it’s something they can measure; and they don’t care whether it means anything or not.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 08:25 AM (f45f9)

107 EXCLUSIVE: NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…

https://tinyurl.com/7sujzcm5

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:22 AM (826kS)
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Hey shit-for-brains Gustavo, did no one ever teach you stealing is sin?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2026 08:25 AM (IFQcP)

108 90 Today Is National Fortune Cookie Day. 🥠
Posted by: redridinghood

I predicted that!

Posted by: The Eyes of Nostrildamus at July 20, 2026 08:25 AM (JM9I6)

109 96 I refuse to believe BHO doesn't have $14 million in assets. He's a Dem politician. You know he's got millions in graft squirreled away all over the planet, same as the rest of them.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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You don't expect him to pay from His assets? Or did he, like his successor, have no donors for this mausoleum?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:26 AM (826kS)

110 The image up top should not be viewed by those with weak stomachs so early in the AM.

Posted by: Queasy Mfume at July 20, 2026 08:27 AM (JM9I6)

111 In the last week of June 2026, one of the world’s most famous antique fairs, the Treasure House Fair, took place in London, attracting collectors and dealers from around the globe. But this year, what attracted attention wasn’t only the antiques; it was the drop in foot traffic. At the time, the New York Times reported that “many dealers are facing a significant drop in foot traffic, or can no longer afford to have a showroom at all.”

The lack of customers for high-end items hints at the shift—the UK has recently surpassed China as the world leader in millionaire emigration. In 2025, roughly 16,500 millionaires left the country. China ranked second, with fewer than half that number.

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:27 AM (WPIH0)

112 That is NOT Georgia and TX money
That is NY NJ and Cal money

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 08:02 AM (/+uur)

Try China.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 08:28 AM (AfzoM)

113 106 I’m tired of the idea that money = election success. Just a couple months ago, John Cornyn out spent Paxton by a 10 - 1 margin, and yet was crushed in their runoff. The left could spend a billion dollars promoting Talarico, and it still won’t get him elected.

Journos love to talk about because it’s something they can measure; and they don’t care whether it means anything or not.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 08:25 AM (f45f9)

Just like in sports. Money doesn’t automatically mean a championship. Money doesn’t automatically mean you will get elected. It helps, certainly, but it doesn’t lock anything in.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 08:28 AM (8l6/L)

114 Save farmland? Data centers are predicted to use around 1,400 square miles of land by 2028; farmland already uses around 1.4 million square miles.

Less than the size of
Anchorage AK 1,706.8 sqm

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 08:29 AM (/+uur)

115 DSA guy Cordillo and his parents fled Peru to avoid the craziness of the Shining Path guerillas. So he comes here and pushes many of the same ideas

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 08:30 AM (//bM7)

116 Hey shit-for-brains Gustavo, did no one ever teach you stealing is sin?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2026 08:25 AM (IFQcP)

Stealing is totally cool if the police are doing it under orders from the government. Or if any government agency is doing it. Doesn’t it say that in the Eighth Commandment?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2026 08:30 AM (8l6/L)

117 NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…

Actually there is: "The Right to Pursue Life, Liberty and Happiness" and Rights didn't come from the Constitution, the Right comes from the Creator, and the government can not put liens on these Rights since government isn't the author of them.

So Gusstavo clearly doesn't know what a Right is, doesn't know anything about the Constitution, and has no idea how incentives work—other than compulsion from the barrel of a gun.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 08:30 AM (9Hs2w)

118 Long rows of transparent containment chambers reportedly filled an immense exhibition hall, each enclosing a female humanoid whose appearance challenged the very definition of robotics. Visitors allegedly expected exposed actuators, composite frames or polished metallic joints similar to those displayed by contemporary engineering prototypes. Instead, they found figures possessing skin that reflected light with subtle biological imperfections, naturally distributed hair, nearly imperceptible facial asymmetry and eyes that appeared disturbingly capable of maintaining silent attention. Some accounts insisted they were sophisticated androids.

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:31 AM (WPIH0)

119 BHO was expecting all those DEI contractors to donate time and labor to his temple. He still might contact people to visit them and encourage just that, the Chicago way.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 20, 2026 08:31 AM (gm9Sb)

120 @TheStoryFNC
WAR ON SUCCESS

EXCLUSIVE: NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…

https://tinyurl.com/7sujzcm5

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:22 AM (826kS)

That's true. There's also no such thing as constitutional right to take someone else's money so you can be a layabout.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 08:31 AM (ExV1e)

121 95 All churches have gone apostate. End of the Church Age was in 1988.
Posted by: Come Out Of Her, My People at July 20, 2026 08:23 AM (JM9I6)


Coincides with the debut/rise of the Church Lady on SNL

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 20, 2026 08:32 AM (x0n13)

122 The new Democratic Socialists in America refer to the common good, or communist good, all the time.
But what do they mean?

Ima take yo shit and give it to my peeps

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 08:32 AM (/+uur)

123 Mitch dead yet?

Posted by: Champagne Cork Waiting at July 20, 2026 08:32 AM (e2lsi)

124
95 All churches have gone apostate. End of the Church Age was in 1988.
Posted by: Come Out Of Her, My People at July 20, 2026 08:23 AM (JM9I6)

Why 1988? I’m not opposed to the idea that most Christian churches are apostate these days, but what made 1988 significant?

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 08:32 AM (f45f9)

125 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2026 08:33 AM (v3afF)

126 Federal Medicaid czar Dr. Mehmet Oz said New York’s overblown $110 billion spending on medical bills is sickening — as he claimed Chinese crime syndicates are ripping off the Empire State. The TV doctor-turned-Trump administration official, blasted New York’s Medicaid program as rife with fraud in an interview Sunday as he outlined an alleged scheme that included millions of dollars in fraudulent medical bills.

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:33 AM (WPIH0)

127 You know who else fixed wages, prices, and profits?

Hint: it was Hjalmar Schacht

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)

128 The question is not whether Scandinavian socialism can work in the United States (it cannot) but whether Scandinavian socialism can work in Scandinavia. Sweden is a particularly curious choice as a model for democratic socialism. In reality, Sweden shows not only the success of capitalism but also the limits of socialism even in a relatively small nation. Sweden turned away from the type of socialist theories increasingly in vogue in the United States.
Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 08:16 AM (WPIH0)

The Snowbilly nations were pretty good labs for demonstrating that socialism works, buuuuut-

only for a while and only under certain conditions.

1) Small racially, religiously, culturally, politically homogeneous population. Everyone is "family".

2) Strong working ethic. Everybody who can works, and is expected to work.

3) Benefits "seem"(?) to outweigh populations cost in taxes.

4)Local Industries aren't hamstrung.

5) Strong patriotism and national pride.

6) Limited benefits.

However, the Snowbillies threw that all away with the vast import of muslim 3rd worlders, and falling for the scam of zero-emissions, and the expansion of benefits for non-workers.

Sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 08:34 AM (iJfKG)

129 That's true. There's also no such thing as constitutional right to take someone else's money so you can be a layabout.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Yet.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 08:35 AM (lXoJ5)

130 EXCLUSIVE: NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…

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There's no constitutional right (for the Federal Gov't) to limit anyone's investment returns.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 20, 2026 08:35 AM (qBdHI)

131 San Franpsycho

His actions are definitely in the DSA wheelhouse. Still did not work.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:35 AM (u82oZ)

132 The story's inclusion of the Republicans buying the place might be a clue that the story is a set up for a political attack on the GOP.

Posted by: davidt at July 20, 2026 08:35 AM (Q+gd/)

133 Why 1988? I’m not opposed to the idea that most Christian churches are apostate these days, but what made 1988 significant?
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 08:32 AM (f45f9)

George Bush became President? Damn...I knew that guy was a mistake.

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 08:36 AM (j10i6)

134 The Mamdani arresting Netanyahu thing is pure moral posturing and psychological positioning. The commies are trying to subordinate Israelanx elevate themselves, that's all. Of course it will never happen.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 08:36 AM (AfzoM)

135 Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 08:34 AM (iJfKG)

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7) State corporatism and coercion, just like Hjalmar Schacht's

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

136 davidt

It is always something. I believe this idea will be widely popular.

Too bad we can't ship it as an assembled building. I hear North Korea needs guard towers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:38 AM (u82oZ)

137 Today Is National Fortune Cookie Day. 🥠
Posted by: redridinghood

"Chinese crime syndicates with rip of Empire State"

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 08:38 AM (GD0B3)

138 "...Assistant Chief Constable Karena Thomas from Bedfordshire Police..."
+++

When your police chief is named "Karen."

Posted by: She'd like to speak with your manager at July 20, 2026 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)

139 Across America, perfecting an opaque election process has become more important than the system’s fundamental integrity.
The God Of Process Controls American Elections

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Too bad we didn't have anything like, oh, say, the SAVE Act that Thune and the Republicans could've passed that might have softened the blow of unimaginable fraud happening in this country.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 20, 2026 08:38 AM (qBdHI)

140 Happy Monday, all!


Ahhhh. That moment of ignorant bliss before I peruse JJs links and learn about all the crazy stuff happening. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 08:38 AM (X8xt3)

141 *off

sovy no Enrgrish !

Posted by: runner at July 20, 2026 08:38 AM (GD0B3)

142 Mullin revealed that DHS identified over 250,000 noncitizens registered to vote in just four states (California, Nevada, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania).

One batch of 625k AZ voters had over 400k NO MATCH on last 4 SSID.
I have said that (D) keeps 5% fake voters on the roles, but it may be closer to 10%.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 08:39 AM (/+uur)

143 "I know a lot of people think they're obsolete, but look at this swell new pager somebody sent me".

Zohran Mamdani

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 20, 2026 08:40 AM (gm9Sb)

144 > Mitch dead yet?
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It sort of borders on criminal that the GOP isn't resolving this issue with proof of life or not.

Our political class thinks very highly of themselves.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 08:40 AM (jehhT)

145 Apparently that was a false positive for cyclosporidium.

Our wonderful government at work!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2026 08:40 AM (l4RKn)

146 Mitch dead yet?
Posted by: Champagne Cork Waiting at July 20, 2026 08:32 AM (e2lsi)

One thing is certain...Mitch is dead...dead as a doornail...or none of what memes that follow will make any sense.

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 08:40 AM (j10i6)

147 >>Today Is National Fortune Cookie Day.


"Your future is promising. Lucy numbers 16, 24, 45, 47, 250"

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 08:40 AM (X8xt3)

148 bill in arkansas

*Snort*

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:41 AM (u82oZ)

149
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

EPIC! This is how EVERY insufferable leftist agitator should be handled by federal agents

Step in front of a federal vehicle to obstruct = get knocked out of the way

https://tinyurl.com/57ds7tyj
No remorse at all. She asked for it!

Most of us avoid being pummeled to the ground by federal law enforcement by NOT GETTING IN THEIR WAY.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

150 The Never-Ending Pasta Pass is only for use by the Passholder whose name is printed on the Pass. Passes are personalized and non-transferable. Passholders must present a valid photo I.D. along with the Pass at the time of ordering.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 08:42 AM (/+uur)

151 Andrew Cuomo was just in Maria's show. He's involved with crypto now. Somehow that seems appropriate.
However he did say he agreed with a lot of what Fetterman was saying about the communist drift if the Dems. Not that he will do anything about it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 08:42 AM (//bM7)

152 Good morning! We have a tropical storm watch this week. Yay! Of course, J leaves for Boston today, so if things go pear shaped, I guess I am the one putting hurricane shutters on! Which means the ones for the top floor will not go on.

Posted by: Piper at July 20, 2026 08:43 AM (hftzA)

153 Every election Gearge Bush won was by overt reaction against the previous Democrat administration. Texas too. He was the relief valve from oppressive DSC in normie clothing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:43 AM (826kS)

154 The dems are not going to win the house.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Two or 3 months ago they were all crowing that they needed +10% or so on the generic ballot to win the House.
Just as a poll came out showing they were +10%.

Now, all the polls show them at +3%.
But they got their narrative set that they are going to win the House.

I pointed it out long ago that, of the 8 seats the R took to flip in 2024, only 4 were by less than 3%.
One of those is in AK.
All 4 incumbents are running.

Dems gerrymandering prevented a Trump Wave in the House.
But somehow, "everyone knows" that it is these other seats somewhere that are going to flip from R to D.
Because they're gonna win the seats they already hold something something ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 08:43 AM (3cUTc)

155 “So, do they really have a shot at winning the next couple of elections”

Of course they do. A good one. Despite all the whistling past the graveyard displayed here.

Posted by: Reality Check at July 20, 2026 08:43 AM (rf/GM)

156 Why 1988? I’m not opposed to the idea that most Christian churches are apostate these days, but what made 1988 significant?

Isarel 3.0 became a sovereign state in 1948.
Add "This Generation" of arbitrarily forty years and you get 1988.

1988, as many recall, was the date that the Rapture was scheduled to occur.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 08:43 AM (pawvM)

157 Yep, cover pic is gross and over the top.
It should be deleted.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:44 AM (826kS)

158 https://tinyurl.com/57ds7tyj
No remorse at all. She asked for it!

Most of us avoid being pummeled to the ground by federal law enforcement by NOT GETTING IN THEIR WAY.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)
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She should not have been able to walk away.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)

159
Maybe Mamdani is trying to get Tuq'r Qatarlson's attention?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 20, 2026 08:45 AM (x0n13)

160 Actually there is: "The Right to Pursue Life, Liberty and Happiness" and Rights didn't come from the Constitution, the Right comes from the Creator, and the government can not put liens on these Rights since government isn't the author of them.

So Gusstavo clearly doesn't know what a Right is, doesn't know anything about the Constitution, and has no idea how incentives work—other than compulsion from the barrel of a gun.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 08:30 AM (9Hs2w)

That's in the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 08:45 AM (ExV1e)

161 I see Dua Lipa, since her 15m of fame are up, is talking about banned books...like The Handmaid's Tale.

Helpful posters all over the internet are taking her video and adding a link to Amazon for the book pointing out you can get this "banned book" with free fast shipping for a low, low price

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 08:45 AM (sKqQm)

162 152 Good morning! We have a tropical storm watch this week. Yay! Of course, J leaves for Boston today, so if things go pear shaped, I guess I am the one putting hurricane shutters on! Which means the ones for the top floor will not go on.

Posted by: Piper
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Bastardi says, the likelihood of hurricane minimal, just a storm.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:46 AM (826kS)

163 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 08:46 AM (2YhKe)

164 Andrew Cuomo was just in Maria's show. He's involved with crypto now. Somehow that seems appropriate.
However he did say he agreed with a lot of what Fetterman was saying about the communist drift if the Dems. Not that he will do anything about it
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 08:42 AM (//bM7)
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Cuomo is guilty of crimes against humanity and should be hanged.

Maria is hot for anything "crypto" adjacent

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)

165 The lettuce now being recalled by Taylor Farms in California has also hatched a number of lawsuits filed in federal court against Taco Bell, which allegedly used the shredded lettuce contaminated with a parasite called cyclospora.

How many illegals work at Taylor Farms?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 08:46 AM (sKqQm)

166 I don't know. But the SSPX is looking better and better.

Old timey Catholicism.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 08:46 AM (qFwJc)

167 Why 1988? I’m not opposed to the idea that most Christian churches are apostate these days, but what made 1988 significant?

Isarel 3.0 became a sovereign state in 1948.
Add "This Generation" of arbitrarily forty years and you get 1988.

1988, as many recall, was the date that the Rapture was scheduled to occur.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 08:43 AM (pawvM)

Sorry. Sorry everyone.

But, if you're still here...you got Left Behind!!!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 08:47 AM (iJfKG)

168 San Franpsycho

My empathy for those protesters, and the media filming, is a big negative number. But no math on the blog.

This is proof that Trump is not a tyrant. If we reverse the symmetry, Biden would have them all in prison. We are not the same.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:47 AM (u82oZ)

169 Why 1988? I’m not opposed to the idea that most Christian churches are apostate these days, but what made 1988 significant?
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 08:32 AM (f45f9)

I do not know what JM9I6 had in mind with the comment, but I recall that there was an expectation that the Rapture would happen by 1988 because that marked 40 years (one generation) since the creation of the most recent state of Israel. I think it was a statement from Jesus about seeing the olive tree putting forth its leaves and "this generation will not pass away" before uh, stuff happens. I'm a bit hazy without looking up the reference.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 20, 2026 08:47 AM (OlzlW)

170 Democratic Senate contenders are dramatically out-raising their Republican peers, according to Federal Election Commission data — with Georgia’s Jon Ossoff and James Talarico in Texas leading the pack.

Whenever I go to lefty forums they tell me:

1) The right is controlled by the rich

2) Money shouldn't be allowed in elections

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 08:47 AM (sKqQm)

171 Because they're gonna win the seats they already hold something something ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 08:43 AM (3cUTc)

The hilarious tell is Tom Souzzi running to the right of Bruce Blakeman in New York! I mean, that guy is greasy Newsome light, and when he smells trouble, no Breel creme tube is safe!

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 08:47 AM (j10i6)

172 Democratic Senate contenders are dramatically out-raising their Republican peers, according to Federal Election Commission data — with Georgia’s Jon Ossoff and James Talarico in Texas leading the pack.
Eight of the top 10 Senate candidate fundraiser this year are Democrats, whose top contestants have raked in $574 million, compared to the Republicans’ $336 million, per the FEC.


But I thought it was BAD when politicians and billionaires bought elections.

This is telling me that the voting public are sheep and $$$$ buys elections, not quality of legislation. Because Democrats are destroying America yet the billionaires are filling their coffers and they're expected to WIN elections and continue destroying America.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 08:48 AM (2YhKe)

173 My dad joined the Marine Corps back in 1952 "to kill Communists". Is there some reason we're not immediately... removing from breathing duty... anyone who openly admits they are a communist? They admit they despise the country, Americans, and are trying to tear capitalism and our Western infrastructure down.

Posted by: Murmillo con indigestione at July 20, 2026 08:48 AM (IWfdg)

174 naturalfake

Rapture did not happen. FenelonSpoke is still here.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:48 AM (u82oZ)

175 https://tinyurl.com/57ds7tyj
No remorse at all. She asked for it!

Most of us avoid being pummeled to the ground by federal law enforcement by NOT GETTING IN THEIR WAY.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 20, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)
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She should not have been able to walk away.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)

Why are they almost always fat and ugly?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 08:48 AM (TCUO6)

176 ====

She should not have been able to walk away.

Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Right.
Paddy wagons exist for a reason.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:48 AM (826kS)

177 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 08:46 AM (2YhKe)
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When I went to Walmart yesterday, I made out a shopping list, which I normally don't do.

At the top of the list?

SPONGE! (I needed some sponges for cleaning supplies)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 08:49 AM (FZ29D)

178 Mommy Doktor Jilly, maybe it's been cyclospora in my shorts all this time!

Posted by: Explosive Joe at July 20, 2026 08:49 AM (JM9I6)

179 How many rights does the Constitution give us?

None.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 08:49 AM (qFwJc)

180 >>EXCLUSIVE: NYC DSA Co-Chair @unionGustavo [Gustavo Gordillo] says there’s no such thing as constitutional right “to double digit returns” on investment…

Yeah, and YOU don't have a constitutional right to decide how much others can make on their investments.

Of all the issues in NYC, this guy is laser-focused on how much landlords make? Yeah, this is all window-dressing to cover what you really mean: you don't have a right to be a landlord, and we're creating cutesy ways to separate you from your property.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 08:49 AM (X8xt3)

181 @164, agreed. Crypto is the only industry that I can think of that runs to the government and says "regulate us". Seems like someone is trying to get an edge

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 08:49 AM (//bM7)

182 I see Dua Lipa, since her 15m of fame are up, is talking about banned books...like The Handmaid's Tale.

Helpful posters all over the internet are taking her video and adding a link to Amazon for the book pointing out you can get this "banned book" with free fast shipping for a low, low price
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 08:45 AM (sKqQm)

My novel got shadow banned by Amazon.

Maybe Ol' Dua can do a video about it and make me a gajillionaire.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 08:49 AM (iJfKG)

183 On the lettuce front, the FDA just apologized for a false positive on that batch of lettuce they had identified.

We're back to not really knowing where it's coming from.

Posted by: GWB at July 20, 2026 08:50 AM (kU0PQ)

184 President Donald J. Trump has threatened to impose additional tariffs on Canada, accusing the country of negligence in managing its forests and allowing wildfire smoke to blanket U.S. cities.

Democrats luv them some Mutha Erff except when it comes to land management, illegal migration, forest management, animal welfare, and farming.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 08:50 AM (/+uur)

185 Was thinking of splurging on some ice cream later, but the top pic has me back on the diet.

Posted by: Cookie Puss at July 20, 2026 08:50 AM (JM9I6)

186 >>> 114 Save farmland? Data centers are predicted to use around 1,400 square miles of land by 2028; farmland already uses around 1.4 million square miles.

Less than the size of
Anchorage AK 1,706.8 sqm
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 08:29 AM (/+uur)

I'd still prefer them to be put within city limits and I do not apologize for NIMBY-ness. Why should we give up *any* farmland when there's urban space available to be "reclaimed"? There's an ugly ass mess in a rural area which I've driven by several times, and which was placed there a few years ago as a result of shenanigans by a commie who managed to get elected to a local office.

If we get a good network of mini-nukes out of this silliness that will be nice to have.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 08:50 AM (vDZgA)

187 Here's a brief discussion about Matthew 24:34:

https://www.gotquestions.org/
this-generation-not-pass.html

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 20, 2026 08:51 AM (OlzlW)

188 If one of these DSA commies gets elected, will he/she take the oath of office and swear to "protect and defend the Constitution?"

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 08:51 AM (qFwJc)

189 The hilarious tell is Tom Souzzi running to the right of Bruce Blakeman in New York! I mean, that guy is greasy Newsome light, and when he smells trouble, no Breel creme tube is safe!
Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 08:47 AM (j10i6)
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Suozzi was the Republican local pol who was going to attend my Eagle Scout Court of Honor, I told the scout leaders he was a crypto-fascist and I wasn't having it. They told me to stfu.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 08:51 AM (RIvkX)

190 Democrats are considered likely to retake the House in the Nov. 3 elections, due to polls and the historical trend of the party in power in the White House losing seats in the midterms.

Let us not forget anger at a useless GOP that refuses to do even the bare minimum to satisfy voters.

I honestly think the MAGA movement dies in 2028, due to election losses, refusal to address voter concerns and, most especially, an observation that there is no pressure of sufficient strength to get the GOP opposing Dems in any meaningful way.

It's the same bushwa we've seen ever since I was a child: "You gotta vote R no matter what! You don't want the D's to win, do ya?"

FTS

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 20, 2026 08:51 AM (qRla/)

191 https://tinyurl.com/57ds7tyj
No remorse at all. She asked for it!

Most of us avoid being pummeled to the ground by federal law enforcement by NOT GETTING IN THEIR WAY./i]

Back during the J6 protests the left told me it was not only acceptable but a good thing to shoot a peaceful unarmed protestor in the neck if she was impeding government operations. By the left's own standards we are being way, way too soft on the invaders and their traitorous domestic allies

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 08:51 AM (sKqQm)

192 When I went to Walmart yesterday, I made out a shopping list, which I normally don't do.

At the top of the list?

SPONGE! (I needed some sponges for cleaning supplies)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 08:49 AM (FZ29D)

Elaine Benes once purchased the entire remaining stock of sponges… much to the disgust of the store proprietor!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 08:51 AM (TCUO6)

193 no one of any consequence

Nay, bro. The one right in the unamended Constitution was the right to a patent (intellectual property).

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:51 AM (u82oZ)

194 @Rothmus Jul 17

On this day [July 17] in 1918 the Bolsheviks herded Tsar Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra, and their five children into a basement in Yekaterinburg and opened fire.

The bullets bounced because the girls had diamonds sewn into their corsets. So the reds finished the job with bayonets, stabbing, crushing skulls, and butchering the children while they were still alive.

Then they stripped the bodies, doused them in acid, burned what remained, and dumped the remains in a forest to hide the crime.

This was the deliberate, sadistic murder of an entire family, including a sick little boy, by communist animals who needed the blood of innocents to cement their power.

Never forget what the Bolsheviks were.

Never forgive it

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:52 AM (826kS)

195 >>I see Dua Lipa, since her 15m of fame are up, is talking about banned books...like The Handmaid's Tale.


All the popstars and actresses have to demonstrate their feminist cred. This was LAME.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 08:52 AM (X8xt3)

196 If one of these DSA commies gets elected, will he/she take the oath of office and swear to "protect and defend the Constitution?"
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 08:51 AM (qFwJc)
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No one takes their oaths of office seriously at all.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 08:52 AM (RIvkX)

197 Letting protesters up to the vehicle gate, literally right in the driveway, is sort of stupid.

Put them across the street and shoot them if they advance.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 08:52 AM (jehhT)

198 Remember that Hillary raised and spent over a billion dollars to lose to Trump.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 08:53 AM (qFwJc)

199 https://tinyurl.com/57ds7tyj
No remorse at all. She asked for it!



When are they going to follow the money and RICO these assholes?

ALL this shit goes away when it's not profitable anymore.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 08:53 AM (2YhKe)

200 All the popstars and actresses have to demonstrate their feminist cred. This was LAME.

I give Rose McGowan some credit.

She repointed the PoundMeToo movement from Get Trump to Get Harv

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 08:53 AM (sKqQm)

201 Remember that Hillary raised and spent over a billion dollars to lose to Trump.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 08:53 AM (qFwJc)
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Didn't FJB/KH also spend more than that to lose to President Trump?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 08:54 AM (FZ29D)

202 "No one takes their oaths of office seriously at all."

Perhaps they should. Dante places traitors into the lowest level of hell.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 08:54 AM (qFwJc)

203 At the top of the list?

SPONGE! (I needed some sponges for cleaning supplies)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 08:49 AM (FZ29D)


I am infamous.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 08:55 AM (2YhKe)

204 Right.
Paddy wagons exist for a reason.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:48 AM (826kS)
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Not really what I meant but let's go with that.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 08:55 AM (RIvkX)

205 Here's a brief discussion about Matthew 24:34:

https://www.gotquestions.org/
this-generation-not-pass.html
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 20, 2026 08:51 AM (OlzlW)

When it comes to eschatology, I’ve retired to my little corner of ignorance where I simply cite “… no man knows the day nor the hour”… pre-trib, post-trib, pre-millennial, amillenial et al… I’m not adamant about anything other than eventually Christ will return

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 08:55 AM (TCUO6)

206 Letting protesters up to the vehicle gate, literally right in the driveway, is sort of stupid.

Put them across the street and shoot them if they advance.

As someone once put it, "You've got guns. Use them. We give you guns for a reason. Use them"

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 08:55 AM (sKqQm)

207 It's just another Merlot Monday.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at July 20, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)

208 It's the same bushwa we've seen ever since I was a child: "You gotta vote R no matter what! You don't want the D's to win, do ya?"

FTS

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
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So, you prefer the DSC?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:56 AM (826kS)

209 Didn't Jeb! spend like $200 m to get two delegates? Them Republican consultants are some of the best grifters out there

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 08:56 AM (//bM7)

210 I like a 6" x 3.5" sponge for cleaning the countertops. Walmart and Piggly Wiggly don't have them. I found them at an IGA.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 08:56 AM (qFwJc)

211 >>> 197 Letting protesters up to the vehicle gate, literally right in the driveway, is sort of stupid.

Put them across the street and shoot them if they advance.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 08:52 AM (jehhT)

Why can't we haz bounties for these idiots, too.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 08:57 AM (vDZgA)

212 If one of these DSA commies gets elected, will he/she take the oath of office and swear to "protect and defend the Constitution?"

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 08:51 AM (qFwJc)

Of course they will. Their native tongue is lies.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 08:57 AM (AfzoM)

213 For the left, if the govt doesn’t provide something for free it’s banned. So if a book isn’t in a public library paid for by tax payers it’s “banned”.
Much like how if the govt doesn’t provide “free” birth control pills, birth control is banned or women have “no access to” birth control.

Oh plenty of access girl, you just need to pay the $10 cost yourself.

Posted by: Reality Check at July 20, 2026 08:57 AM (rf/GM)

214 I like the idea of putting cow catchers on the front of ICE vehicles. The woman in the vid was definitely a cow

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 08:57 AM (//bM7)

215
I like a 6" x 3.5" sponge for cleaning the countertops. Walmart and Piggly Wiggly don't have them. I found them at an IGA.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 20, 2026 08:56 AM (qFwJc)


I think the takeaway here is that Sponge is shorter than AtC.

Sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 08:58 AM (iJfKG)

216 >>> 197 Letting protesters up to the vehicle gate, literally right in the driveway, is sort of stupid.

Put them across the street and shoot them if they advance.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 08:52 AM (jehhT)

Why can't we haz bounties for these idiots, too.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 08:57 AM (vDZgA)
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"Make Necklaces of Protestors' Ears Great Again!" doesn't quite roll off the tongue...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 08:58 AM (FZ29D)

217 18-1

The actions of General Flavius Belisarius at the Nika Riots gave the Eastern Roman Empire 800 more years of existence. Just saying.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 08:58 AM (u82oZ)

218
I think the takeaway here is that Sponge is shorter than AtC.

Sad.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 08:58 AM (iJfKG)


I am not......that's a distant relative.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 08:58 AM (2YhKe)

219 197 Letting protesters up to the vehicle gate, literally right in the driveway, is sort of stupid.

Put them across the street and shoot them if they advance.

Posted by: Martini Farmer
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I was going to say bring them in the gate and lock them up but lining them up may be a better solution.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:58 AM (826kS)

220 206 Letting protesters up to the vehicle gate, literally right in the driveway, is sort of stupid.

Put them across the street and shoot them if they advance.

As someone once put it, "You've got guns. Use them. We give you guns for a reason. Use them"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 08:55 AM
++++

As long as they don't have real bullets.

Posted by: Rebecca Good at July 20, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)

221 >>> 216

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"Make Necklaces of Protestors' Ears Great Again!" doesn't quite roll off the tongue...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 08:58 AM (FZ29D)

Hey, I never specified how to *claim* the bounties...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 08:59 AM (vDZgA)

222 Democrats are considered likely to retake the House in the Nov. 3 elections, due to polls and the historical trend of the party in power in the White House losing seats in the midterms.
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That "historical trend" is almost entirely built on 1st term losses.
Second term sees very little losses and sometimes gains.

And, as I noted above, the Dems themselves were arguing they needed 10% months ago; they only have 3%--and falling--now.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 08:59 AM (3cUTc)

223 It's all part of the plan:

@JCAndersonNYC
A DSA strategy session to decomodify housing happened at the People's Forum.

Makes sense https://tinyurl.com/3z35hm9e

This was 3 years ago.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 08:59 AM (X8xt3)

224
Why can't we haz bounties for these idiots, too.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 20, 2026 08:57 AM (vDZgA)


Immediately arrest them for obstruction.

They'll eventually get to know the 3 strike rule, if that's even still a thing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 08:59 AM (2YhKe)

225 That's in the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution.

The Revolutionary War was fought over the Declaration of Independence, not the US Constitution.

The whole predicate for the existence of this country was the mission statement behind the Declaration of Independence.

The US Constitution is an artifact of that famous press release which binds the government to respect the 1776 charter.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 09:01 AM (a6PrB)

226 Didn't Jeb! spend like $200 m to get two delegates? Them Republican consultants are some of the best grifters out there

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 08:56 AM (//bM7)


Bloomberg was a $1bn failure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:01 AM (2YhKe)

227 "It is intolerable!"

Let me know when we decide to stop tolerating it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 20, 2026 09:01 AM (fZiTB)

228 I think the takeaway here is that Sponge is shorter than AtC.

Sad.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 20, 2026 08:58 AM (iJfKG)
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I heard he was heightening.

Posted by: Mickey at July 20, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)

229 Speaking of sponges, my daughter told me there’s a recent episode of SpongeBob SquarePants where the characters go around mooning people. I’m not sure what to think about this….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 09:04 AM (hxAVk)

230 I like the idea of putting cow catchers on the front of ICE vehicles. The woman in the vid was definitely a cow

Have a non-winter use of the truck mounted snow blowers that have the auger/impeller system.

Not exactly a tree-chipper, but yields the equivalent shock-and-awe when deployed properly.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 09:05 AM (nAS9C)

231 All churches have gone apostate. End of the Church Age was in 1988.

The Church has gone to hell since Vatican II.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 20, 2026 09:05 AM (qRla/)

232 Scumbag Linda Sarsour wants to get rid of the Declaration of Independence and replace it with something more modern. Not smart enough to realize that she probably means the Constitution.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 09:05 AM (//bM7)

233 Speaking of sponges, my daughter told me there’s a recent episode of SpongeBob SquarePants where the characters go around mooning people. I’m not sure what to think about this….

To be clear I have never seen a sponge, starfish or squirrel wearing pants to begin with...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 09:05 AM (sKqQm)

234 Speaking of sponges, my daughter told me there’s a recent episode of SpongeBob SquarePants where the characters go around mooning people. I’m not sure what to think about this….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 09:04 AM (hxAVk)


Just getting kids used to seeing naked people walking around......Every blue city will become the Fulsom St. Fair.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:06 AM (2YhKe)

235 I write my shopping list in the order of the supermarket aisles.
Sponge! is NEVER at the top of the list-more like 3/4 of the way down.

Posted by: Sorry! at July 20, 2026 09:06 AM (JM9I6)

236 The Democratic Socialists of America know nothing, have built nothing and don’t understand the country they live in, yet they imagine they have the moral authority to tear it down.
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Miranda Devine puts it plainly. One of these days it might be "Kill a Commie for JJ's Birthday" day.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2026 09:06 AM (LfeJW)

237 A DSA strategy session to decomodify housing happened at the People's Forum.

Are they planning to decomodify beach front estates for themselves?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 09:07 AM (nAS9C)

238 Mornin’, All. Happy Monday.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:07 AM (77rzZ)

239 Community Notes

Pumper trucks with blue dye in the water work well.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 09:07 AM (u82oZ)

240 Bloomberg was a $1bn failure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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There are the bold faced fools and politicians who have egregiously offended the electorate (Cornyn). But in, possibly the majority, other ballot contests where the two candidates appear normal,
It comes down to the best ad campaign flooding the market.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:07 AM (826kS)

241 Not exactly a tree-chipper, but yields the equivalent shock-and-awe when deployed properly.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 09:05 AM (nAS9C)


Top Gear used an anti-mine vehicle to tear down a house once. That thing would be PERFECT for this.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:07 AM (2YhKe)

242 Baptist Report Blames ‘Republican-Fueled Islamophobia’ for Attacks on Muslims

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Damn Jew Baptists!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 09:08 AM (ndZc7)

243 Rachel Corrie could become the training example for ICE agents.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2026 09:08 AM (LfeJW)

244 238 Mornin’, All. Happy Monday.

Posted by: Bulg
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Is the engine a flat six?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:08 AM (826kS)

245 I write my shopping list in the order of the supermarket aisles.
Sponge! is NEVER at the top of the list-more like 3/4 of the way down.
Posted by: Sorry! at July 20, 2026 09:06 AM (JM9I6)


Such is life.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:08 AM (2YhKe)

246 So, you prefer the DSC?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 08:56 AM (826kS)

My point is that we are constantly told that voting R is the only way to save the country from disaster. So we vote R, and the cocksuckers spend the next 2, 4 or 6 years sitting on their fat asses growing their investment portfolios and pretending to oppose the Dems before giving up with a pallid excuse.

As the Empress said, it's nothing but bukakke theater for the rubes and I am sick of it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 20, 2026 09:09 AM (qRla/)

247 235 Shopping lists should be in alphabetical order.

If I had my way, stores would be arranged in alphabetical order, too.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:10 AM (77rzZ)

248 Rachel Corrie could become the training example for ICE agents.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 20, 2026 09:08 AM (LfeJW)

Or see the Corey Lewandowski demo with Michelle Fields…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 20, 2026 09:10 AM (qVlaK)

249 I get that protesting is an age old ritual, but I seriously think we've let it go too far. Gone are the days of drum circles and idiots walking back and forth with hand made signage.

Now, it's all up in your face with a megaphone and a camera.

That's not protesting. It's incitement.

There really needs to be some consequences for what the left is doing to hinder ICE or any other activity they are against... if they resort to the types of incitement we keep seeing.

Since they're ok with a few deaths to make their point... so am I.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 09:11 AM (jehhT)

250 Mrs. F. purchases cleaning supplies.

My shopping list is meat, candy, frozen foods, pasta, cans, and dairy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 09:11 AM (RIvkX)

251 I love the mamdami guy. He's everything the NYC Democrats deserve. Homeless everywhere, rats in the streets, garbage piling up, criminals in the public transportation. How's the pothole situation? My hope is that he gets waterboarded by the mossad.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 20, 2026 09:11 AM (sYM3s)

252 azcentral@azcentral

Ruben Gallego's campaign spending is in the spotlight as he weighs a potential bid for president in 2028.

hey oh, he looks like a man

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:11 AM (826kS)

253 There are the bold faced fools and politicians who have egregiously offended the electorate (Cornyn). But in, possibly the majority, other ballot contests where the two candidates appear normal,
It comes down to the best ad campaign flooding the market.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:07 AM (826kS)

yes - and I'll add that the mainstream GOP has specialized in running generically bland candidates who have no clue how to run an actual political campaign. They throw money at consultants whose only true goal is to enrich consultants.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 09:12 AM (edUvp)

254
The most guy-like thing I've seen from Chuck Schumer was him slightly chuckling when he let it loose.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 09:12 AM (Fi81e)

255 My point is that we are constantly told that voting R is the only way to save the country from disaster. So we vote R, and the cocksuckers spend the next 2, 4 or 6 years sitting on their fat asses growing their investment portfolios and pretending to oppose the Dems before giving up with a pallid excuse.

The problem is that it is in the personal financial interests of congress to at least maintain spending and usually to increase it.

We hope to vote for people with integrity and they'll do what they are elected to do but as you point out this doesn't really work.

So we need to find a way to make the system incentivize spending cuts for congress.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 09:12 AM (sKqQm)

256 I'm sorry. I'm pissed off, massively depressed and suffering from a cold today. There's no reason I should be here bringing things down.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 20, 2026 09:13 AM (qRla/)

257 251 I love the mamdami guy. He's everything the NYC Democrats deserve. Homeless everywhere, rats in the streets, garbage piling up, criminals in the public transportation. How's the pothole situation? My hope is that he gets waterboarded by the mossad.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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The millionaires could have stopped him but they chose to flee.
Now, those fleas are going to infest the body politic somewhere else.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:13 AM (826kS)

258 Ruben Gallego's campaign spending is in the spotlight as he weighs a potential bid for president in 2028.

hey oh, he looks like a man
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:11 AM (826kS)

Oh yeah, that's what we need in the oval office, a drunk Mexican on the cartel's payroll.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 09:13 AM (edUvp)

259 How long is this back-and-forth with Iran going to go on? Is there an end game? I heard Trump talk many times over the years about not getting into a war without a plan and commitment to win it. It's fair to ask at this point, what is the plan? If it's to indefinitely respond to Iranian incidents of aggression (supposedly the same Iran with the obliterated military) with our nighttime bombing raids, okay, just let us know.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 20, 2026 09:13 AM (fZiTB)

260 256 I'm sorry. I'm pissed off, massively depressed and suffering from a cold today. There's no reason I should be here bringing things down.

Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 20, 2026 09:13 AM (qRla

We all have bad days....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 09:14 AM (fi211)

261 TBH the whole of the Dem party works with the cartels...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 09:14 AM (sKqQm)

262
As the Empress said, it's nothing but bukakke theater for the rubes and I am sick of it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 20, 2026 09:09 AM (qRla/)


The only option here is for the squishes to be primaried. I will ALWAYS vote for the Republican as in EVERY case, the Democrat is WORSE.

Does it SUCK BALLS? Of course it does. It is unfortunate that these have been our choices for generations, but hopefully, times are changing and the assholes on our side are getting voted OUT.

I refuse to sit back and just watch the DSA take over because Republican incumbents usually suck.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:14 AM (2YhKe)

263
Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 20, 2026 09:13 AM


We'll talk you through it, or distract you from it for a spell.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:15 AM (2YhKe)

264 I will call over broken glass to vote for (R) Justin Murphy for Senate in NJ He is an excellent, articulate candidate and would be a whole lot better than Cory Booker. Plus, it's a irrelevant point , but I think he's a nice looking man.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 09:15 AM (rl4Uc)

265 Tom Servo

There are mainly three organizations trying to take over America. Cartels, Commies, and Islam.

We need more inter-factional warfare.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 09:15 AM (u82oZ)

266 Posted by: Ordinary American at July 20, 2026 09:13 AM (fZiTB)
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This has "forever war" written all over it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 09:16 AM (RIvkX)

267 Feel better MPPPP

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 20, 2026 09:16 AM (//bM7)

268 264- crawl not call.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 09:16 AM (As86G)

269 The problem is that it is in the personal financial interests of congress to at least maintain spending and usually to increase it.

We hope to vote for people with integrity and they'll do what they are elected to do but as you point out this doesn't really work.

So we need to find a way to make the system incentivize spending cuts for congress.

Posted by: 18-1
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DOGE, saw an article squealing that DOGE people were still infesting government. These bureaucrats are burrowed in deep and difficult to dig out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:16 AM (826kS)

270 So we need to find a way to make the system incentivize spending cuts for congress.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 20, 2026 09:12 AM (sKqQm)

What we need is more candidates like Paxton who is hated by everyone in the establishment, and thus goes in with a self serving incentive to blow all their shit up.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 09:16 AM (edUvp)

271 The Revolutionary War was fought over the Declaration of Independence, not the US Constitution.

Maybe so, but you don't get to find Constitutionally guaranteed rights in the penumbras of the Declaration. Only Leftist judges can do that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 09:16 AM (ExV1e)

272 Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 20, 2026 09:13 AM


We'll talk you through it, or distract you from it for a spell.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:15 AM (2YhKe)
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I admire MPPP's bile.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 09:16 AM (RIvkX)

273 That "historical trend" is almost entirely built on 1st term losses. Second term sees very little losses and sometimes gains.

—

Bush Jr lost 5 senate seats and 31 house seats in his 2nd term. Obama lost 13 house and 9 senate seats in his second term.

Clinton bucked the trend in 1998 but that was a weird one time thing with impeachment backlash.

Reagan lost 8 senate seats in 1986. He only lost 5 house seats but in 1986 Dems already controlled the house with a solid majority. There wasn’t much to lose on the Republicans side.


Posted by: Reality Check at July 20, 2026 09:17 AM (rf/GM)

274 Democrats Blame Trump for Recalled Mexican Lettuce Causing ‘Explosive Diarrhea’

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In fairness, Trump worked at McDonald's, not Taco Bell.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 09:17 AM (ndZc7)

275 MP4, at least stick around for the inevitable boob talk on the Art Thread.

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:18 AM (77rzZ)

276 274 Democrats Blame Trump for Recalled Mexican Lettuce Causing ‘Explosive Diarrhea’


Is there nothing he can't do.....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 20, 2026 09:18 AM (fi211)

277 I love the mamdami guy. He's everything the NYC Democrats deserve. Homeless everywhere, rats in the streets, garbage piling up, criminals in the public transportation. How's the pothole situation? My hope is that he gets waterboarded by the mossad.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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Soon enough they will start seizing rental properties that the city will not be able to afford to maintain. After they rip it away from landlords for failure to maintain it, because they 1) can't credit-check prospective renters and 2) can't evict and have to keep paying utilities for deadbeat tenants, and can't raise your rents for people who are paying you.

New York could become like an indoors LA.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 09:18 AM (Fi81e)

278 - 1988

There was also 2007. 40 years after Israel retook Jerusalem.

Emmie, see Matt 24. The "this generation" verse is 34.
Don't ignore the verse before it. Many ignore it in an attempt to say everything in the chapter has already happened.

They have to do some serious allegorizing of prophetic scripture, among other things, to do so.
And those who push the pre-trib version of the rapture are just as guilty.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 20, 2026 09:18 AM (dAv7M)

279 Ordinary American

Rational OP Plans struggle against irrational leaders.

The smartest thing the IRCG could do is surrender. They can then hold power with machine guns. Rebuild. But they don't think that way.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 09:19 AM (u82oZ)

280 51 years ago today Neil Armstrong ensured he would never pay for a beer for the rest of his life.

https://youtu.be/-f_DPrSEOEo

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2026 09:20 AM (2Ez/1)

281 Reality is a phantasm. The world ended in 1975.

Posted by: The JWs at July 20, 2026 09:20 AM (RIvkX)

282 Posted by: Reality Check at July 20, 2026 09:17 AM (rf/GM)

We're doomed then. May as well stop my cancer treatments.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 20, 2026 09:21 AM (ExV1e)

283 The left is mad that Trump “photo bombed” Spain as they raised the World Cup trophy. He kinda did. I was watching it and thought shit DT you need to move out of the way. The whole presentation was really clumsy, too many people doing too much at once.

But I’m laffing my ass off that the left is seething over it.

Posted by: Reality Check at July 20, 2026 09:21 AM (rf/GM)

284 51 years ago today Neil Armstrong ensured he would never pay for a beer for the rest of his life.

https://youtu.be/-f_DPrSEOEo

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2026 09:20 AM (2Ez/1)
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But some convenience store owners had a different opinion.

Posted by: Axeman at July 20, 2026 09:21 AM (Fi81e)

285 The Democratic Socialists of America know nothing, have built nothing and don’t understand the country they live in, yet they imagine they have the moral authority to tear it down.
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So, the Democrats

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 09:21 AM (AfzoM)

286 259 How long is this back-and-forth with Iran going to go on? Is there an end game? ---

Posted by: Ordinary American
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You need a nap. Maybe a long one.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:22 AM (826kS)

287 Good morning, everyone!

Back to work after 2 weeks off -- sucks!

Posted by: Doof at July 20, 2026 09:22 AM (aoylf)

288 > But I’m laffing my ass off that the left is seething over it.
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TBH the left seethes over a lot of stuff. I sometimes think they run on hate more than ideology.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 09:23 AM (jehhT)

289 reasons like this that I'm not automatically drawn to church-going. I know there are churches out there that are actually Bible-based in teaching. But there are some very nefarious things going on inside so many denominations, from my perspective, that I'd rather eschew these places and do my own Bible study and prayer in the confines of my private life. IOW, it seems to be getting harder to find a church that isn't corrupted into leftist worldviews.
Posted by: Lady in Black at


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I totally understand! Because of that I somehow found a really good podcast. It's Josh Howerton Live Free. The part I like best is that even though he is a preacher his podcasts are history based, and really interesting. I think you would enjoy them.

Posted by: . Chillin the most at July 20, 2026 09:23 AM (G0JG0)

290 Back to work after 2 weeks off -- sucks!
Posted by: Doof at July 20, 2026 09:22 AM (aoylf)
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*activates shock collar*

Posted by: Doof's Boss at July 20, 2026 09:23 AM (RIvkX)

291 Quarter Twenty

Well remembered. America, F' Yeah!

We had plenty of problems then, but we were able to multi-task, and achieve greatness. His landing was the apex of decades of sustained effort.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 09:23 AM (u82oZ)

292 Doof, what did you bring us from your vacation?

Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:23 AM (77rzZ)

293 How long is this back-and-forth with Iran going to go on? Is there an end game? I heard Trump talk many times over the years about not getting into a war without a plan and commitment to win it. It's fair to ask at this point, what is the plan? If it's to indefinitely respond to Iranian incidents of aggression (supposedly the same Iran with the obliterated military) with our nighttime bombing raids, okay, just let us know.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 20, 2026 09:13 AM (fZiTB)

I actually think what we're doing is about the best we can do right now. (maybe do it even harder) The original plan was quite clearly, bomb for two weeks, then hope a miracle happens, then we call it good and go home. Bad plan. Didn't work for obvious reasons.

So now the plan is degrade, degrade, degrade, and impose assymetric warfare on them. How long can they take it? Now that we've finally started to hit bridges and power plants, their entire internal distribution system will break down. That's not going to be be fun. It's very sad when we lose servicemen; but this is war after all.
Our goal must be to impose a 1000:1 payback for every serviceman we lose.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 09:24 AM (edUvp)

294
Back to work after 2 weeks off -- sucks!
Posted by: Doof at July 20, 2026 09:22 AM (aoylf)


Do you still have to send emails justifying your existence?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:24 AM (2YhKe)

295 Shopping lists should be in alphabetical order.

If I had my way, stores would be arranged in alphabetical order, too.
Posted by: Bulg
___________

I'd like to have some geolocator phone app that would tell me exactly where the obscure item wifey told me to get is located.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 20, 2026 09:25 AM (XvL8K)

296 Doof, what did you bring us from your vacation?
Posted by: Bulg at July 20, 2026 09:23 AM (77rzZ)

My EZ-Pass bill. Donations accepted!

Posted by: Doof at July 20, 2026 09:25 AM (aoylf)

297 Titty-Caca AOC is Running in 2028

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Look out! She mad!

https://tinyurl.com/7zm6vv36

And multicultural!

https://tinyurl.com/3vsew8zc

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 20, 2026 09:25 AM (ndZc7)

298 How long is this back-and-forth with Iran going to go on? Is there an end game?

My favorite narrative (since the Truth is impossible to know):

This military action is allowing the Trump administration to use National Security and War Powers to get around mountains of bureaucratic red tape, activists and seditious "judges" to get new mines opened, power plants construction underway, infrastructure fast-tracked, and contract loans and guaranteed purchases to get around the deliberate road-blocks the Demonic Party and their sponsors, the CCP have placed in America's industrial path.

Plus, there is no better way to accelerate weapons development than continuous live field testing with actual opponents who are just as if not more creative in dealing with new designs and tactics.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 09:26 AM (rgGn5)

299 The smartest thing the IRCG could do is surrender. They can then hold power with machine guns. Rebuild. But they don't think that way.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 09:19 AM (u82oZ)

Which is pretty much what Hamas has done in Gaza.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 09:26 AM (edUvp)

300 51 years ago today Neil Armstrong ensured he would never pay for a beer for the rest of his life.

https://youtu.be/-f_DPrSEOEo

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 20, 2026 09:20 AM
+++++

I never heard about it.

Posted by: The ghost of Mary Jo Kopechne at July 20, 2026 09:26 AM (2Ez/1)

301 Biff Pocoroba

I uh... asked for the location of that item.

Yes. I asked for directions.

There. My dark secret is out.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 09:27 AM (u82oZ)

302 Do you still have to send emails justifying your existence?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:24 AM (2YhKe)

Nah, that ended a long time ago. Maybe I'll start doing it again just to see if anyone reads it!

Posted by: Doof at July 20, 2026 09:27 AM (aoylf)

303 I think the military is focused on the IRGC in and around Hormuz.

It, arguably, should have been the focus from day one, but there's an issue with the nuclear materials that had to be dealt with too.

And, I think there was an underestimate on the tenacity of the IRGC.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 20, 2026 09:28 AM (jehhT)

304 >>DOGE, saw an article squealing that DOGE people were still infesting government. These bureaucrats are burrowed in deep and difficult to dig out.


That was always the plan, right?
Initial burst, then bring the DOGE auditing into every department going forward. Love it!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 09:28 AM (X8xt3)

305 The smartest thing the IRCG could do is surrender. They can then hold power with machine guns. Rebuild. But they don't think that way.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 09:19 AM (u82oZ)
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They ain't very smart. Sure, they have a treacherous cunning, but that only gets them so far.

Their only long term plan seems to hold on until President Trump is out of office.

To be fair, that's actually a pretty sound strategy considering our schizophrenic government structure.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 20, 2026 09:28 AM (FZ29D)

306 I'd like to have some geolocator phone app that would tell me exactly where the obscure item wifey told me to get is located.

Walmart and LowesDepot provide "Aisle/Bin" data for most items. Just build a checklist and it will tell you not only if it is in stock but where in the store.

Run that through an AI Assistant and it will plan your optimized route through the store—or you can just use the store's shoppers and pick up and a certain time.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 09:28 AM (rgGn5)

307 Trump currently averages 39.6 in approval.
Dems are at +3 on the generic ballot.

Those are the biggest predictors of the House.

Anyway, you can't say "voting R doesn't matter" when we're going to have a Senate majority next year that does not have:
Tillis, Cornyn, Cassidy, Ernst, and McConnell

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 20, 2026 09:29 AM (3cUTc)

308 We are getting higher quality trolls than usual.
I hope JJ deletes them allowing the thread to
not be tainted or distracted from point to the
casual reader.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:29 AM (826kS)

309 Back to work after 2 weeks off -- sucks!
Posted by: Doof at July 20, 2026 09:22 AM
******

Just what is it you'd say you DO here?

Posted by: The two Bobs at July 20, 2026 09:29 AM (2Ez/1)

310 Posted by: Ordinary American at July 20, 2026 09:13 AM (fZiTB)

Trump says have a plan, he doesn't say tell the enemy what that plan is.

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 09:29 AM (AfzoM)

311 And get rid of that shitty picture.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:29 AM (826kS)

312 The Hawaiians getting all belligerent is cool and states' rights being asserted is to be applauded. But the best part is the left wing states thinking they are hard core. Let's find out who really is hard core.

Posted by: Rob Zombie at July 20, 2026 09:29 AM (2ap+5)

313 Look out! She mad!

https://tinyurl.com/7zm6vv36


She's done very little and looks completely exhausted. Trump, meanwhile, get's 4 hours of sleep a night, is constantly working, addressing the media, attending meetings and campaigning, yet still has the energy to play a round of golf.


Yeah, run that dumb c*nt. I dare you. You will become the laughingstock you always should've been.

That would be what's called 'going full monty.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:29 AM (2YhKe)

314 Tom Servo

Spot on. Good observation. Have a fortune cookie on me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 09:30 AM (u82oZ)

315 >>I know there are churches out there that are actually Bible-based in teaching.


FWIW, this church is legit: https://brave.org/
Past sermons available on the site.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 09:31 AM (X8xt3)

316 Which is pretty much what Hamas has done in Gaza.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2026 09:26 AM (edUvp)
=====

Renewed violence in Gaza is a question of when not if.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 09:31 AM (RIvkX)

317 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 20, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

318 And the man running as an R in my district for the House is not as young as the R Senate candidate and not as good looking 😉but a very articulate speaker , and I would have to be a nutcase to stay home and not to vote for him against the terrorist supporting Muslim running against him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 09:33 AM (6UQAR)

319 >>She's done very little and looks completely exhausted. Trump, meanwhile, get's 4 hours of sleep a night, is constantly working, addressing the media, attending meetings and campaigning, yet still has the energy to play a round of golf.

Excellent observation.
What does constantly being "angry"(the default state of the Socialist) get you? She's to very tired of everyone/everything disappointing her, being all greedy and unfair, and stuff. Frown lines, fatigue.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 09:33 AM (X8xt3)

320
Their only long term plan seems to hold on until President Trump is out of office.

To be fair, that's actually a pretty sound strategy considering our schizophrenic government structure.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Just keep doing what he's doing. They are like ants. Blow up their stuff and they will scurry about showing where there other stuff is, watch them, then blow that stuff up.
He's cut off ocean supply, he's cut off rail supply, it's a no fly zone; they are getting hungry and running out of all supplies.
This may be the best siege we've seen in lifetimes.
It requires patience.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2026 09:35 AM (826kS)

321 - Emmie, LVP, all others

If you want to understand eschatology, it's not hard. Time consuming, yes. Hard, no.

Go through the OT prophets. Isaiah thru Malachi. Make notes on all the passages that refer to the day of the LORD.
Then thru the NT, paying attention to passages that speak of Christ's coming and the day of Christ.
And understanding of three Greek words is advised.
Thlipsis- translated tribulation- simply means pressure
Parousia- translated coming- presence or coming and continued presence
Paralambano- receive you unto myself

Posted by: TeeJ at July 20, 2026 09:35 AM (dAv7M)

322
Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2026 09:31 AM (X8xt3)

I have been attending the Anglican Church in America. Very Bible based, Christocentric and evangelistic.


Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 09:35 AM (6UQAR)

323 I can't believe there are any Jews or Jewish-owned businesses left in NYC.

When they tell you who they are, believe them, and MummyDummy has been trumpeting who he is for years.

There are plenty of areas of the country who that be overjoyed to get migrants who are civilized and educated.

But not if you keep voting Communist. If you're planning to keep voting Communist, stay where you are.


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 20, 2026 09:36 AM (IG3/x)

324 Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 09:26 AM (rgGn5)

Believable, especially the cutting through bureaucracy thing

Posted by: ... at July 20, 2026 09:36 AM (AfzoM)

325 Nobody said you’re doomed. But why pretend 2nd term mid terms don’t typically lead to losses for the president’s party?

Every 2 term President (with the exception of Clinton) has lost house seats in his 2nd mid term election in the 20th and 21st century. And of those only Reagan lost seats in single digits. Bush, Obama, Nixon(Ford), Johnson, Eisenhower, Wilson and both Roosevelts lost double digit seats their 2nd term. Other than Clinton, you have to go back to 1834 to find the last 2 term president to not lose seats in his 2nd mid term.

It’s not doomerism to point out historical facts. American voters are fickle. They elect a president then 2 years later turn around and vote for the opposite party. It’s a thing.

Posted by: Reality Check at July 20, 2026 09:37 AM (rf/GM)

326 > She's done very little and looks completely exhausted.


Wasted away again in Abuelitaville.
Looking for my long-lost firm pair of tits
Some people say that The Wall is to blame
But I know... it's all Whitey's fault.


Posted by: Alexandria O'CrazyHo-Tittycaca at July 20, 2026 09:40 AM (IG3/x)

327 I have been attending the Anglican Church in America. Very Bible based, Christocentric and evangelistic.


Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I considered one over a decade ago, before dad began his decline and put all such ideas on hold for practical reasons (eventually I wound up at the Global Methodist church I now attend). I actually had cause to visit it recently, and I was quite pleased by what I experienced. I would have been happy to join it if life hadn't set me on a different path.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 09:43 AM (OUMaO)

328 Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 20, 2026 09:43 AM (OUMaO


I Am glad you have found a home in the Global Methodist Church. I respect them There are not in the area where I live.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 09:55 AM (Bw1/o)

329 reasons like this that I'm not automatically drawn to church-going. I know there are churches out there that are actually Bible-based in teaching. But there are some very nefarious things going on inside so many denominations, from my perspective, that I'd rather eschew these places and do my own Bible study and prayer in the confines of my private life. IOW, it seems to be getting harder to find a church that isn't corrupted into leftist worldviews.
Posted by: Lady in Black at


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I totally understand! Because of that I somehow found a really good podcast. It's Josh Howerton Live Free. The part I like best is that even though he is a preacher his podcasts are history based, and really interesting. I think you would enjoy them.

Posted by: . Chillin the most at July 20, 2026 09:23 AM (G0JG0)

If I may make a recommendation:

https://site.godspeak.com/

They defied the California COVID lockdowns and continue the mission of teaching God's word. Pastor Micah Stevens is wise beyond his years. Previous Sunday messages can be found at that site and full worship service is livestreamed every Sunday..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 20, 2026 09:56 AM (xljdX)

330 "On one hand, we are winning the war with Iran. On the other hand, the Vice President seems to be at odds with the administration.
Strange Things Are Happening"
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The knives are out for J.D.
I like Vance. It'd be nice to have a President that knows what it's like to worry about where the next meal is coming from. That enforces a humility that you never see from people raised like Obummer and Carter, much less Kennedy, the Bushes and DJT.
I hope that Vance has learned his lesson: Never, never conduct a nuanced conversation in public. Keep to the talking points. He has to remember that his political enemies are going to crank the contrast all the way up and anything he says that isn't absolutely white will become black.
Go listen to the whole Rogan interview, then come back here and start following the American Thinker link, and its NY Post link, then look at the comments to those stories. You'll see what I mean about the contrast knob.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 20, 2026 10:05 AM (MhE0B)

331 John Hinderaker wonders “whether a central purpose of our government is to fund crime.”

Posted by: SMOD at July 20, 2026 10:31 AM (RHGPo)

332 Jon Ossoff will win Georgia because the Republicans are not even trying. Living in Georgia I have not seen a tv ad, YouTube ad, online posting of any kind nor received anything in the mail from alleged challenger Mike Collins. His website sets out no policy - only gives a way to donate. He seems to not be trying.

Posted by: Juan Paxety at July 20, 2026 10:55 AM (EwniN)

333 'Morning, all. Hi, J.J.! Thank you.

Patty Murray gave the signal for the public health attack against the administration. Why? +/- 41 states chose to expand Medicaid under the ACA.

Instead of operating as usual, millions of able-bodied adults in 40 expansion states are preparing for new work requirements, and states are bracing for "significant drops in enrollment. (It's been estimated up to 5.2 million adults could lose Medicaid coverage under these new regulations.)

Facing massive funding & healthcare shifts, some states, i.e., New Jersey, are passing laws to fine large businesses that don't offer affordable health benefits to their low-wage workers, forcing taxpayers to subsidize them through Medicaid.

In addition, states such as Pennsylvania not only blew threw the C19 supplements but also lots of $ from the one time American Recue Plan to create unneeded, local boards of health & many "public health" jobs.

Reportedly, my county alone applied approximately $4.8 million in ARPA money to cover start-up costs, staff salaries, design, and IT infrastructure before a Board of Health officially debuted.

Cont'd -

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 20, 2026 11:34 AM (NFX2v)

334 All-in-all, it received a total of $110.08 million in ARPA funding, which was "heavily utilized to build local public health infrastructure and support countywide health initiatives." (Locking us in before (C19). Now distributing women's hygiene products, baby diapers, Narcan, gun locks and tests for pregnancy & sexually transmitted disease. Oh, and hiring lots contractors to survey stuff, or shuffling that & treatment for TB etc. off to the poorest hospital in the region.)

Addressing a structural deficit that previously reached at least $27 million, driven by a 30% surge in spending & the expiration of one-time federal pandemic cash, the county Council implemented a 19% property tax increase for the 2026 budget, following a 23% hike the prior year.

The loosey goosey spending pot is done. PROGRAMMATIC costs alone (yoga in prison?) are relying heavily rely on continuous federal and state grants and reimbursements. That's trouble.

Lots of states have pushed past limits of available funding and are in the same pickle. Murray to the rescue! More 🤡 to follow.
--
Re: Democratic Socialists. They're really making a MUCH larger publicity splash then they deserve. Cont'd

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 20, 2026 11:34 AM (NFX2v)

335 >New York Times, In Maine Senate Race, Democrats Go From Chaos to Coronation, July 20, 2026

👉He was the only Senate candidate with significant endorsements from labor unions, which in Maine do not represent large numbers of voters but which brought a political organization others could not match on the abbreviated timeline for selecting a nominee to replace Mr. Platner.

That's the "power." NOT numbers but the "NOISE" from union support.

More: GA's Ossoff, co-sponsored PRO Act; backed by the AFGE, IAM & USW, and Actors' Equity Association.

TX Dem Talarico holds a 100% pro-labor voting record & his campaign backed by the Texas AFL-CIO, the AFGE & the Actors' Equity Association.

Mamdani: 32BJ SEIU and the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA); District Council 37 (DC 37); New York City Central Labor Council (NYC CLC), AFL-CIO.

👉3 1/2% pioneered by political scientist Erica Chenoweth: "To change politics, mobilize 3.5% of the population through active, sustained, and diverse nonviolent civil resistance to create critical mass.

Drag in the old Indivisible coots for the No Kings protest & ya got it.
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🤗

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 20, 2026 11:34 AM (NFX2v)

336 332 Jon Ossoff will win Georgia because the Republicans are not even trying. Living in Georgia I have not seen a tv ad, YouTube ad, online posting of any kind nor received anything in the mail from alleged challenger Mike Collins. His website sets out no policy - only gives a way to donate. He seems to not be trying.
Posted by: Juan Paxety at July 20, 2026 10:55 AM (EwniN)

Reminds me of Pennsylvania when McCain/Palin ran for Pres/VP vs. Obama-Biden. (And Biden was already a fool.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 20, 2026 12:06 PM (NFX2v)

337
re: Benjamin Netanyahu and the NYPD

Diplomatic immunity, bitches.
OK, ...carry on as if you were normal.

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Posted by: tktub.cc at July 20, 2026 09:11 PM (1l46d)

Daily Tech News 20 July 2026

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Musical Interlude




Disclaimer: Wut.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:35 AM




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1 w00t

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 04:35 AM (6wpGE)

2 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 04:35 AM (P3X50)

3 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 04:35 AM (Ia/+0)

4 I try harder.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 04:36 AM (P3X50)

5 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 20, 2026 04:36 AM (BLOW1)

6 Disclaimer: Wut.

w00t

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 04:36 AM (6wpGE)

7 Have bills to pay, mouths to feed
Ain't nothing in this world for free

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 04:37 AM (Ia/+0)

8 Waiting to see if my phone fixed itself with a overnight restart.
Haven't had mobal data in 2 days

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 04:39 AM (Ia/+0)

9 @7 Unless you are from Somalia

Posted by: Case at July 20, 2026 04:39 AM (bqIVz)

10 >>>But while SK Hynix is pulling in record revenues and profits, every other tech company in the chaebol

chaebol
noun
(in South Korea) a large family-owned business conglomerate.

origin
Korean, from chae ‘money’ + bol ‘faction, clique’

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 04:42 AM (6wpGE)

11 Mornin'

Got a renewed laptop coming in today. Nothing fancy. Just a Dell business laptop. I'll put Linux Mint on it as soon as it shows up. I think it has Win11 on it, but I didn't buy it for Windows. I was going to put Linux on it. I'm used to have 3 laptops. The ancient HP laptop finally gave up the ghost. The HD was making 'I'm going to die soon noises' anyway. I think the fan inside died too. First world problems. My Apple MacBook is my everyday machine anyway.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 20, 2026 04:43 AM (sAmhv)

12 Long commute
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 04:45 AM (Ia/+0)

13 @7 Unless you are from Somalia

Posted by: Case at July 20, 2026 04:39 AM (bqIVz)
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You're a quick learer!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 04:52 AM (P3X50)

14 Cage The Elephant - Ain't No Rest For The Wicked

Well, ok, then!

I see it is the source of these lyrics:

7 Have bills to pay, mouths to feed
Ain't nothing in this world for free
Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 04:37 AM (Ia/+0)

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 04:58 AM (6wpGE)

15 Bad shooting in Tuscon:

https://t.co/EqkkCusgsC

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 04:58 AM (P3X50)

16 @13. Biden's Dog

Sometimes the truth can be harsh.

Posted by: Case at July 20, 2026 05:00 AM (bqIVz)

17 15 Bad shooting in Tuscon:

https://t.co/EqkkCusgsC
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 20, 2026 04:58 AM (P3X50)

"We're talking about downtown Tucson on a Saturday night," Frank Magos with the Tucson Police Department said. "It's very vibrant here, a very lively crowd."

Vibrant.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:00 AM (6wpGE)

18 This is like a foreign language to me:

"... I yelled at everybody to run away," Camacho said. She ran for her life, saying, "I grabbed my cousin, and we dipped, and as soon as we bent the corner, shots fired."

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:02 AM (6wpGE)

19 Like accidentally deleting all your files but being really sorry about it afterwards.

I suppose the first order of business is to set it up with the command "You may not delete any file without my permission."

And I love the song selection. I first heard about it in the game Borderlands.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 05:11 AM (lXoJ5)

20
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 20, 2026 05:13 AM (AMvSw)

21 18 This is like a foreign language to me:

"... I yelled at everybody to run away," Camacho said. She ran for her life, saying, "I grabbed my cousin, and we dipped, and as soon as we bent the corner, shots fired."
Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:02 AM (6wpGE)

sounds like '20s gangster-speak.

...1920s.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2026 05:21 AM (Ot/FD)

22 AI gone bad:

Cleveland Clinic
edema causes, symptoms & treatment

https://tinyurl.com/4jhct39b

Care and Treatment
How is this symptom treated?
Other examples of possible treatments include:

• Changing what you eat, especially switching to a low-salt (sodium) diet

...

• Receiving hanging medications (if they’re causing or contributing to your edema)

Reread that! Maybe:

Changing medications (if they're causing or contributing to your edema)

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:25 AM (6wpGE)

23 21 18 This is like a foreign language to me:

"... I yelled at everybody to run away," Camacho said. She ran for her life, saying, "I grabbed my cousin, and we dipped, and as soon as we bent the corner, shots fired."
Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:02 AM (6wpGE)

sounds like '20s gangster-speak.

...1920s.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2026 05:21 AM (Ot/FD)

Skiddoo! And cheese it!

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:26 AM (6wpGE)

24 The head of SK Group, owners of Big Three memory maker SK Hynix, says that memory prices are too high and have to come down.

Talk is cheap, memory isn't.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

25 @18/m: Get Urban Dictionary to help you out.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:32 AM (O7YUW)

26 Speaking of 1920's, this was 50 years ago from this year. Couldn't do the same from 1976.
m.youtube.com/shorts/v3ICj_xwpgk?ra=m

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 20, 2026 05:33 AM (DZ9Lv)

27 Did anyone up jump the boogie to the bang-bang boogie?

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 20, 2026 05:36 AM (DZ9Lv)

28 25 @18/m: Get Urban Dictionary to help you out.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:32 AM (O7YUW)

I kinda can deduce what was meant....

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:36 AM (6wpGE)

29 Memory prices are weird.

It seems like the exact same mechanism that's making things like hospitals and colleges and cars wildly overpriced, and yet with precious little state interference. Millions (billions?) of people effectively buying up memory in the form of distributed/cloud computing demand, with Other People's Money, and not even being aware they're doing it.

Ugh. Just imagine in ten years when AI chat becomes a brand new Fundamental Human Right, and we all have to pay for every jackass on earth to have "Access" to asking ChatGPT if some inflatable music hussy's tits are real or not.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 20, 2026 05:37 AM (Ot/FD)

30 >>>and we dipped, and as soon as we bent the corner

= and we scooched down, and as soon as we rounded the corner

?

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:39 AM (6wpGE)

31 @28/m: I wasn't being facetious by the way. There's been multiple times I've had to use Urban Dictionary to figure out a new bit of slang the kids have all started babbling on the bus.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:41 AM (O7YUW)

32 Fundamental Human Right, and we all have to pay for every jackass on earth to have "Access" to asking ChatGPT if some inflatable music hussy's tits are real or not.

Posted by: Warai-otoko

The alternative is no one gets to ask. Do YOU want to be known as the one who permanently derailed boob threads?

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 20, 2026 05:42 AM (DZ9Lv)

33 New Oxford American Dictionary

typo? maybe ...

truckle
verb
submit or behave obsequiously: he will neither bow nor truckled to any kind of control

Might be: He will neither bow nor [has he ever] truckled to any kind of control

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:42 AM (6wpGE)

34 31 @28/m: I wasn't being facetious by the way. There's been multiple times I've had to use Urban Dictionary to figure out a new bit of slang the kids have all started babbling on the bus.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:41 AM (O7YUW)

You betcha!

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:43 AM (6wpGE)

35 @30/m:

dipped = Got out of there
bent the corner = turned the corner

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:43 AM (O7YUW)

36 Get Urban Dictionary to help you out.

It has helped but there are times I sat and stared at my screen wondering what kind of cruel God didn't stop me from looking up certain terms.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 05:44 AM (lXoJ5)

37 35 @30/m:

dipped = Got out of there
bent the corner = turned the corner
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:43 AM (O7YUW)

dipped = Got out of there
wild

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:45 AM (6wpGE)

38 @36/NR Pax: *guffaw* True.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:46 AM (O7YUW)

39 36 Get Urban Dictionary to help you out.

It has helped but there are times I sat and stared at my screen wondering what kind of cruel God didn't stop me from looking up certain terms.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 05:44 AM (lXoJ5)

Agreed. I try to still my hand if the cost-effectiveness is not immediately apparent.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:48 AM (6wpGE)

40 Oxford American Dictionary has that!

dip
verb
[no object] informal - leave: you wanna dip but don't wanna be rude so you just keep nodding | they said their hellos and dipped out early.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:50 AM (6wpGE)

41 *slams back the remaining three-quarters of the big-mug of coffee*

The neurons have crested the top of the roller coaster ramp, and now the fast-descent and screaming begins.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:50 AM (O7YUW)

42 41 *slams back the remaining three-quarters of the big-mug of coffee*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:50 AM (O7YUW)

* need *

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:51 AM (6wpGE)

43 My mobile data is back

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2026 05:51 AM (h3syt)

44 Welcome back, Skip!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:52 AM (O7YUW)

45 Went to my local Bojangles on Sunday after my Red Cross trip. Ended up with a burn on the roof of my mouth from the coffee and I just got finished telling them about it.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 05:56 AM (lXoJ5)

46 Well, we are enjoying our new kitten, Millard, who has grown even since we got him last week, and he has learned to fetch the little plastic spring like toys and bring them back to us.

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 05:58 AM (Bw1/o)

47 @11

>> My Apple MacBook is my everyday machine anyway.

The Base OS on a Mac is Unix/Linux, so unless you have a very specific need for a Linux like operating system you could have saved money on a laptop, because you already have one.

Also of note, a Mac running parallels offers the best Windows experience if one is into that sort of thing.

In addition, you could use parallels to install any number of Linux VMs.

I have a number of different Linux vms on my MacBook in addition to my Windows 11 vm.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 20, 2026 05:59 AM (XV/Pl)

48 Firefighters spend four hours carrying a 100 lb dog down a mountain to safety after he was too exhausted to continue the trek with owner :

https://tinyurl.com/mcjwjj8x

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:04 AM (D+BhG)

49 Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 05:56 AM (lXoJ5

Sorry about your burn. What was your Red Cross trip?

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:05 AM (D+BhG)

50 Evening and morning, all! 'Ti s Monday, a truth universally to be acknowledged; but recall:

"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 06:08 AM (wzUl9)

51 Ran into a new term in a video about a gent talking about purchasing an old Mercedes from the 90's and restoring it (It was also a video that was teaching people all the bad effects about enshittification).

That term? "Demand Destruction".

Video on YT queued up to 43m56s:
https://tinyurl.com/48d8y4as

And for those who don't want to click through:

"Demand Destruction: When people consistently get less than they paid for, they eventually stop paying."

Yup. That.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 06:09 AM (O7YUW)

52 @46/FenelonSpouse: Kitten = Joy, destruction, frustration, love, insanity, stepping in cat-yack at 3 in the morning, etc...etc...

In other words: Worth it. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 06:11 AM (O7YUW)

53 "Singing contractors" vocal group singing Bill and Gloria Gaither's gospel song, "Because he lives"
Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/bd68vb6w

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:11 AM (D+BhG)

54 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Cuz.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 20, 2026 06:12 AM (amcLV)

55 Well, we are enjoying our new kitten, Millard, who has grown even since we got him last week, and he has learned to fetch the little plastic spring like toys and bring them back to us.

***
Fen, I have no doubt that he is enjoying you as well. "Fetch" is not too unusual; I've known several cats who did it, including the late Tatiana the Wonder Siberian -- it was our regular game with a small rubber ball -- red tabby Arizona occasionally, and even Chekov D. Siberian now and then. Though I have no doubt the kitten thinks of it as "I'll bring this over so the human can continue MY game."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 06:12 AM (wzUl9)

56 Oh, and little Dagny loves to race after a toy I throw, touch it, and then race back away from it without worrying it or carrying it in her mouth to me. I keep telling her, "You've got *part* of the concept, now how about the rest?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 06:14 AM (wzUl9)

57 Aaaand . . . we have a disorganized, for now, tropical depression in the Gulf of America, heading roughly in our direction. Gah. Means I'd better go work out this morning, as it may be raining strongly tomorrow and the day after, or even farther out.

Most the rain may stay off the coast, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 06:16 AM (wzUl9)

58 Good morning morons

Is Tehran burning?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 06:17 AM (RIvkX)

59 Deuteronomy 3:23- and "One more prayer". International Fellowship of Christians and Jews;

https://tinyurl.com/25mzn3vu

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:18 AM (D+BhG)

60 Sorry about your burn. What was your Red Cross trip?
Posted by: FenelonSpouse

Thanks. It's getting better and while I'm not the kind to fuss over things like this, I did email them a heads up that they need to adjust the temperature a bit.

I donate platelets every couple of weeks. My blood type is one of the ones that is very desirable for that. So I go in early Sunday morning, get hooked up to a machine and watch Netflix for about 1.5-2 hours. After that, I get some cookies and make my way home.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 06:18 AM (lXoJ5)

61 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 06:12 AM (wzUl9

Well, hopefully we're keeping him sufficiently entertained! 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:19 AM (D+BhG)

62 Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 06:18 AM (lXoJ5

That is very thoughtful of you,

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:20 AM (D+BhG)

63
Easy access to guns and Arizona’s weak gun safety laws have continued to put all of us at risk. From requiring universal background checks to extreme risk laws to funding violence prevention there is more lawmakers can and should do.

Gun violence statistics are granular enough to provide certain red flags. Nobody wants to learn what those red flags are.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 06:22 AM (O0L8i)

64 44 Welcome back, Skip!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 05:52 AM (O7YUW)

That doesn't sound very grumpy!

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 06:23 AM (6wpGE)

65 The trip to the Museum of Art was not bad. Most of the interesting stuff is on the first two of the three floors; the Japanese and other non-Western Hemisphere art is on the top floor. There were lots of Dutch paintings, including one of a bordello that really pops out because of the black-and-white checkered floor highlighted by the light from above in the painting. There was a Jackson Pollock that I believe we've had on the Art Thread, and some abstract work by a painter/photographer, Robert Gowdy, who apparently was well known here in the '60s-'80s, before his death from AIDS in '86.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)

66 Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 06:18 AM (lXoJ5)
====

You're likely negative for cyclomegavirus, which is rare among U.S. adults, and makes your platelets safe to be received by patients with immune deficiency

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 06:25 AM (RIvkX)

67 There's lighter versions of Qwen available. I've downloaded and used it before. I bought a new but older tech laptop, and Acer which I really like a lot. It has an NVidia discrete GPU, not very powerful, but I can also run NVidia's Nemotron on that. It's a little slow, but it works. I can't read as fast as Grok, GPT, or Claude can type anyway. Slow is fine.

I used the local AI a few weeks ago to troubleshoot a wifi problem preventing me from getting on the internet. That was supe cool.

We go back for an ultrasound soon. I'm hoping everything will be normal, but there's a very good chance it won't be. Just waiting and praying. All I can do for now.

Posted by: meh at July 20, 2026 06:26 AM (kK7U2)

68 We have 84 or 85 horrifying degrees. I'd better not look at the heat index or I'll never go out there. About time to change, stretch, and get rolling.

Later, I'll need to hit the grocery and pick up my revised driving (distance view) glasses. If the bifocal part is still bothersome, I'll take both pairs back and say, "Just make them all the distance lens, I don't need bifocals."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 06:28 AM (wzUl9)

69 Another excellent, inspiring sermon by a fill in preacher at the Anglican Church in America. This was on Romans 8:9-17. It was a smaller crowd than last week . I guess they're all on vacation. One amusing English fellow who does the technical things over there said to us, "So we didn't scare you off last week?"

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:28 AM (zqeQL)

70 Fen, take some pics of Millard the kitten and send them to K.T. for the Pet Thread. I need to do the same for Stirling and Dagny, who have both filled out tremendously from four years ago.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 06:29 AM (wzUl9)

71 We are heading off for our annual sojourn in Sonoma today. Tomorrow morning at this time I will be sitting under the stars, which still fascinate me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 06:31 AM (RIvkX)

72 ****@48: Firefighters spend four hours carrying a 100 lb dog down a mountain to safety after he was too exhausted to continue the trek with owner :
https://tinyurl.com/mcjwjj8x
Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:04 AM (D+BhG)****
That's a nice story to start the week with. Thank you for posting it.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 20, 2026 06:31 AM (UjPeb)

73
Waiting for the sun to come up so I can get the car emptied from last week's shows and wash a couple of crates so we can set them up in the house, move Puff, Ruth and Dutchess up and shut down the AC and fans in the kennel.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 06:33 AM (O0L8i)

74 58 Good morning morons

Is Tehran burning?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 06:17 AM (RIvkX)

Not burning, so much, as painful when they pee.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 06:34 AM (6wpGE)

75 That is very thoughtful of you,
Posted by: FenelonSpouse

Thanks. Honestly, the main reason I do it is because they have a short life span and there is a great need for them. OK, and the free snacks helps.

You're likely negative for cyclomegavirus, which is rare among U.S. adults, and makes your platelets safe to be received by patients with immune deficiency
Posted by: San Franpsycho

That's a good bit of information. Thanks. But apparently there are not a lot of people who donate platelets so my local Red Cross really likes us.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 06:34 AM (lXoJ5)

76 Sure, we're nice now but eventually we will eat you.

Posted by: Your Cats at July 20, 2026 06:35 AM (RIvkX)

77
The man had been hiking the Golden Eagle Trail in Pennsylvania's Tiadaghton State Forest with his senior dog, Sable, when she suddenly became exhausted and could no longer continue. Nearly two miles from the trailhead, the 100-pound dog was unable to make the journey back on her own.

Nitwit. Did he think his dog was some kind of machine? Especially a senior dog. This is just plain senseless.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 06:36 AM (O0L8i)

78 Not burning, so much, as painful when they pee.
Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 06:34 AM (6wpGE)
=====

I'll take what I can get.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 06:36 AM (RIvkX)

79 A replacement chip has been reverse-engineered and is now available. It's built on an ancient 130nm node, but that's magic compared to the 4 micron node used in the original Z80.

Eh, a little PCB with power supply conversion and an FPGA will probably work. The opcode fore the Z80 is pretty basic.

Just did a search...somebody already did it.
https://tinyurl.com/2jhnktvs

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 20, 2026 06:37 AM (l3cgK)

80 OK, and the free snacks helps.

====

TBH I donated whole blood every 8 weeks when I was in college mostly because they gave me as many Oreos as I wanted. Also, I had good veins so they saved me for new phlebotomists

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 06:39 AM (RIvkX)

81 Nitwit. Did he think his dog was some kind of machine? Especially a senior dog. This is just plain senseless.

Sometimes, you aren't aware of just how old your dog is until they show you. But he really should have known already.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 06:40 AM (lXoJ5)

82 TBH I donated whole blood every 8 weeks when I was in college mostly because they gave me as many Oreos as I wanted.

The Nutter Butters are another good reason.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 06:40 AM (lXoJ5)

83 I'd estimate about a third of the dogs I see are being carried or in strollers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 06:42 AM (RIvkX)

84 mornin yall. To make soccer suck even more they added Madonna and Justin Beaver.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 06:44 AM (MWfyi)

85 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 06:29 AM (wzUl9

Thanks. will have to see if I can get FenSpouse to do that. I'm not very technically proficient as I'm sure is obvious from my comments.

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:48 AM (zqeQL)

86 Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 20, 2026 06:31 AM (UjPeb)

You are most welcome . I hope you and all here have a blessed day!

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:49 AM (zqeQL)

87 We went the farm yesterday and Mrs fd found an arrowhead. Her first. I've found a few over the years and it's quite a thrill.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 06:50 AM (MWfyi)

88
I'd estimate about a third of the dogs I see are being carried or in strollers.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 06:42 AM (RIvkX)

Many years ago we were at a show. The rings and the grooming area were in separate buildings. Possum was Best of Breed that day and before the Hound Group a Texas thunderstorm began.

Her Majesty had just gotten Possum groomed and asked me, "Would you mind carrying her over?" Possum was a big girl and not happy to be carried. Her Majesty thoughtfully held an umbrella... over Possum.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 06:50 AM (O0L8i)

89 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9

Sounds great. I am glad that you enjoyed your visit there.

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:50 AM (zqeQL)

90 This is a picture of what FenSpouse and I saw yesterday growing from the crack in the sidewalk on our walk to church- a moss rose:

https://tinyurl.com/sf4rjncy

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:54 AM (zqeQL)

91

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 20, 2026 06:54 AM (sUMTS)

92 Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 06:50 AM (MWfyi)

That does sound like a thrill.

Posted by: FenelonSpouse at July 20, 2026 06:55 AM (zqeQL)

93 Watching clips of Jennifer Seibel Newsom crashing out on MSNOW.

She desperately wants to be Jill Biden.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:00 AM (RIvkX)

94 "That does sound like a thrill.
Posted by: FenelonSpouse"

The high point of the day.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 07:01 AM (MWfyi)

95 Sparkle Beach Ken and Crazy Eyes Barbie

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:03 AM (RIvkX)

96 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 06:36 AM (O0L8i)

I thought it was kind of witless myself, but I posted it more about the kindness of the people who carried him down.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 07:06 AM (D+BhG)

97 I'd estimate about a third of the dogs I see are being carried or in strollers

My wife and I were at a Greyhound event in Gettysburg with our boy Duncan. This lady went by us with her Italian Greyhound in a baby sling. Duncan stopped, looked at them and then looked at my wife as if to wonder why he wasn't being carried like that.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:07 AM (lXoJ5)

98 Posted by: Your Cats at July 20, 2026 06:35 AM (RIvkX)

So I guess you're a dog person, eh?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 07:07 AM (D+BhG)

99 Batter up, m!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 07:09 AM (O7YUW)

100 You have to be a really shitty person to steal AC units from a church to sell for scrap at this time of year. The scrapyards should be held to account too for accepting them.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 07:10 AM (MWfyi)

101 One hundred.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 07:11 AM (MWfyi)

102 How feckless is the Georgia GOP?

"Georgia voters will continue casting ballots under the state's current vote-counting system for at least two more years after lawmakers approved a plan to delay major election equipment changes until 2028.
Lawmakers had approved that deadline two years ago but never settled on a replacement system."

So Dominion again.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 07:16 AM (MWfyi)

103 Good morning! Schnikeez! I slept 'til 0600. Gonna be hot this week in Cowtown, with temps checking in at 100+.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 20, 2026 07:18 AM (3Ope8)

104 @100/fd: Agreed. Any HVAC company around here dumps the old cores/evaporators/compressors/copper lines into a dedicated dumpster that the metal scrap-yard comes and picks up.

Anyone showing up at a scrap yard with one or two AC units in a personal truck (that isn't HVAC branded) should have to produce their HVAC certification (each tech is personally certified), and their D.L. + CVOR. If they can't or won't, call the police.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 07:18 AM (O7YUW)

105 You have to be a really shitty person to steal AC units from a church to sell for scrap at this time of year.

Other times of year, no problem.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 07:20 AM (a4flb)

106 We're probably gonna break 100 here... but it's okay- it's a wet heat.

Posted by: MkY at July 20, 2026 07:21 AM (q6tQZ)

107 "Other times of year, no problem.
Posted by: Community Notes"

Well, no, but the Summer offence should warrant a more particularly severe level of Hell.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 07:22 AM (MWfyi)

108 @102/fd: "So Dominion again."

I found this yesterday at OldNFO's blog and watched the whole thing. Just...dang. Dominion is only a piece of the election fraud worldwide machine. Venezuela, China-to-Taiwan, Canada to take the form as "Dominion", and then into the USA.

https://youtu.be/XJ1C8efXUE8

And the interviewer is smart enough to just let this guy talk, he doesn't interrupt him, which these days is rare. That alone got my attention.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 20, 2026 07:22 AM (O7YUW)

109 If the government would just give junkies more money they wouldn't have to steal from churches.

Posted by: fd at July 20, 2026 07:25 AM (MWfyi)

110 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:27 AM (u82oZ)

111 Anyone showing up at a scrap yard with one or two AC units in a personal truck should have to produce their HVAC certification and their D.L. + CVOR.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

But minorities can't get IDs! How can you demand such a terrible thing?!

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:28 AM (lXoJ5)

112 109 If the government would just give junkies more money they wouldn't have to steal from churches.
Posted by: fd

I hope God is understanding that I can support an isolated facility where the junkies are given everything they want to shoot up and let nature work its magic.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:28 AM (lXoJ5)

113 I hope God is understanding that I can support an isolated facility where the junkies are given everything they want to shoot up and let nature work its magic.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:28 AM (lXoJ5)
====

I would put them all in the buffalo paddock in Golden Gate Park.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:30 AM (RIvkX)

114 Hillary Clinton

Why?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

115 San Franpsycho

Has there ever been drug-addicted homeless bums that got cleaned up and made a difference?

Seems like our help is pass through graft for NGOs.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

116 I would put them all in the buffalo paddock in Golden Gate Park.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I like the way you think.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:35 AM (lXoJ5)

117 Has there ever been drug-addicted homeless bums that got cleaned up and made a difference?

Seems like our help is pass through graft for NGOs.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)
====

TBF yes there are definitely success stories, too few and far in between

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:35 AM (RIvkX)

118 I would put them all in the buffalo paddock in Golden Gate Park.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

***
Or the one that straddles I-70 west of Denver.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 07:36 AM (wzUl9)

119 when is this tech thread gonna dip and bend the corner to JJ?

Posted by: Boswell at July 20, 2026 07:38 AM (j10i6)

120 Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Have we no levees to build in the lower Mississippi River area?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:39 AM (u82oZ)

121 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 20, 2026 07:39 AM (2Ez/1)

122 The average number of days per year in the U.S. reaching 95°F was ~18% lower during the 60-year period 1961 to 2020 compared to 1901 to 1960.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 07:40 AM (/+uur)

123 Did my workout, an amazing (for this time of year) 7.5 minutes' trotting within a total of 15. Exhausting, but worth it.

As for the guy with his senior dog: True, sometimes you don't know how old your pet is if you adopt him later in his life. But at the first vet visit they should have given you some idea. Little Oreo the black-and-white part-Persian, I was told, was five, but when I took her in for a checkup the vet said she was older than that, maybe seven or eight. Since she lived another six years with me, that gave her a pretty good run on Earth. But I would never have expected her to play and frisk like a kitten.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 07:40 AM (wzUl9)

124 ps
thats about 1 out of 6

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 20, 2026 07:40 AM (/+uur)

125 Have we no levees to build in the lower Mississippi River area?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026

***
Where they exist, they are tall and pretty solid. But there are lots of places "outside the levee system."

Fortunately I do not live in any of them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 20, 2026 07:42 AM (wzUl9)

126 TBF yes there are definitely success stories, too few and far in between
Posted by: San Franpsycho

An old friend of mine was born and raised in San Francisco. His opinions on how the homeless and the junkies should be handled might be considered extreme for this site.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:44 AM (lXoJ5)

127 "Georgia voters will continue casting ballots under the state's current vote-counting system for at least two more years after lawmakers approved a plan to delay major election equipment changes until 2028.
Lawmakers had approved that deadline two years ago but never settled on a replacement system."

--

Paper ballots could be ready in time, but we can't have that anymore apparently.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 20, 2026 07:45 AM (qBdHI)

128 And today's " God incident" so far. I spotted a lady at the corner of town with a shirt which said, "With God all things are possible."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2026 07:45 AM (TIRHP)

129 r hennigantx

No days above 100℉ this year. A cold summer for Kansas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

130 TBF yes there are definitely success stories, too few and far in between
Posted by: San Franpsycho

An old friend of mine was born and raised in San Francisco. His opinions on how the homeless and the junkies should be handled might be considered extreme for this site.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:44 AM (lXoJ5)

Scoops? That's covered here.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 07:46 AM (dK+Kv)

131 http://ai.mee.nu/ has some issues....

502 Bad Gateway response.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 20, 2026 07:47 AM (JTvl/)

132 JJ is up.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 20, 2026 07:48 AM (lXoJ5)

133 Scoops? That's covered here.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 07:46 AM (dK+Kv)
====
That's how we would get them into the park.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)

134 NR Pax

The programs that help the homeless strike me as needing slaves (homeless) to enrich the helpers. No homeless, not Leftist with government money.

There are better paths.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 20, 2026 07:49 AM (u82oZ)

135
Seriously annoyed. I think that after some reasonable length of time (5-10 years), journals should have to make articles open access. There's no reason to pay $50-60 for a PDF of something that was published 30 or 40 years ago.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2026 07:49 AM (O0L8i)

136 And today's " God incident" so far. I spotted a lady at the corner of town with a shirt which said, "With God all things are possible."

On the other side it should read: "... Except for those things for which He hasn't ordained"

Posted by: Community Notes at July 20, 2026 07:50 AM (PVBkQ)

137 Vibrant.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2026 05:00 AM (6wpGE)

And diverse. Strong even.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 20, 2026 07:50 AM (dK+Kv)

138 131 http://ai.mee.nu/ has some issues....

502 Bad Gateway response.
Posted by: Richard Cranium

Yeah, a secondary server was rebooted. Fixed now.

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