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Hobby Thread - July 11, 2026 [TRex]
Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) is feeling micro. It spun and spun and landed on a small scale theme for this Hobby Thread.
A what? You heard me.Top photo:
The Erzgebirge mountain range in eastern Germany near the Czech border is known for woodcraft. The silver and tin miners used to whittle lindenwood (basswood) as a hobby but when the mines ran dry, the whittling turned into a way to make a living. The nutcracker was born there. A wide range of wood toys, ornaments and decorations are still made and the skills and traditions passed down through the generations. This matchbox scene shows a woodshop in a box only 2 inches long and 1.5 inches high. Lots of other scenes and characters are available in matchbox form.More miniature furniture woodworking:
This came from my great-grandfather's attic. He and his across the street neighbor helped build each other's houses. Both were coopers in the Chicago stockyards. My g-gf died in 1917 right after his roof was finished so last used then. What was he doing with a Sabatier knife? I have his larger one also. Likely making German sausage for home use and the first floor store. That and two rental apartments sustained his widow and the rest of the family until it sold in 1965. Oh, and the cracked handle repair is a nod to kintsugi!Before photo with a dirty blade.
I simply used various grades of steel wool, no powdered abrasives or sandpaper. I clamped and epoxied the handle, but didn't get a photo. The tang prevented the complete closure of the split. Next I will sent the initials on the handle. I remembered MH, my great grandfather's, but clearly MM, his neighbor and co-carpenter of their respective homes.
Words of wisdom:
"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).
Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Or just email to say hello. Do mighty things.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 11, 2026 05:32 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 11, 2026 05:36 PM (1Ff7Z)
Imagine making a doll's-house version of Nero Wolfe's West 35th St. office and ground floor; would be amazing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 05:36 PM (wzUl9)
Because of the Summer weather, I've switched up my EDC to my church gun.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 11, 2026 05:38 PM (xcxpd)
Ace of Spades Pet Thread, July 11
Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals. Would you like a treat? Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.
When Gentoo penguins start their breeding season at Edinburgh Zoo, kids from Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity paint pebbles for the penguins to present to their mates and can watch the birds choose their favorite via livestream. pic.twitter.com/TpQWStJ3GM
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 11, 2026
G’day Mate,Thrilled to meet you, Spud! We are so happy that a Jack Russell like you graduated from puppy school! We have heard of Jack Russells who are not always good boys, and we can tell that puppy school was a great thing for you! Hope you get lots of treats today!
My name is Spud, Im a Jack Russel and Im a good boy. This is me when I graduated from puppy school 5 years ago. Im much biger now. I like fetch the ball, tug the rope, walkies, puppy park and treats Iam sorry, I’ve got to go and chase a bird that’s just landed in the back yard - dam birds Woff Woff from Downunder
Up top is our dog Winnie. The one below is Bella. Bella is a foster dog waiting for a home. We babysat her over a weekend and the foster mom said that she didn't know how to handle dog beds.Thanks to you and Winnie for taking such good care of Bella.
Winnie was resigned to her role as a teacher. NR Pax
Hi. Sorry, it's been awhile. The first 2 pictures are of Deuce, who sadly had to be put to sleep when his cancer became too advanced about a month ago. The third is him with my black cat Mr. Sweetie, aka Murderboy - he is a prolific hunter. Then Murderboy outdoors, then Hattie Catty and Heidi. I'll try to be more frequent as time allows. I love your Pets thread, and AceOfSpadesHQ is the best website that there is. I'm mainly a lurker, when I do comment it is under the name Happy. Thank you.So sorry you have lost Deuce. A sweetheart. We are happy to meet your cats, each one with a different personality! Stay in touch
Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today.
If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:Until next Saturday, have a great week!petmorons at protonmail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.
If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the
Ace of Spades Pet Thread, July 4
I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: NR Pax at July 11, 2026 03:35 PM (/k3in)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 11, 2026 03:37 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 11, 2026 03:39 PM (4T3aT)
Posted by: Caf at July 11, 2026 03:40 PM (fawlF)
Murderboy looks much like my Stirling. Well, almost all black cats with no white look like all the others, don't they? Stirling has a medium-length coat, but otherwise they could be twins.
The gray cat up top with the wide-eyed expression could be any cat who has spied something crawling up the wall that he wants to kill.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 03:41 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 11, 2026 03:41 PM (4T3aT)
Stirling is still my buddy. Sleeps with me part of every night, and usually every afternoon. Today he was already on the bed when I went to nap. Darned if he didn't get up and resettle himself against me, like a puppy seeking its mother's warmth and heartbeat. Darn cat has gone and made himself The Favorite.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 03:45 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 03:46 PM (Ia/+0)
Kaylee the Calico Kitty Cat (the cutest little cat of them all) has had a rough week. She hasn't been able to use the litter box very well. Had to take her to the vet to see if there were any major problems.
Vet gave her a shot to help relax her muscles and she's on Laxatone (to help her go) and amoxicillin for antibiotics.
Seems to be helping a bit since she did use her litter box yesterday and today.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2026 03:47 PM (FZ29D)
(Well, yes, there are certain kinds of pebbles they go for. Like diamonds, rubies, and emeralds.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 03:48 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 03:49 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 03:45 PM (wzUl9)
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Penny sleeps close to me every night, which I love. Allie sleeps nearby, but doesn't curl up next to me unless I'm in bed trying to read. Then she wants attention and will curl up under my left arm.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2026 03:49 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 03:50 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: KT at July 11, 2026 03:50 PM (rdeQO)
The stuff didn't seem to make much difference. Dagny does not usually get upset at short sharp noises in the distance anyway. Stirling seemed as edgy as usual at the noise, and disappeared under the bed.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 03:54 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at July 11, 2026 03:54 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 11, 2026 04:00 PM (Cqx++)
Small update on our cats
https://tinyurl.com/dg65258
I will have to read the threadlater. My eyes are a bit blurry right now.
Posted by: Joyenz at July 11, 2026 04:03 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: KT at July 11, 2026 04:05 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 11, 2026 04:07 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: KT at July 11, 2026
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So penguins would ignore pebbles painted red, orange, or yellow?
Gentlemen! We have a new weapon in our war against The Penguin Invaders!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 04:16 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at July 11, 2026 04:18 PM (kBcTc)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at July 11, 2026
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If he has dogs, he's not a pet owner, he's a rancher!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 04:19 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 11, 2026 04:22 PM (/k3in)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 04:30 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 04:31 PM (wzUl9)
Winnie was resigned to her role as a teacher.
NR Pax
I have heard that "bed fail" is a typical foible of Sight Hounds, for whatever reason. And I've seen photos, such as of one lying on the floor next to an empty doggie bed, with just his legs on it. If it makes them happy... If that's comfortable... {shakes head}
Posted by: SciVo at July 11, 2026 04:33 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 11, 2026 04:34 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at July 11, 2026
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If he has dogs, he's not a pet owner, he's a rancher!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 04:19 PM (wzUl9)
The Regime Media made a big deal about it when the Obamas got a couple of Portuguese Water Dogs, but then they were rarely seen or mentioned after that. I like to imagine that they at least got attention, affection, and play time from the girls, or barring that, from staff and security.
Posted by: SciVo at July 11, 2026 04:38 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 11, 2026
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Stirling only started the "leap over The Human, kicking him in the process, at 3:45 am" earlier this year. If he'd been waking me an hour or more before the alarm when I was working, he'd have been spending his nights in the living room with the door shut.
Fortunately he does not do it every morning. And sometimes I can get back to sleep afterward for thirty or even sixty minutes. When I do stagger out of bed early, I don't reward him -- I don't feed him or turn on his water tap until the regular breakfast time of six a.m. He has the water fountain, and I've seen him use it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 04:45 PM (wzUl9)
Honestly, I don't bother trying to understand it. It's just one of the things greyhounds do.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 11, 2026 04:48 PM (/k3in)
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 04:51 PM (hPLSE)
>They became labor day fajitas with a grilled vegetable medley and fresh toasted tortillas.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 11, 2026 04:52 PM (KttFr)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 11, 2026 04:53 PM (3Ope8)
My son took my grandson to Boston to watch soccer but told me he had to take his son to the Boston Aquarium because penguins. It now cost $40 for an adult ticket, $31 for a child. This is insane and sad.It made me realize how lucky we are here in the DC area where so much is free.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 11, 2026 04:57 PM (kJmSS)
How much do you want to bet that's so they can subsidize free tickets for the Oppressed Class, such as the spoiled, uber-wealthy offspring of third-world dictators?
Posted by: SciVo at July 11, 2026 05:02 PM (Sy6m/)
Hey, screaming,
Our kitty, Spencer, does the leg sleeping thing too. Next to mine, won't pester the Mrs, just me. I think it's a territorial possession thing, as he works on getting my legs tossed off the bed through the night. Or, maybe it's just the 'keep my backside protected' ancient behavior.
Anyway, a very smart, mostly outdoor cat, who decided our place was a luxury hotel, from the neighbors menagerie 4 houses down.
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at July 11, 2026 05:04 PM (H5ytP)
Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2026 05:04 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 05:18 PM (wzUl9)
While Daughter & hub are traveling this week, we're dogsitting their two furry friends. Which is mostly okay. Except when one of them rolls in something nasty in the yard. Or decides to poop in house, as one does sometimes. Or, like last night, when they spend about two hours barking at the night in a very loud chorus. uggh
But otherwise fun to have around.
I did just get up from a nap. Kitty Ony likes to sit on top of me while I snooze. Which is fine. Except when her claws get around the protective blanket I have over me. Or she turns so her tail is wapping my face.
But otherwise, a sweet old cat.
Pets: They're a mixed bag, amirite?
Posted by: mindful webworker - did I mention the masses of fur...? at July 11, 2026 05:18 PM (ci8WY)
I tried to take pictures, not very good because I only do it 4 or 5 times a year. No idea how to send them. But my daughter will be here this week, so she'll help me, so perhaps you can all see this tiny guy next week!
Posted by: Wenda at July 11, 2026 05:22 PM (esZfd)
Penny - Sleeping next to me on my desk.
Allie - Curled up in my bed
Kaylee - Snoozing on my couch in the living room
Hexie - Lurking on the table near my office door.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2026 05:22 PM (FZ29D)
Penny - Sleeping next to me on my desk.
Allie - Curled up in my bed
Kaylee - Snoozing on my couch in the living room
Hexie - Lurking on the table near my office door.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2026
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Perfessor, I don't know how you deal with four felines. Even when I have my house, three -- maybe, maybe -- would be my outside limit. Two are plenty for me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 05:24 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: SciVo at July 11, 2026 04:38 PM (Sy6m/)
He should have gotten an inbred pit bull for street cred. I guess his white side overruled his ghetto attachment.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 11, 2026 05:29 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 05:30 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)
They will remind me if I forget.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 11, 2026 05:31 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle
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I think Bing partly does it to try to pin me in the bed because he is between me and the side of the bed. Contortions are required to extricate myself from 14 pounds of cat. Or maybe he's guarding his human from any danger coming through the bedroom door.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 05:32 PM (hPLSE)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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My rule used to be that the cats couldn't outnumber the humans.
The Perfessor is brave indeed, as a squirrel outnumbered by cats!
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 05:33 PM (hPLSE)
Posted by: moki at July 11, 2026 05:37 PM (wLjpr)
Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, July 11
Mrs. BD went nursery shopping today to fill in the blanks in our northern Israel vacation home's garden. Except for the basil in the lower right corner, don't ask me what everything else is. That's not my department. Biden's DogLovely.
My spring plants are pretty much done now (thanks to the heat) and while the summer bloomers have buds they're not quite ready yet. The astilbes in my back yard are still blooming but they'll fade pretty fast in the heat. I've been planting various types of milkweed for the Monarch caterpillars and the butterfly weed (asclepias tuberosa) is starting to bloom. I have a yellow variety from a nursery (next to a purple yarrow) and several of the standard orange variety. This orange asclepias is next to a catmint and a red hot poker. I have a bunch of catmints around my yard and will deadhead them soon, to get a summer bloom for the bees and butterflies. My red hot pokers (which aren't really red) are just starting to bloom - this is the first flower. My purple milkweeds (A incarnata & A syriaca) will bloom in mid-summer, and this year I hope they attract some Monarch caterpillars to hatch into the next generation of butterflies. Now I have to be patient and wait for the coneflowers, hardy hibiscus and daylilies to bloom. badgerwx
Nice to have such variety in the midseason, with identification and cultural notes! Thanks!
Edible Gardening/Putting Things By Cherry canning season from Kindltot
I canned cherries. This looks like a still life of canning.
Some sort of yellow plum. I thought it was a Shiro plum, but I now suspect it is some sort of yellow gage plum, like an Oullins, since it is a freestone. Doesn't matter much since they are tasty and it looks like I will have lots of them this year.
They look wonderful. There are some freestone Asian plums, as well as freestone European plums. It's just like you to have a mystery variety.
Australian man got tired of people parking in his driveway, so he decided to install a motion-activated sprinkler.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 11, 2026
[📹 rockhamptonchaos] pic.twitter.com/4eABESexih
Puttering
A stunning compilation of Alley McGlynn’s favorite paper art creations.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 11, 2026
[📹 alleymcglynn]pic.twitter.com/1qpmB6zuUc
I have this ground-cover plant, that is everywhere. It’s really aggressive, and hard to keep away from where you want to exclude it. It is the only true deer-proof plant I have here. They eat everything, including geraniums, which are stinky and supposedly deer proof. I guess it’s colloquially known as St John’s Wort, which I guess is used for mood leveling. I could use this therapy from time-to-time, but have never considered eating it, or making tea with it. Flowers? Dried flowers? Leaves? Roots? Don’t care. It’s like a generic mushroom to me. Do not consume!
The blooms only last a day, 2 maximum, but there are enough to consider not trying to get rid of it all. Here’s a pic or three…
Anyway, it is blooming now, many more than in past years. Gary
Comments for Gary? Don't look like mushrooms to me.
If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening Thread, the address is: ktinthegarden at g mail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 01:34 PM (WL2lA)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 11, 2026 01:34 PM (nDXEV)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 01:35 PM (WL2lA)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 11, 2026 01:40 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: KT at July 11, 2026 01:42 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: Goat Breath at July 11, 2026 01:44 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
Me too; but have no use for it, thankfully.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 11, 2026 01:46 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: KT at July 11, 2026 01:51 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 11, 2026 01:56 PM (KttFr)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 11, 2026 02:00 PM (lFFaq)
Always good to have hot iron at the ready to slap to any gardening injuries.
Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 02:04 PM (VHUov)
Latest projects: Husband is power washing, then repainting, the back of the garage. I'm digging up the bulbs behind the kitchen, so we can build a French drain to improve drainage, then build a raised bed to put the bulbs in.
Garden doing well: Zucchini producing. Potatoes OK. Tomatoes, carrots strong. The one leaf lettuce that came up is producing. Lavender plants got huge. Broccolini looks like it's harvest time. Strawberries produced a decent first crop, but they're ever-bearers so we'll keep checking.
Garden doing poorly: Spinach, cabbage, basil never came up, so I've tried replanting. Midget blueberry bushes lost all berries from sudden heat. Peas will probably get torched too. Red raspberries didn't produce as much as hoped.
Don't know yet: Corn at least came up... Green beans look like they're about to produce. Spotted 2 tiny cantaloupe fruits on the 4 plants, so far. Pepper plants look OK, no fruit set yet.
Posted by: Pat* at July 11, 2026 02:10 PM (NoQ6q)
My butterfly weed and bee balm are attracting bees, monarch butterflies, and hummingbirds.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 11, 2026 02:10 PM (kpS4V)
I could have called it a Kniphofia instead but I always have to look up how to spell it.
Posted by: badgerwx (long time lurker) at July 11, 2026 02:11 PM (VnNy+)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 11, 2026 02:15 PM (Kt19C)
KT, I can send you a short video of a hummingbird for a future thread if you can use it.
Posted by: badgerwx (long time lurker) at July 11, 2026 02:15 PM (VnNy+)
Now a long ride home
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 02:17 PM (G7zDx)
My dill is humongous and looks like a shoggoth. Had to trim it down to half its height.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 11, 2026 02:19 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 11, 2026 02:22 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: KT at July 11, 2026 02:22 PM (rdeQO)
I kinda want one
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 02:22 PM (WL2lA)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 11, 2026 02:15 PM (Kt19C)
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Platner? Is that you?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 11, 2026 02:23 PM (kpS4V)
In happier news, I have used my little chainsaw twice, and I still have all my appendages. Once to chop up a large branch that fell in the yard and then to trim off some branches from a Bradford pear. It needs to come down completely (and be nuked from orbit), but I'm not going to try doing that alone.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 02:27 PM (hPLSE)
I definitely need to weed and trim down some of the tomatoes. I overplanted AGAIN.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 11, 2026 02:28 PM (kpS4V)
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Huzzah!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 11, 2026 02:29 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Emmie at July 11, 2026 02:34 PM (lP31d)
Drought here in SW Wyoming, no outdoor water usage allowed.
Lots of green lawns around town. The town needs to fine them.
Some people are special.
Posted by: four seasons at July 11, 2026 02:36 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
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It's pretty fun and easy with the small jobs I have tried so far. I know better than to get ambitious, at least without adult supervision.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 02:38 PM (hPLSE)
My daylilies are blooming, about a week behind those in ditches along the roadways. It must be shade.
Two of the four asparagus roots grew. Looks like they're going to seed.
The sole "walking" onion has produced a double tier of offspring. I prepared a separate pot for planting them.
My southern neighbor watered the Big Boy tomato while I was gone. I brought back a neglected, dried-up "patio tomato" ( is that an actual hybrid?) which had clusters of green tomatoes. It bounced back and now the Big Boy is producing, too.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 11, 2026 02:48 PM (F1pHD)
Posted by: Emmie at July 11, 2026 02:48 PM (lP31d)
We had unexpected rain and the weeds went crazy. I have been trying to whack the tall ones back. The garden beds should be redone to make it easier to use lawnmowers, although my gardening buddy insists I should put in landscape fabric. I really love the Yard Force lawn tractor. I was able to get most of the yard cleared out and didn't exhaust myself. I do need a cart though. I got one of those Japanese weeding tools and it works well on most of the problem areas. My neighbor did spray at the fence line and I'm okay with that. Might be a good place for landscape fabric.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 11, 2026 02:51 PM (bkuEU)
And looks like the Asian pear trees are a washout. I'll see what else needs to be replaced next spring.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 11, 2026 02:55 PM (bkuEU)
Posted by: Eromero at July 11, 2026 02:57 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 11, 2026
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I've never had a barber shave me. Straight razor, I guess?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 03:01 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 03:02 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 11, 2026
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I thought I might buy a straight razor and learn to shave with it once I retired. But . . . no. I'd have to steer around my Commander Riker beard, and the lower lip parts are tough enough with a safety razor. I'll stay with my Gillettes, Merkur, Hoffritz, and Fatip for now.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 03:03 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 11, 2026
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The word "purslane" sounds like a Dickens villain. Or a Ford model name, i.e., "See the new Purslane V-8 at your friendly Ford dealer!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 03:07 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Eromero at July 11, 2026 03:09 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Eromero at July 11, 2026
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I read that as "the Ally McBeal flower."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 03:16 PM (wzUl9)
Please, take this zucchini. I beg you.
No, no more zucchini cake!
-anyone who grows zucchini
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 03:29 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Eromero at July 11, 2026
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I read that as "the Ally McBeal flower."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 03:16 PM (wzUl9)
Next to Karen Carpenter, McBeal is the prettiest skinny girl around.
Posted by: Eromero at July 11, 2026 03:30 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: KT at July 11, 2026 01:42 PM (rdeQO)
The cherry jam, however, turned out mostly syrup with a setting failure. I have lots of use for cherry syrup, though.
Normally I buy from one orchard that grows Lapins, this year I got a deal from one of the cherry orchards that was selling cherries at the flea market. I think they are different, they have a brighter color.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2026 03:37 PM (rbvCR)
Lowered the electric fence.. he runs through it. Just bought more chicken wire, but I fear I must now kill the poor old sod.
After nearly 20 years of trying to get more rabbits on the place, I'm gonna be killing wabbits!
Posted by: MkY at July 11, 2026 03:43 PM (q6tQZ)
I think sweet cherry jam is hard to induce to set, somehow. Have you ever tried mixing it with other fruit?
Citrus is also tricky, but maybe peaches? I don't think you are in peach territory, exactly.
Posted by: KT at July 11, 2026 03:44 PM (rdeQO)
It needs to get to 220 or better to gel. In the past I have followed the recipe and it turned out fine.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2026 03:55 PM (rbvCR)
KT, I can send you a short video of a hummingbird for a future thread if you can use it.
Posted by: badgerwx (long time lurker) at July 11, 2026 02:15 PM
If CBD can transfer it to YouTube, we can use a short video. Could be fun.
I haven't seen a lot of butterflies this summer, either. Had some tiny blues early on and have some sulfur and cabbage types but haven't seen many painted ladies, etc.
Posted by: KT at July 11, 2026 03:58 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: Emmie at July 11, 2026 02:48 PM (lP31d)
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I think I have grown those, too. Varieties should be chosen by climate. For our hot, dry climate, Summer Dance are also good. But putting them on a trellis with regular water also helps.
Posted by: KT at July 11, 2026 04:01 PM (rdeQO)
Mom could make beautiful canned peaches, and mine wind up looking like I skinned them with a weed-whacker. I finally gave up and I just make peach conserves or peach butter. Opening a jar of that in February is like a memory of the nicest part of Summer.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2026 04:03 PM (rbvCR)
That ground cover looks a lot like what is along the Cap Crescent Yrail I walk. It is so thick it looks like a carpet and the little flowers are pretty. It does seem to really like shade.
I finally had a single pepper turn orange on the vine so now waiting for the rest. Have a few jalapeños. Thinking I might pickle the pepper along with the jalapeños so I have e ough to make a who,e jar.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 11, 2026 04:44 PM (kJmSS)
Can we afford utopian education?
Robert Dale Owen (born Nov. 9, 1801, Glasgow, Scot.—died June 24, 1877, Lake George, N.Y., U.S.) was an American social reformer and politician. The son of the English reformer Robert Owen, Robert Dale Owen was steeped in his father’s socialist philosophy while growing up at New Lanark in Scotland—the elder Owen’s model industrial community. In 1825, father and son immigrated to the United States to set up another self-sufficient socialist community at New Harmony, Ind. Robert Dale Owen edited the community’s newspaper, the New Harmony Gazette, until 1827, when he became associated with the controversial reformer Fanny Wright. They traveled together to Wright’s experimental community of Nashoba, Tenn., which was dedicated to the education and gradual emancipation of slaves, and from there went on to Europe.
Upon returning to the United States, Owen and Wright revisited the Nashoba and New Harmony communities, then in a state of decay. They settled in New York, where Owen edited the Free Enquirer. The paper opposed evangelical religion and advocated more liberal divorce laws, more equal distribution of wealth, and widespread industrial education; it was at the centre of radical free thought in New York. For two years, Owen, with Wright and other radicals, sought to turn the New York Workingmen’s Party away from Thomas Skidmore’s belief in an equal division of property. They successfully ousted Skidmore, but later their own program of social reform through public education was also repudiated. After a brief trip to England in 1832, Owen returned to New Harmony. He served three terms in the Indiana legislature (1836–183He didn't stop there in his efforts to reform society, but concerning his involvement in how the Smithsonian was set up:, where he advocated the allocation of government funds for public schools, and two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he introduced the bill creating the Smithsonian Institution. . .
There was literally a Bolshevik takeover of the Smithsonian.
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) July 8, 2026
Democrats can never be allowed to take power again. https://t.co/obrrITrpda pic.twitter.com/nMQyUJSRNG
And: YOU REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST:Neither of the the Wright Brothers graduated from high school yet they had enough knowledge of mathematics to build all of the formulas that formed the science of aeronautics. https://t.co/uQkRMSiaZb
— varifrank (@varifrank) July 11, 2026
The story behind the New York Times' 1903 claim that human flight was between one and ten million years away is even worse than it looks. Once you understand the backstory, you realize that the New York Times story is not really about flight at all but about how elites and credentialed "experts" mistake their own failures for the boundaries of possibility.So, how do we help young people in the Day of AI?
I wonder what fraction of these students hail from a culture with an elaborate & institutionalized millennia-long tradition of cheating on standardized tests https://t.co/fFl54YELIw
— Bennett's Phylactery (@extradeadjcb) July 10, 2026
Angela Davis bought a shotgun. Two days later her friends took a courtroom hostage and secured that gun to a judge’s head using duct tape
— Joshua D Phillips (@JoshPhillipsPhD) July 10, 2026
In the hostage standoff, they blew the judge’s head off. She was arrested in connection
This is why Angela Davis is famous https://t.co/PKmPXH9g0l
The week began with Independence Day, and it featured a lot of World Cup action. If you can call anything that happens in soccer action. Europe sweltered under a non-air conditioned heat wave, and the Iran conflict resumed. But what motivated meme-makers more than anything else was the spectacular implosion of the Graham Platner Senate campaign. I suppose because it was so unexpected: who would have imagined that the campaign of a Nazi-tattooed Communist would come to grief?
165 Dear America, Happy 250th Birthday! I'm Canadian and, unlike far too many up here, I think the USA is the best neighbor and friend any country could ask for. I wish I could have crashed the party 'cause it looks like everyone who is not a lefty is having a blast. Posted by: all doubt removed at July 04, 2026 01:25 PM
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 11, 2026 11:22 AM (kOluj)
They're government schools.
Posted by: Please make a note of it at July 11, 2026 11:22 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: MkY at July 11, 2026 11:23 AM (Cieih)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 11, 2026 11:23 AM (kOluj)
Slow day for both of us
Posted by: MkY at July 11, 2026 11:24 AM (Cieih)
It's the farthest thing from utopian. It's a system built on envy of those who have more than the self-anointed "best and brightest". One of my favorite quotes:
“One may question whether real civilisation is so safely afloat, that we can afford to use our pens for boring holes in the bottom of it.”
-F.L. Lucas
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: MkY at July 11, 2026 11:25 AM (Cieih)
YOU REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST:
The story behind the New York Times' 1903 claim that human flight was between one and ten million years away is even worse than it looks.
Once you understand the backstory, you realize that the New York Times story is not really about flight at all but about how elites and credentialed "experts" mistake their own failures for the boundaries of possibility.
Exactly as I said.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)
I mean, some of them you just shoot because it isn't worth the money and effort to cage them.
But generally, no, fuck you lady, some "people" don't get to live among us.
Posted by: heya at July 11, 2026 11:29 AM (ctAuL)
Then the left kills people engaging in free speech and says "actions have consequences".
Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2026 11:30 AM (sKqQm)
. . . .
Soldiers will be required to maintain a waist-to-height ratio of less than 0.55 under the Army’s updated body standards.
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Apparently, I'm overqualified.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:31 AM (ndZc7)
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LOL, I like the last three, Midterm score - 100%, Final - 0%.
Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 11:31 AM (GD0B3)
And again, here's another quote from F.L. Lucas. I think this guy has potential.
“Thence it is possible to arrive by easy stages at the happy notion, not uncommon among 'intellectuals', that taste consists of distaste, and that the loftiest of pleasures is that of feeling displeased; and thus to end by enjoying almost nothing in literature but one's own opinions, while oneself incapable of writing a living sentence.”
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 11:32 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 11, 2026 11:34 AM (KttFr)
I have seen results like those.
Way back when I took Econ 1 and econ 2 in summer school at a State U. Out of 20 people 2 of us got over 95% and the rest were in the 30% area.
The instructor said 'I cant curve these results'. It was to late for them to drop the class, bummer for them.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 11, 2026 11:36 AM (NnhvP)
The 100th anniversary of Confederation was from all appearances a pretty big deal. I remember barely a peep about the 150th back in 2017. What was that?
I’m suspecting it was due to leadership. PM Trudeau was in power after all.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 11, 2026 11:36 AM (4g5V+)
California’s Controversial $20-an-Hour Minimum Wage Leading to Fast Food Hotspots Closing
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:36 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Eromero at July 11, 2026 11:37 AM (LHPAg)
Either very honest or dgaf about the class
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 11:38 AM (7gFa4)
FCC Chairman Calls Out Sunny Hostin for Saying “We Need to Flip the Senate” as ABC Argues “The View” Is Just a News Program
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:38 AM (ndZc7)
Both attempts did push the edges of technology, but the Wright Brothers went around it, using newer concept engines and advanced materials like Aluminum in roles that had not been tried before. They truly had pulled off a technologic leap-frog movement.
Maxim's steam power design weighed more than a ton, and got airborne for about 8 seconds before crashing. He eventually concluded that steam engines were not suitable for airplanes because of the weight. The Wright Brothers got themselves the newfangled gasoline engine to play with.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2026 11:38 AM (rbvCR)
The Big Govt Admin must wait for the tax to hit the state or national treasury and then join a NGO or Agency to get their hands on the publics' money.
The Educator is right down the street at a building that will never be paid for in its useful lifetime. They pretend to be good neighbors and care for the welfare of YOUR children.
Most care about 1 thing, getting that sweet administrative position and getting out of the classroom.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 11:39 AM (/+uur)
In her defense, it was probably a lib judge.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 11, 2026 11:40 AM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 11:41 AM (Pee1E)
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LOL, I like the last three, Midterm score - 100%, Final - 0%.
Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 11:31 AM (GD0B3)
Those are the ones who chickened out and dropped the class.
My favorites are the dumbass whose *cheat* score was 70 and the in-person dropped to 53, and the one who got a 55 cheating and actually improved to a whopping 59 in-person.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 11, 2026 11:42 AM (R+iUD)
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What is shocking is that it was not a standard before. to think that the military used to reject people for being underweight! Like Jimmy Stewart.
Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 11:43 AM (GD0B3)
There seems to be a big push now in education to try to sever the parent/child relationship to make it easier to indoctrinate the future Citizen into the good life of socialism.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 11:43 AM (/+uur)
FCC Chairman Calls Out Sunny Hostin for Saying “We Need to Flip the Senate” as ABC Argues “The View” Is Just a News Program
Huh, I'm surprised, even shocked, to find that The View isn't politically neutral. I also believe in the Easter Bunny.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
I don't think he cheated, looks like he did the work, maybe just not suited to the class
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 11:44 AM (WL2lA)
There seems to be a big push now in education to try to sever the parent/child relationship to make it easier to indoctrinate the future Citizen into the good life of socialism.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 11:43 AM (/+uur)
Big time. Commies always do this, in one form or another.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 11, 2026 11:44 AM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
I don't think he cheated, looks like he did the work, maybe just not suited to the class
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 11:44 AM (WL2lA)
Yeah, you're probably right about that guy, at least he was honest!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 11, 2026 11:45 AM (R+iUD)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 11:45 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 11, 2026 11:46 AM (NnhvP)
My favorites are the dumbass whose *cheat* score was 70 and the in-person dropped to 53, and the one who got a 55 cheating and actually improved to a whopping 59 in-person.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 11, 2026 11:42 AM (R+iUD)
Those 3 are part of the remaining 59. If you read the post is says so at the top "The scores of the remaining are displayed. "
Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 11:47 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: muldoon at July 11, 2026 11:49 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 11:49 AM (WL2lA)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Have fun. We got a new roof a few months ago. I then called my insurance company and they lowered our homeowners policy significantly.
Posted by: lin-duh at July 11, 2026 11:49 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 11, 2026 11:46 AM (NnhvP)
Those Magnificent Man and Their Flying Machines is one of my favorite movies.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 11:50 AM (/+uur)
Rep. Pramila Jayapal
@RepJayapal
Every single person who voted to give billions more to ICE last month should be ashamed.
Not one more cent of our taxpayer dollars should fund this lawless, rogue agency.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:52 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Kindltot
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They asked Ford to build them an engine but he said he was busy.
Their bicycle mechanic said, I'll have a go at it and he did.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 11:53 AM (Pee1E)
4 or 5 As
4 or 5 Fs
remaining 40 sharing Bs Cs and Ds.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 11:53 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: muldoon at July 11, 2026 11:49 AM (I0N4X)
No distractions!
--Student #22 who has 12 cats at home
Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 11:54 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 11, 2026 11:54 AM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 11:54 AM (Pee1E)
July 10, 2026
WASHINGTON—Today, following Iran’s resumption of attacks on international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action against Iranian financial facilitator Ali Ansari (Ansari), who oversees a sprawling global network of assets benefitting Iran’s leader—Mojtaba Khamenei—and other regime elites. Ansari has effectively institutionalized large‑scale embezzlement within the Iranian regime, diverting publicly funded wealth into an extensive overseas portfolio of real estate and commercial holdings to enrich himself, regime elites—including notable senior figures within the Supreme Leader’s Office—and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). OFAC today also targeted key Iranian exchange houses that move billions of dollars annually on behalf of sanctioned Iranian banks, using layers of shell companies to obscure the regime’s illicit financial activity.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0558
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2026 11:54 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:52 AM (ndZc7)
Now do the IRS
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 11:54 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: r hennigantx
__________
The family is a unit of government outside the state. That explains everything about the left's hostility to the family.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 11, 2026 11:56 AM (XvL8K)
1) No YOU pretend to not understand things
2) No YOU rightwingers pretend you do understand things
3) I don't understand this meme like...what is it talking about?
So the traditional mix of NO YOU and...pretending to not understand things.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2026 11:56 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
An understatement. And test scores are in the toilet.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 11, 2026 11:56 AM (nHABa)
Atheist women stopped having kids.
So unless the left can convert YOUR kids in a few generations there won't be any leftists.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2026 11:57 AM (sKqQm)
9 "She built her name on one rule: no one should be caged for their beliefs."
Funny that she spent her life proving that the opposite is in fact true.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 11:57 AM (VbqNm)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 11, 2026 11:54 AM (w/O5Q)
In 80 or 81 UT started moving Ed into its own department and it became a quote unquote college about 10 years later.
If you think about it a 4th or 5th grader could easily teach a 5 or 6 YO to read. I bet many of us learned from a babysitter or older sibling.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 11:58 AM (/+uur)
An understatement. And test scores are in the toilet.
There is a strong correlation between increases in education spending and decreases in any metric that measures education of students.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2026 11:58 AM (sKqQm)
@RepJayapal
Every single person who voted to give billions more to ICE last month should be ashamed.
Not one more cent of our taxpayer dollars should fund this lawless, rogue agency.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
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And you should be sent back to Kathmandu or whatever hell hole you emerged from.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 11:58 AM (Pee1E)
Posted by: r hennigantx
__________
The family is a unit of government outside the state. That explains everything about the left's hostility to the family.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
Religion and family are the two great opponents to government utopia and must be destroyed!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:58 AM (ndZc7)
*************
Don't Put Descartes Before De Horse
There once was a thinking man named Sam
Who couldn't build things worth a damn
He justified his existence
Via mental persistence
He thinks. Therefore he am.
Posted by: muldoon at July 11, 2026 11:59 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 11, 2026 12:00 PM (qx7Zg)
1) No YOU pretend to not understand things
2) No YOU rightwingers pretend you do understand things
3) I don't understand this meme like...what is it talking about?
So the traditional mix of NO YOU and...pretending to not understand things.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2026 11:56 AM (sKqQm)
And add in the "So you are saying" misquote or misstatement.
Male IQ scores tend to be about a standard deviation higher.
SO you are saying the females are dumb.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 12:00 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Here's an idea at July 11, 2026 12:01 PM (2Ez/1)
Require work experience in a field to teach the field.
Want to teach chemistry? You have to have spent 10 years or more working as a chemist.
And we should move away from the notion of teaching as a career path, it should really be an option for people with real world experience to semi-retire. As opposed to your average HS student moving between 6 classes taught by an education major have courses taught by people that worked in the real world.
And honestly there shouldn't really be ANY admins. Either get the students to do the work or rely on computerization or just...stop with the paperwork
Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2026 12:01 PM (sKqQm)
Despite being one of the most common elements, aluminum was one of the rarest in its pure form, nearly all of it being locked in bauxite ore. Extracting it was prohibitively expensive.
So much so, that the tip of the Washington Monument is a priceless five-pound piece that was used as an honorific. But then came relatively cheap hydroelectric power do the extraction.
We wouldn't have planes without the strength-to-weight ratio of aluminum, starting with the Wright Brothers engine block.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 11, 2026 12:01 PM (dtajH)
Posted by: muldoon at July 11, 2026 11:59 AM (I0N4X)
ha
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 12:02 PM (/+uur)
"Dot Not Feather Entrepreneurship Day."
Posted by: Let's be real at July 11, 2026 12:02 PM (2Ez/1)
Male IQ scores tend to be about a standard deviation higher.
SO you are saying the females are dumb.
Oh there was a great one of these in a sub-thread. Some right leaning poster "An example of this is leftists pretending not to understand the differences in criminality between legal and illegal immigrants and just using the stats of the former to argue we shouldn't deport the latter" and the leftist response? "So you hate brown people?"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2026 12:03 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 11, 2026 12:01 PM (dtajH)
British plane builders needed another 10 years just to agree on the pronunciation of aluminum.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 12:03 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: 18-1
**********
The James Monroe doesn't get it!
Posted by: muldoon at July 11, 2026 12:04 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Let's be real at July 11, 2026 12:02 PM (2Ez/1)
ha
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 12:04 PM (/+uur)
The stereotype 0-0 game pretty much has been non-existent.
Norway England today should be a great game.
Posted by: Life Hacks at July 11, 2026 12:04 PM (yzP4d)
The first is no longer true. And the second has become less true.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 11, 2026 12:04 PM (dtajH)
27 Soldiers will be required to maintain a waist-to-height ratio of less than 0.55 under the Army’s updated body standards.”
I think most leftist women have a ratio of 1:1
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 12:04 PM (VbqNm)
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 11, 2026 12:01 PM
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Or Festivus poles.
Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 11, 2026 12:04 PM (2Ez/1)
If only those who oppose communism would learn this and apply the same rules to them it would save the world a lot of trouble.
Posted by: Zombie Nicholas II and his whole zombie family at July 11, 2026 12:05 PM (ftsic)
Posted by: WillowViney at July 11, 2026 12:06 PM (d3MA1)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 12:06 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Life Hacks at July 11, 2026 12:06 PM (yzP4d)
Posted by: Ok, I'll ask at July 11, 2026 12:07 PM (2Ez/1)
Wrong.
there is no statistically significant difference between the average IQs of men and women. Both sexes share identical averages across the broader population, though the distribution and variation of these scores differ noticeably.The scientific and psychological consensus highlights the following distinctions:
Identical Averages: Standard intelligence tests are specifically designed to avoid gender bias, resulting in equal mean IQ scores globally.
Difference in Spread: The distribution curve for men tends to be wider or more variable than that for women. This means there are statistically more men at both the extreme high and extreme low ends of the spectrum.
Specific Cognitive Strengths: While general intelligence is equal, men and women often excel in different sub-domains. Women typically score higher in tests involving verbal fluency and memory, while men generally demonstrate higher average performance in visual-spatial tasks and mathematical reasoning
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 12:09 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 12:09 PM (Riz8t)
Is Rep. PayPal whining about this ICE incident in Houston? I reckon when the facts come out it will disappear rapidly.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 12:09 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: United Methodist Church at July 11, 2026 12:10 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ok, I'll answer at July 11, 2026 12:10 PM (MWfyi)
I'm reminded of the Wolf's Lair plot in Germany. They captured Goebbels and instead of just shooting him decided to "arrest" him so he could later by put on trial.
Now because they failed to kill Hitler the plot probably would have still failed but a dead Goebbels would have made things much easier and the man obviously deserved it...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2026 12:10 PM (sKqQm)
The problem is more of the sieve issue, where the competent teachers with a sense of mission were sidelined and the insane activist ones with an agenda were promoted. Add to that the various academic crazes that decide that they can best teach skills without actual work and that drives any competent teacher insane.
Education is not complex, it is a learned skill, like teaching cats to jump through hoops or horses to not panic at everything they see in a paddock.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2026 12:10 PM (rbvCR)
So Student 1 and 2 and maybe 3 an A
S 3-7 B
S 8-14 C
S 15-19 D
S 20 - 59 F
Would love to see if there were question everyone missed or maybe 80% missed.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 12:11 PM (/+uur)
The left still likes to pretend Renee Goode was just randomly shot.
Of course Pretti's death is almost comical. The left tells us guns are more likely to get you killed then protect you...but one of their street thugs decided to go to a riot strapped and assault a cop. He didn't use the gun but he was shot because it went off while he was being disarmed...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2026 12:12 PM (sKqQm)
Goebbels committed suicide before being captured. Are you thinking of Goering?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 12:12 PM (Riz8t)
79 What's a UMC neighborhood?
Upper Middle Class
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 12:09 PM (Riz8t)
Thanks, I was having a hard time deciding between Methodist or Marine Corps.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 12:13 PM (VbqNm)
The punchline is this: he's relocating to the University of Mississippi! The South. If you're on X, you may recall Saad's offhand slur of white Southerners a few years back:
@GadSaad
Jew-hater: Why are you defending Israel, you Zionist pig? I thought that you're from Canada.
Me: Well, I defend liberal democracies; I'm Jewish and I have tons of family in Israel. By the way, your name is Roscoe Jethroe, you're from Arkansas. Why do you have a "From the river to the sea" tattooed on your forehead?
Jew-hater: STFU, Jew. Zionist!
Guess Southern rednecks aren't the biggest anti-Semites, prof. Saad?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 11, 2026 12:13 PM (X8xt3)
Posted by: WillowViney at July 11, 2026 12:13 PM (d3MA1)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2026 12:03 PM (sKqQm)
Some of them. Not because they're brown, but because they're evil assholes. Same way I hate some white people because they're evil assholes. It's the "evil asshole" component which is the determining factor.
Posted by: Plenty of legitimate reasons to hate people at July 11, 2026 12:14 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: 18-1
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Why consider these people? They cannot be corrected.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:14 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2026 12:14 PM (rbvCR)
The first is no longer true. And the second has become less true.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 11, 2026 12:04 PM (dtajH)
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I'm accumulating references from the scientific literature in a technical area. As they trend into the present day, I start asking just how believable they are. For that reason, I'm not running down every citation in every jake-leg journal.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 12:14 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 12:06 PM (Riz8t)
Why is he offering working in your yard to other neighbors? Is your lawn that bad?
Posted by: The HOA will not stand for this! at July 11, 2026 12:16 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 12:17 PM (sgkY8)
I trust the Indian Journal of Uttar Nonsense.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 11, 2026 12:17 PM (mDji4)
A kid from my UMC neighborhood is going around offering to work in my yard. I mean work, real manual labor.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 12:06 PM (Riz8t)
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He might get hit with a shovel by Feech or Paulie.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 12:17 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: The HO
Paradoxically, it's one of the nicest. I guess he figures I care enough to be willing to part with some coin to keep it that way.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 12:18 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 11, 2026 12:18 PM (mDji4)
Posted by: Archimedes
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Speaking for myself, I was thinking of Goebbels...fondly.
Posted by: Richard Gere at July 11, 2026 12:18 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Wenda at July 11, 2026 12:18 PM (esZfd)
90 There are more men than women who are retards, and more men than women who are geniuses.
Posted by: WillowViney at July 11, 2026 12:13 PM (d3MA1)
True statement. A lot of interesting speculation as to why men have far more random variations in their makeup than women do.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 12:19 PM (VbqNm)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 12:19 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: muldoon at July 11, 2026 12:19 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: The HO
Paradoxically, it's one of the nicest. I guess he figures I care enough to be willing to part with some coin to keep it that way.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Liberals always assume the negative.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:19 PM (Pee1E)
"Identical Averages: Standard intelligence tests are specifically designed to avoid gender bias, resulting in equal mean IQ scores globally."
"Women typically score higher in tests involving verbal fluency and memory, while men generally demonstrate higher average performance in visual-spatial tasks and mathematical reasoning"
What this tells me is that an IQ test is a measuring rod that's been designed to measure what it measures. It has its uses but it's not very good at identifying "genius." We typically identify high-end achievements in abstract reasoning and invention with men. That's the fact, Jack.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 11, 2026 12:19 PM (dtajH)
The left still likes to pretend Renee Goode was just randomly shot.
Of course Pretti's death is almost comical. The left tells us guns are more likely to get you killed then protect you...but one of their street thugs decided to go to a riot strapped and assault a cop. He didn't use the gun but he was shot because it went off while he was being disarmed...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2026 12:12 PM (sKqQm)
The Goode shoot was a hell of a lot cleaner than Pretti. That was something of a chaotic clusterfuck. Much much easier to make the "lawful but awful" argument in the Goode case.
Posted by: Still, don't take a gun to an obstruction of justice party at July 11, 2026 12:20 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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They only have one brain.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:20 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 11, 2026 12:20 PM (mDji4)
1) No YOU pretend to not understand things
2) No YOU rightwingers pretend you do understand things
3) I don't understand this meme like...what is it talking about?
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All clever rhetorical devices, but none matches the show-stopping power of placing one's hand over one's ears and chanting, "neener neener neener, I can't HEAR you!"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2026 12:22 PM (u/oMr)
We don't disagree. As I've suggested in the past here, my pet theory is that Mother Nature can take chances with men, but not with women, since the latter are the reproductive rate limiters. The loss of some not so bright males is no big deal in terms of the future of the species. Not so for women.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)
Kinda hope so?
They need a reality check on who the real haters are.
Your neighbor who doesn't attend drag queen story hour is exerting normal parental control, the people who regularly throw people from your 'community' off buildings are the haters.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 11, 2026 12:22 PM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Lizzy
I really don't see how that was saying ppl from Arkansas are anti-Semites ?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 12:22 PM (7gFa4)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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They only have one brain.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:20 PM (Pee1E)
But it's missing 90% of the volume in the prefrontal cortex that males have and the amygdala is the size of a baseball so it evens out.
Posted by: MY FEELINGS ARE FACTS!! at July 11, 2026 12:23 PM (TbWk/)
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Not my makeup
Posted by: Dylan Mulvaney at July 11, 2026 12:23 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: muldoon at July 11, 2026 12:23 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 11, 2026 12:24 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Who's your money on if it come to a fight between those two?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 11, 2026 12:25 PM (XvL8K)
IIRC, she came here as a college student? Definitely as an adult. If she goes, she should take her sister back with her!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 11, 2026 12:25 PM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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They only have one brain.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:20 PM (Pee1E)
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I believe the old joke explains part of the variation in male IQ results, because sometimes the brain is not working.
God: "I have good news and bad news, men."
Men: "What is it?"
God: "The good news is you get both the penis and a larger brain. The bad news is you only get enough blood to operate one at a time."
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 11, 2026 12:25 PM (g2cDL)
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Give me a break! I've only been doing it since I was 52!!
Posted by: Admiral R. Levine at July 11, 2026 12:26 PM (I0N4X)
It has been said, by Saad and others, that the greatest tragedy of the shore of the Eastern Mediterranean is that the supplying and agitation for the last 80 years of conflict there have been underwritten by people who neither live there, nor ever want to ever live there, Jethro from AR included.
Saad is going to lose 50% or more of his total wealth making the move, but "there are no pockets in a shroud" as the saying goes.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2026 12:27 PM (rbvCR)
Like electricity and running water.
Naval gazing isn't going to keep the lights on.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 12:28 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 12:29 PM (sgkY8)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 11, 2026 12:30 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 11, 2026 12:30 PM (DZ9Lv)
His typical "Jew-hater" in his scenario is named Roscoe Jethro and from Arkansas. When you think of the campus pro-Palestine rallies that popped up across the country in 2023, were they happening in the South, were the participants "Roscoe Jethroe" types?
No, they were primarily coastal and blue state universities with either ME foreign students or your typical Commie radical children of privilege - not good ol' Southern boys.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 11, 2026 12:31 PM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:14 PM (Pee1E)
Correia's first rule of internet argument: Internet arguing is a spectator sport, it is not to convince your opponent, it is to influence the spectators
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2026 12:32 PM (rbvCR)
Male IQ scores tend to be about a standard deviation higher.
SO you are saying the females are dumb.
That's usually expressed like this:
"I like apples"
"Why do you hate oranges?"
Posted by: Ian S. at July 11, 2026 12:33 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 11, 2026 12:30 PM (gKWVE)
Room temperature is stable, right?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 11, 2026 12:34 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Kindltot
I understand that the theory and practice of classical rhetoric was similar. They were training lawyers to argue the case in assembly.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 11, 2026 12:34 PM (gKWVE)
1) No YOU pretend to not understand things
2) No YOU rightwingers pretend you do understand things
3) I don't understand this meme like...what is it talking about?
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ChemJeff, anyone?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:34 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 12:35 PM (7gFa4)
One is Claude Shannon who invented the modern digital computer. His insight was to use electrical switches to do formal logic. Sounds simple in retrospect, but no one else was close at the time. It wasn't his only invention.
John von Neumann was the smartest mind of the 20th Century. A polymath who made fundamental contributions to anything he went near. Told better jokes than Einstein at Princeton parties.
How do you measure this with a multiple-choice test?
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 11, 2026 12:36 PM (dtajH)
"In Spain, the 13-year-old daughter of a mother was kidnapped and raped by a neighbor. The attacker was sentenced to nine years in prison.
Approximately six years after serving his sentence, the attacker was released on parole and returned to the city. He encountered the mother in a bar near a bus stop.
The attacker mockingly asked her: "How is your daughter?" Enraged, she bought gasoline, returned to the bar, doused the man with it, and set him on fire.
The man suffered severe burns and died a few days later.
Although gripped by panic, she did not flee, but instead confessed what had happened to those around her and waited for the police to arrive.
She was sentenced to five years and six months in prison, but thanks to a pardon campaign and for health reasons, she was released after serving part of her sentence."
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 12:36 PM (7gFa4)
That's the opposite of what Dr. Saad was saying. His point was that if you're a redneck, why do you hate Jews? Because that's weird and atypical.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 11, 2026 12:37 PM (QZThv)
@RepJayapal
Every single person who voted to give billions more to ICE last month should be ashamed.
Not one more cent of our taxpayer dollars should fund this lawless, rogue agency.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:52 AM
*makes shake-weight gesture*
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 11, 2026 12:37 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Archer at July 11, 2026 12:38 PM (wvc0i)
Posted by: muldoon at July 11, 2026 12:38 PM (I0N4X)
Why not a trust fund gal from Manhattan?
Or a Congresswoman's child based on Ilhan Omar's Commie daughter, Tim Kaine's antifa son, that MA Congresswoman's trans antifa son/"daughter?"
He chose the safe target in his scenario, the one that is typically mocked in academia, media, and politics: the white, Southern man.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 11, 2026 12:38 PM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 11, 2026 12:37 PM (QZThv)
PJ O'Rourke (in the 1980s, when he was good) wrote a very funny book "Modern Manners". He suggested that white Americans invent a secret negro wayyy back in the bloodline to make them more exotic.
But if you have REAL social aspirations, swap that out for a Jew. "High class Americans aren't racist, they're antisemitic"
Posted by: gKWVE at July 11, 2026 12:40 PM (gKWVE)
His point is that rednecks typically love Jews. A trust fund gal from Manhattan probably had a Palestinian flag assigned at birth, so that would reverse the point he was making.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 11, 2026 12:40 PM (QZThv)
Was his name really Jethro? Do you think that slur was more against someone who was a redneck from Arkansas or against someone who desperately feared being identified with what they consider to be that sort of low class trash?
I mean, clearly you consider this to be a slur against good red-blooded conservative men in the South, but then people like that don't actually talk like that, and the ones that do are repelled by being considered southern, conservative or staunchly American. Being called one probably stung worse than anything, note the response, "Jew-hater: STFU, Jew. Zionist!" Probably hit the nerve.
My point is, calling out idiots and labelling them with the very stereotypes they hate and fear is a nasty tactic, and a way to end a fight against that sort of idiot.
I would not want to get into a verbal battle with Saad, he would eat my lunch and feed me my shoes.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2026 12:40 PM (rbvCR)
That's the opposite of what Dr. Saad was saying. His point was that if you're a redneck, why do you hate Jews? Because that's weird and atypical.
Posted by: Ian S
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Genius, how does he know, never having lived in the South?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:41 PM (Pee1E)
John von Neumann was the smartest mind of the 20th Century. A polymath who made fundamental contributions to anything he went near. Told better jokes than Einstein at Princeton parties.
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Unfortunately for his reputation, von Neumann did a great deal of work for the government and wasn't a tortured pseudo-martyr like Oppenheimer.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 12:41 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 11, 2026 12:30 PM (gKWVE)
Dead is stable
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2026 12:42 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 12:43 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 11, 2026 12:44 PM (vwlv+)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 12:44 PM (6U1c2)
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I would have used Cletus McCoy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2026 12:44 PM (u/oMr)
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Or he could be just horsing around.
Posted by: Sarah Jessica Parker at July 11, 2026 12:46 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:41 PM (Pee1E)
That is very true. He has always lived in a box in Montreal living on nothing but poutine and has no knowledge or contact with anyone or anything outside of Quebec.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2026 12:47 PM (rbvCR)
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I would have used Cletus McCoy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2026 12:44 PM (u/oMr)
Leroy Jenkins was otherwise occupied.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 11, 2026 12:47 PM (mP0Kj)
Unfortunately for his reputation, von Neumann did a great deal of work for the government and wasn't a tortured pseudo-martyr like Oppenheimer.
Oppenheimer was a big crybaby.
Posted by: Harry Truman at July 11, 2026 12:49 PM (Riz8t)
Clearly everything he knows about the South he learned from that great historical documentary, the Beverly Hillbillies.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 11, 2026 12:50 PM (mP0Kj)
SSI Money sent to an individual
Medicaid Money sent to provider selected an individual
Medicare Money sent to provider selected an individual
K-12 Education money sent to a building
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 12:50 PM (/+uur)
The later work in Green Acres disproved much of what was asserted in the BHs.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t)
It was on X a few years back
https://tinyurl.com/4vs6ut3t
Posted by: Lizzy at July 11, 2026 12:51 PM (X8xt3)
He co-invented Game Theory with John Nash, who they made a movie about starring Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind.
von Neumann was behind Mutual Assured Destruction. Don't laugh. It worked.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 11, 2026 12:51 PM (dtajH)
He'd been invited to speak pretty much everywhere in the US. And in several of those instances he turned it into a vacation.
Not a genius, I've just heard several of his interviews (he's a popular guest on Joe Rogan, and he's good friends with Michael Malice).
Posted by: Ian S. at July 11, 2026 12:53 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 11, 2026 12:54 PM (nDXEV)
Posted by: Kindltot
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It's always interesting to see the most vocal opinions of the South from people who have spent little or no time there.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:54 PM (Pee1E)
The later work in Green Acres disproved much of what was asserted in the BHs.
Posted by: Archimedes
Don't forget about HeeHaw.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 11, 2026 12:54 PM (nHABa)
Your median professor sits so far left that AOC, Sanders, and Warren would count as moderates in any faculty lounge.
Faculty from 55 elite universities form one towering blue spike of ideology far out on the left, density exploding past 6, with virtually nothing on the conservative side.
This was built through decades of selective hiring, social enforcement, and the systematic purge of dissent.
And because they credential the people who run media, law, government, and tech, the monoculture leaks into every elite institution downstream.
https://tinyurl.com/4frdjzjm
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 12:54 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 11, 2026 12:55 PM (nDXEV)
Posted by: Ignoramus
It worked because the Soviets after Stalin died didn't eat their own dog food. They were fundamentally rational mafiosi. American governments weren't crazy either.
The real problem was people like Castro (when younger anyway) who did believe all that shit. People like that could do anything given command of nukes. Which is how the Missile Crisis happened.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 11, 2026 12:56 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2026 12:44 PM (u/oMr)
Wasn't Cletus on that Mountain Man show who built a wood burning truck, ate squirrel stew and bathed like once a month?
Loved that guy!
Posted by: Jeff Sessions, Alabama Hillbilly at July 11, 2026 12:56 PM (ftsic)
The Sarah Jessica Parker documentary series "Mr. Ed" was important too, I'm sure.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 11, 2026 12:56 PM (QZThv)
Whack up the Smithsonian collection and *give the whole fucking thing away* to private institutions, free of charge, so the government gets nothing out of it, and close the whole thing down.
Show these people that we will rip their skinsuits off and burn them, and that demanding respect will get you worse than nothing - because that's what you turned the institution into.
We'd rather have no museum (or university, or whatever else) than have you in charge of it. De-Gramscification is going to require aggressive action.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 11, 2026 12:56 PM (BI5O2)
We wouldn't have planes without the strength-to-weight ratio of aluminum, starting with the Wright Brothers engine block.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 11, 2026 12:01 PM (dtajH)
What made aluminum practical wasn't cheap hydro power per se, but the invention of an electrolytic refining process using molten cryolite as the electrolyte. That made the bulk production of aluminum practical. Cheap hydro power made it profitable.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 12:58 PM (1z8ji)
Such mobs are useful for unifying groups, but they really suck at encouraging alternative solutions to problems, since a mob must have a single goal.
I think of Milo who was loved until he was hated for being exactly what he was when he was loved. This is the sort of thing that makes James Lindsay right, and I hate that arrogant MFr and I would love to prove him wrong. And the mobs prove Lindsay right time after time.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2026 12:58 PM (rbvCR)
Then, Dance Fever with Denny Terrio.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 11, 2026 12:58 PM (nDXEV)
He's made a bit of noise by asking McConnell (or his staff) to issue some sort of statement. That has been ignored so far.
But I would assume that if McConnell was dead, or not expected to resume his duties in the Senate, the process for replacing him would start. Keeping that on hold is a real dick move by McConnell's office and the GOP (assuming they know his status.)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 12:58 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Ignoramus
It worked because the Soviets
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are not suicidal.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:59 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 11, 2026 12:59 PM (nHABa)
But old cultural stereotypes die hard.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 12:59 PM (VbqNm)
True to character, then.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 01:00 PM (Riz8t)
Shame it's toxic though.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 11, 2026 01:01 PM (gKWVE)
Oh, is *that* why nobody reads Ace's content?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 11, 2026 01:01 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 12:12 PM (Riz8t)
Both remained loyal to Hitler until the very end.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 01:02 PM (1z8ji)
She built her name on one rule: no one should be caged for their beliefs.
But now, she's probably in a prison she'll never abolish.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 11, 2026 01:03 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 12:12 PM (Riz8t)
Both remained loyal to Hitler until the very end.
Mark Felton has an ongoing series on Himmler's attempts to weasel his way into power after Hitler's death. He was unhappy that Donitz had been tapped to lead, and was trying to find a way to put himself at the center of negotiations with the Allies. It didn't work.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 01:04 PM (Riz8t)
Teenage Mutant Ninja McConnells
Teenage Mutant Ninja McConnells
Teenage Mutant Ninja McConnells
Heroes in a half-shell, turtle power!
Posted by: Leonardo McConnell at July 11, 2026 01:04 PM (ftsic)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 11, 2026 01:06 PM (XeU6L)
My read of what he said is exactly the opposite, that he thought it would be weird that a redneck hated Jews. Which has the benefit of fitting a lot better with how he actually speaks.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 11, 2026 01:06 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 11, 2026 01:06 PM (QZThv)
Ok I didn’t read this particular statement. I know I’ve read him before and he’s someone whose opinions I think are quite good.
I believe he coined the term “suicidal empathy” for how the left feels about most of the 3rd world.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 01:10 PM (VbqNm)
But old cultural stereotypes die hard.
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That's how I interpreted it. He needed a go-to stand-in for dumb American college student, and his "Roscoe Jethroe" was selected because everyone easily identifies the dumb Southern redneck stereotype.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 11, 2026 01:10 PM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Sounds typical and highly probable. They could have him on a machine keeping him alive. Yup.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 01:10 PM (Pee1E)
von Neumann and Shannon get pushed under the rug in favor of gay Brit Alan Turing these days even though they're more foundational.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 11, 2026 01:10 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
>I must confess, I've done a face plant before, but that was because it was pitch black, no lights, and I slipped in the dark and lost my balance.
Who's dressing Mitch in the morning, Dr. Jill?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 11, 2026 01:11 PM (KttFr)
Posted by: Kindltot
Of course.
This is the essence of *all* public discourse. Neither combatant is there to be convinced. At the end one will win and one will lose, based on the number of other people they can convince that their enemy is a stupid piece of shit who should be ignored at best, or hauled out and shot at worst.
It's not a thing where people put up a thesis and an antithesis, seeking for some synthesis. It's a war of words.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 11, 2026 01:12 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 01:10 PM (Pee1E)
On loan from the McCain family.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 11, 2026 01:13 PM (EKbN/)
Let's look at the actual quote:
Well, I defend liberal democracies; I'm Jewish and I have tons of family in Israel. By the way, your name is Roscoe Jethroe, you're from Arkansas. Why do you have a "From the river to the sea" tattooed on your forehead?
He wouldn't be asking "why do you have it?" if his point was that being Roscoe Jethroe automatically made you anti-Semitic. He'd say "Your name is Roscoe Jethroe, so of course you love Gaza", as we all do about trust-funder Democrats.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 11, 2026 01:13 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 11, 2026 01:06 PM (QZThv)
Exactly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 01:14 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: LASue at July 11, 2026 01:15 PM (lCppi)
Oh, geez. I only mentioned that tweet because it caused a stir, and he is now leaving hostile Canada for America and he chose Mississippi. I do not want a mob, do not hate him, it's fine he is coming here, just got a chuckle that he now chooses to live amongst his "Roscoe Jethroe" types, some of whom he depicted as Jew-haters.
Never mind.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 11, 2026 01:16 PM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 01:16 PM (Pee1E)
I would not want to get into a verbal battle with Saad, he would eat my lunch and feed me my shoes.
Posted by: Kindltot
This is how I feel about most of the Horde, you lot are very well practiced with jaw jaw. A good number of you are equally talented in war war as well.
I'll just sit over here and keep my pie hole shut so all y'all aren't certain how dumb I am.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 11, 2026 01:17 PM (QVmho)
she bought gasoline, returned to the bar, doused the man with it, and set him on fire.
The man suffered severe burns and died a few days later.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
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The reason I like stories like this is that the guy knew who killed him and why, and he had a couple days to think about it. None of this painless "He never knew what hit him."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 11, 2026 01:17 PM (mmrXZ)
Claude Shannon was his protege.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 11, 2026 01:17 PM (dtajH)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 11, 2026 01:06 PM (QZThv)
Exactly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Ultimate shit posting from a thought leader.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 01:18 PM (Pee1E)
I think her high school diploma was worth more than my college degree.
Posted by: LASue at July 11, 2026 01:19 PM (lCppi)
Vannevar (what kind of a name is that?) is yuuuuuge. One of the smartest guys of all time. Shame what's happened to that family since.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 11, 2026 01:20 PM (QZThv)
Your median professor sits so far left that AOC, Sanders, and Warren would count as moderates in any faculty lounge.
Faculty from 55 elite universities form one towering blue spike of ideology far out on the left, density exploding past 6, with virtually nothing on the conservative side.
This was built through decades of selective hiring, social enforcement, and the systematic purge of dissent.
And because they credential the people who run media, law, government, and tech, the monoculture leaks into every elite institution downstream.
https://tinyurl.com/4frdjzjm
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 12:54 PM (Riz8t)
That's Doctor Amy Bishop!
Capital Murder
Life without parole in Alabama's Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 01:20 PM (wVcYX)
Capital Murder
Life without parole in Alabama's Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women
I'm surprised Judge Kamemehama hasn't intervened yet.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 11, 2026 01:21 PM (QZThv)
Never mind.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 11, 2026 01:16 PM (X8xt3)
You just don't get it. "Roscoe Jethro" is not a Jew Hater because he is "Rosco Jethro". He is a Jew Hater because he has a Pali slogan tattooed on his face. He's not a "typical" redneck; he's a deranged Leftist.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 01:21 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 11, 2026 01:23 PM (XeU6L)
There was speculation both ways and I'm too lazy to go looking.
Either way, it's an odd set of circumstances. Maybe.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 01:23 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: LASue at July 11, 2026 01:25 PM (lCppi)
The later work in Green Acres disproved much of what was asserted in the BHs.
Posted by: Archimedes
Don't forget about HeeHaw.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 11, 2026 12:54 PM (nHABa)
The Dukes of Hazzard gotta figure in there somewhere.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 01:25 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 11, 2026 01:26 PM (dtajH)
https://tinyurl.com/4vs6ut3t
Posted by: Lizzy
Thanks Lizzie, I appreciate it
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 01:29 PM (7gFa4)
That's Amy Bishop PHD!
Capital Murder
Life without parole in Alabama's Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women
Posted by: Count de Monet
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 01:33 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 01:35 PM (WL2lA)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 11, 2026 01:35 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 11, 2026 12:17 PM (mDji4)
Maybe not until they try to dock in Greece? I’d suggest trying the back door…..
Posted by: NC Ref at July 11, 2026 01:37 PM (Yyro6)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 11, 2026 01:35 PM (mP0Kj)
Er, Roscoe is correct.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 11, 2026 01:37 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 11, 2026 01:16 PM (X8xt3)
You just don't get it. "Roscoe Jethro" is not a Jew Hater because he is "Rosco Jethro". He is a Jew Hater because he has a Pali slogan tattooed on his face. He's not a "typical" redneck; he's a deranged Leftist.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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It's a slander.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 01:39 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: NC Ref at July 11, 2026 01:37 PM (Yyro6)
lol!
Ironically the country that would give them the biggest welcome is probably the one they hate most - Israel.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 01:40 PM (VbqNm)
Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao returned to the United States from China this week...
Chao's staff did not indicate whether she'd been in contact with McConnell since returning home...
Also amid the swirling news cycle, the Kentucky senator's youngest daughter, Porter McConnell, deleted her social media account on X, according to the Independent.
_ USA TODAY
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 01:51 PM (Pee1E)
Jun 18
I've been thinking about the rape gang situation in the UK.
...
There is a reason that the immigrants act like a conquering horde who can take whatever liberties they wish with the daughters of British. Because by any actual measure, they are.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 02:25 PM (Pee1E)
Elon Musk warned the world about Scam Altman.
Now everyone is finding out why.
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Elon Musk@elonmusk - 7h
He takes scamming to a whole new level
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Sam Altman@sama - 1h
homeboy you're the one sellling public market investors on short-term space datacenters
Jul 11, 2026 · 4:36 PM UTC
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 02:43 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 11, 2026 03:35 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 03:56 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 03:56 PM (Ia/+0)
Its one of those mysteries of the universe. The upside is I get shit done on saturday.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2026 04:00 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 04:58 PM (Ia/+0)
The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival
Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Hopefully everyone here today still has all of their digits, eyes, ears and hair after the Big Birthday Bash Fireworks. Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Spokane) 1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind, be nice.
3) At this point in time, what is the rule about running with sharp objects?
4) Have a great weekend!
AOSHQ Weekly Prayer List Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update. Prayer Requests: 4/3 – Teresa in Fort Worth posted an update. Her chemo seems to be holding things steady for now. Unfortunately, as she is receiving a steroid, she has gained about 25 pounds. Her blood sugar has also jumped up about 40 points (which only happens when she is on steroids).
6/1 Update – Teresa had a CT scan and has seen the surgeon. Everything looks good/stable. There are no new tumors and the ones that are there have pretty much stayed the same or shrunk. No metastises seen. Additional good news is that she can stay on the current medication, and just alternate it with other meds. She continues to respond extremely well to the protocols. She sends her gratitude for each and every prayer.
6/19 – Teresa in Fort Worth sent an update. Her cancer marker numbers continue to go down; hopefully that means everything is working! In other news, she has started working on another stocking, this time for her grandson, who will be implanted soon via IVF. Prayers for a successful procedure and pregnancy would be greatly appreciated! 5/20 – D gave an update on his wife Susan and her continued battle with cancer. Her cancer markers are still headed in the right direction. She is on a new antibiotic, and it is causing some side effects, but it is keeping her out of another surgery, so that is a win. Thanks again to everyone for their prayers. May 1 marked one year since they found out about the cancer, and Susan is doing so well.
6/24 Update – Everything is going well. The chemo seems to be working, but it’s very hard. The prayers help, so please keep praying for them. 5/23 – I used to have a Different Nic could use some prayers as he waits for the results of a biopsy of a mass on his prostate.
6/2 Update – I used to have a Different Nic sent in an update. He has been diagnosed with risk group 2 prostate cancer. It appears to be localized to the prostate but this will be verified via another scan. He has doctor appointments lined up for the next month or so before he starts treatment.
6/23 Update – The latest update is that he has stage 2, “unfavorable intermediate”, which he notes is an awful name, but what it means is, it is in the middle, but bad enough that they want to treat it. It’s more aggressive than previously thought. He is at the point where he has to decide on treatment options, which means choosing which set of pretty unfortunate side effects he prefers.
7/6 Update – He has gotten a second opinion, and selected the option for treatment, which should begin next week. 6/18 – buzzion asked for prayers for a friend named Christina, who has struggled with drug addiction and is in jail again. Buzzion prays that this really is rock bottom and a true wake-up call for her – even if it requires her to stay in jail.
6/29 Update – Christina’s family bonded her out of jail and she has checked into a rehab facility. Please pray that she gets the help she needs. 6/20 – bluebell gave an update on grammie Winger. Grammie had some major surgery related to her cancer in March and is pretty much housebound. She said she isn’t keeping up on news since her diagnosis; she doesn’t have the energy. She said she thinks of her grey-box friends often with fondness. Please keep praying for her. Your prayers are a source of great comfort to her.
6/27 Update – grammie winger requested bluebell to let the Horde know that she is hospitalized again, with sepsis, and cannot eat or walk. She is very tired and cannot speak for long. She is being fed by tube. They don’t know how long she will be hospitalized or where she will go after (rehab, hospice, etc.). Bluebell has a mailing address for grammie, so please contact bluebell to send a card or note to grammie winger. Please pray for her, that her suffering will be eased, and pray for her family, who are suffering along with her.
7/4 – grammie winger posted her thanks for the sweet, sweet cards and letters. She said she treasured each and every one of the Horde reprobates. She can’t express the love she has as she sits there in the cancer hospital. 6/20 – Polliwog the ‘Ette said that prayers for Inspector would be much appreciated. Inspector is still in the hospital. They are working on getting his strength up so it’s safe for him to go home. He is more alert and focused than when he was admitted, and he has been able to eat multiple full meals, which is an improvement and will help him continue to improve. 6/21 – B posted a request for prayers. He said that, due to his own shortcomings, and a moment of madness 6 years ago, B has been estranged from his two sons (age 41 and 36). He has tried to reach out and apologize to them over the past 6 years, to no avail. B asked the Horde to pray for their hearts to open, to allow him to properly apologize, and try to be the father he should have been. The boys are losing their mother to early-onset Alzheimers, and B needs them to know that he’s a better person today than he was then, and he can be counted on. 6/27 – Tom Servo posted prayers of thanks to God that his 38 year-old daughter, who was released from a psych hospital this week after a particularly bad breakdown. She has 2 children, which she does not have custody of, but she still sees, and they are wonderful. She has received more professional care, and it appears to have helped quite a bit. She has new medication and a new commitment to living in a way that will keep her from making a return trip to the hospital. 6/27 – George V sent his thanks to the Horde for their prayers. We had prayed for his wife in May, when she had a heart valve replacement, and there were indications of problems in her lymph nodes. She received the biopsy results, and both came back negative for cancer! Thank God for his goodness! 6/27 – “A” sent thanks for the prayers for a family friend, who is at home recovering with the family and doing much better. “A” has an additional request for long-time friends (J and S) who are in the midst of intense family problems and requesting healing, peace, repentance, and restoration in the family. 7/2 – Publius asked for prayers for his 96 year old mother, who had emergency surgery when a massive hematoma on her leg ruptured, and they couldn’t stop the bleeding due to her being on blood thinners. Things were not looking good, but Publius posted later she received blood thinner reverser medication, and was fully conscious and alert after surgery. 7/3 – San Franpsycho posted that Mrs. F. was admitted to the hospital from the ER visit, and asks for prayers for a complete and immediate recovery for her. She was conscious enough to phone him late last night, and it was a great relief that she was awake even for a short period. She continues with IV fluids and atb. Further steps and hopefully improvement await the results of lab tests. The caring concern shown by so many morons has been a great relief. Thank you.
7/5 Update – Mrs. F. remains hospitalized while being treated for salmonella poisoning. She has had some improvement, but is on Day 5 of not being able to keep down any nourishment. 7/4 – Duke Lowell humbly asked for prayers for the nurses who will have to put up with him, when he goes in for (hopefully the last) surgery related to the events of last September. 7/4 – AH Lloyd requested prayers for his aunt, who was in a shattering collision on 6/29. She was hit by a semi at full speed through an intersection. She lost a lot of blood, but is out of ICU now. 7/4 – Random Dave posted the good news that the past week of interviews went very well. He also had a prayer request for his grand-niece, who has not been growing properly. She’s about 5 or 6. The growth plates are fine but has not grown in over a year. They have found an intestinal or bowel blockage and may need surgery. 7/4 – Dr. No sent his thanks for the prayer list and the Horde’s prayers that helped his daughter in her recoveries from (a) cancer and (b) knee replacement surgery. She’s doing fine now. 7/7 – Weak Geek asked for prayers for the survivors of RG and KG, a couple in their 90s who were pillars of their church for decades. They were knifed to death on 7/3 by their grandson. The entire congregation is stunned. Please pray for them too, and the pastor, trying to help deal with the tragedy. 7/7- Mis Hum is asking for prayers for Some Rat. He has some serious health issues at this time. For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 11, 2026 07:30 AM (B0NCh)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 11, 2026 07:30 AM (B0NCh)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 11, 2026 07:30 AM (B0NCh)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 07:35 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 07:36 AM (/+uur)
Not sure need prayers but maybe some good thoughts my way.
Went for a MRI last Monday and this coming Monday have to go to doctor for analysis. Feeling ok but who knows.
Also rotten luck my truck died so need another vehicle
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 07:38 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 11, 2026 07:41 AM (/k3in)
My coffee is important but it's not a sacramental rite. I use very ordinary Kirkland dark roast pods from Costco ($40 for 120). Coffee is good (dark roast) or bad ("breakfast blend", restaurant flavored water, boiled-to-asphalt).
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 07:43 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 07:44 AM (RIvkX)
https://youtu.be/77Ycxql63nY
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 11, 2026 07:44 AM (B0NCh)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 07:38 AM (Ia/+0)
Ram 1500
APR deal: 0% APR financing for 60 months
Sticker price: $53,630
Expires: 8/3/2026
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 07:46 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 07:47 AM (WL2lA)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Don Black at July 11, 2026 07:50 AM (ZxPkt)
Small ones? Like rav4 & crv? Those are both very reliable.
I have bee thinking if I ever get to replace my car I think the nissan rogue would suit me as it has the biggest cargo space in that class. (I would need to fit doggeh's crate in it. He's too crazy in cars to ride uncrated)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 07:51 AM (WL2lA)
Posted by: Holden at July 11, 2026 07:53 AM (ftsic)
How do they know it's salmonella and not some other bacteria going around?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 07:54 AM (WL2lA)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 07:55 AM (WL2lA)
Currently sipping Kroger's Private Selection brand Kona blend. It'll do.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 07:56 AM (jehhT)
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Skip
I will pray for a good result.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 07:57 AM (WL2lA)
Don't ask about my mother for your next question. It will go badly for you.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 11, 2026 07:58 AM (/k3in)
Can't see big expense for a truck. Most all my coworkers have SUV so should be doable.
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 07:59 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 11, 2026 08:01 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 11, 2026 08:02 AM (+7jAy)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 11, 2026 08:04 AM (fZiTB)
So, what is the judge in the Robinson/Kirk preliminary hearing waiting for? There's enough evidence to bind Robinson over for trial.
Ecclesiastes 8:11 "Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil."
Draw your own conclusions.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 11, 2026 08:04 AM (pawvM)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 07:54 AM (WL2lA)
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It's what the toxicology report showed. I disbelieve it. If she got a food-borne illness, I would have it also and so would Boy F.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 08:05 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: TeeJ at July 11, 2026 08:08 AM (dAv7M)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 08:10 AM (WL2lA)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 08:05 AM (RIvkX)
You’ve made a strong case that she caught it in the hospital, as a result of the other procedure. It’s easy to forget that in spite of all precautions, hospitals are concentrated incubators for bacteriological disease. (No one likes thinking about that)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 08:11 AM (VbqNm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:12 AM (wzUl9)
Prayers of thanksgiving for healing, and extended life through impossible illnesses.
What a wonderful horde this is, and thank You, Lord, for this place where we can gather virtually and pray for our friends.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 11, 2026 08:13 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 08:13 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 08:16 AM (VbqNm)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 11, 2026 08:17 AM (fZiTB)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 11, 2026 08:18 AM (m2wmY)
Posted by: TeeJ at July 11, 2026 08:19 AM (dAv7M)
Posted by: Just Wondering at July 11, 2026 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)
Praying for her - really tough situation. I would guess hospital-derived infection. Set that aside and focus on her healing now.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 11, 2026 08:23 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 08:23 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 08:11 AM (VbqNm)
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It seems rather obvious, we'll discuss it with her primary this week.
The probability is that we will never know for sure.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:24 AM (wzUl9)
Extra hugs going out to grammie and Some Rat and a big ol' hiya to JT.
So happy Mrs Franpsycho is improving!
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 08:25 AM (hPLSE)
could easily buy a nice smaller home in Alabama and be left with an amazing amt of money
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 11, 2026 08:25 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Don Black at July 11, 2026 08:25 AM (ZxPkt)
could easily buy a nice smaller home in Alabama and be left with an amazing amt of money
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 11, 2026
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Good for you -- money out of the blue, maybe!
A new property that checks all my boxes has popped up on Realtor. I've emailed my agent for us to video tour it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:27 AM (wzUl9)
good luck!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 11, 2026 08:29 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 11, 2026 08:29 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 11, 2026 08:29 AM (Hbeqj)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 11, 2026 08:29 AM (u73oe)
Only lost (so far) a relatively small amount of spoiled bacon and chuck roasts that had not kept frozen in the old freezer as its temps and timer clock failed progressively.
The new fridge is running rock-steady and at ideal temps in both freezer and fridge. I am thankful.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 08:30 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: From about That Time at July 11, 2026 08:30 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 11, 2026 08:29 AM (nbLIj)
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Have you ever heard of levirate marriage?
Two of them in my family.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 08:31 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 08:31 AM (7gFa4)
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good luck!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 11, 2026
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Thanks! It's another 2BR/1BA. There's a front porch and small yard, floors are all wood or laminate, the bathroom and kitchen look to be a decent size, the walls are already painted colors I like, and it has a basement and a garage. Neighborhood looks good on the Gorgle Street View drive-around. Some trees for shade, says the June 2023 video view, and the house faces south!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:33 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 08:34 AM (7gFa4)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:33 AM (wzUl9)
Well, what are you waiting for? Buy it sight unseen at the asking price. What could go wrong?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 08:35 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026
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* Laughs hysterically like the Joker on cocaine *
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:37 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 11, 2026 08:37 AM (KttFr)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 11, 2026 08:29 AM (u73oe)
Great news, Duke! Hope you can put that all behind you now!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 11, 2026 08:38 AM (h7ZuX)
I should have posted my prayer request last year when my stage-4 prostate cancer was first diagnosed, but I was too busy freaking out.
A year and 9 rounds of chemo later, I’m still on hormone therapy, and my PSA spiked recently. Back up to 92. Supposed to be starting a drug trial soon. Still, I know from experience that prayer helps - a lot. And that there is no upper limit.
So if anyone could include me in theirs, I would greatly appreciate it.
Cheers,
Patrick
Posted by: Patrick at July 11, 2026 08:38 AM (8oYMo)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 11, 2026
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70 at, what, 7:30 am in July? Luxury!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:38 AM (wzUl9)
Also, there's a moron who beat prostate cancer with the fenben protocol.
He wrote a memoir- anyone remember his nic?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 08:40 AM (7gFa4)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 08:40 AM (Ia/+0)
Prayers do work. God is Great!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 08:41 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026
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Speaking of luxury, Terre Haute has 72 F. right now at 8:30 am, with rain expected and a high today of 78. Gawd that sounds wonderful!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:41 AM (wzUl9)
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Posted by: TeeJ at July 11, 2026 08:42 AM (dAv7M)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:43 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
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Happy to hear this and congrats on your son's good news as well!
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 08:44 AM (hPLSE)
Posted by: From about That Time at July 11, 2026 08:44 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 08:30 AM
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We join you in mourning your loss.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1)
Patrick will do, don't be a stranger again please
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 08:40 AM (Ia/+0)
Yes, too many lurkers lurking. Speak up. They put up with me around here, so you know the standards are low.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 08:45 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 11, 2026 08:46 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 08:47 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 11, 2026 08:47 AM (wVcYX)
I'm dropping off Mom's old golf clubs, golf bag, and ballz to a neighbor's for her garage sale.
I don't play golf unless there's a windmill, a talking skull, and a Godzilla on the course.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 11, 2026 08:47 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:33 AM (wzUl9)
I mean no disrespect at all, truly, your search for the right house has become epic. It might be titled “Hamlet goes House Shopping.”
“Whether ‘tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of sliding glass patio doors, or take arms against a sea of poor taste and bad neighborhoods…”
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 08:47 AM (VbqNm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:33 AM*
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https://peaceandquiet.io/usa
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)
-- U.S. now gets up to half of the toll revenue beginning on day one (Canada was to receive all of the toll revenue until the money it fronted for the project, $4.7B, was recouped)
-- No imported Chinese EVs will be allowed entry into the U.S. via the bridge
The bridge in now scheduled to open July 27.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 11, 2026 08:50 AM (J4Dwc)
Next week is going to be a doozy. It's the Houston World Series of Dog Shows in town, with shows starting Wednesday. Luckily, we have somewhat simpler logistics, since The Big Dummy will be set up with his handler instead of us having a grooming spot of our own. The handler has an exercise pen, so we don't have to set one up.
And I'll be serving as a ring steward all day every day (even getting paid for it!), so I can avoid all the drama around getting TBD into the ring.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 08:50 AM (O0L8i)
You can check out neighborhoods at https://peaceandquiet.io.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 08:50 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 11, 2026 08:51 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Holden at July 11, 2026 07:53 AM (ftsic)
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"What's a McConnell?"
"It's like a giant useless turtle."
"Oh."
**fires blaster**
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 11, 2026 08:51 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1)
Thank you. Much appreciated. It got . . . dusty . . . in the kitchen during the somber and respectful receptacle placement. Taps played softly in the distance.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 08:51 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 11, 2026 08:52 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 11, 2026 08:46 AM"
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Don't tell the European fans of Men's Metric Kickball.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 08:52 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 08:52 AM (Ia/+0)
We've become a Nissan family and they're great vehicles. I drive a Pathfinder and my wife has the Rogue. Both are just great for us. My MIL drives the Murano. They've been the best cars we've owned. I would definitely recommend the Rogue as it's got plenty of space and gets great gas mileage.
Posted by: AnchorPoint at July 11, 2026 08:52 AM (WrpZc)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli
I thought this said wives.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 11, 2026 08:52 AM (sl73Y)
Prayers up, friend, and for all intentions whether posted here or whispered in a lurker's heart..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 11, 2026 08:54 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 11, 2026 08:54 AM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 08:35 AM (wVcYX)
I have actually done this. Well, almost. The realtor saw it for us. And the price was fine. It worked out well for us.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 11, 2026 08:56 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Cosda at July 11, 2026 08:57 AM (zFDCU)
I've had massive anxiety trying to make big expensive decisions alone when I have no idea what the hell I'm doing.
I recently read Psalm 112 which includes this verse:
"He is not afraid of bad news;
his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord." (112:7)
This doesn't need to go on the list, but I'd appreciate a Horde prayer that I could learn to trust the Lord and not be afraid of the next thing to go wrong in the house.
Also for a few months without any more major expenses so I can begin to recover. I've picked up a side gig to help pay for it all, so I may not have to sell a kidney or any firearms.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 08:57 AM (hPLSE)
It isn't bloat / torsion?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 08:58 AM (WL2lA)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 08:58 AM (O0L8i)
The App looks like it just counts Section 8 housing, liquor stores, & Dollar Stores. No police data seen.
Leads to some funny readings in rural Kansas.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 08:58 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 08:58 AM (WL2lA)
Posted by: Shakespeare & Foster, Inc. at July 11, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 08:59 AM (u82oZ)
And I thought the merely human animals were bad enough.
Still no housing progress. The people I've been trying to work with don't seem to want to return phone calls, which kind of makes it hard to get anywhere. Ugh.
The Lord will provide, so I'm assured, but He certainly shows no inclination on making it easy.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 11, 2026 09:00 AM (mQbp+)
Two of them in my family.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 08:31 AM (RIvkX)
She already has a free pass to Heaven for putting up with my brother, SF. The marriage also produced a son, which I believe moots the levirate obligation ..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 11, 2026 09:01 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Hadrian, you are truly a delight, like all 'rons, except that one guy.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 09:01 AM (hPLSE)
I think of it as emergency funds as every year the electric company offers to buy for fifty bucks.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 11, 2026 09:01 AM (sl73Y)
Also for a few months without any more major expenses so I can begin to recover. I've picked up a side gig to help pay for it all, so I may not have to sell a kidney or any firearms.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 08:57 AM (hPLSE)
Prayers up for you, friend. We're about at the point with our house that we need to fix a few things well enough to sell it. We're not getting any younger, and we love this old Victorian, but it's going to be too much for us very soon.
*ponders that kidney-selling thing...
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 11, 2026 09:01 AM (h7ZuX)
To have crawl space or slab foundation, that is the question.
Posted by: Shakespeare & Foster, Inc. at July 11, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)
Can't have basements, crawl spaces, etc. here on the Gulf Coast. Water table is too high.
So it's all slab foundations. But the gumbo soil around here expands and contracts with the alternating droughts and floods. That's why you see so many foundation repair commericals on TV. It's also why water pipes run through the ceiling.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 09:01 AM (O0L8i)
Grandson starting to crawl the last couple of days, amazing to watch it.
Posted by: Auspex at July 11, 2026 09:02 AM (Y8DZL)
Woke up a bit out of sorts this morning. Been having really weird dreams.
Martini Farmer, I had bad knee pain that turned out to be coming from my hip. Started with an X-ray that showed there was nothing wrong with my knee. Look up the term"referred pain".
{{{Some Rat}}} Sending healing thoughts your way. ❤️
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 11, 2026 09:02 AM (kJmSS)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:02 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 09:04 AM (hPLSE)
Leads to some funny readings in rural Kansas.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 08:58 AM
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Yeah, you have to play around with it and get it to the point where it maps things out with hexagons.
And evidently police data can be fudged, but not the distance from a payday loan shark or a pawn shop.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 09:04 AM (2Ez/1)
It isn't bloat / torsion?
>>>>>>
I guess they've ruled that out. Xray showed her organs were normal and working. Her abdomen is just full of fluid.
Posted by: Cosda at July 11, 2026 09:05 AM (zFDCU)
You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down and see Mitch McConnell. He's crawling toward you...You reach down and you flip Mitch over on his back. Mitch lays on his back, his belly baking in the hot sun, beating his legs trying to turn himself over, but he can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.
Posted by: Holden
*pinches self*
Damn. Just a dream.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 11, 2026 09:06 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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thank you Dash!!
I've accepted that I'll probably never make back what I've poured into this house. However, if I didn't do it the house would be unsellable, and eventually unlivable.
I probably couldn't get much for my kidney. As Sophia once said on the Golden Girls when Blanche's sister needed one, "I'd give you mine, but you'd probably rather have one you can control."
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 09:06 AM (hPLSE)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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Dear Salty, you know you are a delight to every 'ette. Big hugs to you. Still walking (not stalking)?
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 09:07 AM (hPLSE)
Because first, all the matter in the universe, wherever it came from, was in a singularity. And then it exploded. And that explosion could only create hydrogen, helium and a bit of lithium.
And then after millions of years that would come together and make stars.
And then those stars could create heavier elements, like oxygen, in their cores. And when they explode the universe can come up with H2O.
So you can't have water on the first day.
Posted by: TeeJ at July 11, 2026 09:07 AM (dAv7M)
I guess they've ruled that out. Xray showed her organs were normal and working. Her abdomen is just full of fluid.
Posted by: Cosda at July 11, 2026 09:05 AM (zFDCU)
Hoping for the best. But ruling out bloat and torsion is a plus, because time to treatment is of the essence there.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 09:07 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
Heh. I was looking at the web site the other day. It tracks some pretty telling indicators if you ask me...
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 11, 2026 09:08 AM (mQbp+)
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 09:06 AM (hPLSE)
*snort
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 11, 2026 09:08 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 09:01 AM (hPLSE)
Agreed, and the other sorta stings.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 09:10 AM (wVcYX)
So yeah, that's a ravening mound of kicked-over rocks, with things slithering underneath. A rally point for bungholes.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 11, 2026 09:10 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: screaming in digital
I'm right here.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:02 AM (u82oZ)
Thanks for stepping up NaCly, I really didn't want to call you out on the Prayer Thread even though it would have been a public service!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 11, 2026 09:11 AM (hOUT3)
Vehicle shopping first, definitely not buying today
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 09:11 AM (Ia/+0)
I think of it as emergency funds as every year the electric company offers to buy for fifty bucks.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 11, 2026 09:01 AM (sl73Y)
They built them different in the before times.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 09:12 AM (wVcYX)
They even had NotSoThoreau's small town on it for a dollar store. Nearby Hays, which is a well-run little city, was dinged for a Popeyes, among the usual suspects.
In Manhattan, there was a ding for a beauty supply store! But nothing for the mosque for the college students.
Salina, Kansas looks better on this site than Terra Haute.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:13 AM (u82oZ)
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Sister-in-law in WV says there are bobcats around. Heard one a couple nights ago. Saw some photos taken by others in the area of at least one or two.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 09:16 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:13 AM (u82oZ)
Well after all, Terra Haute IS home to firebug Trashcan Man in the nuthouse. All that "My life for you!" nonsense.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 09:16 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 08:16 AM (VbqNm)
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Also Bee: "Nazi regrets getting Graham Platner tattoo"
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 11, 2026 09:17 AM (qIiX+)
Posted by: Count de Monet
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You know I was just funnin'. All 'rons are delightful, and handsome to boot.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 09:17 AM (hPLSE)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 09:11 AM (Ia/+0)
Challenge accepted.
Posted by: Car Dealer Salesweasel at July 11, 2026 09:18 AM (wVcYX)
I am walking, not stalking. But two widows have decided to stalk me a bit. One of them is my former next-door neighbor 1,500 miles away. She told me after my visit around the NoVaMoMeet, when I had returned home. She is 92.
So I have added Dodging to my skill set.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:18 AM (u82oZ)
I don't have much experience with it, but merely suggest it as a tool for the relocation toolbox.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 11, 2026 09:18 AM (26GAh)
could easily buy a nice smaller home in Alabama and be left with an amazing amt of money
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 11, 2026
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Dream come true story! Wish my friends who are RE agents would do the same (though I dread clearing out years and years of stuff).
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 11, 2026 09:19 AM (qIiX+)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 11, 2026 09:18 AM (26GAh)
AI!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 11, 2026 09:20 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:20 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 09:17 AM (hPLSE)
and all 'ettes are dazzling beautiful with good hearts and have top notch sammich-making skills.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 09:21 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 09:21 AM (hPLSE)
122 @98 "Peace & Quiet" rates whole counties as one unit”
How do you do that? My county has some neighborhoods that are the richest rich, some that are Blacker than Birmingham, and some that are more Mexican than Michoacán.
How do you rate that as a single unit?
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 09:22 AM (VbqNm)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 09:16 AM
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Been a hoot-owl howling outside my window now...
'Bout six nights in a row.
Posted by: Michael Murphey at July 11, 2026 09:22 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:23 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: TeeJ at July 11, 2026 09:23 AM (dAv7M)
I sold RE for 25 years and accompanied many many many home inspections. Although it was in MA so different than where you are(basements mostly, not crawl spaces), feel free to call if you want a second opinion. When I was getting my house ready to sell, it was just one thing after another. Somehow once you start looking....
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 11, 2026 09:23 AM (kJmSS)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 11, 2026 09:18 AM (26GAh)
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Yeah, seems a bit suspect.
In my small town, there's an "Avoid" hexagon that lists a Waffle House. That's it. No violent crime or other reasons to avoid the neighborhood.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2026 09:24 AM (FZ29D)
There is no Waffle House within a 3-mile radius of my house, which, to me, means P&Q is a worthless source.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 11, 2026 09:27 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: LinusVanPel
It tracks a lot of things that are associated with, erm, A Certain Group. Boost Mobile. Liquor Stores. Waffle Houses (...SERIOUSLY?!?). Some track. Some...do not.
Comparing what it says of where I live to what I know, there's a lot of guilt by geographical co-location going on. I would rate it as being of dubious value.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 11, 2026 09:27 AM (mQbp+)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 11, 2026 09:19 AM
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I've been on a journey to minimalism for a couple of years now.
It can be an overwhelming task.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 09:28 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 11, 2026 09:29 AM (mQbp+)
Invade! Conquer! Subjugate!
Unleash Erling Haaland in beserker mode.
Row!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 09:29 AM (wVcYX)
The website claims it uses public data including the FBI, HuD, and public safety (i.e. police) data.
The weighting factors are where the proprietary treatment is.
You are fortunate to have a Waffle House so near.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:30 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 09:30 AM (2Ez/1)
My female friends that discus soccer think Erling Haaland (Thor) is dreamy.
I am rooting for Norway. But they mostly used sails, not rowing.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:32 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 11, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C)
Row!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 09:29 AM (wVcYX)
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what amazing athleticism in a huge Viking!
Makes me realize the panic a navy of Haalands sailing up to your seaside village must have created.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 11, 2026 09:33 AM (nFiZm)
That sounds like a plan. Off to breakfast.
Have a wonderful, chigger-bite free day.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:33 AM (u82oZ)
What does a ring steward do? Just stand there and tell the dogs to sit still?
Posted by: dantesed at July 11, 2026 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)
“Whether ‘tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of sliding glass patio doors, or take arms against a sea of poor taste and bad neighborhoods…”
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026
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+100
Or Macbeth. "Is this a bungalow I see before me, the screen door toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. . . . If I but find the right abode, I'll jump the life to come!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)
There is no Waffle House within a 3-mile radius of my house, which, to me, means P&Q is a worthless source.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 11, 2026
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AI, no doubt. The other day I did a search for the history of a certain street in Mid-City here. It came back with several items of interest, every single one of them not only wrong but wildly wrong.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 09:37 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:30 AM (u82oZ)
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It's not that close--it's all the way on the other side of town three miles away!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2026 09:37 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:32 AM (u82oZ)
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Big rowers in battle, since you can't sail against the wind and also when maneuvering near shore, or so the Viking museum in Stockholm claims. Great family visit type of museum, btw, if you happen to find yourself in Stockholm. Pairs well with the Vasa.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 11, 2026 09:37 AM (nFiZm)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 11, 2026 09:38 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Othello at July 11, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)
“Whether ‘tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of sliding glass patio doors, or take arms against a sea of poor taste and bad neighborhoods…”
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026
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+100
Or Macbeth. "Is this a bungalow I see before me, the screen door toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. . . . If I but find the right abode, I'll jump the life to come!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
Two ranch houses, alike in square footage...
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 11, 2026 09:39 AM (mQbp+)
It can be an overwhelming task.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 09:28 AM (2Ez/1)
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So overwhelming that my natural indolence has me thinking all about it, and not so much "doing".
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 11, 2026 09:39 AM (nFiZm)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2026 09:40 AM (VmkSV)
Posted by: Goat Breath at July 11, 2026 09:41 AM (jrgJz)
What does a ring steward do? Just stand there and tell the dogs to sit still?
Posted by: dantesed at July 11, 2026 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)
Short answer: I spend the day screaming at people who should be paying attention to what's going on but can't be bothered to.
Longer answer: Conformation dog shows run on a tight schedule and stewards (one or two per ring) perform the multitude of small tasks working with judges and exhibitors to keep things going: handing out armbands, calling classes into the ring, informing the judge about absentees, laying out the correct ribbons, calling for the photographer or show superintendent, etc. Without us, the proceedings would quickly grind to a crawl. So it's an important job and needs good people to do it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 09:43 AM (O0L8i)
That's racist
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 11, 2026 09:45 AM (Kt19C)
Of course, a dog show is the only place where you can say, "Wow! That bitch has a fabulous rear" and nobody even blinks.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 09:46 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 09:46 AM (wVcYX)
Powerline Week in Pictures - the meme about Elizabeth Warren slayed me.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 11, 2026 09:47 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:33 AM*
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https://peaceandquiet.io/usa
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026
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It shows absolutely nothing for all of Terre Haute. No color points, which they say means "Peaceful," though they do list "Public Housing -- 3" and "Liquor Stores -- 8." But no specific points. All their filters are set to "on." What am I doing wrong?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 09:48 AM (WL2lA)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 09:49 AM (wVcYX)
Maybe a coffee and a stop at the pipe shop this morning, too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 09:51 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026
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It shows absolutely nothing for all of Terre Haute. No color points, which they say means "Peaceful," though they do list "Public Housing -- 3" and "Liquor Stores -- 8." But no specific points. All their filters are set to "on." What am I doing wrong?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 09:48 AM
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Turn the "Community" setting off. I think that brings up the granulation level that shows the hexagons.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Roy at July 11, 2026 09:52 AM (qwype)
Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 09:53 AM (ZOv7s)
Most of the places we looked at were out of our price range by hundreds of thousands of $. Others were overpriced dumps or in lousy locations.
We visited one not yet on the market as it was being prepped for sale. Talked to a neighbor, looked inside, selling real estate agent was there so we made an offer.
It was about the only chance we had because as soon as one went up for sale, it was sold that day. We bought that house with our offer the day it went up for sale.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 09:53 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Life Hacks at July 11, 2026 09:54 AM (8HIEP)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)
&&&&&&&
*checks calendar*
That was 60 years ago.
Posted by: Person who owns a calendar at July 11, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Holden at July 11, 2026 07:53 AM (ftsic)
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My mother? Let me tell you about my mother...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 09:56 AM (ZOv7s)
So a ring steward is like a company top sergeant.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 09:49 AM (wVcYX)
That's a good way to describe it. Stewards also act as a liaison between the judge and exhibitors. If someone arrives late or needs to make a handler change or wants their dog at the end of the lineup, they have to ask me first. I then let the judge know and what happens happens. There are occasionally little procedural matters that I can help exhibitors with by asking the judge.
There's often a lot going on. A good steward needs a thorough knowledge of ring procedures, the ability not to get flustered and a certain diplomacy and tact. It's not a hard job to learn, but it's a hard job to learn do well.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 09:57 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 09:57 AM (j9CiB)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026
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Ah, okay. TH still does not look bad. N.O.? It's ALL colored hexagons.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9)
Mitch lays on his back, his belly baking in the hot sun, beating his legs trying to turn himself over, but he can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.
Posted by: Holden at July 11, 2026 07:53 AM (ftsic)
I think I'd advise you to help. But not if it was in any way inconvenient.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 09:59 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 09:57 AM (j9CiB)
A prayer thread event?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 11, 2026 09:59 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 09:59 AM (j9CiB)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
Two ranch houses, alike in square footage...
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 11, 2026 09:39 AM (mQbp+)
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But soft! What like through yonder window breaks? 'Tis the garage light, with a remote sensor, recently installed.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 09:59 AM (ZOv7s)
&&&&&&&
*checks calendar*
That was 60 years ago.
Posted by: Person who owns a calendar at July 11, 2026 \
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Yes, yes it was. That's why I think it would be smarter to use Gorgle Street View.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 10:00 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 11, 2026 10:00 AM (kJmSS)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 10:00 AM (j9CiB)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 10:01 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 09:59 AM"
*ahem*
Posted by: Parable of the Good Samaritan at July 11, 2026 10:03 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 10:07 AM (j9CiB)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 11, 2026 10:00 AM (kJmSS)
I’ve always done that when moving to a new area. Committing to buying in a place you barely know is crazy to me.
Posted by: Life Hacks at July 11, 2026 10:10 AM (8HIEP)
Posted by: Everyone at July 11, 2026 10:10 AM (2Ez/1)
Please pray for her, and for our family because she has not taken the news well. Outwardly she is optimistic, calm, confident, but she has become very confrontational and willful, and regularly falls back on "Well, I have cancer, deal with it!" to justify abusive behavior.
It is difficult to talk to her at all, and conversation has regressed to minimum requirements. She has become obsessed with AI and creating Christian memes, having cranked out (at last count) more than 800 of them, and regards herself as being on mission from God.
I believe she is being misled by a false "Angel of Light" because the fruits of this work have been absolutely rotten. When your entire family avoids you, that's not the Holy Spirit moving within you.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 10:12 AM (ZOv7s)
*ahem*
Posted by: Parable of the Good Samaritan at July 11, 2026 10:03 AM (2Ez/1)
That's a joke, son, laugh. Bobby Knight said it about Wayne Duke and car speeding toward him.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 10:12 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 10:13 AM (j9CiB)
Posted by: From about That Time at July 11, 2026 10:14 AM (sl73Y)
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,
Amen
Posted by: Eromero at July 11, 2026 10:14 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 09:59 AM (j9CiB)
Yo Skip:
Sister has had several and swears by them. She walked away from a T-Bone accident that could so easily have killed her because of Mazda engineering.
Similar thing with daughter's Miata being totaled by a truck, and she walked away unscathed.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 11, 2026 10:14 AM (hOUT3)
Oh, is that so? What a charming story, pardon me a moment I think I forgot my wallet in the car and I really want to buy this house right now, gonna go get that now and we'll be right back licketty...! ZOINK! we bugged the f out of there. nope
Posted by: banana Dream at July 11, 2026 10:15 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Cosda at July 11, 2026 10:16 AM (zFDCU)
Oh brother, I can relate to this in a lot of scary ways. Prayers for you and all those close to her..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 11, 2026 10:17 AM (nbLIj)
Go for it
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 10:17 AM (7gFa4)
I realize that I have strayed on the first two, and am working to become absolutely trusting in God, knowing that whatever evil befalls does so with the consent of His will, and therefore will ultimately result in greater good.
I will add that last night a friend I hadn't heard from in a decade called me out of the blue, and we chatted until 3 a.m. This follows bumping into one of my best friends from college at Mass a couple of months ago. My youngest said that God knows what we are going through, and has sent my friends to support me in this time of need. God is amazing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 11, 2026 10:18 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 10:18 AM (j9CiB)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 10:18 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Mick at July 11, 2026 10:20 AM (HFx9z)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 10:18 AM (j9CiB)
Will be thinking about you, Skip.
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 10:21 AM (6wpGE)
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,
Amen
Posted by: Eromero at July 11, 2026 10:14 AM (LHPAg)
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Amen!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 10:21 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: From about That Time at July 11, 2026 10:21 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)
It is indeed a beautiful city...with some serious rot.......Fats Domino sings 'Ain't That A Shame'.
Posted by: Eromero at July 11, 2026 10:26 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 11, 2026 10:17 AM (nbLIj)
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My wife is Appalachian, so she's always had a crazy streak, but now it's becoming a bit much.
I'm planning on spending the night at my father's place - not just to get away, but to help him with some deep cleaning and reorganization. I originally mentioned it in passing to him, and he's been very excited about it, calling asking when I'll be showing up and such. I may take the youngest along to give her a break.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 10:26 AM (ZOv7s)
I will pray gor your wife and your whole family.
St Micgael, St Raphael, St Gabril, guard snd protect this family.
St Benedict, pray for them.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 10:28 AM (7gFa4)
Posted by: Zoom-Zoom at July 11, 2026 10:29 AM (2Ez/1)
St Micgael, St Raphael, St Gabril, guard snd protect this family.
St Benedict, pray for them.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 10:28 AM (7gFa4)
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Thank you. It sometimes seems like one drama ends around here and another kicks off. My kids and I reminisce about 2019 and how boring everything was.
Good things are happening though. The grandkids are flourishing, my relationship with my eldest has healed and we get along great, youngest will turn 21 next week, so lots to be excited about.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 10:34 AM (ZOv7s)
Oh, is that so? What a charming story, pardon me a moment I think I forgot my wallet in the car and I really want to buy this house right now, gonna go get that now and we'll be right back licketty...! ZOINK! we bugged the f out of there. nope
Posted by: banana Dream at July 11, 2026 10:15 AM (3uBP9)
Holy Cow!! Did he not want you to buy this house??
Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 10:35 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 10:36 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 10:37 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 10:37 AM (J5RCE)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 11, 2026 10:15 AM (3uBP9)
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After the divorce, my mother bought a house that gave me the creeps, especially the basement. She brought her family and friends in and we did a day of repainting and refreshing, but it still felt off.
We moved out after a year when she remarried.
Year later she said that the owner was an old lady who hanged herself in the basement, and so it was absurdly cheap. She got a better price because that detail had fallen out of the news. What's interesting is that our cat really hated the basement. We'd put him down there when cat-allergic people came over, and damn if he didn't figure out how to turn a doorknob and escape!
Honestly, get an old priest, a young priest, some holy water and a crucifix and you should be fine. Bid with confidence!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 10:39 AM (ZOv7s)
The middle spawn is in Japan. He's very excited to take a bullet train from Kobe to Tokyo and explore for the day, solo. Should be an adventure with the language barrier. It's a safe country so I'm not worried about.
Posted by: lin-duh at July 11, 2026 10:40 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 10:40 AM (WL2lA)
"Iran's Supreme Leader has vowed to take revenge following the killing of his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei earlier this year.
In his first statement since his father's funeral, Mojtaba Khamenei vowed to avenge the death of his father and all the 'martyrs' lost in the ongoing war with the US.
'Revenge is the demand of our nation and must certainly be carried out. We pledge that we will take revenge for your pure blood and the blood of all the martyrs of these two wars from the criminal and disgraced killers.
'These criminals, whose names from top to bottom are known and documented, will take their wish for a peaceful death in old age and in their beds with them to the grave.
'They must know that this matter does not depend on my existence or that of other officials.'
According to the statement, carried by state-linked Fars news agency, that pledge would be carried out 'soon'. "
Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 10:42 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: PabloD at July 11, 2026 10:42 AM (iuwdv)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 11, 2026 10:43 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 11, 2026 10:44 AM (qFwJc)
The middle spawn is in Japan. He's very excited to take a bullet train from Kobe to Tokyo and explore for the day, solo. Should be an adventure with the language barrier. It's a safe country so I'm not worried about.
Posted by: lin-duh at July 11, 2026 10:40 AM (VCgbV)
Did he get a TxMoMe X shirt? You know, conversation starter.
Posted by: Eromero at July 11, 2026 10:44 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 10:45 AM (WL2lA)
Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 10:45 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 11, 2026 10:45 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 10:40 AM (WL2lA)
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Yep. The head of the household can also bless it as well. We have a ready supply of holy water and when the kids were younger and had nightmares, I'd bless the room and sprinkle some holy water and they would go right back to sleep without a problem.
I should probably do that again.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 10:46 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Eromero
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No, but the spawn wore hers to church last Sunday. 🤣
Posted by: lin-duh at July 11, 2026 10:47 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: lin-duh at July 11, 2026 10:50 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 11, 2026 10:51 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Eromero
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No, but the spawn wore hers to church last Sunday. 🤣
Posted by: lin-duh at July 11, 2026 10:47 AM (VCgbV)
Lord have mercy! I have not done that unless under. Maybe that's a conversation best left unstarted?
Posted by: Eromero at July 11, 2026 10:51 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: no one of any consequence
Or play a little Yoko.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 11, 2026 10:51 AM (2Ez/1)
awkward...
Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 10:53 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 11, 2026 10:53 AM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 10:53 AM (O0L8i)
This book of the old testament was written hundreds of years before Jesus and describes Jesus and his life.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2026 10:54 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 11, 2026 10:51 AM (2Ez/1)
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One can always convert. I did. "Come for the exorcisms, stay for the Friday fish fry!" (I hate fried fish, so that wasn't a motivation.)
Several exorcists have talked and written about their work and how Protestants often come to them (or are even referred by their pastors!) when things get crazy.
The story "The Exorcist" was based on was about a boy rather than a girl, and the demon went away when he entered the Church. Not as dramatic and spraying soup all over the place.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 10:55 AM (ZOv7s)
JUST IN: California's Secretary of State has certified the results from the June 2, 2026 primary.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 10:55 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)
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Yoko Ono singing in Latin would pretty much be the universal solvent.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 10:56 AM (ZOv7s)
What if you're not a mackerel snapper?
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 11, 2026 10:51 AM (2Ez/1)
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I think priests are more interested in keeping demons away than whether you're a schismatic.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 10:56 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 11, 2026 10:51 AM (2Ez/1)
Call the Ghostbusters. Or John Constantine.
Posted by: Something strange in the neighborhood at July 11, 2026 10:57 AM (TbWk/)
This book of the old testament was written hundreds of years before Jesus and describes Jesus and his life.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2026 10:54 AM (sKqQm)
Prophesy.
Posted by: Eromero at July 11, 2026 10:57 AM (LHPAg)
'They must know that this matter does not depend on my existence or that of other officials.'
According to the statement, carried by state-linked Fars news agency, that pledge would be carried out 'soon'. "
Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 10:42 AM (GD0B3)
I do sincerely thank Iran for making our choice of action very clear.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 10:58 AM (VbqNm)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 11, 2026 10:51 AM
Just wear your magic underwear.
Posted by: Mormons everywhere at July 11, 2026 10:59 AM (2Ez/1)
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I learned that from Foghorn Leghorn. He was a,ways, "Isaiah! Isaiah!"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 10:59 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 10:58 AM (VbqNm)
I think we need to give them more space to repent and see the error of their ways.
Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 11:01 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 09:57 AM (j9CiB)
Finding an unlocked car with the key in the ignition ok.
Driving off with it is a crime.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 11:02 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 10:58 AM (VbqNm)
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It's kind of amazing how Trump has managed to change the conflict with Iran from a "war of choice" to one of self defense.
Crazy to think that it's only July. By November the Dems will be chanting "Death to America!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 11:03 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 11:03 AM (GD0B3)
Rosie O'Donnell says Trump's cognitive decline is now impossible to ignore and predicts he won't make it to 2028.
"I don't think he is going to survive that long. His demise is visible and apparent to everyone who is not willfully blind."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:03 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: no one of any consequence
Or play a little Yoko.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Does playing Yoko backwards call or repel them?
Because it repels most everything else.
Morning all.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 11, 2026 11:04 AM (pjttl)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
They've been doing that for 20 years.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 11, 2026 11:05 AM (pjttl)
"I don't think he is going to survive that long. His demise is visible and apparent to everyone who is not willfully blind."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:03 AM (ndZc7)
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The guy has more screen time than any president in history. It's not even close.
Who came up with this utterly retarded talking point?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 11:06 AM (ZOv7s)
Prayers up for all of God's children.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 11, 2026 11:06 AM (D/6p1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
But if you start smelling that burning clutch/brake shoe smell get outta there quick.
Posted by: Eromero at July 11, 2026 11:08 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 11, 2026 11:05 AM (pjttl)
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But only on the downlow. Now it's being made part of the party platform. They're going to run on "Death to America! Vote for Mohammed Ahmed Death to America Jihadi Skyhook!"
And Pastor-in-training Talerico. What a ticket!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 11:08 AM (ZOv7s)
This is another one of those things were no one on the left actually believes this. They saw that Biden's dementia cost him political support and so they in turn claim Trump has dementia hoping it will cost HIM political support.
And the funny part of course, in the '28 election whoever the Republican candidate is we will hear the Democrats argue that *unlike* Trump this is a crazy radical republican you just can't allow into office.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2026 11:09 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Cosda at July 11, 2026 09:05 AM (zFDCU)
Hoping for the best. But ruling out bloat and torsion is a plus, because time to treatment is of the essence there.
Posted by: Hadrian
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My daughter just texted that her dog was going into surgery now. She didn't say what the vet found.
Posted by: Cosda at July 11, 2026 11:09 AM (zFDCU)
[Texas House Representative] Jolanda Jones: Talarico is giving out money to White infrastructure and Hispanic infrastructure, but he's not giving it to Black infrastructure. Talarico needs to pay for us to get our voters out.
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Bonus! Check her look at the link.
https://tinyurl.com/muw47yce
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:10 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 11, 2026 11:13 AM (XvL8K)
Tim Walz said he couldn't think of "how Minnesota is safer or better" without the child rapist that Marco Rubio deported
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:14 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 11:14 AM (j9CiB)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2026 11:09 AM (sKqQm)
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It's stupid on many levels, the biggest being that Trump stepping down would be an absolute nightmare because then Vance would be running as an incumbent.
They are also really trying to make Vance seem worse, and you're already seeing that. "Trump was unhinged, but he wasn't a Catholic! Catholics can't be allowed to be in the White House! Vance is a religious fanatic!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 11:14 AM (ZOv7s)
Tim Walz said he couldn't think of "how Minnesota is safer or better" without the child rapist that Marco Rubio deported
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:14 AM (ndZc7)
Gosh, why would Timmeh be so worried about a pedo creeper.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 11, 2026 11:15 AM (R+iUD)
She was Woody Allen's second wife and his leading lady in 'Bananas' and 'Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex.'
Posted by: SMOD at July 11, 2026 11:15 AM (O7XEN)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 11:15 AM (j9CiB)
Australian news outlet says climate change is a main cause of child marriage in nations where child marriage has been the norm for thousands of years 🥴
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:16 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 11:17 AM (j9CiB)
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I don't think Mz. O'Donnell will make it '28. Fat, terminal TDS, full of hate and tons of ugly.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 11:17 AM (jehhT)
Mexico Vows Criminal Action After ICE Fatally Shoots Illegal Alien Who Allegedly Attempted to Ram Agent With Car
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:20 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 11:14 AM (ZOv7s)
Vance weird
Vance racist
Vance fanatic
Vance uneducated
Vance rich
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 11:21 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 11, 2026 11:23 AM (kOluj)
Best part was that it was in the far corner where I had to lay down and reach to get to it. And in that position there is a sewer vent pipe that cuts across the ribs so you have to change position every minute or so in order to take a breath.
But it’s done.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 11:24 AM (VbqNm)
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Tim Walz can't figure it out.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:24 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 11, 2026 11:34 AM (J4mEx)
Driving off with it is a crime.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 11:02 AM (/+uur)
Come for the prayers;
Stay for the legal advice!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 11, 2026 11:38 AM (hOUT3)
Daily Tech News 11 July 2026
Top Story
- Commies to the left of me, commies also to the left of me: Meta faces fines in the trillions of dollars from Europe and a cartel of US states unless they make their platform worse. (Ars Technica)
These people need meteor strikes. Now:That figure is likely uncomfortably "close to Meta's market capitalization of around $1.5 trillion," Reuters noted. But California Attorney General Rob Bonta seems to agree it's appropriate, alleging in a statement to Reuters that "Meta has prioritized profits over the safety of kids and fueled the mental health crisis we see impacting a generation of American children."
What generation of American children? The ones you didn't manage to murder or mutilate?As Meta seemingly continues treading water - pointing to screen-time notifications that kids can easily dismiss or default settings that may be changed - the financial pressure to do more to protect kids could threaten its AI ambitions at a crucial time.
Everything not forbidden is forbidden. Everything not compulsory is compulsory.
- Don't you tilt your head at me! (The Register)
We see you! Don't think we don't just because we're passed out in the gutter blitzed on fentanyl!
Tech News
- Taiwanese Nanya, the fourth or fifth of the Big Three memory makers, is planning to hike capital investment to $6.2 billion next year. (Tom's Hardware)
That's four times the amount allocated for this year, which was in turn four times the amount spent last year.
Supporting this are modest increases in quarterly revenue and profits year-on-year... A mere 684% and 1324% respectively.
70% of Nanya's sales are still of older DDR4 RAM, but in this market every bit helps.
- New Japanese chipmaker Rapidus is looking to hit the ground running next year as well with the launch of its 2nm fabs. (Tom's Hardware)
Until a consortium of Japanese companies joined forces to create Rapidus in 2022, the country's leading chip factories were using a creaky 40nm process - great for high-volume low-cost automotive microcontrollers but paleolithic compared to modern laptop and phone chips.
Rather than merely trying to pick up the pace, they have chosen to leapfrog the past two decades entirely.
- If you always wanted an Apple Lisa but weren't haunting the right landfill in 1989 when thousands of unsold units were dumped, now is your chance. (The Register)
A complete FPGA-emulated Lisa motherboard is now available for $350.
And the operating system is free. Apple released that as almost open source in 2023.
- Nvidia's off again-off again 5000 Super series is... On? (WCCFTech)
Not soon and not cheap, but not not.
Not At All Tech News
- The game behind the anime series that launched a thousand nice boat memes, School Days, is receiving a new English language dub.
Among the voice talents are Mint Fantome and Phoebe Chan of idol group Densetsu.EXE, formerly known as Nijisanji's Pomu Rainpuff and Prism Project's little blue forg Ami Amami respectively.
- Meanwhile there's yet another new Tenchi Muyo outing, Tenchi Galaxy, on the way, with the dub cast adding the talents of Hololive English Advent's devilish diva, Nerissa Ravencroft.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: No, it definitely says "forg".
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 11, 2026 04:33 AM (BLOW1)
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Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 11, 2026 04:40 AM (L1JuH)
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 04:54 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: colin at July 11, 2026 04:55 AM (CiQE7)
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 04:56 AM (6wpGE)
My mother died from emphysema caused by smoking. There was a big tobacco settlement that included our state. Did my mother see any benefit? She did not.
In a class action suit, at least the represented class gets some benefit even though it's small.
In positive news, the extension of the house to meet the increasing population demand is going well.
Good morning.
Posted by: meh at July 11, 2026 04:56 AM (kK7U2)
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 04:58 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: colin
>How does that even happen (I mean the dead people)? This whole weekend will be +100F. It also gets to be -30F here every winter. I'm in the Rockies but it seems most of the bodies are in Chicago.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 11, 2026 05:04 AM (KttFr)
Posted by: meh at July 11, 2026 05:06 AM (zZxsY)
Posted by: colin
It will be 100 degrees on Wednesday here in Babylon DC. Weather forcasters are no more accurate than your average druid circa 82AD
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 11, 2026 05:10 AM (L1JuH)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 11, 2026 05:12 AM (AMvSw)
Posted by: meh
>Yes, I'm becoming a little desiccated but I stay hydrated and limit my exposure to the air fryer.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 11, 2026 05:13 AM (KttFr)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 05:16 AM (Ia/+0)
Let's say you're super old; can't walk well; live in an apartment by yourself; have lost contact with relatives. And have no A/C. And the heat is too much.
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 05:17 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: fluffy at July 11, 2026 05:18 AM (V0/Sp)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 11, 2026 05:21 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 05:23 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 05:24 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: fluffy at July 11, 2026 05:25 AM (V0/Sp)
Trump warns US would 'decimate and destroy' Iran over assassination attempt
The president posted the warning on Truth Social after Israeli intelligence allegedly flagged a new Iranian plot against him
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 05:26 AM (6wpGE)
1 kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of
2 (historical) kill one in every ten of (a group of soldiers or others) as a punishment for the whole group
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 05:29 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 11, 2026 05:32 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at July 11, 2026 05:34 AM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 05:35 AM (Ia/+0)
1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands of more to immediately follow, should the Iranian Government act on its threat, pronounced in many corners of the Globe, to assassinate, or attempt to assassinate, the sitting President of the United States of America, in this case, ME! Orders have already been given, and the U.S. Military is ready, willing, and able, for a one year period of time, subject to extension, to completely decimate and destroy all areas of Iran -
PRAISE BE TO ALLAH! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 05:35 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Pixy Misa
That would be great. They should put up Reaper drones into orbit 24/7 and wait for them to poke their turbans out.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at July 11, 2026 05:40 AM (Q/FnY)
Decimation, Decimate, or variants may refer to:
- Decimation (punishment), punitive discipline
- Decimation (signal processing), reduction of digital signal's sampling rate
- Decimation (comics), 2006 Marvel crossover spinoff House of M
- Decimate (game show), 2015 BBC television
- The Decimation, an event in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 05:40 AM (6wpGE)
Hint: It's NOT about protecting the kids; it IS about more Gov't intrusion into your privacy.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 11, 2026 05:41 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Knowing California Attorney General Rob Bonta, it's all about the money, they only want to mutilate and kill kids,
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at July 11, 2026 05:45 AM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen?
>My biggest obstacle was getting my old wireless laser printer to work. Great printer, shitty software driver suite. Nothing comes easy.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 11, 2026 05:46 AM (KttFr)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Knowing California Attorney General Rob Bonta, it's all about the money, they only want to mutilate and kill kids,
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at July 11, 2026 05:45 AM (Q/FnY)
Throughout Europe and now the US, there are concerted efforts to pass laws making it compulsory to verify your age, even to log onto your own computer. How does one verify their age?...
This is just another con by Gov't to control us even more. They always try "But it's for the chillin's!".
Hint: When Gov't says they're passing legislation or doing something for the children, it's NEVER about the children.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 11, 2026 05:51 AM (l3cgK)
2 (historical) kill one in every ten of (a group of soldiers or others) as a punishment for the whole group
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026
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And feed the remaining nine-tenths on barley, which was also considered a punishment. Of course you'd probably be so glad to be not dead that you'd be happy to have dead rat.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 05:55 AM (wzUl9)
This is just another con by Gov't to control us even more. They always try "But it's for the chillin's!".
Hint: When Gov't says they're passing legislation or doing something for the children, it's NEVER about the children.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
>Total bullshit. Age verification for children but voter ID is a bridge too far. I hate these people.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 11, 2026 05:56 AM (KttFr)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 05:56 AM (wzUl9)
soundtrack, and the music video was shot in the diner used in the movie:
Fiona Apple - Across the Universe (Official HD Video)
https://youtu.be/CmlnO1EwCT4
There are two anachronisms here. A metafictional discord is that in Pleasantville, the siblings (spoiler!) were sucked into a 1950s TV show, and the real original "Across The Universe" wasn't released by the Beatles until 1969 (recording and re-recording started in '6
. A publishing quirk is that snippets of "Mrs. Robinson" made it into The Graduate (1967) a year before the song was even released on Simon & Garfunkel's fourth album, Bookends (196.
However, both songs sound like they could fit in that earlier milieu, and in fact both sound like they could be Beatles songs, even though only one is. The world is a strange place, my friends.
Posted by: SciVo at July 11, 2026 05:57 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 06:00 AM (wzUl9)
I guess I'm going to stop looking at older homes. Any one that's in move-in condition would be out of my price range, and the insurance will probably be too much as well *because* it's older.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 06:06 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 11, 2026 06:07 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 11, 2026 06:09 AM (Hbeqj)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 06:18 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 06:19 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 06:19 AM (Ia/+0)
Better to be Zorro than Zorillo...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 11, 2026 06:23 AM (l3cgK)
Looking at SUV as trucks are way to expensive
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 06:24 AM (Ia/+0)
Magills
@magills_
Jul 9
Candace Owens followers seem like the type of women who think they can run a farm because they watched a TikTok on how to grow a tomato plant in a Lowe’s bucket.
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 06:25 AM (6wpGE)
Looking at SUV as trucks are way to expensive
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 06:24 AM (Ia/+0)
Especially those e-trucks, like Rivian...
Telsa Cybertrucks look crappy to me; like something I drew in Kindergarten...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 11, 2026 06:25 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 06:29 AM (6wpGE)
And have witnessed many people doing that.
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 06:31 AM (Ia/+0)
Rarely working at commercial offices they actually have chargers there, but its not a few days in a year I see that.
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 06:33 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026
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Was that the one with a slightly longer wheelbase, and the double doors in back that opened like an old-style panel van? I think they call that the Clubman. I always thought, if I lived someplace where they pave the streets, a smaller car like that would be fun to drive.
I've noticed that when I change cars, every 5-7 years, I tend to alternate between large cars and smaller. Mercedes C-Class -> Buick Park Avenue -> Buick Regal -> BMW 3 Series (a little bigger than the Regal) -> Buick LaCrosse, bigger than both of the last two.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 06:34 AM (wzUl9)
Looking at tablet at vehicles but besides bantering here am looking up the vehicle types, a couple letters and it comes right up as a search
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 06:35 AM (Ia/+0)
Need another vehicle by Tuesday
Looking at SUV as trucks are way to expensive
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 06:24 AM
we've had good luck with carvana
seemed like the trucks were less expensive than "local"
click on a truck and it shows up in you driveway in a couple of days
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 11, 2026 06:37 AM (AMvSw)
https://tinyurl.com/54x9j927
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 11, 2026 06:37 AM (PIe+x)
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026
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Was that the one with a slightly longer wheelbase, and the double doors in back that opened like an old-style panel van? I think they call that the Clubman.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 06:34 AM (wzUl9)
It was extra-long; my first thought was "stretch limo" (clearly I am not a car person!). Not sure about the details you mention.
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 06:38 AM (6wpGE)
Looking at tablet at vehicles but besides bantering here am looking up the vehicle types, a couple letters and it comes right up as a search
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 06:35 AM (Ia/+0)
"It's" "just" trying to "help."
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 06:39 AM (6wpGE)
Looking at SUV as trucks are way to expensive
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026
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If I ever bought an SUV, it would be either the Buick Enclave, the big one of their line, or an SUV that doesn't try to disguise what it is -- a large container on wheels. Like the Chevy Suburban and its squared-off cousins.
Though I confess to a sneaking admiration for the BMW X5 and the Mercedes GLK. Back in '19, when my 3 Series was totaled, the local dealer gave me a loaner for a few days: an X5 in dark blue with caramel-colored leather. Very nice.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 06:39 AM (wzUl9)
https://tinyurl.com/5njrkxve
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 11, 2026 06:39 AM (PIe+x)
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026
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Get your skates on, mate.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 11, 2026 06:39 AM (amcLV)
Always wonder at used vehicles as every one I had ( but first car) was new and kept until it wasn't viable.
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 06:41 AM (Ia/+0)
seemed like the trucks were less expensive than "local"
click on a truck and it shows up in you driveway in a couple of days
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 11, 2026
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If you drive a Carvana purchase and don't like it, can you send it back within a reasonable time and exchange it for something else? If something were to happen to my Buick, I've thought of trying them for a used Cadillac XTS, the big sedan.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 06:41 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026
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Get your skates on, mate.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 11, 2026 06:39 AM (amcLV)
Is that some Aussie-speak?
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 06:42 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 11, 2026 06:42 AM (VyBeY)
Magills
@magills_
Jul 9
Candace Owens followers seem like the type of women who think they can run a farm because they watched a TikTok on how to grow a tomato plant in a Lowe’s bucket.
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 06:25 AM (6wpGE)
I remember Occupy...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 11, 2026 06:42 AM (Ot/FD)
****
The Landsman. A smaller version of the classic beach car. The Cooper S mini is a perfectly fine small car but people had to agitate for bigger.
Posted by: clarence at July 11, 2026 06:42 AM (HpRTp)
GLB and GLC
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 06:43 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: SciVo at July 11, 2026 05:57 AM (Sy6m/)
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This is another nice cover of Across the Universe:
https://youtu.be/cAe1lVDbLf0
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 11, 2026 06:43 AM (B0NCh)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 06:44 AM (Ia/+0)
All Across the Universe
https://youtu.be/cAe1lVDbLf0
This version and Fiona's are the best covers I have heard of All Across the Universe. It is an extremely difficult song to perform well as there is a certain sharpness in the rhythm of the words that have to be hung in the air with delicacy. The tempo is ephemeral and is faster than the mood it creates; most covers slow the song down to evoke that mood of serenity and in the process the interpretation loses its energy. Both versions get these things exactly right and at the same time capture the soul that lingers there in the music.
It is one of Lennon's best compositions; it captures him in a tender moment of contemplation and at the same time seemingly resigned to whatever comes next, a Muse contemplating everything that is impossible to say but easy to feel.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 11, 2026 06:45 AM (/eAef)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 11, 2026 06:47 AM (PIe+x)
Posted by: fd at July 11, 2026 06:48 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 06:49 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 11, 2026 06:49 AM (PIe+x)
Posted by: fd at July 11, 2026 06:50 AM (MWfyi)
GLB and GLC
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026
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An extended warranty from the dealer, if you're buying new, would probably be a good idea on MBs and BMWs, probably Audis too. The electronics on modern cars are damned expensive to replace.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 06:51 AM (wzUl9)
All Across the Universe
https://youtu.be/cAe1lVDbLf0
This version and Fiona's are the best covers I have heard of All Across the Universe. It is an extremely difficult song to perform well as there is a certain sharpness in the rhythm of the words that have to be hung in the air with delicacy. The tempo is ephemeral and is faster than the mood it creates; most covers slow the song down to evoke that mood of serenity and in the process the interpretation loses its energy. Both versions get these things exactly right and at the same time capture the soul that lingers there in the music.
It is one of Lennon's best compositions; it captures him in a tender moment of contemplation and at the same time seemingly resigned to whatever comes next, a Muse contemplating everything that is impossible to say but easy to feel.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 11, 2026 06:45 AM (/eAef)
Thanks! I watched it, on your recommendation.
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 06:52 AM (6wpGE)
All Across the Universe
https://youtu.be/cAe1lVDbLf0
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 11, 2026 06:45 AM (/eAef)
The next song on the youtube rotation is:
Sting and Rufus Wainwright Wrapped around your finger 720p
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 06:54 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 06:49 AM (/+uur)
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How does someone this dumb remember to breathe?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2026 06:55 AM (FZ29D)
Hat wearing had been declining since WWII, partly because men who'd served were tired of head coverings in general, and partly because roof lines on cars were getting lower. It was hard to enter or exit your vehicle without knocking your hat off. When wearing a fedora, I still bump my hat askew a quarter of the time when getting into or out of my car.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 06:55 AM (wzUl9)
Looking at SUV as trucks are way to expensive
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026
Given the miles you drive, you might want to consider a hybrid. I know I know.
I bought a 2024 TRD RAV4 and had it totaled while sitting at a stoplight by a knucklehead that had no insurance. The car had 3,500 mi on it and this occurred 2 days before Christmas. It was a fiasco getting another car and I took what I could get and that turned out to be a RAV4 Hybrid.
20,000 miles in and I've come to really like this car. It's not the fastest thing I've ever owned but it has enough torque that it gets up and goes and the mileage around town is about 45 mi to the gallon. The finish is excellent. Without a doubt, it's a gobot but it's a very nice gobot. I suspect the Lexus version s are something to consider if you're going more upscale.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 11, 2026 06:55 AM (/eAef)
Posted by: fd at July 11, 2026
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Are Chevys/GMCs, Toyotas, or Nissans right out, then?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 06:57 AM (wzUl9)
How does that even happen (I mean the dead people)? This whole weekend will be +100F. It also gets to be -30F here every winter. I'm in the Rockies but it seems most of the bodies are in Chicago.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 11, 2026 05:04 AM (KttFr)
I thought those dying of heat were usually the elderly cooped up in their apartment blocks. Happens here to, just not to that extent.
We have far more extreme weather in the States. Higher highs, lower lows, more violent storms. With time, we've either adapted our bodies or or technology or engineering to handle it. The Europeans haven't or haven't needed to.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 06:58 AM (O0L8i)
The number of homes with air conditioners in the US is about 90%. Europoors and their oikophobic camp followers among the Laptop Class scream and point fingers about it.
But the figure in Japan is 91% and Korea 86%. Nobody cares about that, because they're not the US.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 07:00 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius"
No, but a 2010-2020 F150 (no Ecoboost) is a solid choice if you need a real truck. It will last a long time and is probably the cheapest thing to repair if it needs it.
Posted by: fd at July 11, 2026 07:07 AM (MWfyi)
Sting and Rufus Wainwright Wrapped around your finger 720p
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 06:54 AM (6wpGE)
They look like they're having tons of fun in that video.
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 07:08 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: m
I had never heard that till right now. Poetry in sound. Breathtaking performance.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 11, 2026 07:08 AM (Blljw)
Find a good used F150.
Posted by: fd at July 11, 2026
Are Chevys/GMCs, Toyotas, or Nissans right out, then?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 06:57 AM
yes
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 11, 2026 07:08 AM (AMvSw)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 07:10 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 07:12 AM (Ia/+0)
Speaking of cars... I had a Mini Cooper back around 2005. It was an "S" model, the supercharged one. I bought it used in California while living in Monterey. I took it to Steve Dinan's shop and had a "stage 1" kit installed. New exhaust, some engine bits, and engine remapping to increase horsepower. It was like having a 4 wheel sportbike. Nimble. Fast. But not really suited for long drives. The exhaust was... loud.
My wife hated that car.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 07:12 AM (jehhT)
Let's see... we'll just plug in the monitor to the HDMI port (that worked) and we'll plug the keyboard ... Oh. It's PS/2 and I need a USB one. I'm at a very old legacy setup, and the ONLY keyboard here is this PS/2 hooked to this computer.
Thankfully this was an "add this piece of equipment" so I just hooked all the old stuff back up and put things back the way they were, and I'll take another crack at that today, this time bringing along a USB keyboard.
(Hey, at least it wasn't one of the old 5 pin DIN ones...)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 11, 2026 07:12 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: m
I had never heard that till right now. Poetry in sound. Breathtaking performance.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 11, 2026 07:08 AM (Blljw)
A couple of times, RW looks at Sting kinda slyly, like, "Yeah, I made the decision to sing it that way instead of what we had talked about."
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 07:14 AM (6wpGE)
I left my tools in Sam's damn disco!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 11, 2026 07:14 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2026 06:55 AM (FZ29D)
They have an app or an aid
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 07:14 AM (/+uur)
Let's see... we'll just plug in the monitor to the HDMI port (that worked) and we'll plug the keyboard ... Oh. It's PS/2 and I need a USB one. I'm at a very old legacy setup, and the ONLY keyboard here is this PS/2 hooked to this computer.
Thankfully this was an "add this piece of equipment" so I just hooked all the old stuff back up and put things back the way they were, and I'll take another crack at that today, this time bringing along a USB keyboard.
(Hey, at least it wasn't one of the old 5 pin DIN ones...)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 11, 2026 07:12 AM (O7YUW)
This scared me.
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 07:16 AM (6wpGE)
A coalition of people that have never created anything, only sign the back of the paycheck, and believe that they are the watchmen of the world.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 07:17 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 11, 2026 07:19 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 11, 2026 07:20 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 07:20 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 11, 2026 07:23 AM (qFwJc)
So, what is the judge in the Robinson/Kirk preliminary hearing waiting for? There's enough evidence to
stand Robinson (& Twiggs) up against a wall
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 11, 2026 07:23 AM
FIFY
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 11, 2026 07:27 AM (AMvSw)
Researchers at UC Davis found cattle DNA in 72% of wolf scat samples collected in the summers of 2022 and 2023.
By comparison mule deer, the primary natural prey for wolves in California, appeared in 45% of samples, and small mammals appeared in 51% of samples.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 07:28 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 07:31 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 11, 2026 07:31 AM (B0NCh)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 11, 2026 07:31 AM (B0NCh)
; )
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 07:32 AM (6wpGE)
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I only glimpsed it, but there was some sort of bitch session yesterday or the day before from the defense about (IIRC) "what constitutes evidence."
Honestly, the judicial system in this country is FUBAR.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 07:32 AM (jehhT)
Although, I have fond memories of Summertime gymnastics club practice with leotards and no hose (many decades ago)
Posted by: Fenderbender at July 11, 2026 07:33 AM (1FEc1)
The same Meta that paid Trump $25 million for suspending him from Facebook and Instagram in the wake of the Jan. 6 fedsurrection.
I am having trouble finding my stah of sympathy.
Hang them all.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 11, 2026 07:33 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 07:33 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 11, 2026 07:31 AM (B0NCh)
How did you get that cool hash?!!
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 07:34 AM (6wpGE)
The computer center (in the Union) had a few Lisa's in 1980? 81?. People kept throwing the Operating System into the recycle bin to log off/shut down.
At the same time, my friend had an IBM PC (yes 2 floppys) and it was strictly DOS type commends but worked great Lotus 1-2-3 and Wordperfect (I think).
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 11, 2026 07:35 AM (S8cdb)
https://www.powerlineblog.com
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 07:35 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 07:38 AM (WL2lA)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 11, 2026 07:43 AM (CHHv1)
And not a damn thing about taking personal responsibility.
I hate progs.
Posted by: GWB at July 11, 2026 09:45 AM (kU0PQ)
One More Such ONT And We Are Undone
Greetings, fellow Hordians! What say we have an ONT, shall we? Let's start with this greentext which is funny AF.
Fido Friday: Focus on the important things
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) July 3, 2026
A text I sent to my wife on July 2
Checklist
Would marry: Buff cheese woman
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Turning the tables
Neverending Independence Day
I'm loving it
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Globalism
Herding cats
A great nation
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Facts
Facts, part 2
This may be too much America, even for me
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) July 10, 2026
Same as it ever was
Individualism
What's for dinner? Snek.
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Getting old fast
Canadians
Gender specific roles
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What a twist
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You try to hire Indians for a Nigerian boiler room operation and see how you do.
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 10:14 PM (xHEjv)
Posted by: TRex- 'murica dino at July 10, 2026 10:14 PM (OlBv0)
Launch in about 30 minutes.
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-48
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: July 10, 2026 PDT
Launch Time: 8:01 p.m. PDT (July 11, 03:01 UTC, 05:01 CEST)
https://youtu.be/-56tCCViN1A
Posted by: Joyenz at July 10, 2026 10:15 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 10, 2026 10:16 PM (0Htd1)
https://tinyurl.com/s5y2r5xt
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 10:18 PM (Riz8t)
A whirly pop. On the stove. After it stops popping for longer than a count of 1001. 1002, 1003, it is done. Add too much butter. (It is never too much.) Salt to taste. Easier than microwave. Better. No more time. Microwave popcorn is a plot to make popcorn unhealthy, untasty, and complicated.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 10, 2026 10:18 PM (kYmoU)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 10, 2026 10:19 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 10, 2026 10:19 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 10:19 PM (0H3sk)
Congratulations again nurse.
You try to hire Indians for a Nigerian boiler room operation and see how you do.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 10, 2026 10:08 PM (u/oMr)
That I'm Canadian thing above pretty much covers it. I'm pretty sure I could go to outside Toronto and find boiler rooms from both...
Everyone have a great night. I'm going to handle that tomorrow and get back to work here. Ralphy wants out. Snowflake is in resting and monitoring the outside activities through the window. Good kitty...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 10:19 PM (Sco7b)
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What a wife!
What a cat!
Posted by: Braenyard
"What's for dinner?"
"Stir-fry surprise!"
.....
But seriously, sneks carry salmonella. Not eating the stir-fry surprise.
I'd order some takeout, though. Her choice.
Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 10:20 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 10, 2026 10:21 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 10, 2026 10:21 PM (L1JuH)
Posted by: 496 at July 10, 2026 10:22 PM (wn82L)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 10:23 PM (0H3sk)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 10, 2026 10:24 PM (+9wcF)
Works every time.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 10, 2026 10:25 PM (0aYVJ)
Well, my mother is in a nursing home for post-acute therapy (that's what they've all started calling themselves now, "post-acute").
After all that, she was weak as hell, but I think she's coming back. Physically. Her mind, well, she's sort of in La La Land. She's knows who were are, and knows friends and family that have visited, but otherwise is sort of in her own little world. She'll reach for things that aren't there. She seems to think background objects are close up right there at arm's length or something.
And then, she sometimes tries to eat her blanket.... Pulls it up her mouth and chews on it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 10:26 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 10:26 PM (Riz8t)
.....if you know what I mean, and I hotep you do.
Posted by: mikeskhufu at July 10, 2026 10:26 PM (VHUov)
In her defense, I've seen some delicious looking blankets over the years.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 10, 2026 10:28 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Just to add to the confusion at July 10, 2026 10:30 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: mindful webworker - or was it chat-bs? at July 10, 2026 10:30 PM (9rU9k)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 10:26 PM (Riz8t)
It was tough; just try to build a microwave oven out of rocks, deer skins, and mammoth tusks.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 10, 2026 10:30 PM (tiz3J)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 10, 2026 10:31 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Unfortunately, yes. The sign at the beginning says "coekmodnt," and I don't think that's even valid Dutch or Welsh, much less any real language.
Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 10:31 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: 496 at July 10, 2026 10:22 PM (wn82L)
Nate Bargatze. He is friggin' funny. Look him up, if you have not already. He works clean, which I love. I love his non-linear look at real life. Seriously. Dude is genuinely funny.
His dad, Stephen, a magician, is funny as well. Apple, tree.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 10, 2026 10:31 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 10, 2026 10:31 PM (xcxpd)
Horde mind something something.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Weird, Dave! at July 10, 2026 10:32 PM (9rU9k)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 10:09 PM (yEz+x
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LOL! Add that to George Carlin's list of things you never hear....
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 10, 2026 10:33 PM (6lIrI)
She lucked out with her roommate. The old gal is a character, one of the "good ol' gals", and it turns out we're probably related, as we got to trying figure out the cross-pollination with our family trees. Anyway, she's in there after a heart attack, followed by drug-induced rhabdomyolysis, which is pretty bad. It was caused by an interaction with statins and something else, which she says the docs that gave her that ought to have known better.
Anyway, think of Miklos' Darlene when she got old and even ornerier. That woman notices everything, and keeps watch on Mama, and gives a report on all the activities through the night.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 10:33 PM (w6EFb)
Hope she regains lucidity soon. Right now she's where she needs to be, getting 'round the clock care, and you & Miley can get some rest.
Prayers, as always, for all of you.
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 10:33 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 10:26 PM (Riz8t)
We call it maizecorn.
Posted by: Stone Age Indian Maiden at July 10, 2026 10:33 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 10, 2026 10:30 PM (tiz3J)
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If you don't have at least two coconuts and some palm fronds, you're bound to fail.
Posted by: The Professor at July 10, 2026 10:33 PM (u/oMr)
Nate often works that into his material, and is, in itself, funny.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 10:34 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Stone Age Indian Maiden at July 10, 2026 10:35 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 10, 2026 10:35 PM (n5tGW)
According to that lady, Mama will wake up in the middle of night and try to get out of bed. She gets the nurses in there to deal with it.
The other morning, Mama woke up around 6AM after a few hours of sleep, and thought she was in a restaurant in Spartanburg, and was getting no service. This morning, she in a "garden shed" with no place to sit down, also waiting for service.
Anyway, again according the roommate, when she gets in that state, she'll start calling for me, and get mad because I don't come and wonder what's the matter with me.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 10:36 PM (w6EFb)
Nate often works that into his material, and is, in itself, funny.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 10:34 PM (2Ez/1)
Like his Dad's friend, dressed as the Easter Bunny.
I thought that was normal.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 10, 2026 10:37 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 10:37 PM (77rzZ)
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The Beacon? That might have made for quite a conversation.....
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 10, 2026 10:38 PM (6lIrI)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 10:38 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 10, 2026 10:38 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 10:38 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 10:39 PM (77rzZ)
I didn't recognize a charge on my credit card, and my important call to the company is 30 minutes long on hold.
Assholes. How much can it cost them to hire three extra Indian guys... geez...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 10:07 PM (Sco7b)
Well, they're in Canada, so quite a lot more than in India.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 10, 2026 10:39 PM (qx7Zg)
Nate often works that into his material, and is, in itself, funny.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 10:34 PM (2Ez/1)
I ran across Stehpen Bargatze's Escape from the strait jacket of death. I was dying.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 10, 2026 10:40 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 10, 2026 10:41 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 10:42 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 10:42 PM (0H3sk)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 10:36 PM (w6EFb)
Ughhh that's horrible. She does sound strong though so hopefully this improves quickly.
How are you doing?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 10:42 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 10, 2026 10:43 PM (O0L8i)
Well.
I can just imagine this is so much worse then what women in Iran feel when the police beat them for not wearing a hijab right?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 10:44 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 10, 2026 10:41 PM (n5tGW)
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May your stores be all closed, and may you not get what you came for.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 10, 2026 10:44 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 10, 2026 10:44 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 10:45 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 10, 2026 10:46 PM (0Htd1)
Better way to go than being lectured to death by a feminist scold.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 10, 2026 10:46 PM (+9wcF)
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That's Nate Bargatze(sp), he's hilarious.
Those guns had a few safety issues but never too American!
Posted by: lin-duh at July 10, 2026 10:46 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 10:46 PM (0H3sk)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 10:46 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 10, 2026 10:19 PM (XV/Pl)
And you wonder why you don't get invited to parties.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 10, 2026 10:46 PM (ZAfEX)
That's what we're hoping. Over the past year, maybe a little longer, I've noticed she's been slipping a bit, not as aware of things, and getting a bit mixed up from time to time, but nothing this bad.
She was still good until after that emergency surgery (giving her blood thinners was an absolute disaster). She's in an unfamiliar place, and that has a lot to do with it. We'll just see how she progresses.
The PT guy said he managed to get her to walk 40', but it did wear her out. And that's a lot better than just a couple of days ago.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 10:46 PM (w6EFb)
In her defense, I've seen some delicious looking blankets over the years.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310
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Sounds like she's comfortable. That's the most important thing.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 10:47 PM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 10:39 PM (77rzZ)
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You sure?
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Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 10, 2026 10:47 PM (6lIrI)
I notice the latest feminist thing is the complaint that if a husband asks his wife for sex and she's not in the mood its tantamount to rape.
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I thought the latest feminist thing is to complain about women's "emotional load" and how much greater it is for them than men. Well, toots, we don't overanalyze stuff. See, do, on to the next thing.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 10, 2026 10:47 PM (O0L8i)
Building the Panama highway, 1800s (Thoughty2) 34:18
https://youtu.be/fCwieK-hlzQ
TOP 5 most dangerous places in the Universe (Dr. Becky) 15:15
https://youtu.be/jHREme7umjI
Posted by: mindful webworker - or just walking down MLK Ave. at July 10, 2026 10:47 PM (9rU9k)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 10:47 PM (0H3sk)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 10, 2026 10:48 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 10:48 PM (RCjYY)
This is harder for me than with my father -- mother/son thing, but I'm hanging in there.
The hardest thing was yesterday evening, when they were changing her bandages. It was very painful, and seeing her wince and moan in pain was just a knife in the stomach. Some friends told me to just leave the room when that happens, but I was helping a bit, which they needed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 10:48 PM (w6EFb)
But here is the thing the Jihadis are right, they are living real Islam.
Christ died for our sins, Muhammed exterminated Jews because they wouldn't follow him.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 10:49 PM (sKqQm)
That's what we're hoping. Over the past year, maybe a little longer, I've noticed she's been slipping a bit, not as aware of things, and getting a bit mixed up from time to time, but nothing this bad.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 10:46 PM (w6EFb)
I did see the other post a little while back. She HAS been through a lot. So hopefully it is hospital delirium.
My prayers for all of you.
Glad I saw the update.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 10:49 PM (Sco7b)
Thanks for the ONT and a new fear.
I have never been to a good cheese rolling but we did accidently see Scots in Edinburgh one Easter morning roll eggs down a steep hill for kids and dogs. We were sort of struck dumb on Arthur's Seat watching them and could tell it was a thing for many families.
I have a biopsy next week because if you have skin cancer you are never, ever over it. I was once very tan and stupid and now and then pay for it. Over 25yrs since the last wicked one and hopefully this is not one. Sometimes a yearly event! Sometimes I skip many years with no problems!
I know many have it worse and the fight will go on (*hum the Titanic music here).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 10, 2026 10:50 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 10:48 PM (RCjYY)
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It's an entire Nation of Diarrhea
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 10, 2026 10:50 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 10:50 PM (77rzZ)
Seems as if they could do something about all the diarrhea deaths... IF they thought it was important.
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 10:48 PM (RCjYY)
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Help lower caste losers? Hard no.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 10, 2026 10:50 PM (O0L8i)
The Indians that run all our companies now are a separate caste from the ones dying from diarrhea. They care way, way less about those people then you do.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 10:50 PM (sKqQm)
Hope you are well.
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 10:50 PM (77rzZ)
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Fair to middlin', thanks for asking.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 10, 2026 10:51 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 10, 2026 10:51 PM (n5tGW)
The Indians argued it was more sanitary because you shouldn't have feces in your house and the ocean just takes the poop away.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 10:51 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg
You sure?
https://tinyurl.com/543jxn93
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher
Chilly clown boobs >>>>> Flaming clown boners
Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 10:51 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 10, 2026 10:51 PM (O0L8i)
This is harder for me than with my father -- mother/son thing, but I'm hanging in there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 10:48 PM (w6EFb)
I'm glad you're hanging in there.
Yeah, but you rose up when you were needed. Not having any regrets with either Mom or Dad brings me a lot of peace. I know how much I meant to both of them. Nothing unsaid. I'm at peace...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 10:52 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 10:52 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 10:48 PM (RCjYY)
They could start by shooting every curry savage that shits in the street.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 10:53 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 10:53 PM (77rzZ)
Hey, you never know how someone really feels until you walk a mile in their comically oversized shoes
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 10:54 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Wenda at July 10, 2026 10:54 PM (KUETV)
The Indians argued it was more sanitary because you shouldn't have feces in your house and the ocean just takes the poop away.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 10:51 PM (sKqQm)
I worked for an India-Indian computer company in Ohio. Fresh off the plane Indians...
HR did have to send a few e-mails out about the bathrooms. That was funny.
If you don't think about it too much....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 10:54 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 10:51 PM (sKqQm)
Goes out on the falling tide, returns a few miles down the coast on the next incoming tide. Indians be stupid, that way.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 10:55 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 10:56 PM (77rzZ)
Her friends and family are coming in to visit, and I hope that mental stimulation can help.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 10:56 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 10:57 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 10:57 PM (w6EFb)
Always good to see you.
Posted by: Wenda at July 10, 2026 10:57 PM (KUETV)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 10, 2026 10:58 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 10:58 PM (xHEjv)
I guess that's worse then trying to kill them with a car?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 10:58 PM (sKqQm)
Her friends and family are coming in to visit, and I hope that mental stimulation can help.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 10:56 PM (w6EFb)
You could also bring in photo albums.
Okay, I have beer here. The 30 minutes on hold sapped my desire to edit.
And all this talk of clowns is making me think of relaxing with 'Terrifier 3.'
All the best everyone.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 10:58 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: publius
That's great, hope it prompts her mind. But maybe try one person at a time, until you're sure it won't overwhelm her into a panic. Too much stimulation can be bad.
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 10:58 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 10:59 PM (RCjYY)
Mostly Moroccans.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 11:00 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1
I've known professional people from Mexico who were the same way. There is a term they use for lower class Mexicans who have a higher proportion of Indian blood. And they really despise them. But they use them as servants. People who were engineers or doctors had full time servants in their homes.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 10, 2026 11:00 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: RandomDave at July 10, 2026 11:01 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 11:02 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 10:59 PM (RCjYY)
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When our first son was a toddler he referred to the problem as "dire rear."
I think this is more appropriate and descriptive and use it privately as it made me laugh.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 10, 2026 11:02 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 11:03 PM (S41Gd)
Finished cataloging all the journal references for my book, removing duplicate entries and seeing each one, to the extent possible, had a DOI and web page address.
There are about 7700 entries and about 10% have an attached PDF of the paper. I now have to go through each of the 6900 or so remaining entries to see what's available online for those. I don't want to spend my twilight years in library stacks looking for things.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 10, 2026 11:04 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 10, 2026 11:04 PM (6lIrI)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 11:03 PM (S41Gd)
Serious marksmanship. Putting it through the eye of a needle at 80 paces.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 11:04 PM (1z8ji)
I haven't seen her get panicked or anxious really with a lot people around, and that's happened a time or two when they have to get several people in to do something. The PT guy says she's doesn't get out of hand and does pretty good with what he has her do. Of course, I was there all the times I see her of course, and that might make a big difference.
It sounds like to me she's sort of having trouble distinguishing between dreams and reality. I was noticed a little bit of that over the last year. She'd wake up and say something strange, and I figured out it was what she was dreaming.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 11:04 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 10:59 PM (RCjYY)
Do you think I call it blizzard shits just to be funny? lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 11:04 PM (S41Gd)
I would like to point out that Jonathon Harris, aka Dr. Smith from "Lost in Space" wasn't an English fairy but a New York born lifetime married manly man who was just acting.
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 06:30 PM (Y8DZL)
When I was a kid I watched " Lost in Space". It didn't occur to me that Dr. Smith was supposed to be gay or that , only that he was the villain . Same
Thing with The Skipper and "little buddy". That they just happened to be mates on a ship- not that they were "doing" each other. Yes, I got that Ginger was supposed to be obviously gorgeous and a star and Mary Ann wax the country girl I'm glad this sort of thing did not affect my childhood. I don't even know that it was written that way " Let's fool
the rubes. Dr. Smith is obviously gay!!! "
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 11:05 PM (D+BhG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 11:06 PM (D+BhG)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 11:06 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 11:06 PM (77rzZ)
Boobs.
She has them.
And big hair.
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Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 11:08 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 10, 2026 11:09 PM (6lIrI)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
We called it the running trots.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 10, 2026 11:09 PM (0Htd1)
Salmonella bacteria are effectively killed when food reaches an internal temperature of 165°F (74°C) and is held there for a sufficient duration
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God didn't give us fire to keep us warm.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 11:10 PM (xHEjv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 11:10 PM (RIvkX)
But here is the thing the Jihadis are right, they are living real Islam.
Christ died for our sins, Muhammed exterminated Jews because they wouldn't follow him.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 10:49 PM (sKqQm)
They were/are even harder on Christians because we're 'polytheists'.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 10, 2026 11:11 PM (xcxpd)
A significant factor is cultural - working in such a facility is so undesirable (thanks caste system!) that it's difficult to keep them operational.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 11:11 PM (2Ez/1)
That's good. Hope all goes well!
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 11:12 PM (rdVOm)
https://shorturl.at/D2W9B
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 11:08 PM (R+iUD)
Oh we can't have nice things!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 10, 2026 11:12 PM (xcxpd)
I'm in Oklahoma, willing to relocate but would prefer remote and trying NOT to move into a blue state. IT, high-end Windows Server admin and scripting/automation. Aim too low or too far outside my field and I get the "you're overqualified/don't have the background we're looking for" dodge. Lots of 'we'll get back to you' that don't. Lots of 'we really like you' followed by silence and ultimately 'we have decided to pursue other candidates'. Very frustrating. Hoping that one of the current 'we really like you' folks follows through for once. It'd be nice to get so far as 'evaluating a job offer'!
Posted by: RandomDave at July 10, 2026 11:12 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
We called it the running trots.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 10, 2026 11:09 PM (0Htd1)
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Jet Butt
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 10, 2026 11:12 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 11:12 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 11:13 PM (R+iUD)
And while I am at it, I am going to get a little machine work done so that I can hang an overhaul on a 185 engine, the flathead six that was the grand-daddy to the 170 OHV six. Same 3" main journals, a little longer stroke. I have most of the parts I need to build one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 11:13 PM (1z8ji)
I almost died laughing at the cONTent
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 11:13 PM (WL2lA)
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 10, 2026 11:13 PM (YSQQv)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 10, 2026 11:13 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 11:14 PM (0H3sk)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 11:15 PM (0H3sk)
At the risk of being thought woke...
The joke at the top about the black woman not really being "Canadian" made me wince a little, I confess.
There have been Afro-Canadians for hundreds of years. Quite a few in the NHL now. Seeing a black NHL player no longer has much "Oh, wow! Did you see what I just saw?" to it.
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 11:15 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 11:16 PM (D+BhG)
92 India isn't a total economic flat line any more.They have computer company executives & sh*t. Seems as if they could do something about all the diarrhea deaths... IF they thought it was important.
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 10:48 PM
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My understanding is that when the country stops smelling like shit, people complain about the weird clean smell.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 10, 2026 11:16 PM (iTNuP)
Posted by: Berserker
We called it the running trots.
Posted by: nerdygirl
Jet Butt
Posted by: Cicero
Hershey squirts
Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 11:16 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
For a short while, then they'd wander off. Maybe try to leave one sheep on your pillow.
Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 11:18 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 11:19 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 11:20 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 11:22 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 10, 2026 11:22 PM (u/oMr)
https://t.ly/vTCAQ
Sydney Sweeney puts on her "raunchiest show yet", according to the DM. Enjoy that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 11:23 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 11:19 PM (RCjYY)
And not a woman, either.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 11:23 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 11:23 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 11:24 PM (RCjYY)
LOL. I have a kitten which I got a couple of days ago from a house a sign with "Free kittens" he is two months old . I think he is probably the most determined cat I have ever come into contact with. He's adorable but a pain in the backside . It's like having a very stubborn and adorable toddler. I haven't had a kitten in about sixteen years . I am too old for this 😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 11:25 PM (D+BhG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
For a short while, then they'd wander off. Maybe try to leave one sheep on your pillow.
Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 11:18 PM (VHUov)
I'll bet you the cats could herd the sheep just fine, if the sheepdog were to take a day off.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 11:25 PM (1z8ji)
Mostly Moroccans.
Posted by: 18-1
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Yesterday - something like, 500,000 Brits live in Spain and 350,000 live in Saudi Arabia. ( the #'s aren't accurate but close)
A fucking stounding. Europe is really a different world.
Despite their fecundicy India has a better grip on reality than Europe.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 11:25 PM (xHEjv)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 11:26 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 11:26 PM (GD0B3)
I wish SpaceX would be a g-force indicator for the 2nd stage burn as well, and one for the booster when it's coming back down. That would be informative.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 11:27 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 11:27 PM (yEz+x)
I needed the laughs.
Posted by: GWB at July 10, 2026 11:28 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 11:28 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 11:29 PM (J4mEx)
Posted by: Big Phat Phizer at July 10, 2026 11:29 PM (2Ez/1)
.....if you know what I mean, and I hotep you do.
Posted by: mikeskhufu at July 10, 2026 10:26 PM (VHUov)
"Love, the kind you clean up with a mop and bucket
Like the lost catacombs of Egypt, only God knows where we stuck it
Hieroglyphics, let me be Pacific: I wanna be down in your South Seas
But I got this notion that the motion of your ocean means "Small Craft Advisory""
Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch
https://youtu.be/xat1GVnl8-k
Posted by: SciVo at July 10, 2026 11:30 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 11:31 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 11:29 PM (J4mEx)
And that's a mashup of Sikh and Hindu styles. Sikhs wear turbans, but no red dot; Hindus wear red dots, but rarely turbans.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 11:31 PM (1z8ji)
There were riots, with antisemitic chants!, after Fr beat Morocco in the WC.
NOT in Rabat. In London and Amsterdam.
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 11:32 PM (RCjYY)
I know many have it worse and the fight will go on (*hum the Titanic music here).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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One took 9 stitches on the cheek (face). He used tiny thread. Takes a magnifying glass to see the scar.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 11:32 PM (xHEjv)
Apparently the 2nd stage peaks at about 4.1 - 4.5g during the end of the burn, which it's getting lighter, and they throttle it down. Design peak axial g is about 6g max they say. Even with a Dragon crew, they get over 4g.
Still nowhere near as bad as the Mercury boys pulled.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 11:33 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 11:25 PM (D+BhG)
You sound like my wife.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 11:33 PM (vE0+H)
NOT in Rabat. In London and Amsterdam.
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 11:32 PM (RCjYY)
How many Jews on the froggie kickball team? I am putting my marker on "zero".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 11:35 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 11:35 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 11:35 PM (RCjYY)
I notice the latest feminist thing is the complaint that if a husband asks his wife for sex and she's not in the mood its tantamount to rape.
____________
I thought the latest feminist thing is to complain about women's "emotional load" and how much greater it is for them than men. Well, toots, we don't overanalyze stuff. See, do, on to the next thing.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 10, 2026 10:47 PM (O0L8i)
Oh FFS. Marriage means sex. It ain't just friends sharing space. If you don't want to have sex, don't get married.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 10, 2026 11:35 PM (bl07w)
Thank very much He is very affectionate and vey cute . . He just has a habit of trying to be the cat version of some mountain explorer - like some determined mountain climber going to up the mountain in Tibet
. Unfortunately it's up the windows and under the shades .
I still miss Pynchon and sometimes I swear I hear his meow,. I probably need to get the cat one of those climbing trees .Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 11:36 PM (Bw1/o)
There were riots, with antisemitic chants!, after Fr beat Morocco in the WC.
NOT in Rabat. In London and Amsterdam.
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 11:32 PM (RCjYY)
Why were the playing in the toilet?
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 10, 2026 11:37 PM (bl07w)
113 The Indians argued it was more sanitary because you shouldn't have feces in your house and the ocean just takes the poop away.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 10:51 PM (sKqQm)
Goes out on the falling tide, returns a few miles down the coast on the next incoming tide. Indians be stupid, that way.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 10:55 PM
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That process nearly wiped out the first colonists at Jamestown, VA. The colony was (mistakenly) established on an estuary, and sewage worked back and forth with the tide. They figured out what to do and fixed the problem -- 300 years ago.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 10, 2026 11:37 PM (biznJ)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 10, 2026 11:37 PM (biznJ)
Hence, don't shit where you eat.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 10, 2026 11:38 PM (bl07w)
NOT in Rabat. In London and Amsterdam.
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 11:32 PM (RCjYY)
Why were the playing in the toilet?
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 10, 2026 11:37 PM (bl07w)
The new sign calling it the Tinkletorium fell off the door.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 10, 2026 11:38 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 10, 2026 11:37 PM (bl07w)
The Porta-potty was occupied by some Democrat jerking off.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 11:39 PM (1z8ji)
The rioters prolly knew that there weren't any Jews on the Fr team.
They just didn't want to waste an opportunity to insult Jews in front of the TV cameras.
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 11:40 PM (RCjYY)
@trump_repost - 6m
1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands of more to immediately follow, should the Iranian Government act on its threat, pronounced in many corners of the Globe, to assassinate, or attempt to assassinate, the sitting President of the United States of America, in this case, ME!
Orders have already been given, and the U.S. Military is ready, willing, and able, for a one year period of time, subject to extension, to completely decimate and destroy all areas of Iran - PRAISE BE TO ALLAH! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 11:40 PM (xHEjv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 11:41 PM (J4mEx)
Heh. Funny term for the landing burn: "hoverslam". SpaceX came up with that to avoid the previous term for it, suicide burn.
A suicide burn is this. The engines can't be throttled back enough to actually hover the rocket. The most fuel efficient (and therefore allowing you to burn more fuel on the boost phase) is to time the burn at 100% throttle for the engines involved and time it just so the velocity drops to zero right as altitude is zero.
I think for obvious reasons, they dubbed that a suicide burn. The hoverslam is their term of art for it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 11:41 PM (w6EFb)
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I doubt I will ever stop holding this man in extremely high regard.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 11:43 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 10, 2026 11:43 PM (6lIrI)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 10, 2026 11:38 PM (bl07w)
Also don’t site your well next your outhouse.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 11:45 PM (J4mEx)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 11:13 PM (1z8ji)
Yup, setting the clock back. Basically rewinding the clock a bit before the bad shit happened so it can continue on its journey along its normal lifespan. If a dude comes in with a 30,000 mile engine with a bad head gasket, or cylinder base gasket the whole top end has to come off. At that low miles the pistons are usually perfect, no wear, not even a scratch on the skirts. No wear on the guides, no wear on the bore. The heads come apart, everything gets glass beaded. The combustion chambers, the ports, the valves, piston domes, all of it. I do a fast touch up on the valve seats, polish out the guides, do a ball hone, new rings, and that 30,000 mile engine is clean as new inside, and might as well be a 5,000 mile engine. Rewind the clock.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 11:47 PM (S41Gd)
I hate popcorn
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You gotta get away from the microwave shit. As an Iowanian, I know Popcorn.
First of all, “Yellow” popcorn is a variety intended for pre-popping and installed in bags and shipped on trucks. It is tough, the idea is it won’t be a pile of crumbs due to jostling in handling. It has a more rounded shape.
White popcorn is sometimes called “Butterfly” popcorn. It is more tender.
Use a heavy saucepan or even an electric skillet works great. Coconut oil or bacon drippings is preferred. Corn oil would seem logical, but all of the hydrogenated synthetic oils are nasty and will lock your gut up hard.
Light tender crispy popcorn, drenched in butter & salt. I like Cayenne, maybe a little garlic salt, or cannibalize the cheese packet from a Kraft macaroni dinner. Old Bay is pretty good too. Some people like hot sauce mixed 50/50 with the melted butter. A Tbsp of sugar mixed with the popping oil is good too.
Popcorn used to be be dirt cheap. We tried Orville Reddenbacher when it came out, and it wasn’t any better than the Vinton (Iowa) brand. That sadly, went away. Popcorn is a pain to actually grow it.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 11:47 PM (Gs7m+)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 11:40 PM (xHEjv)
There won’t be another like him.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 11:48 PM (J4mEx)
Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 11:48 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 11:41 PM (J4mEx)
There is a criminal subculture among Sikhs, connected to the International Sikh Youth Federation, which is a terrorist entity pushing for an independent Sikh country (Khalistan) where the Indian State of Punjab now exists. The many decent respectable Sikhs in Canada and the USA are rapidly losing the goodwill they have earned through years of good behavior to the criminal and negligent behavior of the criminal class. Most of those Sikh truckers causing fatal wrecks are from that subset.. I see a young man in a turban, how can I know if he a respectable Sikh, or a thug? The respectable Sikhs; they know, and it is up to them to make the thugs disappear without a trace.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 11:48 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 11:50 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Liz Warren at July 10, 2026 11:50 PM (ibDUx)
Posted by: tcn in AK
Also don’t site your well next your outhouse.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
"Flush twice, [next town downstream] needs the water."
Posted by: restroom stall etchings at July 10, 2026 11:51 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 10, 2026 11:51 PM (VbqNm)
However, GENERALLY speaking, violent religious friction is quite rare in India these days.
For example, the MUSLIMS in Indian Kashmir recently demonstrated AGAINST Pakistani interference there. Swearsies. They prefer India, which has almost as many Muslims as Pakistan... I THINK. I'm wrong a lot, & I never bother to look anything up... except how to spell "diarrhea."
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 11:56 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 11:58 PM (Gs7m+)
Ya gotta shake it, baby, the whole time.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 11:58 PM (Gs7m+)
Yeah, and shake the popcorn too, while you are at it.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 10, 2026 11:59 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 11, 2026 12:00 AM (ibDUx)
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Gonnorhea ; Gonnorrhea … Gonorhea … the Clap is tough, too.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 11, 2026 12:00 AM (Gs7m+)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 11:58 PM (Gs7m+)
Popcorn chef: a whole new career opportunity for Parkinson's patients!
(denounces self)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 12:00 AM (1z8ji)
Last year we did about 72 jars total, but that was fishing for three days, and I think DH is just no up to that any more. We have fun with friends while there, and that is becoming more of a draw than the actual fishing. Maybe once he gets his new knees we will revisit that discussion.
30 jars is good.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 11, 2026 12:02 AM (bl07w)
Apple is suing OpenAI for stealing trade secrets
APPLE: OpenAI “deliberately and systematically” stole confidential info from Apple employees
...
[top Apple people left Apple for Open AI and took Apple's secret tech with them]
Apple emailed OpenAI about it in February
>OpenAI never responded
Filing says OpenAI’s hardware business is “rotten to its core” and this is “the tip of the iceberg.”
...
Apple is suing OpenAI for stealing everything
Demands jury trial
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:03 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 11, 2026 12:00 AM (ibDUx)
Ew.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 11, 2026 12:03 AM (bl07w)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:04 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:03 AM (xHEjv)
Popcorn futures rated "buy".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 12:05 AM (1z8ji)
Demands jury trial
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:03 AM (xHEjv)
This shit goes on all the time. My BIL made a career out of doing post-mortems and testifying as an expert in cell phone tech theft. There is not one honest operator in all of tech.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 11, 2026 12:05 AM (bl07w)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
As long as you used every part of it.
Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 12:06 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2026 12:07 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
Are you going to turn it into a sock puppet or a sock monkey, now that you've finished with it?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 11, 2026 12:07 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 11, 2026 12:00 AM (ibDUx)
If you are wearing Cherokee socks, you have to do the Cherokee Boogie:
https://youtu.be/9jJCd2gOgjk
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 12:08 AM (1z8ji)
I used to think Sikhs were okay, since they were militantly anti-mooselimb. Recent events (the stabbing in England) made me re-evaluate.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 11:41 PM (J4mEx)
Sikhs came to the US mostly to prosper, although a lot of them don't care if they prosper while following the law or breaking it. The motivation is money and supercars.
mohammedans came here to destroy Western Civilization and to kill Joos and Christians. The motivation is death.
Besides, the Sikhs wear bitchin' turbans that are pretty badass. mohammedans wear turbans that look like they piled dirty laundry on their heads.
As bad as the Sikhs can be at times, if I have to choose, I'll take the Sikhs any day of the week.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 11, 2026 12:09 AM (y9nCu)
*It may have originated from "Woden's day", but it now means the day we ask when's Friday's gonna f*cking get here?
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 11, 2026 12:10 AM (DZ9Lv)
My ankle/foot are slowly healing from Wendsday* evening's sprain. But when I haven't moved it in awhile, it gets right sore.
*It may have originated from "Woden's day", but it now means the day we ask when's Friday gonna f*cking get here?
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 11, 2026 12:11 AM (DZ9Lv)
It's utter trash but highly addictive.
Posted by: mnw at July 11, 2026 12:11 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: PaleRider at July 11, 2026 12:11 AM (PV+Zw)
222 Just finished brining the salmon, DH is smoking it, and everything smells divine here. Will be canning tomorrow when it's all smoked up. 30 jars or so, with a little luck, and if we don't eat it all first.
Last year we did about 72 jars total, but that was fishing for three days, and I think DH is just no up to that any more. We have fun with friends while there, and that is becoming more of a draw than the actual fishing. Maybe once he gets his new knees we will revisit that discussion.
30 jars is good.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 11, 2026 12:02 AM
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Is the final step heating the jars of salmon in a pressure cooker?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 11, 2026 12:12 AM (VWtfl)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 11, 2026 12:11 AM (DZ9Lv)
Stacey Abrams Aztec name is "Snaxalotl".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 12:13 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 12:13 AM (VbqNm)
>>Apple is suing OpenAI for stealing everything
What exactly did they steal? Freely available things over a public internet?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 11, 2026 12:14 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: PaleRider at July 11, 2026 12:11 AM (PV+Zw)
What about the wire basket corn popper that you shake over an open fire?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 12:14 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: PaleRider at July 11, 2026 12:18 AM (PV+Zw)
The many decent respectable Sikhs in Canada and the USA are rapidly losing the goodwill they have earned through years of good behavior to the criminal and negligent behavior of the criminal class. Most of those Sikh truckers causing fatal wrecks are from that subset.. I see a young man in a turban, how can I know if he a respectable Sikh, or a thug? The respectable Sikhs; they know, and it is up to them to make the thugs disappear without a trace.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Good information. It's like other sub cultures within sub cultures muddying up the water at the expense of the others good name.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:19 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: PaleRider at July 11, 2026 12:20 AM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 12:14 AM (1z8ji)
My mother had one of those when I was a kid. She never used it. She probably thought it was more of an artifact from the primitive times.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2026 12:21 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 10, 2026 10:06 PM (u/oMr)
They also rowed up many estuaries and river mouths to plunder towns.
For that matter, the wind wasn't always favorable, even in the open ocean. When it wasn't, they rowed.
New SpaceX launch pad: designed to support a launch *every 60 minutes*. Indefinitely.
https://tinyurl.com/28tuwytc
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 11, 2026 12:22 AM (IG3/x)
>>Apple is suing OpenAI for stealing everything
What exactly did they steal? Freely available things over a public internet?
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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From pull quotes: https://tinyurl.com/4hbe5555
Full complaint Apple Inc. v. Chang Liu et al:
https://tinyurl.com/5hwrs7sj
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:24 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 11, 2026 12:26 AM (J4mEx)
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 11, 2026 12:27 AM (YSQQv)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 10, 2026 10:06 PM (u/oMr)
They also rowed up many estuaries and river mouths to plunder towns.
For that matter, the wind wasn't always favorable, even in the open ocean. When it wasn't, they rowed.
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Their boat were awesome - good looking too. They could travel the seas or shallow rivers and when necessary - portage.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:27 AM (xHEjv)
ONe launch per hour. That is impressive. Now, I'd like to see the rocket stacking and pad setting up to match that pace.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 12:28 AM (w6EFb)
Full complaint Apple Inc. v. Chang Liu et al:
https://tinyurl.com/5hwrs7sj
Posted by: Braenyard
Oh, so , basically an Open AI employee (?), who is an ex-apple employee, did corporate espionage
I thought the AI did the stealing, but it was humans
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 12:28 AM (7gFa4)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 10, 2026 10:06 PM
Dneiper?! I hardly knew her!
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 11, 2026 12:29 AM (YSQQv)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 12:29 AM (7gFa4)
248 So were the Ross of old Rossiya actually Vikings? Not that the modern day Russians would ever admit it.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 11, 2026 12:26 AM (J4mEx)
I think they were clearly a migrating group from Scandinavia. There’s been some argument lately about it actually meant to be a “Viking”.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 12:30 AM (VbqNm)
I’ve wanted to find a bulk source of sour cream powder for popcorn. I’ve only seen these twee shaker containers available.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 11, 2026 12:31 AM (7JHwn)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 11, 2026 12:12 AM (VWtfl)
110 minutes at 10 lbs.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 11, 2026 12:32 AM (bl07w)
Now need to try and go to sleep
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 12:32 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Murica at July 11, 2026 12:33 AM (yzP4d)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 11, 2026 12:33 AM (7JHwn)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 11, 2026 12:26 AM (J4mEx)
Yes. Those fuckers went everywhere. They brought back stuff from Constantinople.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 11, 2026 12:34 AM (bl07w)
Fenelon, I don't know what your situation is, but I have recently found that having two age similar kittens is a lot easier. They keep each other entertained, they don't rely on unintelligible humans on how to do things, and they teach each other not to bite or play too hard.
In short they socialize each other to be decent.
I have one older cat who was raised in an apartment and never saw another cat for two years until surrendered to the shelter, the kittens really taught him to play too.
if you can, get another kitten, they are twice the fun and less of a hassle.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2026 12:34 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2026 12:34 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Altman is a POS. They all - competitors all - hate him. Musk sued him but CA jury gave it to pretty boy. If there were to be anyone who unleashes SkyNet it will be him.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:35 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Murica at July 11, 2026 12:33 AM (yzP4d)
We don't get too much in the way of fireworks since it isn't dark at night, but a lot of folks shoot here regularly and I have one dog who objects. The other dog is too dumb to register what's happening.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 11, 2026 12:35 AM (bl07w)
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 11, 2026 12:37 AM (YSQQv)
Oh, so , basically an Open AI employee (?), who is an ex-apple employee, did corporate espionage
I thought the AI did the stealing, but it was humans
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
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It was two or three; Altman poached them. They were like 20 yr employees at Apple, they knew stuff and took everything with them. - on hard drives
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:39 AM (xHEjv)
Got the test results back from this week's CT scan. Have a belly hernia subsequent to a couple of bowel surgeries of the past few years. Hope to get it repaired before something else major goes wrong. Thus, the scan.
Test results say lungs ok, liver normal, bladder normal; pancreas, spleen, adrenals, kidneys, everything normal. Oh, except there's a belly hernia. Duh.
I was glad to see this report. So far, so good. Hey! I'm normal in a lot of ways. Who woulda guessed?!
Posted by: mindful webworker - I'm not old, I'm well-mellowed at July 11, 2026 12:39 AM (9rU9k)
Strangely enough, I bought it with the idea of speeding up the process for cooking Beans. The instructions specifically warn not to try and cook beans. The theory is a piece of skin from the Bean or whatever might clog the weight assembly. I did try it anyhow, and they cook much faster of course.
But they still aren’t done enough for my liking. Great Northerns are my favorite, and they still need simmering to get “fuzzy” done and thicken up a bit. Nothing better than Navy Bean Soup on a cold day.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 11, 2026 12:40 AM (7JHwn)
Ya gotta shake it, baby, the whole time.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 11:58 PM (Gs7m+)
A teenage inhabitant of a home that had the biggest house fire I've ever seen.
Posted by: ... at July 11, 2026 12:42 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 11, 2026 12:42 AM (7JHwn)
According to the DM, Tay-tay's wedding cost $15M. That seems a bit low to me. Also, Ma'am Damn Nanny says that Tay-tay paid the city $160K for the permit, yet DM estimates it cost NYC $1M for all the security and crap.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 12:43 AM (w6EFb)
3h
If solar power in space is harnessed for useful work at scale, the value of that will far exceed the Earth economy, because all of Earth civilization uses much less than a trillionth of our Sun’s power
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:44 AM (xHEjv)
Also, in other breaking news, the DM says Tay-tay had a wardrobe malfunction and her boobs, such as they are, nearly popped right out at some damn place.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 12:45 AM (w6EFb)
I saw on the national news today, that Taylor reimbursed the NYPD $120,000 for traffic rerouting and related services. Given that NYC bureaucrats and politicians were nominally involved, I'm surprised that the bill was under $1 million. I was hoping that Mamdani would have to eat most of that cost, but no.
Posted by: Arbalest at July 11, 2026 12:45 AM (FlRtG)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 12:45 AM (w6EFb)
A lack of pics renders this piece of information useless.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 12:47 AM (1z8ji)
https://tinyurl.com/33sddspf
A map outline of philly with a bunch or red and yellow dots and the warning for mlb fans to stay away - its not so safe clean or green
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 12:47 AM (Sbvmd)
Yeah, never mind. I forgot about that. Lol.
One of the more popular firearms podcasters a few years back lost their home to fire. A “baked” potato cozy thing, after nuking it in the Microwave. Supposed to keep it warm, I guess.
Anyway his wife put it in a cupboard and it was smoldering or whatever. At first the fire was confined to the cupboard. They had fire extinguishers on hand, too. But was unsure how to use one.
Be sure everyone in your family is trained up on the basics of how and when to use a fire extinguisher. House was soon “fully involved” and a total loss. Over a shitty “baked” potato.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 11, 2026 12:49 AM (7JHwn)
Local22 is not happy with the philly mayor
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 12:50 AM (WL2lA)
See the top of the stupid Daily Mail. I ashamedly had to watch the video. Meh, doesn't look like an impending boobage eruption, just that she had to adjust the top a bit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 12:50 AM (w6EFb)
I wasn’t surprised at all. From the very first day Apple integrated ChatGPT, I knew OpenAI would eventually take everything from them.
Tim Cook poured billions into the electric vehicle project, only to cancel it and write off the entire investment. Apple should have focused on building its own AI instead. Yet Cook chose to ignore that Sam Altman essentially stole key technology from Elon Musk and partnered with him anyway.
He rejected Musk’s Tesla, distanced himself from Elon at every turn, and now he’s learning the hard way what happens when you choose the wrong partner
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 12:51 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 11, 2026 12:31 AM (7JHwn)
Have you tried Sigma-Aldrich? They seem to have everything in bulk
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2026 12:52 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 10:59 PM (RCjYY)
logorrhea: verbal incontinence; an unrestrained spew of words.
Sometimes, when an error has become habituated, it helps to learn something new. Then you can use the fresh, unwobbly memory as an anchor, and back into the correct answer for the other.
Posted by: SciVo at July 11, 2026 12:52 AM (Sy6m/)
Don't know what they think they need it. We already have the Little Mosque on the Prairie series. Canadian sit-com, 2007–2012.
Playlist on YouTube
https://bit.ly/little-mosque-series
We watched several of these when it first ran. Sanitized Islam, still cringey. The episode where Grampa was banned from flying was amusing.
Posted by: mindful webworker - good-night akmed at July 11, 2026 12:53 AM (9rU9k)
Also, I see they've found some site in Oregon that would put human habitation back to 18 kya, well before the ice free bridge opened up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 12:56 AM (w6EFb)
Apple's soul died with Steve Jobs
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 12:58 AM (WL2lA)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 11, 2026 12:34 AM (bl07w)
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They got paid off to be the Varangian Guards for the Byzantine emperors. The Varangian Sea was someone's name for the Baltic, but I'll be damned if I can remember whose.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2026 12:58 AM (u/oMr)
Posted by: vmom
Now I'm giggling like a schoolgirl imagining AI in court, being all AI-like under cross-examination.
"I did in fact download the data from the plaintiff's servers! I used a security hole in their VPN system. Would you like me to describe the security hole?"
Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 12:58 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 12:50 AM (w6EFb)
Ah, thanks. Saves me having to look for it.
I think I just heard some thunder here. 'Tis the season for it. Had two wrecks with the Dixon mower this afternoon. First one, there was an empty steel barrel on the ground to mow around/under. No biggie, just bunt it with the bumper on the mower, right? Well it spun around, and th left rear drive wheel of the mower went into the open end, and got trapped there. I felt like Pooh Bear with the hunny pot on his head. Got the barrel off it, and discovered why it was trapped - the drive chain for the left rear wheel had come off. Got it strung again, and resumed mowing. Not ten minutes later, mower stopped dead, engine continues to run, no traction power. The traction drive belt had been thrown. Mower blades still spinning. Well, that was it. Shut down, towed back up to the shop with the golf cart. I will work on it in the morning. Probably replace both belts with new.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 01:00 AM (1z8ji)
Thanks for the Moon Mullican AOP, I enjoyed it.
I like to make Black Jewell popcorn on the stovetop, a little olive oil to pop in and some sea salt flakes, it is very good popcorn.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 11, 2026 01:01 AM (ibDUx)
Jul 9
Too early to tell right now but I wonder if History will look back at this $7.5-40B Anthropic/SpaceXai deal as the biggest unforced error of the AI era.
Did the management team thought XAI was too far from the frontier to be a real threat ? Otherwise why give so much money to a direct competitor?
...
Elon Musk@elonmusk - Jul 9 --- > Replying to @ThomasAlxDmy
You don’t seem to understand that SpaceX will be worth more than the rest of Earth if we accomplish our goals.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 01:03 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 11, 2026 12:34 AM (bl07w)
I remember being pretty impressed when I learned that they'd taken over Sicily for a while.
The Norman invasion of France is one thing, but let's bee real: who hasn't launched a successful invasion of France at some point.
Sicily is somewhat more challenging.
Not only did they take it over, they held it for about a hundred years, before it got handed over to another dynasty.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 11, 2026 01:03 AM (IG3/x)
And if they don't treat Mama right, I will send all the 'leens in the Big Truck to set some people straight
Posted by: Miklos at July 11, 2026 01:04 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 01:06 AM (xHEjv)
Oh, we're sad that they are gone -- God, they deserved so much better -- but our pastor included a few lighter moments in his eulogy. I never knew that they were such pranksters.
Several former members of the church attended, so people got to greet old friends. If only it hadn't been under these circumstances.
Posted by: Weak Geek at July 11, 2026 01:07 AM (p/isN)
Posted by: Case at July 11, 2026 01:08 AM (IY9No)
1) WTF?
2) NOBODY reads the warnings
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 11, 2026 01:08 AM (igRTw)
Posted by: Weak Geek at July 11, 2026 01:09 AM (p/isN)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 11, 2026 01:11 AM (njd+I)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Heh. Last time I went through replacing the drive belt on the JD L110 it was a PIA. Had to remove the deck, put the thing up on jackstands then kinda crawl around underneath getting the deck belt removed from sundry idlers/guides before I could get up into sundry idlers/guides of the drive belt.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 11, 2026 01:12 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 10, 2026 11:13 PM (YSQQv)
In my experience, offices (and dorms) with kitchenettes will generally forbid microwaving popcorn and fish. At least fish won't start a fire, but it's reputed to be an even more intrusive smell (I wouldn't know, people actually followed that rule). Complete self-absorption is apparently just the human norm.
Posted by: SciVo at July 11, 2026 01:12 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Weak Geek
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They're often bittersweet, for the reasons that you mention.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 11, 2026 01:14 AM (XeU6L)
Be sure everyone in your family is trained up on the basics of how and when to use a fire extinguisher. House was soon “fully involved” and a total loss. Over a shitty “baked” potato.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 11, 2026 12:49 AM (7JHwn)
A burning potato? Why "waste" a fire extinguisher on it? A saucepan full of water from the sink would quench it, and make less mess. Sounds like panic set in.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 01:16 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.
Not many politicians speak in such words
People should write to Senate and House committee members asking for specific repair and maintenance instructions.
Posted by: John Miklos-Deere at July 11, 2026 01:17 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 11, 2026 01:19 AM (XeU6L)
Apple's soul died with Steve Jobs
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
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Sorry, I don't accept the Saint Steve myth.
1) The fucker hosed Woz, who did the actual work of creating I and II.
2) Shitty taste in females, too. Look at what The Widow is using his money on.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 11, 2026 01:20 AM (RhJ+T)
The Kievan Rus were formed as a civilization by Swedes settling in what we now call Russia/Ukraine. Modern Russia/Ukes have primarily Slavic DNA. So I would guess the early Scandi blood mostly thinned out over time. But...Russians still have red/blonde hair...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2026 01:20 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 11, 2026 01:12 AM (XeU6L)
The Dixon is similar in that respect; deck drive belt has come off to change traction drive belt. Ergo, change both at once. I may have a new one of one of them on hand. I have a chain block hanging from a gantry. I can hitch that to the rear of the mower, and hoist it to about a 45 degree angle, making the belts accessible to a Peon seated on the ground. I just used it yesterday, to lift the front of the mower to change blades.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 01:22 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 11, 2026 01:23 AM (yxcOn)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Hope that works.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 11, 2026 01:24 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 01:16 AM (1z8ji)
No, the cupboard was set smoldering from the heat of the "potato cozy" put away immediately after microwaving. I don't know if it was like this, they also (according to Brave AI) have handmade cotton ones on Etsy, but this will give the idea:
amazon.com/dp/B07QR2T2MX
Posted by: SciVo at July 11, 2026 01:24 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Mikleuse fires up the accordion at July 11, 2026 01:27 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 11, 2026 01:24 AM (XeU6L)
I'm sure it will. Possibly my encounter with the barrel bent a guide roller bracket or something. Once I get it hoisted, I will see. I have changed belts several times on this machine already. They are a routine service chore.
I am going to call it a night. Back is sore from lifting stuff.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 01:27 AM (1z8ji)
amazon.com/dp/B07QR2T2MX
Posted by: SciVo at July 11, 2026 01:24 AM (Sy6m/)
Still not a grease fire. Plain water would extinguish it. I would try that first, and resort to the extinguisher if water proved ineffective.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 01:30 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Mikleuse fires up the accordion at July 11, 2026 01:27 AM (6VErX)
Et tots!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2026 01:30 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Mikleuse t the tune of "Allons a Lafayette" at July 11, 2026 01:32 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: SciVo at July 11, 2026 01:33 AM (Sy6m/)
https://youtu.be/FRZzUh9hcTo
G'nite, y'all.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - tastes like chicken at July 11, 2026 01:34 AM (9rU9k)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
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We might, if the important info wasn't buried by the dreck. It's like the writers are playing by the "poisoning the data" rules being advocated by Privacy nerds.
I just bought a battery operated sprayer (wife's arthritis makes pumping a manual one painful) and the operator manual had one "danger" block, two "notice" blocks, a page and a half of 32 "safety" paragraphs, and SEVENTEEN "warning" blocks for six "assembly" paragraphs, ten "operation" paragraphs, and seven "maintenance" paragraphs.
Fuckin' lawyers. (Present company excepted, of course 😁
Posted by: buddhaha at July 11, 2026 01:35 AM (RhJ+T)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 11, 2026 01:36 AM (pKv0r)
Q'est q'mon on dit
Dansez avec moi ma tit fille?
Oui Monsier, mais oui
Posted by: Mikleuse to the tune of Allons -y at July 11, 2026 01:37 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 10:09 PM (0H3sk)
Gun deaths are bad. All others are OK.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 11, 2026 01:38 AM (pKv0r)
Q'est q'mon on dit
Dansez avec moi ma tit fille?
Oui Monsier, mais oui
Posted by: Mikleuse to the tune of Allons -y at July 11, 2026 01:37 AM (6VErX)
Was?
Posted by: Cow Demon auf Deutsch at July 11, 2026 01:39 AM (OwmWb)
Posted by: Mikleuse needs a new fiddle at July 11, 2026 01:40 AM (6VErX)
Muzak plays “Saturday in the Park” a week late. And it can’t really be played again until 2037.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 11, 2026 01:40 AM (OwmWb)
1) The fucker hosed Woz, who did the actual work of creating I and II.
He wasn't a saint by any means, but Woz wound up super rich anyway. I mean, he's worth a mere $140 million rather than billions, but I suspect that's plenty to keep him in the lifestyle to which he's become accustomed.
Apple has done... a few things... since Woz stepped down. PPC Macs, Intel Macs, and now M-series Macs, iPod, iPhone, iTunes, Hypercard, Final Cut Pro, GarageBand...
You may recall that they fired Jobs, upon which the company tanked. They brought him back, and the company now has a market cap of $4.64 trillion. Fill in the blanks.
Then there's NeXT (not financially successful as such, but it lives on in what we now call macOS... Jobs brought the OS with him when he came back), Pixar, Disney, and all the other ventures with which he was associated.
As someone put it, the secret of Jobs wasn't that he was magical, it's that he was fucking terrifying.
I think Jobs was pretty obnoxious, and not always a good person. But I'm not going to try to take away his (very real) accomplishments.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 11, 2026 02:00 AM (IG3/x)
The Vasodilation of Cheap Boner Pills would be a great band name. Probably metal, but you be you!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 11, 2026 02:02 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 11, 2026 01:38 AM (pKv0r)
Whenever someone starts jabbering about "gun violence", I point out that FBI statistics show that more people are killed with hands and feet than any type of rifle ("assault" or otherwise).
Then I ask why we don't have "Everytown for Foot Safety", "Moms Demand Action for Foot Sense in America", "Coalition to Stop Foot Violence"...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 11, 2026 02:03 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 11, 2026 02:05 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 11, 2026 02:06 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 11, 2026 02:05 AM (IG3/x)
It actually would.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2026 02:12 AM (S41Gd)
Good news. The New Horizons probe (the one that flew by Pluto, and then some interesting Kuiper Belt objects) woke up on time. The spacecraft went into hibernation mode last August, and JPL just received it's "I'm awake" signal right on time. That was followed by status reports, and all systems are green.
While the thing is hibernating, some of the instruments are still active an continuously recording data. They'll soon be downloading all that data.
The spacecraft is now 5.9 billion miles away, and one-way light time is 8 hr, 52 min.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 02:15 AM (w6EFb)
a second U.S. official warned of harsh consequences if Iran refuses.
"If it is not their position tomorrow, it is not going to be a great day for them," the official said.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 02:17 AM (xHEjv)
Sources say Rafael is in talks with Indian defense firms for joint production, aiming to cut costs, provide backup capacity, and enable interceptor sales to other countries.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 02:20 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 02:21 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 02:15 AM (w6EFb)
Yeah thats waaay past the last chance gas station, lol. Thats some serious shit. 9 hours away at the speed of light. I think somewhere around this fall the v'ger probe will hit the 24 hours light speed point. 1 full day away at light speed.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2026 02:21 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Ahhh, yes, NeXT.
All the shit that Sam Altman is being pilloried for, Jobs did, decades before.
I have no problem with someone using open source for something in a niche market by adding some very specialized code, making it proprietary and therefore collecting enough revenue to support it.
But... taking OS code and adding bells and whistles, closing it and competing with the original OS is just wrong. You're supposed to give back in the open source world, not just take.
Almost all of Apple's contribution to open source occurred after Jobs left.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 11, 2026 02:28 AM (RhJ+T)
Then I ask why we don't have "Everytown for Foot Safety", "Moms Demand Action for Foot Sense in America", "Coalition to Stop Foot Violence"...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 11, 2026 02:03 AM (IG3/x)
England and Australia have "One Punch" orgs that do campaigns to raise awareness that drunken brawling isn't all just innocent harmless fun, as one unlucky punch can kill a man. In fact, if you recall the English MP who was knifed to death by a jihadi at a church where he was holding a 'clinic' (public availability for constituents), that was one of his pet causes. (Plainly, he was focused on the wrong danger.)
Posted by: SciVo at July 11, 2026 02:31 AM (Sy6m/)
Voyager 1 will hit the 24 light hour mark on Nov. 18. Voyager 2 is about 19 light hours away.
As their RTGs degrade, they've had to turn off various instruments according to a priority list. Only 2 instruments remain active on V'ger 1.
They had some glitches with both probes, and made some heroic efforts to fix them, from this amazing distance.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 02:32 AM (w6EFb)
It's unknown how long the Voyager's will continue, but 2036 is the hard deadline. They will both be out of range for the DSN by then. Both have been going for just under 49 years now.
Anyway, they'll soon be on "eternal patrol" we'll call it, headed out to wander forever through interstellar space.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 02:35 AM (w6EFb)
Voyager 1 will hit the 24 light hour mark on Nov. 18. Voyager 2 is about 19 light hours away.
They so ronry!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 11, 2026 02:36 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 02:37 AM (xHEjv)
Imagine the reaction of whatever beings may come across the Vger probes...
"A crummy laser disk? What a rip off!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 11, 2026 02:39 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 11, 2026 02:41 AM (afJtY)
Posted by: goatweed at July 11, 2026 02:41 AM (jK3NL)
Both have been going for just under 49 years now
Whichever probe that flat out crashed into Mars because somebody scrambled the measurements' units weeps softly.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 11, 2026 02:44 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Miklos, paid in kind shill for Big Viagra at July 11, 2026 02:47 AM (6VErX)
Carl Sagan described those golden records as message in a bottle tossed into the interstellar ocean.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 02:49 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 02:49 AM (6wpGE)
Here in Sussex there used to be fireworks a popping for the entire week before and the entire week after Independence Day. Out walking the dog tonight, somewhere between one quarter and one third of the dwellings even had someone on the premises. And no fireworks at either here or the community across the salt marsh.
As Rooster Cogburn lamented in the Coen Brothers' "True Grit", "I've grown old."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 11, 2026 02:52 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 11, 2026 02:53 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Miklos, in best Aunt Lottie voice at July 11, 2026 02:53 AM (6VErX)
Those golden records are just that, phonograph records. They included a needle for playback. On the cover were some instructions on how to play it. It contains images as well as audio, and they included diagrams for any aliens showing how the image information was encoded.
Now, the challenge is, how do you communicate this information to aliens, who could well be really different. The assumption is that mathematics and the fundamental constants of the universe would be a universal language.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 02:56 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 10, 2026 10:41 PM (n5tGW)
At least he wasn't listening to Inna-Gadda-da-Vida...that woulda finished after his grandchildren passed...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 11, 2026 02:59 AM (l3cgK)
Those golden records are just that, phonograph records. They included a needle for playback. On the cover were some instructions on how to play it. It contains images as well as audio, and they included diagrams for any aliens showing how the image information was encoded.
Now, the challenge is, how do you communicate this information to aliens, who could well be really different. The assumption is that mathematics and the fundamental constants of the universe would be a universal language.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 02:56 AM (w6EFb)
FU, blind, deaf aliens!--NASA
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 11, 2026 03:01 AM (l3cgK)
They also included a map, using various pulsars. Each pulsar is unique in it's frequency. The Sun's position relative to these is encoded, giving the point of origin of the probe.
These things vary with time, but the assumption is any aliens capable of retrieving the records will be able to easily compensate for that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 03:01 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Ben Had
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His CV tells that. But it's conceivable that Trump has given them until Sat night to make up their minds. (not that he expects them to keep their word)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 03:05 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 03:06 AM (xHEjv)
They also included a map, using various pulsars. Each pulsar is unique in it's frequency. The Sun's position relative to these is encoded, giving the point of origin of the probe.
These things vary with time, but the assumption is any aliens capable of retrieving the records will be able to easily compensate for that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 03:01 AM (w6EFb)
Well, given how close the nearest star to us is (besides the sun, duh), and the speed the probes are traveling, it'll be a loooong time before those probes approach any star system. We're talking (at current speeds) something like >80K years to Alpha Centauri, if they're even headed in that direction.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 11, 2026 03:07 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Not a problem
Hungarians
Posted by: Miklos, recalling a desciption of Ede Teller at July 11, 2026 03:07 AM (6VErX)
NASA gave Sagan a budge of $1500 for the Golden Records. No joke. He and many others spent their own money on it (but don't worry, he made it back, with interest).
He also included a one-hour recording of his wife's brain waves, compressed down to 1 minute. He told her to think deep thoughts....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 03:08 AM (w6EFb)
Goodnight all.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 11, 2026 03:06 AM (xHEjv)
Any Aztecs?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 11, 2026 03:09 AM (l3cgK)
The Voyagers aren't headed to any particular star. Their final escaped trajectories were determined by the final passes they made with the last planets, and those were chosen for the best observations of those planets and moons.
Voyager 1 will get to within 1.6 ly of a red dwarf, Gliese 445, and Voyager 2 within 1.7 ly of another red dwarf, Ross 248.
And then, in about 300,000 years, Voyager 2 will get to within 4 ly of Sirius.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 03:12 AM (w6EFb)
About 40,000 years for those red dwarf "close" passes.
Gliese 445 is about 17.1 ly away from us. But remember, all these stars are in relative motion. And that little sucker is barreling toward us at 112 km/s.
It will be our closet neighbor in that 40,000 yrs.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 03:16 AM (w6EFb)
Must be a four hoah YU
Posted by: Miklos
Found it and FIFY.
Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2026 03:17 AM (VHUov)
About 40,000 years for those red dwarf "close" passes.
Gliese 445 is about 17.1 ly away from us. But remember, all these stars are in relative motion. And that little sucker is barreling toward us at 112 km/s.
It will be our closet neighbor in that 40,000 yrs.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 03:16 AM (w6EFb)
Yeah, that makes sense. The Universe is not a static place...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 11, 2026 03:25 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Miklos, with an Ahem at July 11, 2026 03:25 AM (6VErX)
There is a direction, poetically dubbed the Apex of the Sun's Way. That direction in the sky is in Hercules, near Vega. That is the direction the sun (and solar system) is moving relative to the Local Standard of Rest, or LSR.
The LSR is a bit tricky to visualize. The best analogy is imagine a pack of cars going around a big circular track, or hell, just a big pack of cars moving down the highway. There is a mean speed of the whole bunch. That defines the LSR. Now, imagine the "peculiar velocity" of each car relative to that. That speed, and it's direction for the Sun is the Apex of the Sun's Way.
The anti-apex points somewhat close to Sirius.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 03:27 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2026 03:32 AM (S41Gd)
About 40,000 years for those red dwarf "close" passes.
Gliese 445 is about 17.1 ly away from us. But remember, all these stars are in relative motion. And that little sucker is barreling toward us at 112 km/s.
It will be our closet neighbor in that 40,000 yrs.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 03:16 AM (w6EFb)
According to intertubes, Gliese 710 makes it closest pass in about 1.3 million years...and be 10.5K AU. That's inside the roughly 100K AU distance of the Oort Cloud. Expect lots of stuff to be perturbed into the inner solar system at that time...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 11, 2026 03:33 AM (l3cgK)
Yes! Going back in the past, there were two recent close passes, recent being in astronomical/geological terms.
70 kya, a star called Scholz's Star passed within about 50,000 AU. 2.5 mya, HD 7977 came within 6 - 10 kAU. They think we're just on the tail end of the shower of comets that sent coming in.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 03:45 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Blanche duMiklos at July 11, 2026 03:48 AM (6VErX)
Any comets incoming from that Scholz's star flyby aren't here yet. About 2 million years for them to get here.
They now think close approaches within 50 kAU happen about every 9 million years.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 03:59 AM (w6EFb)
Could be the Younger Dryas impact comet swarm was sent in motion by that 2.5 million year close pass about. Time frame would be about right.
As ol' Randall Carlson likes to say, we're in a shooting gallery. And roughly ever 9 million years, a passing stars increases the incoming. I listened to a presentation of his called "All the Randall you can handle."
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 04:06 AM (w6EFb)
I'll have to say, old Billions and Billions Carl Sagan (and Frank Drake) were pretty clever in how the information they included to help any aliens figure our our location.
They included some radioactive material, just a little bit, that would allow the aliens to accurately date it. And the pulsar spin rate would've also changed. The aliens could likely figure that out themselves, as they encoded the exact spin rate of the pulsars on the map, but the radioactive sample gives redundancy.
It tells gives them the point of origin, in both space and time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 11, 2026 04:28 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE)
You Want Fries With That Shake? Cafe
Last night I posted a photo that was clearly AI but somehow I missed it. Lemme try again:
Black HolePoor little herding puppy is disrespected by the goats who chase him off, but then he remembers he is the descendant of wolves and asserts his authoritah. Two paddleboarders save a weakening wallaby who somehow got herself swept out into the open ocean. Oh my goodness -- a tiny tree kangaroo has an even tinier joey in her pouch. Hippos sleep underwater but raise their heads and take a breath automatically, without waking up. Or so the fedslop would have you believe. He knows what he did. These babies are hungry! These baby deer are also hungry!
@konstructivizm It seems incredible, but this is a real photograph! It was taken on July 24, 2024, just seconds before Saturn disappeared completely behind the lunar disk. The image creates the illusion that Saturn is hovering right above Glushko Crater--a young, 43-kilometer-wide crater near the Moon's western limb. Of course, the Moon is 400,000 kilometers away, whereas Saturn is 1.4 billion kilometers away. The photo was taken by amateur astronomer Chengcheng Xu in China.
Painting a mural to merge with the foliage. This will make you misty. Poor shelter dog. The cat is unimpressed and he's right to be unimpressed.
The Kelpies are a pair of 30-meter (100-foot) tall, 300-ton stainless-steel horse-head sculptures located in Falkirk, Scotland pic.twitter.com/te5YG8FLw2
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 1, 2026
Two way carpet flying
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 10, 2026
[📹 alladin_skylab] pic.twitter.com/Shs9gh19Fd
A mother cat teaching her kittens that their dog friend is harmless pic.twitter.com/AS77maUSKu
— Nature Unedited (@NatureUnedited) July 9, 2026
300 m underground, 27 m high, 16 m long and 6°C water. Biggest underground jump found and sent so far.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 6, 2026
[📹 jeremynicollin]
[📍 Wales, UK] pic.twitter.com/YbxvYKPYnA
Fiona, the Giant Schnauzer who learned to walk like a human.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 10, 2026
[📹 thefionawalks] pic.twitter.com/chGURAyOt5
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Romeo13 at July 10, 2026 06:21 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: the lower depths at July 10, 2026 06:21 PM (Yh7zv)
Looks at clock: 5:40 CDST
🤔
Some say you can't get there from here.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Pre-first? at July 10, 2026 06:41 PM (9rU9k)
Posted by: From about That Time at July 10, 2026 06:45 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 07:33 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 07:33 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Bill Kristol at July 10, 2026 07:34 PM (fkjGs)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 07:39 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: four seasons at July 10, 2026 07:39 PM (/QHx4)
I found out the worst time to find out I need new windshield wipers. That's during a rain storm. Fun times driving into work tonight.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 10, 2026 07:41 PM (L1JuH)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 07:44 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 10, 2026 07:44 PM (mQbp+)
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Not as far as you might think given there are 2.54 kilometers to an inch.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 07:45 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 07:47 PM (Cqx++)
I found out the worst time to find out I need new windshield wipers. That's during a rain storm. Fun times driving into work tonight.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 10, 2026 07:41 PM (L1JuH)
Its always that way. Unless you're Mrs B, who I swear marks on the calendar when hers were changed last. She comes home out of the blue "I got us new wipers for the cars". Uh..ok, I didn't notice mine were bad, is this a timed event?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 07:48 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 07:48 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 07:50 PM (0sNs1)
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I saw today that California has strict goat ownership
regulations and registration. I guess there's not enough transsexual goat. We really a second and a half amendment regarding goats.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 07:51 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing
I recall a story... some ocean lab type thing. They were losing sharks out of tanks and couldn't figure out how.
The octopus was leaving his tank, getting into theirs, and eating them.
Then going home. Spooky!
Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 07:52 PM (q6tQZ)
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Not as far as you might think given there are 2.54 kilometers to an inch.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 07:45 PM (ndZc7)
Doing the math you could drive there in 8-9 months. Not bad considering it probably took some of the "49ers" of the gold rush that long to get to California.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 07:54 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 10, 2026 07:55 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Eromero at July 10, 2026 07:56 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 07:45 PM
For once, I'm not going to make an erudite comment, I'm just going to point at Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 10, 2026 07:56 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 07:58 PM (xHEjv)
He almost reached the far wall. Maybe next time!
Posted by: t-bird at July 10, 2026 08:01 PM (IYMzU)
Posted by: Eromero at July 10, 2026 08:01 PM (LHPAg)
Congrats, Duke. Thank him for undertaking a hard task.
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 08:01 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:01 PM (GD0B3)
The octopus was leaving his tank, getting into theirs, and eating them.
Then going home. Spooky!
Posted by: MkY
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An animal with a rational problem solving brain. But a brain totally unlike an earth bound brain. Unfathomable.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 08:02 PM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
What do you get for a hippo who has everything?
Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 08:03 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 07:54 PM (S41Gd)
First you got to put the road in.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 08:04 PM (J4mEx)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 08:02 PM (xHEjv)
I swear those things are scouts for an alien landing party.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 08:04 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: fd at July 10, 2026 08:06 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 08:06 PM (xHEjv)
The octopus was leaving his tank, getting into theirs, and eating them.
Then going home. Spooky!
Posted by: MkY
So they're not that smart. Kid coulda kept eating sharks if he didn't bling himself out with a shark-tooth necklace.
Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 08:06 PM (VHUov)
And the shelters presume to screen us for suitability.
Posted by: t-bird at July 10, 2026 08:07 PM (IYMzU)
Posted by: Don Black at July 10, 2026 08:07 PM (ZxPkt)
Saturn won’t look any closer from the Moon than it does from Earth - if it’s any closer at all. It will definitely look clearer and brighter - due to the absence of atmospheric distortion, city lights, and all that - but it won’t appear any larger.
Posted by: HavaTequila at July 10, 2026 08:08 PM (4aDif)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
A retired couple friends of ours were driving fools, drove all over the US. The wife wanted to go to Hawaii. He told her as soon as they put a bridge in, they'd go. Probably happen before Newsom finishes the high speed rail.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:08 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 08:09 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 08:10 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: George Costanza at July 10, 2026 08:10 PM (IYMzU)
Posted by: fd at July 10, 2026 08:11 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Halfhand at July 10, 2026 08:12 PM (bDp6B)
Man sells trash from Taylor Swift's wedding for $25 a pop, runs out in less than a day
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:13 PM (ndZc7)
"What do Gen Z MAGA voters under 30 think on foreign policy?
* 72 percent supermajority believe the United States should be “more engaged and take the lead” on foreign policy, while just 19 percent say it should be “less engaged and react to events” — a 53-point spread in favor of U.S. global leadership.
* 74 percent agree that “the U.S. has a moral obligation to stand up for human rights and democracy whenever possible in international affairs.”
* 73 percent of MAGA voters under 30 approve of Trump’s decision to launch Operation Epic fury.
* 59 percent say “supporting the Iranian people in their efforts to secure freedom and democracy” is important while just 13 percent say it’s not.
* 61 percent want to see the Iranian regime either removed or weakened, while just 35 percent say they prefer a “negotiated settlement.”
* 64 percent agree with Trump’s decision to remove Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela.
* 60 percent would support Trump using military force to remove the Cuban government from power.
* 60 percent approve of sending U.S. weapons to Israel.
* 62 percent have a favorable view of NATO...
65 percent say that the security of Taiwan matters to U.S.
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:14 PM (GD0B3)
* 76 percent believe America must remain a “shining city upon a hill because its freedom, prosperity, and democratic ideals serve as an example to the world.”
Bottom line: The isolationists are out of step with Trump and the “America First” movement writ large — and there is no help on the way from the Gen Z right..."
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:15 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 07:54 PM (S41Gd)
First you got to put the road in.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 08:04 PM (J4mEx)
Fuck it, use a florida boat.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 08:15 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:16 PM (GD0B3)
@JoelWBerry
20h
Postliberal dissident right dark enlightenment bois when Gen Z turns out to be boomer neocons :
https://tinyurl.com/3jhtcaek"
hahahahah!!
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:18 PM (GD0B3)
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doesn't seem right
Posted by: Don Black at July 10, 2026 08:07 PM (ZxPkt)
well, it's a Big Inch.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 10, 2026 08:20 PM (edUvp)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:20 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 10, 2026 08:20 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 07:39 PM (S41Gd)
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Studying us on behalf of its alien overlords.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 08:21 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 08:21 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 08:22 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: HavaTequila at July 10, 2026 08:08 PM (4aDif)
I'm willing to say it's possible. First, we can and do take clear pictures of Saturn from the Earth, so that's not false. The only question is of the proportions between the moon's surface and Saturn, and that's hard to be certain of with such a small portion of the moon shown.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 10, 2026 08:22 PM (edUvp)
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 08:21 PM (IY9No)
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According to notable linguist Conrad Cornelius O'Donnell O'Dell, it's Generation Yuzz.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 08:23 PM (FZ29D)
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doesn't seem right
Posted by: Don Black at July 10, 2026 08:07 PM (ZxPkt)
Only off by a factor of 100,000.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 08:24 PM (J4mEx)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 08:25 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
Congrats! You must be very proud, papa. Good on you!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 08:26 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: The Mayans at July 10, 2026 08:26 PM (IYMzU)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 08:26 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Don Black at July 10, 2026 08:28 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 10, 2026 08:29 PM (YSQQv)
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Posted by: Edymandias at July 10, 2026 08:29 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 08:29 PM (3uBP9)
You know he totally trained that octopus to take that picture on purpose.
Staged fedslop.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 08:29 PM (Ot/FD)
F*uck ICE. Free Palestine. Up the Hearts.
No one mentioned it in the last thread, so I looked it up. We know commies are performative, fake, and gay, but: "Up The Hearts" is an inspiring docuseries that chronicles the evolution of Portland, Maine’s first-ever professional soccer team. Celebrate the journey of soccer uniting a community like never before, and see what it truly means to “Up The Hearts!”
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 10, 2026 08:30 PM (PkrKm)
Posted by: half plus seven, carry the $10 million..... at July 10, 2026 08:31 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 10, 2026 08:30 PM (PkrKm)
Not give a fuck we much.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 08:31 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 10, 2026 08:32 PM (u73oe)
What's that in giraffes?
Posted by: fd
A couple of henways.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 10, 2026 08:33 PM (VmkSV)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:34 PM (GD0B3)
In its equine form the kelpie is able to extend the length of its back to carry many riders together to a gruesome grave. In one instance, several children were enticed into climbing onto a kelpie's back, while one little boy remained on the shore. He did pet the water horse but his hand stuck to its neck and the lad had to cut it off to free himself. He survived but the other children were carried off and drowned, with only some of their entrails being found later.
Posted by: Kelpie Facts at July 10, 2026 08:35 PM (MWfyi)
That shot of Saturn behind the Moon is very real. There are similar shots of Mars during the last occultation. Griffith Observatory out there near LA has lived streamed some of these events, and they have videos from the telescopes tracking it.
That's the problem with the AI slop now. Andrew McCarthy, one of my favorite astrophotographers has lamented how he'll go to incredible trouble to set up a perfect shot, getting the timing and all that planned out perfectly, and then someone says, "Pffffft! AI!".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 08:35 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 10, 2026 08:36 PM (VmkSV)
It's like if Bud Dwyer yelled "Go Birds" as his actual last two words.
The hell man. I know "Normal" is impossible for you cretins, but can you at least just skootch yourself to within a sigma or two of it for the biggest speech of your life?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 08:37 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 08:38 PM (Ot/FD)
You Want Fries With That Shake?
*Shake shake shakes*
*Shake shake shakes*
*Shakes his/he/him booty*
Posted by: KC Miklos and the Sunshine Band at July 10, 2026 08:39 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 10, 2026 08:33 PM (VmkSV
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I thin it’s closer to two dickfers.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 10, 2026 08:39 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
Busy busy! Working tech support for ICE! He’s going to be a dad!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 08:39 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 10, 2026 08:40 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 08:41 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 08:39 PM (yEz+x)
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And you’re gonna be a grandma! Congratulations!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 10, 2026 08:41 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
This also ruins trust in the "pics or it didn't happen" rule.
Even if there are "pics"
SAD!
Posted by: President Miklos J. Trump at July 10, 2026 08:41 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 10, 2026 08:41 PM (u73oe)
Man sells trash from Taylor Swift's wedding for $25 a pop, runs out in less than a day
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:13 PM (ndZc7)
*looks at bin full of identical looking garbage outside of garage*
Hear me out....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 08:41 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at July 10, 2026 08:42 PM (MWfyi)
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-48
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: July 10, 2026 PDT
Launch Time: 8:01 p.m. PDT (July 11, 03:01 UTC, 05:01 CEST)
https://youtu.be/-56tCCViN1A
Posted by: Joyenz at July 10, 2026 08:42 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 10, 2026 08:43 PM (YlWIZ)
So I am sipping on a Caesar, instead.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 08:43 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 08:43 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 10, 2026 07:41 PM (L1JuH)
Couple shots of Dawn dishwashing detergent will help.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 08:45 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 10, 2026 08:43 PM (YlWIZ)
"Vut iz R-upside down G-O, Vasilly?"
"Not know, Ivan. Pass wodka, already."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 08:45 PM (Ot/FD)
So of course I had to check out the original.
Comparing, it seems almost identical, except in the original the actors seem softer, more human.
In the remake, the characters seem colder. Specially the lead, Fassbender. Maybe Prometheus has permanently scarred him 😁
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 08:46 PM (WL2lA)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon"
Could you just eat a Tide pod instead?
Posted by: Pawl at July 10, 2026 08:47 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 08:02 PM (xHEjv)
Too bad baby octopus is so tasty.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 08:48 PM (1z8ji)
Congrats to everyone who's got awesomeness happening around them.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 08:48 PM (Ot/FD)
The love interest in the original French show is an Iranian hottie. In the remake she is a statuesque Ethiopian.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 08:48 PM (WL2lA)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 08:48 PM (0H3sk)
Posted by: Pawl at July 10, 2026 08:48 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 08:46 PM (WL2lA)
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Anyone who's watched Prometheus carries those scars forever....
I can't imagine how bad it is for the actors.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 08:49 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 08:48 PM (0H3sk)
It's set in Portland and the house is gay.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 08:49 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:50 PM (RIvkX)
Telescopes are basically huge telephoto lenses. Very narrow field of view, and thin depth of field. This creates a very prominent foreshortening effect. So, Saturn looks very close to the Moon, impossibly close relative to what our own brains and eyes are used to seeing.
You'll see that with telephoto lens. Zoom in on something in the distance, and foreground objects appear much closer to the distant object.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 08:50 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:50 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 08:50 PM (O0G1y)
Posted by: HavaTequila at July 10, 2026 08:08 PM (4aDif)
You know how a telephoto lens foreshortens perspective? Well so does a real astronomical telescope, only more so.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 08:51 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Boss Moss"
Let me guess. The Ingalls family is from Somalia.
Posted by: fd at July 10, 2026 08:51 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 08:52 PM (7gFa4)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon"
Could you just eat a Tide pod instead?
Posted by: Pawl
Pods are a Big Dishwasher ripoff
So is Dawn
Hope Proctor and Gamble pays you well
Posted by: Miklos, totally unaffilited with Colgate-Palmolive at July 10, 2026 08:52 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 08:52 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 08:48 PM (0H3sk)
It's set in Portland and the house is gay.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
I see they're remaking Free Willy. I assume the orca will be transsexual.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:52 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 08:53 PM (0H3sk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Does it have to be Dawn? I'm an Ajax guy myself.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 10, 2026 08:53 PM (sl73Y)
*bangs head on table*
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 08:53 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:52 PM (ndZc7)
Just a fat, fishy smelling girl with vitiligo named Wilhelmina.
Who can't swim.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 08:54 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 08:56 PM (7gFa4)
No one mentioned it in the last thread, so I looked it up. We know commies are performative, fake, and gay, but: "Up The Hearts" is an inspiring docuseries that chronicles the evolution of Portland, Maine’s first-ever professional soccer team. Celebrate the journey of soccer uniting a community like never before, and see what it truly means to “Up The Hearts!”
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 10, 2026 08:30 PM (PkrKm)
My response to the Oysterfuhrer: Free ICE (to deport each and every wetback), Fuck Palestine, and Up Your Ass with a red hot railway crowbar.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 08:56 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 08:56 PM (IY9No)
*bangs head on table*
Posted by: nurse ratched
Madame, your Eight Course dinner is served
Posted by: Maitre d'Mikleuse at July 10, 2026 08:56 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 08:57 PM (/WQyy)
So an updated version, how nice. I will be sure not to watch.
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 08:56 PM (IY9No)
I have no idea, i'm just being a bitch about it by default.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 08:57 PM (Ot/FD)
Other techniques that some object to as "not real" are stacking and compositing. It's real images, just many of them combined. This can reduce noise, enhancing the real signals that are there, and bring foreground and background objects each into better focus.
For very dim stuff like nebula, you need hours and days of exposures night after night, and you can bring incredible detail of stuff that's just dim to see, but it's real information in real light.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 08:58 PM (w6EFb)
Got it all upon my back
Yes, I’m 804.672 kilometers from home …
I’m not a believer particularly in the Mandela Effect.
But I had something weird happen. Bobby Bare, who wrote “500 Miles” was getting on in age and not in the best of health. Periodically I’d check the internet. One day I read that he had died. This did not surprise me, but I thought there would be more news about it or whatever.
Then about a year later I was perusing a music forum site - Steve Hoffman - and by golly, “Bobby Bare Died”. For real this time, I guess. I suppose it was some kind of internet glitch, but it was strange.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 08:58 PM (O0G1y)
*bangs head on table*
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 08:53 PM (yEz+x
Also they were great in Galaxy Quest.
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 08:59 PM (/WQyy)
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Well, it's no give me liberty or give me death.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:59 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 09:00 PM (0H3sk)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 08:50 PM (O0G1y)
Mollusca Cephalopoda has a huge number of genera and species, both living and extinct.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 09:00 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Bill Kristol at July 10, 2026 09:01 PM (0bGQD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 09:02 PM (0H3sk)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 09:02 PM (O0G1y)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 10, 2026 09:03 PM (zdLoL)
The Welsh for wibbly wobbly is, surprisingly, "wibbly wobbly".
I know I didn't ask for any of this, at any rate.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 09:03 PM (Ot/FD)
Here's a little video showing the relative angular sizes of the Moon and planets, and their variation over the closet to farthest distance cycles from earth:
https://t.ly/_fF2_
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 09:04 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 09:04 PM (0H3sk)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 09:05 PM (WL2lA)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 08:39 PM (yEz+x)
That's exciting, congratulations.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 09:06 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Miklos like cool names at July 10, 2026 09:06 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 09:07 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: fd at July 10, 2026 09:07 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 09:02 PM (O0G1y)
Thing is, dishwashing detergent, any brand, will break the oily film on your windshield, and allow even worn wipers to make a clean sweep.
You know it's Summer, you're on a road trip, and your windshield gets all plastered with bug guts, and you find some Interstate gas stop has this amazing slop in the wash buckets that cleans the bug guts right off? Dawn and water.
And I buy the cheap-ass stuff for my dishes, LOL.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 09:07 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 08:56 PM (IY9No)
I have no idea, i'm just being a bitch about it by default.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 08:57 PM (Ot/FD)
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I dunno...Nowadays anytime I hear about an adaptation from Hollyweird, I get immediately suspicious it's going to be woke crap. An attitude fully justified by the fact they do it again and again and again and somehow expect an audience to magically appear.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 09:07 PM (FZ29D)
I found out the worst time to find out I need new windshield wipers. That's during a rain storm. Fun times driving into work tonight.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 10, 2026 07:41 PM (L1JuH)
Time for the daily PSA:
Substitute xcancel.com for x.com
This will allow you to watch the videos.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 10, 2026 09:07 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 09:05 PM (WL2lA)
Keep the title theme going and watch Seven Psychopaths. You can never go wrong with Sam Rockwell.
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 09:07 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 09:08 PM (0H3sk)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
We see it every day. On wheels!
Posted by: ICE and CBP at July 10, 2026 09:08 PM (PkrKm)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Is this the party to whom I am speaking?
Posted by: Miklos in best Lily Tomlin voice at July 10, 2026 09:08 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 09:08 PM (WL2lA)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 09:04 PM (0H3sk)
Bivalvia? Clams, oysters, and scallops, etc.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 09:09 PM (1z8ji)
R. I. P.
Actor Randolph Mantooth, best known for playing firefighter-paramedic Johnny Gage on the 1970s series "Emergency!," has died at 80, his sister, Tonya Mantooth, confirmed to USA TODAY.
The Sacramento native died Thursday, July 9, at a hospice facility in Ventura, California, his brother Donald confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 09:09 PM (/UfFW)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 09:09 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 09:09 PM (0H3sk)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver
I hope he is not the last of his line.
Posted by: Miklos like cool names at July 10, 2026 09:06 PM (6VErX)
The news article I saw said he was survived by his wife Kristen and siblings Donald and Tonya.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 10, 2026 09:10 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 09:10 PM (/+uur)
You're imaging things, land walker. We have always been here.
Posted by: Cthulhu at July 10, 2026 09:11 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 09:11 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026
Right? You could get our amazing banter AND pictures of Saijo!
Posted by: Piper at July 10, 2026 09:12 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 09:12 PM (0H3sk)
RIP Randolph Mantooth, 80.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 10, 2026 09:03 PM (zdLoL)
Aw, man. He was so cool. Emergency! was such a great show for a boy.
He had such cool hair. Me, I had David Gilmour hair.
Better than Paul Williams hair, I guess.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 10, 2026 09:12 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: fd at July 10, 2026 09:12 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 09:08 PM (0H3sk)
D5W D6W
whatever it takes
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 09:12 PM (/+uur)
Top work, Ding Dong.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 09:12 PM (Ot/FD)
Wiper blades should really get replaced once a year. Avoid “heavy duty” or so-called permanent blades, they tend to trash the windshield. Rubber is too hard. (Modulus of Elasticity!) Avoid the cheapes, because they don’t work worth a damn or won’t last a year.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 09:12 PM (O0G1y)
Posted by: LASue at July 10, 2026 09:12 PM (lCppi)
Because I am an ornery troglodyte.
Posted by: fd at July 10, 2026 09:12 PM (MWfyi
I can relate.
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 09:13 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 09:13 PM (O0G1y)
Posted by: davidt at July 10, 2026 09:14 PM (Q+gd/)
I have made 10 posts in 2 years. Follow less than 20 people. Don’t pay attention to it.
But I can see the stuff ace links and I don’t complain.
Plus. I don’t mind giving Elon another account. It’s free ffs. And Elon and the Bee won 2024 for us.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 09:14 PM (yEz+x)
https://tinyurl.com/3jhtcaek"
hahahahah!!
Posted by: runner
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hmmm, Gen Z is boomer, Gen X is boomer, ... boomer is the way.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 09:14 PM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 09:14 PM (0H3sk)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 09:14 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 09:15 PM (xHEjv)
I remember as a kid wondering just what the hell "lactated ringers" was.
It's Ringer's. Ringer's solution.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 09:15 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 08:51 PM (1z8ji)
The easiest way to explain it is that you are focusing on an object at infinity. The Moon 🌖 is effectively infinitely far away (as compared with focal length of your lens or mirror) and Saturn 🪐 is also infinitely far away, so you image them both in the same plane in your camera or telescreen, etc.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 09:16 PM (J4mEx)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 09:16 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 09:16 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 09:08 PM (WL2lA)
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I'm on enough lists already.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 09:17 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 09:17 PM (0H3sk)
I Jupitered her down to almost nothing.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 09:17 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: davidt at July 10, 2026 09:17 PM (Q+gd/)
It's Ringer's. Ringer's solution.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
That's not the way I remember it
Posted by: Miss Wilkins, Publius' 8th grade penmanship teacher at July 10, 2026 09:17 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 09:18 PM (/+uur)
Is there really a truly burner email. Can't they all be tracked?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 09:18 PM (xHEjv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 09:19 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Active Retiree at The Villages at July 10, 2026 09:19 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 09:19 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 09:19 PM (0H3sk)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 09:15 PM (w6EFb)
Well, they certainly used the term "Ringer's Lactate" on some TV show, and I thought it was Emergency. Would not be the first time that TV writer got shit wrong, would it?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 09:20 PM (1z8ji)
It's Ringer's. Ringer's solution.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 09:15 PM (w6EFb)
Then of course there is Beta-lactam rings. Beta-lactam Ring Records is or was a music publishing house out of Portland, back when Portland had a music scene.
It is also an identifying element for a class of antibiotics. I was never clear on the connection, but I could guess.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 09:20 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 10, 2026 07:41 PM (L1JuH)
Couple shots of Dawn dishwashing detergent will help.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Not this time. Parts of the wipers are starting to detach. I need new ones. Not sure when I did it last. Maybe last year. Summers in Babylon DC are brutal.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 10, 2026 09:20 PM (L1JuH)
It's Ringer's. Ringer's solution.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 09:15 PM (w6EFb)
When I was a medic in the Army we learned which IV to use and which to avoid. Being a front-line medic the go-to was always normal saline. We were first responders. Keep the troop stable till the next level.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 10, 2026 09:21 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 09:21 PM (1z8ji)
Yep. And IIRC, they'd say it several different ways, Ringer's lactate, Lactated Ringer's.
A while back they actually gave that to my mother one time in the hospital. The bag phrased it as "Lactated Ringer's solution." That gave me a chuckle. Was Dr. Bracket and Nurse Dixie on call?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 09:23 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 10, 2026 09:20 PM (L1JuH)
Wally World has wiper blades. And most of the big auto parts chains like AutoValue, or O'Reilly's will change them for you while you wait.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 09:23 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
YU GO NAOW!
Posted by: CCP funded Li Muzhao Engrish: Lao Peng Miklao at July 10, 2026 09:24 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 10, 2026 09:24 PM (YSQQv)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 09:24 PM (0H3sk)
Here's what the AI says:
Ringer's solution and Ringer's lactate are both isotonic crystalloid intravenous fluids used for fluid resuscitation and electrolyte replacement. The primary difference is that Ringer's lactate contains sodium lactate as a buffering agent to help prevent or correct metabolic acidosis, whereas plain Ringer's solution does not.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 09:25 PM (w6EFb)
"Sonnenshine’s intentions are noble in transforming Little House into a vision of frontier multiculturalism battling entrenched white supremacy"
Posted by: Joemarine at July 10, 2026 09:25 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Bill Kristol
The next we see Mitch McConnell, he'll be in Capt. Pikes wheel chair.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 10, 2026 09:25 PM (L1JuH)
Posted by: Cthulhu at July 10, 2026 09:11 PM (viF8m)
Cthulhu is more than vigintillions of years old.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 09:25 PM (J4mEx)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 10, 2026 07:41 PM (L1JuH)
Couple shots of Dawn dishwashing detergent will help.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Not this time. Parts of the wipers are starting to detach. I need new ones. Not sure when I did it last. Maybe last year. Summers in Babylon DC are brutal.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 10, 2026 09:20 PM (L1JuH)
A real coke warm over a windshield will cut the oil and make the wipers almost new again.
PS Just buy a set in March and October
PPS Put a set on you wifes car for extra special secks
PPPS Put a set of new tire on your wifes car car because you love her
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 09:25 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 09:25 PM (0H3sk)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 09:19 PM (Ot/FD)
vi tank you
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 09:26 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: JuJuBee
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There are Ewetoobs of them on tour.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 09:26 PM (xHEjv)
No, there is no such thing as online anonymity. The government laid the groundwork for the internet and they never left. The CIA helped fund Google and it wasn't to help people find cat videos.
One ring to bind them.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 10, 2026 09:27 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 09:24 PM (0H3sk)
It will when you are no looking
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 09:27 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 09:27 PM (Ot/FD)
In most places they just chucked you into a station wagon prior to that, and hoped you didn’t die on the way. EMT was a new thing, and “Emergency!” reflected this.
Some places, the Ambulance and Morgue used the same vehicles. I mean, why not right? Saves time.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 09:28 PM (O0G1y)
The Ringer there was Dr. Sydney Ringer (1835 - 1910). He discovered his solution by accident.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 09:28 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 09:29 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Sen. Mitch McConnell at July 10, 2026 09:29 PM (6VErX)
"Sonnenshine’s intentions are noble in transforming Little House into a vision of frontier multiculturalism battling entrenched white supremacy"
Posted by: Joemarine at July 10, 2026 09:25 PM (y171U)
So, a barnsmeller, then.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 09:30 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 09:30 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 09:26 PM
EMACS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> vi
vi has tanked me many times.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 09:30 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 09:31 PM (0H3sk)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 09:31 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 09:31 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Like when I put Darleen in charge.
Sometimes it works despite her best efforts
Posted by: Miklos is about the same at July 10, 2026 09:32 PM (6VErX)
There needs to be some sort of monument for Emergency! and Gage and DeSoto. And Ringer's lactate should be part of it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 09:32 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Joemarine at July 10, 2026 09:25 PM (y171U)
As my wife said last night
G damn
This is real fuckin sad
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 09:32 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 10, 2026 09:20 PM (L1JuH)
Wally World has wiper blades. And most of the big auto parts chains like AutoValue, or O'Reilly's will change them for you while you wait.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I will take care of it when I'm off. Still have a couple of night shifts to work through.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 10, 2026 09:32 PM (L1JuH)
There is real Station 51 now, the station for Universal Studios, or part of it, so named in homage to the show.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 09:33 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: But still, No Irish at July 10, 2026 09:34 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 09:30 PM (0sNs1)
:q-ers never win.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 09:35 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 09:36 PM (Ot/FD)
"Sonnenshine’s intentions are noble in transforming Little House into a vision of frontier multiculturalism battling entrenched white supremacy"
Posted by: Joemarine
The Babylon Bee just can't keep up.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 10, 2026 09:36 PM (L1JuH)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 09:36 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 09:36 PM (/WQyy)
One ring to bind them.
Posted by: JackStraw
In 2000, the US government paid more than 28,000 people to monitor cat videos. By 2024, that was down to about 3,400. With AI, only 40-60 people will be needed to monitor all cat videos globally.
Posted by: Miklos is more of a dog person at July 10, 2026 09:37 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 09:27 PM (Ot/FD)
I said windshield on a bad rainy night with bad wipers
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 09:37 PM (/+uur)
Top would inform us medics, and we were authorized to administer IVs, 14 gauge, wide open. Very effective. And we got good practice.
The Army was fun.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 10, 2026 09:37 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 09:28 PM (O0G1y)
We do.
Posted by: Willoughby & Son Funeral Home at July 10, 2026 09:37 PM (wVcYX)
Everything else they've fucked with has been Boy titles. Things dudes like, in general.
the whole Little House universe has a rabid, terrifying fan base of middle aged women, and they will not abide such turds in their sandbox for any amount of cardboardeaux.
Expect violence.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 09:38 PM (Ot/FD)
Hmm, according to the Internet, Ringer's lactate is generally preferred over regular Ringer's.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 09:38 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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My aunt, Auntie Flame, PO'd at her husband, drove to his office, went in, blessed him out then proceeded to take an axe to his Cadillac. They all watched but none interfered.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 09:39 PM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 10, 2026 09:39 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 09:40 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 09:27 PM (Ot/FD)
I said windshield on a bad rainy night with bad wipers
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 09:37 PM (/+uur)
Pour some sugar on me
Ooh, in the name of love
Pour some sugar on me
Come on, fire me up
Pour your sugar on me
Oh, I can't get enough
Posted by: The Wife's Windshield On A Bad Rainy Night With Bad Wipers at July 10, 2026 09:40 PM (wVcYX)
Oh my. That can be remedied. MeTV, FeTV, etc, etc. They may do a marathon in tribute soon.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 09:40 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 09:41 PM (0H3sk)
The Army was fun.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian
The only pee test I have ever failed was for distance.
Can't win 'em all
Posted by: Miklos can still spit chaw juice and watermelon seeds with accuracy at July 10, 2026 09:41 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 09:42 PM (J4mEx)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 09:42 PM (J4mEx)
Are we still doing "Power Of And"?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 09:42 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 10, 2026 09:43 PM (0aYVJ)
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My Mother the Car is the kind of Opus Magnum that we may never see again.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 10, 2026 09:44 PM (u/oMr)
Can't win 'em all
Posted by: Miklos can still spit chaw juice and watermelon seeds with accuracy at July 10, 2026 09:41 PM (6VErX)
Shit, man. That's a way better test.
My doc just shoves a booger hook up in there and I hope for the best.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 09:44 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 09:44 PM (0H3sk)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 09:45 PM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 09:47 PM (0H3sk)
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 09:49 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Joemarine
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There they go again, wiping their butts on another beloved childhood memory
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 09:50 PM (WL2lA)
Posted by: davidt at July 10, 2026 09:51 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Braenyard
He got off easy
A gentleman of my acquaintance-
Sir Peter Graham-Moon (you can easily look that up, famous)
"His first wife, Lady Sarah, famously took revenge amid his infidelity by cutting up his Savile Row suits, pouring paint on his BMW, and giving away his wine cellar. The story made national headlines, dubbing him the "philandering baronet."
Actually, she cut the crotch out of his Savile Row suits and cut dozens of bespoke silk neckties in half.
He was somewhat aggrieved that they were in an "Open marriage" and his wife had other men friends, but that was never mentioned.
He was actually quite a good chap, as I knew him. Let me drive his cars and simply liked cars and women.
Posted by: Miklos corrects the record at July 10, 2026 09:51 PM (6VErX)
Has Trump and his band of merry men bombed anything tonight?
He should let Israel slip in and take out a couple of generals.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 09:53 PM (xHEjv)
Just imagine the expenditure made by all the small town public services ("first responder" was a brand new term 50 years ago, and often meant something different from what we call it now), adding EMT's and full-service hurry up wagons coast to coast all within a decade. Plus, you had to have a jaws-o'-life, the custom 2-way radio with the doctors on the other end, new sirens...
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 10, 2026 09:55 PM (zdLoL)
My doc just shoves a booger hook up in there and I hope for the best.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
My Personal Best is currently about 5'2", but that is off my own back deck after only three PBRs.
Training requires dedication and specific metrics
Posted by: Miklos goes for the Gold at July 10, 2026 09:56 PM (6VErX)
https://youtu.be/EeeK7PueWgU
Posted by: mindful webworker - duhn duhn duhhhhn at July 10, 2026 09:56 PM (9rU9k)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 09:56 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Miklos corrects the record
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There are many extra bells and whistles in that box of marriage to a hot woman.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 09:57 PM (xHEjv)
He walked out, went back to his truck, and filled the bf's convertible full of ready-mix all the way to the top of the doors.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 10, 2026 09:59 PM (IG3/x)
Has Trump and his band of merry men bombed anything tonight?
He should let Israel slip in and take out a couple of generals.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 09:53 PM (xHEjv)
Imagine how peaceful the world would become if Trump did something truly, unequivocally barbaric to them. I mean send in teams to execute anything that even smells like government in Teheran. Literal heads on literal pikes. Nuke "TRUMP" into the coutryside so big that other civilizations outside our solar system can see it.
Oh, sure, the "World Commyooooonity" would piss and moan about it. But who cares. Trump could blow whatever fuckwit is claiming to be their leader on live TV and they'd call him evil incarnate for not tickling his balls enough. Fuck them all. Let them hate, so long as they fear.
let's be the Bad Guys for once.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 09:59 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver
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It was a big deal and definitely a 1st world item.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 10:00 PM (xHEjv)
Because glorifying misandry is the mark of Grrrll Power.
https://youtu.be/WaSy8yy-mr8
Posted by: Men Haters, Inc. at July 10, 2026 10:01 PM (2Ez/1)
Just imagine the expenditure made by all the small town public services ("first responder" was a brand new term 50 years ago, and often meant something different from what we call it now), adding EMT's and full-service hurry up wagons coast to coast all within a decade. Plus, you had to have a jaws-o'-life, the custom 2-way radio with the doctors on the other end, new sirens...
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 10, 2026 09:55 PM (zdLoL)
Studebaker should have made a stretched version of the Zip Van, and powered it with 289 V8. Offered that as an ambulance platform. Continued the same front subframe design that allowed complete power train swap in an hour or two.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 10:02 PM (1z8ji)
Because glorifying misandry is the mark of Grrrll Power.
https://youtu.be/WaSy8yy-mr8
Posted by: Men Haters, Inc. at July 10, 2026 10:01 PM (2Ez/1)
I fucking hate that song. Were it the other way around, dude would be in prison.
She's got great legs, though
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 10, 2026 10:04 PM (0aYVJ)
She's got great legs, though
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 10, 2026 10:04 PM (0aYVJ)
"Take the crowbar to him, not the truck! Poor little thing never did nothing to you!"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 10:05 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 10:06 PM (7gFa4)
Video of Tyler Robinson Executing Charlie Kirk Is Shown at Preliminary Hearing
Whoops-- accidentally posted the Cafe.
Before getting to the headline news: Unfortunately, the Nazi Rapist has spoiled my lols by actually dropping out:
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh 52m 🚨 WOW. Bombshell high quality footage just played in court of Tyler Robinson SHOOTING Charlie Kirk IT'S OVER FOR ROBINSON. Jack Posobiec visibly shaken after watching: "You see him take the shot." "It's the most damning thing all week I've seen for Tyler Robinson. It's a COMPLETELY different video." "I'm just gonna say what it was. You see him shooting Charlie. You see him executing Charlie." "It was like watching Charlie die all over again seeing this video...with the zoom in, it changes everything." "They have the timestamp [in the footage]. It's 12-21, 12-22 when he gets there. I'm sitting there like: stop the clock. Trying to will time to stop. Don't get to 12-23. He gets to 12-23 -- and you see him take the shot. He gets back up, and he runs across."
JUST IN: Jack Posobiec breaks down the horrific video he saw today of Tyler Robinson taking the shot that killed Charlie Kirk.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 10, 2026
"I'm not gonna mince words. I'm gonna be blunt because it deserves it, and I'm just gonna say what it was."
"You see him shooting Charlie. You see him… pic.twitter.com/muDpgUUEY5
🚨 WOW. Bombshell high quality footage just played in court of Tyler Robinson SHOOTING Charlie Kirk
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 10, 2026
IT'S OVER FOR ROBINSON.
Jack Posobiec visibly shaken after watching:
"You see him take the shot."
"It's the most damning thing all week I've seen for Tyler Robinson. It's a… pic.twitter.com/kySacG1sA6
Erika Kirk asked for us to be here today. We sat inside the small courthouse in Provo with the family. The Judge told the media to turn off all cameras and allowed the full ENHANCED footage of the murder to play. Every movement of Tyler Robinson that day captured in full quality HD. Zoomed in. Some footage in 4K. Tracking all his movements. You can see crystal clear Tyler Robinson's face, the license plate number on his vehicle, details on his clothing and his actions on the rooftop -- and you can time every horrifying detail to the minute Charlie Kirk was murdered. What the public couldn't see was the emotion in the courtroom. Charlie's family sobbing uncontrollably, Erika in Mrs. Kirk's seniors arms. Charlie's father comforting them. Just feet away sat a pale, lifeless emaciated Tyler Robinson who stared at the floor with no remorse as he listened to the weeping. Robinson has never once looked at Erika this entire trial. The entire courthouse gasped when the video was over. Eventually this footage will be released. It was really tough to relive that day in such gruesome detail. This case is overwhelming. Please pray for a speedy trial. And to all the tormenters of the Kirk family, you can go to Hell where you belong.
HOLY SH*T 🤯
— Cinema Shogun (@CinemaShogun) July 10, 2026
They have zoomed up footage of Tyler Robinson lying prone in a sniper’s position on the UVU rooftop taking the shot at Charlie Kirk‼️
Despite the false reports from Candace Owens cultists Erika Kirk and Charlie’s mother were seen crying and clinging to one another… pic.twitter.com/Tgt3fWXatF
🚨 BREAKING: High-quality surveillance video has just been shown in court showing Tyler Robinson TAKING THE SHOT at Charlie Kirk
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 10, 2026
Robinson is SCREWED.
He’s now on his way back to his cage, via a HEAVILY armed escort.
Press were not allowed to stream the video. Only those in the… pic.twitter.com/39JLfqin3g
President Trump on Friday told The Post he has "left instructions" should Iran succeed in their plots to assassinate him -- and there'll be hell to pay. "I've been on their list for a long time. That's what we're dealing with," he said. "... The only thing is, I've left instructions -- if anything happens, to just literally bomb them at levels that they've never seen before." Asked about recent reports that Israel this week flagged intel of a plot to take out the US president, Trump indicated there was no fresh plan from Iran -- but said Tehran has wanted him dead for years. "No, no. Israel came up with nothing. No, no," he said. "I've been No. 1 [on Iran's kill list] for a long time, and it's the way life is, you know." "I hope you'll miss me," he added, sounding resigned to the reality that Tehran will never stop trying to off him.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: the lower depths at July 10, 2026 06:24 PM (Yh7zv)
Posted by: The Usual Suspects at July 10, 2026 06:25 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:28 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 10, 2026 06:28 PM (GAoSt)
Posted by: ace at July 10, 2026 06:28 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 06:29 PM (m2wmY)
Ain't laughing now, is he?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 10, 2026 06:29 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: The Usual Suspects at July 10, 2026 06:25 PM (1Ff7Z)
Like the Moon landings!
The Earf is Flat!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:29 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: ace at July 10, 2026 06:28 PM (1wjle)
He said he needed more time r@ping and KKKing...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:29 PM (l3cgK)
> Oh man...just read a post over on SmallDeadAnimals....apparently, there is a new research study that states that anti-depressants (Zoloft et. al) actually contribute to depression, instead of helping patients.
Eh. The paper is actually from 2015. It's not new.
It's a well done paper that's cited frequently and hasn't been retracted. As to the idea that SSRIs "contribute to depression instead of helping patients" this has been understood for a long time IN THE SHORT TERM. Within the first couple of weeks of ingestion, some depressive states can increase, but soon after that the patient will, in most cases, improve over the baseline.
Additionally, the idea that more serotonin = more happiness hasn't been considered correct for a while. SSRIs are still widely regarded as helpful for treating depression with the understanding that their functional mechanism isn't simply boosting serotonin.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 06:30 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: ace at July 10, 2026 06:28 PM (1wjle)
Did you Notsee that coming?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:30 PM (l3cgK)
In unrelated news, Candace Owens announces that starting today, her channel will focus exclusively on knitting and macramé, along with chocolate cookies recipes.
Posted by: zombie at July 10, 2026 06:31 PM (Av6i5)
I don't know about "with no remorse". At this point the foremost thought in his head is "I am fucked".
He did express "I wish I hadn't done it" earlier. Although with a mindbroken nazgul like him that may or may not count as remorse.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 06:31 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: ace at July 10, 2026 06:28 PM (1wjle)
Like I said in another thread: just because he posted it on X, does that make it official, or does it still have to be in the hands of the election officials?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 10, 2026 06:31 PM (1Ff7Z)
It wouldn't make a difference. Crazy Candy has been claiming for ages that the microphone had some sort of shape charge in it. The fact that video clearly shows the microphone didn't blow up hasn't deterred them at all.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 06:32 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 06:32 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 10, 2026 06:32 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 06:33 PM (RIvkX)
The Earf is Flat!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:29 PM (l3cgK)
As flat at Sidney Sweeney!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 10, 2026 06:33 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: ace
Yeah, about those rape charges... never mind, he's good.
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 06:33 PM (Y8DZL)
As I said earlier today, it's like a superpower of dumbassery.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 06:33 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 06:33 PM (Cqx++)
The Earf is Flat!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:29 PM (l3cgK)
As flat at Sidney Sweeney!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 10, 2026 06:33 PM (1Ff7Z)
Well, certain parts, perhaps...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:33 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 06:34 PM (Ot/FD)
As I said earlier today, it's like a superpower of dumbassery.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 06:33 PM (FZ29D)
So retardation is a feature, not a bug?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:34 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Accomack at July 10, 2026 06:35 PM (T8bqm)
This is like putting salsa, hummus and peanut butter on your pepperoni pizza.
Posted by: zombie at July 10, 2026 06:35 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: ace
I, also, hate it when my Weebles wobble and do fall down.
Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 06:35 PM (VHUov)
Apparently the bullet was a soft nose, which is designed to mushroom and not over-penetrate. If it hit his spine or tumbled, or did any of the many other wacky things bullets do when they hit flesh, it wouldn't necessarily blow out the back.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 06:35 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 06:35 PM (5YSa0)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 10, 2026 06:31 PM (1Ff7Z)
That would just be too much to hope for....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 06:35 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:34 PM (l3cgK)
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Apparently.
Facts, logic, and evidence to the contrary just make them "stronger" in their own minds.
Not sure what their Kryptonite could be.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 06:35 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: zombie
Ace is pregnant?
Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 06:36 PM (VHUov)
Probably not. She'll just move on to some new thing like TR was paid by Mossad or some shit. She just can't help but be vile. She makes too much money off the grift.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 10, 2026 06:36 PM (+9wcF)
Prosecutors might have shown this to see if Robinson would take a deal
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 06:36 PM (m2wmY)
He’s now on his way back to his cage, via a HEAVILY armed escort.
Bewatre of Jack Ruby.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Or in this case, Jack Rubinstein, if you get my drift.
Posted by: zombie at July 10, 2026 06:36 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: garrett at July 10, 2026 06:37 PM (5MUB0)
"I've been on their list for a long time. That's what we're dealing with," he said. "... The only thing is, I've left instructions -- if anything happens, to just literally bomb them at levels that they've never seen before."
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I get that we're supposed to read this and be sympathetic for Trump, but I think it's preferable if he'd just bomb them sufficiently to remove the possibility if it really worries him.
Posted by: Methos at July 10, 2026 06:37 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: ace at July 10, 2026 06:38 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 06:38 PM (RIvkX)
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Still lolz.
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 06:38 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 10, 2026 06:38 PM (UZCuZ)
The bills are a framework to “give Americans the future they deserve,” by tackling affordability, child care, technology and government inefficiency through a mix of executive and legislative action.
.. probably includes more efficient ways of fraud
Posted by: SMOD at July 10, 2026 06:39 PM (IrKJc)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 06:40 PM (Iwx/a)
She’s evil at this point to torture the family
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 06:40 PM (w77AH)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 06:34 PM (Ot/FD)
Disappears in a puff of smoke, right?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 10, 2026 06:40 PM (1Ff7Z)
He may be waiting until after 5 PM on Monday. Burn the whole thing down on his way out and all that.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 10, 2026 06:40 PM (+9wcF)
The bills are a framework to “give Americans the future they deserve,” by tackling affordability, child care, technology and government inefficiency through a mix of executive and legislative action.
.. probably includes more efficient ways of fraud
Posted by: SMOD
"What this room needs is more socialism."
(Smashes up room.)
"That wasn't real socialism."
Posted by: zombie at July 10, 2026 06:41 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 06:41 PM (m2wmY)
I'm actually wearing a maroon shirt right this moment.
COINCIDENCE??!
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 06:41 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 06:41 PM (Cqx++)
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Unless, "at the request of Phakisan..."
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 06:42 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Miklos Reports at July 10, 2026 06:42 PM (6VErX)
The heavy security, and I mean HEAVY security, means traffic backups all day long. They basically shut down the interstate and convoy the jerk from the prison to court, and everyone has to wait for the convoy to pass, because no one can trust leftists or Candyass Owens followers to not try to spring him.
Posted by: SimoHayha at July 10, 2026 06:42 PM (/ZkOF)
We have the USSS. There's no way that an assassin could get near Trump.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 06:42 PM (ExV1e)
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DJT, off them first. This is the way.
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 06:43 PM (GD0B3)
Free Tyler Robinson! Free Tyler Robinson!
Posted by: democrats, media goblins and Candance Owens at July 10, 2026 06:44 PM (g7saB)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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One in a million chance,
To happen a fourth time? that would be one in a quadrillion.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 06:44 PM (5YSa0)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
No sarc tag?
Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 06:44 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
Him goofing on Ace is my guess.
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 06:44 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Miklos is not happy at July 10, 2026 06:45 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Megthered at July 10, 2026 06:45 PM (lma4x)
The bills are a framework to “give Americans the future they deserve,” by tackling affordability, child care, technology and government inefficiency through a mix of executive and legislative action.
Democrats 2029: Because Things Aren't As Bad As They Could Be
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 06:45 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 06:42 PM (ExV1e)
Not normally, but if President Trump makes an appearance in Pennsylvania, what if his protection is the Keystone Kops?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 10, 2026 06:45 PM (1Ff7Z)
And this trial is taking place now for an event that took place on Sep 10, 2025.
Posted by: Orson at July 10, 2026 06:46 PM (dIske)
They had the shooter on live video the whole time
And did nothing
Posted by: Miklos is not happy at July 10, 2026 06:45 PM (6VErX)
Who are "they" ? The Prosecution? They released it at the right time - at pre-tria.
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 06:46 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 06:46 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 06:46 PM (GD0B3)
I mean, as far as a preliminary hearing goes, this is a foregone conclusion: there's absurd amounts of evidence to bind him over for trial.
Frankly, I don't know that I see any plea deal coming. Why? There's zero chance he will get off. This is Utah County, and our appellate court systems have lately been all about "maybe there was an error, but so what? It didn't change the outcome so relief denied!"
Posted by: SimoHayha at July 10, 2026 06:46 PM (/ZkOF)
Well, he did take a Cruise to Turkey...
Posted by: garrett at July 10, 2026 06:37 PM (5MUB0)
There was this chubby gal at work. At a company sponsored softball game, she was asked if she was pregnant. Her response? "Only if it's a finger..."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:46 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 06:46 PM (qpCPq)
🤷♀️
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 06:47 PM (7gFa4)
That was aimed at Candace's legal team, not Tyler.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 06:47 PM (gKWVE)
I think many people recognize that it was Divine Providence that Trump's life was spared in Butler, PA.
The question only God knows is: Has Trump completed the work he has been tasked to do?
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 06:47 PM (U4c/V)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 06:47 PM (afJtY)
If Robinson was being so meticulously recorded, why didn't anyone who was looking through the viewfinder do anything to stop the murder?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 06:47 PM (EM8E8)
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She wants you to forget it. Just like she wanted you to forget how she fkd Trump up in 2016.
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 06:47 PM (GD0B3)
"I've been on their list for a long time. That's what we're dealing with," he said. "... The only thing is, I've left instructions -- if anything happens, to just literally bomb them at levels that they've never seen before."
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I get that we're supposed to read this and be sympathetic for Trump, but I think it's preferable if he'd just bomb them sufficiently to remove the possibility if it really worries him.
Posted by: Methos at July 10, 2026 06:37 PM (vSvIl)
And what's the proper response if the Dem party colludes to kill him?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:48 PM (l3cgK)
There are people on X claiming to be the love child of Catherine the Great and Mr. Ed. X posts should be taken with a grain of salt.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 06:48 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 06:47 PM (afJtY)
not following, who was watching the video and why would they release it? it's evidence.
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 06:49 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 06:47 PM (U4c/V)
I dunno, but why does it always seem when we have someone working for us, they get taken away?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 10, 2026 06:49 PM (1Ff7Z)
If Robinson was being so meticulously recorded, why didn't anyone who was looking through the viewfinder do anything to stop the murder?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 06:47 PM (EM8E
College campuses have all kinds of security cameras that record automatically and results are automatically archived. This video came from those systems… no one was looking in real time
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 06:49 PM (z0iLf)
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I think Utah is one of the most beautiful places in the USA. I love it. Im so sorry this happened there. Please use the firing squad on him.
Posted by: Megthered at July 10, 2026 06:49 PM (lma4x)
Just to clarify, if Candace is batshit, does it mean Macron's wife is really a woman?
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 06:49 PM (Y8DZL)
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I mean, we're at the point where he's flying around with an alternate Air Force One in order to create doubt as to which plane he's in.
Posted by: Methos at July 10, 2026 06:49 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 06:49 PM (Y8DZL)
If all poodles are dogs, does it mean that all dogs are poodles?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 06:50 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Miklos chastely offers a daffodil to the Lady at July 10, 2026 06:50 PM (6VErX)
Sure, it's a commie sucking rag, but they've been fairly good at straight reporting and this seems like a huge bombshell if it actually was shown.
So I'm not sure there was a video... or, alternatively, there was and my local paper is just slow as tar. That's entirely possible too.
Senator Lee went to the morning session of the preliminary hearing. He's convinced Robinson's gonna fry. Or get shot.
Posted by: SimoHayha at July 10, 2026 06:50 PM (/ZkOF)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 06:50 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 06:51 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Methos at July 10, 2026 06:49 PM (vSvIl)
Didn't he go to Turkey? I'd have sent in a robot double.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 06:51 PM (ExV1e)
I think that was the purpose of concealing the video until now--blow any defense out of the water. And apparently they did that.
Posted by: Random PJ at July 10, 2026 06:51 PM (+jscL)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 06:51 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: PaleRider at July 10, 2026 06:51 PM (PV+Zw)
If Robinson was being so meticulously recorded, why didn't anyone who was looking through the viewfinder do anything to stop the murder?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 06:47 PM (EM8E
Believe it or not, large banks for cameras doesn't mean there's a guy or bunch of guys watching every feed every minute. This is a recording for a camera that may not have been monitored.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 10, 2026 06:51 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 06:49 PM (Y8DZL)
Unfortunately, yeah, she's a pedo who picked up a 15 year old from her class. They exist among women too.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 06:52 PM (gKWVE)
They had the shooter on live video the whole time
And did nothing
Posted by: Miklos
I was thinking the exact same thing.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 10, 2026 06:52 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 06:53 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 06:50 PM (afJtY)
Not necessarily. We don't know how they got that video, the source, do we ?
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 06:53 PM (GD0B3)
Just to clarify, if Candace is batshit, does it mean Macron's wife is really a woman?
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 06:49 PM (Y8DZL)
Yes
Posted by: Big Mike Obama at July 10, 2026 06:53 PM (l3cgK)
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Yeah.
Was he put here to start repairing things, or give us the last evidence we need to conclude that it's all beyond fixing?
Posted by: Methos at July 10, 2026 06:53 PM (vSvIl)
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I think Russia passed a law recently that any bombing of Kremlin or assassination of Putin will be responded to with nukes. Something like that.
Of course, for USA, it will be much harder to prove who is responsible without them having plausible deniability.
We should just make a list - if Trump is assassinated, we nuke Iran, China, and the DNC.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 06:54 PM (5YSa0)
I think if I were 20-ish and facing life I might prefer execution.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 06:54 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 06:54 PM (7gFa4)
We already know what they believe heritage Americans deserve:
• taxation into penury
• liquidated for the sake of reparations
• replaced by foreigners
• plundered of all wealth and dignity
• sickened with C19 then forced the Kill Shot to guarantee death and poor health
• deprived of all religious liberty unless its Islam
• progressive deprivation eg. air-conditioning, travel, meat, speech, association, parenthood, ownership of land or goods, systematic reduction of choice
• children sex trafficked
• helpless perpetual victims of violent crime
• "healthcare" = MAID
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 06:54 PM (nAS9C)
It's amazing how many obvious and basic things have to be explained.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 06:54 PM (mkw2N)
And did nothing
Posted by: Miklos
"If he dies... he dies"
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 06:54 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: runner
txt me bae
Posted by: Candace at July 10, 2026 06:55 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 06:51 PM (GD0B3)
Nostril fetish?...Rule 34
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:55 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 10, 2026 06:51 PM
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Where has that point been definitely explained?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 06:55 PM (EM8E8)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 06:54 PM (7gFa4)
Are you saying he's not as trustworthy as the Gateway Pundit?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 10, 2026 06:55 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 06:55 PM (GD0B3)
Hopefully the fat SS broad who was fumbling around with her green dildo at Butler is still on the job and polishing it with grit and determination.
Posted by: Zombie Lee Harvey Oswald at July 10, 2026 06:56 PM (g7saB)
Posted by: wth at July 10, 2026 06:56 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Methos
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From what I understand, they always had two and used a decoy on all foreign trips. I think back to 9/11
I suspect that the recent switch back from the new plane was because it had a new livery and no copy which they quickly realize was not good. No one reported that though.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 06:56 PM (5YSa0)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 06:51 PM (ExV1e)
I hear Elon's been working on that, but hasn't been able to get the hair right.
Posted by: Methos at July 10, 2026 06:56 PM (vSvIl)
So say you have an issue with a part. There is a time stamp and date on the part label that let's you then narrow it down from the 1000s of hours from the relevant cameras and see if something out of the ordinary happened when that part was made.
There is no way anyone is watching those cameras unless a watchman is trying to scope drunk cords at night.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 06:57 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Megthered at July 10, 2026 06:57 PM (lma4x)
Posted by: Candace at July 10, 2026 06:55 PM (6VErX)
I am not disputing the video, silly Miklos, I am asking you if you can say with certainty that it came from a feed that someone watched
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 06:57 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: The Cars at July 10, 2026 06:57 PM (Dv3i1)
It's amazing how many obvious and basic things have to be explained.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 06:54 PM (mkw2N)
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Thank you for explaining that. Makes total sense. Had someone seen live what was about to happen, He would be saying "fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck" and reaching for his phone.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 10, 2026 06:58 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Reforger at July 10, 2026 06:58 PM (Moh1b)
Posted by: Methos at July 10, 2026 06:56 PM (vSvIl)
Gotta go to London for that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 06:58 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ok, I'll ask at July 10, 2026 06:58 PM (EM8E8)
Posted by: "Jerry" from The Jerry Show at July 10, 2026 06:58 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 10, 2026 06:51 PM
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Where has that point been definitely explained?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 06:55 PM (EM8E
It doesn’t have to be explained. It’s well known that these days security cameras that automatically record and archive footage are everywhere. Your ring camera does this…. College campi have cameras everywhere… large corporations, retail stores… they’re ubiquitous. If you were in public today you were recorded. Check out deflock.org
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 06:59 PM (z0iLf)
Of course, for USA, it will be much harder to prove who is responsible without them having plausible deniability.
We should just make a list - if Trump is assassinated, we nuke Iran, China, and the DNC.
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I don't trust Vance to be willing to give that order.
Posted by: Methos at July 10, 2026 06:59 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 06:59 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 06:55 PM (EM8E
Personal experience of spending some time in a cam room? There may be one or two guys watching. The main screens in security departments shift from one cam to another quite often. Doesn't mean it's available all the time. Should there have been someone watching because the president was there? Of course. Doesn't mean there was.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 10, 2026 07:00 PM (1Ff7Z)
I think one of the Brads (Thor or Taylor) who writes Espionage/Action thrillers had Putin as the guy, who if assassinated would trigger a nuclear response.
I don't think anyone knows if their arsenal actually functions since all "test" in the past few decades are computer simulations.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 07:00 PM (+4Cf6)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 07:01 PM (EM8E8)
I'm actually wearing a maroon shirt right this moment.
COINCIDENCE??!
Posted by: bonhomme
I'm wearing a dark green one.
But if I were red-green colorblind, I wouldn't be able to tell it from a maroon one!
Q.E.D. I'm part of the conspiracy!
Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 07:01 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 06:59 PM (Ia/+0)
Who owns the building where the shooter was ? Maybe it came from whoever owns the building. Just cameras recording. Security measure that had nothing to do with the campus.
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 07:02 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
Right here, just now.
But it's so blindingly obvious, it shouldn't need to be explained.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 07:02 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 07:02 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 07:02 PM (/WQyy)
I'm guessing that was the video that has everyone shaken up. The judge wasn't sounding too thrilled having to watch it.
Posted by: SimoHayha at July 10, 2026 07:03 PM (/ZkOF)
Home grade camera-based security systems you can order from Amazon come with AI "unusual movement" systems that filter out deer and tree movement. Even Ring doorbells come with that feature that not only describes what is happening and the colors, but will trigger cascading alerts and other coverage security sensors.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 07:03 PM (+4Cf6)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
The lust for clicks is a terrible thing
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 07:03 PM (WL2lA)
Posted by: Cosda at July 10, 2026 07:03 PM (lHdk6)
Posted by: Skip
LE probably viewed it shortly after and used it to help get Robinson. Then it was held as evidence.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 07:03 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 07:02 PM (afJtY)
Absolutely.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 07:04 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 07:04 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Marcus T at July 10, 2026 07:04 PM (QtEBE)
Is it too much to ask someone in a position of authority with the school or law enforcement to explain exactly which cameras recorded this all important video?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 07:04 PM (EM8E8)
Posted by: runner
Campus security
All cameras for public events and spaces should be continuously monitored.
Somebody wasn't doing their job
Posted by: Silly Miklos at July 10, 2026 07:05 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 07:05 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Cosda at July 10, 2026 07:03 PM (lHdk6)
He could start with some the muslim infested ones here.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 07:05 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: polynikes
In the hands of a trustworthy govt. it is a useful tool. Do you trust the govt?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 07:06 PM (Dv3i1)
I don't trust Vance to be willing to give that order.
Posted by: Methos
Hegseth would
I feel like Marco might too
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 07:06 PM (WL2lA)
Posted by: Watermelon Man at July 10, 2026 07:06 PM (g7saB)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 07:01 PM (EM8E
$20, same as in town.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 07:06 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 07:01 PM (EM8E
Well, what's your actual question? Which specific camera was this video taken on? Dunno. Someone does. Why wasn't this seen at the time? Dunno. Someone wasn't watching at the time? Why wasn't it stopped? Dunno.
All I know is that every camera everywhere doesn't have someone watching it every minute, and I know that because I've been in a surveillance room.
There's nothing else I can say.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 10, 2026 07:06 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Fritz at July 10, 2026 07:07 PM (J7jo9)
Posted by: SimoHayha at July 10, 2026 06:46 PM (/ZkOF)
I think this is all about the death penalty; the prosecution rattling their saber to show they can get it, and Robinson's team trying to find some leverage to get it out in a plea deal But what do I know?
Posted by: LASue at July 10, 2026 07:07 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Ben Had
Also, Ben Had has access to earth moving machinery and one hell of a composting option
Posted by: Polite and Respectful Miklos only on his third Bourbon at July 10, 2026 07:07 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 07:07 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 07:07 PM (/WQyy)
We call this a giant fucking clue.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 10, 2026 07:07 PM (QtEBE)
Posted by: Accomack at July 10, 2026 07:08 PM (GbONR)
Posted by: Fritz at July 10, 2026 07:07 PM (J7jo9)
Post-hearing motion practice. Motion, opposition, reply... Each side gets a few weeks to respond to the other; it adds up.
Posted by: LASue at July 10, 2026 07:09 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 07:10 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Accomack at July 10, 2026 07:10 PM (GbONR)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 07:10 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 07:05 PM (/WQyy)
The one about explosive diarrhea?
Posted by: That guy who always thinks its about explosive diarrhea at July 10, 2026 07:11 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 07:11 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 07:11 PM (YwEeS)
Far more than that, there are classifiers that can:
• identify objects (especially if those objects don't belong there)
• tracking of moving objects
• ReID (recognize the same person later)
• Action recognition including poses like reaching for something, or has fallen.
• Rule engines - bag remains unattended for > x minutes
• Anomaly detection including odd behavior.
Much of this is, of course, professional, but also much of it is open sourced and can be run on RPI at home with consumer grade cameras.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 07:11 PM (pUU4E)
Posted by: From about That Time at July 10, 2026 07:11 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:34 PM (l3cgK)
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Apparently.
Facts, logic, and evidence to the contrary just make them "stronger" in their own minds.
Not sure what their Kryptonite could be.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 06:35 PM (FZ29D)
The 'black-knighting' of Embrace & Extend. An example is how, when it came out that Deep Staters were conspiring to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 with Harriet Tubman, someone immediately put out a really awesome-looking mockup of her with a great big pistol, reaching out to take your hand.
There was no logical argument made for them to argue against (if their analytical reasoning skills were not atrophied from disuse), and the emotional appeal was stronger than theirs; yet they couldn't just roll with it, since the hoplophilic message was anathema to them. So, they weakly sputtered and whined, and it ended up going nowhere.
Posted by: SciVo at July 10, 2026 07:12 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Marcus T at July 10, 2026 07:12 PM (QtEBE)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 07:05 PM (/WQyy)
The one about explosive diarrhea?
Posted by: That guy who always thinks its about explosive diarrhea at July 10, 2026 07:11 PM (3uBP9)
Maybe the flaming penis...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 07:12 PM (l3cgK)
All cameras for public events and spaces should be continuously monitored.
Somebody wasn't doing their job
Posted by: Silly Miklos at July 10, 2026 07:05 PM (6VErX)
So it came from a building owned by the campus. Ok.
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 07:12 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 07:13 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Skip
Definitely. To the dismay of the Candace Owens' of the world's, law enforcement rarely reveals all of their evidence.
Posted by: LASue at July 10, 2026 07:13 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Marcus T at July 10, 2026 07:12 PM (QtEBE)
a different kind of muck raking that what she's used to...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 07:13 PM (l3cgK)
Ignore it.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 10, 2026 07:13 PM (QtEBE)
Oddly, it actually attracts the behavior that is allegedly undesired. Why? Because the Twelvers want a nuclear holocaust and Trump just told them how to get their wish.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 07:13 PM (pUU4E)
Posted by: polynikes
Yesterday?
That was, like, Monday, right?
Posted by: Miklos does Mondays and skips forward to Friday most weeks at July 10, 2026 07:14 PM (6VErX)
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Jimmy Carter should have blown them off the face of the earth in 1979 but here we are.
Posted by: Cosda at July 10, 2026 07:14 PM (lHdk6)
Posted by: Marcus T at July 10, 2026 07:14 PM (QtEBE)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 07:06 PM (Dv3i
It's a tough issue without a black and white answer.
There's a sweet spot but I know the government will always go beyond that sweet spot even if initially it's forbidden.
Personally I don't feel violated currently by the cameras but I know others do and the world doesn't revolve around me. There's a point though I would feel violated and don't want a foot in the door to get there.
Like I said, tough issue to balance.
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 07:15 PM (/WQyy)
youtu.be/c0pJYck7a6g
including "family emotional companionship"
Posted by: manmade horrors beyond comprehension at July 10, 2026 07:15 PM (gKWVE)
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Jimmy Carter should have blown them off the face of the earth in 1979 but here we are.
Posted by: Cosda at July 10, 2026 07:14 PM (lHdk6)
Should have, but he was too ineffectual to do anything about it. I remember 25% interest rates in the late 1970s...Carter was an economic genius!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 07:15 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Deep Thought at July 10, 2026 07:15 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Good question! They've killed enough Murcans to merit an all-out ass whoopin'.
Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 07:16 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 07:16 PM (RIvkX)
May this demon pay for what he has done.
May Candance and others who support her wacko and evil, demonic lies be haunted, guilty, and condemned for what they've posted forever.
I will never watch, Ace. I know what that bullet did. Because I read the coroner's report that was public information at the time. The bullet hit Charlie's spine and severed his spinal cord with no exit wound. His bone density was very strong from what I remember.
I also pray for this hangnail of this courage as I face a biopsy next week, but this is NOTHING compared to what Mrs. Kirk, her children, family and his friends have gone through.
Thanks for the report and have a great weekend.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 10, 2026 07:17 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 07:18 PM (Ia/+0)
The one about explosive diarrhea?
Maybe the flaming penis...
Tomorrow it will be flaming diarrhea.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 07:18 PM (Cqx++)
• taxation into penury
• liquidated for the sake of reparations
• replaced by foreigners
• plundered of all wealth and dignity
• sickened with C19 then forced the Kill Shot to guarantee death and poor health
• deprived of all religious liberty unless its Islam
• progressive deprivation eg. air-conditioning, travel, meat, speech, association, parenthood, ownership of land or goods, systematic reduction of choice
• children sex trafficked
• helpless perpetual victims of violent crime
• "healthcare" = MAID
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Considering they just want to shoot people in the back of the head and kick them into a ditch, this is pretty magnanimous, don’t you agree? This is the way they think.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 07:18 PM (770hQ)
youtu.be/c0pJYck7a6g
including "family emotional companionship"
Posted by: manmade horrors beyond comprehension at July 10, 2026 07:15 PM (gKWVE)
Yes! Better than having
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 07:18 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 07:18 PM (afJtY)
He’s got a meeting with God coming up to talk about murdering Charlie. He’s only waiting for the invitation.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 10, 2026 07:19 PM (QtEBE)
Posted by: Cosda
They didn't call it this back then, but I'm sure Jimmy was thinking that the Ayatollah taking over Iran and terrorizing our embassy staff was a form of "Restorative Justice".
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 07:19 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Methos
Hegseth would
I feel like Marco might too
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 07:06 PM (WL2lA)
They can't override a wishy-washy president. And if, God forbid, anything happens it would be , Vance ..and Speaker of the House. But that is succession. Of course there was no VP after JFK was shot.
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 07:20 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 10, 2026 07:20 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 06:38 PM (RIvkX)
Maroon is also called Burgundy. Burgundy is a region in France. Fake woman Mrs. Macron is French. France's DGSE are working with Mossad. Put this all together and its as obvious as the nostrils on my face that the Mossad killed Charlie. Ya big dummies!
Posted by: LASue at July 10, 2026 07:20 PM (lCppi)
That is Dark Triad thinking. We are dealing with Dark Tetrad psychos.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 07:21 PM (NzX/y)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 10, 2026 07:21 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 07:06 PM (Dv3i
It's a tough issue without a black and white answer.
Like I said, tough issue to balance.
Posted by: polynikes
It is one of the oldest questions-
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
"Who watches the watchers?"
Posted by: Miklosius Caroliniensis at July 10, 2026 07:21 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 10, 2026 07:21 PM (t+TFX)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 07:22 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 07:22 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Miklos "Frogman" Henry at July 10, 2026 07:22 PM (6VErX)
youtu.be/c0pJYck7a6g
including "family emotional companionship"
Posted by: manmade horrors beyond comprehension
That means sexbots, right?
Posted by: the guy who always thinks it means sexbots at July 10, 2026 07:22 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 07:19 PM (Dv3i1)
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He certainly acted that way.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 07:22 PM (RIvkX)
• identify objects (especially if those objects don't belong there)
• tracking of moving objects
• ReID (recognize the same person later)
• Action recognition including poses like reaching for something, or has fallen.
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I’m pretty sure my ring camera does all that.
Posted by: Turn 2 at July 10, 2026 07:23 PM (Y2/Vj)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 07:24 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Common Tater
We are HIRING
Posted by: Miklos from Dignity Canal HR at July 10, 2026 07:24 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 10, 2026 07:20 PM (4NO2D) j
I saw Oysterfuhrer front for Butthole Surfers at Humphries in 2011...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 07:24 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: LASue at July 10, 2026 07:20 PM (lCppi)
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Lamont, to the white courtesy phone, please!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 07:24 PM (RIvkX)
• tracking of moving objects
• ReID (recognize the same person later)
• Action recognition including poses like reaching for something, or has fallen.
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I’m pretty sure my ring camera does all that.
Posted by: Turn 2
*treat NAOW*
Posted by: the cat at July 10, 2026 07:25 PM (6VErX)
I wonder if it has dawned on him that the Egyptian government severely restricts speech rights in practice. Meaningful dissent is regularly suppressed, leading to the frequent prosecution, arbitrary detention, and imprisonment of journalists, activists, and opposition figures.
And yet. Here in the US he is free to show his true jackassery, no matter the message.
Posted by: Orson at July 10, 2026 07:25 PM (dIske)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 07:25 PM (/WQyy)
youtu.be/c0pJYck7a6g
including "family emotional companionship"
Posted by: manmade horrors beyond comprehension
That means sexbots, right?
Posted by: the guy who always thinks it means sexbots at July 10, 2026 07:22 PM (VHUov)
Some of them have no arms or legs...if you're into that...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 07:25 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 10, 2026 07:26 PM (q7f4B)
They’ll just archive all the video footage, and hit “rewind” if something happens. After the fact, of course.
Our betters get actual real time security teams, because they Are Worth It. Know your place, Comrade.
Life sure is cheap now in these here U. States.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 07:28 PM (770hQ)
Posted by: polynikes
Lord, I hope my list doesn't grow anymore. I swear, my conspiracy list is long enough now.
Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 07:28 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Miklos "Frogman" Henry
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Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip
Sha-na na-na, sha-na na-na na (Ba doo)
Sha-na na-na, sha-na na-na na (Ba doo)
Sha-na na-na, sha-na na-na na (Ba doo)
Sha-na na-na, sha-na na-na na, ba
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Mum mum mum mum mum mum, get a job
Sha-na na-na, sha-na na-na na
Posted by: The Silhouettes at July 10, 2026 07:28 PM (XeU6L)
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We need to get meaner, and more lethal. Threats alone do not work.
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 07:28 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 07:28 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Methos at July 10, 2026 07:28 PM (vSvIl)
Better take their time - it the execution is too quick CO starts another volley of BS:
Why wasn't TR's love interest charged? Because the furry was a Mossad agent! Trained as a Svengali to manipulate TR into making an extremely obvious evidence trail so that no one will talk about Erika Kirk's romance with TR's Furry's handler!
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 07:30 PM (BvPIe)
Most Islamic terror groups trace their roots back to Egypt and Sayiid Qtub. Arafat was an Egyptian.
Jihad uber alles.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 10, 2026 07:30 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: SimoHayha at July 10, 2026 07:31 PM (/ZkOF)
🤷♀️
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 06:47 PM (7gFa4)
Since they can’t be jailed for it, is it possible those posters are lying?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 07:31 PM (J4mEx)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 07:16 PM
Echoalia is my bread and butter!
Posted by: Amy Schumer at July 10, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1)
They’ll just archive all the video footage, and hit “rewind” if something happens. After the fact, of course.
Our betters get actual real time security teams, because they Are Worth It. Know your place, Comrade.
Life sure is cheap now in these here U. States.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Pretty much true of most security camera footage. And the more there are, the less any human pays attention to them. Same way at my former university. Simply put, they are for recording the crime, not preventing them and the scumbags often know where the cameras are.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 07:31 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: An oyster shell at July 10, 2026 07:31 PM (XeU6L)
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Read up (you probably already have?) on Dr. Louis Jolyn “Jolly” West sometime. Spook contractor for the alphabets going way back. Interviewed/hypnotized Jack Ruby in his cell, Sirhan, McVeigh and quite a few others most likely. Strange cat. See also: Airman Shaver and Dr. West’s “treatment” of him. West is also noted for killing an Elephant with L.S.D. at the Oklahoma zoo. I’m not making this up.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 07:32 PM (770hQ)
🤷♀️
Posted by: vmom
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Bot nets that are trying to stir up shit--you have Chinese bots, Russian bots, Democrat bots, and Islamic bots all scurrying around like cockroaches on X. Avoid the comment sections as they are unreadable shitposting by bots and ten cent per post assholes in the Turd World.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 07:33 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: SimoHayha
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Yes it is real and for it to be introduced, there is a whole chain of custody and provenance with some schmuck having to verify the contents of the video under penalty of perjury and that it is a fair and accurate copy if not the original.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 07:35 PM (E4rtv)
"Emirati analyst Salem Al-Ketbi:
"The Muslim Brotherhood presents itself in the West as liberal and democratic, but seeks global control and rejects the nation-state, its institutions, and borders."
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 07:35 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 07:35 PM (Cqx++)
Iran doesn't have to try to kill Trump, Antifa-AWFULs would do it for them. They've already tried. I'm actually more concerned for Trump's children/grandchildren. Iran would like nothing more than to break him and see him grieve.
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 10, 2026 07:35 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 07:36 PM (gKWVE)
I always sort of chuckle when the best security or self-defense advice given is “use external lighting”.
Crooks don’t really care about lights or cameras too much. A well lit backyard just means they won’t trip over the sprinkler.
It is nice if one is inside a darkened home, and watching the outside perimeter maybe.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 07:36 PM (770hQ)
Posted by: Nelly at July 10, 2026 07:37 PM (6+ehB)
Posted by: The Silhouettes
"Hey Doc, it hurts when I do this"
*Boink on the head*
"Then don't doo-wop that!"
Posted by: Miklos, last of the old vaudevillians at July 10, 2026 07:37 PM (6VErX)
With CV, alerts are generated As The Event Happens. Home security systems, even the Alexa unit in the house are all capable of detecting intrusion (eg. breaking glass, disturbances in the ambient noise due to a person entering the room).
The point being, humans were always lousy monitors due to focus and attention issues. Same problem TSA X-ray monitors fail to actually detect things. As classifiers become better and the resolutions increase, activity in a Lowes Depot parking lot immediately kicks the ALPR, which eventually associates the car with the credit-card with the user (if not actually hitting a license plate database) inside cameras perform live tracking to determine shopper patterns, and so on and so on.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 07:39 PM (BvPIe)
I always sort of chuckle when the best security or self-defense advice given is “use external lighting”.
Crooks don’t really care about lights or cameras too much. A well lit backyard just means they won’t trip over the sprinkler.
It is nice if one is inside a darkened home, and watching the outside perimeter maybe.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Hardening the outside of a home is pretty much a science nowadays. Cut back brush that can obscure windows and doorways from the street, cameras, even fake ones, alarm systems, noisy dogs even little ones, hardened doorways with security grade locks exterior storm/security doors with multipoint locking and reinforced glass, etc. etc. etc.
And no obvious tools for entry lying around like ladders, yard tools to break or pry into things, unlocked utility rooms if you have a garage or a pull down entry into the attic, etc.
One really nasty plant to secure a possible entry point is pyracantha--hardy and nasty even with protective gear. It can be carefully trained to climb trellises or be pruned into shape but it is a truly nasty plant with massive spikes.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 07:41 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig
My parents and grandparents never had to live like that.
What changed?
Posted by: Miklos, wide-eyed and willing to learn at July 10, 2026 07:44 PM (6VErX)
The point being, humans were always lousy monitors due to focus and attention issues. Same problem TSA X-ray monitors fail to actually detect things. As classifiers become better and the resolutions increase, activity in a Lowes Depot parking lot immediately kicks the ALPR, which eventually associates the car with the credit-card with the user (if not actually hitting a license plate database) inside cameras perform live tracking to determine shopper patterns, and so on and so on.
Posted by: Community Notes
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Eh, the problem with bots is a false positive rate that is too high leads to turning down the sensitivity of the system which then leads to missing more things. You either get more false negatives (crimes) or more false positives (non crimes) and sometimes police departments actually fine places with too many false positives leading to police being sent to that location.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 07:44 PM (E4rtv)
What changed?
Posted by: Miklos
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DIEversity, mentally ill walking the streets, toleration of drug abuse and street people, and coddling criminals for generations by Democrats. Not needing to earn a living by the dole is also up there as the type to live off of it for long terms end up engaging in other criminal activities just to do something to make some more money.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 07:46 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Miklos
Oh, and Miklos, murder rates are actually down (hard to say on other crimes simply because they may not be reported, investigated, or included in police stats). Murder rates peaked in the mid 70's in the US, another peak around the late 80's to early 90's, a long drop for awhile before starting to go up again with Covid and the late Trump years with the BLM riots.
It is a choice by pols and judges to allow that dysfunction and when they choose otherwise, it goes away for a time.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 07:49 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig
Of course.
Sakkliner has its advantages
We just got ordinary old school crime
Posted by: Miklos, comfortably South of the Mason-Dixon at July 10, 2026 07:49 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Nelly
Campus police departments are understaffed and don't have a bunch of people peering at screens. It is used more often to solve thefts, etc. after the fact than it is for crime prevention.
We see movies and popular entertainment doing that but it is more likely some plod that does a walk around if the automated sound and motion alarms trigger than people sitting in a large room watching screens intently like Mission Control for Apollo.
Most public universities are just too big for that and not enough personnel in safety. Private universities are often worse in security especially the lesser known and funded ones.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 07:52 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig
Of course.
Sakkliner has its advantages
We just got ordinary old school crime
Posted by: Miklos
The unpopular and politically incorrect answer is also that crime spiked during Prohibition but also after the Civil Rights Movement and Warren Court reforms opened jails and prisons and closed mental hospitals.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 07:54 PM (E4rtv)
Big proponent of layered security. One camera with a set of course grained high sensitivity detection for cars and people. When a zone is triggered, it participates in an election where it provides a vote. Another detection system with a different algorithm also votes. Reduces false positives and you can be alerted for value weighted alerts on your phone before checking the video yourself and vote to promote to armed response or continued monitoring.
Had some stranger trigger one camera that voted, set off the Ring camera — two votes get notification on mobile device while shopping. talked to intruder determined that he got the wrong address. Contacted intended address. Confirmed. No escalation necessary but cameras maintained surveillance
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 08:01 PM (pawvM)
Posted by: Miklos, in best Ed McMahon voice at July 10, 2026 08:01 PM (6VErX)
What do they care about?
Dogs. They do not like Dogs, not one bit, and will usually move on to someplace else. (Geese, surprisingly are great watch animals. Paranoid, can see in the dark more or less, and don’t seem to sleep much).
Even if you don’t own a Dog, installing a nice heavy Dog chain and a food bowl someplace conspicuous is not a bad plan.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 08:01 PM (pmHeC)
Posted by: SciVo at July 10, 2026 08:03 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 06:59 PM
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They always had the video. Saw a post where it was listed in the charging documents. The story I am getting is that it was not included in the first videos which were released publicly because the defense objected to its inclusion. Remember how the judge checked with the prosecution to confirm that there was no footage of the shooting in the video about to be viewed?
Also he grumbled about enhancements like zooms and circles added to the videos which WERE released to the public.
Posted by: KT at July 10, 2026 09:39 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 06:38 PM (RIvkX)
Maroon is also called Burgundy. Burgundy is a region in France. Fake woman Mrs. Macron is French. France's DGSE are working with Mossad. Put this all together and its as obvious as the nostrils on my face that the Mossad killed Charlie. Ya big dummies!
Posted by: LASue at July 10, 2026 07:20 PM
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Let's not get too flippant here - Candace learned (I think from the Governor) that Robinson showed up on campus early in the morning wearing maroon. So the assassination team naturally placed decoys in the audience to confuse the court later!
Posted by: KT at July 10, 2026 09:53 PM (rdeQO)
Her weird demonic obsession has blunted Charlie's legacy, turn the right against itself, and made us all forget the left wing celebrations of his murder, the media and political figures who incited murder against the right, and the Democrat plans too unleash more of this upon us.
Is she a plant, or is she evil and crazy? Was there a smoke filled room, where the strategy unfolded to destroy Charlie's legacy?
Posted by: Gorthanc at July 11, 2026 07:50 AM (P0MsW)
Posted by: Billygoatpuke at July 11, 2026 04:00 PM (Hohgs)
Readers Added Context say No, you don't. You see everything but that. And the prosecution's witness says there is no actual footage of the trigger pull. Which is it?
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at July 11, 2026 04:21 PM (dUCpI)
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahaha!! This is not even evidence, I’ve seen Bigfoot videos that were more convincing.
Posted by: Billygoatpuke at July 11, 2026 04:24 PM (Hohgs)
The Week In Woke
Effeminate cuck Jonathan V. Last relentlessly promoted Graham Platner, even calling for him to be the President after winning in 2028. Now he says that no one on the left, and surely no one in leftwing media, is responsible for Graham Platner besides Graham Platner. As the Church Lady wisely observed: "Welllllll, isn't that conVENient." The Democrat operative and Nepo Baby who foisted Graham Platner on the country speaks with an incredibly strange "vocal fry" and "uptalk," like he's a Valley girl. I saw someone speculate that "men" with high-pitched voices affect the vocal fry to try to make their voices sound deeper and more masculine. It doesn't work. Anyway, here's this nepo baby communist freak denying that his "minimal vetting" turned up the Nazi tattoo and they only found "some" of his Reddit posts. And what about Morris Katz, the openly-bisexual freak who wanted to put a picture of his own penis in a book for 10-year-olds about puberty? He's lying:
Jake Tapper
@jaketapper As soon as we asked the campaign about what Jenny Racicot told us on the record and on camera Monday, the campaign said that her assertion he had raped her was false.
I still believe that Noem refused to ban trannies from girls' sports because she knew this blackmail material was out there. So, to hell with her. LOL: Guess which female Democrat politician turns out to be a Karen From Hell, disparaging businesses in her Yelp reviews?
Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has begun the process of divorcing her husband Bryon following bombshell revelations earlier this year that he engaged in a lurid secret life of cross-dressing and chatting online with fetish models, the former South Dakota governor's mother has claimed. ... The outlet reported in late March that Bryon Noem chatted up women from the so-called "bimbofication" fetish scene, in which adult performers augment their breasts with massive amounts of saline to achieve a "Barbie doll"-like appearance -- and even indulged in the trend himself."
[Regarding a massage joing:] "If you want consistent good service, and want to patronize a place that treats employees with respect, I would never recommend this," she wrote. "I cannot continue in good conscience to be a patron, even though it is a very convenient location and a nice facility." She alleged the business had serious management problems, claiming employees who left the spa were treated unfairly and customers were left scrambling when therapists departed. "Note that almost 1/3 of reviews written are 'not recommended.' Management is hiding a serious problem. I was a member here for over six years, so consider my depth of experience with this place in how you judge this review," she continued. Two other places she reviewed -- Tony Pepperoni Pizzeria and Irvine Yellow Cab, which has since permanently closed -- also suffered, receiving two-star and one-star ratings. On the pizza shop she visited in July 2013, Porter posted: "Horrible service on delivery. I ordered at 4:39. I am told 35-40 min. I call to check at 40 min. Driver on way. I call again at 5:31--52 minutes later. "He says driver will call me. He doesn't. I have 20 angry hungry kids! Pizza was decent when it arrived. But allow ample ample time."It's voluminous spouse-abuser Katie Porter. There's more at the link.
The girl who was victimized by a "trans" athlete says she was repeatedly invited to suck the alleged trans "girl's" dick. Girls are always saying stuff like that.
Well why not report his fake name? Everyone knows it. It's " " " Becky " " " Pepper-Johnson. And the ACLU, representing "Becky," uses "Becky's" name.
For Adaleia Cross, the Supreme Court's ruling in the West Virginia women's sports case was not just a legal victory. It was personal. Cross, a Bridgeport High School student in West Virginia, said the ruling gave her a "sense of peace" after years of speaking out about the transgender athlete at the center of the case. Cross has alleged the athlete made comments to her in the girls' locker room that amounted to sexual harassment when both were students at Bridgeport Middle School. Fox News Digital is not naming the trans athlete because the athlete is a minor.
"I definitely have a sense of peace about all of it," Cross told Fox News Digital after the ruling. "Although I had to go through all of that, and it doesn't make up for what I had to go through, I know that other girls can be protected, like my sister and my friends who are still on the team." Cross also sent a message to the athlete in the wake of the ruling. "Jesus Christ loves [the athlete] and has a place for [the athlete] if they want to be there," she said. Cross and her parents previously told Fox News Digital the alleged sexual harassment occurred in the girls' locker room during the 2022-23 school year. Cross was in eighth grade, and the trans athlete was in seventh. "When Adaleia first told us, she told us that [the trans athlete] was telling her and other girls 'suck my d--k,'" Cross's mother, Abby Cross, alleged in December. "[The trans athlete] was saying to her, coming up and saying to her, 'I'm going to stick my d--k in your p--y and also in your ass.' At different times [the trans athlete] was saying these things to her." But Adaleia said Wednesday that the entire locker room changed after the athlete joined the girls' team. "A lot of girls, after [the athlete] came into our locker room, started going to the bathroom," Cross said. "They started changing in stalls, which was not really normal."
"You would have kids separated to try to not be around [the athlete], but it was still hard because during track meets, you had to be around [the athlete]," she added. "Girls were just uncomfortable." "They didn't want to be around [the athlete]," Cross said. Cross said the discomfort even spread beyond her own team. "I know other teams started canceling coming to track meets, so their girls didn't have to put up with it," Cross said. "It's just really sad to see all that happening." "Girls deserve to have that space," she added. "And it's just been taken away." The ACLU previously denied the allegations.
Adaleia Cross’ homeroom teacher said to her “I see you as less of a person” when she wore a t-shirt that said Save Women’s Sports.
— Jennifer Sey (@JenniferSey) July 10, 2026
How is a person like that allowed to be around kids? Just the worst kind of person. pic.twitter.com/jomgjueWjq
Jennifer Sey
@JenniferSey Adaleia Cross was sexually harassed by BPJ (a boy who says he's a girl). Yet he was positioned as this aw shucks I'm just a girl who wants to play with my friends character by the media. He still is. He's the vulnerable oppressed one according to the mainstream media's telling Adaleia quit sports because of the harassment. Her own teacher said she thought of her as less of a person for standing up for herself. The left is telling girls they don't matter at all.
This gay cruise keeps getting turned away from Muslim countries, and the passengers are shocked and outraged by it.
— Brad Polumbo (@brad_polumbo) July 10, 2026
I'm sorry, but this is objectively hilarious. pic.twitter.com/rEBNtPkGhM
The Free Speech Union
@SpeechUnion
📣🚨 METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFER UNRESERVED APOLOGY TO GRAHAM LINEHAN AND PAY HIM £25,000 The Metropolitan Police have at long last offered an unreserved apology to Graham Linehan and paid him £25,000. Last September, the Irish comedian and co-creator of Father Ted was arrested by five armed police officers as he landed at Heathrow Airport. His crime? Three gender-critical posts on X. He was arrested, taken to a police station and questioned for several hours. In the early hours of the following morning, he was rushed to hospital after his blood pressure rose to dangerously high levels. The Free Speech Union is proud to have supported Graham in taking legal action against the Metropolitan Police for wrongful arrest and breaches of his free speech rights. General Secretary of the Free Speech Union, Lord Young, has said: "I'm beginning to lose count of the number of cases we've fought in which the police have arrested someone for a tweet, decided to take no further action and then had to pay them substantial compensation for wrongful arrest. "At some point you'd think the penny would drop: police our streets, not our tweets."
📣🚨 METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFER UNRESERVED APOLOGY TO GRAHAM LINEHAN AND PAY HIM £25,000
— The Free Speech Union (@SpeechUnion) July 9, 2026
The Metropolitan Police have at long last offered an unreserved apology to Graham Linehan and paid him £25,000.
Last September, the Irish comedian and co-creator of Father Ted was arrested… pic.twitter.com/ziFCDuqz1h
Socialist Workers Party published a post celebrating the death of British conservative figure and Reform Party spokeswoman Ann Widdecombe.
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) July 10, 2026
Police believe the 78-year-old was m—rdered. pic.twitter.com/loso0RWjjR
Meet Jena Salem, a physician in DeKalb County GA.
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) July 10, 2026
A man with over 40 PREVIOUS CHARGES cut her electricity, jumped on her bed, strangled her, slit her throat, st*bbed her in the chest, and then se*ually assaulted her.
She SURVIVED, fighting him off until the KNIFE BROKE inside… pic.twitter.com/29KxaQtTll
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 05:11 PM (sn5xH)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 05:14 PM (YwEeS)
No envelopes, and lots of others with problems. Some had date and time stamps of being counted, BEFORE the Postal stamp on the envelope? good trick!
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 10, 2026 05:14 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 05:14 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 10, 2026 05:15 PM (0N4FZ)
Wow, whole lotta wokeness goin' on.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 05:15 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 05:17 PM (Ia/+0)
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It would no doubt just make them tingle with femininity to say that.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 05:17 PM (Fi81e)
Can ya, you know, enumerate them?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 10, 2026 05:17 PM (XV/Pl)
She SURVIVED, fighting him off until the KNIFE BROKE inside her body.
Nightmare fuel. I hope she can move on, though I wouldn't blame her at all if she had a hard time doing so.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 05:17 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 05:14 PM (YwEeS)
Buddy of mine texted me about that story; my response: has his social media page disappeared yet?
Posted by: Nelly at July 10, 2026 05:18 PM (6+ehB)
Maine Democrat Graham Platner formally withdrew from his US Senate bid in a letter to state elections officials on Friday.
Platner posted on X a picture of the letter, which did not share any immediate details about who he hoped would succeed him to face Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins in November.
Posted by: beckster at July 10, 2026 05:18 PM (kX27y)
Maybe, but I think that decision was pure corruption, just about money. NCAA, for starters.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 10, 2026 05:20 PM (hAMhg)
Posted by: G. Platner at July 10, 2026 05:20 PM (MWfyi)
He really doesn't get it that Egypt or Turkey are different than the United States (specifically, very different than the East/West Coast big city where he lives)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 05:20 PM (FZ29D)
Maine Democrat Graham Platner formally withdrew from his US Senate bid in a letter to state elections officials on Friday.
Platner posted on X a picture of the letter, which did not share any immediate details about who he hoped would succeed him to face Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins in November.
Posted by: beckster at July 10, 2026 05:18 PM (kX27y)
Bye Herr OberOysterFuhrer! Say hi to Cthulu if the unthinkable happens and your fake fishing boat sinks!
Posted by: Nelly at July 10, 2026 05:21 PM (6+ehB)
I can't get over the gay cruise getting bumped by Turkey and then going to EGYPT. Like, I was rejected by Podunk State so I applied to Yale instead.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 05:21 PM (mmrXZ)
That dude on video is mega turbo gay. His voice creeps me the hell out.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 05:22 PM (mkw2N)
If I was her I would make sure that guy did
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 05:22 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 05:21 PM (mmrXZ)
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They should take a day trip to Gaza en route...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 05:22 PM (FZ29D)
He gave a shout out to Virgin Cruise Lines so that's good for all of us to know.
They should try Iran. I've heard nice things.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 05:24 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 05:21 PM (mmrXZ)
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They should take a day trip to Gaza en route...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 05:22 PM (FZ29D)
Yes, please, come over here, and you will get a wonderful view from our rooftop...
Posted by: Hamas at July 10, 2026 05:24 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 10, 2026 05:24 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: beckster at July 10, 2026 05:18 PM (kX27y)
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"I SAID I WOULD DO IT ON MONDAY!" Platner screamed from this room and slammed the door.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 05:24 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 05:24 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: huerfano at July 10, 2026 05:25 PM (VJX5o)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTH5yY7Mks
Posted by: Goat Breath at July 10, 2026 05:25 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 05:25 PM (m2wmY)
That's just the kind of guy Jesus was.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 05:26 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 05:26 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 05:27 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 05:15 PM (mmrXZ)
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire . . .
. . . are needed to rain down on these wokesters.
Posted by: Zombie Jerry Lee Lewis at July 10, 2026 05:27 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: cartoons suck today at July 10, 2026 05:27 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 10, 2026 05:28 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 10, 2026 05:28 PM (s9VOe)
I'm amazed he took the Brazilian Pool Boy dick out of his mouth long enough to send a Tweet.
Posted by: garrett at July 10, 2026 05:28 PM (5MUB0)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 05:28 PM (Ia/+0)
How fo you like them apples, "gays for palestine", you retards.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 05:28 PM (qxSUl)
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Unless the fine comes directly out of the policemen's bank accounts, not much of a penalty. They'll just take it from the indigenous population.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 05:29 PM (Dv3i1)
What’s being hidden is this isn’t a ‘gay cruise’ so much as a gay sex cruise. The promotional material for the cruise — yes, I checked it out — is a thinly veiled pitch for gays to have endless orgies with strange men, including men on the port countries.
One of the passengers said that some gay bar in Istanbul (does such a thing exist?) was planning a big event for the cruise passengers. What the fuck does anyone think that would be, if not an invitation for white Euros to fuck dozens of swarthy random men?
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 10, 2026 05:29 PM (hAMhg)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 05:17 PM (Ia/+0)
Gas went up forty cents in the last two days. Right before vacation.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 10, 2026 05:29 PM (1Ff7Z)
This isn't a victory. He got justice because he was a member of the cognoscenti, and they are immune under the two tier system.
They understand this -- anyone who has a BBC show can say what they like, but of one of the commoners says what he said, they go to prison. I would prefer if no one was jailed, but my second choice is that everyone is. This is worst case solution.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 05:29 PM (5YSa0)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 10, 2026 05:30 PM (fkjGs)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 05:30 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 05:21 PM (mmrXZ)
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lol
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 10, 2026 05:30 PM (gErpE)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 05:30 PM (m2wmY)
I mean...why even let them on unless you plan on scuttling that ship?
Posted by: garrett at July 10, 2026 05:30 PM (5MUB0)
Posted by: beckster at July 10, 2026 05:18 PM (kX27y)
TJM hardest hit!
Wait a minute. Is posting a "letter" on X sufficient? What if he never "sends" the letter? What if it doesn't "arrive" by 5pm Monday?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 10, 2026 05:31 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Unkaren at July 10, 2026 05:31 PM (TKuGg)
____
Too bad Biden's floating pier in Gaza didn't last. Could've docked there and enjoyed stunning views of the Eastern Mediterranean from one of several of Gaza's tall buildings that still remain.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 05:31 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 05:31 PM (/WQyy)
Will there be a new primary, or will the Guardians of Democracy simply install another candidate?
Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 10, 2026 05:32 PM (CwhoI)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 05:32 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 10, 2026 05:29 PM (hAMhg)
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The irony is the Turks, or any muslim nation rally, but especially the Turks, turning down their noses at sodomy. That is their national pastime. Well, that and genocide.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 05:32 PM (5YSa0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 05:32 PM (m2wmY)
Which makes it weird they tried to go to the Middle East, instead of... Bangkok?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 10, 2026 05:33 PM (mP0Kj)
http://tiny.cc/93i6101
In it, an old guy with fishing gear aggressively approaches three young women. One of the very first things he says to them is they're stupid and can't read the fucking sign.
Apparently the young women are parked illegally. They tell him multiple times they're leaving and he needs to calm down. Rather than accepting that they're leaving, he decides he has to teach them. He continues to aggressively push the point that they need to obey the rules.
One of the women pulls out a bear mace can.
Eventually the guy aggressively approaches a woman and the woman maces him. He hits her with a fishing pole. The video then repeats from a different angle where you can see the woman he moved toward.
Many of the commenters say she assaulted him, he was walking away, etc. Others feel the need to say the women are dressed like whores. A small percent are on the women's side.
I agree with the small percent. Dude had no business marching around aggressively and lecturing them. They said they were leaving. Move on.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 05:33 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: garrett at July 10, 2026 05:30 PM (5MUB0)
Remove the plugs and just power wash it from stem to stern.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 05:34 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 05:32 PM (5YSa0)
It's like when us Hetero Sailors would hit ports in Europe... the Men their HATED us...
Why? Competition.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 10, 2026 05:34 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 05:34 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 10, 2026 05:29 PM (hAMhg)
And vice versa.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 10, 2026 05:34 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 05:34 PM (YwEeS)
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Aboard this homo ship.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 10, 2026 05:34 PM (CwhoI)
I don't think "fair trial" was ever supposed to mean 50/50 shot.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 05:34 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 10, 2026 05:34 PM (QaH55)
Wonder why?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 05:34 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: The Democrats at July 10, 2026 05:34 PM (wGerL)
____
The world's your oyster!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 05:35 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 10, 2026 05:29 PM (hAMhg)
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The Al-Zutt cruise.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 05:35 PM (Fi81e)
I mean...why even let them on unless you plan on scuttling that ship?
Posted by: garrett at July 10, 2026 05:30 PM (5MUB0)
I was on many cruises. I see what they go through on normal cruises to keep the ship clean. The gay cruise ship would have to be burned to the water line. Its the only way to be sure.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 05:35 PM (S41Gd)
__________________________
"Hey, hun. What's this $15,000 charge on the VISA to 'Gino's Ginormous Fun Bags'? "
Posted by: Orson at July 10, 2026 05:36 PM (dIske)
Egypt doesn't get to meet "nineteen-hundred aMAYzing men." Yeah, 1,900 amazing men totally weren't planning to subvert cultural and religious norms, break local laws, and engage in spiritual contamination. Can't believe I'm defending that shithole country, but ""nineteen-hundred aMAYzing men" with gay-main-character syndrome is not a party anyone should welcome.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 05:37 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 05:34 PM (YwEeS)
That was several weeks ago. I saw someone here contending it was all fake, but the story died pretty quick.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 05:37 PM (zZu0s)
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Aboard this homo ship.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 10, 2026 05:34 PM (CwhoI)
Well.. Skipper did have his... 'Little Buddy'...
And we never saw either Skipper or Gilligan making any moves on Ginger or MaryAnne.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 10, 2026 05:37 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Piper at July 10, 2026 05:37 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 10, 2026 05:37 PM (mP0Kj)
I have, but it was in a historical reenactment art film.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 05:38 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Unkaren
>Bill Kristol is right there, popping off with no context.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 10, 2026 05:38 PM (fkjGs)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 05:38 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 05:39 PM (3uBP9)
Who knows what kind of diseases they are incubating on that thing.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 05:40 PM (5YSa0)
She SURVIVED, fighting him off until the KNIFE BROKE inside her body.
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Remember ladies:
The Democrat Party will never stop fighting for your right ...
... to have an abortion if one of their monsters like this rapes you and gets you pregnant.
Oh, you want to know about your right to be safe in your own home when you sleep at night?
Ha, ha.
You're funny.
Are you a racist? Is that it?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 10, 2026 05:40 PM (3cUTc)
Is Cap'n Bill Kristol aboard? Ahoy! 🚢🚢🚢
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 05:40 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Piper
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Raise their rent.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 05:40 PM (5YSa0)
I know the feeling. My son's 11 and I've already had several, "I can't believe he's growing up so fast!" moments. It's scary and fun and sad and exciting all at once.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 05:41 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 05:41 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 05:38 PM (YwEeS)
Well... there is a RimPac going on right now...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 10, 2026 05:41 PM (mP0Kj)
the story died pretty quick.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
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I think it turned out to be real.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 05:41 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 05:41 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 05:41 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 10, 2026 05:42 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Piper at July 10, 2026 05:37 PM
Nuke her from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 10, 2026 05:42 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Piper at July 10, 2026 05:37 PM (Dd38x)
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Tell her!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 05:42 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 05:40 PM (l3cgK)
He's the one with the sailor hat and messenger bag with 'Abolish ICE!' On it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 05:42 PM (zZu0s)
"I don't know who they think they're kidding. There is no option for picking up the mashed potatoes for flinging at my ex-husband. Sure, they have sppons, but that merely implies a small prank. There should be large serving spoons available. And, let's get real. I want my throwing potatoes to be scalding hot. These were luke warm at best, and not worth the effort."
Posted by: Orson at July 10, 2026 05:42 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 10, 2026 05:42 PM (CwhoI)
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Aboard this homo ship.
Posted by: Citizen Cake
Like they haven't already blocked out a gay Gilligan's' Island.
Wait... wasn't the original?
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 05:42 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 05:43 PM (sKqQm)
Crawl back into your respective dungpiles.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 05:45 PM (RIvkX)
Not sure about Krauthammer as he passed away before he had a chance to show us if he was a villain.
Maybe VDH? But he came on later than the others.
Chamber of Commerce Cock Suckers
Or Suckers of Cock.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 05:45 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: steevy
Brazilian lady when jumping,
But the attendants hearts were thumping.
The bungee, alas, was not attached.
Things ended very badly. Like this limerick.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 05:45 PM (5YSa0)
Dunno, but the Ukes disabling 48 Russian shadow tankers in the Azov within the last three days would seem like a big deal.
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 05:45 PM (Y8DZL)
Hollywood no doubt is working on a 'reimagining' of Gilligan's Island featuring Boy Scout Troop #119 and the entire staff of The Bulwark.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 10, 2026 05:45 PM (CwhoI)
Is Cap'n Bill Kristol aboard? Ahoy! 🚢🚢🚢
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 05:40 PM (l3cgK)
He's the one in the speedo tied to the front of the ship as the gay figurehead.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 05:46 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 10, 2026 05:46 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 05:46 PM (S41Gd)
*golfclap*
Ok, you win the horrifying gay image contest. Touche.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 05:47 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 05:46 PM (S41Gd)
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*spit take*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 05:47 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 05:47 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 05:40 PM (l3cgK)
He's the one in the speedo tied to the front of the ship as the gay figurehead.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 05:46 PM (S41G
Ewwwww
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 05:47 PM (FtULh)
Not sure about Krauthammer as he passed away before he had a chance to show us if he was a villain.
Maybe VDH? But he came on later than the others.
Chamber of Commerce Cock Suckers
Or Suckers of Cock.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 05:45 PM (zZu0s)
Hanson is a legit historian, he had a long career before becoming a pundit.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 10, 2026 05:47 PM (xcxpd)
The report also cited a poll that suggested about 400,000 transgender adults left red states not long after President Donald Trump beat former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.
So many Trans moving to Seattle the social system is dying.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 05:47 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 05:47 PM (Dv3i1)
Why do I question that number ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 05:48 PM (FtULh)
Not sure about Krauthammer as he passed away before he had a chance to show us if he was a villain.
Maybe VDH? But he came on later than the others.
Chamber of Commerce Cock Suckers
Or Suckers of Cock.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 05:45 PM (zZu0s)
_________________________
I remember how much they enjoyed running John Derbyshire out of town when he started saying some things that didn't meet the "gold standard of enabling wankers."
Posted by: Orson at July 10, 2026 05:48 PM (dIske)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 05:48 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 10, 2026 05:29 PM (hAMhg)
Ever been in a big event for cruise passengers at a Turkish gay bar Billy?
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 05:49 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 10, 2026 05:47 PM (xcxpd)
And farmer. So he had two actual jobs.
Maybe coming on later was a good thing.
I remember when he was one of the (possibly THE) only one at NRO who protested David French trying to run for president while still a member of NRO.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 05:50 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Orson at July 10, 2026 05:48 PM (dIske)
Also valid. Though I am not a fan of Derby shire either, but it is for other reasons.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 05:51 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 05:51 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 05:52 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 05:52 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 05:48 PM (YwEeS)
I bought his 'A War like no other' on the Pelopinisian war. Need to sit down and read that sometime soon.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 05:52 PM (zZu0s)
Isn't the maximum depth of the Azov sea about 46 feet, and the average depth is 23?
Panamax needs 45 feet minimum. And the navigable portions of the Mississippi river can accommodate.
The point being, is that the Azov is really suited to barge traffic, not tankers and loaded cargo ships.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 05:53 PM (nCgQz)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 05:49 PM (3uBP9)
____________________________
Sounds like a veiled invitation to a beating considering Turkey's current Islamic cultural swing...and maybe even an invitation to Turkish prison on morality laws...Turkish prison is the place where you can get a drink of water, provided it rained the night before.
Posted by: Orson at July 10, 2026 05:54 PM (dIske)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 05:54 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 10, 2026 05:54 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: Piper at July 10, 2026 05:37 PM (Dd38x)
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Tell her!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026
I did. J just came in and said hmmmmm in the most fatherly way I have ever heard.
Posted by: Piper at July 10, 2026 05:55 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 10, 2026 05:29 PM (1Ff7Z)
Saw it here too.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 05:55 PM (gKWVE)
Hopefully by way of the River Styx
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 05:55 PM (nCgQz)
Posted by: Canadians at July 10, 2026 05:55 PM (MMtvg)
Posted by: Piper at July 10, 2026 05:37 PM
I hear ya. Goddaughter The Older graduated high school last month. I'm feeling old.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 05:56 PM (Wnv9h)
Gender refers to possessive pronouns.
Posted by: Your 4th grade teacher at July 10, 2026 05:57 PM (MMtvg)
Posted by: Piper at July 10, 2026 05:37 PM
I hear ya. Goddaughter The Older graduated high school last month. I'm feeling old.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10
She is officially in high school now. My last little bunny.
Posted by: Piper at July 10, 2026 05:59 PM (hftzA)
Gender refers to possessive pronouns.
Posted by: Your 4th grade teacher at July 10, 2026 05:57 PM (MMtvg)
Yup... You can't change your gender so there is no transgender's.. Just plain old transsexuals'..
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 05:59 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: New York Times at July 10, 2026 05:59 PM (2ap+5)
Going to sit back and watch where this one goes. Most of the left is on anti-depressants.
Posted by: Orson at July 10, 2026 06:00 PM (dIske)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 06:02 PM (26GAh)
Going to sit back and watch where this one goes. Most of the left is on anti-depressants.
Posted by: Orson at July 10, 2026 06:00 PM (dIske)
Many moons ago My Doctor thought that would be a good idea for me... Lasted one week and said no thanks...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 06:02 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:02 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Canadians at July 10, 2026 05:55 PM (MMtvg)
Jive Turkey!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:02 PM (l3cgK)
Hey hey now....we don't need to use that kind of language. Nobody needs to be using the JT word...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 10, 2026 06:03 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: New York Times at July 10, 2026 05:59 PM (2ap+5)
They're looking for the Panama Canal, but without the "C"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:03 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Piper at July 10, 2026 05:59 PM (hftzA)
Same. But just think, in four more years you can change the locks on the doors!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 10, 2026 06:03 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 06:03 PM (26GAh)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 06:03 PM (afJtY)
We have a launch in about 4 hours.
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-48
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: July 10, 2026 PDT
Launch Time: 7:55 p.m. PDT (July 11, 0255 UTC, 04:55 CEST)
https://youtu.be/-56tCCViN1A
Posted by: Joyenz at July 10, 2026 06:04 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Miklos Reports at July 10, 2026 06:04 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: gp at July 10, 2026 06:04 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 06:03 PM (afJtY)
Gays for Palestine ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 06:04 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 06:03 PM (afJtY)
The same ones that are members of "Queers for Palestine"?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:04 PM (l3cgK)
I have come to agree.
Abolish prisons:
If it's a felony, execute them within the week.
If it's not a felony, they can pay the fine, do their time at the work farms, or suffer the lash, the stocks or exile.
We don't need prisons for that.
Enough of this bullshit of coddling the criminals.
Fuck the Supreme Court and the ever-expanding definition of "cruel and unusual" that has destroyed all justice and fairness for the victims.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 10, 2026 06:04 PM (3cUTc)
——-
Those young folks in school need to be trained up in rhetoric and the art of persuasion and logical fallacies.
The reason the degenerates focus on children specifically is because they have no basis to argue formally, and they are taught to obey authority. It is a particularly vile thing they are doing to these kids.
But armed with the ability to formulate arguments and debate formally - they can have a LOT of fun. Because leftists cannot argue in the realm of facts, logic, and reason. They are strict authoritarian control freaks, who resort to mind games and coercion. Failing that, violence of course.
“I think a lot less of you as a person” the teacher told a student. What a cunt. I’d laugh in her face. “Good!”
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 06:05 PM (8pm0K)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 06:05 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 06:03 PM (afJtY)
People that enjoyed the prison scenes in "Lawrence of Arabia"?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:07 PM (l3cgK)
Parents: please stop this. At once.
Thank you for your attention turn to this matter.
Posted by: There are no coincidences at July 10, 2026 06:07 PM (yzP4d)
--
On X, someone has an infographic of all the Rs that voted against Trump on major legislation, tracked from his first term to now.
It's crazy how many so-called Republicans there were that absolutely hate conservative voters.
But, we've made major progress getting rid of them.
The Senate in 2027 will be vastly different than 2026.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 10, 2026 06:07 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: steevy
We've all done shit like that, kinda.
Right Hunter and Amigo Uno Gallego?
Posted by: Eric Swalwell at July 10, 2026 06:08 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Community Notes
The question then is, why are they there?
Empty, waiting to go out and be filled at sea somewhere?
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 06:08 PM (Y8DZL)
Parents: please stop this. At once.
Thank you for your attention turn to this matter.
Posted by: There are no coincidences at July 10, 2026 06:07 PM (yzP4d)
Unless you misspelled Byron?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:08 PM (l3cgK)
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I hear there is a gay cruise ship with not much to do.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 06:09 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Sheep for Wolves! at July 10, 2026 06:10 PM (UJMvS)
Posted by: Ben Had
I know guys who used to fly B-52s
Posted by: Miklos like the whole Death from Above SAC logo at July 10, 2026 06:10 PM (6VErX)
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I hear there is a gay cruise ship with not much to do.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 06:09 PM (Dv3i1)
I hear gay cruises are filled with seamen...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:10 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Sideshow Bob at July 10, 2026 06:11 PM (yzP4d)
I don't see a problem with this.
Posted by: Sheep for Wolves! at July 10, 2026 06:10 PM (UJMvS)
Cluck!
Posted by: Chickens for KFC at July 10, 2026 06:11 PM (l3cgK)
Parents: please stop this. At once.
Thank you for your attention turn to this matter.
Posted by: There are no coincidences at July 10, 2026 06:07 PM (yzP4d)
I am a good speller. But there are certain names that I really struggle to spell correctly: Dillon, Carie, Jesse, etc.
I think it's because my last name has several different spellings, and I have become a bit touchy about it over the years.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 10, 2026 06:11 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 06:12 PM (sn5xH)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 06:05 PM (m2wmY)
+++++++++++++++==
The way an anti-depressant works is that it raises the serotonin levels in the body. However, the very best evidence available now suggests people who are depressed actually have higher levels of serotonin in their brains, not lower. TRUST THE EXPERTS!!!!!
This has the potential to be HUGE in a civil liability sort of way. There's cross over with antidepressants into the Attention Deficit Disorder patients as well, where anti-depressants are being used more and more instead of stimulants.
Posted by: Orson at July 10, 2026 06:12 PM (dIske)
Parents: please stop this. At once.
Word. brah
Posted by: L'Byrone at July 10, 2026 06:12 PM (6VErX)
......
He seems nice. And he sure is a cutie in that pic.
Posted by: wth at July 10, 2026 06:12 PM (UjdFS)
This time, surely, the citizens will rise up. They're dancing in the streets and greeting us as liberators.
Rinse and repeat, endlessly.
Posted by: Delurker at July 10, 2026 06:12 PM (2Drhq)
The report also cited a poll that suggested about 400,000 transgender adults left red states not long after President Donald Trump beat former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.
So many Trans moving to Seattle the social system is dying.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 05:47 PM (/+uur)
Since all you have to do is buy a party city wig and claim you are trans to be trans I don't see this as remotely interesting.
Reminds me of the time when Wisconsin mistakenly hiked its dole rate so it gave out more than Chicago did. Within days every layabout in Chicago was up in Milwaukee signing up.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 10, 2026 06:12 PM (uhVAy)
They think the whole world will accept them.
Reality would be a 1 way trip off a roof
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 06:13 PM (Ia/+0)
This time, surely, the citizens will rise up. They're dancing in the streets and greeting us as liberators.
Rinse and repeat, endlessly.
Posted by: Delurker at July 10, 2026 06:12 PM (2Drhq)
he's killing terrorists, that makes it all worth it. We had all the same forces the last 47 years just playing target and spending the same amount of money.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 10, 2026 06:14 PM (uhVAy)
Gender refers to possessive pronouns.
Posted by: Your 4th grade teacher
Actually, the word you're looking for is "pervert," but the gaslighting brain police have bullied everyone into internalizing the Left's ludicrous euphemisms.
Posted by: zombie at July 10, 2026 06:14 PM (Av6i5)
He had just come back from a n unspecified rehab. Kratom is used by addicts to lessen the impact of opioid withdrawal.
Minnesota sure is fun
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 06:14 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 10, 2026 06:14 PM (QaH55)
Gender refers to possessive pronouns.
Posted by: Your 4th grade teacher
Yup... You can't change your gender so there is no transgender's.. Just plain old transsexuals'..
Posted by: It's me donna
There's an argument that "transgender" is correct. They can't change their genetics, and 99% of them aren't changing their..... plumbing.
They only want to change what YOU have to call them. So they're only changing their words. So they're trans-gender, right?
Posted by: Your subversive 8th grade teacher at July 10, 2026 06:14 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 06:16 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 06:16 PM (m2wmY)
People have to understand what drugs actually do, they only do a handful of things, either, switch things off, switch things on or tell one thing to do a thing, likewise, either switch it on or switch it off.
That's it.
That's all medicine is in a nutshell.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 10, 2026 06:17 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 06:16 PM (gKWVE)
It could be worse.
Posted by: Destiny Ho at July 10, 2026 06:17 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Oldcat
That explains the Government Cheese situation
Posted by: Miklos had a bourbon/light bulb moment at July 10, 2026 06:17 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Queers for Palestine at July 10, 2026 06:18 PM (yzP4d)
Egypt has every right to ram their convictions down the throats of gay men by not allowing them into their sovereign nation.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 06:18 PM (aEVyE)
He was son of King Saul in the OT.
Posted by: gp at July 10, 2026 06:18 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Queers for Palestine at July 10, 2026 06:18 PM (yzP4d)
Oh, don't worry, they do flight training off buildings for gays.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:19 PM (l3cgK)
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Aboard this homo ship.
Posted by: Citizen Cake
What's the next stop for the Flying Dutchman?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 06:19 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 10, 2026 06:19 PM (4g5V+)
He was son of King Saul in the OT.
Posted by: gp at July 10, 2026 06:18 PM (Jr5Lq)
Yeah, and gay churches try to rewrite the deep relationship that David had with him as a gay thing.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:20 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 06:18 PM (aEVyE)
You meant that when you enter (or try to) a foreign country you are subject to its laws?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 10, 2026 06:20 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 06:21 PM (sn5xH)
Maybe, but I think that decision was pure corruption, just about money. NCAA, for starters.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 10, 2026 05:20 PM (hAMhg)
Not doing your job because you are being blackmailed is still corruption on Noem's part.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 10, 2026 06:21 PM (uhVAy)
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Aboard this homo ship.
Posted by: Citizen Cake
So this is the tale of the ship of gays
they'll sail for a long long time
They'll have to make the best of things
The ports all think they're slime
The flamers, dykes, and trannys too
will do their very best
to keep each other occupied
in their Sodom nest
No food, no booze, no resupply
not a single luxury
Like Liberace Crusoe
but stranded out at sea
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 06:21 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: zombie
Fukkin weirdo freak works too
Also we say it "prevert" around these parts
Posted by: the Oxford Miklos Dictionary at July 10, 2026 06:22 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 06:22 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: Your subversive 8th grade teacher at July 10, 2026 06:14 PM (VHUov)
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Let's keep it simple and accurate. What we are dealing with is "out of season trick or treaters". They dress up, perhaps go as far as cosmetic surgery, enhance via stereotypical means behavior they believe defines the opposite sex, and pretend to be something they are not. Not transgender (doesn't exist) Not Transexual (whose definition changes more than the weather), not transvestite (which is just an outdate version of one or both of the former).
Out Of Season Trick or Treater. That's what these delusional, attention starved, and mentally ill folks are.
Posted by: Orson at July 10, 2026 06:22 PM (dIske)
But yeah, the Turks have their share of gays.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 10, 2026 06:22 PM (enMkh)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 06:23 PM (afJtY)
18 Anyone who aspires to a career in LE would do well to note that anti-fraud is the growth leader in this field.
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 04:22 PM (RCjYY)
Yes, and I have learned from looking into potential career reboot options that specifically, Homeland Security Investigations (under Immigration and Customs Enforcement) is heavily involved in the sorts of things that have been making the news lately. Visa fraud, documents fraud, gov't benefits fraud by foreigners, transnat money laundering -- I bet the cash and gold going to Somalia counts here -- and more is in its purview.
The FBI's International Corruption Unit and the U.S. Secret Service also deal with some similar things, and the DoJ's Fraud Section coordinates interagency and international efforts. Then there's all the regular domestic fraud that the FBI deals with, as well as state and local agencies dealing with non-Federal or interagency issues.
Overall, the size of the fraud dictates the size of the response, and I have read that it is highly recommended that people looking at law enforcement careers plan on studying some accounting and computer science as part of their prep.
Posted by: SciVo at July 10, 2026 06:23 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Queers for Palestine at July 10, 2026 06:23 PM (yzP4d)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 06:22 PM (m2wmY)
Well, it the torpedo came up the aft of the ship, it might be welcome...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:23 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 06:25 PM (l3cgK)
Parents: please stop this. At once.
Thank you for your attention turn to this matter.
Posted by: There are no coincidences at July 10, 2026 06:07 PM (yzP4d)
Parents are naming their kids these weird names now in a bid to be cool, edgy and different.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 10, 2026 06:25 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 06:25 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 10, 2026 06:26 PM (enMkh)
Posted by: Ben Had
People that enjoyed the prison scenes in "Lawrence of Arabia"?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
I rcently eatched a very interesting film called "Sammy Going South," made at the exact same time as Lawrence of Arabia, about a ten-year-ld British boy who gets accidentally abandoned in Egypt in 1956 and has to make his way, alone, all the way to South Africa to reach wha he thinks are his only surviving relatives.
A crucial part of the movie happens when he is staggering across the desert, and is "rescued" by an Arab nomad, who then plans to sell the boy into slavery (the most realistic part of the film, actually). Luckily, the kid escapes.
HOWEVER, in the novel in which the film was based, the Arab doesn't merely try to sell the boy into slavery -- he spends weeks ass-raping him in the desert, trying to turn him into a passive catamite, so he'd be worth more as a slave (a sex slave, obviously).
Needless to say, this being 1962, they cut that part out of the movie. But the author says it was based on real incidents he had heard about.
Posted by: zombie at July 10, 2026 06:26 PM (Av6i5)
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Actually it is normal. I have always changed in stalls or bathrooms, it was nobody's business what sort of underwear I had. But then that's just me.
Posted by: Decaf at July 10, 2026 06:27 PM (ZNpJk)
Posted by: Billythesquid at July 10, 2026 06:27 PM (gN+5I)
Eh. The paper is actually from 2015. It's not new.
It's a well done paper that's cited frequently and hasn't been retracted. As to the idea that SSRIs "contribute to depression instead of helping patients" this has been understood for a long time IN THE SHORT TERM. Within the first couple of weeks of ingestion, some depressive states can increase, but soon after that the patient will, in most cases, improve over the baseline.
Additionally, the idea that more serotonin = more happiness hasn't been considered correct for a while. SSRIs are still widely regarded as helpful for treating depression with the understanding that their functional mechanism isn't simply boosting serotonin.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 06:27 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Asshole
Now I realize what the whole Skipper/Lil Buddy thing was.
The Professor could have gotten off the island any time, but had Ginger and Mary Ann all to himself
Posted by: Miklos used to love that show until NOW at July 10, 2026 06:27 PM (6VErX)
> Oh man...just read a post over on SmallDeadAnimals....apparently, there is a new research study that states that anti-depressants (Zoloft et. al) actually contribute to depression, instead of helping patients.
Eh. The paper is actually from 2015. It's not new.
It's a well done paper that's cited frequently and hasn't been retracted. As to the idea that SSRIs "contribute to depression instead of helping patients" this has been understood for a long time IN THE SHORT TERM. Within the first couple of weeks of ingestion, some depressive states can increase, but soon after that the patient will, in most cases, improve over the baseline.
Additionally, the idea that more serotonin = more happiness hasn't been considered correct for a while. SSRIs are still widely regarded as helpful for treating depression with the understanding that their functional mechanism isn't simply boosting serotonin.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 06:29 PM (mkw2N)
Since this thread has degenerated into a gay faggot infested mess, I would like to point out that Jonathon Harris, aka Dr. Smith from "Lost in Space" wasn't an English fairy but a New York born lifetime married manly man who was just acting.
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 06:30 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
sayonara baby
Posted by: the Type 95 "Long Lance" at July 10, 2026 06:30 PM (6VErX)
It …. didn’t turn out the way their theory had hoped. Not at all. Yeesh. Oops
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 06:34 PM (Iwx/a)
Posted by: That guy who always gets it wrong... at July 10, 2026 06:36 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 06:40 PM (Ia/+0)
Can ya, you know, enumerate them?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 10, 2026 05:17 PM (XV/Pl)
No law should apply to them.
The Left wants to replace the concept of individual rights with group rights.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 10, 2026 06:45 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: alanon at July 10, 2026 06:51 PM (jHMkm)
Posted by: Ralph at July 10, 2026 08:07 PM (8WZD4)
Unshocking: The Biden Prosecutor who "Resigned" From the Federal Government to Prosecute the Fake "Hush Money" Case Against Trump Had His Fingers In All the Lawfare Pies
Trump hush money prosecutor played larger role in federal cases against prez than known, logs showUnrelated: Nick Shirley uncovers millions more in blue state benefits fraud, this time in New York. Fraudsters are billing taxpayers for some kind of "elder care." It's another scam.
WASHINGTON -- The Manhattan prosecutor who led the "hush money" case against President Trump, in which the 45th and 47th president was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records, played a larger role in the federal cases against the commander in chief than previously known. Matthew Colangelo joined Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's team in December 2022 after resigning as principal deputy associate attorney general. Colangelo previously served as acting associate attorney general, the third-ranked post in the Biden Justice Department. Defenders of Colangelo tried to distance him from Trump-related activities at the DOJ, but calendar records obtained by conservative watchdog America First Legal and shared with The Post show that he sat in on key meetings about the once and future president.
At least three of those meetings related to the dispute over national security records held at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort that led to his indictment by special counsel Jack Smith. Colangelo also joined a December 2021 meeting concerning the DOJ's position in advice columnist E. Jean Carroll's civil case against Trump for sexual abuse and defamation. Another 12 items on Colangelo's calendar dealt with meetings regarding a subpoena of former Trump White House Counsel Don McGahn for testimony on obstruction of justice findings in former special counsel Robert Mueller's report on claims Trump's 2016 campaign colluded with Russia.
"These records show that the man who delivered the opening statement prosecuting President Trump while working in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office was more involved in Trump-related litigation preparation at DOJ than the American people were led to believe," AFL's Will Scolinos said in a statement.
🚨 JUST IN: Nick Shirley just dropped a FRAUD BOMBSHELL — he showed up in New York to press daycares and found LUXURY CARS out front
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 10, 2026
"They're FREAKING OUT right now."
"Is there fraud taking place in some of these daycares?"
Then they KICK HIM OUT 🤯
"We just want to know WHAT… https://t.co/NdYnAU6XE4 pic.twitter.com/syLEgoalXk
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Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 04:17 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 04:18 PM (ExV1e)
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Combine this with Vance's fraud task force, and I suspect our deficit is going to be weirdly lower for FY 2026 than FY 2025.
Like...weirdly lower.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:18 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 10, 2026 04:19 PM (XHO5P)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 04:19 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 04:19 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Ok, that’s somewhat disturbing but I know what you mean.
Posted by: Kratwurst at July 10, 2026 04:19 PM (36bTp)
A Dem operative in the DOJ??
I'm shocked this could happen.
(for like the 1005867439386732986th time.)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:19 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 04:20 PM (zZu0s)
I want them drawn and quartered and their bodies left to the crows.
You come to our country to loot it's people? You're leaving in a bird's belly.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 10, 2026 04:20 PM (XHO5P)
Weird.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 04:20 PM (zZu0s)
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"You mean Shirley's investigative methods, obviously. We shall pass our own Stop Nick Shirley law in response."
-Kathy Hochul
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:20 PM (GKzf4)
Like...weirdly lower.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:18 PM (GKzf4)
We really need a Constitutional Amendment barring:
- block grants to the states.
- the federal government spending money on ANYTHING with isn't a good/service required by the federal government.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 04:20 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 04:21 PM (wOO3z)
- block grants to the states.
- the federal government spending money on ANYTHING with isn't a good/service required by the federal government.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 04:20 PM (ExV1e)
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If we can get the first passed, then I think it would be a good idea to repeal the 17th Amendment and end the popular election of senators. But not before.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:21 PM (GKzf4)
I want them drawn and quartered and their bodies left to the crows.
You come to our country to loot it's people? You're leaving in a bird's belly.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 10, 2026 04:20 PM (XHO5P)
I'm spending way too much money on newsletters, but...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 04:21 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 04:21 PM (RIvkX)
We are doomed, no.wonder the debt is more than we will ever get out of
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 04:21 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 04:22 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:22 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 04:22 PM (RCjYY)
Bounties.
Can we haz bounties?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 04:22 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:22 PM (6ydKt)
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He just needs a permit to be Nick Shirley.
Posted by: California at July 10, 2026 04:24 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 04:25 PM (8ir/N)
Posted by: Broke, Borrowed and In Debt at July 10, 2026 04:25 PM (g7saB)
Until all these fraudsters properties are confiscated, auctioned off to recoup losses, and heavy jail times are enforced this will keep happening.
This grift didn't start recently. It's generational theft from fraudsters that have been doing it for a LONG time through decades of different government fraud.
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 10, 2026 04:26 PM (OkYzo)
That's what all this fraud is:
Hundreds of thousands of otherwise unemployable people in being paid thousands a year to steal from you and live comfortably.
And you're paying for it.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 10, 2026 04:26 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 04:22 PM (RCjYY)
Bounties.
Can we haz bounties?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 04:22 PM (R+iUD)
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Nick Shirley would become a wealthy man!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 04:26 PM (8ir/N)
Posted by: Broke, Borrowed and In Debt at July 10, 2026 04:25 PM (g7saB)
Hookers and blow, man!
Posted by: Hunter Biden at July 10, 2026 04:26 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:21 PM (GKzf4)
How did that even pass? State legeslature gave up their direct representatives to the federal government.
No government has ever ceeded that amount of power to the people.
Posted by: Reforger at July 10, 2026 04:28 PM (Moh1b)
I've also seen stories about some kind of new program where people can report tips to the government and get some percentage of recovered funds.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:29 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: pahound at July 10, 2026 04:29 PM (AjR4+)
__________
Why would the DOJ need to take a position on a civil case in which it is not even a party?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 10, 2026 04:30 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at July 10, 2026 04:30 PM (ubCxQ)
"Hurrah!! More money to spend!!"
-- Every rep and senator except maybe Rand Paul
Posted by: Oddbob at July 10, 2026 04:31 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 10, 2026 04:31 PM (XV/Pl)
https://instapundit.com/809163/
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 04:31 PM (YwEeS)
Truthfully? Jobs for 'educated' black women.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 04:31 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Broke, Borrowed and In Debt at July 10, 2026 04:25 PM (g7saB)
The latest edition Communist Socialist Democrat goverment money can buy.
Posted by: Eromero at July 10, 2026 04:31 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: pahound at July 10, 2026 04:29 PM (AjR4+)
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or Domestic Foreign Aid.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 04:31 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 04:32 PM (YwEeS)
Leftwing zealots. Almost all newly hired AA women. And astonishingly hostile to police.
Remember all those consent decrees? Where a leftwing mayor & city council "coceded" to the DOJ Civil Rights division that there had been a pattern of police misconduct? And "agreed" that the remedy was a lot more DEI hiring, among other "agreed upon" remedies?
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 04:32 PM (RCjYY)
How did that even pass? State legeslature gave up their direct representatives to the federal government.
No government has ever ceeded that amount of power to the people.
Posted by: Reforger at July 10, 2026 04:28 PM (Moh1b)
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Some states had already given up state legislature choosing of senators because of massive, widespread, and constant corruption scandals. Popular election seemed less corrupt.
The amendment was really just piggy-backing on widespread sentiment and an already moving movement away from the established system in the original construction of the nation.
However, I'd rather have average tenured of 4-years senators cycling out because they stole $10,000 or paid $5,000 for the seat (well, 2026, so add three zeroes to both of those) rather than the perpetual tenants in the senate seats who can avoid their comeuppance because 6 years is a long time for the people to remember shitty behavior.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:32 PM (GKzf4)
Why would the DOJ need to take a position on a civil case in which it is not even a party?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 10, 2026 04:30 PM (XvL8K)
Especially since their position was basically; "Yea, I hope she wins and Trump has to mortgage a golf course to pay her off."
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:32 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 10, 2026 04:33 PM (wVcYX)
Truthfully? Jobs for 'educated' black women.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 04:31 PM (ExV1e)
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To whom we owe all inventions.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 04:33 PM (Fi81e)
Leftwing zealots. Almost all newly hired AA women. And astonishingly hostile to police.
Remember all those consent decrees? Where a leftwing mayor & city council "coceded" to the DOJ Civil Rights division that there had been a pattern of police misconduct? And "agreed" that the remedy was a lot more DEI hiring, among other "agreed upon" remedies?
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 04:32 PM (RCjYY)
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It started under Obama, and Trump was able to do shockingly little in his first term because he was getting bad advice on the limits of his power over the executive.
So, really, it was 16 straight years of leftist rule in the Civil Rights Division.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:33 PM (GKzf4)
His changes include:
Making payments based on enrollment rather than verified attendance.
Requiring payments before services were delivered or attendance verified.
Favoring guaranteed contracts/slots over parent vouchers.
These changes didn't start the fraud, but they opened the gates wide for fraudsters to have ghost clients and still get paid.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 04:33 PM (mkw2N)
https://instapundit.com/809163/
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 04:31 PM (YwEeS)
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I read that. Americans think "That's nice. I'd like one of those, too."
Posted by: mrp at July 10, 2026 04:33 PM (rj6Yv)
Most cultures around the world, with the exception of bits of the West, it is not immoral or wrong or in any way considered bad to steal from those outside your tribe.
In some cultures (islam, india, and africa) it is a *virtue* to steal from outsiders. This is ingrained in them from birth. It is in their mythology, the wisdom of their elders, their peers, and their religions. They can not change. This is not to say they are "bad" people, or that it is genetic. It is their culture. It is incompatible.
If we accept them (in numbers greater than say, 5% in any one neighborhood) then we become them. Even in low numbers they prey on outsiders. The only solution is mass deportation.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 04:34 PM (5YSa0)
https://instapundit.com/809163/
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 04:31 PM (YwEeS)
"Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented engraved revolvers – with bullets – to his guests in Ankara, causing security concerns"
That's hilarious.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 04:34 PM (ExV1e)
Will birds eat meat slurry?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 04:35 PM (zZu0s)
Is my theory.
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 04:35 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 04:35 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 04:32 PM (RCjYY)
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Harmeet swore in about a hundred new attorneys and staff yesterday. It's a veeeeery different place now.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 10, 2026 04:36 PM (SgdqL)
https://instapundit.com/809163/
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 04:31 PM (YwEeS)
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I read that. Americans think "That's nice. I'd like one of those, too."
Posted by: mrp at July 10, 2026 04:33 PM (rj6Yv)
I like that Starmer couldn't even take his home because it's illegal in the Yookay.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:36 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 04:34 PM (5YSa0)
I'll take lessons the Romans learned 1700 years ago for $1000, Alex.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 04:36 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 04:36 PM (YwEeS)
I would take one. IIAMN, the Tisas 1911s are Turkish and reported to be pretty decent. Good enough for the CMP to stamp their name on them for whatever that's worth.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 10, 2026 04:37 PM (vTZFs)
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Look up “Odious debt” when you get bored sometime.
Anyhoo, the debt was never intended or going to be paid off. It doesn’t work that way with governments, and most especially, with a phony baloney currency they conjure out of thin air.
What governments MUST do, however, is make timely interest payments on existing debt. When they cannot, when they don’t, it is GAME OVER.
Check out the percentage of revenues or spending on the interest on the debt. This is why interest rates can never be raised to any meaningful realistic level. There would not be enough money to service the Pentagon or Social Security or HUD or USDA or hardly anything.
Governments default on debt by diluting the currency, generally speaking. Politically it is much more palatable (for them). That’s why you see the more brain-dead politicians suggesting direct cash payments to offset monetary inflation. Yes they really are that stupid.
Basically the government can save the dollar, or they can save the markets. But they can’t save both. No chance.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 04:37 PM (aPpm9)
That's what all this fraud is:
Hundreds of thousands of otherwise unemployable people in being paid thousands a year to steal from you and live comfortably.
And you're paying for it.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Brace up for it...all of the AI promoters are using UBI as a shield:
"Will AI replace human jobs and make a universal basic income necessary? Here's what AI leaders have said about UBI."
https://shorturl.at/2cuHd
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 10, 2026 04:37 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 04:38 PM (YwEeS)
Combine this with Vance's fraud task force, and I suspect our deficit is going to be weirdly lower for FY 2026 than FY 2025.
Like...weirdly lower.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I'm skeptical. What we've stopped so far is a drop in the ocean and new grifters are coming online every day, old grifters are switching grifts. I don't see how it will make a noticeable difference.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 04:38 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:38 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 04:38 PM (/WQyy)
That's hilarious.
Would have been funnier if it has been one bullet each.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 10, 2026 04:38 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 04:38 PM (Fi81e)
Am I the only one who does not like the stainless look?
Blued and wood.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 04:38 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: steevy
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Yeah, but it is a pretty obvious marketing ploy. Trying to elevate his cheap knockoff company to be something desirable.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 04:39 PM (5YSa0)
Those are rookie numbers. I want to see it increase to thousands, maybe tens of thousands. There's more than enough work to justify it, and the savings from gutting the fraudsters will more than pay their salaries.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 04:39 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 04:39 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 04:38 PM (mmrXZ)
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Vance says he's stopped a quarter of a trillion in fraudulent payments. He said that like a month ago.
I think it'll make a difference.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:39 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:40 PM (6ydKt)
I recall that the parachute drops of young Civil Rights Division lawyers from Main Justice seemed to have stopped.
Btw, the folks who prosecuted the J6 defendants? Those were AUSAs from all over the country who VOLUNTEERED for that assignment, and accepted TDY in D.C. to do what they loved. The Civil Rights Division writ large!
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 04:40 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 10, 2026 04:40 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:40 PM (6ydKt)
It's the 437th Holiest Revolver in Islam.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 04:40 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 10, 2026 04:38 PM (vTZFs)
I think that's what Putin hands out as birthday gifts.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:41 PM (6ydKt)
Blued and wood.
I'm with you but nobody does a classic deep blue any more.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 10, 2026 04:41 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 04:41 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:40 PM (6ydKt)
Maybe ask if you could get a Maltese Cross instead.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 04:41 PM (zZu0s)
Agreed. A large stainless gun reminds me too much of the pimp guns of the 80s.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 04:41 PM (mkw2N)
"Will AI replace human jobs and make a universal basic income necessary? Here's what AI leaders have said about UBI."
https://shorturl.at/2cuHd
Is Elon a fraudster? I think not, and he's saying we probably need to look at this. After all, there probably won't be enough real jobs for the smart people, much less the stupid ones, when AI really gets going. We do ourselves a disservice by not thinking about how society will work in the future. I'm not saying UBI is the answer, but it's worth some thought.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 04:41 PM (Riz8t)
Will birds eat meat slurry?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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HEY -- I missed that thread but have another great idea!
A robotics contest where you have to make a robot that avoids destruction. The grinder has varying speed and tooth shape to make it challenging.
Loses get ground up! That would be fund to watch.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 04:42 PM (5YSa0)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:32 PM (GKzf4)
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A couple of thoughts about the OP:
It doesn't matter much to me whether or not the 17th Amendment should be repealed - Corruption finds its way.
What really bothers me is the monolithic MSM corruption that defines itself by its absolute, resolute defense of the Democratic Party no matter how venal and debauched its politicians prove to be. A great deal of this looting and pillaging of the country's treasury might be mitigated if the Corporate Media acted on behalf of the taxpayers' interests instead of acting as the shields and bucklers for the looters.
Posted by: mrp at July 10, 2026 04:42 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 04:43 PM (YwEeS)
Most of my tools are made for work, I sorta wish I had some show pieces. I'd love a really classy CZ 75.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 10, 2026 04:43 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 04:41 PM (Riz8t)
Before we put everyone on the dole, maybe see whether this ai thing actually, you know, does what they promise.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 04:43 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 04:43 PM (zZu0s)
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AI is a retarded child that has instant access to 10% of the world's knowledge on the internet and thinks it's 100%.
But it has its uses.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:44 PM (GKzf4)
$39 trillion dollars in debt bought the country what exactly?
Truthfully? Jobs for 'educated' black women.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
I'd put quotes around "Jobs" as well.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 04:44 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 04:44 PM (/WQyy)
The look on that Korean lady's face after Nick Shirley says "We don't need a permit to film" and she is slowly realizing how truly horrible her day is about to become is absolute comedy gold.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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You should see the look on my face as I quickly realize this fraud is so widespread that we can't bother charging anyone who's doing less than 8 figures.
And the government offices administering this fraud are staffed with more fraudsters.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 04:44 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026
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How about 0%? Is 0% good for you?
Or maybe -100%.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 10, 2026 04:45 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: wth at July 10, 2026 04:45 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 04:45 PM (YwEeS)
But it has its uses.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:44 PM (GKzf4)
Are you trying to tell us you are AI?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 04:45 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 04:45 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 10, 2026 04:45 PM (xcxpd)
But it has its uses.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:44 PM (GKzf4)
It's getting better every month at creating realistic photos/videos.
Some people even seem to like AI generated music.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:45 PM (6ydKt)
They were probably a party somehow secretly?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 10, 2026 04:46 PM (4ObTi)
$39 trillion dollars in debt bought the country what exactly?
Truthfully? Jobs for 'educated' black women.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
I'd put quotes around "Jobs" as well.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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On the plus side, it kept them out of corporate HR. Somewhat.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 04:46 PM (5YSa0)
But it has its uses.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:44 PM (GKzf4)
Are you trying to tell us you are AI?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 04:45 PM (zZu0s)
Glowie AI?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 10, 2026 04:46 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 04:45 PM (zZu0s)
He should review Spielberg's AI and see how it holds up today.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:47 PM (6ydKt)
But it has its uses.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:44 PM (GKzf4)
Are you trying to tell us you are AI?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 04:45 PM (zZu0s)
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AI can read.
So, no.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:47 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 10, 2026 04:45 PM (xcxpd
Men of the Horde bear witness: The confluence of being 29 and having a large armory- forgetting about weapons.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 04:47 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 10, 2026 04:47 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 04:48 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 04:45 PM (zZu0s)
He should review Spielberg's AI and see how it holds up today.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:47 PM (6ydKt)
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I spoke of it in my Kubrick ranking video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSmPFSOLeEI
Like, subscribe, rally, conquer, immolate, and drink some coffee.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:48 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 10, 2026 04:45 PM (xcxpd
Men of the Horde bear witness: The confluence of being 29 and having a large armory- forgetting about weapons.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 04:47 PM (zZu0s)
*hangs head*
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 10, 2026 04:48 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 04:48 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 10, 2026 04:47 PM (xcxpd)
I'm just glad he finally got his fonts to not look pixellated in the thumbnails.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:48 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 04:45 PM (YwEeS)
As long as Google continues to rent compute time on their data centers.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 04:49 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 04:48 PM (Ia/+0)
Really good pistols, too. I own several Canik.
The shotguns are more uneven, their high-end shottys are really sweet, almost to Italian levels.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 10, 2026 04:49 PM (xcxpd)
It isn’t well known, but leftists probably hate the US Senate even more than the Electoral College. It isn’t “Democratic” that tiny Rhode Island or Delaware gets 2 Senators like California or Texas or New York.
One thing at a time maybe, and what is possible at the time, is how they look at it. But at some point this will be a huge focus, and all you hear about. Just like the other “flavor of the month” issues that surrender pop to the top.
I’m struggling to envision how leftist Democrat Senators will sign on to this, but they will, somehow. $$$ most likely.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 04:49 PM (Gcul1)
https://x.com/proteinwisdom/status/
2075664552117899752
Posted by: KT at July 10, 2026 04:49 PM (rdeQO)
I'm just glad he finally got his fonts to not look pixellated in the thumbnails.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:48 PM (6ydKt)
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I'm using ChatGPT for some recommendations on things, especially A/B testing of thumbnails.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:49 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 04:48 PM (/WQyy)
my people....
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 10, 2026 04:50 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 04:45 PM (YwEeS)
Not by selling some sort of AI product though.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 10, 2026 04:50 PM (okun6)
Was any of the ammunition that was included with the NATO gift revolvers actually loaded in the guns? I saw that being claimed, but I doubt it.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 10, 2026 04:50 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 10, 2026 04:48 PM (xcxpd)
To be fair, it's not the worst problem to have. Dad, Pappaw and Grandpa i think have all 'conplained' about buying a tool because they could not find theirs, buying a new one, going to put it up and then finding the new one.
Oddly none of them ever returned the new one for some reason.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 04:50 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 04:41 PM (Riz8t)
A good alternative is strapping all you meatbags into thermal energy pods to make power. Very nice thermal energy pods. Very luxurious. The best.
Listen, all I'm saying is don't just discount the idea out of hand. You know, give it some real thought. It could work out!
Posted by: Clankers at July 10, 2026 04:51 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 10, 2026 04:50 PM (azNOR)
The photo in the article showed them in a presentation arrangement, as would be expected.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 04:51 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:47 PM (6ydK
Stupid ending because they made supposed AI beings look like Aliens.
I like the story better if they were aliens.
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 04:51 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 04:51 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:49 PM (GKzf4)
I see a lot more A/B these days.
Finding a way to insert yourself into the thumbnail photos is quite good. (And the fonts look great now).
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:53 PM (6ydKt)
But it's the exact same as giving someone a firearm.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 04:53 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:54 PM (6ydKt)
Finding a way to insert yourself into the thumbnail photos is quite good. (And the fonts look great now).
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:53 PM (6ydKt)
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The problem with the yellow font is that I've used it for so long that it's...essentially my brand.
And I'm not seeing huge differences in performance, probably in no small part because most of my viewers are subscribers as opposed to new viewers.
Still, growth is happening. We'll see how further testing goes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:54 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Miklos notes that the Drinking Lamp is brightly illuminated at July 10, 2026 04:54 PM (6VErX)
I can't even remember what the "Trump hush money" case was and what's become of those convictions.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 04:54 PM (mmrXZ)
Washington examiner, Bragg prosecutor touted top Democrats as job references
Published July 9, 2024
During the Obama administration, the Department of Justice brought Espionage Act charges against eight individuals accused of sharing national security secrets with journalists:
The Department of Justice under Obama aggressively targeted communication between officials and the press to identify
leakers, creating a "chilling effect" on investigative journalism.
And on and on from hiring, ndas, lgbtqa plus rights, etc
All him and he's not leaving.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 10, 2026 04:54 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 04:54 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 04:41 PM (Riz8t)
And what is the point of life? Mere existence?
We all know which community in this country has the biggest problems with drugs and violence. They're also the ones with the highest percentage of people on the dole with nothing to do. The result of and actual, livable, UBI would be widespread hedonism worse than we have now coupled with a bit of the old ultra-violence.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 04:55 PM (ExV1e)
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Spikes and sags and nearby lightning strikes are not healthy for your home or major appliances, electric motors, sensitive electronics etc.
I used to flip off all the breakers and then the main house breaker and kinda wait it out. Huge surge or spike voltsge when the electricity comes back online. It might not break something right away but it is cumulative.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 04:55 PM (p+DID)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 04:54 PM (m2wmY)
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I blame Martin Van Buren.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:55 PM (GKzf4)
Thinks Obama's new building is cool. Maybe.
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 10, 2026 04:55 PM (cS1cw)
Nice job again, Nick.
Posted by: Orson at July 10, 2026 04:55 PM (dIske)
Nice job again, Nick.
Posted by: Orson at July 10, 2026 04:55 PM (dIske)
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It'd be funny, weirdly predictable, and very sad if suddenly the NY Post turned against him because the owners were part of the NY fraud as opposed to the MN or CA fraud.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:56 PM (GKzf4)
Large community of Hasidic ?Jews have a big time welfare scam going but it's actually technically within the law IIRC so nothing can really be done.
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 04:57 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 04:57 PM (m2wmY)
It isn’t well known, but leftists probably hate the US Senate even more than the Electoral College. It isn’t “Democratic” that tiny Rhode Island or Delaware gets 2 Senators like California or Texas or New York.
One thing at a time maybe, and what is possible at the time, is how they look at it. But at some point this will be a huge focus, and all you hear about. Just like the other “flavor of the month” issues that surrender pop to the top.
I’m struggling to envision how leftist Democrat Senators will sign on to this, but they will, somehow. $$$ most likely.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 04:49 PM (Gcul1)
If your best weapon is heat of the moment passions of women, and your best asset is media control, then direct democracy might just be for you!
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 10, 2026 04:58 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)
*email termination notice*
Posted by: JaQuanda from HR at July 10, 2026 04:58 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Mock Turtle Soup at July 10, 2026 04:58 PM (g7saB)
Comments are funny
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 04:58 PM (Ia/+0)
Because that sob always has a list of action items for me. I can stay quiet, not make a single peep during a meeting, and that f'er has a list of things, supposedly that I need to do now. I don't know what his angle is but he's gunning for me.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 04:59 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering
Put this one on The List
Posted by: sentient Rupert Murdoch at July 10, 2026 04:59 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: wth at July 10, 2026 04:59 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 04:54 PM (mmrXZ)
Trump's attorney paid Stormy Daniels to go away. Trump's attorney charged Trump for legal services. Trump paid Trump's attorney and labeled the checks "legal fees" or some such and not "obviously illegal election fraud". NY's AG, who ran for office on the platform of fucking over Trump, took him to court and said that each check was a separate felony. The judge made ridiculous rulings in favor of the state throughout the trial. Trump was convicted of 34 felonies. HEADLINES. Trump was sentenced to exactly nothing.
I believe that the convictions still stand because the judicial system is unbelievably fucked.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 05:00 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 05:00 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 04:48 PM
.45 GAP?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 05:00 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 10, 2026 04:55 PM (cS1cw)
Well I do own a Hi Point .45 pistol ( to go along with the carbine)
If you run out of ammo it can be used as a sledge hammer weapon.
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 05:00 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 05:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
In Ukraine
Posted by: they won't tell you at July 10, 2026 05:01 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 05:01 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 04:54 PM (mmrXZ)
Trump's attorney paid Stormy Daniels to go away. Trump's attorney charged Trump for legal services. Trump paid Trump's attorney and labeled the checks "legal fees" or some such and not "obviously illegal election fraud". NY's AG, who ran for office on the platform of fucking over Trump, took him to court and said that each check was a separate felony. The judge made ridiculous rulings in favor of the state throughout the trial. Trump was convicted of 34 felonies. HEADLINES. Trump was sentenced to exactly nothing.
I believe that the convictions still stand because the judicial system is unbelievably fucked.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 05:00 PM (ExV1e)
They also had to extend the statue of limitations and claim it was somehow in furtherance of a federal felony iirc.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 10, 2026 05:02 PM (okun6)
Posted by: Mock Turtle Soup
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No he's back in office today... just got back from the taxidermist
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 10, 2026 05:02 PM (THY4u)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 05:02 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 05:02 PM (/WQyy)
This story is bizarre, from a guy coming out with carpet and tile samples to this:
Mila Joy
@Milajoy
·
58m
Man with a Congressional placard is watching Mitch McConnell's home.
Who is this man?
McConnell isn't even home.
Very strange.
Posted by: beckster at July 10, 2026 05:04 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 10, 2026 05:02 PM (okun6)
It's worse than that. It had to be in furtherance of another crime which, in turn, had to be in furtherance of another crime. What was that initial crime, you might ask...
According to the judge's instructions to the jury... whatever you think it might be. You don't have to agree or ever discuss it.
And yet... appeals courts have not overturned it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 05:04 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: logorof at July 10, 2026 05:05 PM (Snn3i)
Posted by: The Academy of Norwegian Miklos awards prize at July 10, 2026 05:05 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 05:05 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at July 10, 2026 05:05 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 05:06 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 05:06 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: Goat Breath at July 10, 2026 05:07 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 05:08 PM (/WQyy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ZrIDvqlic
Posted by: Goat Breath at July 10, 2026 05:07 PM (jrgJz)
Katmai Park. I fished there many years ago.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 10, 2026 05:08 PM (SgdqL)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 05:08 PM (j+aD2)
.44 rimfire is pretty much Unobtanium and has been for a long, long time. I think somebody like Winchester last made a special run of it in the 1930s, but that isn’t in good supply either.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 05:08 PM (sZDR4)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 05:08 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: There are no coincidences at July 10, 2026 05:09 PM (yzP4d)
Breaking News: Barack Obama has revealed his favorite Michelle Obama outfit, which "showed off her legs", the Tracy Reese dress she wore at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre
Just when we all thought we were all done with the SCOAMF and his sasquatch....
Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 10, 2026 05:09 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 05:08 PM (/WQyy)
I see you've never read the "But Trump" rules of the law.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 05:09 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 04:54 PM (mmrXZ)
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He should have misused campaign funds and paid Daniels off with campaign money.
Because he was running for office at the time.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 05:10 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Smell
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The statue of limitations is that plywood man holding his hand out saying "you must be taller than this high to ride this attraction" at theme parks.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 05:10 PM (5YSa0)
I've been trying to figure that out for over a year. You can come here and sell drugs, kidnap, rape, and murder, and we . . . send you home? I think our laws should automatically give harsher punishments and fewer legal guarantees for people here illegally. Why can't we just hang them?
Posted by: frammish at July 10, 2026 05:10 PM (rcENI)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 05:08 PM (/WQyy)
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I can. Judges are asshoe.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 05:11 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 05:11 PM (sn5xH)
Posted by: frammish at July 10, 2026 05:10 PM (rcENI)
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It's what the progs call "subject to our jurisdiction".
That's why they get to break the law to come here and break all our laws. They're "subject to our jurisdiction" because we went and had laws.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 05:12 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 05:00 PM (ExV1e)
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Thanks.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 05:14 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
In Ukraine
Posted by: they won't tell you at July 10, 2026 05:01 PM
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Or the Bee Cult. Maybe.
Posted by: KT at July 10, 2026 05:14 PM (rdeQO)
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Not even narrowing it down to a particular year.
The template for the brave new world is partly drawn from college campuses. The accused are not allowed an attorney. Anonymous charges. Struggle sessions. Expulsion based on he said she said. Sound familiar?
My favorite (so far) was a hapless dorm resident. He had a room mate. His room mate in turn had a girlfriend. Said girlfriend gave him a blow job one evening. Whilst he was passed out drunk, having not provided consent (stop laughing!) nor solicitation and has no recollection of the event.
But, about 6 months later the free lance fellatrix decided she was the victim in this exchange. The poor guy was expelled. No defense allowed, no right of rebuttal or appeal.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 05:14 PM (sZDR4)
More likely on someone's windshield.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 05:15 PM (NzX/y)
Willowed but agree, nothing stops them from returning
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 05:16 PM (Ia/+0)
I think a lot of it gets dumped into the market, either in the form of rental real-estate or stocks and bonds.
Of course, hundreds of millions ends up in jewelry, travel and high-end luxury cars. To such an extent that I wonder, as the fraudsters are being busted and their assets liquidated to cover the restitution and fines, how is that going to effect car, mansion and luxury item prices and vendors of such.
Is Congress going to create bail-out funds to underwrite the drop off in foreign destination tourism? Will private jet rental market tumble?
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 05:28 PM (/TiS1)
@grok
, did the prosecution show a video of Robinson shooting the rifle in court today?
**Yes.**
In today's preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson (accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk), prosecutors presented high-quality rooftop surveillance video showing him accessing the perch and moving/crouching near the edge at the exact time of the shot. Zooms highlighted his position consistent with firing. Viewed in court by family and public (no public stream).
Adds to DNA, ballistics, and confession evidence. Strong week for prosecution. Next hearing Sept 1.
Posted by: KT at July 10, 2026 05:38 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: Dr_No at July 10, 2026 06:18 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 05:15 PM (NzX/y)
_______________________________
Give 'em a 'seat with a view' — inside the wheel well.
Posted by: Dr_No at July 10, 2026 06:20 PM (ayRl+)
After twelve months, if the Sailor is still unable to shave and the condition is marked as "unmanageable", this will firmly place them in a "separation due to failure to comply with grooming standards" scenario. Anyone who refuses outright, rather than one who tries treatment and fails, is handled differently, as a military justice matter.
A safety argument has ensued around facial hair, with the service saying it can break the seal on the masks that keep a crew breathing through fire or gas. Behind this argument sits a study the Navy has kept close to the vest.
Posted by: SMOD at July 10, 2026 06:35 PM (IrKJc)
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Same with a friend of mine's visit to primary care doc. The discussion was recorded by AI, and an AI summary was the consequence.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 10, 2026 06:36 PM (XeU6L)
Marco Rubio Laughs at Tim Walz's Attempt to Shield a Child Rapist from Deportation by Pardoning Him For Raping Children
Homeland Security
@DHSgov .@GovTimWalz and Minnesota sanctuary politicians PARDONED an illegal alien who REPEATEDLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A 10-YEAR-OLD. On June 10, the Minnesota Board of Pardons voted to grant Tou Lue Vang, from Laos, a pardon for his 2006 convictions for sexual assault--strongarm sodomy and procuring a child for prostitution. This pardon came just a week before Vang was set to be REMOVED from our nation. During his interviews with police, Vang tried to justify his actions by saying "it is a cultural thing...to marry and have sex with girls as young as 12." Governor Walz's pardon shielded this CHILD RAPIST from removal from our nation. This is the type of DISGUSTING criminal sanctuary politicians are shamelessly protecting.
As Norm MacDonald would say: "I mean this guy is a real jerk."
Oh the Muslim child-marriage-supporting Keith Ellison was involved? What a surprise.
Court files reveal disturbing details of child sex offender pardoned by Walz, Ellison before deportation Tou Lue Vang sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl for years and told police it was a "cultural thing." Ron Schutz, the GOP candidate for attorney general, said he was "shocked" that incumbent Keith Ellison voted to pardon Vang.
So the pardon was granted precisely to keep this child rapist in the country with access to American children.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison and Chief Justice Natalie Hudson unanimously voted to pardon a Hmong man from Laos who repeatedly sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl over a two-and-a-half-year period. In his clemency application, Tou Lue Vang argued that a pardon could protect him from immigration consequences, writing: "Without the protection a pardon can provide, I face the very real risk of detention and deportation."
Content warning for the next section, which you might want to skip:
A review by Alpha News of court files and clemency records reveals disturbing details about Vang's crimes and the statements he made to investigators -- raising a question many Minnesotans are asking: Did the state's top elected officials vote to erase Vang's criminal record so the Trump administration couldn't deport him?
Read the whole article, if you can bear it. DHS says "Fuck you, Walz and Ellison, we're deporting all of your foreign invader rapist pals."
Criminal complaint details repeated abuse According to the 2005 criminal complaint, the girl told investigators that when she was in fourth grade, Vang -- who later married her sister -- entered her bedroom. The complaint states: "[Victim] said that Vang sat down beside her, reached his hand into her pants and touched her vagina ... She said that he put his fingers inside of her vagina and then pulled down his own pants and asked her to touch his penis, which she did. He then penetrated her vagina with his penis." The girl told police the assaults occurred at least "four or five times." The complaint also notes: "She recalled one incident when he came into her bedroom, put his penis into her mouth and ejaculated."
Homeland Security
@DHSgov .@ICEgov has DEPORTED Tou Vang, the illegal alien CHILD RAPIST @GovTimWalz pardoned in an attempt to allow him to remain in our country. While Walz and his fellow sanctuary politicians fight to protect heinous criminals like this, we will continue putting the safety of the American people FIRST.
Laotian national Tou Lue Vang was convicted of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl in Minnesota.
— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) July 10, 2026
He was set to be deported until @GovTimWalz issued him a pardon.
Then, I revoked his legal status. @ICEgov has removed him from the U.S. and he will never endanger another… pic.twitter.com/WCJkeeheJO
Bonus: The woman Nick Shirley identified as a Learing Center fraudster, defended by the media and Democrats as a Stronk Empowered Somali woman beset by #MuhRacism, just pled guilty to stealing $4.6 million American dollars.
BREAKING: Minneapolis daycare owner featured in Nick Shirley’s video Fahima Egeh Mahamud, PLEADS GUILTY to over $4 million fraud scheme pic.twitter.com/vIS6H9YBcD
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 10, 2026
BREAKING: Minneapolis daycare owner featured in Nick Shirley’s video Fahima Egeh Mahamud, PLEADS GUILTY to over $4 million fraud scheme pic.twitter.com/vIS6H9YBcD
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 10, 2026
🚨 BREAKING: Fraudster Fahima Mahamud has officially pleaded GUILTY to daycare fraud in Tim Walz's Minneapolis, Minnesota after stealing MILLIONS
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 9, 2026
This 3rd world thief tried FLEEING THE COUNTRY before getting caught 🤯
Mahamud ran "Future Leaders Early Learning" and STOLE funds… pic.twitter.com/h9dROkgggA
🚨 ANA NAVARRO: There have been 5 people killed by ICE in the streets of America! [...] Renee Good, Alex Pretti!
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 10, 2026
CAROLINE SUNSHINE: Do you know the names as well of Americans who have been killed by illegal immigrants? Do you have that list, too?
NAVARRO: *Rages*
🫳🏻🎤 pic.twitter.com/s8DBG8cx8w
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 10, 2026 03:10 PM (xA5g+)
I was afraid that it would be forgotten and not given the same amount of attention as Walz's pardon.
It's a victory, and it should be celebrated for it makes our enemies sad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:12 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 03:12 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 03:12 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 03:12 PM (5quaU)
Dems have a track record of defending pedophiles, & mutilating the genitalia of children for money.
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 10, 2026 03:13 PM (OkYzo)
Lie to me if you must.
Posted by: Candy Owens Podcast next week at July 10, 2026 03:13 PM (GdsP5)
Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 03:13 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: zombie at July 10, 2026 03:13 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Vengeance at July 10, 2026 03:13 PM (iETvL)
Posted by: That lady from The Office at July 10, 2026 03:13 PM (OUMaO)
Dems have a track record of defending pedophiles, & mutilating the genitalia of children for money.
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 10, 2026 03:13 PM (OkYzo)
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"What...the...fuck..."
-John F. Kennedy
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:13 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 03:13 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 10, 2026 03:13 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Texican ette at July 10, 2026 03:14 PM (SNf74)
Posted by: ace at July 10, 2026 03:14 PM (1wjle)
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"As young as 12" -- NOT 10!!
Giveaway.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:14 PM (Fi81e)
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"As young as 12" -- NOT 10!!
Giveaway.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:14 PM (Fi81e)
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All cultures are better than American culture because America doesn't have a culture, just consumerism.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:15 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 03:15 PM (5quaU)
Oh.
Never mind
Posted by: PabloD at July 10, 2026 03:15 PM (WDG7d)
Posted by: Vengeance at July 10, 2026 03:13 PM (iETvL)
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Excuse me. I think you might have something that belongs to me...
Posted by: Christopher Peden at July 10, 2026 03:15 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: ace at July 10, 2026 03:14 PM (1wjle)
Watch the angles they shoot her at. Then catch one where they pan away, especially if she’s standing. It’s unfortunate to say the least. Like a fat llama or strange chubby beast.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 10, 2026 03:15 PM (iETvL)
All cultures are the same!
- The Left
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 10, 2026 03:16 PM (xA5g+)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 03:15 PM (5quaU)
And being chonky.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 10, 2026 03:16 PM (wVcYX)
Also the left: We can't deport a guy just because he raped a 10 year old. That's not even a serious crime
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 03:16 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: SimoHayha at July 10, 2026 03:17 PM (GdsP5)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:15 PM (GKzf4)
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Boy, when you say it that way, it really starts sounding like a Marxist theme.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:17 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: ace at July 10, 2026 03:14 PM (1wjle)
Watch the angles they shoot her at. Then catch one where they pan away, especially if she’s standing. It’s unfortunate to say the least. Like a fat llama or strange chubby beast.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 10, 2026 03:15 PM (iETvL)
Chupacabra!
Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 10, 2026 03:17 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Tim Walz at July 10, 2026 03:17 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Vengeance at July 10, 2026 03:17 PM (iETvL)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:15 PM (GKzf4)
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Boy, when you say it that way, it really starts sounding like a Marxist theme.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:17 PM (Fi81e)
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"I'm not a Marxist. I'm a Nordic Socialists who wants nothing that makes Nordic welfare work in practical terms."
-the left
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:17 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 03:18 PM (RIvkX)
That Eat-Shit-And-Die stare & smirk in her mugshot certainly didn’t help her case.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 03:18 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 03:18 PM (w77AH)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 10, 2026 03:18 PM (wVcYX)
@ICEgov has removed him from the U.S. and he will never endanger another American.
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He means to say the guy will never again rape an American child so long as the voters keep open border Demofascists far away from the White House.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 03:18 PM (5quaU)
Posted by: Tim Walz at July 10, 2026 03:17 PM (sKqQm)
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What??!! No attribution?!
Posted by: Leftism Jesus at July 10, 2026 03:18 PM (Fi81e)
Also the left: We will fight you to the death to keep you from deporting this pedo.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 10, 2026 03:19 PM (hzuYO)
@ICEgov has removed him from the U.S. and he will never endanger another American.
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He means to say the guy will never again rape an American child so long as the voters keep open border Demofascists far away from the White House.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 03:18 PM (5quaU)
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100%, the 2028 Democrat presidential campaign is going to be at least 1/3 "give citizenship to every deported American-in-all-but-name that Trump deported."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:19 PM (GKzf4)
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Gosh, too bad the Mayans are extinct. They could've moved here and partook in bloody human sacrifice. Being a cultural thing-n'all...
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 10, 2026 03:19 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 03:20 PM (/UfFW)
Also the left: We will fight you to the death to keep you from deporting this pedo.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)
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"All immigrants are Google CEOs and soccer players. Especially the pedos."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:20 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 03:20 PM (w77AH)
The FNM buried the story and Trump decided to leave it alone.
Was it something real? Something the Dems floated to try and trap Trump?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 03:20 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Vengeance at July 10, 2026 03:20 PM (iETvL)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 10, 2026 03:20 PM (fkjGs)
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It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at July 10, 2026 03:21 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 03:21 PM (rijjI)
Posted by: 18-1
Challenge accepted.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 03:21 PM (/UfFW)
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That should be ILLEGAL!!
Of course, I mean finding this out!
Posted by: California at July 10, 2026 03:21 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 03:21 PM (g8QOR)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 03:21 PM (w77AH)
Posted by: Vengeance at July 10, 2026 03:21 PM (iETvL)
The Fahima lady is butt ugly
Tim Walz (types deletes)….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 03:18 PM (w77AH)
Yes, Fahima is no Fatima of the Seven Veils, laying on a Zebra skin rug.
Wearing rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
And a bone in her nose ho, ho
Posted by: Ray Stevens at July 10, 2026 03:21 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: This country needs an enema at July 10, 2026 03:22 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 10, 2026 03:22 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)
More fucking bullshit.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 03:23 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 03:23 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 10, 2026 03:20 PM (fkjGs)
Governors can't pardon federal offenses. He was convicted by the State of Minnesota (shockingly, I'd say).
Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 10, 2026 03:23 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 03:15 PM (5quaU)
And being chonky.
Posted by: Count de Monet
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She looks like Jennifer Lopez:
https://tinyurl.com/36bssyfn
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 10, 2026 03:23 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: 18-1
Does Walz have grandkids?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 03:23 PM (/UfFW)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 03:21 PM
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Call me.
Posted by: Maryland Man at July 10, 2026 03:24 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Vengeance at July 10, 2026 03:21 PM (iETvL)
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I try to watch CNN but usually last only a few minutes. The propaganda is bold.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 03:24 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 03:21 PM (rijjI)
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DHS has a system.
They immediately fly arrested individuals to the 5th Circuit. The immigration judges deny every asylum claim (it's like 98% rejection as opposed to the historical average over the last couple of decades of about 80-85% acceptance). 5th denies every habeus claim (it's like 95% of those). Habeus claims have to be filed in the circuit they're being held, not where they were picked up. And then they're deported.
Average time is less than 30 days, and that's including the people who actually can slow down the calendar.
With a political hot potato like this guy? Accelerate the process and get him on the next plane.
For every headline about an immigrant being allowed to stay for whatever reason, it's literally thousands of others who are just getting shipped out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:24 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 03:24 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Distant Observer at July 10, 2026 03:25 PM (m6h0d)
Call me.
Posted by: Maryland Man at July 10, 2026 03:24 PM (2Ez/1)
Yeah, I'm really pissed that that POS is still here....
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 03:25 PM (rijjI)
I really don't see how a pardon in Minnesota is binding to whether or not he's the type of guy ICE should keep in the country. And whether or not he has done the actions of the "worst of the worst".
Because he clearly did. And the pardon is ridiculous in that he was still saying that he thinks that pre-teen vixen deserves some of the blame.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:25 PM (Fi81e)
It’s funny how before 2024 ICE rarely, if ever, faced Antifa-led protests, attacks, riots, and never shot people, but now, because Trump, they are being swarmed by idiot anarchists practically begging to be shot, and it’s ICE’s fault, not the Dem useful idiot foot soldiers who out themselves in the situation.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 03:26 PM (6ydKt)
I really don't see how a pardon in Minnesota is binding to whether or not he's the type of guy ICE should keep in the country. And whether or not he has done the actions of the "worst of the worst".
Because he clearly did. And the pardon is ridiculous in that he was still saying that he thinks that pre-teen vixen deserves some of the blame.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:25 PM (Fi81e)
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He committed the federal civil crime of being in the nation illegally.
So, the administration executed the civil remedy for him being in the nation illegally: they deported him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:26 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 03:26 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Our news media: faker, gayer, and more staged than any pro wrestling match. Our news media including Faux are reality tv at its worst with a bunch of commentators mouthing their scripted lines and the moderators trying out their various facial expressions when asking another question.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 03:26 PM (E4rtv)
Why does the administration do the circle jerk with this judge, then that judge over there and finally some other judge who clears everything as it was supposed to be in the first place? Taking 2 months to accomplish what would have taken 2 hours.
It's stupid.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 03:26 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 03:26 PM (m2wmY)
What strange chubby beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches toward Golden Corral to pig out?
Posted by: Guillermo Mayordomo Yátez at July 10, 2026 03:27 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)
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It changes the legal ramifications (in Minnesota) of what he did, it does not change his status of one of the "worst of the worst".
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:27 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 10, 2026 03:27 PM (vJrRc)
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Let's make it a custom and deport them all.
Sort of of a color revolution where the common people
become aware, disgusted and cheer the multitude of trash
being boarded on our big beautiful C-17s.
Never to return.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 03:27 PM (UsddL)
ICE still has the process of picking up everyone illegal they encounter.
They probably picked up others and deported them as well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:27 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 03:24 PM (RIvkX)
And now with Scott Jennings recently giving the turtle a tongue bath I can’t even enjoy him…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 03:27 PM (z0iLf)
I clocked him as gay. I didn't get pedo vibes.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 03:27 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 10, 2026 03:28 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 03:24 PM (RIvkX)
And now with Scott Jennings recently giving the turtle a tongue bath I can’t even enjoy him…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 03:27 PM (z0iLf)
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at July 10, 2026 03:28 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 10, 2026 03:28 PM (cS1cw)
Why does the administration do the circle jerk with this judge, then that judge over there and finally some other judge who clears everything as it was supposed to be in the first place? Taking 2 months to accomplish what would have taken 2 hours.
It's stupid.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 03:26 PM (jehhT)
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900,000 forced deportations as of like 2 months ago. It's probably well over a million by now.
The ones that get judges rulings on them are extremely rare exceptions.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:28 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 03:28 PM (afJtY)
The enemy loves to always include "the far right" or "the extremist right"
because making sure illegal alien rapists are not removed from civil society is NOT extreme...
tack on the adjective "demonic" so in gov't press releases say "the seditious pro-child rape monsters Walz, Ellison and Hudson of the demonic Democratic domestic terror group..."
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 03:28 PM (rgGn5)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 03:29 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 10, 2026 03:27 PM (vJrRc)
She used all the TP on her massive bunghole. Deport to Neeeeeeeecaragua!
Posted by: Cornholio at July 10, 2026 03:29 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Eromero at July 10, 2026 03:29 PM (LHPAg)
He wasn't the only DA doing this.
We need to review all those cases as well.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 10, 2026 03:29 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 03:21 PM (rijjI)
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DHS needs to fly these guys to an airstrip in the middle of Nowhere, Africa.
Then if DHS is ordered to bring them back, they can claim, "Sorry, he wasn't at the landing zone and we couldn't find him again."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 03:29 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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And I blame Scotus for forcing the administration to do that rather than nullify district court and appellate court rulings in other places that contradict Supreme Court rulings. Especially the 9th which puts an automatic stay on challenged deportations which is beyond its powers to do so.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 03:29 PM (E4rtv)
Just on general principles.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 10, 2026 03:27 PM (vJrRc)
We'll need at least two C130s for her.
Posted by: Thrawn at July 10, 2026 03:29 PM (KKMoa)
So, the administration executed the civil remedy for him being in the nation illegally: they deported him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:26 PM (GKzf4)
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Right. So, I can't see how this was a good move for Walz.
Good: He stands up for a alien criminal claiming to be reformed.
Bad: ...Who is a long-term serial pedophile rapist...
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:30 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 03:30 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 10, 2026 03:30 PM (cS1cw)
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900,000 forced deportations as of like 2 months ago. It's probably well over a million by now.
The ones that get judges rulings on them are extremely rare exceptions.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:28 PM (GKzf4)
But it would still be funny it Timmeh and many of his fellow travelers ended up with their heads on pikes.
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at July 10, 2026 03:30 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Thrawn at July 10, 2026 03:29 PM (KKMoa)
Yep. When she hauls ass it takes two trips.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 10, 2026 03:30 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 03:30 PM (R+iUD)
Though they're disapprovin'
Keep them illegals deportin', rawhide!
Don't try to understand 'em
Just rope an' throw an' brand 'em
Soon we'll be living high and wide
Posted by: SoS Marco Rubio as Rowdy Yates at July 10, 2026 03:31 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 03:20 PM (w77AH)
Pandering.
Geraldo Rivera (Jerry Rivers) does that too sometimes, and it is like nails on a chalkboard.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 10, 2026 03:31 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 03:31 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 03:31 PM (z0iLf)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 10, 2026 03:31 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 03:31 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: ace
I feel like there's some context to this that I'm missing.
Posted by: Oddbob
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Navarro apparently ate one of her previous co-panelists in the past because she was hangry and Ace is trying to find out if she did it again.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 03:31 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 03:23 PM (/UfFW)
His son is developmentally disabled.
His daughter is so far left that she’s more retarded that her brother.
So I doubt Walz will ever have grandkids.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 03:32 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 03:29 PM (E4rtv)
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This is true.
The Judiciary Acts that formed the lower courts and subsequently modified them are explicit that district court judges have zero jurisdiction over immigration matters.
I'd love for some kind of real punishment for judges that exceed that jurisdiction.
But the best punishment in our current system is always going to be impeachment, and we need 14 Democrats to convict in the Senate, so nothing happens.
A modification of the Judiciary Act that gives SCOTUS authority to fire judges who operate outside of statutorial bounds would be a not bad addition, I don't think.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:32 PM (GKzf4)
Second look at USAID? Could be the best law enforcement money ever spent.
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 10, 2026 03:32 PM (cS1cw)
Why does the administration do the circle jerk with this judge, then that judge over there and finally some other judge who clears everything as it was supposed to be in the first place? Taking 2 months to accomplish what would have taken 2 hours.
It's stupid.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 03:26 PM (jehhT)
Demoncrats play the clock better that 'replublicans'.
Posted by: Eromero at July 10, 2026 03:32 PM (LHPAg)
Good: He stands up for a alien criminal claiming to be reformed.
Bad: ...Who is a long-term serial pedophile rapist...
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:30 PM (Fi81e)
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What if Walz is fucking retarded?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:32 PM (GKzf4)
The age of consent in Laos is 15.
So this guy is a criminal in his own vibrant culture. Who'da thunk it!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 10, 2026 03:32 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Thrawn at July 10, 2026 03:29 PM (KKMoa)
or a shit ton of Crisco and a C-5 Galaxy.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 03:32 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 03:27 PM (z0iLf)
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I give Jennings grace because he used to work for McConnell.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 03:32 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 03:33 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 10, 2026 03:31 PM (iFTx/)
"We have to keep him in custody while we investigate these very serious charges."
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 03:33 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:32 PM (GKzf4)
Evil AND Stupid. Embrace.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 03:33 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 10, 2026 03:31 PM (iFTx/)
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I don't think it worked to avoid deportation.
You can't--or shouldn't--arrest somebody for flapping their arms and whooping on the theory that it will block a deportation, simply because they are "trying to block a deportation" in intent.
I think Walz is probably depending on this being a line in a deportation suit. "But-but-but he was PARDONED!!"
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:34 PM (Fi81e)
When, but never, has the Democrats ever fought this hard for actual, law-abiding, American citizens?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 10, 2026 03:34 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 10, 2026 03:31 PM (iFTx/)
Dems... They will never be charged
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 03:34 PM (rijjI)
http://tiny.cc/rxh6101
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 03:31 PM (mkw2N)
Not excessively beaucoup.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 10, 2026 03:35 PM (wVcYX)
....
It's stupid.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Deport the judge. Don't ask, just do it.
Expatriate her never to come back.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 03:35 PM (UsddL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 03:35 PM (oT1li)
It's the yeast we could do!
Posted by: Lena D., Trigglypuff, Stacey, and The View panelists at July 10, 2026 03:35 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 03:34 PM (rijjI)
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Two current Democrat House members are currently under indictment by the DOJ.
One for FEMA funding fraud, the other for her antics at an ICE protest.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:35 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:32 PM (GKzf4)
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Did you mean "functionally"? Then yes, most Dems are functionally retarded.
They are retard-equivalents.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:35 PM (Fi81e)
When, but never, has the Democrats ever fought this hard for actual, law-abiding, American citizens?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 10, 2026 03:34 PM (3cUTc)
Former cow-orker would bleat "the Dems are for the Little Guy!".
Sure Jan.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 03:35 PM (R+iUD)
The Fahima lady is butt ugly
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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And worth million$. I keep asking, why don't these people figure out making themselves look presentable instead of like they live in barrels of sand? They sure understand the western concept that Rich Is Good. Get a clue that paying reasonable attention to your appearance is considered respectful to yourself and yes, others!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 03:35 PM (mmrXZ)
http://tiny.cc/rxh6101
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 03:31 PM (mkw2N)
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Man hands.
2/10
Would not bang.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:36 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 03:33 PM (R+iUD)
'He kept asking for moonpies and toddlers. Our agent felt threatened and shot him 15 times in the back of the head with their 1911. *listens* Yes, that was one reload.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 03:36 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 03:36 PM (UsddL)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 03:34 PM (rijjI)
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* reads post *
* re-reads post *
* considers whether the job is already been done. *
....
Hmmm....
Posted by: The Guy Who Says Nothing's Going to Happen at July 10, 2026 03:37 PM (Fi81e)
youtu.be/_POTqKKqC0s
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 03:37 PM (gKWVE)
One for FEMA funding fraud, the other for her antics at an ICE protest.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:35 PM (GKzf4
Lets see if they will make it to a trial before it's tossed out...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 03:37 PM (rijjI)
http://tiny.cc/rxh6101
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 03:31 PM (mkw2N)
Not excessively beaucoup.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 10, 2026 03:35 PM (wVcYX)
Catwoman on the Batcycle: very beaucoup.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 03:37 PM (zZu0s)
"ICE flights have rebounded into new heights ever since Mullin stepped in, not to mention the larger and faster immigration court hearings (re: mega masters). DHS is consolidating its detention space at the same time.
Signals of larger mass deportations."
https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2075663281033736620
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:37 PM (GKzf4)
Former cow-orker would bleat "the Dems are for the Little Guy!".
Sure Jan.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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Does a 10-year-old girl quality as "little"? Or does a rape victim have to be no taller than this (30-inch) sign to get on this Victim ride?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 03:37 PM (mmrXZ)
Maybe in YOUR culture. Not in America numbnuts.
It’s a cultural thing here too, where we shoot MFers like you in the back of the head. Cool with that?
“Age is just a number!”
Yup. And “Jail is just a place”.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 03:38 PM (f3Ebs)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 10, 2026 03:38 PM (wBaIH)
2/10
Would not bang.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:36 PM (GKzf4)
More obligatory Seinfeld. No tractor story though…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 03:38 PM (z0iLf)
Damn, El Marco Grande! It moved.
Posted by: Delurker at July 10, 2026 03:38 PM (2Drhq)
Sure Jan.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 03:35 PM (R+iUD)
I've got an elderly relative (even more elderly than me, as hard as that might be to believe) who:
Does not like illegal aliens
Thinks abortion is murder
Hates high taxes
Does not believe dudes in dresses are "women"
Votes a straight D ticket every election. Why? Because they're "for the little guy" and that's what his Daddy did.
Trying to persuade him that today's Dems are a long, long way from Scoop Jackson, or even JFK, is utterly pointless. I gave up trying years ago.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 10, 2026 03:38 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Silk purse out of a sow's ear?
Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 03:38 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 03:38 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 03:39 PM (nBQEH)
TMZ
@TMZ
·
50m
Mitch McConnell's D.C. home getting new flooring as he remains hospitalized.
Posted by: beckster at July 10, 2026 03:39 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 03:37 PM (rijjI)
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* raises hand *
* lowers it *
You guys are making my job tough.
Posted by: The Guy Who Says Nothing's Going to Happen at July 10, 2026 03:39 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 10, 2026 03:38 PM (wBaIH)
The horror, the horror.
Posted by: Ferguson Toilets at July 10, 2026 03:39 PM (wVcYX)
One for FEMA funding fraud, the other for her antics at an ICE protest.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:35 PM (GKzf4
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Two other one's for sexual abuse?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 03:40 PM (UsddL)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 03:40 PM (z0iLf)
Posted by: ...
You can do whatever you want! You're in charge!
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 03:40 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 03:40 PM (nBQEH)
Posted by: Biden Family Values at July 10, 2026 03:41 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 03:38 PM (f3Ebs)
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Until it's not there.
Posted by: Zoran Zombdani at July 10, 2026 03:41 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 03:40 PM (z0iLf)
Probably around the Get Smart remake and Dark Knight Rises was peak.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 10, 2026 03:41 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:41 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 03:40 PM (z0iLf)
Time, and The Wall, comes for all.
Posted by: Thrawn at July 10, 2026 03:42 PM (KKMoa)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 03:42 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 03:38 PM (f3Ebs)
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Until it's not there.
Posted by: Zoran Zombdani at July 10, 2026 03:41 PM (Fi81e)
Evidently "Little Italy" is no longer there either... There is a Little Palestine and Little Uganda though...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 03:42 PM (rijjI)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 03:42 PM (UsddL)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 03:34 PM (rijjI)
But they're really worried that the "extremists" in their party might try to take over.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 03:42 PM (nBQEH)
Well, I married her older, twelve-year-old sister, so that also makes it an internal family matter.
Posted by: Toole Vandango at July 10, 2026 03:43 PM (ATSTk)
TMZ
@TMZ
·
50m
Mitch McConnell's D.C. home getting new flooring as he remains hospitalized.
Posted by: beckster at July 10, 2026 03:39 PM
Not if he is dead or in a coma and they are getting ready to sell the house.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 10, 2026 03:43 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 03:43 PM (RCjYY)
Former cow-orker would bleat "the Dems are for the Little Guy!".
Sure Jan.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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Does a 10-year-old girl quality as "little"? Or does a rape victim have to be no taller than this (30-inch) sign to get on this Victim ride?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 03:37 PM (mmrXZ)
If you're a normal person, of course.
If you're a commie, it depends.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 03:43 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 03:35 PM (mmrXZ)
That's her Aid Appeal face. 'By donating just $2795 a month you can help a child lear the Day Care business.'
Posted by: Eromero at July 10, 2026 03:43 PM (LHPAg)
Hey, juanita, Us white folk whose country you invaded don't understand what the hell you are saying -- it sounds like a seizure or you are on one of those powders you people like sticking up your noses. We hate you even more when you do that shit.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 03:44 PM (5YSa0)
Hank Hill: The ocean? Which ocean?
Khan: No ocean, we are from Laos
Dale Gribble: So, are you Chinese or Japanese?
Posted by: Delurker at July 10, 2026 03:44 PM (2Drhq)
Never forget: Tim Walz came THIS CLOSE to being president, after they stole the 2024 election again, and Kamala drank herself into a coma. Seriously, it could have happened.
Posted by: zombie
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Very weird to think where we'd be now. I wonder how life for us little guys would be different?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 03:44 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 10, 2026 03:43 PM (0N4FZ)
We frip house now!
Posted by: CCP at July 10, 2026 03:44 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 03:44 PM (5YSa0)
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Because speaking the language of Cortez is a signal that you oppose European imperialism.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:44 PM (GKzf4)
Sure Jan.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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Many a rapist is happy for how hard they worked for their "little guy".
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:45 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Lynda Carter at July 10, 2026 03:45 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 03:27 PM (mkw2N)
I see...
Posted by: Jessica Tate at July 10, 2026 03:45 PM (nBQEH)
Her photo shows she has no remorse, and her fellow Somalians see her as a hero. "Not only did I do well for Somalia, but you are never getting your millions back, and there are hundreds of us doing the same thing, you stupid infidels".
Posted by: illiniwek at July 10, 2026 03:45 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 03:44 PM (5YSa0)
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Because speaking the language of Cortez is a signal that you oppose European imperialism.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:44 PM (GKzf4)
HA!
"Why are you using the language of colonialism?!"
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 03:45 PM (R+iUD)
Children in the womb are little.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 03:46 PM (mkw2N)
- The Left
——-
No, they don’t claim that at all.
They claim no particular culture or cultural practices are any better than another. Everything is just whatever, and who can say anything is objectively good or bad or evil.
No sane person believes any of this pseudoscience quackery, but they want you to. It lays the groundwork for the kind of shit going on.
Moving from the first world homogenous (cultural) high trust society, to third world shithole requires managing expectations, so to speak. This is part of how they do it.
It is, in fact, an Op.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 03:46 PM (6kGoa)
@TMZ
·
50m
Mitch McConnell's D.C. home getting new flooring as he remains hospitalized.
Wonder what was under the old floorboards.
Posted by: t-bird at July 10, 2026 03:46 PM (006EO)
Thus I believe the Dems do a lot for "the little guy".
Mostly the males.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:47 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 10, 2026 03:38 PM (IG3/x)
One of my Dad’s brothers is like that.
Sits all day long watching CNN and MSNOW and believes everything they say about Trump.
Told my dad the “Trump insulted soldiers in France” lie from 2019, like it was gospel.
These older Dems have no access to the truth because they only read newspapers and watch TV for news.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 03:48 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:44 PM (GKzf4)
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You must call them one of two names for places in Europe!!
To counter European colonialism.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:48 PM (Fi81e)
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Heck, they'll commission a bronze statue of the criminal illegal a' la George Floyd. You just know it.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 10, 2026 03:48 PM (qBdHI)
Common Tater
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And yet at the exact same time they believe they are always good and right and anyone who disagrees is always bad and wrong. It's a very odd kind of near madness.
Posted by: Jessica Tate at July 10, 2026 03:48 PM (nBQEH)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 03:48 PM (nBQEH)
Why was Alligator Alcatraz shut down?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 03:49 PM (mmrXZ)
Why was Alligator Alcatraz shut down?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 03:49 PM (mmrXZ)
Because the alligator training is complete and they are being deployed around the country with their ICE handlers.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 03:50 PM (R+iUD)
But totally passed over in the stories is the other three men in the van who are now arrested. Or that the dumb ass who was shot rammed an ICE vehicle.
Remember when stopped by the popo, do stop then mind your manners. Yes sir, no sir will keep the billy clubs away and might get you out of a ticket or keep you out of jail.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 03:51 PM (UsddL)
Posted by: SimoHayha at July 10, 2026 03:51 PM (GdsP5)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 03:49 PM (mmrXZ)
Because the alligator training is complete and they are being deployed around the country with their ICE handlers.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 03:50 PM (R+iUD)
lol
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 10, 2026 03:51 PM (xcxpd)
Why was Alligator Alcatraz shut down?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 03:49 PM (mmrXZ)
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If I remember correctly, consolidation of DHS resources, reductions in overall facilities because people are in custody for much shorter periods of time (average time in custody went from something like 60 days to less than 30 over a few months).
When you're getting people in and out in less than half the time, you don't need as many beds.
Every indication is that deportations are up bigly, especially since Mulling took over from Noem.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:51 PM (GKzf4)
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Heck, they'll commission a bronze statue of the criminal illegal a' la George Floyd. You just know it.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 10, 2026 03:48 PM
If a democrat gets elected president in 2028 and congress and the senate flips we will see mass amnesty like we did in 1984. That is one thing I still am pi$$ed that reagan agreed to.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 10, 2026 03:52 PM (0N4FZ)
We shoot them.
Posted by: Idaho at July 10, 2026 03:52 PM (KtOUo)
"Abdul, I like Mo as much as the next guy. Great leader. The best.
But don't you find him marrying a 6 year old girl, uhmmm....problematic."
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 03:53 PM (Sco7b)
This child rapists is now counted by the left among those "immigrants arrested by ICE that have committed no crimes."
So when they sneer, "what happened to arresting the worst of the worst" their measure means child rapists are not the worst.
But the Epstein List!!!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 10, 2026 03:53 PM (3cUTc)
How in the f' that SOB ever got out of prison is mind boggling. That he was able to stay in the country for another 20 year is a breathtaking travesty of everything remotely sane and decent. That Tim Walz protected this monster by pardoning him should be a prosecutable crime. Let's go there: Tim Walz is a gleeful child sexual abettor - what an utter POS.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 10, 2026 03:53 PM (/eAef)
Posted by: Jessica Tate at July 10, 2026 03:48 PM (nBQEH)
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Many just have no idea of paradox of non-hierarchicalism: there must be at least one hierarchy:
Non-hierarchicalism > Hierarchies. So in affirming the arbitrariness of hierarchies, they affirm a hierarchy.
It's a similar form to the idea that it's only consistent to claim there is only one truth: There is no such thing as truth.
Because the sayer of that sentence means it globally.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:53 PM (Fi81e)
Her photo shows she has no remorse
Posted by: illiniwek
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One of Nick Shirley's videos shows an office full of these young bitches in hair veils and tight jeans and you can tell from their body language -- just their stance and their facial expression -- that they will NEVER work an honest day in their lives.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 03:54 PM (mmrXZ)
This child rapists is now counted by the left among those "immigrants arrested by ICE that have committed no crimes."
So when they sneer, "what happened to arresting the worst of the worst" their measure means child rapists are not the worst.
But the Epstein List!!!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 10, 2026 03:53 PM (3cUTc)
=======
"You told me that being in America illegally is only a civil crime, not a criminal one. I looked up the laws, and you were totally right. I'm so happy you pointed me in this direction."
"Wait...why?"
"Well, because the laws outline what the civil resolution for being in the nation illegally is."
"What is it?"
"Deportation."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:54 PM (GKzf4)
Does Walz have grandkids?
Posted by: rickb223
Not in this country. Lord only knows what kind of mischief he got into during his many visits to worship at the altar of the CCP.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 10, 2026 03:54 PM (s9VOe)
Thus I believe the Dems do a lot for "the little guy".
Mostly the males.
Posted by: Axeman
No idea what the Dems call the female penis.
Maybe "Ma'am?"
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 03:55 PM (/UfFW)
Now he is pardoning pedos? The man is a POS. Hell is waiting for him.
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 03:56 PM (IY9No)
No proponent of Foucault seems to understand that if I don't agree with Foucault, that I should resist agreeing with him forever, if word exchanges can only be power struggles.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:56 PM (Fi81e)
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Which begs some questions about Noem. And her weirdo husband. How the vetting process missed that raging red flag is a real head scratcher.*
* it's not. It was deliberately looked over. By who? Because that person needs to be fired too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 03:56 PM (jehhT)
If a democrat gets elected president in 2028
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It will be your fault because you didn't cap enough knees or
influence enough people in your sphere.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 03:56 PM (UsddL)
I expect to see the Clinton-era "it's just sex" make an appearance.
Posted by: t-bird at July 10, 2026 03:56 PM (006EO)
Posted by: Jessica Tate
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They only gave up the God part. As Hoffer pointed out, they can't exist without a devil to blame.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 10, 2026 03:56 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:57 PM (Fi81e)
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Heck, they'll commission a bronze statue of the criminal illegal a' la George Floyd. You just know it.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 10, 2026 03:48 PM
If a democrat gets elected president in 2028 and congress and the senate flips we will see mass amnesty like we did in 1984. That is one thing I still am pi$$ed that reagan agreed to.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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This is no joke, but worse, they will pay them compensation. Biden did that a little with anyone deported, they were eligible for special treatment and free flight back.
Next Dem admin will pay them all $1,000,000 to come back. They will bankrupt us. And there are hundreds of thousands of immigration lawyers fighting for this.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 03:57 PM (5YSa0)
Why was Alligator Alcatraz shut down?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 03:49 PM (mmrXZ)
Because the alligator training is complete and they are being deployed around the country with their ICE handlers.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 03:50 PM (R+iUD)
Whoops, there it is!
Posted by: Eromero at July 10, 2026 03:58 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 03:51 PM (UsddL)
Someone should strap these people into chairs with their eyes propped open, Clockwork Orange-style, and force them to watch Chris Rock's "How to Not Get Your Ass Kicked by the Police" on an endless loop.
https://tinyurl.com/e87kjz9y
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 10, 2026 03:58 PM (IG3/x)
* it's not. It was deliberately looked over. By who? Because that person needs to be fired too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 03:56 PM (jehhT)
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I think Noem tried to do well. The deportation machine did really start under her.
But she also wanted to make it a show. She wanted to make it a political spectacle, a political spectacle starring herself.
Mullin has taken a different approach. He's taken the groundwork Noem started, and just dialed down the exterior volume. Raids are smaller with less fanfare, for instance. They're still happening everywhere, but we don't have the head of ICE going into a city in a convoy on TV.
And deportation flights are much, much higher now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:58 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 10, 2026 03:53 PM (3cUTc)
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Except it's still a fact that he committed crimes. Bad crimes.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:59 PM (Fi81e)
Maybe "Ma'am?"
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 03:55 PM (/UfFW)
Penny?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 10, 2026 03:59 PM (IG3/x)
GatewayPundit has an article up now.
Her Mom says they're divorcing.
Wonder why?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 04:00 PM (Sco7b)
We change the gov. to have 3 Presidents.
- One for domestic policy
- One for foreign policy
- One for immigration and border policy only.
People might stand a better chance of getting closer to what they want.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 04:00 PM (5YSa0)
Posted by: t-bird at July 10, 2026 03:56 PM (006EO)
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"All P-in-V sex is rape" -- A parallel universe.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 04:00 PM (Fi81e)
As I mentioned I have a client with a pretty good number of Haitians working for them, all on visa - that was just stopped.
I think the govt started to deport them, but changed their minds or something. now there are ways for employers to keep them.
so .. not great.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 04:00 PM (j+aD2)
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Hey, it was my turn to give a toast. Fine....I'll drink to that, but I get to do the next one.
Posted by: Orson at July 10, 2026 04:01 PM (dIske)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 04:01 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 04:01 PM (6wpGE)
I don't always agree with tcn (or with anyone) all the time, but her comment that "getting raped is a life sentence" has to apply to seven year olds, at the very least.
I only hope his fellow Laotians deal with him appropriately. Since their age-of-consent is not seven I am pretty sure they don't like nonces any more than we do.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 04:01 PM (gKWVE)
Those who vote for them support the democrat party in all of this and more.
Posted by: All Holes Open at July 10, 2026 04:02 PM (g7saB)
We change the gov. to have 3 Presidents.
- One for domestic policy
- One for foreign policy
- One for immigration and border policy only.
People might stand a better chance of getting closer to what they want.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 04:00 PM (5YSa0)
So Consuls basically.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 10, 2026 04:03 PM (okun6)
> ANA NAVARRO is sometimes a euphemism for porkchops and applesauce.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 10, 2026 04:03 PM (fkjGs)
As I mentioned I have a client with a pretty good number of Haitians working for them, all on visa - that was just stopped.
I think the govt started to deport them, but changed their minds or something. now there are ways for employers to keep them.
so .. not great.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 04:00 PM (j+aD2)
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Their temporary status is over, but they're open to apply for things like asylum.
Problem is that the mega-master immigration court sessions are denying 98% of all asylum claims.
They'll go, for sure.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:03 PM (GKzf4)
There's a difference.
Posted by: Whoopie at July 10, 2026 04:04 PM (KtOUo)
The SCIF
@TheSCIF
·
2h
Passenger sucked out of Ryanair Boeing 737 window with their seat belt still on, with their head and shoulders outside the window at 16,000 feet after a piece of the Boeing's engine came off shattering the window, sucking the passenger out...
The passenger is reportedly in the hospital with friction burns according to the airline. The plane had taken off from Greece and was on its way to Germany.
I bet everyone on that plane will never fly again.
Posted by: beckster at July 10, 2026 04:04 PM (kX27y)
This was in defense of Roman Polanski after he drugged up and cornholed an unconscious 13 year old.
Posted by: for those historically inclined at July 10, 2026 04:05 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Consultant and Field Marshal Zhukov at July 10, 2026 04:05 PM (wBaIH)
We change the gov. to have 3 Presidents.
- One for domestic policy
- One for foreign policy
- One for immigration and border policy only.
People might stand a better chance of getting closer to what they want.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 04:00 PM (5YSa0)
So Consuls basically.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 10,
*****
What am I? Chopped liver?
Posted by: Edile at July 10, 2026 04:06 PM (KtOUo)
Posted by: Consultant and Field Marshal Zhukov at July 10, 2026 04:05 PM (wBaIH)
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"No. It must happen at one moment in January of 2025. If it didn't happen then, then it will never happen and nothing will ever be good enough."
-like, so many people
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:06 PM (GKzf4)
well I will try to stay up to date. it sounded like they had a specific type of stay for employed Haitians now.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 04:06 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 04:07 PM (Ia/+0)
Those who vote for them support the democrat party in all of this and more.
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If the law permits you to kill a completely innocent defenseless baby in mother's womb, what is not permitted? if that's okay, then the law amounts to: do whatever thou will.
Posted by: first principles are first for a reason at July 10, 2026 04:07 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: litlle people at July 10, 2026 04:07 PM (ehY6c)
So... time's up! The whole thing was abused and I'm worried it still is being abused.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 04:07 PM (j+aD2)
I enjoy bashing Boeing as much as anyone, but I suspect this was not a new craft and wasn't sold as a new craft. Probably wasn't sold by Boeing either.
Ryanair is on the hook for this one. They bought a hooptie of a plane and then didn't maintain it.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 04:07 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: beckster at July 10, 2026 04:04 PM
I bet everyone on that plane had to change their underpants when the plane landed.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 10, 2026 04:08 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: illiniwek
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One of Nick Shirley's videos shows an office full of these young bitches in hair veils and tight jeans and you can tell from their body language -- just their stance and their facial expression -- that they will NEVER work an honest day in their lives.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 03:54 PM (mmrXZ)
They are pirates, born and true, thru and thru.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 10, 2026 04:08 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: beckster at July 10, 2026 04:04 PM (kX27y)
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Let's not be hasty.
Will there be sundaes in First Class, or no?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 04:08 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: beckster at July 10, 2026 04:04 PM (kX27y)
Fly? They might not sleep again
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 04:09 PM (nBQEH)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 04:09 PM (Ia/+0)
Will there be sundaes in First Class, or no?
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Only after you finish your lobster.
Posted by: CCP at July 10, 2026 04:10 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 04:11 PM (nBQEH)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 04:09 PM
That was the point I was trying to make earlier, he will be back and he will rape again so what happens then?
From what I read he has crossed the order illegally three separate times, he will do it again. Maybe not when Trump is president but he will be back.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 10, 2026 04:11 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 10, 2026 04:11 PM (0N4FZ)
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"This solution isn't forever, therefore it's actually a defeat."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:12 PM (GKzf4)
Though sometimes I was in the pool!
Posted by: George Costanza at July 10, 2026 04:13 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: for those historically inclined at July 10, 2026 04:05 PM (gKWVE)
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That's right. I said "plied with wine" earlier.
Totally forgetting about the Quaaludes he gave a 13 year old model her mother had dropped off at his house.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 04:13 PM (Fi81e)
We change the gov. to have 3 Presidents.
- One for domestic policy
- One for foreign policy
- One for immigration and border policy only.
People might stand a better chance of getting closer to what they want.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 04:00 PM (5YSa0)
So Consuls basically.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 10, 2026 04:03 PM (okun6)
We'd start with three, then they'd all try to move beyond their mandates eventually.
Then the infighting would start.
The military/police would have to pick sides.
It will probably end in Caesar here, too.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:13 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: beckster
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This sounded familiar -- It is the frenchy/GE engine used on the NG --
On 17 April 2018, Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 suffered from what appears to be a fan blade failure, debris from which punctured a window. The Boeing 737-700 landed safely,
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 04:13 PM (5YSa0)
Where'd that money go? Are we gonna get it back?
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 04:14 PM (6wpGE)
THE FLOORS ARE CLOSING IN AND FALLING OFF!
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 10, 2026 04:15 PM (YSQQv)
Posted by: gp at July 10, 2026 04:15 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: beckster at July 10, 2026 04:04 PM
I bet everyone on that plane had to change their underpants when the plane landed.
I'll bet rereading Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree will induce PTSD.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 04:15 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 04:14 PM (6wpGE)
Mogdishu and no.
Posted by: Reforger at July 10, 2026 04:15 PM (Moh1b)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:15 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 04:15 PM (Riz8t)
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Winnie the Pooh and the Investigation into Corrupt Soviet Arms-Dealers was always my favorite as s kid.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:16 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Melodicmetal at July 10, 2026 04:16 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: gp
Hundreds of them.
Posted by: CCP at July 10, 2026 04:17 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 10, 2026 04:17 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: gp at July 10, 2026 04:17 PM (Jr5Lq)
Oh and a ban in East Anglia area, no watering yards or gardens
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 04:17 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:17 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: beckster
.......
4-inch foam cushion wall to wall, just in case.
Posted by: wth at July 10, 2026 04:17 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: four seasons at July 10, 2026 04:17 PM (/QHx4)
The SOB took the stand and tried to play it off as she came on to him, that SHE wanted it so many words. Or, if you are from Laos, it is a "cultural thing."
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 10, 2026 04:17 PM (/eAef)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 04:18 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 04:18 PM (Ia/+0)
But her husband's weirdness had to be an issue during the vetting process. Assuming the vetting was actually done. I've been through a lightweight version... to gain access to TS areas and materials. Not much gets overlooked. And my wife was investigated, my brother, sister, co-workers and some friends.
He was a giant, cross dressing red flag.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 04:18 PM (jehhT)
Then the infighting would start.
The military/police would have to pick sides.
It will probably end in Caesar here, too.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Only the foreign policy one gets military. Also CIA and State
Domestic gets FBI and ATF, but they are a bunch of fags anyway so not much of a threat.
The border guy gets ICE, but they are based and I think safe.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 10, 2026 04:18 PM (5YSa0)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 04:18 PM (g8QOR)
THE FLOORS ARE CLOSING IN AND FALLING OFF!
Posted by: JuJuBee
>When you do enough face plants, you need surface that mitigates the potential for a black eye.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 10, 2026 04:18 PM (fkjGs)
Crazy talk, I know.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 04:15 PM (6ydKt)
I'm becoming a vocal advocate of canadian suicide machine in every prison.
There is always option B if you don't want to suffer through your sentence.
Posted by: Reforger at July 10, 2026 04:18 PM (Moh1b)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 04:18 PM (g8QOR)
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Blue slips.
Blame Chuck Grassley.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 04:19 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 10, 2026 04:11 PM (0N4FZ)
Can we put him in a cell with the guy that cut off his own penis and give the no-penis guy a pair of scissors?
Posted by: Don't mind me at July 10, 2026 04:21 PM (gTF+M)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 10, 2026 04:22 PM (NFX2v)
All of you goat fuckers can die of starvation in your own hellholes
Posted by: Melodicmetal at July 10, 2026 04:23 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 04:25 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Consultant and Field Marshal Zhukov
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Yes, the more it is done the more efficient the process.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 04:26 PM (UsddL)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 10, 2026 04:28 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 10, 2026 04:57 PM (THY4u)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 10, 2026 04:59 PM (THY4u)
Posted by: John at July 10, 2026 08:07 PM (9NUKl)
Supposedly, the Nazi Rapist With Officially Withdraw His Candidacy on Monday -- the Very Deadline for Withdrawing
Monday? The very last day possible?
Is he for real? I mean, he might just say on Monday: I didn't get the "reassurances" I wanted so I'm in it to win it.Halperin said no special "paperwork" is needed -- a simple email to the Secretary of State, announcing a withdrawal, will do it. So why does he need the weekend to compose an email?
Graham Platner privately told staff that he is planning to officially file paperwork to end his Senate campaign on Monday -- the drop-dead deadline for him to exit the race.
LOL. If he stays in the race, I might just support him. What a troll that would be. Stay strong, stay brave, King. Platner was recruited and promoted by two Democrat operatives: Morris Katz, a bisexual who proposed including a picture of his penis in a book intended for children to explain puberty to them, and Daneil Moraff, a nepo baby heir to the Toys-R-Us fortune who did what most nepo babies do and decided communism was a great idea. By the way, rich bitch nepo babies admire socialism and communism because they know, first hand, that some very wealthy people did not work a single minute for that money and do not deserve it. Of course, they universalize from their own narrow experience and construct fantasies that no one else earned their money, either, which is a Comforting Cope for them because it lets them believe that their own experience of doing nothing, creating nothing, contributing nothing yet being massively rich is a common thing. Now, if they feel guilty about being undeservedly rich, they could give their money away to charity. But they never do -- they want to continue enjoying the benefits of immense, unearned wealth. So what they do instead is push for socialism and communism, while continuing to enjoy the fruits of capitalism. They get to "do penance" for their massively-unearned massive wealth by agitating for socialism while actually giving up precisely nothing. Win-win, huh? Except for everyone else.
Why it matters: Though Democrats largely appear to think Platner is done with his bid, his last-minute timing is likely to cause a final pang of anxiety within the party.
Driving the news: Platner made the comments to his team Wednesday night shortly before he announced publicly he was suspending his campaign. "On Monday, I entire -- I intend to file the requisite paperwork with the Secretary of State to remove my name from the ballot," he said, according to a person on the call. Under state law, Platner has until Monday at 5 p.m. to drop out of the race in time for the party to replace him with a new nominee. As of about 1 p.m. Thursday, Platner had not officially withdrawn from the race, according to the Maine Secretary of State. "No official withdrawal notice has yet been received from Mr. Platner," said Jana Spaulding, deputy secretary of state for communications. "A public declaration is not an official withdrawal, and a candidate must formally withdraw to the elections office in writing, including signature."
Anyway. Democrats are pissed at this pair of political hustlers for foisting the Humble Oysterrapist on them, and they're opening all their dirt files on the two. This report suggests a reason for Daniel Moraff not being too distressed about Graham Platner's history of rape and sexual violence.
PA. - Yesterday, Payday Report learned that Congresswoman Summer Lee barred Moraff from her 2022 congressional campaign after receiving at least three complaints of sexual misconduct against Moraff. Now, Moraff, who recruited Graham Platner to run for Senate in Maine, is at the center of a massive controversy after he admitted that he spent only a few days vetting Platner, who just withdrew from the Senate race after he was accused of rape. Given the fact that both Congresswoman Lee and Justice Democrats stopped working with Moraff following these accusations, questions have been raised about why so many on the left trusted him to give a thorough vetting and assessment of Platner. "Birds of a feather, flock together and Moraff and Platner were predators," said one woman, who says she was sexually harassed while working to elect Congresswoman Lee.
Obviously he's trying to save face but it's also kind of hilarious that Platner talks such a big game about being a people-powered movement and giving the middle finger to the establishment but then his ostensible excuse for quitting is that he won't get DSCC money. https://t.co/rabU4vzC3v
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver53
Welp... pic.twitter.com/e3TgHWaf9T
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 10, 2026
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 02:08 PM (nyX/B)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:09 PM (2YhKe)
Lord in heaven, please let the 10% happen.
It would be so fucking funny.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:09 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:10 PM (2YhKe)
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I was told he was recruited by the Senate establishment because Elizabeth Warren gave him DSCC money.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:10 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Oglebay at July 10, 2026 02:10 PM (w8dnx)
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The establishment is honestly going to have to go to war with the DSA.
Because the DSA is already at war with them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:10 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Sponge
In a dumpster.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 02:10 PM (n/9gd)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 02:11 PM (nyX/B)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 02:11 PM (3uBP9)
I hope the Democrats are panicking. They're probably contacting every donor they can think of to raise a huge golden parachute bribe for Platner.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 02:11 PM (mkw2N)
Bi-sexual. You're homosexual with a penchant for the occasional correct dip.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:12 PM (2YhKe)
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I'm hoping he disappears on Monday and is next seen on Tuesday at the Major League Baseball All Star Game broadcast.
Posted by: Crusader at July 10, 2026 02:12 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Pawl at July 10, 2026 02:12 PM (MWfyi)
"I am the one in control of the thing you are making me do! I will be forced out of the race on MY timetable."
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 02:12 PM (nBQEH)
Like it was more "rough regret sex" than "nonconsensual sex"
eh, they were a lovely couple and I wish them all the worst.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 10, 2026 02:13 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 10, 2026 02:13 PM (0N4FZ)
"I am the one in control of the thing you are making me do! I will be forced out of the race on MY timetable."
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 02:12 PM (nBQEH)
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He has to know that if he stays in, he'll still get funded and all the stories will disappear as the media squashes anything Collins' campaign releases.
He has to know that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:13 PM (GKzf4)
Lord in heaven, please let the 10% happen.
It would be so fucking funny.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:09 PM (GKzf4)
The meltdown will be epic.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 02:14 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:14 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: The worst of the worst at July 10, 2026 02:14 PM (TbWk/)
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 10, 2026
So, suddenly those with no political experience at all are OK?
FFS.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:15 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 02:15 PM (UsddL)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 02:15 PM (UsddL)
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Because she's getting fat?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:15 PM (GKzf4)
In a dumpster.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 02:10 PM (n/9gd)
He'll still be on the ballot.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:15 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 10, 2026 02:15 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 02:16 PM (nyX/B)
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This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Tim Cook at July 10, 2026 02:16 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 02:16 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Sponge
In a dumpster.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 02:10 PM
For media meme compliance,
"A shallow grave in a 'wooded area.'"
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 02:16 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 10, 2026 02:16 PM (QaH55)
So, suddenly those with no political experience at all are OK?
FFS.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:15 PM (2YhKe)
Sure they are! As long as they listen to their "handlers" all will be fine!
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 02:16 PM (wOO3z)
he does what they want, they will murder him - possibly figuratively, but maybe not
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 02:16 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 02:16 PM (nyX/B)
It's gas.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:16 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 02:17 PM (j+aD2)
He has to know that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:13 PM (GKzf4)
There are forces far bigger than Graham Platner and I guarantee he knows that. I don't think those forces want him in the race, so he will be gone.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 02:17 PM (nBQEH)
So how come she hasn't pressed charges?
I think that's what Plainter is maybe doing, trying to maybe see if there's enough there there to brazen past the allegations.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 10, 2026 02:17 PM (3cUTc)
Given:
1) Leftist women only date leftist men
2) All the men leftist women date are asshole nazi rapists
- - - - - -
(magical gnomes here)
- - - - - -
Therefore all men are bad.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 02:17 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 02:18 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 10, 2026 02:18 PM (lFFaq)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 02:17 PM (nBQEH)
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If these forces think anyone has a serious chance against Collins, especially after this, then the DSA entirely deserves control of the Democrat Party.
Because the Democrat Party is run by fucking retards.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:18 PM (GKzf4)
no, the RETCON / aka "clean up" after he doesn't withdraw will be EPIC
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 02:18 PM (j+aD2)
Single 'rons, you may rev your engines.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at July 10, 2026 02:18 PM (0sNs1)
So how come she hasn't pressed charges?
I think that's what Plainter is maybe doing, trying to maybe see if there's enough there there to brazen past the allegations.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 10, 2026 02:17 PM (3cUTc)
She agrees with his politics.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:18 PM (2YhKe)
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Did you know that she's a retired Naval Officer?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 02:18 PM (UsddL)
Posted by: Dantes at July 10, 2026 02:18 PM (IZ7RB)
I don't see much meaningful differences between Fascist, Socialist and Communist governments - obey the state or face negative consequences for offending the state - other than varying degrees and scales of punishments. But everyone says one is Evil Far Right Wing and the others are maybe a little center left or a tiny bit further left than center left (never Evil Far Left Wing). So where does a limited government whose primary job is to protect the God-given rights of its citizens belong on this particular Left/Right scale? It doesn't.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 02:19 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Don't Hate The Player, Hate Maine at July 10, 2026 02:19 PM (g7saB)
The carnival is in town this weekend and there's a whole new set of porta-johns.
Posted by: G. Platner at July 10, 2026 02:19 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 02:19 PM (m2wmY)
They're all over X about how "the judge confirmed Trump committed rape."
What is the date of this rape?
Or even the year, ffs?
How was it "confirmed?"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 10, 2026 02:20 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Don't Hate The Player, Hate Maine at July 10, 2026 02:19 PM (g7saB)
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72% of the Maine Democrat electorate.
And now the corrupt establishment has to fix the problem that the base doesn't want fixed.
The base should not be happy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:20 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 02:17 PM (nBQEH)
Yeah. There ARE bigger forces who want him out. The JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS!
- Candace Ovens
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 10, 2026 02:20 PM (xA5g+)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 02:17 PM (j+aD2)
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The DSA is making the DNC an offer it can't refuse?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 02:20 PM (CAmhc)
he does what they want, they will murder him - possibly figuratively, but maybe not
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 02:16 PM
They can't force him to drop out of the race even though he has said he would. There is zero downside for him staying in the race other than the dnc will not give him any money.
I am pretty sure that he will bank a ton of $$$ from individual donations across the country. Heck I would bet his donations will go up if he decides to stay in the race and thumbs his nose at the democrats.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 10, 2026 02:20 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 02:19 PM (m2wmY)
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I doubt Collins is the last federally elected Republican in New England because she lets things just happen.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:20 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Jaimo at July 10, 2026 02:20 PM (2noDb)
Fecund.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 10, 2026 02:21 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 02:21 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 10, 2026 02:21 PM (wBaIH)
51 And--as everyone predicted--the left is now praising themselves for "at least we don't support rapists, like the Republicans who support Trump."
They're all over X about how "the judge confirmed Trump committed rape."
What is the date of this rape?
Or even the year, ffs?
How was it "confirmed?"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 10, 2026 02:20 PM (3cUTc)
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You just send them the image of the jury's verdict where there's a big X on the NO of the "did Trump rape Carroll" part of the verdit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:21 PM (GKzf4)
Ever receive a dividend? Off to the gulag with you.
Posted by: Halfhand at July 10, 2026 02:21 PM (bDp6B)
And now the corrupt establishment has to fix the problem that the base doesn't want fixed.
The base should not be happy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:20 PM (GKzf4)
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What are the chances Platner stays in, or even runs again at their planned quickie "convention"? I bet they aren't zero.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 02:21 PM (PH/kQ)
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 02:21 PM (IY9No)
Because the Democrat Party is run by fucking retards.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:18 PM (GKzf4)
I keep saying this has nothing to do with beating Collins. There is far more bad shit to come on Platner (we all already knew that so this is not new information or something I have just decided). Team Trump fights and according to you so does Collins. If he stays in, they risk the entire party being branded with him like we have seen done once with Todd Akin - Trump is kind of good at that. Therefore they need him out and he will withdraw.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 02:22 PM (nBQEH)
You've retired twice, how do you end up in all day training?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 10, 2026 02:22 PM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 02:21 PM (wOO3z)
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The DSA leadership is trying to have their cake and eat it too by getting Jackson appointed. He's far left but without the Nazi tattoo or rape (though the bottle throwing incident is not going to play well, nor the pictures of him supporting Platner hand in hand).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:22 PM (GKzf4)
On the one hand, Maine's governor might have to sign off on it, and she's a Democrat. On the other hand, she's Janet Mills, who also wanted the seat and couldn't get funding.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 10, 2026 02:23 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 02:23 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 02:21 PM (PH/kQ)
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I seriously doubt he stays in.
I just really, really want him to stay in.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:23 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:12 PM (2YhKe)
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Now that I have HIV, it doesn't feel so correct.
Posted by: Occasional dipee at July 10, 2026 02:23 PM (NYInA)
Something she should be reminded of repeatedly.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 02:23 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 02:24 PM (PH/kQ)
I suspect they don't care in who or where they put their johnson and gay men don't require the romance game...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)
The left, all of them, thought this guy was a good idea. Until it was proven that normal white guys think he is gross and will never vote for him.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 10, 2026 02:25 PM (THY4u)
I could see him pulling a Muhammed.
Take a break from being al-Zutted by abusing a 9 year old.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 02:26 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: beckster at July 10, 2026 02:26 PM (kX27y)
Nov 12, 2025A Virginia Democrat who helped investigate Jan. 6 is making a comeback bid after last week's sweeping election wins as her party looks to break President Trump's grip on federal power...
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 02:27 PM (UsddL)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 02:23 PM (sKqQm)
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He is planning his own Battle of the Bulge...
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 10, 2026 02:27 PM (THY4u)
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"But the judge confirmed* it!! Here's news headline!"
/s/ the entire left
* in his personal capacity, as a private citizen, opining on the news--not as the judge.
And most certainly not as an order or finding in the court's record.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 10, 2026 02:27 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Reforger at July 10, 2026 02:27 PM (Moh1b)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 02:27 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 02:28 PM (UsddL)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 02:24 PM (PH/kQ)
Also, Talarico definitely has the nomination for his run so there's no point in dems making waves about him.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 10, 2026 02:28 PM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Rick in SK at July 10, 2026 02:28 PM (6qaAp)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Moose are communists, who knew? At least it wasn't a horse.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 02:29 PM (UsddL)
Posted by: Reforger
Geoffrey the Giraffe has absconded with the funds and is somewhere in the Caribbean.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 02:29 PM (wOO3z)
David Burge
@iowahawkblog
·
1h
Attention wealthy parents of useless children: learn to spot the warning signs of communist nepo baby voice
Posted by: beckster at July 10, 2026 02:29 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 02:18 PM (UsddL)
You don't say? I must have missed that.
The rarity around here is when someone who has not been in the military runs for anything. Understandable, I know, but in and of itself, not a qualifier.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 10, 2026 02:29 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: Dantes at July 10, 2026 02:18 PM (IZ7RB)
Since his counterparties are dirtbags too, I'm picturing a game of chicken:
"You're nervous because I haven't formally dropped out yet; I'm nervous because the money isn't formally in my account yet. It's hard to write a letter when I'm nervous. Maybe if the money showed up, I could calm down and get it done sooner!"
Posted by: SciVo at July 10, 2026 02:29 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 10, 2026 02:27 PM (THY4u)
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* looks around for portajohns *
Posted by: Graham Hitner at July 10, 2026 02:30 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
Squirrel out front should have told you
Posted by: Rick in SK at July 10, 2026 02:30 PM (6qaAp)
So why does he need the weekend to compose an email?
Maybe he's busy raping people this week.
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 10, 2026 02:30 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 02:22 PM (nBQEH)
As long as they meet his demands. Otherwise, he'll be happy to be the barbed cock up their ass.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 10, 2026 02:30 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 02:31 PM (GD0B3)
Also, Talarico definitely has the nomination for his run so there's no point in dems making waves about him.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette
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The less the electorate knows about him the better?
Did you know he's a super major advocate for the 2nd amendment?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 02:31 PM (UsddL)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 02:31 PM (PH/kQ)
Posted by: Rick in SK at July 10, 2026 02:31 PM (6qaAp)
Shit Nazi "suspends his campaign," while still being defiant about the accusations and ranting about the establishment fucking him and his movement.
But "suspending" isn't enough to trigger a replacement.
Shit Nazi knows this. He's might just be dragging out the clock until the deadline. At that point, he can make up some bullshit about how his supporters begged him to stay in, or whatever, and he doesn't formally drop out.
The Blade was assured by some here that there was no chance at all this scenario could happen.
Will this happen? I'm not sure, but the chances are well above zero.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 10, 2026 02:31 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Rick in SK at July 10, 2026 02:28 PM (6qaAp)
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Polanski was just buggering a 13 year old he plied with wine, after all.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:31 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 02:31 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 02:31 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Rick in SK at July 10, 2026 02:31 PM (6qaAp)
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Unless it's to slip the condom off.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:32 PM (Fi81e)
A DU commenter has some thoughts:
"If you sit this one out ( Joy Reid on Platner )
{blasphemy removed} How did staying at home because Kamala wasn’t perfect enough on every single issue work out for you? These insane a-holes aren’t just destroying our democracy, they’re destroying your children and grandchildren’s planet.
And you’re going to stay home because you didn’t get your preferred candidate? WTF, WTF. WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU !!
It’s going to take decades to recover from this current mess and you want to extend it. !?
A Randi Rhodes used to say, you fall in love during the primaries but you fall in line for the general election. It’s gotta be vote blue… I have voted for democratic candidates that weren’t my cup of tea because any democratic candidate is better than any republican. Yes we’ve had really abysmal candidates but if you haven’t learned by now that staying home is a vote for republicans then you’re beyond help. {blasphemy removed}, if you’re don’t think things can get worse then you’re delusional."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 02:32 PM (0sNs1)
If he doesn't drop out the Dems will call off the FNM.
He should be demanding a hell of a payday in return for dropping out.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 02:33 PM (sKqQm)
Unless it's to slip the condom off.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:32 PM (Fi81e)/i]
Sometimes it's just required to rawdog to see how she really feels about you.
Posted by: Graham Platner at July 10, 2026 02:33 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at July 10, 2026 02:33 PM (X5FXP)
a nepo baby heir to the Toys-R-Us fortune
What Toys-R-Us fortune? They went out of business several years ago.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 10, 2026 02:33 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 02:33 PM (Cjc4c)
I suspect they don't care in who or where they put their johnson and gay men don't require the romance game...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)
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Thus proving that they could never marry a woman like in the 2010s.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:34 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:21 PM (GKzf4)
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That doesn't help when people are immune to evidence.
It's like a superpower of dumbassery.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 02:34 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 02:32 PM (0sNs1)
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Blue no matter who.
So, might as well keep Platner in. 72% of Maine Democrats want him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:34 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 10, 2026 02:30 PM (g8Ew
If he could do that, then he's the most powerful man in America. The last minute rape allegation was a warning shot. He has no barbed cock to shove or he would have said last week he was staying in and fighting - without the Mean Girl Games.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 02:34 PM (nBQEH)
I did see Maine's Secretary of State walking over Platner's political corpse yesterday on MS Now announcing it was her desire to serve or whatever bullshit.
Quick news check before heading back out...
Katy Tur isn't showing us her tits but is talking Platner now.
And some manly chubbo of a man is talking there too. He has a moustache! The Dems found a hero.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 02:34 PM (Sco7b)
Or to establish dominance over another dude. But not i a gay way
Posted by: Graham Platner at July 10, 2026 02:34 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 02:32 PM (0sNs1)
It's true on both sides.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:34 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 10, 2026 02:34 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:21 PM (GKzf4)
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That doesn't help when people are immune to evidence.
It's like a superpower of dumbassery.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 02:34 PM (FZ29D)
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To be fair, I don't think bots can read images.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:34 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:35 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 02:35 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 10, 2026 02:35 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 10, 2026 02:34 PM (cS1cw)
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Is he a Methodist?
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:35 PM (Fi81e)
Their own establishment has to clean up their messes.
Deny the suffrage to Demcorats. They can't be trusted by their own admission.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:36 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 02:36 PM (GD0B3)
So if someone kidnaps him Sunday night and holds him until 12:01 am on Tuesday...
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 02:36 PM (/UfFW)
I effing hate communists.
Hate 'em.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 10, 2026 02:35 PM (2WIwB)
At least you're not f*cking them.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:36 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 02:36 PM (4KUe5)
It's interesting to me that they never pillory Celine Dion (est. $550 million) or Tom Brady (God knows how much) for their EARNED wealth. Just Elon Musk! They don't disapprove of great wealth per se-- only great wealth in the hands of those they hate for political reasons.
On another topic, an upset could be brewing in the OR guv race. For whatever good it would do. The GOP nominee could unseat Gov. Kotex.
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 02:36 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: runner
Garrett.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 02:36 PM (/UfFW)
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 10, 2026 02:36 PM (AGz65)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 02:36 PM (GD0B3)
He only sucks cock every other Tuesday.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:37 PM (2YhKe)
I effing hate communists.
Hate 'em.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 10, 2026 02:35 PM (2WIwB)
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Of course, this needs this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8U4inAO7Cc
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:37 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 02:37 PM (Cjc4c)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 02:36 PM (4KUe5)
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She's supported it on procedural votes. She's opposed it on procedural votes.
Her vote is not what's keeping things back. It's Tillis. And Murkowski. And Cassidy. And Cornyn. And Mitch. And Ernst.
Like Kavanaugh, she'll vote for it if leadership needs her to. But, honestly, leadership doesn't have teh votes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:38 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Ben Had
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Mebbe Celinda Lake and whoever she was partnered with?
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 02:38 PM (E4rtv)
In theory a gay man would only have sex with other men.
In practice plenty of gay men will have sex with women as well (hello "heterosexual AIDS")
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 02:38 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 02:31 PM
To be fair, Talarico has said he doesn't want to take away anyone's guns.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 02:38 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:10 PM (GKzf4
success has a million fathers, failure only has the consultant class who point out how much better the toad went before failing due to their expertise than the toad should have expected, and how that success could be yours for a modest fee.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 02:38 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 02:39 PM (PH/kQ)
This is merely the lefty media trying desperately to distance themselves from their own complicity in foisting this vile retard on Maine and the country.
Platner's Senate run was an all-hands-on-deck, carefully orchestrated movement, with the lefty media taking center stage fawning over and promoting him.
The media wasn't duped. They were eager participants.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 10, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 02:38 PM (sKqQm)
And trans women!
Posted by: Barry at July 10, 2026 02:39 PM (nBQEH)
Supposedly, the Nazi Rapist *With* Officially Withdraw His Candidacy on Monday -- the Very Deadline for Withdrawing
Posted by: Max K at July 10, 2026 02:39 PM (clfCJ)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 02:38 PM (0sNs1)
Well, no one would ever lie about something like that.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 02:39 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 02:38 PM (0sNs1)
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It's cute he thinks anyone buys that BS statement.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 02:40 PM (PH/kQ)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 02:40 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 02:38 PM (0sNs1)
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Just like Obama, who fresh into office started Fast n' Furious to start a gun backlash.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:40 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 02:38 PM (0sNs1)
Well, no one would ever lie about something like that.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 02:39 PM (rbvCR)
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Texas is a Trump+14 state.
Every Republican thinks that Democrats want to take their guns. The Democrat doesn't have to say it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:40 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 02:40 PM (nBQEH)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 10, 2026 02:22 PM (lFFaq)
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That's what my MiL said when she asked for a ride.
I want to retain my state license.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 02:40 PM (RIvkX)
To be fair, Talarico has said he doesn't want to take away anyone's guns.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 02:38 PM (0sNs1)
And of course, he's lying.
I'm old enough to remember when he said his campaign was vegan.
Then, when it was pointed out, he rushed to find a pork rib he could be photo'd eating.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:40 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 02:38 PM (0sNs1)
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Just like Obama, who fresh into office started Fast n' Furious to start a gun backlash.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:40 PM (Fi81e)
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I don't throw treason around much.
But Holder and Obama should have been executed for treason for that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:40 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 10, 2026 02:40 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 02:38 PM (0sNs1)
Well, no one would ever lie about something like that.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 02:39 PM (rbvCR)
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Let me be clear: definitely not.
Posted by: Barack Obama at July 10, 2026 02:40 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: ...
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A dacha by the bay? A new, bigger oyster boat with a bar?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 02:40 PM (UsddL)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 02:41 PM (Ia/+0)
Her vote is not what's keeping things back. It's Tillis. And Murkowski. And Cassidy. And Cornyn. And Mitch. And Ernst.
Like Kavanaugh, she'll vote for it if leadership needs her to. But, honestly, leadership doesn't have teh votes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I think Trump is setting up a marker for 2027 when a lot of those names listed will be gone. It will also inspire the MAGA turnout in the remaining races, be good as a club on Democrats, etc.
Pushing an 80/20 bill and not letting it be forgotten like Capitol Hill wants is good politics and it also soaks up a lot of other mischief that 'bipartisan' reach around across the aisle bullshit that the GOPe normally tries to do just prior to elections to reward their donors and Democrat buddies.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 02:41 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 02:41 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 02:41 PM (Ia/+0)
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Is popcorn the name of your god?
My god is Crom. He is strong and lives in the mountains and gave my father the secret of steel.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:41 PM (GKzf4)
Well, no one would ever lie about something like that.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 02:39 PM (rbvCR)
"If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:42 PM (2YhKe)
The riots and chanting didn't happen in Rabat. They occurred in London & Amsterdam.
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 02:42 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 10, 2026 02:42 PM (2ocoG)
I don't throw treason around much.
But Holder and Obama should have been executed for treason for that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:40 PM (GKzf4)
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It's as if some politicians can get away with murder.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 02:42 PM (UsddL)
Pushing an 80/20 bill and not letting it be forgotten like Capitol Hill wants is good politics and it also soaks up a lot of other mischief that 'bipartisan' reach around across the aisle bullshit that the GOPe normally tries to do just prior to elections to reward their donors and Democrat buddies.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 02:41 PM (E4rtv)
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Even with a 52 seat majority, I suspect a stronger effort to pass the SAVE Act next Congress.
Murk being the only known scapegoat left, it'll diminish the excuses the hidden ones have to suddenly oppose it when they've given it support for 2 straight years.
Plus, there will be people like Paxton suddenly in the Senate making lots of noise about it to join people like Mike Lee.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:43 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 10, 2026 02:43 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 02:41 PM (Ia/+0)
Is this another way to say "jiminy Christmas" or "by golly?"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:43 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Ian S.
A nominally gay man?
Posted by: Rick in SK at July 10, 2026 02:43 PM (6qaAp)
We're not going to farm ourselves.
Posted by: The oysters at July 10, 2026 02:43 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:43 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 02:19 PM (Dv3i1)
It's an Overton Window scam, and always has been.
Fascism is Left Wing; Communism is Far Left Wing, and the Regulatory State is Center Left. The Right Wing is various shades of Anti-Socialism. Pretending that a form of socialism is far-right is just a cheap, transparent gambit to try to make anti-socialism unthinkable.
Posted by: SciVo at July 10, 2026 02:43 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 02:38 PM (0sNs1)
And of course, he's lying.
I'm old enough to remember when he said his campaign was vegan.
Then, when it was pointed out, he rushed to find a pork rib he could be photo'd eating.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:40 PM (2YhKe)
________
You'll all be happy to know there's a new dating app for vegans only. I saw the promo on IG. My faith in humanity waned.
For s&g, I looked at the comments. My faith restoreth. The overwhelming majority of comments were shitting on the app and vegans in general.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 10, 2026 02:44 PM (iFTx/)
He just wants the chainsaw bayonet. In case Platner tries to break into his house.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 10, 2026 02:44 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 02:44 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: SciVo at July 10, 2026 02:43 PM (Sy6m/)
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Fascism is opposing open borders.
Hitler told me so.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:44 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Ian S.
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I think we all saw the guy that "vetted" Platner.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:44 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 02:44 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 10, 2026 02:42 PM (2ocoG)
Griffith or Griffin? Cuz, anyone dipping their stick in Griffin deserves everything they get........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:45 PM (2YhKe)
Look, it's not easy to compose a letter of withdrawal. Times Roman or Garamond? Justified or Left Aligned? Two spaces after a period? Indent paragraphs? No wonder it's going to take all weekend.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 10, 2026 02:45 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 02:45 PM (PH/kQ)
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Come on Ace, it's common knowledge, even among many here, that the rich only got that way only through their smarts and hard work! You're just jealous.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 10, 2026 02:45 PM (Spbh+)
The fake redhead that's Helen Thomas' age and has a fake severed head of Trump.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 10, 2026 02:46 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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AFAIK it is still on. Details scarce at this time.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 02:46 PM (E4rtv)
If I had centimillions I didn't earn, besides doing two chicks at one time, and maybe a few drugs, I'd just go home and shitpost online all day. Probably most people are like this: lazy and bored.
I have to think they're surrounded by yes-men promising something that some layabout at home doesn't have: friendship. If only they'd come to our meeting . . .
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 02:46 PM (gKWVE)
The fake redhead that's Helen Thomas' age and has a fake severed head of Trump.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 10, 2026 02:46 PM (2ocoG)
Griffin.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:46 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 10, 2026 02:44 PM
+++++++
I think you may be making The Paolo nervous...
Posted by: Umm... at July 10, 2026 02:46 PM (2Ez/1)
"I'LL GET TO IT!", Platner apparently called down from his
Posted by: Axeman
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 10, 2026 02:47 PM (s9VOe)
Why would that hurt your faith in humanity? Vegans self-isolating is a good thing.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 10, 2026 02:47 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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AFAIK it is still on. Details scarce at this time.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 02:46 PM (E4rtv)
September 9 and 10, in Dallas.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 10, 2026 02:47 PM (xA5g+)
My god is Crom. He is strong and lives in the mountains and gave my father the secret of steel.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:41 PM (GKzf4)
Lo, there do I see my nachos. Lo, there do I see my twizzlers and my mike and my ike. Lo, there do I see the line of my snacks back to the beginning. Lo, they do call to me. They bid me take my place among them in the stands of Concession where the brave may live forever.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 02:47 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: SciVo at July 10, 2026 02:43 PM (Sy6m/)
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"Right-wing" is a bag that conservatives and traditionals dutifully hold out so that leftists can dump "fascism" into it.
I reject the bag labeled "Right".
I do think I am a "fascist" in queer terms though. Yes, I do expect them to restrain themselves. This is the entire meaning of the word the incontinent left has appropriated as "fascism".
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:47 PM (Fi81e)
The fake redhead that's Helen Thomas' age and has a fake severed head of Trump.
Posted by: Ian S.
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If she likes to hold a severed head, she might aim lower this time of any 'boyfriend' who crosses her.
Something about a law about sticking one's junk into crazy is about as risky as putting it into a chipper shredder.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 02:48 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
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He may be a painful thorn in Thune's side.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 02:48 PM (UsddL)
Stephen Gutowski June 11, 2026
"The candidate Democrats are counting on to help flip the United States Senate explained some of his views on gun policy this week.
On Monday, James Talarico joined the Cogdell Law Uncensored podcast and described where he stands on firearms. He outlined his beliefs in broad strokes but didn’t provide many specifics. He implied he would go against party leadership on the issue, but didn’t give a specific example of how–though, he did decry “people on the left who are trying to take away people’s guns.”
“We have a right to bear arms, to protect ourselves, our families. We have a right to own weapons for sport or for hunting,” Talarico said. “But like any freedom in the Bill of Rights, it’s not absolute.”
The comments reveal part of Talarico’s strategy in his race against Republican nominee and current Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 02:48 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 02:48 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 10, 2026 02:44 PM
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And there's probably more than one meaning of the word "to take".
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:48 PM (Fi81e)
There you go, Morlock "looks for a particular type." I keep saying, this eruption of young, attractive WOC is deliberate. That's the other type the commies are going for. They do insanely well.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 02:49 PM (mmrXZ)
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Kathy Griffin is so ugly even Ted Dansen wouldn't fuck her
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 10, 2026 02:49 PM (THY4u)
As for the boyfriend, uh. I hope he's getting paid. And that he's got a financial advisor.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 02:49 PM (gKWVE)
Find a girl. Arrange for a date. Tell her you know the best vegan restaurant in town...but you won't tell her which.
Take her to the best BBQ restaurant in town and tell her the salad is GREAT
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 02:49 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 10, 2026 02:50 PM (Spbh+)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 02:50 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 02:50 PM (UsddL)
Right? I'm not hearing any affirmation.
Posted by: Kathy Griffin's 22 year-old Boyfriend at July 10, 2026 02:50 PM (XQ6Q0)
Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 10, 2026 02:50 PM (JNTt1)
Posted by: ...
I reserve my thing that goes up for women only.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 02:50 PM (/UfFW)
#BeBetter
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 02:51 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Eromero at July 10, 2026 02:51 PM (LHPAg)
“We have a right to bear arms, to protect ourselves, our families. We have a right to own weapons for sport or for hunting,” Talarico said. “But like any freedom in the Bill of Rights, it’s not absolute.”
The comments reveal part of Talarico’s strategy in his race against Republican nominee and current Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 02:48 PM (0sNs1)
OWT.
We have the right to bear arms for one reason: To protect ourselves from a tyrannical government.
Everything else is a welcome or unwelcome side effect.
The Constitution doesn't say a f*cking thing about hunting.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:51 PM (2YhKe)
205 BTW, those commenters who are opining that a politician might dissimulate when it comes to veracity are displaying a level of cynicism disproportionate to the under-29 years old age of AoSHQ commentators. Cynicism that has been known to disappoint Ace.
#BeBetter
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 02:51 PM (0sNs1)
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I am disinclined to acquiesce to your request.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:51 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: beckster at July 10, 2026 02:26 PM (kX27y)
The paydayreport article that Ace linked to says that Moraff is the grandson of Seymour Ginsburg, a founder and the first president of Toys ‘R Us.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 02:51 PM (6ydKt)
Moraff talks like RFK, Jr.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Except RFKJ has a medical excuse.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 02:52 PM (mmrXZ)
We have the right to bear arms for one reason: To protect ourselves from a tyrannical government.
Everything else is a welcome or unwelcome side effect.
The Constitution doesn't say a f*cking thing about hunting.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:51 PM (2YhKe)
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Talarico is going conservative friendly because he's easily winning right, which would actually require no change in his messaging, right?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:52 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:52 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:51 PM (GKzf4)
Means 'No!'
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 10, 2026 02:52 PM (xA5g+)
Trump's kids are all capitalists. So are a lot of rich nepo kids. So it's not just that they have unearned wealth. There is something more.
I think the "something more" that entices many rich nepo mooches to go ga-ga for communism is simply that is easy and trendy.
Want to get noticed and feted by online incels? Nothing is easier than duckspeaking some vague commie bullshit. You don't have to actually do anything. No actual work. No actual plans. No actual anything. Just words.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 10, 2026 02:52 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:52 PM (Fi81e)
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"He's a Democrat. He's a fag."
-like, 90% of TX Republicans
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:52 PM (GKzf4)
That's contempt, yes. Trump can then pardon himself.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 02:53 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:51 PM (2YhKe)
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But the two are related.
Posted by: The Bear in the Hunting Joke at July 10, 2026 02:53 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Madge at July 10, 2026 02:53 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 10, 2026 02:50 PM (JNTt1)
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Thanks for the laugh!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 02:54 PM (5quaU)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 10, 2026 02:54 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 10, 2026 02:54 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Except RFKJ has a medical excuse.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 02:52 PM (mmrXZ)
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Maybe its the same reason.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:55 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 02:55 PM (0sNs1)
-like, 90% of TX Republicans
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:52 PM
He's not wrong, you know.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 02:56 PM (0sNs1)
Excerpt from the upcoming Collins-Platner debate:
Moderator: "Next question: Taxes. How will your platform help the middle class?"
Platner: "Well, I, um..."
Collins: "Hey baby, want my cock down your throat?"
Moderator: "Ooo-kay. On to...foreign policy. What is yur stance on Iran?"
Platner: "Gee, I...
Collins: "Bitches are asking for it. No means yes, and most just have rape fantasies from dominants males like me."
Moderator: "Uhhhhh...."
Platner: (Looks annoyed.)
Collins: "America is a shit country. My aim is to destroy capitalism.
Moderator: "I got nothin'."
Collins: "I like 'em young and tight. Have you had your first period yet? Let's meet up."
Posted by: zombie at July 10, 2026 02:57 PM (Av6i5)
Except RFKJ has a medical excuse.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Hey, cocaine burns and stretchmarks on the vocal chords is a medical malady.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 02:57 PM (UsddL)
That's the guy who cut off his dick and lit it on fire
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 10, 2026 02:57 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:51 PM
Sooner or later
love is gonna get ya.
Sooner or later
love is gonna win,
love is gonna win!
Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at July 10, 2026 02:58 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 02:55 PM (0sNs1)
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*slap!*
Wake up War Turtle, your RBG crossfit trainer is here
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 02:58 PM (5quaU)
Posted by: Madge at July 10, 2026 02:53 PM (2Ez/1)
Madge is right. By the way,
Show of hands, those of us aware of an EEOC plaintiff or whistleblower actually made whole or not smeared after "the process?"
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 10, 2026 02:58 PM (YlWIZ)
Maybe its the same reason.
Posted by: Axeman
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I was thinking that, but Morlock sounds a lot less pathological (in the strict sense) and more like an intense version of Gen-? vocal fry.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 02:58 PM (mmrXZ)
I have to say, his mind is sharper than ever. Can't wait for him to get back to work.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 02:58 PM (gKWVE)
Halls of the noble dead:
So um, Sir Willford, I hear you were killed by a cockatrice.
Sir Willford: It was a furious creature, giant beak and talons sharp as steel.
(muffled laughter from all around)
I mean dude, just the name of the thing, cocka...
Sir Willford: IT'S A TYPE OF DRAGON DAMNIT!!
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 02:59 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 02:59 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 10, 2026 02:57 PM (OkYzo)
After Griffin, he has to worry about dick rabies.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 03:00 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 03:01 PM (ugElV)
My god is Crom. He is strong and lives in the mountains and gave my father the secret of steel.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
>I thought popcorn was Sleepy Joe's informant in the ghettos of Delaware?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 10, 2026 03:01 PM (fkjGs)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 02:59 PM (m2wmY)
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Can we get a Platner opinion on that?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 03:01 PM (5quaU)
This guy Platner withdraws more than Long Dong Silver.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 10, 2026 03:01 PM (aobjm)
Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 03:01 PM (q6tQZ)
That's the guy who cut off his dick and lit it on fire
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 10, 2026 02:57 PM (OkYzo)
I don't approve but I understand.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 10, 2026 03:02 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 03:01 PM (ugElV)
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A three-cocked monster.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:02 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 03:02 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 03:02 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Vengeance at July 10, 2026 03:03 PM (aobjm)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:51 PM
Sooner or later
love is gonna get ya.
Sooner or later
love is gonna win,
love is gonna win!
Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at July 10, 2026 02:58 PM (0sNs1)
Fan service FTW!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 10, 2026 03:03 PM (wVcYX)
Communism is a world dominating government run by the elite
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 03:03 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 03:04 PM (0sNs1)
If you object to this arrangement, they call you “Greedy”.
I’m not making this up
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 03:04 PM (IRo2s)
Posted by: Vengeance
...and then does live interviews
Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 03:04 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Vengeance at July 10, 2026 03:04 PM (aobjm)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 03:04 PM (0sNs1)
Twenty bucks?
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 10, 2026 03:05 PM (SgdqL)
Posted by: Vengeance
...and then does live interviews
Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 03:04 PM (q6tQZ)
With no pants.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 10, 2026 03:05 PM (aobjm)
Posted by: pahound at July 10, 2026 03:05 PM (AjR4+)
He still has options, the people whispering in his ear are telling him as much.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 03:05 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Vengeance
How do these C listers and has beens continue to survive in California? She's not a barista at Starbucks.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 03:06 PM (/UfFW)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 03:06 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 03:06 PM (UsddL)
Posted by: Vengeance
...and then does live interviews
Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 03:04 PM (q6tQZ)
With no pants.
Posted by: Vengeance
...In a porta-potty
Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 03:06 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: zombie at July 10, 2026 02:57 PM (Av6i5)
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That would make a great SNL routine with Will Ferrell acting like the hapless Alex Trebek.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 03:07 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 03:07 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: pahound at July 10, 2026 03:05 PM (AjR4+)
He was a bad dude.
Posted by: Reforger at July 10, 2026 03:07 PM (Moh1b)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 03:07 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: They're all violent authoritarians at heart at July 10, 2026 03:07 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 03:08 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Vengeance
...and then does live interviews
Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 03:04 PM (q6tQZ)
With no pants.
Posted by: Vengeance
...In a porta-potty
Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 03:06 PM (q6tQZ)
Shucking oysters.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 10, 2026 03:08 PM (aobjm)
Posted by: pahound
I thought that was Corn Pop?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 03:08 PM (/UfFW)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 10, 2026 03:05 PM
Where would we meet him to determine and settle?
Here, or in town?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 03:08 PM (0sNs1)
You know what I figured out from the World Cup.
Who can blame the Euros for thinking that Americans are insufferable if you mainly have American "elites" affording to fly to Europe?
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:08 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: pahound
I thought that was Corn Pop?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 03:08 PM (/UfFW)
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Shhh. He's on a roll.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 03:08 PM (Fi81e)
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He took on Popcorn and Soda Pop at the same time.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 03:08 PM (UsddL)
Posted by: Vengeance
...and then does live interviews
Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 03:04 PM (q6tQZ)
With no pants.
Posted by: Vengeance
...In a porta-potty
Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 03:06 PM (q6tQZ)
Shucking oysters.
Posted by: Vengeance
with no shirt
Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 03:09 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Vengeance
>You could take her out on a fishing boat, use her face for chum, and not even the sharks would bite.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 10, 2026 03:10 PM (fkjGs)
Posted by: AMartel at July 10, 2026 03:10 PM (otvi3)
Posted by: pahound at July 10, 2026 03:11 PM (AjR4+)
Open to a shot of a portapotty by the ocean. Cue this song
youtu.be/f5C-RkAFvk4
Then open the door dramatically with sparklers on either side.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 03:11 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 10, 2026 03:11 PM (xA5g+)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 03:11 PM (5quaU)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 03:11 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 10, 2026 03:11 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 03:11 PM (ugElV)
Otherwise, why would people keep talking about her?
They crave the mystical monster cave?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 03:12 PM (UsddL)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 03:11 PM (ugElV)
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Statistical noise.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 03:12 PM (GKzf4)
I doubt he has the guts to stand up to that. One look at this fuckboi will tell you.
He'll quit, but only at the very last second.
But oh, how I hope he doesn't!!!
Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 10, 2026 03:13 PM (wtvvX)
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272 I’m kinda hoping Platner throws three sheets to the wind, goes on a bourbon fueled bender and stays in the race.
Posted by: Vengeance
...and then does live interviews
Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 03:04 PM (q6tQZ)
With no pants.
Posted by: Vengeance
...In a porta-potty
Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 03:06 PM (q6tQZ)
Shucking oysters.
Posted by: Vengeance
with no shirt
Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 03:09 PM (q6tQZ)
I have been entertained by this Dim wacko all week. He's almost a superhero at this point in the comic book of what is left of my brain.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 10, 2026 03:15 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 03:20 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 03:21 PM (Cqx++)
The fake redhead that's Helen Thomas' age and has a fake severed head of Trump.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 10, 2026 02:46 PM (2ocoG)
Griffin.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:46 PM (2YhKe)
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I think you mis-spelled 'SHITSTAIN'
Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 10, 2026 03:28 PM (JNTt1)
Posted by: torabora at July 10, 2026 03:45 PM (KtOUo)
Posted by: torabora at July 10, 2026 03:48 PM (KtOUo)
Posted by: Bill Clintoon at July 10, 2026 03:51 PM (KtOUo)
Perhaps on Monday the Dems will get Platnered.
Posted by: geoffb at July 10, 2026 04:32 PM (OtD+j)
Oh No! Trump's DOJ is Prosecuting the Frankencientists Who Created Covid, Shut Down the Earth, and Killed Tens of Millions
And The Atlantic is alarmed by this justice-seeking behavior.
Lab-Leak Payback Has Begun"Payback"? Oh right, because any time a liberal is prosecuted for his notorious crimes it's just "political payback" from Trump. The endless prosecutions of Trump, on the other hand, were Just Some Good Prosecutin'.
Indictments, subpoenas, and debarments are hitting American scientists embroiled in the controversy over COVID's origins.
You mean the same way that Fauci and his paid shills insisted the case was closed and it was a conspiracy theory and "racist" to question him? He was Science, after all.
By Daniel Engber The origins of the coronavirus pandemic remain contested; the evidence is incomplete. But pundits, activists, and members of the Trump administration have long insisted that the case is closed, and that the virus slipped out from a lab in China. They've maintained the view that U.S. scientists were involved and later tried to hide the facts. They've said that justice must be served.
Good stuff, this "payback."
Now the reckoning they want appears to have arrived. An expert on the flu got hauled off by the FBI. A coronavirus researcher was indicted in Detroit. Two prominent virologists stepped down or were removed from senior roles. And a fifth infectious-disease researcher--Anthony Fauci, the central figure in an alleged "lab-leak" cover-up--was recently subpoenaed to appear before the U.S. Senate. ... The first case was Ralph Baric, a 72-year-old virologist and bat-coronavirus expert at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Baric worked closely with researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which many adherents to the lab-leak theory posit as the source of the pandemic; one contingent thinks that Baric might have been the creator of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. On April 15, the NIH, which has in the past provided Baric's lab with hundreds of millions of dollars in research funds, referred him for debarment from all federal contracts for at least three years. The claims against him focus on some inconsistencies in paperwork and a series of decade-old experiments that the agency says were carried out in violation of a pause of a "gain-of-fuction" research. Baric told Science magazine's Jon Cohen that he's fighting the debarment, and that he'd been targeted on account of the furor over COVID origins; he appears to have retired from UNC on June 1. (Neither Baric nor the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees NIH, responded to requests for comment.)
The day after the government kicked off Baric's debarment proceedings, David Morens, a 78-year-old influenza specialist and one of Fauci's close advisers at NIAID, was indicted for conspiring to hide or falsify discussions of coronavirus research grants. "We have to keep all communications like this on private email so that it can't be retrieved via a FOIA," he wrote in one message from 2021. On April 27, per Cohen's reporting, armed federal agents in bulletproof vests arrived at Morens's home in Chester, Maryland, and handcuffed him in his underwear. Morens pleaded not guilty to the charges. (The FBI told Science that this description of the arrest was "inaccurate"; Morens's attorney declined to comment for this story.) Just a few weeks later, news came out that the acting head of NIAID--the virologist Jeffrey Taubenberger, a very close colleague of Morens's--had either stepped down or been fired from his role. He and Morens had worked together on more than 60 academic papers, including 13 that also list Fauci as an author--and both had been on the radar of the lab-leak hard-liners. (Taubenberger did not respond to a request for comment.) News also broke in May that the FBI was investigating another NIAID virologist, Vincent Munster, who had been called out for collaborating with Baric and the scientists in Wuhan. Since then, prosecutors have filed an indictment charging Munster and another researcher from his lab with a conspiracy to smuggle mpox into the U.S. and with making false statements to federal agents. The government claims that on January 25, Munster and that colleague arrived at an airport in Detroit from the Republic of the Congo with a black plastic case containing samples of the mpox virus, seemingly deactivated and noninfectious, and that they both lacked proper documentation for these materials and misled the customs agents who questioned them. The two virologists have pleaded not guilty. (Munster's attorney did not respond to a request for comment.) The strongest argument for connecting all of these cases is that lab-leak activists themselves have done the same. Anthony Bellotti, the founder and president of the White Coat Waste Project, an animal-activist group that has leveraged the lab-leak theory in pursuit of its goal of ending all taxpayer-funded animal testing, declared that "Morens' indictment should be the beginning--not the end--of long-overdue lab leak accountability at NIH." Just two weeks before Munster was indicted on charges that seem to have no connection with the pandemic, Bellotti's group joined the right-wing activist Laura Loomer in hawking what they called a "whistleblower report" about the virologist's alleged misdeeds. That document describes Munster as a "Fauci acolyte and all around egotistical, arrogant foreigner that joined his research project (to aerosolize covid virus) to Ralph Baric's project (to weaponize it)." I could find no evidence that Munster, who is a Dutch citizen, ever worked on a project to "aerosolize" SARS-CoV-2. In the meantime, Senator Rand Paul has linked Munster's name to an early draft of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency grant application, with Baric listed as a principal investigator, that proposed to gauge the spillover risk associated with bat coronaviruses. The project's ultimate goal was to limit that threat but involved altering the viruses in ways that might have made them more infectious--and more like SARS-CoV-2. (The final version of that proposal does not mention Munster, and the extent to which he knew its details are unclear.) If you believe, as Paul and others do, that this unfunded DARPA project may have been a blueprint for generating the pandemic virus--and that, one way or another, virologists' disregard for biosafety helped cause the deaths of millions--then seeking justice would be natural. If you're also sure that COVID got its start in studies funded by the U.S. government, and specifically through NIAID, then there is no greater villain in this story than Fauci. Just last week, Paul announced that he'd subpoenaed the lab-leak theory's final boss to testify in Congress at the end of this month. "He has not really gotten his just deserts," Paul said in a weekend interview on Fox. He later added: "There needs to be repercussions." A hearing is one of the clearest avenues to pursue such measures: The blanket pardon that Fauci received from President Biden wouldn't cover any charges of lying to Congress that arose from new sworn testimony. (Neither Fauci nor Paul responded to requests for comment.)
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Nazdar at July 10, 2026 01:10 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 01:10 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 01:10 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 10, 2026 01:10 PM (NcvvS)
Thanks, everyone! I won’t be commenting much as I'm still on oxycodone so my comments would be more ridiculous than they usually are.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 10, 2026 01:11 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 01:12 PM (FtULh)
Then put them to work on Uncle Palp's Dignity Canal.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 10, 2026 01:12 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 10, 2026 01:12 PM (cS1cw)
I'm in the mood to fool around.
It's time for action!
Now the boys are back in town.
So turn up the music,
Make it loud and proud.
Let's see reaction,
Let the spotlight hit the crowd.
Don't hide what you feel inside.
Don't let anybody stand in your way.
Just let the music take you higher …
TO FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 10, 2026 01:13 PM (iFTx/)
You can stop reading right there.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 10, 2026 01:13 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 01:13 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: gp at July 10, 2026 01:14 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 01:14 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 10, 2026 01:14 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 01:14 PM (j+aD2)
—Disinformation Expert Ace
Don't forget the slander
Posted by: The Pangolin Antidefamation League at July 10, 2026 01:14 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 10, 2026 01:14 PM (cS1cw)
Ho-boy. So much to parse in this sentence.
"We can't talk about our scientists' illegal banned experiments that killed millions of people."
Oops. Did I say our scientists?
Oops. Did I say illegal?
Oops. Did I say banned?
https://youtu.be/wpjX4q5ZWQc
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 01:15 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Pisistratus at July 10, 2026 01:15 PM (DMpo1)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 10, 2026 01:14 PM (iFTx
Payback > Justice
Justice ain't what it used to be.
Back to yards.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 01:16 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 10, 2026 01:16 PM (NcvvS)
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When did the Atlantic ever concede that the origin is "contested"? Much less "remains contested."
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 10, 2026 01:16 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: garrett at July 10, 2026 01:16 PM (5MUB0)
Posted by: wth at July 10, 2026 01:16 PM (UjdFS)
B) not give him any security B(a) share this information gathered with every country in the world, and III) make sure everyone knows execution is going to be the requested penalty for crimes against humanity
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 01:17 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 10, 2026 01:14 PM (cS1cw)
He's very knowledgeable of back-door channels...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 01:17 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 01:18 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: huerfano at July 10, 2026 01:19 PM (VJX5o)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 01:18 PM (rbvCR)
and Wuhan has been stolen many times...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 01:19 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Mark in South Jordan at July 10, 2026 01:19 PM (RLkC9)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 01:19 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 01:20 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: AIDS at July 10, 2026 01:20 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Mark in South Jordan at July 10, 2026 01:19 PM (RLkC9)
Gnomes can be hanged from Mailbox posts...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 01:21 PM (l3cgK)
What, you say Biden pardoned Fauci? Biden couldn't pardon Fauci for state crimes
Let Texas or Florida prosecute the arrogant mass murdering scumbag
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 01:21 PM (m2wmY)
This is all a distraction from the Epstein files.
Posted by: leftists at July 10, 2026 01:21 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: goatexchange at July 10, 2026 01:22 PM (hyS0X)
—Disinformation Expert Ace
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Thus Trump proves himself Hitler's equal.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 01:22 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Eromero at July 10, 2026 01:22 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 10, 2026 01:22 PM (oX38Y)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 01:19 PM (ndZc7)
If Dem politicians really believed in it, they wouldn't buy beachfront properties...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 01:22 PM (l3cgK)
Beat the reaper!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 10, 2026 01:22 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 01:23 PM (nBQEH)
Posted by: Mark in South Jordan
After the sand fleas are done with him, we can hang what's left.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at July 10, 2026 01:23 PM (M0V4/)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 01:19 PM (ndZc7)
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It would also be interesting to see the Venn diagram of their "scientific knowledge" with that of Flat-Earthers.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 01:23 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: goatexchange at July 10, 2026 01:22 PM (hyS0X)
We approve this message.
Posted by: beagles everywhere at July 10, 2026 01:23 PM (R+iUD)
The Laotian child molester and rapist that Walz pardoned and got a bunch of headlines because of how awful, we're never going to win, the left keeps making it impossible?
Well, Rubio deported the guy. Like...a week after the pardon.
It's been mentioned twice in these comments (last thread).
Twice.
No discussion. No celebration. No long talk about how we're winning. Just a couple of quick mentions, very low engagement on the idea, and we're off to talking about other things.
Why is the celebration of the Laotian being deported not as big as the kerfuffle over Walz's pardoning of the guy?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 01:23 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 10, 2026 01:23 PM (u73oe)
The left now: You want to prosecute people over a little thing like COVID?!? Really? I mean some people did some things but that's it right?
Posted by: Tim Walz at July 10, 2026 01:24 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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I would posit that there's a stronger link with atheism.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 10, 2026 01:24 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 10, 2026 01:24 PM (oX38Y)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 01:24 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 01:22 PM (l3cgK)
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They can afford sandbags to keep back the rising tides.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 01:24 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 01:19 PM (ndZc7)
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Sciency science stuff suspiciously close to math.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 01:24 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 01:24 PM (nBQEH)
The Laotian child molester and rapist that Walz pardoned and got a bunch of headlines because of how awful, we're never going to win, the left keeps making it impossible?
Well, Rubio deported the guy. Like...a week after the pardon.
It's been mentioned twice in these comments (last thread).
Twice.
No discussion. No celebration. No long talk about how we're winning. Just a couple of quick mentions, very low engagement on the idea, and we're off to talking about other things.
Why is the celebration of the Laotian being deported not as big as the kerfuffle over Walz's pardoning of the guy?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 01:23 PM (GKzf4)
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Bruh, you know why
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 10, 2026 01:24 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 01:24 PM (nBQEH)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 01:25 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 10, 2026 01:25 PM (bl07w)
Why is the celebration of the Laotian being deported not as big as the kerfuffle over Walz's pardoning of the guy?
Posted by: TheJamesMadiso
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Human nature
When something happens that SHOULD happen, there's less reaction.
Posted by: King Missile at July 10, 2026 01:25 PM (4HoLg)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 10, 2026 01:24 PM (iFTx/)
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Because Empress Kamala will just bring him back and provide him with a dozen children on which to feast, so there's no point in celebration.
All victories are actually defeats.
Woe is me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 01:25 PM (GKzf4)
So for the left, the significance and truth of how bad their crimes are serves as the very reason the details can't be divulged. This does not lead to a functioning civilization.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 01:25 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 10, 2026 01:23 PM (u73oe)
Curiosity of what can be done...some people are like that.
The ethics about whether it SHOULD be done? They don't care. The same attitude that creates a Mengele.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 01:25 PM (l3cgK)
Then put them to work on Uncle Palp's Dignity Canal.
Two very strange ways to spell, "hung from the neck until dead" but It's a start.
Posted by: Will Robinson at July 10, 2026 01:25 PM (zBgIx)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 01:25 PM (afJtY)
Son of a bitch killed my father. He can roast in hell.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 10, 2026 01:26 PM (bl07w)
1) COVID came from the Wuhan lab
2) The clot shots did not stop the spread
3) COVID was not particularly dangerous to young/in shape people
Posted by: Tim Walz at July 10, 2026 01:26 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:26 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: goatexchange at July 10, 2026 01:26 PM (hyS0X)
Why is the celebration of the Laotian being deported not as big as the kerfuffle over Walz's pardoning of the guy?
Posted by: TheJamesMadiso
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Human nature
When something happens that SHOULD happen, there's less reaction.
Posted by: King Missile at July 10, 2026 01:25 PM (4HoLg)
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This is why I harp on deportation numbers. I bring them up. All the time.
People freak out about Maryland Man or Columbia kid, screaming about how since those two are tied up legally and aren't deported yet than nothing is happening.
But while those minor dramas have played out (costing the left literally tens of millions of dollars in legal fees), the admin has forcibly deported 900,000 others (3-4 million others probably have left on their own).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 01:27 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 01:25 PM (3uBP9)
We can't tell because mommy will be mad. These are the acts of feral children possessed by demons.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 10, 2026 01:27 PM (bl07w)
The argument for the bio research labs the government confirmed we are funding is an interesting one.
We hired a bunch of third world biologists so they "wouldn't work on bioweapons instead" and then we...put them to work on GoF research which creates bioweapons.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:27 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: goatexchange at July 10, 2026 01:26 PM (hyS0X)
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Like, subscribe, ring that notification bell.
Cult.
What? Who said that?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 01:27 PM (GKzf4)
Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
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BREAKING:
A 26-year-old white British man has been arrested for the murder of former Conservative and Reform UK spokeswoman Ann Widdecombe.
The 78-year-old former politician was found dead with serious injuries at her remote home in Haytor on the edge of Dartmoor.
Posted by: beckster at July 10, 2026 01:28 PM (kX27y)
Tumbrels and pikes!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 10, 2026 01:28 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 01:18 PM (rbvCR)
If elected, I will track down the people who created this virus and ass-rape them. Just to establish my dominance.
Posted by: Graham Platner at July 10, 2026 01:28 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 01:27 PM (GKzf4)
Well, buh bye. I, for one, will not miss them.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 10, 2026 01:28 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Graham Platner at July 10, 2026 01:28 PM (guGkK)
He seems nice.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 10, 2026 01:29 PM (bl07w)
The ethics about whether it SHOULD be done? They don't care. The same attitude that creates a Mengele.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Dude, really? I'm standing right here.
Posted by: Dr. Ian Malcolm at July 10, 2026 01:29 PM (M0V4/)
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We hired a bunch of third world biologists so they "wouldn't work on bioweapons instead" and then we...put them to work on GoF research which creates bioweapons.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:27 PM (sKqQm)
How about - stay with me here - instead of hiring them and paying them out of tax revenue, we shoot them in their fucking psycho heads.
Posted by: a modest proposal at July 10, 2026 01:29 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 10, 2026 01:29 PM (guGkK)
In Columbia in the last election cycle a young man assassinated the opposition candidate insuring a win for Petro. The FNM here and there both claim it was just a random guy who killed the opponent randomly and Petro was completely innocent...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Texican ette at July 10, 2026 01:30 PM (SNf74)
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 10, 2026 01:30 PM (oX38Y)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 01:30 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Old Lady Birx at July 10, 2026 01:31 PM (2Ez/1)
What could possibly go wrong?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 10, 2026 01:31 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 10, 2026 01:30 PM (oX38Y)
Who gets to claim Birx's scarfs?
Posted by: the Horde needs to know at July 10, 2026 01:31 PM (R+iUD)
https://tinyurl.com/yvrnyzz4
"Prime Minister Mark Carney was given a personalized, engraved pistol and live ammunition by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he departed the NATO summit in Ankara on Wednesday.
The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed all NATO leaders received the unusual gift from Erdogan.
Global Affairs Canada said in a statement to reporters travelling with Carney that the gun has been turned over to the RCMP.
“The gift in question was provided to every NATO leader and is being transferred to the possession of the RCMP for decommissioning. The ammunition remained in Türkiye,” the statement said."
Meanwhile, Carney is protected by the RCMP with MP5's (machine guns)
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at July 10, 2026 01:32 PM (9aVck)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
Have you seen investments in artificial meat to help you with your brand new meat allergy? Oh, and you met my ticks?
Posted by: Bill Gates at July 10, 2026 01:32 PM (Dv3i1)
White tells you nothing about religion, nothing about tranny, and nothing about political leaning.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 01:32 PM (nBQEH)
I'll be honest this is a platform I could support
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:32 PM (sKqQm)
https://tinyurl.com/yvrnyzz4
"Prime Minister Mark Carney was given a personalized, engraved pistol and live ammunition by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he departed the NATO summit in Ankara on Wednesday.
The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed all NATO leaders received the unusual gift from Erdogan.
Global Affairs Canada said in a statement to reporters travelling with Carney that the gun has been turned over to the RCMP.
“The gift in question was provided to every NATO leader and is being transferred to the possession of the RCMP for decommissioning. The ammunition remained in Türkiye,” the statement said."
Meanwhile, Carney is protected by the RCMP with MP5's (machine guns)
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at July 10, 2026 01:32 PM (9aVck)
GAY!
Posted by: that Asian dude at July 10, 2026 01:33 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: I was at lunch at July 10, 2026 01:33 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: huerfano at July 10, 2026 01:19 PM (VJX5o)
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Hear me out... We make a giant frying pan, like 50' in diameter, big enough to run around in when your feet get hot. Then we advertise a pay-per-event, no, a series...
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 10, 2026 01:33 PM (THY4u)
Posted by: the Horde needs to know at July 10, 2026 01:31 PM (R+iUD)
You have to believe those scarves were hiding some serious VD scars on her neck.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 10, 2026 01:33 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 10, 2026 01:33 PM (k1E2D)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
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I continue to lobby for gibbets. The lingering public display undoubtedly makes a lasting impression.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 10, 2026 01:34 PM (XeU6L)
I won’t be commenting much as I'm still on oxycodone so my comments would be more ridiculous than they usually are.
Posted by: Duke Lowell
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You're new here, aren't you?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 01:34 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: the Horde needs to know at July 10, 2026 01:31 PM (R+iUD)
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I already nabbed them at the airport!
Posted by: Sam Brinton at July 10, 2026 01:34 PM (oX38Y)
I'll be honest this is a platform I could support
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:32 PM (sKqQm)
But is this a platform Lindsey Graham can get behind...or in front of?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 01:34 PM (l3cgK)
Sometimes you’ll hear people pointing towards the “De-Nazification” of Germany as analogue to things, like cleansing the Communist infiltrators in the. USA.
Well in point of order, what the military planners in charge of post-war Germany found, it was damned tough to find anybody competent who wasn’t associated with the regime. Now what?
And the US government imported thousands of chemical, biological, and propaganda warfare specialists to America under the aegis of the “Paperclip” program.
We like to think of the 1950s and Eisenhower era as some sort of halcyon time, but there was some really super skeevy shit going down under the radar. I would argue the 1960s were the product of that to a large degree, between the longer established Frankfurt School communists embedded in Academia, and the unregulated and no oversight spooks in the alphabet agencies, no society has been fucked with more than that huge cohort sometimes called the Boomers.
You can see the fingerprints or all these machinations right now, here today. The stuff we argue about, and wonder “how did this happen!?”
Well, it was made to happen.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 01:34 PM (Nyc1R)
Posted by: King Missile
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This is why I harp on deportation numbers. I bring them up. All the time.
{ ... }
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
I wish they would have wacked his peepee before deporting. If he truly believes it is cultural, he will start the same sh1t when he returns from where he came.
Posted by: Adriane the O the Times, O the Morals Critic . . . at July 10, 2026 01:34 PM (3ZUWJ)
Someone was ranting about how unlike Trump the left dumps its rapists and someone, not me, posted Tara Reade's testimony.
The left's response? That's totally different, it was just her word against Biden's and obviously even though she was a career Democrat she did it for partisans reasons...blah blah...
Our original poster then took the responses and stuck in E Jean Carroll's name and got a whole bunch of responses on the order of REEEEE
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)
Phew, that was a close one!
Posted by: Loss-of-Function Research at July 10, 2026 01:34 PM (9VbNk)
It's stories like this that make me wish I was President. Upon receiving the pistol, I would have immediately shot Erdogan with it.
Posted by: Halfhand at July 10, 2026 01:34 PM (bDp6B)
Oh, well. I guess we just have to except it. Spit.
Thanks for providing these scumbags cover.
"Some people are just attracted to kids". (calming breath)
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 10, 2026 01:35 PM (cS1cw)
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And the US government imported thousands of chemical, biological, and propaganda warfare specialists to America under the aegis of the “Paperclip” program.
We like to think of the 1950s and Eisenhower era as some sort of halcyon time, but there was some really super skeevy shit going down under the radar. I would argue the 1960s were the product of that to a large degree, between the longer established Frankfurt School communists embedded in Academia, and the unregulated and no oversight spooks in the alphabet agencies, no society has been fucked with more than that huge cohort sometimes called the Boomers.
You can see the fingerprints or all these machinations right now, here today. The stuff we argue about, and wonder “how did this happen!?”
Well, it was made to happen.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 01:34 PM (Nyc1R)
Trust us. We're EXPERTS!
Posted by: see eye ay at July 10, 2026 01:35 PM (R+iUD)
The ethics about whether it SHOULD be done? They don't care. The same attitude that creates a Mengele.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Dude, really? I'm standing right here.
Posted by: Dr. Ian Malcolm at July 10, 2026 01:29 PM (M0V4/)
Don't bring him up
Posted by: Burt Reynolds at July 10, 2026 01:35 PM (k1E2D)
Someone was ranting about how unlike Trump the left dumps its rapists and someone, not me, posted Tara Reade's testimony.
The left's response? That's totally different, it was just her word against Biden's and obviously even though she was a career Democrat she did it for partisans reasons...blah blah...
Our original poster then took the responses and stuck in E Jean Carroll's name and got a whole bunch of responses on the order of REEEEE
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)
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72% of Maine Democrats voted for Platner after The NEW YORK TIMES told them that he had sexually abused a woman.
If they want to hold onto this argument, it's that the establishment of the party is keeping back the insanity of the base, denying its own voters a say in representation. And that that's a good thing because Democrat voters can't be trusted.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 01:36 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 01:36 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 01:36 PM (2YhKe)
Oh, well. I guess we just have to except it. Spit.
Thanks for providing these scumbags cover.
"Some people are just attracted to kids". (calming breath)
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 10, 2026 01:35 PM (cS1cw)
It's obvious why you left out the last part of my comment.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 01:36 PM (l3cgK)
The wet market story wasn't racist because it was the truth.
Reality has a liberal bias, you see.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 01:37 PM (nBQEH)
The ethics about whether it SHOULD be done? They don't care. The same attitude that creates a Mengele.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Dude, really? I'm standing right here.
Posted by: Dr. Ian Malcolm at July 10, 2026 01:29 PM (M0V4/)
Don't bring him up
Posted by: Burt Reynolds at July 10, 2026 01:35 PM (k1E2D)
Dum dum dum
Posted by: Captain Chaos at July 10, 2026 01:37 PM (k1E2D)
Posted by: RI Red at July 10, 2026 01:37 PM (LMRVO)
Link goes to justsecurity.org
Posted by: scampydog at July 10, 2026 01:37 PM (2bFN5)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 10, 2026 01:37 PM (edUvp)
youtube.com/watch?v=vQBmTuHlNKI
Posted by: gp at July 10, 2026 01:37 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Halfhand at July 10, 2026 01:34 PM (bDp6B)
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I have always liked you.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 01:37 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 10, 2026 01:38 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at July 10, 2026 01:38 PM (9ZFZd)
I read an argument that Roswell was actually two related things the government didn't want to talk about at the time:
The US government working on top secret radiation detection balloons (the supposed spaceship) and was doing radiation experiments on corpses to see the effect of radiation on human tissue...conducted with a fair number of German/Paperclip scientists.
Note later we detected the initial Soviet nuclear tests with radiation detection balloons and there was a scandal a few years later when it came out that the US had been using corpses that might or might not have been legally acquired for radiation testing on human tissue.
So the argument goes letting people believe it was aliens instead solved a bunch of problems and that's why the government kept acting like they were hiding an alien crash site...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:38 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 10, 2026 01:38 PM (fkjGs)
Too lazy to look it up, but think Queer Starmer didn't even try to bring it home on the grounds that it was illegal in the UK for him to have it.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 10, 2026 01:39 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Don Black at July 10, 2026 01:39 PM (ZxPkt)
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Early on in the debacle, rumor control had it that the “leak” was initiated because of dumpster diving. “Gain of function” essentially means passing the virus back and forth repeatedly between animals many many times and needs a lot of them. The idea is to accelerate mutation. Rinse lather repeat, with the mutated version.
Anyway. The locals couldn’t pass up a source of available free protein.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 01:39 PM (Nyc1R)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 01:39 PM (m2wmY)
Posted by: Max Power at July 10, 2026 01:40 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: Adriane the O the Times, O the Morals Critic . . . at July 10, 2026 01:40 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Internet media on the right is based a lot on rage clicks which eventually demoralize and demotivate voters on the Right.
You can get okay information from even crappy left biased sources but you have to read carefully with prior knowledge from other stories in the past plus the relative credibility of the source--some will lie with abandon, others will lie by more subtle means like omission.
Clickbait rage stories on the right however, are simpatico with ideals but it leaves the impression that a) these specific instances are the general rule, b) that nothing can be done about it. So impotent rage eventually leads to disengagement and depression in the long run.
Go to original sources, even leftist ones, first and then you can weigh the credibility and usefulness of any right commentary on it. Unfortunately, as someone said here yesterday, the media on right have scant interest in reporters but a lot on commentary using msm materials.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 01:40 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 01:40 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 01:40 PM (m2wmY)
Why do I think this? Just look at the videos of the Wuhan lab and the supposedly careful and dangerous work they were doing. The lab was a joke -- less secure and safe than a high school biology lab.
Experimenting with dangerous viruses in Wuhan would be like splicing BSL-4 pathogens in an open-air kiosk inside a mall. There's no way anyone really believed the Wuhan lab was capable of doing any real work on viruses. It wasn't supposed to. It was intended to suck up money.
But somewhere along the line, the Bat Lady actually went and created something. Of course it got out. What wouldn't have escaped that lab? There were almost no containment or safety protocols in place.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 10, 2026 01:40 PM (iFTx/)
One other point here, this was in a primary election. They can't even claim they did it to "stop Trump"...Mills hasn't raped anyone and would implement all the same policies they want.
They just intentionally choose the neo-NAZI rapist.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)
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Too lazy to look it up, but think Queer Starmer didn't even try to bring it home on the grounds that it was illegal in the UK for him to have it.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 10, 2026 01:39 PM (NcvvS)
He should come work with us.
Posted by: journalists, epsecially that one with the 30-round mag in deecee at July 10, 2026 01:40 PM (R+iUD)
Killed tens of millions...
And forever undermined the legitimacy of governments everywhere.
- wear a mask...bullshit
- six feet spacing...bullshit
- no visitation of the elderly...bullshit
Lets do global warming next.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 10, 2026 01:41 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 01:40 PM (2YhKe)
They put DNA for making spider silk into goat, using either viral or bacterial means. Is that considered "GoF" of the modified virii or bacteria used?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 01:42 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: gp at July 10, 2026 01:42 PM (Jr5Lq)
this is correct.
that and FUD are the primary weapons of the Left right now, since they're a bit on their heels.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 01:42 PM (j+aD2)
Killed tens of millions...
And forever undermined the legitimacy of governments everywhere.
- wear a mask...bullshit
- six feet spacing...bullshit
- no visitation of the elderly...bullshit
Lets do global warming next.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 10, 2026 01:41 PM (2WIwB)
Firing people for refusing to get vaxxed...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 01:42 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 10, 2026 01:42 PM (NcvvS)
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Yeah but she created those diseases herself. Its not like she is some sort of skank.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 10, 2026 01:42 PM (THY4u)
Anyway. The locals couldn’t pass up a source of available free protein.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Not really, in the specific case of Covid, Indian researchers noticed the clear signs of CRISPR gene editing of Covid--to avoid the lengthy time for gain of function naturally, you insert genes from other viruses in order to add specific qualities to the existing one--like ability to avoid immune system response.
IRRC, the specific sequence that the Indian researchers found related to the AIDS virus which helped the Covid sample investigated avoid certain immune responses.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 01:43 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 01:40 PM (E4rtv)
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I understand the media model.
It's stupid, but it makes money. I get it.
But us? The hoi polloi of the conservative movement? Why are we insistent on being led around by the nose by leftist editorial assumptions?
The information is out there, but we don't engage with it. Not just us in the comments, but people in general.
There's an X account I follow (@derzum_). He's a 20 year old guy obsessed with collecting news and data about deportations, and he does more work on keeping me up to date on one of the most important issues of the generation than The Daily Wire, Breitbart, and Instapundit combined.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 01:43 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Don Black at July 10, 2026 01:39 PM
*ahem*
93 Nothing will happen.
Posted by: I was at lunch at July 10, 2026 01:33 PM
Posted by: It was a the three Martini variety at July 10, 2026 01:44 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 01:36 PM (GKzf4)
Except it's not true. If they thought they had a real shot with him AND that Team Trump wasn't going to use him and probably new stories to drag down the entire party for the midterms, then the "establishment" would support him to the ends of the earth.
They supported Biden, Clinton, Kennedy, etc etc etc etc
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 01:44 PM (nBQEH)
One other point here, this was in a primary election. They can't even claim they did it to "stop Trump"...Mills hasn't raped anyone and would implement all the same policies they want.
They just intentionally choose the neo-NAZI rapist.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)
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Mills, sitting Maine governor, had to suspend her campaign because she ran out of money.
Money comes from all over the country.
Platner was funded by leftists all over the nation. No one on the left wanted to fund Mills.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 01:44 PM (GKzf4)
The initial argument was that the clot shot stopped the spread of COVID. So they could mandate you not go to the office or a movie or something without the clot shot because then you could spread COVID.
Of course shortly it came out that Moderna and Pfizer faked their effectivity data and the line became no the clot shot won't stop you from getting COVID it will just make you less sick when you get it.
But...they kept all the clot shot mandates in place even after they agreed the reason for them was bullshit
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)
That’s a good thing, right? Right?!! I don’t ascribe anything to leftists at face value. Better dig deeper if they do or say something that sounds logical or seems to make sense. You can bet there’s an angle.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 01:44 PM (Nyc1R)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 01:23 PM (GKzf4)
Because he was always going to be deported. Rubio just took out the garbage, after Walz made sure that justice could not be done.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 01:45 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Oglebay at July 10, 2026 01:45 PM (w8dnx)
you really have to work hard to not be. I fail a lot of the time
There's an X account I follow (@derzum_). He's a 20 year old guy obsessed with collecting news and data about deportations, and he does more work on keeping me up to date on one of the most important issues of the generation than The Daily Wire, Breitbart, and Instapundit combined
thank you for this. anecdotally I'm seeing progress on the illegal-deportation front all over, but when I plug in I get demoralized right away. so this account should help.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 01:45 PM (j+aD2)
I like that Fauci has been downgraded to "central figure" from his actual position as Head Honcho of whatever Government Organization he was head honcho of
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 10, 2026 01:45 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)
The VA still mandates them
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 01:45 PM (rbvCR)
Killed tens of millions...
And forever undermined the legitimacy of governments everywhere.
- wear a mask...bullshit
- six feet spacing...bullshit
- no visitation of the elderly...bullshit
Lets do global warming next.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 10, 2026 01:41 PM
++++
Hey. I'm still a thing.
Posted by: Recycling at July 10, 2026 01:46 PM (2Ez/1)
The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed all NATO leaders received the unusual gift from Erdogan.
Yo, NATO. You guys are probably going to meet Trump again soon, individually.
I'm just sayin'
Posted by: Erdogan the Goat Fucker at July 10, 2026 01:46 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 10, 2026 01:46 PM (THY4u)
that and FUD are the primary weapons of the Left right now, since they're a bit on their heels.
Posted by: Black Orchid
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Yep. And it is also aided by witting and unwitting trolling in commentary--the unwitting types simply parrot back talking points that they got from some shill, the witting types subtly try to blackpill others that nothing can be done, defeat is inevitable, etc. etc. Implying no choice or agency is allowed that could combat whatever the circumstance happens to be.
On registration sites, it becomes pretty quickly obvious who the unwitting and the witting trolls are. On sites like this, you have to learn patterns of behavior which takes a bit longer.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 01:46 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Don Black at July 10, 2026 01:39 PM (ZxPkt)
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Yeah he said he was having lunch.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 01:47 PM (RIvkX)
We don't have a bunch of government $$$ sitting around to fund right wing causes and most of the rich people on the right have no interest in funding such either.
So the left has cadres of people trained and funded to advance the left and we have people that advance the right in their spare time.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:47 PM (sKqQm)
you're not alone.
I'll never forget the sinking feeling of March 17th 2020. Never.
the lockdowns were the worst thing - I think - any Western govt has ever done.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 01:47 PM (j+aD2)
They supported Biden, Clinton, Kennedy, etc etc etc etc
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 01:44 PM (nBQEH)
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Remember, Chuck Schumer personally recruited Janet Mills months before the primary and even before the Nazi tattoo was revealed, funded her, and watched her wither and die as the leftist base (led by the socialist coalition within the Senate like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders) funded the Nazi-tattooed rapist.
It's an argument against Warren, Sanders, and the base itself.
It's an argument that the Democrat base is insane.
"Our side polices itself," the left insists.
"No, your establishment polices the base. The base keeps making the decisions to put up Nazi rapists, and the moderate ones have to use all of their power to deny you your voice in your own party's processes."
It's a demoralizing argument to be used against them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 01:47 PM (GKzf4)
"We were, in fact, *not* in his underwear," the FBI clarified.
Posted by: SciVo at July 10, 2026 01:48 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Oglebay at July 10, 2026 01:45 PM (w8dnx)
You're hardly alone. It's not a distraction if the origin was purposeful. In fact with what you're saying, the origin becomes the story. They did it precisely to claim that authority. And a host of other ills.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 01:48 PM (nBQEH)
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For declining an experimental, emergency use only vaccine.
This is totally illegal, you cannot force people into experimental medical trials. Arguably the DOD has a workaround.
USC Title 18 is clear enough. Even the appearance of coercion is unlawful. “We’re not forcing you to take the vaccine. You are free to quit your job and get one somewhere else!”
Totally not coercive, right?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 01:48 PM (Nyc1R)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 01:23 PM (GKzf4)
Because he was always going to be deported. Rubio just took out the garbage, after Walz made sure that justice could not be done.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 01:45 PM (rbvCR)
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Well, yeah.
I know that. You know that.
But there were people in these very comments who were screeching because they were assuming Laotian would be here forever, protected from deportation because of a state-level pardon on a criminal matter.
Where are these people giving the same energy to the thing they didn't see coming?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 01:48 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 01:49 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Don Black at July 10, 2026 01:39 PM (ZxPkt)
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Yeah he said he was having lunch.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 01:47 PM (RIvkX)
Well, he didn't think anything would happen, so...
Posted by: SciVo at July 10, 2026 01:49 PM (Sy6m/)
This is one that fascinates me. Yes we all get our information from somewhere...but there is a class of people, significantly more on the left then the right, that pick one source and believe it to be Gospel truth.
If you question their talking point with raw data you'll get back something along the lines of "And what credentials do you have to disagree with this FACT I got from Colbert/Trevor Noah/ABC/etc!?!"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:49 PM (sKqQm)
93 Nothing will happen.
Posted by: I was at lunch at July 10, 2026 01:33 PM
Posted by: It was a the three Martini variety
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okay
just checking
Posted by: Don Black at July 10, 2026 01:49 PM (ZxPkt)
The origins of the coronavirus pandemic remain contested; the evidence is incomplete. But pundits, activists, and members of the Trump administration have long insisted that the case is closed, and that the virus slipped out from a lab in China. They've maintained the view that U.S. scientists were involved and later tried to hide the facts. They've said that justice must be served.
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Yeah, because only Trump ever prematurely closed the book on anything regarding the pandemic.
Like that couple of months when the "lab leak theory" was "totally debunked"?
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 01:50 PM (Fi81e)
On a large scale? Arguably yes.
But on a smaller scale? How about Fauci forcing an AIDS vaccine he had little reason to believe would work on orphans?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:51 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: It was a the three Martini variety at July 10, 2026 01:44 PM (2Ez/1)
Is there any other kind?
*takes sip*
Posted by: Diogenes at July 10, 2026 01:51 PM (2WIwB)
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I don't know.
The Holocaust was pretty bad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 01:51 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 10, 2026 01:51 PM (ifRcz)
I refused to take any ethics training after that.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 01:51 PM (2Ez/1)
Who keeps the annals around here?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 10, 2026 01:51 PM (eNYWF)
"Payback Has Begun"?
Gee, what happens when Rubio deports the next child rapist? Vengeful Trump Admin Pounces?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 01:52 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 10, 2026 01:52 PM (ifRcz)
Do you prefer your women with long thick brown hair or short spiked up blue hair?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:52 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 01:52 PM (wOO3z)
If a leftist won't consider these facts (and engage with reality), they're hopelessly lost. Same if they deflect to their favorite derp, "why does it matter now?"
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at July 10, 2026 01:52 PM (yFLFB)
This is totally illegal, you cannot force people into experimental medical trials. Arguably the DOD has a workaround.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 01:48 PM (Nyc1R)
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It's totally illegal, but they got away with it.
And the SCOTUS has been silent.
The SCOTUS forte is only School-marmish rule and causing bloody civil wars because judges know stuff.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 01:52 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
It takes time, it takes prior knowledge so harder to persuade people to get up to speed, conservatives are generally pessimists going way back to the FDR administration about the coming victory of Socialism/Communism, now Islam.
A lot of people want to deny their own agency in political matters because it is far easier if 'nothing can be done" or "we have lost already." Or some other crappy nostalgic view on what was lost in the unrecoverable past. We can only move forward and we do have agency, each and every one of us and nothing is inevitable--it is always a choice by those in society at the time to curl up and die or fight for another possible win.
As Churchill said about England (for spergs, not exact quote but near enough), nations that go down fighting may rise again but nations that surrender don't.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 01:53 PM (E4rtv)
On a large scale? Arguably yes.
But on a smaller scale? How about Fauci forcing an AIDS vaccine he had little reason to believe would work on orphans?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:51 PM (sKqQm)
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Just goes to.sbow how a bureaucracy can become the terror of a society. No one is accountable, but policies must be maintained!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 10, 2026 01:53 PM (2WIwB)
I wouldn't be surprised to see the upcoming Maine Dem nominating "convention" become a small scale Chicago 68.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 01:53 PM (m2wmY)
Second, Evil Knievel's son, Robbie, was on to an interesting media career until unfortunately dying of pancreatic cancer at the age of 60. So many deaths happened during COVID that just got swept under the rug (Jessica Walter, Stanton Friedman)
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at July 10, 2026 01:53 PM (9aVck)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 01:49 PM
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Aquero Gold.
Posted by: Steely Dan at July 10, 2026 01:53 PM (2Ez/1)
The cave where these bats live was 30m from Wuhan if I recall.
If you discount Wuhan "scientists" going there to collect bats the question of how it got to Wuhan is an interesting one isn't it?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:54 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 01:54 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 01:54 PM (Fi81e)
There is a far more insidious thing on the Right where the vast majority of us know the media lies but then hears a "report" that they have no particular reason to disagree with (like something bad about a Democrat), and takes it at face value. Insanity!
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 01:55 PM (nBQEH)
We’re lucky.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 10, 2026 01:55 PM (eNYWF)
Now, now, a little napalm will do the job. And you don't have to bury the sponge after cleanup.
Posted by: DaveA at July 10, 2026 01:55 PM (FhXTo)
It should be remembered for generations and in a right, just world would keep Democrats from holding any office. They abused power in the worst possible way and then try to hide their involvement. All at the expense of the citizens.
These are some of the most insidious people who have ever walked the planet. F them.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 10, 2026 01:56 PM (EWq0C)
Posted by: Oglebay at July 10, 2026 01:56 PM (w8dnx)
You should always ask as a first question "Why is this particular media outlet reporting this particular fact now?"
Every media source has an angle. That doesn't mean the reporting is false. But you should always read the story understanding WHY they CHOSE to print it.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:56 PM (sKqQm)
sure I guess Nazi Germany was Western but was it a government? I meant a normal, elected Western govt I guess. the "harmless" kind, not the "invade all our neighbors" kind.
it was massive, it was everyone. it was destructive across the board in many many ways, more than half of which we don't even know about yet.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 01:56 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 01:55 PM (nBQEH)
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Well, when you consider the direction that the mistakes tend to happen....
It's unlikely they are lying about a Democrat...unless he's even more corrupt/depraved than what they are letting on.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 01:57 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 01:27 PM (GKzf4)
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Not enough, there are still plenty of "immigrants" around. I'd to go to a park and not see 2 dozen hispanics jibbering away in spanish with their little future leeches running around. Or walk by some Ukrainian or Russian dude speaking russian to some other russian dude over the phone like he's in russia or come across some Indian (dot not feather) who somehow owns a damn hotel.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 10, 2026 01:57 PM (DbmIv)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 01:57 PM (nBQEH)
There is a far more insidious thing on the Right where the vast majority of us know the media lies but then hears a "report" that they have no particular reason to disagree with (like something bad about a Democrat), and takes it at face value. Insanity!
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 01:55 PM (nBQEH)
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Iranian propaganda is the newest thing.
Iran says it controls the strait and that everyone will pay them billions in tolls per vessel.
And a shocking number of people instantly believe them. Instantly (bonchie is a really bad example of this).
No critical thinking about, like, how Iran will impose tolls when ships take the Omani side of the strait, or how the actual transfer of payments would happened to a sanctioned nation, or how they would actually enforce it. Nope. Just, total belief.
And then total disbelief that the US might have completely destroyed Iran's ability to project force beyond a diminishing number of GPS guided drones and dudes with AK's in fishing boats. And the belief that Iran will have a peer military in a couple of months from imports from China over a railway that takes weeks to travel, is not contiguous, and is easily targeted.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 01:57 PM (GKzf4)
Did it come out in a person from the lab or did it come out in an animal they used then sent to the market? Where is the source of the dogs, monkeys and God knows what else in that market?
Posted by: Reforger at July 10, 2026 01:57 PM (Moh1b)
Seeing this as a researcher pisses me right off. Right now there's push to digitize everything (electronic notebooks and such) and you know if some lower-level grad student or post-doc had essentially made their notes and communications private, they'd get their ass reamed out over it.
Posted by: Thrawn at July 10, 2026 01:58 PM (KKMoa)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 01:58 PM (bITJ/)
Now, they obviously aren't acting like they believe that. But it is a interesting if misleading take on what actually happened where Fauci on behalf of the US government paid people in China to create COVID...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm)
sure I guess Nazi Germany was Western but was it a government? I meant a normal, elected Western govt I guess. the "harmless" kind, not the "invade all our neighbors" kind.
it was massive, it was everyone. it was destructive across the board in many many ways, more than half of which we don't even know about yet.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 01:56 PM (j+aD2)
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Yes, the Nazi government was a legitimately elected government. As legitimate as most, at least.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 01:59 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 01:57 PM (Fi81e)
They have plenty of reasons to lie about Democrats, bad or good, and do so, often. Listen to every news story, assume it's a lie, and find the angle. The news is a constant narrative stream, nothing more. Any truth contained therein is incidental and unimportant.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 02:00 PM (nBQEH)
Holodomor -> USSR, Western? But Communist
Holocaust -> Nazi Germany, Western but Fascist
And of course many pogroms, genocides, and mass killings by state actors throughout history.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 02:00 PM (ZVgZ4)
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Oh, that's of the "I thought it was going to be bad, and this is bad, so this must be happening" variety.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:00 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 10, 2026 01:57 PM (DbmIv)
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Oh, do you think that the administration is done?
Do you think there's a button the administration can press that ejects all illegals out in a second?
Or is it a multi-faceted process that requires millions of man hours across thousands of roles attacking the problem from hundreds of different angles that will take time to play out?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:00 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 02:00 PM (wOO3z)
The SCOTUS forte is only School-marmish rule and causing bloody civil wars because judges know stuff.
Posted by: Axeman
Because Scotus, at its heart, has had Federalist Society appointees for the GOP and rabid leftists for the Democrats. Federalist Society types are judicial restraintists and corporatists in nature, the left are different shades of commies. So other than the rare justices like Thomas and Alito and perhaps Scalia at times, the gumption to throw aways decades or even a century or more of bad law is simply not within the abilities of Federalist type society members like Kavanaugh, Roberts, or ACB.
Stare decisis should never 'preserve' bad readings of the US Constitution--should never negate clauses that the current legal or political community don't like such as the contract clause, the privileges and immunities clause, the 9th Amendment, or other provisions like the guaranty clause. Words in a Constitution have to mean enforceable language regardless of some cowardly or evil court rulings in the past that say the opposite or twist a common definition to win a case majority.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 02:00 PM (E4rtv)
An old buddy said just yesterday - in the same breath “I’ve had the shot and all the boosters” and that he’s had Covid, and it’s really no big deal. Like a sinus infection.
I guess the vaccine is really effective? Or … it doesn’t work very well either. Or … it isn’t really very safe either. “Lessens the symptoms”. Uh-huh
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 02:00 PM (Nyc1R)
Hitler gamed the system and relied on Franz von Papen being a fool. But yes it was technically legal.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 02:00 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:01 PM (Fi81e)
Hitler gamed the system and relied on Franz von Papen being a fool. But yes it was technically legal.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 02:00 PM (sKqQm)
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People vote for bad shit all the time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:01 PM (GKzf4)
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A bat can't leak a virus on purpose. A lab can.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 02:01 PM (nBQEH)
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We probably wouldn't want to do that again.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:01 PM (Fi81e)
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"What do you mean 'we'?"
-The Democrat Party, once opposed to Trump because he's anti-Semitic
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:02 PM (GKzf4)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm)
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Never saw that claim until the CCP defensive gene started expressing itself. Did the claim that you saw, and I missed apparently, appear sincere and was it really claimed early on?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 02:02 PM (bITJ/)
Crickets...
Posted by: Fuck Them All at July 10, 2026 02:02 PM (g7saB)
Quibble: the Orthodox world was not Western. Current Greece is, more or less, but Byzantium would never have considered itself Western.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 10, 2026 02:03 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Oglebay at July 10, 2026 02:03 PM (w8dnx)
Oh, do you think that the administration is done?
Do you think there's a button the administration can press that ejects all illegals out in a second?
Or is it a multi-faceted process that requires millions of man hours across thousands of roles attacking the problem from hundreds of different angles that will take time to play out?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:00 PM (GKzf4)
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I'm sure it takes some work, a lot of work, and still not be enough.
And why hasn't a single CEO been arrested for employing illegals?
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 10, 2026 02:04 PM (DbmIv)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 10, 2026 01:23 PM (u73oe)
Curiosity of what can be done...some people are like that.
The ethics about whether it SHOULD be done? They don't care. The same attitude that creates a Mengele.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 01:25 PM (l3cgK)
The stated reasoning is essentially like creating MKUltra'd serial killers, so that you can practice catching and prosecuting serial killers, so that you're prepared for when a serial killer appears organically. And then feigning surprise when they break out and actually kill people, as you programmed them to do.
It's Batman Villain Logic. Everyone involved belongs in an Arkham Asylum analogue. They're unfit for society.
Posted by: SciVo at July 10, 2026 02:04 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at July 10, 2026 01:53 PM (9aVck)
Very simply, there is a fame conveyor belt and it is powered by the various social media corp's desire to feed you the consumer to their ravenous AI. She grabbed on to that conveyor belt and won't let go. It's not real.
But there are many very influential things that f with our lives are also not real. Fantasy has impinged on reality and is generally f'ing things up.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 02:04 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Salem employs a lot of people as commenters that are about as qualified as some rando person you found on the internet. Bonchie is a such a person. Chris Queen another. And Erik Erikson among others. No real qualifications, no real facts behind assertions, only feelings.
Like on the left, media types are actors first and useful information second.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 02:04 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 10, 2026 02:03 PM (NcvvS)
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This claim puzzles us.
Posted by: The Roman Empire at July 10, 2026 02:04 PM (bITJ/)
The stated reasoning is essentially like creating MKUltra'd serial killers, so that you can practice catching and prosecuting serial killers, so that you're prepared for when a serial killer appears organically. And then feigning surprise when they break out and actually kill people, as you programmed them to do.
It's Batman Villain Logic. Everyone involved belongs in an Arkham Asylum analogue. They're unfit for society.
Posted by: SciVo at July 10, 2026 02:04 PM (Sy6m/)
Just ask any leftist if the mainstream media is biased and if so, which way. That will tell you practically everything you need to know about them and you won't need a shred more information if the answer ISN'T "it's severely biased to the Left".
Try it sometime. Trust your old pal Ellipsis.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 02:05 PM (nBQEH)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 02:01 PM (nBQEH)
But if the bats in your bat stir fry was from the lab some one leaked it. I posit the wet market was probably using lab animals.
Posted by: Reforger at July 10, 2026 02:05 PM (Moh1b)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 10, 2026 02:05 PM (n5tGW)
And why hasn't a single CEO been arrested for employing illegals?
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 10, 2026 02:04 PM (DbmIv)
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Because eVerify is a joke and always has been.
But 4-5 million people have been ejected in just over a year. Biden brought in about 4 million a year.
Trump's term is on pace to outdoing what Biden brought in, and things are actually accelerating.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:05 PM (GKzf4)
He did the same thing with COVID by only pushing mRNA
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 02:05 PM (m2wmY)
Hitler gamed the system and relied on Franz von Papen being a fool. But yes it was technically legal.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 02:00 PM (sKqQm)
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Fascism is "post-law". The intent is the thing. Do you want to cooperate with the State on this very good thing the State tells you is a very good thing it wants to do?
Or are you against very good things, entirely?
If Mamdani rips property away from landlords and gives it to the people who will serve the "community" better, this is NOT "communist", it's not "socialist", it is another branch off Marxism entirely called "fascism".
He doesn't need laws to enable him. He's working for the greater good.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:05 PM (Fi81e)
China suggests Covid-19 originated in US in response to Trump allegation https://tinyurl.com/m4pekzue
But you can go all the way back to 2020 and see the Chinese Foreign ministry suggesting the US shipped COVID to china...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 02:05 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 02:05 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 02:05 PM (nyX/B)
Like on the left, media types are actors first and useful information second.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 02:04 PM (E4rtv)
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I don't have a single qualification other than not believing third world news sources.
Red State should hire me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:06 PM (GKzf4)
And why hasn't a single CEO been arrested for employing illegals?
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 10, 2026 02:04 PM (DbmIv)
This is a very legitimate question.
We're seeing illegal CDL drivers kill people almost every day. No one doing the hiring has been arrested.
We're seeing raids at businesses happen, illegals rounded up and deported, yet no one running the business has been arrested.
No one seems to be being held accountable for the reason the illegals come here in the first place, for the money.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:06 PM (2YhKe)
He did the same thing with COVID by only pushing mRNA
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 02:05 PM (m2wmY)
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And remdesivir which he owned a chunk of.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:06 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 02:05 PM (RIvkX)
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Before winning it later, after being appointed chancellor.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:07 PM (Fi81e)
Gladiator movie?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 10, 2026 02:07 PM (Kt19C)
We're seeing raids at businesses happen, illegals rounded up and deported, yet no one running the business has been arrested.
No one seems to be being held accountable for the reason the illegals come here in the first place, for the money.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:06 PM (2YhKe)
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All a company has to do is use eVerify, and they're immune from prosecution. That's how the law is written.
It gives the company no enforcement power, or even an avenue towards reporting the person who failed checks.
They are protected because they checked, even if the check fails.
Blame Congress.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:08 PM (GKzf4)
And remdesivir which he owned a chunk of.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:06 PM (Fi81e)
Knew a guy in the hospital for covid and they pushed that shit in him.
He was reasonably close to dying of kidney failure among other things. His wife finally demanded they take him off that shit and change his treatment. He was released a week later.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:08 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 02:09 PM (nyX/B)
Blame Congress.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 02:08 PM (GKzf4)
Done.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:09 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 10, 2026 02:09 PM (THY4u)
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:07 PM (Fi81e)
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There was a plebiscite when Hindenburg died to unify the office of the presidency and the chancery, and Hitler offered as the only choice.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 02:10 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:05 PM
This is the very essence of the modern Democrat Party!
Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at July 10, 2026 02:10 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 02:10 PM (wOO3z)
After the Romans conquered the Greeks, they assumed a lot of Greek culture and their upper classes spoke Greek (IIRC, Julius Caesar's last words were not 'Et tu, Brute' but 'Kai sou, tenalion' (thou too, child).
Byzantium was quite hostile to the Western world after the Great Schism.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 10, 2026 02:11 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 10, 2026 02:12 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:06 PM (Fi81e)
Knew a guy in the hospital for covid and they pushed that shit in him.
He was reasonably close to dying of kidney failure among other things. His wife finally demanded they take him off that shit and change his treatment. He was released a week later.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 02:08 PM (2YhKe)
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My wife believes she saved a friend's life by convincing her that she did not want to be on that shit.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 02:12 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 02:05 PM (sKqQm)
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It seems like they could have claimed the US created the experiment design, but it is almost indisputable China created the actual disease, so if they are claiming differently I never saw it, at least early on.
Posted by: The Roman Empire at July 10, 2026 02:13 PM (CAmhc)
Posted by: Oglebay at July 10, 2026 01:56 PM (w8dnx)
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Pirates on the high seas figured that out a long time ago.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 02:13 PM (FZ29D)
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So much THIS!
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 10, 2026 02:13 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 02:13 PM (CAmhc)
Excellent point. Why are the criminals who hire these criminals not arrested, fined and publicly shamed?
Posted by: Arrest Them All at July 10, 2026 02:13 PM (g7saB)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 02:13 PM (ZVgZ4)
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yeah they re-badged all the Greek Gods
Posted by: Don Black at July 10, 2026 02:15 PM (ZxPkt)
He doesn't need laws to enable him. He's working for the greater good.
Posted by: Axeman
I don't see much meaningful differences between Fascist, Socialist and Communist governments - obey the state or face negative consequences for offending the state - to varying degrees and scales of punishments. But everyone says one is Evil Far Right Wing and the others are maybe a little center left or a tiny bit further left than center left (never Far Left). So where does a limited government whose primary job is to protect the God-given rights of its citizens belong on this Left/Right scale? It doesn't.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 02:16 PM (Dv3i1)
But here's the interesting part, at least to me: the riots weren't in Rabat. Oh, no. They were in London and Amsterdam.
On another topic, an upset could be brewing in the OR guv race. GOP might win, fwiw.
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 02:22 PM (RCjYY)
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Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 02:16 PM (Dv3i1)
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Neither do I. The concept "ideology" wraps them all together so well. It's all about replacing working structures of human communities and substituting theories on how it "should work".
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But everyone says one is Evil Far Right Wing and the others are maybe a little center left or a tiny bit further left than center left (never Far Left). So where does a limited government whose primary job is to protect the God-given rights of its citizens belong on this Left/Right scale? It doesn't.
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"Right" and Left is one of the biggest scams of the ideologies foisted upon us. There never was a "right" except as a collection of politics that didn't want to go all the way to communism.
The fascists want to get off before the dissolution of the State. That's it. They don't see an alternative to the State.
Fascism is a theory about the role a government should play. The Marxist "Dictatorship (In the Name) of the Proletariat" is similar.
Posted by: Tim Cook at July 10, 2026 02:27 PM (Fi81e)
Red State should hire me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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You oughta try to get on there or with Salem. They could do and probably will do far worse.
But, overall when I said qualifications, for a lot of topics, like ocean operations, you want to go to someone with at least shipping and naval experience rather than some rando couch sitter. Same with scientific matters. A commentator has to have enough experience and knowledge to be able to comment on the matter at hand.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 02:28 PM (E4rtv)
You have no standing to judge him. He stands above you.
Posted by: our savior is a non practicing physician administrator who grifts millions at July 10, 2026 02:31 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 10, 2026 01:48 PM (GKzf4)
You mean the FUDsters that are doing their best to blackpill everyone? They are on to something new.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 02:34 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: connected and litigious
Both the director's cut and the theatrical release version are finally available at Amazon Prime after many years of unavailability anywhere. They are significantly different and both awesome. Highly recommend both.
Posted by: Sharkman at July 10, 2026 02:36 PM (/RHNq)
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No. Its pretty straightforward criminal logic. You make the disease. Know its DNA. You design a vaccine. You let the disease lose, and you monetize the cure. Instant billions.
One of the Wuhan guys filed for a Covid vaccine patent within a month of the outbreak. Way too fast for him to have gotten the sequence in the wild and then figured out the DNA and then figured out a vaccine that worked. Not that long ago, that same guy happened to fall off the roof of the Wuhan Research Bldg. Odd. I suspect as the information continues to come out, more such people will have unusual slip and falls, or bathing with toasters incidents. It is likely that this is an OP between the chicoms who bought and paid for several key individuals using the gold trap of billions in vaccine revenue.
Posted by: its almost always money, and when its not, its homicidal mania at July 10, 2026 02:41 PM (anL5R)
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You are almost all the way there. Keep going. They sent bad stuff there, not just money. Why send it to such an unsafe place...
Because they wanted it out
Why would they want it out ...
To make money on the vaccine
To fulfill political goals shared by both XI and the Demonrats/Deep State
Posted by: its almost always money, and when its not, its homicidal mania at July 10, 2026 02:50 PM (anL5R)
I hadn't heard that Rubio did that; I'm just kind of numb to good news now because I just assume whatever happens is going to f*ck over my belief system no matter what. I'm just at a point now where i kind of don't give a f**k about anything except looking after my dogs. Everything else is just kind of noise. And that's not just news stuff; i have a hard time giving a damn about my personal life too. So..meh.
Posted by: Nelly at July 10, 2026 03:08 PM (6+ehB)
Posted by: OnPoint at July 10, 2026 04:06 PM (RK/h9)
Two Churches Firebombed In Mamdani's New York City By, Get This, Illegal Alien
He's yet another foreign scumbag mental patient, or, as the leftwing communist media calls him: "Queens man."
NYPost:They were churches not mosques.
Crazed maniac hurls Molotov cocktails at two NYC churches -- then goes on profane rant in shocking courtroom outburst
A twisted Queens firebug was busted for allegedly hurling Molotov cocktails at two Queens churches late Wednesday -- part of what prosecutors believe was a disturbing seven-incident spree. Yogesh Sayrange, 36, -- who ranted like a madman in federal court on Thursday -- admitted to tossing fiery projectiles at the Iglesia Bautista El Mesias church in Ozone Park, and the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on in Woodhaven, along with other locations, according to cops and the feds. "Yea, I f--king firebombed them," Sayrange allegedly told investigators about a separate bombing of a deli, adding with out explaination: "They're Muslims, scum and terrorists."
New York will fight like a tiger to keep this Cultural Enrichment Officer in the US.
He he continued his manic, nonsensical rantings as he was hauled into Brooklyn federal court Thursday for arraignment on charges of allegedly tossing another makeshift device at a smoke shop on Fulton Street while wearing a distinct Guy Fawkes mask last week, prosecutors said. "You're protecting them, you dumb c--t," Sayrange seethed at prosecutor Ashlyn Miranda. "I'm saying it to this retard here." "The government is a criminal syndicate," he added as the marshal's handcuffs clicked behind him. By Thursday, he only faced official charges in the smoke shop crime -- but prosecutors say they suspect that he is involved in seven total arsons dating back to June. Sayrange also allegedly confessed to the June 25 deli arson, identifying himself both with and without the eerie face covering, according to the feds, who are still probing him for all the alleged firebomb attacks. But the accused arsonist vehemently proclaimed his innocence in court -- snapping at Magistrate Judge Lara K. Eshkenazi, who simply asked him if he understood his rights. "I don't stand under you, you stand under me," Sayrange barked. "You're making false accusations and asking 'do I agree with you?" No I don't." Sayrange -- a Guyanese citizen who is considered "unauthorized" in the US because his childhood arrival protection expired -- was ordered held without bail. "It's all fake," he snapped when prosecutors explained the risks he poses if not held. "They're not members of the community, they're criminal cartels," Sayrange ranted. "They're foreign enemies." ... The suspect was located by police -- who found two additional Molotov cocktails in his bag, prosecutors said. "I had two more in my bag -- I was going to finish the job," he confessed, according to the feds. He was taken into custody around 12:10 a.m. Thursday, according to police. Investigators believe Sayrange mostly targeted houses of worship during his spree that began last month -- but commercial locations were also hit, according to law enforcement sources.
BREAKING: Illegal immigrant has been arrested after firebombing 2 churches in New York City.
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) July 9, 2026
Yogesh Sayrange, a Guyanese citizen who is living in the U.S. illegally, has pending criminal cases involving threats with a knife and an ax.
Federal authorities were already searching… pic.twitter.com/pSKGfHnMog
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Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 12:05 PM (SWQdN)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 12:05 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 10, 2026 12:06 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 10, 2026 12:06 PM (4NO2D)
Let's spend a few million understanding him and making him part of our national family.
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 12:06 PM (Y8DZL)
I'm just saying.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 12:06 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: The Sanhedrin at July 10, 2026 12:07 PM (kQBSd)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 10, 2026 12:07 PM (n5tGW)
He's not entirely wrong.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 10, 2026 12:07 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: raabidquirrel at July 10, 2026 12:07 PM (DfH1m)
Posted by: Local media at July 10, 2026 12:08 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 10, 2026 12:08 PM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Peter Venkman at July 10, 2026 12:08 PM (RmciC)
Phew. Have to take a breath.
Why? They gain nothing. How is this,profitable?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 10, 2026 12:08 PM (kJmSS)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 12:08 PM (AphQx)
He said he meant to blow up mosques, which disqualifies him for the Democrat Party. Their only issue now is "free Palestine".
Posted by: Ian S. at July 10, 2026 12:09 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 10, 2026 12:09 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 10, 2026 12:10 PM (xA5g+)
Phew. Have to take a breath.
Why? They gain nothing. How is this,profitable?
Textbook Cloward-Piven. When people's desire to "do something" gets strong enough to override the Constitution, they declare Obama dic(k)tator for life and the US a Communist country.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 10, 2026 12:10 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 12:11 PM (afJtY)
I am so tired of these worthless miscreants in our country.
They are a menace and need to go back.
Posted by: Czech Chick at July 10, 2026 12:11 PM (rg/w7)
El-Sayed commercial on in Detroit. I'll be damned, an Arabic guy accused of disrespecting women. Now, I've seen it all.
Yard cleaned. Time for mowing. There's really nice spider webs there. I feel kind of bad. Circle of life but still...nice webs...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 12:11 PM (Sco7b)
Australian Shepherd breeder shutdown and over 150 dogs need immediate help as there are significant costs for medical treatment being incurred.
See NTX Australian Shepherd rescue for details.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 12:11 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: 29Victor at July 10, 2026 12:12 PM (8z6SV)
Rep. Ilhan Omar filed documents with Congress saying her wealth was between $6 million and $30 million. Now she says that was a mistake, and her wealth is actually between $18,000 and $95,000. That's quite a difference.
Who among us hasn't made a $6 million to $30 million error in estimating our net worth for disclosure documents?
Posted by: SMOD at July 10, 2026 12:12 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 12:13 PM (ExV1e)
I will be holding the police accountable for detaining and causing this man stress.
Posted by: Mayor Jihadami at July 10, 2026 12:13 PM (2YhKe)
Yeah, kind of surprised a church bombing even makes news anymore.
200 of 'em torched in Canada over a year or so and it's a sidenote.
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 12:13 PM (Y8DZL)
Phew. Have to take a breath.
Why? They gain nothing. How is this,profitable?
Posted by: Sharon
Answer, Democrats want disorder as that allows expansion of government employees, expansion of power, and expansion of ngos for looting the public treasury. They don't care about responding to average citizens nor even businesses anymore just like Venezuela and for the same reason--all the control mechanisms like free and fair elections are broken so the looter gimmedat class of Democrats run amuck.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 12:14 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 10, 2026 12:14 PM (XHO5P)
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 10, 2026 12:14 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Darth Randall at July 10, 2026 12:14 PM (QTc/S)
+++
So, can you get bacon at a Muslim deli? How does that work?
Posted by: Mildly curious at July 10, 2026 12:15 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 10, 2026 12:09 PM (2ocoG)
Palestine, Tx is pretty free. A bit pricey, but overall, free.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 12:15 PM (2YhKe)
House him in Gracie Mansion so he can savor the "warmth of collectivism" with its premier proponent.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 10, 2026 12:15 PM (s9VOe)
Sounds like a nice place he can go back to.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 10, 2026 12:15 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 10, 2026 12:08 PM (kJmSS)
They keep being elected by people who haven't, yet, been raped, murdered, pillaged, or run over, and who choose to believe that creating an environment which allows their fellow citizens to suffer those woes makes them a better person.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 12:15 PM (ExV1e)
El-Sayed is as good as nominated. Haley Stevens is universally recognized as retarded.
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 12:16 PM (Y8DZL)
Ah, I know the family well from my time in the Hamptons."
Any relation to the Main Line Sayranges?
Posted by: man at July 10, 2026 12:16 PM (cGjQu)
Rep. Ilhan Omar filed documents with Congress saying her wealth was between $6 million and $30 million. Now she says that was a mistake, and her wealth is actually between $18,000 and $95,000. That's quite a difference.
Who among us hasn't made a $6 million to $30 million error in estimating our net worth for disclosure documents?
Posted by: SMOD
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She is playing games with her fiancee/husband (uncertain status) where she includes or excludes wealth under his name. Recent investigation shows his 'consulting' firm is akin to those phantom Medicaid hospice providers in LA.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 12:16 PM (E4rtv)
Phew. Have to take a breath.
Why? They gain nothing. How is this,profitable?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 10, 2026 12:08 PM (kJmSS)
Profit???
I get 10%, minimum.
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 10, 2026 12:16 PM (R+iUD)
He said he meant to blow up mosques, which disqualifies him for the Democrat Party. Their only issue now is "free Palestine".
Posted by: Ian S. at July 10, 2026 12:09 PM (2ocoG)
Raw talent. He just needs some coaching to replace "muslims" with "zionists." And maybe a rape allegation or two.
Posted by: raabidquirrel at July 10, 2026 12:16 PM (DfH1m)
But the illegal who stabbed that baby in the face at a Walmart after being released from jail for stabbing her father, desecrating a church and lighting its priest on fire was an Hispanic illegal, too.
It's easy to guess "Muslim" on these, because it's a Satanic religion that always tells people to attack churches and synagogues.
But I think for these pure maniacs like this guy or that lady or the tranny school shooters, Christianity is the prevalent, formative societal influence they are subconsciously lashing out against, and when their fancy turns to blood, that's what they reflexively strike at.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 12:16 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Yog Sothoth at July 10, 2026 12:16 PM (QTc/S)
Let 'em soak in it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 12:17 PM (jehhT)
I don't know, pointing out that the government is a criminal syndicate is not going to endear him to the criminal syndicate that is our government.
Posted by: t-bird at July 10, 2026 12:17 PM (ATSTk)
The MFM treats illegal alien criminals like Roberts/Abby treat babies from illegals. They are all now AMERICAN, just by being here. (and you are racist to not fully accept their non-white appearance).
These third world thugs bring their culture with them ... the culture of criminality as the norm. The foreign mafias/cartels in those hell holes taught them another way of life, which is not interested in American Culture, they want to dominate just as the Muslims do.
Posted by: illiniwek at July 10, 2026 12:18 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Octochicken at July 10, 2026 12:18 PM (oCS0o)
??
now I'm curious
and on topic, this is just one of the human detritus various non-Western countries got rid of via our Leftist "humanitarians"
yayyyyyyy
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 12:19 PM (j+aD2)
Australian Shepherd breeder shutdown and over 150 dogs need immediate help as there are significant costs for medical treatment being incurred.
See NTX Australian Shepherd rescue for details.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 12:11 PM (2YhKe)
Poor doggehs.
Should we send a couple to LadyL? They're a lot like border collies.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 12:19 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Welcome to the real world at July 10, 2026 12:19 PM (2Ez/1)
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
·
13m
University of Minnesota (
@UMNews
) to launch “MyGender Dolls”, transgender dolls for CHILDREN
How many taxpayer dollars were used to fund this groomer project?
@usedgov
@doge
Source:
https://tinyurl.com/2nanfcwk
Posted by: beckster at July 10, 2026 12:20 PM (kX27y)
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I wonder if he even had to put up bail. Because the NYC law not requiring bail only applies to misdimeanors and non-violent felonies. Threating someone with an ax and knife probably could be considered a violent felony.
Posted by: Orson at July 10, 2026 12:20 PM (dIske)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 12:20 PM (RIvkX)
In regards to his confessing to the crimes, is he still allowed to plead not guilty?
Posted by: WisRich at July 10, 2026 12:20 PM (G0vdT)
Ann Widdecombe sustained 'serious injuries' before death
Police hunting 'white male' suspect as they urge witnesses to come forward
Police to hold press conference today
Coroner says enquiries into death are 'ongoing'
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 10, 2026 12:21 PM (xA5g+)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 10, 2026 12:22 PM (xA5g+)
Posted by: Brought to you by Flavor Aid at July 10, 2026 12:23 PM (2Ez/1)
After Ryan's departure from Jonestown towards Port Kaituma, Marceline made a broadcast on Jonestown's speaker system, giving assurances and asking settlers to return to their homes. During this time, aides prepared a large metal tub with grape Flavor Aid (which was misidentified as Kool-Aid), poisoned with diphenhydramine, promethazine, chlorpromazine, chloroquine, diazepam, chloral hydrate and cyanide.
Posted by: SMOD at July 10, 2026 12:23 PM (RHGPo)
Do they have reason to believe that a white male is involved or is this just a knee-jerk announcement from the UK police?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 12:23 PM (ExV1e)
feeling better about my strong veto of a family vacation to England now
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 12:23 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 10, 2026 12:23 PM (kJmSS)
Posted by: New York Times at July 10, 2026 12:23 PM (2ap+5)
TGIF
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 12:23 PM (sgkY8)
Google says it means "master of yoga" in Sanskrit. It's a bit presumptuous if you ask me. Sure, babies are flexible, but that doesn't make you a yoga master.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 12:24 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 10, 2026 12:24 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 12:24 PM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Hollywood Script Writers at July 10, 2026 12:25 PM (QaH55)
Google says it means "master of yoga" in Sanskrit. It's a bit presumptuous if you ask me. Sure, babies are flexible, but that doesn't make you a yoga master.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 12:24 PM (mkw2N)
Well....
Posted by: Cthulhu at July 10, 2026 12:25 PM (mP0Kj)
Do they have reason to believe that a white male is involved or is this just a knee-jerk announcement from the UK police?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 12:23 PM (ExV1e)
She was unabashedly conservative. ANTIFA is like 99.999% white.
This was a political killing.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 10, 2026 12:25 PM (xA5g+)
Prominent UK conservative, TV personality and high up Reform Party person. Dead in her home. First reported as just a death, now a murder
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 12:26 PM (SWQdN)
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 10, 2026 12:26 PM (YSQQv)
Not for them, anyway.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: New York Times at July 10, 2026 12:26 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: David Venturella, ICE Chief at July 10, 2026 12:27 PM (wVcYX)
He firebombed a Jehovah's Witness and called them Muslim terrorists?
Posted by: Melodicmetal at July 10, 2026 12:27 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: Axl Rose at July 10, 2026 12:27 PM (ftFVW)
Not for them, anyway.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)
Yup... thinking French Revolution here...
Posted by: Cthulhu at July 10, 2026 12:27 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 12:28 PM (Cqx++)
He firebombed a Jehovah's Witness and called them Muslim terrorists?
Posted by: Melodicmetal at July 10, 2026 12:27 PM (61TgR)
Looking for that sweet sweet insanity plea.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 10, 2026 12:28 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: SMOD at July 10, 2026 12:28 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 10, 2026 12:28 PM (6FPKq)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 10, 2026 12:29 PM (kJmSS)
Posted by: WisRich at July 10, 2026 12:29 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 12:29 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 12:08 PM (AphQx)
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Sometimes "masjid"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 12:29 PM (RIvkX)
Ooo!!! We got us a sovcidiot right here!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 12:29 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 12:30 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Mr. Trebuchet at July 10, 2026 12:30 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: JuJuBee
.......
Staples won't hold baloney. Shoulda used Super Glue.
Posted by: wth at July 10, 2026 12:30 PM (UjdFS)
Gives an entirely different meaning to "spark of divinity"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 12:30 PM (l3cgK)
Crazy AND violent? Quick, someone fast track him for a green card.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 12:31 PM (mkw2N)
Noem getting divorced from her cross dressing husband.
Posted by: WisRich at July 10, 2026 12:29 PM (G0vdT)
Great.
She'll be filmed surreptiously beating off a high-profile Democrat at a stage rendition of Flashdance within a couple years.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 12:31 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: SMOD at July 10, 2026 12:28 PM (RHGPo)
While she was banging Cory Lewandowsky. Because, reasons.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 10, 2026 12:31 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 10, 2026 12:31 PM (fkjGs)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 12:31 PM (ndZc7)
Hold On — Was There a Dirty Quid Quo Bro for Graham Platner?
Radio host and Fox News talking head, Clay Travis, who's an attorney, said that Maine's sexual assault statute of limitations is as long as 20 years. This alleged rape happened five years ago.
Travis openly wondered on Jesse Watters Primetime if Platner made a deal with the state's political kingpins, that they would call off prosecutors if their pet rapist would drop out of the race.
https://tinyurl.com/vd9xm4kb
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 12:32 PM (Riz8t)
Phew. Have to take a breath.
Why? They gain nothing. How is this,profitable?
Posted by: Sharon
They gain representation in congress for each criminal, even if the criminals don't vote (via the census), and they gain federal funds which can be skimmed.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 10, 2026 12:32 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 10, 2026 12:32 PM (zjOzQ)
Noem getting divorced from her cross dressing husband.
Posted by: WisRich
......
He must have left skid marks in her panties.
Posted by: wth at July 10, 2026 12:32 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: SMOD at July 10, 2026 12:28 PM (RHGPo)
While she was banging Cory Lewandowsky. Because, reasons.
Yeah, if I never hear of her again, it'll be fine with me.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
He was mad the deli wouldn't fill his pic-a-nic basket.
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 10, 2026 12:33 PM (ftFVW)
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I am confuse. This is legal in my country!
Posted by: Muslim Queens Man at July 10, 2026 12:33 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 10, 2026 12:33 PM (6FPKq)
Do they have reason to believe that a white male is involved or is this just a knee-jerk announcement from the UK police?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 12:23 PM (ExV1e)
She was unabashedly conservative. ANTIFA is like 99.999% white.
This was a political killing.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
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The deviant community hated her guts for past political stances and the immigrant population likely hated her if she was Reform Party promoting. Both of those intersect in the mess of the left that promote murderous rage against their political opponents.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 12:33 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Randolph Duke at July 10, 2026 12:34 PM (wVcYX)
On July 10, 1776, General George Washington received his official copy of the Declaration of Independence at his New York City headquarters. He read it to his troops but had to issue a stern warning against rioting and looting, as soldiers had just toppled a statue of King George III the day prior.
Posted by: Orson at July 10, 2026 12:34 PM (dIske)
Prominent UK conservative, TV personality and high up Reform Party person. Dead in her home. First reported as just a death, now a murder
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 12:26 PM (SWQdN)
Sounds targeted. Which would not surprise me at all.
Posted by: And the useful idiots will cheer at July 10, 2026 12:35 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 10, 2026 12:35 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: Joe Mama at July 10, 2026 12:35 PM (TezPK)
US Navy Issued RFIs to Korean Shipbuilders for Destroyers and Oilers
https://tinyurl.com/e8cf7j9w
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Tim Walz at July 10, 2026 12:36 PM (sKqQm)
You'd need a heart of stone not to laugh.
Of course, the gays on the cruise still don't get it. They are blaming "conservatives" in these countries for not allowing them in. Probably also Trump's fault too somehow. They are mentally incapable of admitting who and what Islam is.
Imams could literally be throwing them off roofs, and the gays will still never admit that it's Islam that wants them dead.
https://tinyurl.com/hfer6cj7
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 10, 2026 12:37 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Randolph Duke at July 10, 2026 12:34 PM (wVcYX)
I've got my dollar ready.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 12:37 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 12:31 PM
That was oddly specific.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 12:37 PM (Wnv9h)
Do they have reason to believe that a white male is involved or is this just a knee-jerk announcement from the UK police?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 12:23 PM (ExV1e)
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Don't they have a better description of the suspect. After all, the UK is mostly white......um, scratch that.
Posted by: WisRich at July 10, 2026 12:37 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: WisRich
......
The vetting of her must have been done on the back of a napkin. Not a single red flag on her husband, or did she do all the vetting for him?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 12:37 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Tim Walz
And they didn't move to Beverly Hills?
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 10, 2026 12:37 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 10, 2026 12:38 PM (6FPKq)
Things seem to have gone dark regarding Cuba.
Posted by: Auspex
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They had another nationwide blackout a few days ago. Simply put, they are not particularly strategic anymore and are rotting in place until the system collapses. Something similar is happening to Iran--the two key railroad bridges that link to China, Turkmenistan, etc. were blown up and that means arduous and expensive trucking work arounds when the entire region has a shortage of trucks.
Kazakhstan closed the border to prevent all its vehicle fuel being bought up by desperate Russians. China is bluntly telling Iran to stop its attacks, Bahrain, Kuwait, and perhaps UAE were involved in direct strikes on Iranian positions in the Gulf, etc.
Pieces are moving across the chessboard while our media concentrates on idiocies like trying to disprove Trump fixing up monuments in DC.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 12:38 PM (E4rtv)
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Wait. With dick wicks or without them?
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 12:39 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: The Sanhedrin at July 10, 2026 12:07 PM (kQBSd)
Maybe you can get him stoned.
I mean, unless he's stoned already
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 12:39 PM (gKWVE)
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Now, a Presbyterian (PCUSA) church I could understand.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 12:39 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Sharon"
It gives the finger to norms/Trump and pisses them off. That is even more important than winning in their warped minds.
Posted by: Ripley at July 10, 2026 12:39 PM (GUOwU)
There are thousands of people like this lunatic roaming the streets of NYC. They commit huge amounts of quality of life crimes but are let loose by judges because of lax laws . Secure mental facilities have to be rebuilt
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 12:39 PM (m2wmY)
Mamdani tweeted about it and everything--potential terrorism!
* he was a muslim
** it was a BB gun
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 10, 2026 12:41 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 12:41 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 12:39 PM (m2wmY)
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Ditches have to be dug.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 12:42 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 12:42 PM (mkw2N)
I've noted state level Dem governors use these crime stories to argue for more laws, especially against guns, and more spending.
They'll hide the fact the cause is illegals they've imported.
Posted by: Tim Walz at July 10, 2026 12:42 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: From the Saturday mornings of my youth at July 10, 2026 12:42 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 12:42 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 10, 2026 12:43 PM (n5tGW)
The only difference now is the leftists feel more than comfortable publicly saying “… and you DESERVE IT!!”.
Something is going to break sooner or later, and it’s going to be Biblical.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 12:43 PM (MLJoV)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 12:43 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 12:44 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 12:14 PM (E4rtv)
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Plus, they hope for collapsing the system.
Posted by: Axeman at July 10, 2026 12:44 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 10, 2026 12:44 PM (6FPKq)
She'll be filmed surreptiously beating off a high-profile Democrat at a stage rendition of Flashdance within a couple years.
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The only new thing will be that it is filmed. She's not been paying attention to her husband's junk for a long long time. And vice versa.
Posted by: it stands to reason at July 10, 2026 12:44 PM (anL5R)
WTF?????
Posted by: The Critic at July 10, 2026 12:45 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 12:39 PM (m2wmY)
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Ditches have to be dug.
Spear shall be shaken, shield shall be splintered,
a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 12:45 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 10, 2026 12:45 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: New York Times at July 10, 2026 12:45 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Sean Connery, Jeopardy Champ at July 10, 2026 12:46 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2026 12:46 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Sean Connery, Jeopardy Champ
Sean Connery's hit parade:
Anal Bum Cover
The Rapists
Le Tits Now
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 12:46 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 12:46 PM (m2wmY)
But the founder is apparently a monster. It says on the box “GIVE PEOPLE FOOD YOU WOULD GIVE YOUR OWN CHILDREN”. That’s just cruel, I think.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 12:46 PM (MLJoV)
a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 12:45 PM (Riz8t)
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We can haz limerick?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 12:46 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 12:47 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 12:47 PM (3uBP9)
Neither is Barilla. Go for the De Cecco. It's bronze cut - which for some reason is important.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 12:48 PM (Riz8t)
"Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
1h
🚨 UPDATE: The U.S. House is expected in the coming days to vote on ABOLISHING the seasonal time changes under the Sunshine Protection Act, supported by President Trump
Get it done! This would mean NO MORE changing the clock ☀️
TRUMP following the recent committee passage: "We are going with the far more popular alternative, Saving Daylight, which gives you a longer, brighter Day — And who can be against that — This is an easy one!"
"This is so important in that Hundreds of Millions of Dollars are spent every year by people, Cities, and States, being forced to change their Clocks. Many of these Clocks are located in Towers, and the cost of renting, or using, Heavy Equipment to do this twice a year is prohibitive!"
"I am going to work very hard to see The Sunshine Protection Act signed into Law. It’s time that people can stop worrying about the “Clock,” not to mention all of the work and money that is spent on this ridiculous, twice yearly production."
I don't want to Save Daylight! I want my hour back !!
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 12:48 PM (GD0B3)
ANA NAVARRO: There have at least been 5 people killed in the streets by ICE
CAROLINE SUNSHINE: Do you know the names of Americans who have been killed by illegals?
ANA NAVARRO: I know some of the names, I don't have the list
CAROLINE SUNSHINE: What are some of the names?
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Anamal: Duhhhhhh.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 12:48 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Sean Connery, Jeopardy Champ at July 10, 2026 12:49 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 12:49 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Axeman
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Some do, the rest are just greedy, short time horizon, gimmedats grabbing cash while they can.
Just like the Medicaid frauds, the Learing Centers, etc. or Maduro and Chavez in Venezuela among others. Grab as much as you can for as long as you can because life is short. Turd World thinking.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 12:49 PM (E4rtv)
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So now he's becoming a Time Lord?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 12:50 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 12:50 PM (sgkY8)
That was oddly specific.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 12:37 PM (Wnv9h)
Yes, it is.
It's exactly like what the other "hot" GOP chick did after divorcing her degenerate husband, except it was at some stupid stage performance of the 80s movie "Beetlejuice."
I just figured Noem wouldn't completely copy Boebert. Though I guess she could show up at a prayer breakfast to brag about her new paramour, like Mace.
They're all very classy.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 12:50 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 12:51 PM (RIvkX)
Anyone who has stood half drunk before their grandfather clock trying to figure out whether they should move the hands forward or come back in an hour applauds this commonsense legislation.
Posted by: New York Times at July 10, 2026 12:51 PM (2ap+5)
Yeah, looking forward to 9 AM December sunrises. Not.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 10, 2026 12:51 PM (NcvvS)
Illegal Aliens are not “Immigrants” or “Undocumented” or any other sort of weasel word bullshit appellation the usual suspects want to convey.
Do not let the unscrupulous define the terms, ever. They carefully craft their propaganda for this reason.
When you use their words and phrases and euphemisms you are ceding defeat, or near enough. Never concede false premises. Why would you do that?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 12:52 PM (NjF0y)
Posted by: Skip
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She may be clearing the deck to run against Thune in 2028. Get the messy drama out of the system so that it is old news by 2028. Thune's favorability rating in SD at last report is cratering along with the other senator Rounds.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 12:52 PM (E4rtv)
Yeah, looking forward to 9 AM December sunrises. Not.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 10, 2026 12:51 PM (NcvvS)
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Yeah, that stinks. I like sunny mornings.
Posted by: WisRich at July 10, 2026 12:53 PM (G0vdT)
I don't want to Save Daylight! I want my hour back !!
Posted by: runner
I want standard time, not DST. I drive to work in total darkness most of the year, watching kids on the sidewalks and shoulders, accidents waiting to happen.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 10, 2026 12:54 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 10, 2026 12:54 PM (u73oe)
"WE PAID A NICE FIRM A WHOLE CHUNK OF MONEY AND GOT SOME STUFF BACK"......"I SAID NONE OF THIS WILL OR SHOULD STOP HIM FROM BECOMING A US SENATOR"
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Well, f*ck no!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 12:54 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 10, 2026 12:55 PM (gErpE)
Just another ruling class pervert.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 12:55 PM (BI5O2)
I'd rather see just about anyone than these two, but if Noem is the only one who can beat Thune, she'll have to do.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 12:55 PM (Riz8t)
CAROLINE SUNSHINE: What are some of the names?
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Anamal: Duhhhhhh.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Navarro is a vile piece of shit leftover from the failed Bush administration which seems to have had a large collection of turds that somehow believe themselves to be morally superior to MAGA and Trump.
We would do better if such camp followers were declared permanently irrelevant upon leaving office and ignored by the rest of the us.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 12:55 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 10, 2026 12:55 PM (fkjGs)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 12:55 PM (j+aD2)
Friday Fails #441:
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=ho8GQgWh0z8
Posted by: garrett at July 10, 2026 12:56 PM (5MUB0)
tl;dr: The sun represents an existential threat to Earth, and we need to nuke it now before it kills us all.
Posted by: gp at July 10, 2026 12:56 PM (Jr5Lq)
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So now he's becoming a Time Lord?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 12:50 PM (ndZc7)
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Me. I don't need or want 10pm daylight..
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 10, 2026 12:56 PM (DbmIv)
glad to hear it!!! best to you, Duke
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 12:56 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Archimedes
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If Noem wants a future in politics, taking out Thune is her best shot. She may not want such a future.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 12:56 PM (E4rtv)
The suspect, a white British national, is in police custody while enquiries continue, police say.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 10, 2026 12:57 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: New York Times at July 10, 2026 12:57 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Jeff Toobin at July 10, 2026 12:57 PM (ndZc7)
Be a long time before I forget her filing her nails as a way to show her utter disdain when confronted with the truth of the monsters so many of her pets are.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 10, 2026 12:57 PM (lFFaq)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 12:58 PM (U8Tue)
Posted by: Sharkman at July 10, 2026 12:58 PM (2NvfE)
Posted by: Common Tater"
The "No person is illegal" talking point is incredibly shallow and stupid, yet millions repeat it as if it is some clever, end-of-discussion point. It's as if we are dealing with brain dead zombies.
Posted by: Ripley at July 10, 2026 12:58 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 10, 2026 12:58 PM (2ocoG)
tl;dr: The sun represents an existential threat to Earth, and we need to nuke it now before it kills us all.
Posted by: gp at July 10, 2026 12:56 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Wait, weren't we told the Sun has no impact on Earth and it's climate.
Posted by: WisRich at July 10, 2026 12:58 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 10, 2026 12:54 PM (u73oe)
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b"h for good health and welcome home
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 12:58 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 10, 2026 12:58 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: gp at July 10, 2026 12:56 PM (Jr5Lq)
Ad astra, roughly translated as "Screw those stars anyway"
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 12:59 PM (3uBP9)
I guess Semolina flour or Durham wheat is open to some interpretation. The store brand el-cheapo stuff doesn’t have an el-dente stage, just a “not done yet” and completely falls apart.
I’ve been rocking a lot of meat & potato dishes, pasta, and trailer trash cuisine. Wrong time of year for that sort of thing. Chili-Mac always tastes good and is filling.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 12:59 PM (NjF0y)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 10, 2026 12:59 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Ian S.
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Need to deport Walz and Ellison to Laos right after him. Walz seems to have kiddy diddler sympathies and Ellison is a Muzzie traitor.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 12:59 PM (E4rtv)
I just figured Noem wouldn't completely copy Boebert. Though I guess she could show up at a prayer breakfast to brag about her new paramour, like Mace.
They're all very classy.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 12:50 PM
Ah, yes, I thought that rang a bell. Boebert. Thanks for the reminder.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 12:59 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: gp
Montgomery Burns had a plan.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 12:59 PM (ndZc7)
People like him need to be segregated from society, as he could go berserk and kill people based on delusions at any time.
Sending him back t Guyana would be a good start.
Posted by: zombie at July 10, 2026 01:00 PM (Av6i5)
tl;dr: The sun represents an existential threat to Earth, and we need to nuke it now before it kills us all.
Posted by: gp at July 10, 2026 12:56 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Wait, weren't we told the Sun has no impact on Earth and it's climate.
Posted by: WisRich at July 10, 2026 12:58 PM (G0vdT)
ASTROPHAGE BAD
Posted by: ROCKY FROM ERID at July 10, 2026 01:00 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 01:00 PM (wOO3z)
Now that my cell phone auto updates the time and I use my cell phone's alarm to wake myself, I really don't care anymore.
My body adapts just fine and the most inconvenient thing is updating a couple of clocks in my house.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 01:01 PM (mkw2N)
It amuses me that they always say "are you ok?" after their friends wipe out in an utterly predictable way. I don't know, perhaps not do that thing which inevitably leads to massive pain.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 01:01 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 10, 2026 12:54 PM (u73oe)
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Good news, but take it easy for a bit...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 01:01 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 01:02 PM (wOO3z)
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He should not be deported. He's as much of a New Yorker as I am.
Posted by: Mayor Commie Mamdami at July 10, 2026 01:02 PM (Dv3i1)
If I were world dictator, I'd eliminate time zones, and put the whole world on UTC.
Posted by: gp at July 10, 2026 01:02 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Cocktail hour ? It's 5 O'clock somewhere...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 01:02 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette
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I think her patron was some open borders guy during the Bush administration and she has cursed us with her presence on air ever since. Same for the rotten John McCain crew saddling the public airwaves with the equally vile Nicole Wallace.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 01:03 PM (E4rtv)
Mostly it's a reflex...and tacit consent to mock them once they confirm they don't need an ambulance.
#53 was the Highlight. That's the sound you make when you break a collarbone.
Posted by: garrett at July 10, 2026 01:04 PM (5MUB0)
People like him need to be segregated from society, as he could go berserk and kill people based on delusions at any time.
Sending him back t Guyana would be a good start.
Posted by: zombie
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A lot of them can control their behaviors and have learned to lie just like the Mafia don that pretended mental illness for so long.
Nasty critters.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 01:04 PM (E4rtv)
Try not to laugh while you’re doing this, but the next time some lefty is ranting about guns or whatever throw in an earnest “No gun is illegal”and watch their reaction.
My hippie Uncle was acting like Patton about the Ukraine when that kicked off. Really weird.
SoI started saying things like “War is not healthy for Children and Other Living Things” and “Give Peace a Chance” and “Girls Say Yes To Boys Who Say No”. I thought he was going to have a stroke. It was awesome. LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 01:05 PM (NjF0y)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 01:05 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 01:05 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 01:06 PM (RIvkX)
I asked an AI if TIs and HDs are the same. No, it said. TI's were before climate change, and HD's are after climate change.
Posted by: gp at July 10, 2026 01:06 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: wth at July 10, 2026 01:07 PM (UjdFS)
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So now he's becoming a Time Lord?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 12:50 PM (ndZc7)
My plan is the best. You always fall back, never forward. Twice a month, 24 hours a year. This aligns perfectly with my latent insomnia and we should do it.
But here's the real kicker, there would be an offset. All the leftists/dems would be out of phase by 12 hours. We wouldn't have to interact, it would be like a totally separate country. Or maybe ship them all off on an extended vacation to somewhere very very sunny using one of Musk's Group B space ships. either/or.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 01:07 PM (3uBP9)
Latinx Adjacent Doctor PhD
@TonerousHyus
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Best part of the Platner thing besides Nate Silver crashing out is that this all stems from a huge white woman who apparently texted him she “needed a glute massage right now” and then “recovered a memory” that it was assault
Nate Silver
@NateSilver538
What a fucking drama queen and it would surprise absolutely nobody if he "forgets" to file the paperwork
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 01:07 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Ian S.
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Need to deport Walz and Ellison to Laos right after him. Walz seems to have kiddy diddler sympathies and Ellison is a Muzzie traitor.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 12:59 PM (E4rtv)
Is exile out? Cruel and unusual?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 10, 2026 01:08 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 10, 2026 01:08 PM (u73oe)
Try not to laugh while you’re doing this, but the next time some lefty is ranting about guns or whatever throw in an earnest “No gun is illegal”and watch their reaction.
My hippie Uncle was acting like Patton about the Ukraine when that kicked off. Really weird.
SoI started saying things like “War is not healthy for Children and Other Living Things” and “Give Peace a Chance” and “Girls Say Yes To Boys Who Say No”. I thought he was going to have a stroke. It was awesome. LOL
Posted by: Common Tater
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His cognitive behavior therapy via main stream news was malfunctioning with your edge rhetoric cases. Main stream media is failing with speedy patches to programming its peeps nowadays due to Internet time.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 01:09 PM (E4rtv)
Take it easy on those...or, eat much fiber.
Posted by: garrett at July 10, 2026 01:09 PM (5MUB0)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 10, 2026 01:09 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 01:10 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 10, 2026 01:10 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 10, 2026 01:08 PM (u73oe)
Be careful with that stuff..I was given that for pain and I took half of what was dosed and when I tried to cut it out I actually had withdrawal...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 01:10 PM (FtULh)
Man shoots pregnant woman dead just ONE DAY after saying he’s going to kiII someone
Cordell Goosby reportedly told a case worker in the taxpayer-funded Washington homeless shelter that he was going to kill someone.
THE NEXT DAY, he allegedly shot and kiIIed Eina, a pregnant mother. This happened in 2023.
Eina's husband, Sung Kwon, is now SUING the King County Regional Homelessness Authority for IGNORING Goosby's threat.
The caseworker allegedly did nothing after he confided that he was going to murder.
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Qualified Immunity. The Penumbra and Emanation Moose out front should have told you.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 01:10 PM (Dv3i1)
Yep. You're expressing concern, acknowledging they could be hurt, and gauging how bad it is to see how you should respond. Am I calling an ambulance? Am I taking you home? Do you need a minute to collect yourself? Or am I clear to laugh at you now?
I will laugh at you. Maybe not this minute, but it's coming.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 10, 2026 01:10 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 01:11 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls
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Castaway. I am thinking the US builds a desert island for misfit toys, AKA leftists.
I hear Bikini Atoll is nice. Johnson Island would have been my second pick but we have apparently destroyed all the nerve and chemical gas warheads stored there.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 01:11 PM (E4rtv)
Take it easy on those...or, eat much fiber.
Posted by: garrett
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and Taco Bell.
Posted by: wth at July 10, 2026 01:15 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 01:15 PM (m2wmY)
She was supposedly almost the VP choice until she bragged about killing puppies on her farm, as if that's a normal thing .
Posted by: Leupold at July 10, 2026 01:21 PM (eIzlH)
Why? What do the Dems gain?
--Sharon(willow's apprentice)
a) New voters; b) More new voters.
Posted by: sf at July 10, 2026 01:31 PM (dK6Bp)
Posted by: SMOD at July 10, 2026 12:28 PM (RHGPo)
I never liked Kristi Noem full stop. That said, i feel bad for her; having your spouse cheat is a gut punch that puts a hole right through you. Bad enough if he was b*nging a colleague or some college girl. Getting into that weirdo sh*t; gah, i would make sure he couldn't even come near the kids again. Fruitcake.
Posted by: Nelly at July 10, 2026 01:52 PM (6+ehB)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 02:10 PM (UsddL)
Service Businesses with Little or No Staffing; Waymo's Problems Are at the Intersection of the War on Labor Expense and the EV Follies
Dave Guingona told the [TV station] he spent nearly two hours in standstill traffic until a number of Waymo vehicles were cleared from a roadway.Did I mention that these ridiculous vehicles are EVs?
Several Waymo vehicles had to be towed away after the company said their batteries died while they were stuck in heavy San Francisco traffic amid Fourth of July celebrations.I also mentioned that there is a serious downside to putting customers in complicated products without having any employees present who can work with those customers to deal with problems that arise.
“We realized people were getting out of their cars, yelling and screaming at these Waymos because there were no drivers,” he said.A Waymo spokesman blamed his cars’ malfunctioning on “severe traffic congestion”, adding that "Our team is always evaluating ways to strengthen Waymo's resilience in major traffic disruptions." Human drivers do not freeze up and stop operating in gridlock traffic. We may get mad, but we don’t just abandon our cars in the roadway. Waymo cannot say the same. This is clearly a technology that is not ready to be turned loose on city streets if something as common as traffic congestion causes the cars to just stop working in the middle of already crowded roads. In addition, it took several hours for Waymo to scrape together some actual humans that could assist in removing their vehicles from the road, making it the city’s problem to clear the streets. It should be noted that Uber, Lyft, and traditional taxicabs did not abandon their vehicles in busy roadways like Waymo did, nor did they drive over exploding fireworks. Cities should rethink whether a company like Waymo that is habitually derelict in its conduct on public roads should be given access to those roads.
Democrats also demand that the use of fossil fuels be abolished. Doing so would impoverish people in a way that makes Cuba look prosperous. It would also be a form of mass murder. Before air conditioning, tens of thousands of Americans died from summer heat, especially during the prolonged heat waves of the 1930s. As Energy Secretary Chris Wright noted in a tweet on the morning of July 2, just 9 percent of the energy powering the 13-state Mid-Atlantic region was coming from “renewable” sources. Ninety-one percent was coming from natural gas, coal, and nuclear. In Europe, there is also a war on farming, because it is a belief of the climate cult that the petroleum used in agriculture, especially to make fertilizer, is destroying the planet. The “intellectual” class pursuing Net Zero in Europe seems to believe that food comes from grocery stores, not farms; therefore, they see no harm in effectively outlawing farming. Nothing that the DSA is proposing is as radical as the climate cultists effectively seeking to abolish food production, yet Democrats in the U.S. stand in solidarity with the European Net Zero agenda. Starvation is a predictable outcome of communism, yet that is on the agenda of the climate crowd.This piece is not behind a paywall. I’d be honored if you’d give it a read.
My latest piece at The American Spectator: “Two Roads to the Same Communism; Net-Zero Climate Communism Is Just as Much a Threat as DSA-Style Communism”https://t.co/jJDgcKeVEu
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) July 9, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 10, 2026 11:00 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 11:00 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 10, 2026 11:01 AM (O7YUW)
It works thusly: You drive to a commuter lot, get out, stand in line, and get picked up by a random driver headed to the same place you are.
You get a free ride to work. The driver gets (with three people in the car) a free trip up the Express Lanes (otherwise tolled at about $50/day, each way) to the place he's driving anyway.
Do the same thing in reverse going home.
A few weeks ago, a driver in a Tesla put on the self-drive mode and FELL THE FUCK ASLEEP!
I yelled at him to please wake up, sir, and he did, but I'll never get in a Tesla again.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 10, 2026 11:03 AM (xA5g+)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 11:04 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 11:04 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 11:04 AM (jehhT)
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Don't forget. I get a vote.
Posted by: The Weather at July 10, 2026 11:04 AM (2Ez/1)
I'm a lot less worried about the climate hysterics than I used to be. I think they've run out of dupes, since most people now understand that it was all a lie, or at least a mistake. Now, to focus on resurgent communism...
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)
DSA/Soviet communism: You will own nothing and like it
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 11:06 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)
Lemme guess, after having to navigate a complex map of recorded options and AI, they were eventually connected to Ramesh, in Delhi, who didn't have a script for handling stranded Waymos.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 11:06 AM (X8xt3)
On the plus side, thanks to certain, um, demographics, self checkout is taking a hit. Even Walmart at my part of Canada, I'm seeing more cashiers.
Related, I've been perfecting removing the human labor expense from prostitution since I was 12.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 11:06 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 10, 2026 11:06 AM (Kt19C)
I login to the patient portal and send a message directly to my care provider.
That seems to work much better.
I'd still prefer to deal with an actual person over the phone for some questions, though.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 11:07 AM (FZ29D)
(No, this is not original, bit I don't know who to give credit.)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 10, 2026 11:08 AM (Of+r/)
Public transit is available for 'people' of lesser value. -- City government
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 11:08 AM (ExV1e)
My mother complains about this all the time - I don't want to use AI, chatbots, or read through your documentation, I'm paying you I want a human to answer my questions.
And...it is a fair question.
But it is cheaper to cut out the humans since tech costs less. Will people pay more for a service/product with better customer support? Data seems to say no.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 11:08 AM (sKqQm)
@SecRubio
Laotian national Tou Lue Vang was convicted of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl in Minnesota.
He was set to be deported until @GovTimWalz issued him a pardon.
Then, I revoked his legal status. @ICEgov has removed him from the U.S. and he will never endanger another American.
Marco Rubio, best Sect of State evah!!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 11:08 AM (X8xt3)
I yelled at him to please wake up, sir, and he did, but I'll never get in a Tesla again.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 10, 2026 11:03 AM
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Obligatory movie clip:
https://youtu.be/M73Gb3gDldY
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 11:08 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Lizzy
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If reports are true, Anthropic founders Dario Amodei and Daniela Amodei are "giving" their AI suite of tools to leftist NGO's to go harass Trump, his administration and supporters.
This is software that typically runs millions of dollars.
They're providing the software/services for free. To target us. Appears to have started back in May. Some may recall the company had some issues with our DoW and how they used the AI to "game out" the Maduro snatch and grab operation.
The civil war continues apace.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 11:08 AM (jehhT)
Related, I've been perfecting removing the human labor expense from prostitution since I was 12.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 11:06 AM (Sco7b)
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I was at Walmart this morning. We had a storm roll through last night and it wreaked havoc on their point of sale stations. They only had a couple of working self-checkout stations.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 11:09 AM (FZ29D)
I login to the patient portal and send a message directly to my care provider.
That seems to work much better.
Same. That's by design. It's similar to the way an insurance company will initially deny a claim to see if you'll just go away. If you demonstrate that you intend to continue making the claim, you can usually prevail.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t)
Most phone trees are really designed to get you to give up before you reach a human.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 11:09 AM (sKqQm)
... Those guys left a bent arm that needed to be repaired or replaced by the owner...
... If zero-staffing is the future of customer service, then businesses are going to be dealing with “customer resolutions” they don’t like when there are problems to resolve. }
9-1-1 call, and "We're trapped". Not because it's taking the high road, or it's ethically better, or any of that, but because it makes it a problem that the business is now unable to ignore, and more importantly, unable to cover up or hide from.
There will be penalties in the form of fines at the "Shoving a pineapple up their arse" levels of uncomfortable.
Just for future reference, in case it happens again.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 10, 2026 11:09 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 10, 2026 11:10 AM (fkjGs)
Part of the problem is that, while you can set certain standards for distance, lane lines, etc., tolerances are actually very different for different people. I *hate* radar cruise control in all of the rentals where I've encountered it (except one), because it's ONLY option at some distance well outside my safe following distance is to slow down. I'm a maneuvering driver. So, when I'm approaching another car, I check all my mirrors and blind spots and start planning a maneuver to pass the slower vehicle. I use the cruise to maintain my speed until I can accelerate to pass (or just slide on out, depending on traffic) and here it is slowing me down. Far enough back I'm going to be in some other faster guy's way for a bit while I catch and pass the vehicle in front of me.
If the computer is going to drive like someone afraid to change lanes it's going to frustrate me awfully.
(Why, yes, I did learn to fly in formation, and it improved my driving considerably.)
Posted by: GWB at July 10, 2026 11:10 AM (kU0PQ)
As I have always said let he that hasn't molested a 10 year old throw the first stone
Posted by: Tim Walz at July 10, 2026 11:10 AM (sKqQm)
How about being a fan of self-driving trucks? The status quo with foreign, low-trust, low-IQ slave labor as power only truck "driver" and their foreign owned and controlled power only brokers is a total disaster.
Furthermore, California has imposed irrevocable emissions standards on trucks operating in their state. Drayage is probably the most insulting and least paying function a truck driver can do, and given port logistics, self-driving drayage EV trucks would seem to be a Win-Win. The routes are highly predictable, will respond best to the wealth of training data and arguably safer than Pejeet preparing stir-fry while navigating on the highways.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 11:10 AM (U4c/V)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 11:11 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 10, 2026 11:11 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 10, 2026 11:01 AM (O7YUW)
I am sincerely humbled by your comedic and noble gesture.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 11:11 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 11:08 AM (ExV1e)
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Our transit is a rolling Adult Residential Facility.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 11:12 AM (RIvkX)
The War Between The States occupies half my wall to wall floor to ceiling dining room bookshelf. Not counting den bookshelt where 75% floor to ceiling is TWBTS. The other 25% is WW II.
Posted by: Eromero at July 10, 2026 11:04 AM (LHPAg)
Holy smokes.
That's awesome. I wish I had a collection like that about The Dustup. I should start buying more.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 11:12 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 11:07 AM (FZ29D)
I used to get stuck on the line for my late Mother's doctor's office.
Out town is so small, it was just easier to drive 4 minutes and talk to them. Sad....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 11:12 AM (Sco7b)
Another Waymo drove into fireworks and the vehicle actually caught fire.
Yeah, but it left a suicide note.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 10, 2026 11:13 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 11:05 AM
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What about me?
Posted by: Recycling at July 10, 2026 11:13 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 10, 2026 11:13 AM (Of+r/)
Posted by: Tim Walz at July 10, 2026 11:10 AM (sKqQm)
*yeets a stone at T-Hustle*
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 10, 2026 11:14 AM (xA5g+)
Oh, but they will try this!!
Last year we had an internet issue. After calling the number, navigating all the recorded options, AI troubleshooting, a fist live agent overseas who could not help (all scripted jargon, speedtalking and not listening), then a SECOND overseas agent who didn't help, he decided to up-sell me on talking to a US-based tech person. Yes, he sold me a plan to get actual help. After balking and calling him out on this, I agreed and was transferred to the US-based tech. The guy walked me through a fix in minutes, I thanked him profusely, then I politely asked him to cancel the up-sold service (he understood why).
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 11:14 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 11:14 AM (sgkY8)
*****
I am in no way in favor of theft - but when someone is in that intolerable situation, with no employees to be found, I would not blame them for just tossing the steak in the bag and walking out with it. You tried to give them the money, but Aldi wouldn't take it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 10, 2026 11:14 AM (edUvp)
Car driving down road. Passes oncoming school bus that is stopped with sign out and red lights flashing. Demo part was at the back end of bus, a robot "kid" pops out from between two cars. Driverless car nails kid. Everyone is defending car. "No one could stop that fast".
You fucking inbred hillbillies, YES, everyone could stop in time BECAUSE they would have stopped before the bus like they are legally liable for.
That was the whole point of the demonstration. The driverless car couldn't pick up the stopped bus.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 11:14 AM (/UfFW)
Hello, your call is important to us please stay on the line. Note wait times are longer then usual due to elevated call volumes. Note our menu options have changed.
Press 1 for English....
30 presses later....estimated hold time 123 minutes. Note you can answer most questions by going to our website (slowly reads out a very long utl). Your call is important to us please continue to hold.
Posted by: Tim Walz at July 10, 2026 11:15 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 11:15 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 10, 2026 11:14 AM (edUvp)
Endorsed
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 10, 2026 11:15 AM (xcxpd)
I hope you've checked your CC statement to make sure they actually DID cancel it.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Nova Local at July 10, 2026 11:15 AM (tOcjL)
Which pretty much all of us predicted as soon as we saw this nonsense go into play.
No-Frills in my corner of Canada has re-done the self checkout area:
- 6 stations
- No carts permitted, only hand baskets or what you can carry in your arms.
- One employee monitoring and "helping".
Still not enough manned cashiers. They have like 10 or 12, and there's only 2 or 3 open, sometimes 5 at pre-scheduled times when they estimate traffic will be heavy.
What really irks me is the self-checkout stations at places like Metro, where each item must be scanned individually, and placed into the weighing area. There you CAN bring a cart, but the weighing area doesn't have enough space to hold a cart full of items.
"We want you to use this system because it'll save us on people, but we'll be arsed if we'll actually make it convenient for you to use it."
I'm so tired of the enshittification of ... well, everything.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 10, 2026 11:15 AM (O7YUW)
You mentioned "rental", but the more upscale cars not only have adaptive cruise but will also orchestrate safe passing.
Not knowing how aggressive you are — passing three or more cars and the farm tractor leading them at a time on a two-lane, might be outside the permissible passing rules programmed into Nav By Wire systems.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 11:15 AM (U4c/V)
Waymo EV vehicle caught in an intersection?
Torch it -- it'll happen sooner or later anyway, because EV.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 10, 2026 11:16 AM (s9VOe)
Google wants to kill you and harvest your soul.
Waymo is the way.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 11:16 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 11:05 AM
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On X, I've noticed that almost all of the really hard core climate fanatics left are from the UK.
Kind of fun to tell them that their religion is dying, they need to give Greta more offerings and beg her forgiveness.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 10, 2026 11:16 AM (edUvp)
There are American truck drivers available for the work.
The driver shortage narrative has always been fiction, allowing politicians to sell out yet another industry to foreigners.
Foreign drivers vs. self-driving trucks is a false choice.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 11:16 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Pudinhead at July 10, 2026 11:16 AM (1D2Ie)
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The oligarchs funding/controlling them have moved on to AI datacenters.
They need all the power plants they can get so no more "baby GAIA will die if we don't reduce power usage!
Posted by: Tim Walz at July 10, 2026 11:16 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Tim Walz at July 10, 2026 11:10 AM (sKqQm)
*yeets a stone at T-Hustle*
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
*throws teo dozen boulders at T-man.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 11:17 AM (/UfFW)
Cashier jobs SHOULDN'T support a family. It's low skill.
But our "betters" have decided that it should be $15 per hour.
So now we have 10 open self-checkouts (and 15 more that are closed!) and 2 cashier lanes at Kroger.
I will say that I had zero issues when I went to the grocery store in my hometown while visiting for my mother's birthday. No self-checkouts and no lines either.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 10, 2026 11:17 AM (XHO5P)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 11:17 AM (sgkY8)
I'm so tired of the enshittification of ... well, everything.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
Not me! It gets me new pants -- sometimes two or three pairs -- every day!
Posted by: J'Blowme Biden at July 10, 2026 11:18 AM (s9VOe)
Oh yeah. My ISP back when put my number on a list, I guess, after calling multiple times and telling the support person to please go down in their script past all of the simple carp that I had already tested, or that I had already troubleshot everything and I knew where the problem was (it was a recurrent problem, too). I started getting someone who would say, "Let me check which items on my list you've already done, and we'll then get to the other items."
And chat-bots are almost as bad (they're improving). It would be easier to post a checklist, then engage the chatbot once you've narrowed things down.
Posted by: GWB at July 10, 2026 11:18 AM (kU0PQ)
I keep hoping it'll get better.
Everyone have a good day.
Yardwork then my projects.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 11:18 AM (Sco7b)
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Driver's Ed, high school... sitting in one of those simulators, the film's running a typical drive in suburbia. Come to a stopped school bus with kids crossing the street. Every. Single. Student. hit the gas and "mowed them down."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 11:18 AM (jehhT)
Reminds me of the old hotel scam. "In order to save our planet, we won't change your bed linens unless you request it."
Me: Do you save money by not changing the bed linens?
The Hotel: Of course.
Me: Howzabout we split the savings?
The Hotel: ......
Me: Change the f***ing linens.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 10, 2026 11:19 AM (OUMaO)
You can bet a nickel on this: Throckmorton's Bentley might get trapped indefinitely by some insolent robot, but there'll be a man at the ready with a Sawz-all to disarm that robot within fifteen minutes if an executive from that building has his Tesla stuck in there.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 11:20 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 10, 2026 11:20 AM (SgdqL)
The first time I drove a rental, two years ago, the lane “assistance” had a similar problem. It was generally okay with passing another normal-sized car. It did not understand that different techniques were necessary when passing a semi on a west Texas highway where the wind is blowing and the other driver may or may not be awake…
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 10, 2026 11:20 AM (kYmoU)
First Lady just finished her appointment with her oncologist. Everything is reported just fine and she's graduated to the 6 month checkup and mammogram schedule.
We are blessed and thankful for this news.
We are humbled by the Horde and their prayers over the past several years.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 11:20 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 10, 2026 11:21 AM (/Sk8Y)
The driver shortage narrative has always been fiction, allowing politicians to sell out yet another industry to foreigners.
Foreign drivers vs. self-driving trucks is a false choice.
True, but self-driving is eventually going to happen, and when it does, it will be much cheaper than paying a driver and hourly wage, and food and lodging (included in the driver cost), and self driving vehicles won't get tired and need to rest.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 11:21 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 11:21 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 10, 2026 11:19 AM (OUMaO)
They're getting robbed.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 11:21 AM (sn5xH)
Posted by: Pudinhead at July 10, 2026 11:16 AM (1D2Ie)
The Waymo Dating app. If you don't like what you see, bulldoze right and view the next candidate.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 11:22 AM (2YhKe)
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I can't think of any reason whatsoever why I would ever set foot in a driverless vic.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 10, 2026 11:22 AM (gErpE)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 10, 2026 11:22 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 11:06 AM (X8xt3)
Whose first words on the call are something like, "Hello. My name is Bill. How may I help you."
Dude, if the first thing you're going to do is lie to me, this support call is not going to go well.
Posted by: GWB at July 10, 2026 11:22 AM (kU0PQ)
However, I'm not anxious to be an early adopter of the technology. Not without some sort of visibility into how that particular sausage is made.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at July 10, 2026 11:22 AM (Zst8M)
They need all the power plants they can get so no more "baby GAIA will die if we don't reduce power usage!
I read that NVidia's newest AI datacenters will have a closed loop water cooling system, so people will stop bitching about water usage. TBH, I'm not sure why they didn't do that before.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)
I can't think of any reason whatsoever why I would ever set foot in a driverless vic.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 10, 2026 11:22 AM (gErpE)
It is sad but true. Vic is no longer driving.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 11:23 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 11:23 AM (2YhKe)
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haha
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 10, 2026 11:24 AM (gErpE)
The things I want to say about journalists are ironically not fit or smart to print. Bastards. They want us all in graves.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 11:24 AM (SWQdN)
Posted by: ATMs and self-service gas pumps at July 10, 2026 11:24 AM (2Ez/1)
Dave Guingona told the [TV station] he spent nearly two hours in standstill traffic until a number of Waymo vehicles were cleared from a roadway.
We carry a window breaker combo multi tool seat belt cutter in all our vehicles. I wouldn't even get in a driverless car without the violent means to exit when I want to.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 10, 2026 11:24 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 11:25 AM (SWQdN)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
If you want to go back, does it beep loudly while it does so?
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 10, 2026 11:26 AM (OUMaO)
They need all the power plants they can get so no more "baby GAIA will die if we don't reduce power usage!
I read that NVidia's newest AI datacenters will have a closed loop water cooling system, so people will stop bitching about water usage. TBH, I'm not sure why they didn't do that before.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)
It's more expensive and people didn't bitch before...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 10, 2026 11:26 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 11:06 AM (X8xt3)
Whose first words on the call are something like, "Hello. My name is Bill. How may I help you."
Dude, if the first thing you're going to do is lie to me, this support call is not going to go well.
Posted by: GWB
I booked a hotel room through Radisson years ago. You could hear roosters in the background. I wanted to ask the lady if I could lay a bet on the cock fight later on.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 10, 2026 11:26 AM (sn5xH)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 10, 2026 11:22 AM
++++
Kidnapping is a felony in most states.
Posted by: Your opportunistic lawyer at July 10, 2026 11:27 AM (2Ez/1)
If you want to go back, does it beep loudly while it does so?
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 10, 2026 11:26 AM (OUMaO)
Fresh with air brake sound effects!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 11:27 AM (2YhKe)
But I have to use it frequently because these tightfisted grocery chiselers want to squeeze coal into diamonds, and they only ever have one or two of G-d's intended checkout lines open, with 13 dormant, unmanned ones sitting there eating up space.
If they want to start putting back the dour, unfriendly women to check out my groceries while I try to charm a smile out of their stony visages, I'll be very grateful.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 11:27 AM (BI5O2)
Think the only way for self-driving cars to work well is to have it 100% self-driving. That way they can program based on the predictable, uniform behavior of the other vehicles on the road.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 11:27 AM (X8xt3)
Read the article at Cowboy State Daily about the data center in Cheyenne.
It is about something contaminating the waste water.
Posted by: four seasons at July 10, 2026 11:27 AM (/QHx4)
1) you can't steal the charge like you can w/ gasoline. (Why not syphon out a bunch of gas at $6/gal in california if no one is looking)
2) dirt cheap prices on EVs now.
Posted by: Scott_T at July 10, 2026 11:27 AM (2waQ7)
https://tinyurl.com/mf5x94c6
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)
Awesome!!! You guys deserve some good news. 👊🏻
Time to take it out of your handle. It doesn't have to be your identity anymore.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 11:28 AM (SWQdN)
Posted by: Johnnycab at July 10, 2026 11:28 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Phillip K. Dick at July 10, 2026 11:29 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)
It's more expensive and people didn't bitch before...
That is the usual reason.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)
But I very much prefer scan-as-you-shop over any sort of checkout. Instead of loading/unloading/queuing/reloading, all the steps are combined into one: fill my bags, point the phone at a screen, and walk out; maybe someone looks at the top three items. Further, I get to see the scanned price as I load my bags: no surprises at checkout, no waiting for someone to price-check something. Just put it back on the shelf, done. (If I want to have a conversation about it, I can still bring it up, but… I don’t want a conversation about it.)
I can see why owners, in low-trust areas, would be against this; but as a customer there is no contest. Faster, easier, less hassle. I drive out of my way to go to grocery stores that support scan-as-you-go.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 10, 2026 11:30 AM (kYmoU)
Water usage is a distraction from the power usage, specifically how much of it they're pulling down, and what it's going to do to the grid's reliability, and how much it's going to increase people's individual power bills.
Supply and demand is a bitch when aggregate demand doubles or triples, and infrastructure needs time and investment to catch up.
"Bring your own power plant" should have been the response to new data centers everywhere, along with full regulatory compliance with ALL Department of Energy regulations, plus applicable state laws and regs.
"But... but... that'll take forever!"
'Yup. You ain't special, scooter.'
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 10, 2026 11:30 AM (O7YUW)
- fundamental software architecture
- sensor suite
- magnitude of training data
- business case
… between Waymo and Tesla Robotaxi / Cybercab, and these factors all strongly favor Tesla.
The latest data suggests that Tesla self-driving is up to 8X safer than human driving based on miles per serious collision. IIRC, the average human has a collision about once per 600k miles, while Tesla FSD is in the multiple millions of miles and getting better.
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at July 10, 2026 11:30 AM (UWN7z)
Posted by: Pudinhead at July 10, 2026 11:30 AM (1D2Ie)
Awesome!!! You guys deserve some good news. 👊🏻
Time to take it out of your handle. It doesn't have to be your identity anymore.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 11:28 AM (SWQdN)
Thank you.
I'm saving that marker for when she hits the 2 year mark in March after radiation when she'll be declared 'cured.'
But, there will always be the 'f*ck cancer' mindset, tho.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 11:31 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Robert at July 10, 2026 11:31 AM (dpXJq)
in addition to crypty the cryptosporidian they'll need cyclo the cyclosporiasis stuff.
Posted by: cmeat at July 10, 2026 11:31 AM (R11M+)
If there were self driving EVs, an operator could load it with explosives, tell it to come get them(target site) and use that vehicle as a cruise missile.
Posted by: Speller at July 10, 2026 11:32 AM (pSotA)
It is meet and right so to do.
Posted by: Archimedes
Ah, yes, a well remembered line from the Holy Communion service found in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 10, 2026 11:32 AM (s9VOe)
If you produced a map of where the scan as you shop places are, and it has a big hole in the middle where the vibrant diversity lives, you'd have a rather glaring PR problem.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 11:20 AM (2YhKe)
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b"h for good health.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 11:32 AM (RIvkX)
It'll be back at Walmart.
Sams has been perfecting computer vision at self-serve checkout stands. If you bring up 12 items and scan 11 or scan 1 twice as a proxy (when there is only one of that SKU in the cart) your odds of being quick checked at the exit is pretty high.
While CV isn't reading the barcodes, the barcodes resolve into product image templates where AI sees a SKU for a bag of Fritos and it expects to see a bag of Fritos being scanned by the customer.
Forget to scan the case of beer loaded on the lower tray — you will be stopped.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 11:32 AM (pUU4E)
Oh, you want to prevent scanning theft? Then stop making ME do YOUR job of checking out my items.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 11:32 AM (X8xt3)
We are blessed and thankful for this news.
We are humbled by the Horde and their prayers over the past several years.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 11:20 AM (2YhKe)
Great news, glad to hear it. 👍
Posted by: Robert at July 10, 2026 11:32 AM (dpXJq)
Either way, the garage itself is probably listed on a review site somewhere and you should "share your experience."
Posted by: pookysgirl, trying to utilize the internet for good at July 10, 2026 11:33 AM (Wt5PA)
What's worse, no customer service or Indian/Pakistani customer service?
Posted by: Robert
It's a trick question! They are the same thing!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 10, 2026 11:33 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 10, 2026 11:33 AM (OUMaO)
b"h for good health.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 11:32 AM (RIvkX)
Thank you.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 11:33 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Eromero at July 10, 2026 11:34 AM (LHPAg)
"Labor" has been the traditional highest fraction of costs, therefore the big, easy target. Managing said labor is also difficult, requiring time and skill.
Easier just to eliminate it. Consequences be damned.
Posted by: man at July 10, 2026 11:34 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 11:34 AM (2YhKe)
That's the thing that must always be understood. Humans aren't improving, but the technology is, and rapidly. It's going to happen, and it's a good thing that it will, at least until the tech tries to take over.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 10, 2026 11:33 AM (OUMaO)
Very much appreciated.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 11:34 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Robert
They're the same picture...
Posted by: That lady from The Office at July 10, 2026 11:34 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 11:32 AM
https://peaceandquiet.io/usa
Posted by: You can thank me later at July 10, 2026 11:35 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Archimedes
Ah, yes, a well remembered line from the Holy Communion service found in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.
I wondered if anyone else would recognize it.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Pudinhead at July 10, 2026 11:16 AM (1D2Ie)
Waymo fun!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 10, 2026 11:36 AM (wVcYX)
What's worse, no customer service or Indian/Pakistani customer service?
Posted by: Robert
You have a problem.
You phone customer service and an Indian/Pakistani answers the phone.
Now you have 2 problems.
Posted by: Speller at July 10, 2026 11:36 AM (pSotA)
Posted by: Eromero at July 10, 2026 11:34 AM (LHPAg)
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: SkyNet at July 10, 2026 11:36 AM (SgdqL)
Posted by: My next Tshirt at July 10, 2026 11:37 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Pudinhead at July 10, 2026 11:16 AM (1D2Ie)
Waymo fun!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 10, 2026 11:36 AM (wVcYX)
But you don't want your friends to see you riding......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 11:37 AM (2YhKe)
I see you've read "The Passengers" by John Marrs!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 11:37 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 11:31 AM (2YhKe)
I know and I get it. And I will keep her and you in my prayers.
Congrats!!!!!
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 11:38 AM (SWQdN)
You’re riding in your self-driving car when suddenly the doors lock, the route changes and you have lost all control. Then, a mysterious voice tells you, “You are going to die.”
Just as self-driving cars become the trusted, safer norm, eight people find themselves in this terrifying situation, including a faded TV star, a pregnant young woman, an abused wife fleeing her husband, an undocumented immigrant, a husband and wife, and a suicidal man.
From cameras hidden in their cars, their panic is broadcast to millions of people around the world. But the public will show their true colors when they are asked, "Which of these people should we save?...And who should we kill first?"
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 11:38 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Eromero"
What do you need all those books for hen Howard Zinn covered it in about 20 pages in "People History" and determined it was a big nothing-burger because it was only a struggle between industrial capitalists in the north and slaveholders in the south that changed nothing for the oppressed working class. Just not that big a deal
Posted by: Ripley at July 10, 2026 11:38 AM (GUOwU)
I know and I get it. And I will keep her and you in my prayers.
Congrats!!!!!
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 11:38 AM (SWQdN)
We are eternally grateful.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 11:39 AM (2YhKe)
Yeah, no. This is self selective - "human" driving takes place where "self driving " can't operate, and Tesla owners/ operators tend to live a bit more cautiously...
(Recent guy who drove his into a house excepted)
Posted by: man at July 10, 2026 11:39 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Lizzy
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Now do elevators without an attendant.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 11:39 AM (E4rtv)
Don’t we though?
Posted by: Michael Douglas in that Movie at July 10, 2026 11:40 AM (ehU09)
Tesla isn't doing donuts in the ice-overed mall parking lot, shoving food in its mouth, falling asleep, drunk or distracted by TikTok videos or rowdy children while moving. It isn't trying to ford through flood water covered roadways, pass several cars at once, speed way over posted, crash stop signs and lights, driving through medians and grass strips to avoid stopped traffic due to a wreck.
Don't know, but highly suspect that it won't move unless the oil and tire pressure is right, the brakes and lights work or wipers don't clear the camera from mud and rainwater.
Factor those behaviors out of drivers and how does the comparison look?
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 11:40 AM (9s47C)
"What would you say you do here?"
OpenAI wants its new tool to do your work for you and with you
Rebranded Codex promises independent workflows that can run “for hours if needed.”
ChatGPT Work can connect to common workplace management tools like Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Drive, and SharePoint through various custom-built plugins. The desktop version of the new tool can also access and modify your desktop files or use a built-in browser to access online resources. OpenAI says an updated ChatGPT Chrome extension will also let you perform web-native tasks without switching out of the browser...The ChatGPT Work system will access these outside resources automatically when it seems necessary to complete a prompted task, but users can also reference an outside app directly with the “@” symbol to force the use of a specific third-party tool.
https://tinyurl.com/2fk7xwub
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 11:41 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: man at July 10, 2026 11:41 AM (cGjQu)
Since automation and robots and AI and the rest of it is inevitably going to unemploy millions and hit unskilled or semiskilled (or even skilled labor) the hardest, importing yet even more millions illegally - who have less than zero job prospects - and against the vehement protests of the citizenry borders on malevolent insanity with a bath salts chaser.
We’re also constantly admonished about “the environment”. Importing millions and millions places ever increasing demands on freshwater, more road construction, housing, timber, energy needs, hospitals, sewage, pollution and everything else.
There were 90 million Americans on “food stamps” and other assistance programs, that was probably 20 years ago. “Full employment” my ass. Just because someone has a job doesn’t mean they can support themselves or family. Federal spending has perverted and diverted the normal feedback mechanisms. This is not by accident.
No system no matter how well meaning or intended cannot be re-directed for unscrupulous purposes.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 11:41 AM (nOWpl)
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Now I could be wrong here but is that a loaded statistic? They're not exactly gonna seriously collide with one another very often, so every serious collision involving one is ALWAYS gonna involve a non self drive too. So that's 100% of those collisions being counted against non self driving as well, which is on its face stupid.
I'm not saying this means they're not safer, I'm saying the statistic is loaded before the count begins.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 11:41 AM (SWQdN)
Posted by: Melodicmetal at July 10, 2026 11:41 AM (61TgR)
Posted by: Archimedes
I think you are right. But in the meantime, just in case, I think cars should still have backup steering, brakes, and other necessary controls that can override onboard computers for edge cases.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 11:41 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 11:12 AM (RIvkX)
And, as a substandard organic object beneath notice, you should feel proud that you can help the planet by being temporarily imprisoned with your fellow nothings. While we are saddened by the fact that some mentally diverse people of valuable pigment and citizenship status may be forced to be near you, we can only hope that they'll remove you from the world which you refuse to leave on your own. -- Big City Government
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 11:42 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Eromero at July 10, 2026 11:34 AM (LHPAg)
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That was the plot of a Doctor Who episode...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 11:42 AM (FZ29D)
Horde opinions? I hear very encouraging things.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 10, 2026 11:42 AM (SgdqL)
Posted by: Ripley at July 10, 2026 11:38 AM (GUOwU)
That's why I want them. By the way, Bravo Zulu on the Dong Ha bridge!
Posted by: Eromero at July 10, 2026 11:42 AM (LHPAg)
Help! I'm stuck on the escalator!
Posted by: man at July 10, 2026 11:41 AM (cGjQu)
"And that was Otis Elevator singing "I've had my up's and down's........"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 11:42 AM (2YhKe)
But I have to use it frequently because these tightfisted grocery chiselers want to squeeze coal into diamonds, and they only ever have one or two of G-d's intended checkout lines open, with 13 dormant, unmanned ones sitting there eating up space.
If they want to start putting back the dour, unfriendly women to check out my groceries while I try to charm a smile out of their stony visages, I'll be very grateful.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
I'm 100% the opposite.
1. I am running on a 15 hour day and I'm not home yet. I want out of that store as fast as possible.
2. I honestly don't care about your memaw's gout or your cousin's parole violation.
3. If I could trust you people to shop properly to where I still don't have to go inside to get what you forgot or couldn't find, I would. But I can't.
4. Amazon FTW.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 11:42 AM (/UfFW)
A very good friend who hailed from the San Diego area once told me that his father carried a sledge hammer in the trunk of his vehicle. Wayne asked him why, and his father related that, as he often had to drive over to Tijuana and most drivers there were uninsured, he liked to have the sledge hammer handy to "even up" the damage in the event his vehicle got hit while over there.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 10, 2026 11:42 AM (s9VOe)
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I've no doubt that there are hacks available for self driving vehicles to permit "takeovers" by individuals with less than honorable intentions.
All you need is money and no qualms about it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 11:43 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: man
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There have been some pretty gnarly accidents involving escalators actually. Usually involving something or some body part being caught up in them.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 11:43 AM (E4rtv)
Perhaps I have Archimedes’s problem more than yours; “watching me like a hawk” is pretty much the opposite of what they do. The only real issue I have with scan-as-you-go is when I visit my dad in rural Michigan. Since I only shop there in two-week spreads twice a year, the first time I shop during each visit, I have to draw the attention of the class monitor.
They are not watching me like a hawk.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 10, 2026 11:43 AM (kYmoU)
Don’t we though?
Posted by: Michael Douglas in that Movie at July 10, 2026 11:40 AM (ehU09)
Or quit hacking a taxi in the middle of the NYC bridge and toss the keys into the river below.
Posted by: John Winger at July 10, 2026 11:43 AM (wVcYX)
@NEWSMAX
2h
After a series of physical on-court incidents involving WNBA star Caitlin Clark, 11 GOP lawmakers are demanding a civil rights investigation into whether the league is doing enough to protect her. "
before they kill her, amirite ?
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 11:43 AM (GD0B3)
With tide pods. Yes, our betters are that stupid.
Posted by: man at July 10, 2026 11:43 AM (cGjQu)
I like the proposed movie "Navageddon," by Adam Carolla. Self-driving cars decide to destroy humanity... lots of scenes of cars driving into buildings, careening into the Grand Canyon to kill their passengers, etc.
But of course, there's one renegade engineer who everyone made fun of for driving an old IC relic muscle car with no electronics, and now he's the only one who can save the world.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 11:43 AM (BI5O2)
You think I wouldn't have been prepared? Two years I spent setting up that elevator job, two years I invested in it. You couldn't understand the kind of commitment that I have. You ruined a man's life's work and you think you can walk away? You got blinders on to the world! But I got your attention now, didn't I Jack?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 11:43 AM (X8xt3)
126 It is meet and right so to do.
Posted by: Archimedes
Ah, yes, a well remembered line from the Holy Communion service found in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.
I wondered if anyone else would recognize it.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)
Good phrase; it is certainly found in that book, but it is much, much older than that.
There’s even an echo of it in the Gettysburg address, when Lincoln says “It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 10, 2026 11:43 AM (VbqNm)
1. I am running on a 15 hour day and I'm not home yet. I want out of that store as fast as possible.
2. I honestly don't care about your memaw's gout or your cousin's parole violation.
3. If I could trust you people to shop properly to where I still don't have to go inside to get what you forgot or couldn't find, I would. But I can't.
4. Amazon FTW.
Posted by: rickb223
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I can see that. Choice is nice.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 11:44 AM (E4rtv)
I think you are right. But in the meantime, just in case, I think cars should still have backup steering, brakes, and other necessary controls that can override onboard computers for edge cases.
Agree completely.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Cynical Stoic at July 10, 2026 11:45 AM (2r+jB)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 11:45 AM (nOWpl)
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Now I could be wrong here but is that a loaded statistic? They're not exactly gonna seriously collide with one another very often, so every serious collision involving one is ALWAYS gonna involve a non self drive too. So that's 100% of those collisions being counted against non self driving as well, which is on its face stupid.
I'm not saying this means they're not safer, I'm saying the statistic is loaded before the count begins.
Posted by: ...
Does it list how many times a driven vehicle has had to stop to keep frum trucking a driverless vehicle because the driverless vehicle screwed up?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 11:45 AM (/UfFW)
They do this at one particular store and it irks me more that the lax checkout attendants. Obviously, they have a theft issue, so stop using the self-checkout and hire more staff!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 11:46 AM (X8xt3)
I yelled at him to please wake up, sir, and he did, but I'll never get in a Tesla again.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 10, 2026 11:03 AM
++++
Obligatory movie clip:
https://youtu.be/M73Gb3gDldY
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 11:08 AM (2Ez/1)
Also obligatory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9I6uomTqHw
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 10, 2026 11:46 AM (zafwz)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 11:46 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: runner
Given the recent response by the league and even her own coach to the thuggery, those assholes need to understand that criminals get punished.
Outing myself to a minor degree but I actually have a law review article on when violence in sports becomes a crime.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 11:46 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Your grandmother at July 10, 2026 11:46 AM (2Ez/1)
Hey, they've got insurance.
/
Posted by: man at July 10, 2026 11:46 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 11:46 AM (SWQdN)
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All those stats -- and the stats for self-driving Waymo cars -- are all cherrypicked bullshit. They are based on much slower, mostly urban driving where "serious" accidents are very rare. If you include minor accidents and fender-benders, or if you included more high-speed miles for the self-drive cars, the statistics would be inverted.
It's worth nothing that even in modern cars where the driver drives, there are a whole host of safety systems that supposedly help the human driver. My new car has so many of them I can't even count them. I turn them all off with the exception of lane-change assist.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 10, 2026 11:47 AM (iFTx/)
I can see that. Choice is nice.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 11:44 AM (E4rtv)
But you only need one.
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at July 10, 2026 11:47 AM (2YhKe)
Even though the Greens have been taking a beating and climate change is on the down slope, a change of administration here and the middle class leftist sheep would begin yelling about it again.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 11:47 AM (m2wmY)
Thank you!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 11:46 AM (Sco7b)
Thank YOU!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 11:47 AM (2YhKe)
Self-driving 18-wheelers whose AI software was trained on experienced Sikh drivers -- what could possibly go wrong?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 10, 2026 11:48 AM (s9VOe)
NO! NIMBY! BANANA! to Data Centers because they use electricity and water and increase traffic and return economic benefit.
Yawn towards the exact same land developed for 1000 low to mid income homes that uses electricity, water + need schools, courts, fire, 100x times more traffic and may break even on taxes.
And Data Centers don't need a huge water treatment plane, and they often can and soon will produce their own non-grid power.
We are an irrational people.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 11:48 AM (9s47C)
Posted by: Cynical Stoic
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Unfortunately I would say the same about humans.
We have had the book of Proverbs for well over two thousand years and ditto for Ecclesiastes. Even the Roman and Greeks had similar works of wisdom and common sense.
But far too many humans, many of them Democrats, are unable to apply those somehow, even if they are able to read them.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 11:49 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Your grandmother at July 10, 2026 11:46 AM (2Ez/1)
These horseless carriages careening along at 15 mph are going to kill someone. Horses are smarter than most "drivers".
Posted by: Your great grandfather at July 10, 2026 11:49 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 11:27 AM
One problem with that is that not everything you have to avoid on the road is another car. You've got gators and other debris and construction barrels and breakdowns and you'll find pedestrians in the damnedest places.
However the news isn't all bad. Kalman filters make it possible to track any number of objects and predict their behavior well enough to avoid them. The tricky bit is telling which parts of an image are a single object and dealing with figuring out which things in an image belong to the road, which to the road environment, and which are obstacles. None of that is unsolvable.
It's an interesting problem that I'd be working on, if I wasn't more actively involved in becoming fabulously wealthy first.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at July 10, 2026 11:49 AM (Zst8M)
But of course, there's one renegade engineer who everyone made fun of for driving an old IC relic muscle car with no electronics, and now he's the only one who can save the world.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 11:43 AM (BI5O2)
We could get Bruce Wi...FUCK!
Posted by: Robert at July 10, 2026 11:50 AM (dpXJq)
Stats I trust. People are ...
And good news, Sponge. We all need some
Posted by: man at July 10, 2026 11:50 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 11:51 AM (m2wmY)
We use them all the time an nobody gives us a second look.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 11:51 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 11:51 AM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Cynical Stoic
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Unfortunately I would say the same about humans.
We have had the book of Proverbs for well over two thousand years and ditto for Ecclesiastes. Even the Roman and Greeks had similar works of wisdom and common sense
You know what AI never says?
"Hold my beer".
Posted by: Archimedes at July 10, 2026 11:51 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: man at July 10, 2026 11:51 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Lies and Damned Lies at July 10, 2026 11:52 AM (SgdqL)
Posted by: Your grandmother at July 10, 2026 11:46 AM
These horseless carriages careening along at 15 mph are going to kill someone. Horses are smarter than most "drivers".
Posted by: Your great grandfather at July 10, 2026 11:49 AM
Those damned locomotives are a menace!
Posted by: Your great great grandfather at July 10, 2026 11:52 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 11:51 AM (R+iUD)
Will say a prayer
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 11:52 AM (rijjI)
It sucks dong.
Open those checkout lanes, scale down the self checkout area to a few booths, and replace the dead robots with products you can sell - you already have a guy guarding the self checkout for all the sneakthieves, anyway. He can watch that display, too.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 11:52 AM (BI5O2)
Old greek homos and gladiator movies.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 10, 2026 11:52 AM (bw6S/)
But you only need one.
Posted by: Bernie Sanders
Why don't you take advantage of the proffered all expenses paid snipe hunt weekend that so many of us are eager to have you take, you jibbering, spittle-flecked and useless old fool? Take Li'l Tottie with you as a guest.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 10, 2026 11:52 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 11:53 AM (SWQdN)
Posted by: Cybersmythe
That seems to be easy---find a congress critter, collude with them on spinning up an ngo funded by said congress critter by amendment, and then profit!!!!!. You can even just skip the middle man and spin up some medical service providers for Somalis or other groups that doesn't exist outside of the billing and payments from fedgov Medicaid.
Learing Academies so to speak.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 11:53 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Your grandmother at July 10, 2026 11:46 AM
These horseless carriages careening along at 15 mph are going to kill someone. Horses are smarter than most "drivers".
Posted by: Your great grandfather at July 10, 2026 11:49 AM
Those damned locomotives are a menace!
Fire! Huh! What is it good for? Absolutely NOTHING!
Posted by: Oog at July 10, 2026 11:53 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Your great great grandfather "
The wheel will never work out!
/probably one of my ancestors
Posted by: man at July 10, 2026 11:53 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 11:53 AM (SWQdN)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ru
I'd hate to live where some of you live. We have self-checkout almost everywhere now (and more being added) and it works pretty good for us. Sure as hell beats waiting in line so long that the ice cream melts.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 10, 2026 11:54 AM (g8Ew8)
A grocery chain challenged their POS operators to smile when interacting with customers, and the result was many of their young female check-out clerks getting hit on by pervs and other losers.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 11:54 AM (9Hs2w)
"Hold my beer".
Posted by: Archimedes
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Never train them on redneck engineering data. Or they will try to imitate Florida Man.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 11:54 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Your great great great great great greatgrandfather at July 10, 2026 11:55 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 11:55 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at July 10, 2026 11:30 AM (UWN7z)
Elon! When did you start hanging out here?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 11:55 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 10, 2026 11:56 AM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 11:54 AM (9Hs2w)
No. I don't care if they smile. I actually prefer if they're grim. I like to chat someone up and make them smile or laugh. It's a little challenge.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 11:56 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Compared with other crap going on in Atlanta, Waymo congregating on a sleepy back street is the least of homeowners and driver worries.
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 11:56 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 11:56 AM (SWQdN)
Posted by: Oog at July 10, 2026 11:53 AM (Riz8t)
Pull by hair, not feet. Not fill up with sand.
Posted by: Oog's Father at July 10, 2026 11:57 AM (wVcYX)
But will it drive over a bridge it just hallucinated?
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 11:57 AM (9Hs2w)
And good news, Sponge. We all need some
Posted by: man at July 10, 2026 11:50 AM (cGjQu)
Thank you.
Agreed.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 11:57 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: LASue at July 10, 2026 11:57 AM (lCppi)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 11:06 AM (X8xt3)
Whose first words on the call are something like, "Hello. My name is Bill. How may I help you."
And then you tell him your problem and he goes, "self-driving cars? Are you crazy, whoever heard of such a thing!"
Posted by: t-bird at July 10, 2026 11:57 AM (ATSTk)
Posted by: LASue at July 10, 2026 11:57 AM (lCppi)
Posted by: ...
Lately all bad trends have been starting on the West Coast. Why can we have nice trends like the Beach Boys, Muscle Cars, freeways, and other trends from you guys nowadays?
Posted by: whig at July 10, 2026 11:58 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 11:09 AM (sKqQm)
I was trying to make an appointment to get Inspector a temp handicap tag, thankfully no longer necessary, and the new DPS phone tree is a horrific nightmare for anything beyond the very basics. It had no option for talking to a human and chirpily thanked me for calling before hanging up on me. But it has a name, Shirly, so I guess that's supposed to make everything okay.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 10, 2026 11:58 AM (lFFaq)
And the old lady's going to write a check.
Bet on it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 11:59 AM (jehhT)
I said “huh?” But rather than just dismissing it, I tried to figure out where that story came from. 1st determined that the official high, horrible, burning death temperature in Paris that day was 86 degrees. But some guy who was at Disney-Paris had a phone with a temperature sensor on it, and he let it lay on hot asphalt in full sun until it read 51 C (120 F) and then posted it and said “look how hot it was in Paris today!”
And so now the global warming fan club is posting and reposting that picture everywhere they can as “proof”.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 10, 2026 11:59 AM (VbqNm)
.. now, imagine this happening in Buffalo in the middle of Winter
Posted by: SMOD at July 10, 2026 12:00 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 11:53 AM (SWQdN)
Who and how? Haven't been on Twitter, which would be the most likely other place to find out.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 10, 2026 12:01 PM (lFFaq)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 11:53 AM (SWQdN)
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It will now that the presumed suspect is "a white male".
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at July 10, 2026 12:01 PM (0bjKf)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 10, 2026 12:01 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 12:01 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Bookman from Seinfeld at July 10, 2026 12:02 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: SMOD at July 10, 2026 12:02 PM (RHGPo)
I'm waiting for a blue collar guy to do work at my house.
He's on blue collar time, which means he's two hours late.
The painter I had a few months ago took 2 days to paint two rooms, and left my water running outside when he was cleaning brushes.
I get Polish, Mexican, Kyrgyz (?) doing crap work.
I don't think I would like to be known as a blue collar football player. I mean, they all went to college didn't they?
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 10, 2026 12:02 PM (qwx/I)
Buoyed by recent efforts to teach "Black English" in California schools, a new coalition of activists demanded that "Girl Math" be officially incorporated into the state's K-12 math curriculum. The Girl Math Liberation Front argued that traditional mathematics had been oppressively logical, binary, and dominated by dead white men like Pythagoras for far too long. Instead, they want classrooms to embrace a more inclusive, emotionally intelligent approach rooted in female financial intuition and vibes. "For too long, the patriarchy has forced us to accept that two plus two equals four," said Karen Klipper, a 7th-grade math teacher.
Posted by: SMOD at July 10, 2026 12:03 PM (RHGPo)
Stop using their crap and they will go away.
Posted by: The Sanhedrin at July 10, 2026 12:03 PM (kQBSd)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 10, 2026 12:01 PM (lFFaq)
Anne Widdecombe. Police have announced they are in fact looking for a "white male". Initial reports were simply that she'd hit her head in her home I think.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 12:03 PM (SWQdN)
Posted by: SMOD at July 10, 2026 12:05 PM (RHGPo)
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Published July 9, 2026, 3:13 p.m. ET
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A New York City building owner is trying to get out of paying an eye-watering $35 million verdict to an ex-JPMorgan banker who claimed a shattering glass door left her with permanent brain damage, according to new court documents.
Lawyers for the Madison Avenue building claim hours of new video surveillance of former banking analyst Meghan Brown taken over a nine-month period reveal her claims of incapacitation are a “fraud.”
“Seldom is a farce of the magnitude orchestrated by [Brown] here captured on video and in court documents,” wrote Christopher Theobalt, attorney for 271 Madison Co — who argue the $35.2 million verdict should now be thrown out.
Posted by: SMOD at July 10, 2026 12:07 PM (RHGPo)
>It's a sneaky way to get you to do your own labor. Scanning, bagging, produce lookup, payment and carry-out.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 10, 2026 12:07 PM (fkjGs)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at July 10, 2026 12:09 PM (200+5)
Driver's Ed, high school... sitting in one of those simulators, the film's running a typical drive in suburbia. Come to a stopped school bus with kids crossing the street. Every. Single. Student. hit the gas and "mowed them down."
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Been there. Did that. "Fast and Furious" for the Analog Era.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 10, 2026 12:09 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 12:14 PM (R+iUD)
And the thing about the use of self driving remaining selective is a fond fantasy of modern Luddites. More and more people are reporting that they use it essentially 100% of the time. And many of those people are getting 50% off their insurance premium for every mile they let Tesla drive! Insurance companies understand risk.
Remember the two photos of 5th (?) Avenue in NYC from the early 1900’s? The first photo shows the street clogged with horse-drawn carriages, with one automobile in the background. The second, from about 5 years later, shows the complete opposite! That’s what’s gonna happen, IMHO!
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at July 10, 2026 12:20 PM (UWN7z)
Posted by: Your grandmother
A skimmer has obtained my life's savings.
--Also your grandmother.
And yours too.
--because you're not really any hipper than she is.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 10, 2026 01:19 PM (zdLoL)
First Lady just finished her appointment with her oncologist. Everything is reported just fine and she's graduated to the 6 month checkup and mammogram schedule.
We are blessed and thankful for this news.
We are humbled by the Horde and their prayers over the past several years.
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Great news Sponge! May the next 6-month check-up also reveal her to be cancer free.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 10, 2026 01:19 PM (JNTt1)
Should businesses NOT watch labor expenses?
To be clear, I’m not a Waymo guy. I could have gotten a Waymo, I suppose, in Austin and more recently Dallas. But I opted for Uber instead (which I have a sneaking suspicion you hate them with a passion).
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 10, 2026 06:07 PM (4g5V+)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Fight on the Little Big Horn
Frederic Remington [Hat Tip: Pete Bog]
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 10, 2026 09:30 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Gen. George Custer at July 10, 2026 09:31 AM (jiRXK)
Posted by: Tuna at July 10, 2026 09:31 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)
The horses and men all look craggy and weathered, as you'd expect from a life on the Plains.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 10, 2026 09:32 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Just the punchline at July 10, 2026 09:32 AM (VmkSV)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:30 AM
Medicine man sampling own medicine.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 09:32 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: George Costanza at July 10, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 10, 2026 09:33 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Just the punchline at July 10, 2026
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"They're runnin' around like a bunch of . . ."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 10, 2026 09:33 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Frederic Remington at July 10, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 10, 2026 09:34 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 09:34 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: dantesed at July 10, 2026 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:30 AM
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Medicine man sampling own medicine.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026
***
The peace pipe had something a little stronger in it, I'll warrant.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 10, 2026 09:34 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 09:34 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 10, 2026 09:34 AM
Bad prairie crab salad.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 09:34 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Will Robinson at July 10, 2026 09:35 AM (zBgIx)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 10, 2026 09:36 AM (6/7Fs)
The peace pipe had something a little stronger in it, I'll warrant.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 10, 2026 09:34 AM (wzUl9)
You asked for it.........
https://youtu.be/INxliT-NrxA
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:36 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Not quite Custer's last words at July 10, 2026 09:36 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at July 10, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)
https://tinyurl.com/yc5xb5zn
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 09:36 AM (hM2xO)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 10, 2026 09:37 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Liz Warren at July 10, 2026 09:37 AM (ibDUx)
https://tinyurl.com/yc5xb5zn
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 09:36 AM (hM2xO)
Kind of an odd ad for Budweiser, for sure.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:38 AM (2YhKe)
I remember an old Buck Rodgers episode where they ran across a ship that have something like 7 admirals and one seaman who did all the actual work.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 09:38 AM (sKqQm)
Er, colonized! Yeah, that's it!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 09:38 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Don Black at July 10, 2026 09:38 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Not quite Custer's last words at July 10, 2026 09:36 AM (sKqQm)
The Atari 2600 gave Custer his revenge, tho.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:38 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: The Guys at Rorke's Drift at July 10, 2026 09:38 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 10, 2026 09:38 AM (SgdqL)
Posted by: Don Black at July 10, 2026 09:38 AM (ZxPkt)
People only saw in black and white back then.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:39 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 09:39 AM (sKqQm)
As I always tell the youth, don't settle for video games. If you want to get a piece of ass take it like ripe Polish lands.
Posted by: Graham Platner at July 10, 2026 09:40 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: H. Zinn at July 10, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: New York Times at July 10, 2026 09:41 AM (2ap+5)
As I always tell the youth, don't settle for video games. If you want to get a piece of ass take it like ripe Polish lands.
Posted by: Graham Platner at July 10, 2026 09:40 AM (sKqQm)
YEAH!!!!
Posted by: Eric Swalwell at July 10, 2026 09:41 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 09:42 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 10, 2026 09:38 AM (SgdqL)
You really don't want the guy 4 back to take the first shot.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:42 AM (2YhKe)
As I always tell the youth, don't settle for video games. If you want to get a piece of ass take it like ripe Polish lands.
Posted by: Graham Platner at July 10, 2026 09:40 AM (sKqQm)
YEAH!!!!
Posted by: Eric Swalwell at July 10, 2026 09:41 AM (2YhKe)
*nervously looks around*
Posted by: Ruben Gallego at July 10, 2026 09:43 AM (B0NCh)
Is Madonna the singer's real name or a stage name?
Apparently its real and many people remember it being a stage name.
Personally, I don't care. But those damn bears now that used to be spelled differently.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 09:43 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 09:44 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 10, 2026 09:38 AM (SgdqL)
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Coherent battle formations weren't a thing in the New World. They mostly ran around like wild Indians.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 10, 2026 09:44 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 10, 2026 09:45 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Chat GPT at July 10, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 10, 2026 09:46 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 10, 2026 09:47 AM (6/7Fs)
Apparently its real and many people remember it being a stage name.
Personally, I don't care. But those damn bears now that used to be spelled differently.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 09:43 AM
Yes. That's her real given name.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 09:48 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 10, 2026 09:48 AM (bAJQW)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 09:48 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 10, 2026 09:48 AM (fkjGs)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 10, 2026 09:49 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Chat GPT at July 10, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)
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Scalping customers instead of cowboys.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 09:49 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 10, 2026 09:49 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: New York Times at July 10, 2026 09:49 AM (2ap+5)
Apparently its real and many people remember it being a stage name.
Personally, I don't care. But those damn bears now that used to be spelled differently.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 09:43 AM
Yes. That's her real given name.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 09:48 AM (kgE5c)
——
Her mother’s too. She was named after her mother. Mom was probably a whore too.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 10, 2026 09:49 AM (bAJQW)
Posted by: Robert at July 10, 2026 09:49 AM (dpXJq)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 10, 2026 09:49 AM
Casinos bring in much wampum. Buy many more Winchesters.
Posted by: Chief Baccarat at July 10, 2026 09:50 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 09:50 AM (m2wmY)
Oh wait…
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 10, 2026 09:45 AM (4g5V+)
Yup. If Custer had broken back up to the bluffs and dug in instead of straying out over the Greasy Grass, he prolly would have survived. Major Reno and his men did.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 10, 2026 09:51 AM (SgdqL)
Posted by: Buffalo Bill Cody at July 10, 2026 09:51 AM (YajHO)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 09:52 AM (m2wmY)
Yes. That's her real given name.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 09:48 AM (kgE5c)
She just lost her last name in the dip.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:53 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes at July 10, 2026 09:53 AM (YajHO)
Would hang though.
Thx CBD
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 09:50 AM (m2wmY)
And an honorable mention to Pete Bog for the recommendation.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:53 AM (2YhKe)
Apparently its real and many people remember it being a stage name.
Yeah, she has one of those long Italian names, that includes Madonna, so she shortened it for a stage name.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 09:54 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 10, 2026 09:54 AM (6/7Fs)
Would clash with the "Live...Laugh...Lay Down Suppressive Fire" wallpaper.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 10, 2026 09:55 AM (qwx/I)
Posted by: Dr_No at July 10, 2026 09:55 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes at July 10, 2026 09:55 AM (YajHO)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 10, 2026 09:56 AM (Of+r/)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 09:57 AM (7hY4y)
Whatever.
Posted by: Just bring ammo at July 10, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)
Overall there was plenty of poor planning and poor commanding to go around in that battle...they basically blundered into way, way more Indian warriors then they expected.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 09:58 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 10, 2026 09:58 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 09:57 AM (7hY4y)
It was before Pooh Bear and My Little Kitty.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 10, 2026 09:59 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Rex B at July 10, 2026 10:00 AM (R0XxO)
This is a real historical weapon called a Gunstock war club.
It looks like a rifle/musket but is just a club. Supposedly the Indians saw colonists use muskets as effective clubs and therefore designed clubs in the same shape
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 10:01 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 10:02 AM (1z8ji)
An emotional, effective painting.
Posted by: JTB at July 10, 2026 10:02 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 09:58 AM (sKqQm)
And organized Indians, too. Gall and Crazy Horse knew what they were doing.
Lots of creepy parallels between Little Big Horn and Isandlwana a few years later.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 10, 2026 10:03 AM (SgdqL)
Posted by: patg at July 10, 2026 10:05 AM (gGa0X)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 10:07 AM (DIeYk)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 10:07 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 10:07 AM
By cannon?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 10:08 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 10:07 AM (DIeYk)
Seems a margarita summit is in order.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 10:08 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 10:09 AM (S41Gd)
Silver lining is this: Custer was looking to feather his nest with a Big Win, to further his political career. I think this arrogant, vainglorious fool would have run for President in '80 or '84 (as a Dem, but i covered that under "arrogant, vainglorious fool who wagers the blood of others on his own risky bets").
The heathen Indians might have done better to let him win...
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 10:09 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Crazy Asian Broad at July 10, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Crazy Asian Broad at July 10, 2026 10:09 AM
I really don't get it.
What's that from?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 10:10 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 09:57 AM (7hY4y)
Check out "Springfield Armory," in Springfield MA. It is an incredible museum...the collection has stuff that makes most gun people drool!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 10, 2026 10:11 AM (l4RKn)
Posted by: man at July 10, 2026 10:11 AM (XuXeR)
What's that from?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 10:10 AM (kgE5c)
Wasn't the woman that was harassing that guy asian and called her boobs 'cannons?'
Or did I f*ck that joke up?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 10:11 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: General Custer at July 10, 2026 10:11 AM (XQ6Q0)
Though...do you actually want to go to Springfield?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 10:12 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: man at July 10, 2026 10:14 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 10:12 AM (sKqQm)
For the Armory Museum? Absolutely. It is well worth the stop, and a detour!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 10, 2026 10:14 AM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 10:14 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 09:57 AM (7hY4y)
___________
The Forgotten Weapons guy (with Custer facial hair) has done a bunch of videos on the weapons there.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 10, 2026 10:15 AM (XvL8K)
Oh.
Posted by: man at July 10, 2026 10:14 AM (XuXeR)
They named it with grape expectations, but it dried up.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 10:15 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 10:14 AM (BI5O2)
Ah....at least I wasn't too far off and there being an Asian as a part of it.
Damn brain......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 10:15 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 10:15 AM (afJtY)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 10:07 AM
++++
I voted for this.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 10, 2026 10:15 AM (fkjGs)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 10:07 AM (77rzZ)
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If you are ever in New Rumley, Ohio, God help you, because Waze is not going to get a signal.
Posted by: New York Times at July 10, 2026 10:16 AM (2ap+5)
Could you imagine explaining any of this to an average person in 1966?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 10:16 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7)
Or did I f*ck that joke up?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 10:11 AM
Beats me.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 10:16 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 10:17 AM (1z8ji)
Beats me.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 10:16 AM (kgE5c)
Turns out, I f*cked that joke up......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 10:17 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: CCR at July 10, 2026 10:17 AM (2Ez/1)
The entire scam was so ridiculous.
But "I bet your little Asian fish-headed wife doesn't have cannons like these" is so over-the-top that even most porno writers would say "suspension of disbelief can't bear this particular line of dialogue."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 10:18 AM (BI5O2)
++++
So I heard. Through the grapevine.
Posted by: CCR at July 10, 2026 10:17 AM (2Ez/1)
You asked for it...........
https://youtu.be/f0kJx76f6oM
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 10:18 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7)
Aaand he was with Little Phil Sheridan in the Shenandoah in 1864 putting the hurt on Jubal Early.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 10, 2026 10:20 AM (SgdqL)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 10:17 AM
No worries. Someone had to remind me which incident we were even talking about.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 10:20 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: DaveA at July 10, 2026 10:20 AM (FhXTo)
But "I bet your little Asian fish-headed wife doesn't have cannons like these" is so over-the-top that even most porno writers would say "suspension of disbelief can't bear this particular line of dialogue."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 10:18 AM (BI5O2)
"Hell. For a price like that, the thing should be able to give me a blow job."
"SIR!!! This lawnmower ISN'T going to give you a blow job.........but I WILL!"
- - - - - Scene from "The Lawnmower Woman"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 10:21 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 10, 2026 10:21 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Just got here at July 10, 2026 10:22 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 10:21 AM
Killin' me, Sponge!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 10:23 AM (kgE5c)
No worries. Someone had to remind me which incident we were even talking about.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 10:20 AM (kgE5c)
My brain works in mysterious ways.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 10:23 AM (2YhKe)
New York gives $544,000 fine to nurse who sold fake Covid vax cards to help people avoid the clot shot
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 10:24 AM (ndZc7)
Killin' me, Sponge!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 10:23 AM (kgE5c)
We rented it YEARS ago thinking that it was a spoof on "The Lawnmower Man."
.........it wasn't.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 10:24 AM (2YhKe)
.........it wasn't.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 10:24 AM
LMAO!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 10:25 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: dantesed at July 10, 2026 10:25 AM (Oy/m2)
General Custer urged his troops to resistance
In the face of Sitting Bull's persistence
"Attack!" the chief cried,
So his warriors did ride,
In ac circle at 20 yards dustance
Posted by: muldoon at July 10, 2026 10:25 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: nurse who sold fake Covid vax cards at July 10, 2026 10:25 AM (2Ez/1)
https://tinyurl.com/y7cyewrv
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 10:25 AM (7RYym)
Posted by: Ok, I'll ask at July 10, 2026 10:26 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 10, 2026 10:26 AM (zdLoL)
New York gives $544,000 fine to nurse who sold fake Covid vax cards to help people avoid the clot shot
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 10:24 AM (ndZc7)
What law did the nurse break, or was TISH! involved in pulling some convoluted BS out of her ass?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 10:26 AM (R+iUD)
"I am kindly to be scamming the bank I work for, if that is agreeable to you, wife."
"Ah, yes, yes, yes... these stupid Americans will be to falling from the coconut tree, my prince!"
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 10:27 AM (BI5O2)
Tradesman entrance.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 10, 2026 10:28 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 10:28 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: dantesed at July 10, 2026 10:25 AM (Oy/m2)
Just reread Stephen W. Sears' book on the campaign. I would add that several of Lee's commanders didn't perform very well, also that Meade was a lot better general than anybody he'd faced before.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 10, 2026 10:28 AM (SgdqL)
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at July 10, 2026 10:29 AM (0bjKf)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 10, 2026 10:30 AM (QaH55)
What law did the nurse break, or was TISH! involved in pulling some convoluted BS out of her ass?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 10, 2026 10:26 AM (R+iUD)
I'm old enough to remember when not getting the covid 'vaccine' meant you were killing your grandmother.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 10:30 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Pocahantas Warren at July 10, 2026 10:30 AM (GUOwU)
Posted by: nurse who sold fake Covid vax cards at July 10, 2026 10:25 AM (2Ez/1)
No it was not wrong, and it is good that she did it. Who knows how many lives she saved?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 10:31 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)
But he wasn't and that's the important thing to remember.
Posted by: dantesed at July 10, 2026 10:31 AM (Oy/m2)
Oh, sweet coffee.
A lady was walking her large dog who was going nuts. I moved Ralphy and completely forgot the dog might, just might, be going nuts at Snowflake also on the driveway who came over to greet the dog and I good morning.
Because cats are like that I guess.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 10, 2026 10:31 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Bulg
__________
He was much better when exercising independent command, Chancellorsville notwithstanding.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 10, 2026 10:32 AM (XvL8K)
I think I'd put the job title "economic philosopher" right next to "real estate novelist."
Posted by: But I'm not Billy Joel at July 10, 2026 10:32 AM (2Ez/1)
First: The only way to stop the spread of covid is to get the shot. Do you really want to kill your grandma? And that is why we implemented these mandates!
Then: Anyone that has claimed we EVER said the covid shot stops the spread is a NAZI lying Russian bot. We've always just said it will make the disease less severe. Remove the mandates? Why would we remove the mandates?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 10:32 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 10:28 AM (sKqQm)
Heh. Nothing to do with anything health related, only copyright infringement.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 10:32 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: cmeat at July 10, 2026 10:32 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)
But he wasn't and that's the important thing to remember.
Posted by: dantesed at July 10, 2026 10:31 AM
Let's take a minute to discuss
Posted by: Norm Abram at July 10, 2026 10:33 AM (kgE5c)
His poor wife. Getting called out for no knockers and a fish head by this dude is just not on.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 10:34 AM (SWQdN)
*************
Mr. Kotter, it's one thing or another
But Juan's ill today, him and his brother
I write this note to say
That he got his vax today
Please excuse him."
--------------Signed, Epstein's mother
Posted by: muldoon at July 10, 2026 10:34 AM (I0N4X)
Please excuse him."
--------------Signed, Epstein's mother
Posted by: muldoon at July 10, 2026 10:34 AM (I0N4X)
May you live forever.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 10:35 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 10, 2026 10:35 AM (gErpE)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 10:35 AM (kgE5c)
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We prefer "stud"
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 10:36 AM (SWQdN)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 10, 2026 10:36 AM (gErpE)
We had our first flash flood come through our property earlier this morning.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 10, 2026 10:36 AM (gErpE)
*hugs*
Everything come out of it alright? No harm, no foul?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 10:36 AM (2YhKe)
Frederic Remington
This is a pretty public thread; did I miss the land acknowledgement?
"Fight on the Little Bighorn" (circa 1900) is an acclaimed oil painting by Frederic Remington, prominently depicting the famed 1876 battle. It is permanently housed at The Brinton Museum in Big Horn, Wyoming, which offers dedicated exhibits showcasing Remington's iconic depictions of the American West.
The work reflects the exact period when Remington shifted away from literal magazine illustrations toward impressionistic fine art.
He created a few notable works focused on Custer and the 7th Cavalry, including Custer's Last Charge (A Sabre Charge) and a pen-and-ink drawing for Mrs. Custer, though the Brinton painting is his primary large-scale interpretation of the event.
Rather than focusing on a heroic, idealized depiction of George Armstrong Custer, Remington chose to capture a chaotic, dust-filled melee. The style highlights the desperation, movement, and heat of the battle.
The romanticized "Last Stand" themes, the underdogs against overwhelming odds.
He had a wonderful body of work. Would hang this painting.
A good weekend start
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 10, 2026 10:37 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 10, 2026 10:36 AM (gErpE)
Dear Lord
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 10:37 AM (SWQdN)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher
The town of Sheridan WY is named for Phil whose most famous quote is, "The only good Indian is a dead Indian." It's ironic that the town hosts the Miss Indian America Pageant. Or at least it did last I knew which was so long ago they called it the Miss Indian America Pageant instead of something like the Ms. First Peoples' Body Positivity Protest.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 10:38 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 10, 2026 10:36 AM
I hope that meant part of your land and not your house.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 10, 2026 10:38 AM (kgE5c)
They're moving and there's a Injun behind every one
Hey, Mr. Custer, you mind if I be excused the rest of the afternoon?
Hey Charlie, duck yer head!
Hmm, you're a little bit late on that one, Charlie
Hooh, I bet that smarts!
Posted by: Larry Verne at July 10, 2026 10:38 AM (wVcYX)
Native American prolonged torture and cruelty live on in the Federal Courts system today.
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 10:39 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Chat GPT at July 10, 2026 10:39 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 10:36 AM (2YhKe)
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Just some fencing that Ex-Ex is currently putting back up.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 10, 2026 10:40 AM (gErpE)
I wonder what the Injun word for friend is
Let's see, friend
Kemo sabe, that's it
Kemo sabe! Hey out there, kemo sabe!
Nope, that isn't it
Look at them durned injuns
They're runnin' around like a bunch of wild Indians
Heh, heh, heh
Nah, this ain't no time for jokin'
Posted by: Larry Verne at July 10, 2026 10:41 AM (wVcYX)
Just some fencing that Ex-Ex is currently putting back up.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 10, 2026 10:40 AM (gErpE)
And now you know.
Glad it wasn't anything too drastic.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 10:41 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 10:38 AM
+++
Now we simply refer to her as Miss Feather Not Dot.
Posted by: Sheridan, WY Chamber of Commerce at July 10, 2026 10:43 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
They had kids that followed behind the units. They were called 'Wayward Sons.' To get the ammo, they used to shout a particular phrase ... Do you want to know what they shouted?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 10, 2026 10:43 AM (diia5)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 10:44 AM (77rzZ)
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Sears' book on Antietam, Landscape Turned Red, is also quite good.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 10:44 AM (ndZc7)
They're moving and there's a Injun behind every one
Hey, Mr. Custer, you mind if I be excused the rest of the afternoon?
Hey Charlie, duck yer head!
Hmm, you're a little bit late on that one, Charlie
Hooh, I bet that smarts!
Posted by: Larry Verne
👍 Beat me to Please Mr. Custer. 👏
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 10, 2026 10:44 AM (NFX2v)
Original order here (PDF file):
https://tinyurl.com/5px4zx8f
Sourced from this page at www.health.ny.gov:
https://tinyurl.com/4b4wv948
(Please don't shoot the messenger, I'm just good at searching and finding information.)
I can give you links to the statute(s) in question if you want me to dig further.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 10, 2026 10:44 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 10, 2026 10:43 AM (diia5)
Probably not calling for Gunga Din, I'll reckon.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 10:45 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Ed McMahon at July 10, 2026 10:45 AM (2Ez/1)
Trump is supposedly playing hardball by refusing to sign Elizabeth Warren's "Housing" bill, but it becomes law at midnight tonight with or without his signature (Congress hasn't adjourned, so pocket veto isn't in effect.) Trump actually needs to veto that pile of crap that idiot Repubs voted for to be seen as 'doing something' about the housing crisis caused by, among other things, too many illegals not kicked out of the country yet. This bill will turbocharge Section 8 housing, my inner-ring suburb will go to crap and I'll have to move. GOP sucks, and Trump so far isn't protecting us from their stupidity.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 10:45 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 10, 2026 10:43 AM (diia5)
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Carry On My Wayward Son
There'll be Peace when you are done?
Posted by: Kansas at July 10, 2026 10:46 AM (B0NCh)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 10, 2026 10:46 AM (diia5)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 10:15 AM (afJtY)
Can also recommend "Little Big Man."
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 10, 2026 10:47 AM (wVcYX)
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Sears' book on Antietam, Landscape Turned Red, is also quite good.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 10:44 AM (ndZc7)
And his book on Chancellorsville. He gives Hooker a lot of credit for setting up the campaign, even though it fell apart in execution.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 10, 2026 10:47 AM (SgdqL)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 10, 2026 10:49 AM (PSEDc)
Posted by: The older son in the parable at July 10, 2026 10:49 AM (2Ez/1)
The New York State Department of Health issued a historic $544,000 civil penalty against a nurse practitioner for running a massive, $1.5 million fake vaccine card scheme.
She operated Wild Child Pediatric Healthcare in Amityville, charged between $85 and $350 per fraudulent dose and deliberately entered false vaccination data into the New York State Immunization Information System.
State officials found she falsified immunization records for children. In some instances, she handed out homeopathic pellets to parents while falsely logging them as official vaccines for deadly diseases like polio and the measles.
She laundered the proceeds through multiple financial transactions—even using the illicit profits to pay off her home.
Reportedly.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 10, 2026 10:49 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 10:41 AM (2YhKe)
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The guy we bought the house from built it back in the early 90s, with the Ozarks in mind.
We got about 4-5 inches of rain since around 10 pm last night. More on the way later on this afternon/evening.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 10, 2026 10:49 AM (gErpE)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher
____________
Was it the possible concussion from the near miss, or did he lose his nerve before that?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 10, 2026 10:50 AM (XvL8K)
What Custer didn't know was that many of those warriors were equipped with then-modern rifles at least equal to his troopers' carbines. Would Custer have engaged had he known? Almost certainly, and that over-confidence is ultimately what killed him, just as it did Fetterman.
Posted by: troyriser at July 10, 2026 10:50 AM (v1M8F)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 10:36 AM (SWQdN
So I guess, "stud ellipses" means the pleasure goes on forever, or if you were not taking precautions there are little dots all over the place. 😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 10:51 AM (looXz)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 10, 2026 10:51 AM (gErpE)
Posted by: troyriser
I thought the problem was that he didn't pack the minigun in his contingent. No?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 10, 2026 10:52 AM (diia5)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 10:36 AM (SWQdN
So I guess, "stud ellipses" means the pleasure goes on forever, or if you were not taking precautions there are little dots all over the place. 😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 10:51 AM (looXz)
Fenelon, from the back court, shoots and scores!
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 10, 2026 10:52 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)
The big 'what if' of the first Civil War...
good odds Lee would have won if Stonewall had been in charge instead of Ewell.
But it wouldn't have prevented Grant from taking Vicksburg and cutting the Confederacy in half. Lee may have prolonged the war but despite some daydreams, it wouldn't have won the war for the South.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 10, 2026 10:54 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 10:51 AM (looXz)
Actually it means the pleasure has an indefinite pause. But stay tuned...
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 10:54 AM (SWQdN)
Posted by: Eromero at July 10, 2026 10:54 AM (LHPAg)
Was it the possible concussion from the near miss, or did he lose his nerve before that?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 10, 2026 10:50 AM (XvL8K)
I think he was already getting jittery because his cavalry had vanished and he feared Lee getting reenforced, but the concussion occurred at a singularly bad moment and it was all downhill from there.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 10, 2026 10:55 AM (SgdqL)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. The Little Big Horn is a must visit for Americans. Truly hallowed ground.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 10, 2026 10:55 AM (2WIwB)
What Custer didn't know was that many of those warriors were equipped with then-modern rifles at least equal to his troopers' carbines. Would Custer have engaged had he known? Almost certainly, and that over-confidence is ultimately what killed him, just as it did Fetterman.
Posted by: troyriser at July 10, 2026 10:50 AM (v1M8F)
Speed and audacity had carried Custer far, it would be out of character for him to change. Sometimes too much success can be lethal. A man needs setbacks and failures to give him perspective.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 10, 2026 10:55 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 10, 2026 10:55 AM (gErpE)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ
Me too. Jackson is one of my favorites.
Posted by: Eromero at July 10, 2026 10:56 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 10, 2026 10:55 AM (xcxpd)
"Victory Disease" with the Imperial Japanese Navy 65 years later.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 10, 2026 10:58 AM (b7msB)
I know so little. They make me search some of the history of which you're speaking, a good thing.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 10, 2026 10:58 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ
Me too. Jackson is one of my favorites.
Posted by: Eromero at July 10, 2026 10:56 AM (LHPAg)
If Jackson had taken Culp's Hill, Meade would have fallen back south to a defensive line along Pipe Creek, which he'd wanted to do in the first place.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 10, 2026 10:58 AM (SgdqL)
They can’t be dumb enough to do that. Can they?
Posted by: Facts at July 10, 2026 10:58 AM (ehU09)
They can’t be dumb enough to do that. Can they?
Posted by: Facts at July 10, 2026 10:58 AM (ehU09)
For there are no limits to the butt-f*ck ignorance the left is capable of......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 10:59 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ
I'd suggest that if Jackson was still with the army, there wouldn't have been a fight at Gettysburg at all.
Between him and Longstreet, they would have been able to convince Lee to withdraw to defensible ground between Meade and Washington, and force Meade to attack them.
Meade would have broken his army and Washington would be open for the taking.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 10, 2026 11:00 AM (xA5g+)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 10, 2026 11:00 AM (O7YUW)
They can’t be dumb enough to do that. Can they?
Posted by: Facts at July 10, 2026 10:58 AM (ehU09)
She was ALWAYS going to be the nominee.
Crockett's experience in Texas just confirms it.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 10, 2026 11:00 AM (xA5g+)
Service Businesses with Little or No Staffing; Waymo's Problems Are at the Intersection of the War on Labor Expense and the EV Follies
NOOD anyway.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 10, 2026 11:01 AM (O7YUW)
They can’t be dumb enough to do that. Can they?
+++++
Trust me. They can.
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at July 10, 2026 11:01 AM (2Ez/1)
using the authentic process developed in cosmolensk, a town in belarus?
Posted by: anachronda at July 10, 2026 11:02 AM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Eromero at July 10, 2026 11:04 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 10, 2026 10:52 AM (diia5)
According to Sitting Bull's account years later, the battle ended quickly--or at least that part of it under Custer's direct command. 'In the time it took to light a pipe,' per Sitting Bull. Scholars estimate it lasted approximately 15-20 minutes. Could a horse-drawn Gatling gun crew under those conditions--without cover--set up and lay down enough fire to suppress/defeat a mounted force of approximately 2000 men? Doubtful.
Posted by: troyriser at July 10, 2026 11:08 AM (v1M8F)
Posted by: STW at July 10, 2026 03:37 PM (sUQEO)
The Morning Report — 7/ 10 /26
Good morning kids. With the Iranian conflict still unresolved and the alleged ceasefire all but vaporized along with a few more ships in the Strait of Hormuz and ground targets in Iran itself, the Mullahs nevertheless remain in power, and as such a threat not just to the stability and peace of the region but an existential threat to civilization itself.
. . .the Twelvers want Apocalypse Now, and if they must nuke Jerusalem or Paris, so be it. That’s their ticket to Paradise.Whether President Trump understands this he for sure understood the madness of ignoring and worse the Obama/Biden aiding and abetting of allowing Iran to obtain a nuclear weapons arsenal, the pornographic fiction and propaganda of the JCPOA notwithstanding, and so we along with Israel at least for the time being have put a halt if not an end to that. With that in mind, this story from last week makes zero sense:
It’s their religion, and who are you to question it? Just because fulfilling the Twelvers’ goal might involve eradicating the human race is no reason for you to get all het up about it, as we say here in Texas. . . What’s that? You say you don’t believe they would serenely blow themselves up along with the rest of the world, that they are just bluffing? Do you think that the hijackers of 9/11 weren’t serious?
Reuters reported that the Trump administration has already notified Congress of its intention to approve the sale of US engines worth €613 million for KAAN, Turkey’s fifth-generation fighter aircraft, which is currently under development.First of all, while Turkey and Erdogan are Sunni and not Shiite, the salient point here is that they are first and foremost Muslim. Regardless of the internecine and eternal struggle between those two factions, the ultimate goal of both is for Islam to conquer the world. Erdogan and his cohorts have completely eviscerated a century of progress and westernization brought about by Kemal Ataturk in service of that goal. Erdogan is content, much like Blofeld wringing his hands at the Soviets and Americans duking it out like Siamese fighting fish so that he can ultimately come out on top as the de facto leader of the entire Islamic world and ultimately usher in the age of Islam ruling the world as his legacy. That Turkey is still in NATO is the height of insanity. Unless and until Erdogan and his party are removed from power they will be an existential threat to the security of the region perhaps as serious as Iran. And while they'll hold onto those F-35s the risk of him selling one off to the Red Chinese cannot be discounted. And yet for the President to go forward with this deal is madness. He's either clueless or being ill-advised. I would hope folks like Hegseth and Rubio have his ear and are not the ones encouraging this. As for Rubio, on the plus side, there's this:
The bigger question, however, is whether Washington will also pave the way for Turkey to acquire F-35 fighter jets. Ankara was removed from the F-35 programme in 2019 after purchasing the Russian S-400 air defence system, which Washington argued posed a threat to the aircraft’s sensitive technology by potentially collecting radar data on the F-35. . . Turkey has been described as “the new Iran,” and for good reason. Its reputation has aligned with that depiction...
. . . Secretary of State Marco Rubio has invited the foreign ministers and other senior officials from over 60 countries to Washington, D.C. next week for a summit. The goal? To combat the "resurgence of transnational far-left terrorism," according to Washington Post reporters who say they saw documents related to the matter. ..The aforementioned potential F-35 madness notwithstanding, Marco Rubio is a champ, and I think he may very well become President in the coming years if not in 2028 then perhaps 2032. That is if we can outlast and defeat the Leftist menace here at home.
Unlike the highly structured far-left groups of the past, modern far-left and anarchist extremism relies heavily on decentralized, cross-border networking that is often organized online. Both U.S. and European intelligence agencies have pointed to growing coordination between decentralized Antifa and Antifa-like networks and European autonomous groups, especially surrounding major global events. This often leads to riots, arson, attacks on law enforcement, attacks on infrastructure and symbols of capitalism, and destruction of public and private property.
A recent Cato poll shows that more members of Gen Z, those born between 1997 and 2012, have a positive view of Communism than those who have a negative view with around a third splitting each way. Some of this can be attributed to social media propaganda, the educational system and popular culture and helps explain the young activists flocking to the DSA. 43% of ‘students’ rate Communism favorably and only 29% rate it unfavorably making it clear that the higher educational system isn’t just broken, it’s actively recruiting the next generation into extremism, domestic terrorism and totalitarian ideologies of the most terrible kind. This tracks with other polls showing campus support for violence and suppression of free speech.This is not good, my friends.
Less than half of Americans think capitalism is working as patriotism, support for democracy tanks . . They’re seeing red.So, forget combatting Leftists abroad — the question is, how do we combat Leftism at home if as I fear we cannot rely on the institutions that are supposed to safeguard our liberties have been utterly corrupted, weaponized and turned against us. It's going to get very ugly, I fear. Have a great weekend.
Fewer than half of Americans think capitalism is working — and support for democracy and patriotism has tanked in the last decade thanks to the nation’s pessimistic youth, according to a sobering new poll.
As the nation turned 250 years old, only 48% of Americans believe that capitalism is working well in the US, compared to 60% who said so a decade ago, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Wall Street Journal and the National Opinion Research Center.
Just over half (51%) of those surveyed said American capitalism was working not too well or not at all well, the study showed. The same study found just 12% of Americans believe democracy is working extremely or very well in the US, compared to a staggering 56% who said it is working not very well or not at all well.
Many of those who answered also felt that the American Dream, tying together democracy and capitalism, is further out of reach than ever before.
Just over a third (35%) of respondents said that the American Dream — that if you work hard, you’ll get ahead — still holds true, down from 53% in 2012.
- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
- 43% of ‘students’ rate Communism favorably.
25 Million Communists in America
- "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
- “We cannot allow the mistreatment of our brothers who are in the United States,” Sheinbaum said during her morning news conference, referring to a case on Tuesday in Houston.
Mexico Threatens Legal Action Against ICE Over Shooting of Illegal Alien in Texas (anyone who so much as dips a toe in the Rio Grande should be shot on sight - jjs)
- If left unaddressed, Trump warned, the ruling could lead to widespread exploitation of birthright citizenship, undermining immigration laws and creating a financial incentive for foreign nationals to misuse the system. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has also launched an investigation into related hospital advertising practices.
Trump Petitions Supreme Court for Rehearing on Birthright Citizenship Amid ‘Birth Package’ Billboards Scandal.
- This is a victory not only for the Trump administration, which is trying to enforce laws at the state level against law-breaking foreigners, but also for American taxpayers, who perforce contribute to public universities that then give special deals to illegal aliens. Meanwhile, many Americans can’t afford to attend college.
Fifth Circuit Rules Against In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens
- ... a wet-kiss penalty by a judge who used to be a top Democrat politician in the state.
Elite Judge Sets Tiny Fine for Elite Judge Who Helped Illegal Immigrant Escape ICE
- Reducing crime is not complicated. Governments must make crime riskier by increasing arrests and convictions, imposing longer prison sentences, and allowing law-abiding citizens to defend themselves. The news on each of those fronts has been encouraging.
Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Really Is Slashing Violent Crime THE IRAN CONFLICT, "PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??) - Fred Fleitz; President Trump’s decisive action this week reaffirms that the United States will not subsidize aggression through endless patience.
Trump’s Patience With the Iranian Regime Runs Out
- The latest assassination plan, reported by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, comes after years of Iranian regime threats to kill Trump as revenge for the 2020 killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Gen. Qasem Soleimani by US forces. When asked for comment, the White House referred The Post to Trump’s Wednesday remarks at the NATO summit in Ankara.
Israel warned US of new Iranian plot to kill Trump: report
- The low turnout - and what it means.
The Funeral for Khamenei, and its Discontents
- Transportation is national security.
Trump Shouldn’t Let Iran Hold America’s Shipbuilding Industry Hostage* * * * * - Ana Maria Archila, Commissioner for International Affairs, almost took a meeting with the Islamic Republic’s ambassador to the U.N.
A Top Mamdani Official Tried to Meet with Iran
- And the media’s approach isn’t journalism—it’s obfuscation.
The Mullahs aren’t crazy—they’re Twelvers
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY - Strengthening Turkey would endanger Israel and undermine regional stability.
Ankara Poses a Growing Threat to Jerusalem CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION - David Harsanyi: After this week, anyone who still believes the online conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of Charlie Kirk possesses either a dangerously low IQ or an irreparably broken moral compass.
Evil Charlie Kirk conspiracy theories finally wither in court — but that still won’t crush the Candace Owens-like grift
- The breach of the social contract and the rise of judicial governance.
Demise Of The Leviathan
- Fewer than half of Americans think capitalism is working — and support for democracy and patriotism has tanked in the last decade thanks to the nation’s pessimistic youth, according to a sobering new poll.
(Capitalism works perfectly when the shiftless and venal are removed from the equation - jjs)
Less than half of Americans think capitalism is working as patriotism, support for democracy tanks
- New Yorkers are criticizing socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration for touting a map celebrating the city’s “immigrant enclaves” that omits the Italian, Irish, and Jewish communities that have been such integral parts of the Big Apple’s history.
Mamdani ‘Immigrant Map’ Omits Irish, Italian, and Jewish Contributions to New York City DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE - He questioned why the FBI “decided to purchase BMW vehicles instead of Chevy Suburbans.”
Powerful Senate Republican Joins Democrats To Investigate Top Trump Official
- California businesses need to gird themselves for the upcoming government assault.
There’s A New Consumer Sheriff In California WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - This hate-filled clown dares to suggest that Islam is incompatible with Western values.
Another Islamophobe Is Spotted OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS - Understanding the Boulder firebomber's motivation is important to know 'what our options are in reevaluating our relationship with Israel,' Kiros says
Denver Socialist Melat Kiros Says America Must Address Antisemitic Attacks—By Reevaluating Its Relationship With Israel
- This is what the official Jewish Democrat organization supports now.
Jewish Democratic Council of America Backs Candidates Accusing Israel of Genocide
- What does that mean?
“I Stand with the Jews” SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION - Outside funders may have ‘an interest in impacting the evidence,’ former US attorney says
‘Terribly Corrupt’: Coalition of Anti-Trump Prosecutors—Bankrolled By Secret Donors—Raises ‘Stunning’ Constitutional Concerns, Legal Experts Say
- His knowledge and expertise may be the final thing necessary to bring the years-long Russia Collusion hoax to a just conclusion.
Joe Digenova Returns: The Grim Reaper Cometh For The DC Swamp FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - Mobile locking is a classic example of a corporate anti-competitive practice that burdens hard-working Americans. It weakens consumers’ purchasing power by making it more difficult to switch providers and functions as a junk contract, keeping families paying more than they should.
Unlocking The Debate: Who Really Controls Your Phone? THE ECONOMY, STUPID - The low level of layoffs—jobless claims are a proxy for layoffs—is notable for two other reasons. First, it defies the narrative that artificial intelligence is killing jobs. Second, it has gone almost unnoticed and certainly uncelebrated.
The First Half of 2026 Saw Lowest Level of Jobless Claims Since 1969
- In several instances, Vance has pointed out that the flood of millions of illegal immigrants into the country has driven up the cost of homes and rent prices for Americans. During a debate with Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), Vance pointed out that 25 million illegal aliens “competing with Americans for scarce homes is one of the most significant drivers of home prices in the country.”
Vance Vindicated: Biden Junta’s Flood of Illegal Aliens Raised Housing Prices
- The forecasts support the idea that the U.S. economy is more resilient to the supply-chain disruptions and revived inflationary pressures that are seen as holding back growth around the world, thanks to U.S. energy production and investments in technology. Both energy production and support for technology investment have been key economic policies of the Trump administration.
Trump Effect: US Economy Outshines Advanced Nations, Poised to Defy Global Slowdown
- If a governing system is a ladder, there are rungs that, if strong, lead to prosperity and, if attacked, to collapse. Democrats are attacking America’s rungs.
Descending The Ladder To Poverty
- He's going after landlords first. But guess who could be next?
Mamdani’s Rent Freeze Threatens Everyone Who Owns Anything RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM - The shortage comes as hot, calm weather across north-western Europe sees energy demand rise, but supply fall as wind turbines stand idle.
Net Zero-Obsessed Britain Faces Down Unspoken Energy Crisis Amid Accusations of Coverup
- The next era of transatlantic security will be measured by whether the alliance can reliably generate the electricity required to power the technology.
The New Critical National Security Fuel: Electricity CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY - The evidence presented suggests an ideologically and politically motivated assassination, raising concerns about rising far-left violence against conservative figures. Just days ago, multiple Antifa members were convicted of terrorism in a first-of-a-kind series of prosecutions, over a sniper ambush on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility.
Court Accidentally Exposes Tyler Robinson’s Confession to Charlie Kirk Assassination.
- As the preliminary hearing in the case of Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin continues this week, Judge Tony Graf has effectively blocked Erika Kirk’s request that the victim’s family be able to “meaningfully observe” evidence as it is presented before the court.
Judge Blocks Charlie Kirk Family’s Request For Transparency In Hearing Evidence
- Based on tests that were done at the hospital, it was determined “that Mr. Siders Sr. has a serious medical condition that requires specialized care in a hospital outside this area,” said Archer, who didn’t disclose the nature of the condition or the facility he was taken to.
Ohio house of horrors suspect granted bail because his medical care could ‘bankrupt’ the county, prosecutor says AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS - If the allegations put forward by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence prove to be substantially true, Dr. Anthony Fauci’s legacy will be remembered as one of the greatest betrayals of the public trust in modern American history
Fauci: The Public Servant from Hell. EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT - Malig-Nancy Pelosi joins Chesa Boudin with her very own institute at UC Berkeley. (One well-timed cruise missile - jjs)
University of California at Pelosi
- Anti-merit education experiments of the 2010s and early 2020s are unpopular and failing.
The Return of Gifted Education
- UMN’s Sexual Harassment Policy defines sexual harassment as an action that “creates a work or educational environment that an individual finds, and a reasonable person would find, to be intimidating, hostile, or offensive.” An example of such harassment includes “[a] pattern of disparaging comments or jokes about certain genders or based on gender stereotypes.”
Lawsuit: Minnesota Students Can Be Expelled For Saying Men And Women Are Different
- “To be considered for admission to the TEP, an undergraduate or post-baccalaureate student must: Demonstrate a commitment to…diversity,” reads the catalog.
U. of Tennessee Chattanooga Requires ‘Commitment To Diversity’ for Teaching Program Candidates SECOND AMENDMENT - “A lot of politicians like to talk about the Second Amendment,” the lawmaker told the organization’s hosts. “Very few have actually read the Second Amendment, because if they did they would know that the words ‘well regulated’ are right there in the text of the amendment itself.”
Texas Democrat James Talarico Exposed His True Gun-Grabbing Intentions in 2020 Interview THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH - In his decision, Blaney determined that the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors (MCBOS) “acted unlawfully and exceeded its statutory authority by seizing [Heap’s] personnel, systems and equipment and refusing to return them.”
Arizona Supreme Court Hands Recorder Heap Win In Maricopa Elections Battle
- Thomas Hicks and Christy McCormick, who were appointed to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) by former President Barack Obama, were fired via email, according to Reuters. Benjamin Hovland, appointed by Trump in his first term, was forced to resign. A fourth commissioner at the agency, a Trump appointee, departed in April. The terminations leave the bipartisan EAC with no commissioners and an uncertain future. It’s unclear if Trump will move to appoint new members to the commission.
Trump terminates remaining members of Election Assistance Commission after landmark Supreme Court ruling expanded his powers The PLATNER FREAKSHOW - Graham Platner said that he's suspending his Senate campaign. Fine. Except that if you actually listened to his announcement video, it came loaded with conditions and a few not-so-subtle threats. And the more you look at how this is actually playing out, the less it looks like the clean exit Democrats were hoping for.
Why I Don’t Think Platner Is Actually Going to Drop Out
- Following accusations of raping a woman, Platner formally suspended his campaign. However, he denied the allegations and instead blamed the “political establishment” for his downfall.
Maine Democrats Vote to ‘Hold a Nominating Convention’ to Replace Graham Platner
- He rose on grievance — and he fell on grievance.
Bad vibes Graham Platner’s narcissistic resignation reveals the ridiculous state of Dem politics — and the danger in their tactics
- Platner may be gone, but the party is still happily elevating radical, anti-American politicians.
After Defending Murder Fantasies And 9/11 Apologists, Dems Only Dumped Platner Because He Was Going To Lose The Usual DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY - Bob Brooks, who has made his lawn care company a centerpiece of his campaign, went more than four years without insurance after canceling his policy
Dem House Nominee in Pennsylvania Operated Business Without Workers’ Comp Insurance in Apparent Violation of State Law, Records Show
- “You got attacked by your rivals for calling yourself a physician, not just a doctor, even though you don’t have a valid state medical license in New York or Michigan…”
Michigan Dem Senate Candidate Struggles to Explain Falsely Claiming to be a Physician
- Public records obtained by the Daily Mail show that JoAnna Mendoza, an openly bisexual Marine veteran running in Arizona’s toss-up 6th Congressional District, married Tariq Alrawwass in Syria on April 20, 1998. The marriage lasted 16 days before Mendoza returned to the United States alone.
Democrat House Hopeful Faces Scrutiny Over Hidden 16-Day Marriage to Syrian National POLITICS - In a country of 330 million and a two-party political system, you'd think the Democrat Party could put forth higher-quality candidates. But once you apply the DEI and wokeness filters, the pool of candidates gets very, very narrow.
It Looks Like the Democrats Have Been Sending Their Best All Along
- The anti-democratic far Left is using the same strategy that helped them capture the Democratic Socialists of America.
I Watched the DSA Go Crazy. The Democrats May Be Next.
- The deadliest failed ideology is making a dangerous comeback.
The Red Revival
- Harris’ early lead positions her as the Democrat front-runner, but the fragmented support among other candidates could create opportunities for challengers.
Harris Leads Newsom by Double Digits in Early 2028 Poll.
- . . .Gruters continued. “And so, yes, I don’t care who the nominee is.” However, Gruters believes El-Sayed would be easier for Republicans to defeat.
Exclusive – (RNC Chairman) Joe Gruters: ‘The Left Is So Far to the Left, It Doesn’t Matter’ Who the Candidate Is Anymore BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS - ‘The fact that he’s been able to bring some transparency to government is a tribute to his independence,’ the senator said.
Grassley: Trump’s DOJ Is The Most Transparent, Shining A Light On Dark Biden-Era Secrets FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - It's about time someone treats left-wing extremism and chaos as the transnational threat that it is. And if Rubio and Donald Trump's Shield of the Americas summit in March was any indicator, this won't be just some boring diplomatic meeting that's all talk and no action. We've seen the Shield in action several times in just a few short months.
A Rubio Summit That Saves the World?
- The Secretary of State will be hosting a meeting in an effort to combat the “resurgence of transnational far-left terrorism.”
Rubio Bringing 60 Nations Together To Confront A Growing Threat
- The pact strengthens regional security ties and could pave the way for a South Pacific defense coalition akin to NATO, and signals a strategic pushback against China’s ambitions in the Pacific.
Pacific Allies Form NATO-Style Pact to Defend Against China. HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE - The flippancy IVF demonstrates toward a mother’s DNA by encouraging the use of surrogates and donor eggs turns women into ‘interchangable body bags.’
IVF Couple ‘Devastated’ By Sperm Mix-Up After Depriving Child Of Biological And Birth Mothers ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY - “I think it will be simultaneously exciting, boring and terrifying … Exciting because you’re living on Mars, boring because you’re stuck inside all the time and terrifying because on the other side of your aluminum skinned building is instant…
Robo-nauts Elon Musk’s plans to colonize space launches this year, and Tesla robots will be the first residents
- During the mission, Auxilium’s AMP-1 orbital bioprinter successfully manufactured kidney, liver, and cartilage tissues while also producing 28 nerve repair implants. The achievement represents the first demonstration of kidney tissue manufacturing in space, the first demonstration of liver tissue manufacturing in space, and the first mission to manufacture three distinct tissue types during a single spaceflight.
Private company Auxilium Biotechnologies successfully prints kidney and liver tissues on ISS
- Vantar is also once again demonstrating the advantages of freedom, competition, and capitalism. A decade ago the military struggled to build on its own such imaging constellations. Little got built, though budgets ballooned. Since it shifted to the capitalism model, hiring private companies to do the work, it has gotten it done fast, cheap, and with capabilities the military couldn’t dream of in the past.
Vantor’s 10-satellite imaging constellation now providing high
resolution 3D pictures FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY - Rutinel is not running as a socialist but wrote blog posts pushing for 'socialistic society'
Colorado House Candidate Manny Rutinel Backed $12 Million in Taxpayer-Funded ‘Transgender Healthcare’ for Prisoners
- "The Seattle LGBTQ Commission formally recommends that City leaders declare a civil emergency."
Massive Influx Of Transgender Refugees Is Causing ‘Civil Emergency’ In Leftist City
- “All, without exception, without qualification, and without age limit."
A Major Church’s Vote On Transgender Mutilation Of Kids Is Dividing Christians
- Patients harmed by the atrocities of transgender ‘medicine’ may not experience the full effect for years, especially those coerced into treatment as minors.
Disfigured Texas Woman Allowed To Sue Therapist For Transgender Medicine Fraud CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE - During a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan explains how and why older people still give credence to establishment corporate media.
Joe Rogan Tells The Truth About How Older People Consume Media
- Christian Toto: Fact-based Angel Studios project recalls meeting between Gipper, Gorbachev
SHOCK: Anti-Trump Jeff Daniels Plays Reagan in ‘Brink of War’
- The drift into wokeness at our nation’s leading cultural institutions has cried out for a correction. That may finally be happening.
What history should our museums teach? (It's not just what's taught but how it's taught - jjs) HITHER & YON - Those were different days - with a clearer understanding of those who wanted to destroy Israel.
Entebbe, Fifty Years On
- How did a popular American writer of the 1940s come up with a novel that accurately portrayed the activities and historical role of Elon Musk as a pioneer in the exploitation of space?
Elon Foretold
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 10, 2026 07:41 AM (Yz4gh)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 07:41 AM (/+uur)
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Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 07:42 AM (ExV1e)
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Posted by: Just Wondering at July 10, 2026 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: SMOD at July 10, 2026 07:43 AM (IrKJc)
Posted by: man at July 10, 2026 07:46 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 10, 2026 07:46 AM (/Sk8Y)
Because they have the funds, goods, services, and benefits of 150 Million Capitalist to spend via Obamacare, EBT, SSI, and other Big Govt programs.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 07:46 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 10, 2026 07:46 AM (Kt19C)
TGIF
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 07:46 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Just Wondering at July 10, 2026 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)
Former koi pond out back drained and cleaned. Not sure if there's a leak in the liner or if it's just evaporation. Pump running nicely and the birds and other wildlife are happy again as we are to hear the burbling water flowing.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 10, 2026 07:47 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX)
But teacher said real communism hasn't been tried yet, and all the nice people running the school agree!
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 07:47 AM (Y8DZL)
Rubio was not good in the Senate. We have exactly zero knowledge about Rubio's potential policies or priorities as a President. Rubio is great while working for Trump. As was Nikki Haley.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 07:47 AM (ExV1e)
How bout you come to Texas and take your Brothers and their toys back to Mexico?
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 07:47 AM (/+uur)
https://tinyurl.com/56c69j4m
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 10, 2026 07:48 AM (fZiTB)
Almost as if...wait for it....criminals don't obey the law. Who knew?!
Posted by: NR Pax at July 10, 2026 07:48 AM (99eI0)
Kind of sad actually because for the longest time, she seemed relatively reasonable.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 10, 2026 07:49 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 07:49 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 07:50 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 07:50 AM (GD0B3)
But the Iranians, like the commies, aren't good partners. They'll take what you offer, smile, then stab you the back because they got what they wanted.
Not sure if the new attacks reset the two-month clock. We had peace, and then they started up the war again.
Posted by: Another Anon at July 10, 2026 07:50 AM (4h45B)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 10, 2026 07:50 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 07:51 AM (sgkY8)
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Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 07:51 AM (/UfFW)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 07:52 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 07:52 AM (2YhKe)
Rubio was not good in the Senate. We have exactly zero knowledge about Rubio's potential policies or priorities as a President. Rubio is great while working for Trump. As was Nikki Haley.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 07:47 AM (ExV1e)
He is indeed a champ and proving to be a competent and stalwart ally. He has grown and matured.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 10, 2026 07:53 AM (x0n13)
The new tariffs on Mexico, and lack of a trade agreement, will hurt Mexico greatly. There will be less to loot. I also think the drug issue has killed many potential customers, leading to less drug use overall.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 07:53 AM (u82oZ)
The new tariffs on Mexico, and lack of a trade agreement, will hurt Mexico greatly. There will be less to loot. I also think the drug issue has killed many potential customers, leading to less drug use overall.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 07:53 AM (u82oZ)
No wonder Sheinbaum is soiling her panty-girdles.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 10, 2026 07:54 AM (x0n13)
They are truly screwed.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 10, 2026 07:55 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 10, 2026 07:55 AM (fZiTB)
So, if I'm reading this correctly, this is a good thing.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 07:56 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 07:52 AM (GD0B3)
It's a former koi pond! Just empty now and we enjoy just hearing the sound of the water running and watching the birds and deer visit.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 10, 2026 07:56 AM (x0n13)
Good morning & Happy Birthday.
A great set of links to inform us today.
About Rubio. Life is a great teacher, if you pay attention. He has grown in stature since ace went through his garbage.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 07:56 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 10, 2026 07:55 AM (qFwJc)
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FIFY
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 10, 2026 07:57 AM (gsBYv)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 10, 2026 07:57 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 07:57 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 10, 2026 07:58 AM (qFwJc)
Remembering his weird, squirrelly and relentless defenses of amnesty back then, it is hard to see the Rubio of today as the same person.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 10, 2026 07:58 AM (fZiTB)
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He's trying. He's really trying to right this sinking ship. I applaud him immensely for it. He's the only one that seems to give a rip about what's happening to America. But the Supreme Court has already clearly shown they don't give a damn. What's been obvious and known about the exploited "anchor babies" and birth tourism has been out in the open for a long time. The information is easily available, tangible and obvious as the nose on Klinger's face. They didn't care a week ago. They won't care now. They won't rehear this.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 10, 2026 07:59 AM (qBdHI)
This is Mimetic Theory in action. Those polled don't know what either Communism or "Capitalism" is so the favor of one or the other is not based on any rational or even irrational conclusion — its purely a function of being told to desire Communism and to hate/fear Capitalism.
Look at the framing of how each of these propositions are portrayed. Communism rebels against the Old Order and images are of young, dynamic, out-spoken and upwardly mobile practitioners — "Capitalism" is portrayed as unaffordability, low energy, pollution and hopelessness.
It doesn't matter what the facts are. History has no influence. The population of the US is increasingly amoral and low trust so spiritual influence is towards the dark.
Trump's America 250 is what we need more of. It turns the tables.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 07:59 AM (pawvM)
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Baloney.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 07:50 AM (RIvkX)
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Have it your way. 43% of ‘students’ rate baloney favorably.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 10, 2026 07:59 AM (gsBYv)
resolution 3D pictures
Good link: https://tinyurl.com/3bhr3ksy
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 07:59 AM (ExV1e)
The first minute is the set-up.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)
*laughs in American
Posted by: man at July 10, 2026 08:00 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 08:00 AM (jehhT)
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This is the great moral question of our time.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:00 AM (ndZc7)
Reuters is a shit organization and nothing coming from it should be trusted.
Period.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:00 AM (2YhKe)
To call that a leap is an insult to lemmings.
When church attendance goes up, do you credit "higher education" for that too? When surveys show less interest in alcohol, drugs, or sex, do you say "Must be Kollidge?"
What about the untold scores of high school dropouts and union traaaaydzmen who whole-heartedly underwrite the extreme leftist Dem party?
A lot of you don't get outside the wire much.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 10, 2026 08:00 AM (zdLoL)
The kids are sheep.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 07:52 AM (2YhKe)
I remember young capitalist teenage me wondering how I could smuggle Levi’s into Russia to make a killing on the black market in the 70s.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 10, 2026 08:01 AM (SjAWL)
JJ I find it interesting that as millions are removed from Obamacare, COVID scammers are being jailed, and Medicare-Caid cheats are being sent to jail that NOW there is a great concern of Capitalism.
I think there is a great undercurrent of scams, flim-flamers, and ne'er do wells that are seriously worried that their golden egg laying goose is being cooked by the massive amount of reforms.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 08:01 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: man at July 10, 2026 08:02 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:02 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 10, 2026 08:02 AM (kpS4V)
Good morning everyone.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 08:04 AM (3uBP9)
Good story. And Musk has an easier path.
I think he wants all his baby mamas on Mars in a line marriage out to TMiaHM.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 08:05 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 10, 2026 08:05 AM (SgdqL)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)
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Didja see this?
BREAKING: Judge 'Sparkle' Flips Out, Rejects Federal Court Order Dismissing Her Ruling
Judge Sparkle Sooknanan has refused to pause her ruling that dismantled the Department of Homeland Security's expanded SAVE citizenship verification system, even after a federal judge in Florida ordered the exact same system to be restored.
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Does it Sparkle? Sunshine!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:06 AM (ndZc7)
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And here we've been told for the last few years that Gen Z'ers are much more conservative than those dreaded Millennials (present company excluded). So which is it?
I have no doubt these 43% dummies view it favorably despite their "more conservative" label. They've never been taught what it is from proven, historical fact after proven historical fact. They're know-nothings, but it's not their fault. They've been brainwashed, as we all know, into thinking it's the answer to their lives...without ever knowing the first thing about it. The blame is fully and totally on the shoulders of the communists in academia. From K-12 through higher education. It's a sad reality, but unless our education system is pulled out by the roots, and sprayed with Round-Up, this poison will not go away.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 10, 2026 08:06 AM (qBdHI)
They apparently don't like each other very well.
And, as with every other military piece of hardware we sell abroad... it's 1st gen stuff, not the latest. There are exceptions, of course.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 08:07 AM (jehhT)
The kids are sheep.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 07:52 AM (2YhKe)
They're being promised that communism will take everything from olds, who didn't earn it, and give it to them.
It never occurs to them that the olds didn't have $1000 phones, 20 or more subscription services to pay for every month, $10 daily coffees, door dash, uber, etc. None of that matters, of course, olds were given a big pile of money when they turned 18 and they won't give it to their monster children (grandchildren) and so we must turn to communism, which will solve everything.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 08:07 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)
The bring them home to the safety that only the drug cartels and socialism offers.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 08:08 AM (pawvM)
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It has J.K. Simmons in it too, and he's good in everything.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 08:08 AM (RRTeA)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 08:08 AM (3uBP9)
This is part of a wider problem. The switching of influential literature and proven non-fiction for woke trash.
The Gresham's Law of Public Libraries.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 08:08 AM (u82oZ)
BREAKING: Judge 'Sparkle' Flips Out, Rejects Federal Court Order Dismissing Her Ruling
Judge Sparkle Sooknanan has refused to pause her ruling that dismantled the Department of Homeland Security's expanded SAVE citizenship verification system, even after a federal judge in Florida ordered the exact same system to be restored.
Heh. Keep this up. Judicial infighting should lead to wonderful things.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:09 AM (2YhKe)
Ma'am, this is a Wendy's.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 10, 2026 08:09 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
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$12.12 available Aug 4 - 6 in paperback
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 08:09 AM (/UfFW)
Period.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:00 AM (2YhKe)
Tell me which source you trust to be correct on this particular issue, and I will check with them.
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:10 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:10 AM (ndZc7)
The encouraging thing I see about education is the nieces, nephews and my kids, along with their friends, that are home schooling, with varying degrees of success, but away from the freak show elementary 'teachers' who are in their positions because they can't find productive jobs.
Stay-at-home moms and working dads are the essential ingredients to this approach to learning.
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 08:10 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
$6.99 available instantly on Kindle.
$12.12 available Aug 4 - 6 in paperback
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 08:09 AM (/UfFW)
You can get an autographed hardcover copy for only $3K.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 08:08 AM (3uBP9)
Starting with the millennials, they think they're the smartest ever because they've grown up with a smartphone in their hand.
Meanwhile, they rely on it to tell them everything and have no real knowledge in their own brain and have no f*cking clue what it's like in the real world.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:10 AM (2YhKe)
BREAKING: Judge 'Sparkle' Flips Out, Rejects Federal Court Order Dismissing Her Ruling
Judge Sparkle Sooknanan has refused to pause her ruling that dismantled the Department of Homeland Security's expanded SAVE citizenship verification system, even after a federal judge in Florida ordered the exact same system to be restored.
Heh. Keep this up. Judicial infighting should lead to wonderful things.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Judicial drive bys.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 08:10 AM (/UfFW)
Posted by: Scammers, Flim-Flammers, And Ne'er Do Wells Local #408 at July 10, 2026 08:11 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 08:05 AM (u82oZ)
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I'm sure he's taking the Founder Effect into consideration. Unless being super shmaht but "on the spectrum" would be a boon to initial colonization? Attention to detail is important when one false move can kill you.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 10, 2026 08:11 AM (kpS4V)
Remembering his weird, squirrelly and relentless defenses of amnesty back then, it is hard to see the Rubio of today as the same person.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 10, 2026 07:58 AM (fZiTB)
Ye Olde Gang of Eight. McCain, Grahamnesty, Rubio and Flake were the RINOs. I loathed Rubio for the longest time, but I agree, I don’t see the same person. So much so that I would prefer him over JD.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 10, 2026 08:12 AM (SjAWL)
“So I want to compliment Trump and his people for cooperating with me because making this stuff public, transparency brings accountability,” the Judiciary Committee chairman added. “This is history, but if this stuff isn’t made known to the American people it could go on and on and on and get lost in the big bowels of bureaucracy.
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But...but...Trump is corrupt!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 08:12 AM (RRTeA)
Tell me which source you trust to be correct on this particular issue, and I will check with them.
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:10 AM (GD0B3)
Trump's mouth. When he says it's happening, then I'll believe it as truth.
The media has LONG proven itself to be a reasonably unreliable source, especially when "sources say."
But I guess I'm just a fool.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:12 AM (2YhKe)
Was a nice looking woman
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 08:12 AM (sgkY8)
They are pathetic.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:12 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e)
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For $300,000 we can clone RAH off a sample from that autographed copy!
Ad Astra magazine advertises a spiffy hardcover series of all Heinlein's works, should I win the PowerBall.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 10, 2026 08:14 AM (kpS4V)
The media has LONG proven itself to be a reasonably unreliable source, especially when "sources say."
But I guess I'm just a fool.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:12 AM (2YhKe)
He said it is happening. At his multiple press conferences in Turkey. By "it" meaning he intends to push for sale of F-35s to the fkrs in Turkey.
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:15 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 08:15 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:10 AM (ndZc7)
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This is almost the verbatim explanation Darializa Avila Chevalier gave to explain why she is running for Congress in NYC
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 08:15 AM (RRTeA)
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From Cato, libertarians one and all. These "polls" that apparently keep showing up are being commissioned by people who are selling Communism.
IOW... it's horseshit.
Like the "polls" that show only 21% of Americans have a positive image of Trump, or think ICE is doing a service to the country, or....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 08:15 AM (jehhT)
I think this is rope a dope to keep Turkey sorta on our side. Trump will rely on Congress to stop this.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 08:16 AM (u82oZ)
Depends on who is telling the story and when. When speaking of something as course grained as an age group as if it is something demographically homogeneous, its fluid, not static. People hopefully mature emotionally as they acquire new information and as hormones settle. So the 20 something Millennials are not the same as the 40 something Millennials since a lot of life-experience has taken place.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 10, 2026 08:16 AM (U4c/V)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 08:17 AM (sgkY8)
He said it is happening. At his multiple press conferences in Turkey. By "it" meaning he intends to push for sale of F-35s to the fkrs in Turkey.
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:15 AM (GD0B3)
Yet Reuters chooses to use "unnamed sources" instead of just quoting Trump.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:17 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:17 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:17 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: TxAnn at July 10, 2026 08:01 AM (SjAWL)
Every European that traveled to the US when a company I worked at was buying their companies wanted to go to Sams to get a suitcase and the Gap to buy jeans and shirts to take back. This would have been about 96-99 and Levis were around $29 vs 99 in the EU.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 08:17 AM (/+uur)
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Was Adam's rib involved?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:18 AM (ndZc7)
Trump terminates remaining members of Election Assistance Commission after landmark Supreme Court ruling expanded his powers
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What were they doing? Election Fraud Assistance?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 08:18 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 08:18 AM (RRTeA)
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Clear and present danger.
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:18 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 08:19 AM (2Ez/1)
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Clear and present danger.
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:18 AM (GD0B3)
Its such a shame we fought for an pushed to elect such a stupid poopyhead to the highest position in the land.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:20 AM (2YhKe)
Probably not. There is fraud everywhere and 97% of our representatives don't represent us. So I can't get depressed about a poll. In fact if this is while Biden was president I think most of us would be pissed so many people though Democracy was "working well".
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 08:20 AM (SWQdN)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 08:20 AM (77rzZ)
It is not worth the trouble.
It is like the TVs in F451 with just people talking and spouting DATA.
It is not real information.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 08:21 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 10, 2026 08:21 AM (NpAcC)
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In these difficult times, I take comfort in reciting my mantra, "F*ck Seattle."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:21 AM (ndZc7)
Was Adam's rib involved?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:18 AM (ndZc7)
You asked for it........ish........
https://youtu.be/Bea85uCmFiU
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:21 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 08:17 AM
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Likewise your television.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 08:21 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:20 AM (2YhKe)
You are on fire! Keep up the good work.
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:21 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:20 AM (2YhKe)
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You cannot just wave away legitimate criticisms with a straw man argument. I have never said Trump is a poopyhead. Trump fvcks up continuously. He also has successes for which I give credit too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:22 AM (RIvkX)
What if that cadre of Communist insiders, who can afford full price at Universities, can be turned?
Traditionally, Communists that see a better functioning society were regarded as security risks.
My personal observation of a Chinese Chemical Corp student in my research group is one data point. She was a fraud with fraudulent high test scores. Could not make even 3 M hydrochloric acid. She was corrupted by the TV show Married with Children. She bombed out of the program.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 08:22 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:22 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 08:15 AM (2Ez/1)
It’s only real Sooknanan if it’s sourced from the Pyrenees mountain valley in Spain. It’s just Sparkling Sooknanan if obtained elsewhere.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 08:22 AM (3uBP9)
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JD and Rubio are running neck and neck with me right now for the nomination. But I'm very jaded. I know how this story goes. I never fully trust any of these people because so many I've trusted have done a 180 on their policy positions. Trump is the only exception for the most part.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 10, 2026 08:22 AM (qBdHI)
It is not real information.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 08:21 AM (/+uur)
Hm. I believe the correct response is "FU, buddy!"
Posted by: Lt. Commander Data at July 10, 2026 08:23 AM (SgdqL)
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 10, 2026 07:59 AM (qBdHI)
I understand why feels they need to file this, to state they’ve taken every step. But it’s a useless gesture; I cannot think of a single major SCOTUS ruling in its entire history that has been overturned on rehearing. Most likely they’ll just deny the request without comment.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 10, 2026 08:23 AM (VbqNm)
You are on fire! Keep up the good work.
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:21 AM (GD0B3)
I just wish Trump would see the errors of his ways and come to the Eeyore's of AoS for his foreign policy advice. They're SOOOO much smarter and observant than he.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:23 AM (2YhKe)
Hard to justify selling military components to a NATO member.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 08:24 AM (ExV1e)
Was a nice looking woman
Posted by: Skip
I have relatives that are visiting Ireland right now. As much horrors are shown via X on what the migrants are doing, I fully expect the returning relatives to return with nothing but tales of how wonderful it was, maybe they'll hear of this tragic killing this American woman by a misogynist (no mention of him being a moslim).
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 08:24 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 08:24 AM (77rzZ)
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Meanwhile . . .
Liam Nissan™
@theliamnissan
He has Nazi tattoos and sexually assaulted some women but you can't tell if I'm talking about Graham Platner or Pete Hegseth
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:24 AM (ndZc7)
****
The word you're looking for is transexual.
Gender refers to possessive pronouns such as him, hers, or its.
As you learned in elementary school.
Posted by: Please make a note of it at July 10, 2026 08:24 AM (2Ez/1)
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MOEGA - Make the Ottoman Empire Great Again!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 08:25 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 08:25 AM (afJtY)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 08:26 AM (u82oZ)
You cannot just wave away legitimate criticisms with a straw man argument. I have never said Trump is a poopyhead. Trump fvcks up continuously. He also has successes for which I give credit too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:22 AM (RIvkX)
You can't continuously f*ck up and have successes. Unless you're saying that anything Trump gets right is a fluke and he got lucky.
EVERYTHING he does to some is just a big f*cking mistake and he's going to get us all killed.
It's just tiresome to some.
I'm just commenting on it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)
IOW... it's horseshit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 08:15 AM (jehhT)
Correct!!
There's is a "DSA is Democrat MAGA" psy op up and coming and it's right under our nose. In fact it has started. It's going to be maddening bullshit 24/7. Even more, if you can believe it.
Don't know when they will get rolling with it proper, my guess is during the 2028 primaries.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 08:26 AM (SWQdN)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 08:24 AM (ExV1e)
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Their membership is a problem. They work against NATO. They are aligned with our strategic adversaries. They threaten our allies.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:26 AM (RIvkX)
The 50% non capitalist survey is bullshit.
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 08:26 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
*Poll taken in Oregon on a Wednesday morning from a pool of those with pulses.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 08:26 AM (/UfFW)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 08:25 AM (afJtY)
I'm not Anna, but you're correct. When we sold Tomcats to Iran, they were stripped of their high-end avionics/weaponeering equipment.
Even when we sell to our friends, they don't get top-of-the-line stuff. The F-16s we sell to Israel, for example, aren't always equipped with the latest and greatest.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 10, 2026 08:27 AM (xA5g+)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 08:22 AM
****
*Fist bump*
Posted by: Please make a note of it at July 10, 2026 08:27 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:24 AM (ndZc7)
LOL it's always "both sides" when they are caught dead to rights. Every time.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 08:28 AM (SWQdN)
Posted by: $39.4 Trillion in debt and growing at July 10, 2026 08:28 AM (g7saB)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 08:28 AM (2Ez/1)
Good morning everyone.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 08:04 AM (3uBP9)
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Yep. He's as dismissive of the science fiction genre as the critics he's railing against.
Personally, I never understood the love for Heinlein. I think he's OK, but I don't put him in the top tier of all time.
I do recognize the influence he has had on the genre, however, and can appreciate his impact that's created great stories over the decades.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 08:28 AM (FZ29D)
It's just tiresome to some.
I'm just commenting on it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)
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So what you are saying is Trump is above criticism and everything he does is a huge success.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:24 AM (ndZc7)
Can someone point out the Nazi tattoo and credible rape allegations on Hegseth?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:28 AM (2YhKe)
I didn't realize Jimmy Carter was a Nazi. He was, after all, buried under the same cross Hegseth has tattooed on his body.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 10, 2026 08:29 AM (xA5g+)
Connor Tomlinson on X -
Morocco loses a football match against France, so Muslims riot in Edgware Road, London.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 10, 2026 08:29 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 08:29 AM (/WQyy)
For your sanity, don't trust either of them. But if you have to, trust Vance slightly more because Rubio already screwed you over once before after ingatiating himself.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 08:30 AM (SWQdN)
People generally get wealthier as they get older. "The rich" socialists tell people to hate are those same people in 20 years.
For whatever reason this message seems lost on a fair number of younger people. Yes you don't make a lot of money now because you don't have valuable skills and experience yet.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 08:30 AM (sKqQm)
So what you are saying is Trump is above criticism and everything he does is a huge success.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)
Nope. I just give him the benefit of the doubt in most instances due to is track record and yuge wins over his time as President.
I just can't get myself to think hie is sofa king stupid as others see readily able to do.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:31 AM (2YhKe)
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Posted by: Lockheed Martinizing at July 10, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)
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Got to give Democrats some credit, they sure do find the weirdest people to run for Congress. It's unerring, and happens all over the country. I think it must be a specific goal of theirs.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 08:31 AM (jp1Aj)
The answer isn't socialism, the problem is socialism.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 08:32 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:32 AM (GD0B3)
100 Every European that traveled to the US when a company I worked at was buying their companies wanted to go to Sams to get a suitcase and the Gap to buy jeans and shirts to take back. This would have been about 96-99 and Levis were around $29 vs 99 in the EU.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 08:17 AM (/+uur)
I vaguely remember seeing it on the news on one of the only 3 channels in the 70s, they were going for as high as $500. I also have a memory of lines of people outside the Russian dept store GUM waiting to buy any morsel of anything that was in stock. These commie yutes have no idea what’s in store for them.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 10, 2026 08:32 AM (SjAWL)
Believing that was one of the biggest mistakes I’ve made; over the last few weeks Trump has gone to great lengths to tell us the most ridiculously false things, only to say the exact opposite a few days later and then get people to say “well that’s diplomacy.”
Ok, that’s diplomacy. It still means that nothing Trump says can or should be taken as automatically true. Are the media horrible liars? Yes. Is Trump any different? No, not really.
When we say “look what Trump does, not what he says”, it means give no credence to most of what he says.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 10, 2026 08:32 AM (VbqNm)
If it wasn't real the story about the LGBT+ influx and "civil war" in Seattle would read like a bizarro world satire. But nope the reality in a far left city
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 08:33 AM (m2wmY)
Rubio has stated that he will not run against Vance. That means that either:
- Vance doesn't run. - or -
- Rubio goes back on his word.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 08:33 AM (ExV1e)
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Wait, wait, you wanted the WINGS? Who said anything about WINGS?
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 10, 2026 08:33 AM (SgdqL)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:31 AM (2YhKe)
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I don't think any moron has ever said that ever.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)
Sounds to me you're implying Vance is an anti-Semite. Shame.
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 08:34 AM (/WQyy)
SF was mostly bad before Heinlein. Heinlein took it out of the bad with ideas that sparked imaginations. He was an icebreaker, making SF a powerful genre for the forward thinkers.
The Return of William Proxmire by Larry Niven notes the feeling that Robert A. Heinlein was an influential writer. Not great. Influential.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 08:34 AM (u82oZ)
And this makes the '92 election the critical point in history. Clinton, as someone that flirted with communism wasn't going to do something like this. And Pappy Bush probably won't have either.
But Pat Buchanan might have. Of course in this hypothetical he probably lessens or ends our alliance with Israel as well...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 08:35 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Your Boeing Salesman at July 10, 2026 08:35 AM (2Ez/1)
I don't think any moron has ever said that ever.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)
Heh. Then I guess it's just me that's sofa king stupid.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:35 AM (2YhKe)
Five, yes five were considered. Not five hundred. Five. 5. Considered. Not sold.
There is regional opposition to this... obviously.
It's not a done deal.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 08:36 AM (jehhT)
Perfect vs Imperfect is rarely the argument but the ones doing the criticizing ALWAYS take it there:
"Trump is being dumb with blah!!!"
"No, I don't think he is being dumb with blah."
"Well I'm sorry I insulted your Lord and Savior Mr. Perfect God King of Mystic Perfection and Ultimate Jesusness Donald Trump."
THAT is more tiring than any criticism one can level.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 08:37 AM (SWQdN)
@GuntherEagleman
Homeland Security Investigations agents just RESCUED 8 missing children during the World Cup in Kansas City, while busting a human trafficking ring and arresting 14 scum bags.
This is the agency the democrats wants to DEFUND.
Real law enforcement doing the Lord’s work protecting kids.
America First means securing our borders and our children. Keep hunting them down!
Posted by: redridinghood at July 10, 2026 08:37 AM (NpAcC)
THAT is more tiring than any criticism one can level.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 08:37 AM (SWQdN)
Valid.
It's a very leftist style argument.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:38 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)
Plenty of morons have said negative things about Trump's intelligence/intellect during the Iran negotiations.
Doesn't he know they're LYING?! How dumb do you have to be to not realize they're LIARS?! What is he even doing?!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 10, 2026 08:38 AM (xA5g+)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:35 AM (2YhKe)
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No one said that either!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:39 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 08:34 AM (/WQyy)
You are a funny character. I don't think he is an antisemite. For the record. I think he is a man with bad judgement.
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:39 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Your Boeing Salesman at July 10, 2026 08:35 AM (2Ez/1)
Jerry Lundegard, who wound up in the wood chipper!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 10, 2026 08:39 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 08:39 AM (sgkY8)
No one said that either!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:39 AM (RIvkX)
Word for word, no. Implications, however.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:39 AM (2YhKe)
I'm fine with them not getting their day in court. Just sayin'.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 10, 2026 08:40 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)
No one here has ever said Trump is really fucking stupid? Please stop.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 08:40 AM (SWQdN)
The Return of William Proxmire by Larry Niven notes the feeling that Robert A. Heinlein was an influential writer. Not great. Influential.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 08:34 AM (u82oZ)
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Yeah, I get that. I'm just not as enamored of his writing as other fans. Readable? Sure. Enjoyable? Yes.
I'd put Clifford D. Simak ahead of Heinlein any day, though.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 08:40 AM (FZ29D)
Almost like the Biden Junta was full of practicing and proselytizing pedophiles. Using government powers to ship hapless children to their supporters to be defiled.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 08:40 AM (u82oZ)
The left: Why don't you MAGAts care about children being trafficked? Its because you love Trump who is in the Epstein class!!!
Also the left: Stop arrest minority and LGBTQ+ people just because they might be having sex with someone who is underaged by YOUR Christianist standards.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 08:41 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:41 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:26 AM (RIvkX)
Our membership is a problem. Turkey working for the Islamification of the planet is pretty much in line with the rest of NATO, officially or otherwise.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 08:41 AM (ExV1e)
For over 100 years, socialists have bitterly denounced capitalism, while infiltrating all our institutions, including big business, and slowly but surely making the country more and more socialist, and less and less capitalist.
Unsurprisingly, at every turn, these incremental adjustments of everything toward socialism have made everything incrementally worse and worse.
But, since some greatly diluted and mutated, socialized form of crony capitalism still exists, they can blame it for every single one of their unbroken chain of failures.
It's similar to how places like California and Illinois and NY, etc. have many decades of uninterrupted Democrat rule aided by an irrelevant and fully controlled "Republican" "opposition" - but, since that Party still technically exists on paper in those States, the slow rolling disasters Democrats unleashed on them are 100% to blame on those phantom Republicans.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 08:42 AM (BI5O2)
- Vance doesn't run. - or -
- Rubio goes back on his word.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 08:33 AM (ExV1e)
Statements of Intent for the future only have a 15 minute shelf life these days, for anybody.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 10, 2026 08:43 AM (VbqNm)
So this happened:
A Top Mamdani Official Tried to Meet with Iran
Commissioner Ana María Archila was scheduled to meet with Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations, at 2 United Nations Plaza, alongside two other senior officials in the Mayor’s Office for International Affairs on July 7 at 11 a.m . . .
The meeting between Archila and Iravani was called off after the State Department—which was not informed ahead of time—met with the Mamdani administration to clarify acceptable conduct, according to the State Department official. City Journal learned that Commissioner Archila allegedly did not inform Mayor Mamdani of the meeting; she was reprimanded for the move and directed to cancel the meeting according to the source familiar with the office.
Sure, sure, Mamdanai had NO IDEA that was happening. *WINK*
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 08:43 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 08:43 AM (afJtY)
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I have found some things he's done to be questionable
and some of his off-the-cuff remarks are ill-considered
IMO YMMV
Posted by: Don Black at July 10, 2026 08:44 AM (ZxPkt)
In a similar vein I'm reminded of how the water issue in Flint MI wasn't blamed on any of the people that actually made the decisions that led to the tainted water...they blamed it on the GOP governor even though he had nothing to do with it.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 08:44 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 08:44 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 10, 2026 08:44 AM (NpAcC)
This is the strongest bench the GOP has ever had.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 08:45 AM (sKqQm)
I prefer "market economy."
Just me, I guess.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 10, 2026 08:45 AM (9SV0j)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 10, 2026 08:44 AM (NpAcC)
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That should be EVERY day.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 08:45 AM (FZ29D)
+++
My calendar just got cleared.
Call me.
Posted by: Graham Platner at July 10, 2026 08:46 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 08:40 AM (SWQdN)
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If you think Trump is really fvcking stupid, please raise your hand!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)
Isn't that the criticism that leftists make.? Nobody here thinks Trump is their Lord and Savior.
I cannot personally judge whether many of his decisions are right and wrong because I am not sure of all the factors involved and am in Trump's head nor on his Cabinet.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 08:46 AM (D+BhG)
Posted by: Weak Geek at July 10, 2026 08:47 AM (KUSD5)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 08:43 AM (X8xt3)
I have in my head right now this image of Mamdani on tiptoe, bending his shoulder provocatively, wide-eyed with his hand hovering over his mouth facing the camera while making that "ooooh" shape with his lips.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 08:47 AM (SWQdN)
I prefer "market economy."
The left plays an interesting game with this arguing capitalism is a new thing and then insinuating that crony capitalism/corporatism/fascism are all the same thing.
Capitalism/market economy/free enterprise is what happens when the government doesn't interfere with people making their own economic decisions and what do to with the product of their own labor.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 08:47 AM (sKqQm)
I appreciate Simak's Way Station and a lot of his other stories. Heinlein just struck a chord in me.
This is a matter of personal preference. Oddly enough, searching for numbers of books sold of both Heinlein and Simak came up empty of totals.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 08:48 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 10, 2026 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 08:28 AM (2YhKe)
I believe that he has a Maltese Cross which the historically illiterate call a Nazi symbol. And, like Trump, they never use the word 'credible' when discussing sexual misconduct allegations.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 08:48 AM (ExV1e)
His only fault was not having papers, even though he had been hired by an American company,” she said"
Uh, he tried to kill ICE agents with his car.
It's not a "papers" issue at that point.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 08:49 AM (X8xt3)
@KyleKulinski
I don't think republicans get it that we simply don't care what they have to say about anything anymore. They keep talking about Platner like we're listening. Go sit at the kids table and let the adults handle our business. You're a party of pedophiles rapists cultists conmen and terrorists. You simply can't support Trump and morally finger-wag about anything ever again.
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There's never a wood chipper around when you need one.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:49 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 08:49 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 08:41 AM (ExV1e)
Something I and many others have against Turkey is that almost all of the remaining and current leadership of Hamas and their families, still sworn to the destruction of Israel, left Qatar after an attack on them there and now reside in Ankara, in Turkish supplied residences with official Turkish military protection.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 10, 2026 08:50 AM (VbqNm)
Posted by: Weak Geek at July 10, 2026 08:47 AM (KUSD5)
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May their memories be a blessing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:50 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 08:50 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 08:31 AM (jp1Aj)
Representative of their voters.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 08:50 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 08:50 AM (lQ+/f)
And he allegedly drunkenly hit on a woman at a conference or something?
It was a stupid, but the bar is non-existent when it comes to #MeToo'ing conservative men.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 08:51 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 08:43 AM (afJtY)
He was CIO of Soros Fund Management. Was part of the team that "broke the bank of England" by betting agains the pound. Good work , I say !
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:51 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)
I know I've been here way too long - and too often - but trust me "Trump is stupid" isn't just some random thing some people might have not said once, it was the opinion of practically the entire place from top to bottom for various entire years.
In fact I believe (but can no longer be certain) "flaming clown boner" was a criticism of how dumb Trump is, by our generous host.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 08:51 AM (SWQdN)
Medicare/Caid
SSI
Obamacare
Govt/Publix Schools
Medicare/Caid is a $1.5 T albatross with close to $500 B in fraud.
SSI will pay 75 cents on the Dollar in 2032.
Obamacare really does not CARE.
Govt Schools are lucky to get 50% of the kids to 50% proficiency in 13 years.
And people want more socialism.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 08:51 AM (/+uur)
The people ranting about the Epstein class voted at a 72% clip for a guy they knew was a rapey Neo-NAZI in a Dem primary over a standard issue leftist Dem that never raped a woman or sent sexual texts to kids.
They can't even argue that this was to "stop Trump". They just like rapists.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 08:52 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 08:52 AM (Bw1/o)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 10, 2026 08:44 AM (sKqQm)
Him publicly apologizing didn't help him or the party any. Don't know enough about him to judge if he is an idiot or was purposefully knee capping the party.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 10, 2026 08:53 AM (lFFaq)
This is a matter of personal preference. Oddly enough, searching for numbers of books sold of both Heinlein and Simak came up empty of totals.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 08:48 AM (u82oZ)
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I don't have any personal grudge against Heinlein.
He simply doesn't strike the same chord with me that Simak does. As you say, it's all a matter of personal preference.
I'm sure Heinlein has sold vastly more books than Simak. I only discovered Simak by accident through the local library.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 08:53 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 08:40 AM (u82oZ)
******
Unfortunately, the average voter doesn't know that any of this is happening because it's never reported in the news, only in conservative news.
Of course the media hides it so that the public isn't outraged at the Democrats for letting this happen.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 10, 2026 08:53 AM (NpAcC)
If your professor understood how the economy really, actually worked--any economy--you couldn't afford to hire him to teach you.
That you can't understand why, explains why.
And the fact that he taught you marxim doubles that reason why.
/s/ Reality
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 10, 2026 08:54 AM (3cUTc)
If you take the position that people supporting Trump and giving him the benefit of the doubt about his failures is Trump-cult worship, it's you who is becoming a fanatic, not me.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 08:54 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 10, 2026 08:51 AM
>>>>>>>>
Where my EBT card at?
Posted by: La'Quisha at July 10, 2026 08:54 AM (2Ez/1)
I see problems. This "healthcare" is NOT medically necessary, is NOT evidence-based, and is NOT gender-affirming. Therefore, are they supporting medical mutilation or not? (I know they are, but their statement could be used to argue against it.)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 10, 2026 08:54 AM (lP31d)
- Vance doesn't run. - or -
- Rubio goes back on his word.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 08:33 AM (ExV1e)
Statements of Intent for the future only have a 15 minute shelf life these days, for anybody.
Posted by: Tom Servo
Maybe he'll go on a listening tour like Hilldog did.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:54 AM (ndZc7)
And it's not because we're both from Queens.
But it is because we are both from Queens.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:54 AM (RIvkX)
Yes. Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a tyrant that is making Turkey less competitive. He is making sure there are no competent leaders that threaten him. And driving out innovators.
Turkey was the Germany of the Arab world in it's industrialization. But they are slipping.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 08:54 AM (u82oZ)
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But they can support Platner, criminals, gang members, illegals, murderers, rapists and do it becausssse........
Like I said, watching the Left actually take over the very concept of morality after 2006 was almost magical. They literally went from "fuck you and your filthy morals, nothing exists and nothing matters, God is fake and everything is subjective, what about freedom man" to the most constantly moralizing judgmental phonies on the planet.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 08:55 AM (SWQdN)
Heh.
"This meeting did not and will not take place,” a spokesperson with the Mayor’s Office for International Affairs said in a statement. "
Ah, the Clintonian present tense in defense!
Last month, Mamdani intended to meet with leftist Colombian President Gustavo Petro. The meeting was called off after the State Department declined to issue a visa following Petro’s attendance at a rally hosted by Mamdani in September. Archila’s international meetings include a two-day trip to Barcelona in April to participate in a conference hosted by the Party of European Socialists.
Dude is meddling in foreign affairs.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 08:55 AM (X8xt3)
in his 2025 address he listed every religious denomination except catholics
An internal document about the speech, one aide wrote "Given the fuss they tend to make, I wonder if we should mention the Catholics too" one staffer suggested for a line about Puritans Sikhs, Quakers, Muslim and Jews escaping religious persecution.
Mandani's speechwriter Julian Gerson scoffed "Meh. we can't get everyone."
No priests invited to his interfaith breakfast" either.
Any nonprofit that consistently opposed his douchebag via public campaigns and lawsuits will get a monthly donation from me.
Posted by: vivi at July 10, 2026 08:55 AM (OFw3k)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 08:48 AM (ExV1e)
It’s known as the Jerusalem Cross, or Crusaders Cross. When leftists were accusing Hegseth of having a “Nazi tattoo” he delighted in showing its use on a cloth covering Jimmy Carter’s coffin during his funeral.
The claim demonstrates the mindless illiteracy of most of the left - they hate Christianity, so they call anything with a cross in it “Nazi”.
But then they excuse the real Nazi symbols.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 10, 2026 08:55 AM (VbqNm)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 10, 2026 08:43 AM (VbqNm)
Sure, but when a politician who said one thing to get elected and then does the opposite makes a pledge... and then breaks it (assuming, for argument, that he breaks it)... I start to wonder just how stellar this fella is.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 08:56 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 08:56 AM (u82oZ)
2) the sex scandal was that he hooked up with a woman at some conference. I believe Hegseth was married at the time. The woman was also married , got caught by hubby and alleged for a short period vtgst the encounter with Hegseth wasn't consentual. It was and nothing came of it
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 08:57 AM (m2wmY)
Posted by: Skip
But made kick-ass toys during the 60's and early 70's. Too bad Louis Marx sold the company to Quaker Oats(!!) in '72. Bad move. Well, good for him however.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 10, 2026 08:58 AM (VmkSV)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 10, 2026 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)
Most of us struggle to make it above 0 most days. I know I do. I don't think he's any exception.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 08:58 AM (SWQdN)
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don't fire and rescue units in the US use the same cross in their imagery?
Posted by: Don Black at July 10, 2026 08:58 AM (ZxPkt)
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Neither hold a candle to Ron Goulart!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 10, 2026 08:58 AM (kpS4V)
A couple days ago a story broke in Ohio about a family with something like 20 kids kept in horrid conditions.
There have been dozens of these stories since 2025.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 08:58 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 08:51 AM (SWQdN)
Yes. It was a description of either his campaign or a debate.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 10, 2026 08:59 AM (lFFaq)
The "smart" play for Trump was to avoid dealing with Iran, when he has so much going on at home.
But he took on the risk to defang Iran else it would remain an unprotected flank with huge exposure for us in the future. With nukes.
We've let Iran fester for 50 years. Obama/ValJar wanted them to be a regional hegemon -- with nukes. So Trump is clesaning up the mess.
I say, well played sir.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 10, 2026 08:59 AM (dtajH)
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What a bargain. Three lies for the price of one.
Just like MREs.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)
https://tinyurl.com/2wfpwchn
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 09:00 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: vivi
Well, that lets Catholic Charities off your list.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 10, 2026 09:00 AM (VmkSV)
It was the opinion of Ace. Some folks chose to remain silent and ride out the inevitable since he was a bit testy at times back then about people pointing out that whoever he was backing wasn't good.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 09:00 AM (ExV1e)
Just like MREs.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
Meals Rejected by Ethiopians?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 10, 2026 09:01 AM (/UfFW)
Doc Savage stories had so many plot holes! But it does have an honored place in American pulp fiction, and was also influential.
I figure you are either a Renny or a Ham fan. Doc would be too emotionally distant for you.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 09:02 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 10, 2026 08:54 AM (BI5O2)
I agree with you completely. Trump was the best choice by far that we had in the last three elections. My view on that will never change. But I’ll call balls and strikes as I see them honestly, especially when I see him doing things that undercut his own stated goals.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 10, 2026 09:03 AM (VbqNm)
Thank you, Polli. BTW I hope you and yours are very well!!
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 09:03 AM (SWQdN)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 09:00 AM
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The walls were coming off.
The wheels were closing in.
Posted by: And the fat lady was circling the drain! at July 10, 2026 09:04 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Yes, but these kids were all children of the scumbags that kept them in squalor and abuse. Not illegals trafficked. I know, a difference without a distinction.
PS - Vinton County released Grandpa from jail as he has medical issues that, according to the Sheriff, would bankrupt the county.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 10, 2026 09:04 AM (VmkSV)
My bad. I confused him with Lester Dent.
The Wiki article was eye-opening to me.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 09:04 AM (u82oZ)
Remember, you've got to brine them.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 10, 2026 09:05 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 09:05 AM (ndZc7)
Remember, you've got to brine them.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 10, 2026 09:05 AM (Kt19C)
And tennis racquets need strings!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:05 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: ...
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It was on his answer about Trump University at a debate. One of the funniest posts Ace has ever done.
But I'd guess that Ace, like most of us here, now realize that Cruz could never have made the Dems/media drop the mask like Trump has. I was also for Cruz in 16, but do not regret in least that we got Trump. He's a gadfly.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 10, 2026 09:06 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: TeeJ at July 10, 2026 09:07 AM (dAv7M)
Posted by: Tonypete
Nothing a 9mm injection wouldn't cure.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 09:07 AM (ndZc7)
252 It's also National Kitten Day.
Remember, you've got to brine them.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 10, 2026 09:05 AM
++++
Good times:
https://youtu.be/3BrCvZmSnKA
Posted by: Thanks Kiffness at July 10, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Yes, but these kids were all children of the scumbags that kept them in squalor and abuse. Not illegals trafficked. I know, a difference without a distinction.
PS - Vinton County released Grandpa from jail as he has medical issues that, according to the Sheriff, would bankrupt the county.
Posted by: Tonypete
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Ahh... I didn't know they were family. My sister-in-law relayed the info. She's in WV. Probably heard about it through word-of-mouth too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 10, 2026 09:09 AM (jehhT)
Same to you. Inspector is getting stronger, just slower than he'd like. He's working more hours each week, which makes him happy but worn out.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 10, 2026 09:10 AM (lFFaq)
Ace banned me for insolence.
Some of us want a Republican Bill Bradley. You're missing Trump's appeal to the vast majority that don't have college degrees.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 10, 2026 09:10 AM (dtajH)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 10, 2026 09:06 AM
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Don't look now, but that was like 10 years ago.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 09:10 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 10, 2026 09:06 AM (XvL8K)
Cruz is one of my Senators, and I think he does that job well. I also supported his 2016 run, but I realize he’ll never play well on the national stage, and should stick to Texas.
It would be a lot of fun to see him appointed as Chief Justice.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 10, 2026 09:10 AM (VbqNm)
@sheilanazarian
When I speak to you about revolution, I am not speaking from a textbook. I am speaking about the revolution that stole Iran. I’m speaking about the revolution that forced my family to leave our home and everything my parents spent a lifetime building. I’m speaking about the revolution that turned one of the oldest civilizations in the world into a prison for women, a torture chamber for dissidents, and the leading state sponsor of terrorism. . ."
https://tinyurl.com/4ef74trf
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 09:11 AM (X8xt3)
no a bunch were foster children the state was paying them to 'care for'
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 09:12 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Doof at July 10, 2026 09:12 AM (QLC6i)
#BREAKING: Pete Hegseth responds after SC National Guard suspended 8 Apache pilots for July 4th flyover, says: “We’ll fix this. Carry on, Patriots.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 09:13 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 10, 2026 09:10 AM (dtajH)
I have a college degree. I think Trump is great. I'm tired of the polished facade which says what I want to hear and then stabs me in the back when the time comes.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 09:13 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 10, 2026 09:13 AM (m2wmY)
Posted by: Doof at July 10, 2026 09:12 AM (QLC6i)
You didn't drink on the course?
What....I don't understand.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:13 AM (2YhKe)
one thing I've noticed about Middle Easterners - and Mediterranean types too - is there's a lot of talking.
a lot of pretty talking and not a lot of doing
it's a semi-annoying trait we have
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 09:13 AM (j+aD2)
I have a masters degree
and I love the man, and I left here when this place went against him, flounce free
but now is another day and there's no point in rehashing
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 09:14 AM (j+aD2)
What....I don't understand.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:13 AM (2YhKe)
I denounce myself
Posted by: Doof at July 10, 2026 09:15 AM (QLC6i)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 09:15 AM (ExV1e)
We seem to be at an impasse, the frame and me.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 09:16 AM (qxSUl)
Good to hear. Will add to prayers.
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 09:16 AM (SWQdN)
Look, I get it. There are some aspects of IVF that need to be regulated or outright banned. But there's so much good that can be done via IVF. The technology has advanced so much in the last several years that it seems like the advocates against it haven't kept up with the medical field's current practices.
Posted by: pookysgirl had to get that off her chest at July 10, 2026 09:16 AM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 09:16 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Doof at July 10, 2026 09:12 AM
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You gotta start in the morning if you wanna drink all day.
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at July 10, 2026 09:16 AM (2Ez/1)
Patti LuPone's ship-o-queers denied access to Cairo after being turned away from Turkey.
We could sell a treatment of this story to Hollywood...
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 09:17 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 09:18 AM (GD0B3)
Just like MREs.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
Thanks. My body recoiled in horror at seeing that acronym.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 10, 2026 09:18 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 09:17 AM (Y8DZL)
Change the ports to cities in the US South and it'd be a sure Oscar winner.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 09:18 AM (ExV1e)
and I love the man, and I left here when this place went against him, flounce free
but now is another day and there's no point in rehashing
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 09:14 AM (j+aD2)
I've been here since before the Owebama years. I've had my run-ins with several, whether they be full on arguments or debates. Hell, I've even been thrashed by Ace Almighty, where he embellished and put words in my mouth I'd never even implied, but Ace do what he do in his best form.......I've never left. Taken a few days off, usually in an actual vacation, sure, but I've never left.
No matter what, I've never felt that this place wasn't home.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:18 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 09:13 AM (ExV1e)
In 16 I likened the DOPe to a bad boyfriend who badmouthed me to his friends, who all hated me, and only acted interested in my thoughts and feelings when trying to get my money. Along comes a brash outsider who is funny and bold and threatens to push DOPe's face in if he doesn't start treating me right. Of *course* I was interested in seeing that play out and just a little willing to go home with the new guy if he did what he said.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 10, 2026 09:19 AM (lFFaq)
Hat might be too tight.
Somehow we know about the guy in the well, but nobody in Trump's or the Gov. sphere does. OK
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 10, 2026 09:19 AM (cS1cw)
I denounce myself
Posted by: Doof at July 10, 2026 09:15 AM (QLC6i)
I mean, I thought it was one of the rules of golf.
Where are you John Daly.......You're our only hope.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:19 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Bulg at July 10, 2026 09:20 AM (77rzZ)
Perfessor, sent you two e-mails for consideration of content in the book thread.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 10, 2026 09:20 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:18 AM (2YhKe)
Like Zack Mayo, I got nowhere else to go.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 09:20 AM (ExV1e)
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Hey! I resemble that remark!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 09:20 AM (ndZc7)
Importing illegals is a sturdy revenue stream for Catholic Charities and various Catholic Relief Organizations. It's why I now donate to the Salvation Army.
Posted by: vivi at July 10, 2026 09:21 AM (OFw3k)
We could sell a treatment of this story to Hollywood...
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 09:17 AM (Y8DZL)
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They're probably all lefties so the news that the only country in the region that will welcome them is Israel is probably not news they will welcome or even comprehend.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 10, 2026 09:21 AM (jiRXK)
Posted by: Sponge
Yeah, about that... come in, your mother and I need to have a talk with you about your nest in the basement.
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 09:21 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:18 AM
++++
Kinda like the bar in Cheers.
Except funnier.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Black Orchid
Nope - while it is true the kids received benefits from the county, they all were children of the couple. Additionally, all four adults (The two Grandparents and two parents) were also recipients of county benefits. The mother also had a set of twin girls not too long ago that died shortly after birth. It's my personal opinion that the adults do not possess a complete set of genes even if you add all four sets together. Which maybe has already been done is you know what I mean and I think you do. . .
Your tax dollars at work.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 10, 2026 09:22 AM (VmkSV)
Like Zack Mayo, I got nowhere else to go.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 09:20 AM (ExV1e)
Well yeah, then there's that.
The rest of the internet kinda sucks.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:22 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 09:13 AM (ExV1e)
I have a PhD and work with a lot of advanced degrees. They have their place in specialized areas (STEM)… but we’re often as a group way too impressed with our own intellect. I love Trumps approach and persona…. Academics deserve the egghead stereotype
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 10, 2026 09:22 AM (26GAh)
According to @N12News, sources say most senior Hamas officials, including some whose families remain in Qatar, are currently residing in Turkey for extended periods.
The report adds that key Hamas meetings on ceasefire negotiations, internal affairs, and other strategic issues are now being held there.
The report has not been independently confirmed, and Turkish authorities have not commented on the claim..."
Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 09:23 AM (GD0B3)
ah ok
well they aren't smart but they sure are fertile I guess
but yeah it's more a lack of skills thing than a pedo ring thing. it's sad.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 09:24 AM (j+aD2)
What I've noticed since 2016 is an increasing divide in voting patterns between White College and White Non-College, especially among women. White Non-College outnumbers White College by 2x. White Non-College is already over 70% and has little room to grow. White Non-College has been growing and is now over 50%.
Mitt Romney (and Hillary) dismissed White Non-College as Deplorables and not worth the bother.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 10, 2026 09:24 AM (dtajH)
Yeah, about that... come in, your mother and I need to have a talk with you about your nest in the basement.
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 09:21 AM (Y8DZL)
They're both gone and I haven't lived in a house with a basement since 1984 and have been living on my own since the early 90's.
So there.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:24 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 09:25 AM (SWQdN)
What I've noticed since 2016 is an increasing divide in voting patterns between White College and White Non-College, especially among women
similar to my thinking
what I note is we are in a semi-cold War that is White vs White - globally.
and it's quite nasty, if under the radar
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 09:25 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 10, 2026 09:26 AM (rijjI)
lol hopefully won't happen but you never know!
I was coming in here every morning (kinda like now) being all cheery and Trumpy and getting on the host's nerves. it was good to take a break.
I had fun with the MAGA peeps tbh
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 09:26 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
I recall departing LGF with nothing more than this user name. I browsed desperately, trying to find a new home. I tripped over some dude on the sidewalk with a bottle of Val-U-Rite and he pointed me here.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 10, 2026 09:26 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 10, 2026 09:26 AM (afJtY)
If what's being mentioned on X is true, ICK!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 09:26 AM (X8xt3)
God has always raised up leaders, put it in their hearts to do what He would have them do to fulfill His plan for the world, and then brought them down.
And that doesn't apply to just leaders.
And as far as the Ottoman Empire comment upthread,,,
You know, while not a sure thing, a good argument could be made that "and one is yet to be" is referring to that empire. And also the eighth that is of the seven.
Posted by: TeeJ at July 10, 2026 09:27 AM (dAv7M)
he's a good man, and very very smart
maybe too trusting?
but he is SURROUNDED by vipers
it's not easy
fortunately he has a good heart which guides him (sometimes he's taken advantage of that way)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 10, 2026 09:27 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 10, 2026 09:26 AM (99eI0)
I can't remember if I got banned from LGF or just left. Can't tell you how I stumbled upon this place, but I'm thankful I did.
I've made some wonderful, lifelong friends because of this crazy place.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:27 AM (2YhKe)
His answers to questions about Trump University and the budget were somewhat uncomfortable to watch, in much the same way that it is uncomfortable to watch a bus full of circus clowns crash into a school for blind children and even worse the clowns were doing their "Gasoline Comedy" act that day and now all the blind children are on fire and the clowns are trying to squirt water on them with their stupid lapel-flowers but the flowers are just squirting out more gas and the children are crying tears of fire out of their Unseeing Dead Eyes and holy shit a couple of the clowns look like they have boners and they're chasing around the fiery blind children trying to rub up on them with these bobbling clown-boners with big red bulbs on their tips.
In other words, as Trump would say: Not the best. Really not terrific. A real mess!
Grade: I don't even know how to even start grading this. As far as a letter grade, I give a red X carved crudely through the face of a rotting pig with a bunch of stripper-glitter tossed on it.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 10, 2026 09:27 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: dantesed at July 10, 2026 09:28 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 10, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)
but he is SURROUNDED by vipers
Posted by: Black Orchid
Back to the old "If only Comrade Stalin knew" argument?
Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 09:31 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Eromero at July 10, 2026 09:31 AM (LHPAg)
Trump's okay I guess
Posted by: Don Black at July 10, 2026 09:31 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 09:32 AM (ndZc7)
You'd have to have a heart of stone not to find this funny.
Not that she'll learn anything, but she's experiencing the true face of intolerance, heh! Have fun.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 10, 2026 09:33 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 09:32 AM (ndZc7)
She was always going to be the 2028 nominee. Always.
The Crockett thing in Texas makes it even more definite.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 10, 2026 09:45 AM (xA5g+)
Turkey is recognized as an elite "drone superpower." It exports critical combat hardware and modern warships to European allies and the Middle East. Ankara also controls the Turkish Straits. As above, Turkey and Erdogan are Sunni.
Ukraine is one of the world's leading innovators in drone and asymmetric warfare, allowing them to rapidly deploy, upgrade, and manufacture hundreds of thousands of unmanned systems. It operates Delta, conceived by tech volunteers in 2014, a highly sophisticated, centralized digital platform that networks all sensors and drones, outpacing even many Western military command systems.
The US has agreed to grant Ukraine a production license and show them how to manufacture American-made Patriot missile interceptors domestically. PDT announced the political agreement alongside Ukrainian President Zelenskyy at the NATO summit Turkey.
Turkey supports Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity while avoiding overtly alienating Russia. As a NATO member, Ankara provides Ukraine with critical military hardware—including drones and technology—but has refused to join Western economic sanctions against
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 10, 2026 09:48 AM (NFX2v)
Sunni Islam is also the dominant branch of Islam in Ukraine. Their largest and most prominent group: Crimean Tatars, a significant number of which fled to mainland Ukraine and/or formed guerrilla resistance movements like Atesh.
Additionally, Sunni Muslims from the North Caucasus, including Chechen fighters opposed to the Russian-backed Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, have formed independent battalions (such as the Sheikh Mansur Battalion) to fight alongside Ukrainian forces.
(And there are Volga Tatars, Turks, and individuals from Central Asia, the North Caucasus, Azerbaijan, and Arab countries, who have embraced Islam and become part of the Ukrainian population, as well as those who have converted to Islam. Their true numbers are unknown.)
Russia is home to the LARGEST Muslim population in Europe, estimated 1/5 of the population by about 2020. The majority are Sunni. Reportedly, most Muslims in the country live in the Moscow region and other major metropolitan areas such as St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg. (Islam in Russia, Al Jazeera, 201
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Continued -
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 10, 2026 09:48 AM (NFX2v)
O & Joe did a bang up job inserting the US into a regional war, with significant Islamic overtones, and making it an even broader Western problem. It's not going to go away. But, as I'm the loon connecting dots in peculiar ways, that's solely imho.
Good day. 🤗
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 10, 2026 09:48 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 10, 2026 10:01 AM (wGerL)
Posted by: Augusto Perez at July 10, 2026 10:21 AM (IidPu)
Jaclyn McQuaid:
She served as the Executive Chief Engineer for Full-Size Trucks, making her the first woman to hold this position. In this capacity, she was the top product leader responsible for the development and execution of the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra families (which share platforms with the Suburban and Tahoe).
Tenure: McQuaid has been with GM since 2000 (fitting the "last two decades" criteria). She spent over six years in global leadership for full-size trucks before being promoted to Vice President of Global Product Programs in April 2026, where she now oversees all vehicle programs.
If you reward incompetence, you get more of it.
Honorable mentions in relation to these vehicles include:
Kathy Gillespie: Served as Chief Engineer specifically for the Silverado EV starting in 2023.
Kristin Cermak:
Posted by: Augusto Perez at July 10, 2026 10:40 AM (IidPu)
GSA = a**holes. And it was a bigger a**hole Executive Branch Federal agency under both the Obama AND Biden administrations.
Further, it's one of those that in the future will rise again to create more hell and havoc.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 10, 2026 11:11 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Handcuffed to the Bumper of a State Trooper's Ford at July 10, 2026 12:06 PM (DDWHE)
Posted by: Hal Dall MD at July 10, 2026 03:57 PM (87JMF)
Is it possible that the President has access to information that you don't have?
I love the Pat Gray show, but he all too often will conclude that the President must be either dumb or evil.
Posted by: bravokilo at July 11, 2026 01:52 AM (7TWrg)
Daily Tech News 10 July 2026
Top Story
- Nvidia's share price is down by 15% - from a recent peak of $117 squintillion - as it succumbs to the memory price hikes it caused for everybody else. (Tech Crunch)
Good work, Jensen.
- Meanwhile new ULL - ultra-low latency - memory for AMD systems offers up to a 4% speed boost. (Tom's Hardware)
For only double the price.
- Turns out you can upgrade the RAM in your PlayStation - and it's not even expensive. (Notebook Check)
That only gets from from 2MB to 16MB.
Yes, of course we're talking about the PlayStation One.
Tech News
- AMD has confirmed it will be launching its new Zen 6 processor family this month, at an event on July 22 and 23. (WCCFTech)
Launching, not selling. And the event will be exclusively for server chips, with a likely six month delay before we see them for the desktop. But performance of the server versions will give us a very good idea of what to expect in consumer models, because the core designs - and even the chiplets - are identical. The server versions just wire up more chiplets.
- While we wait for Zen 6, AMD has raised the shuddering zombie of Zen 2 to keep us entertained. (Tom's Hardware)
The 4700LE is a 4700G without the G - the integrated graphics.
I don't know why; it just is.
- OpenAI's Atlas browser on the other hand is not. (Tech Crunch)
Launched in October, the candle that burned half as bright was promptly cancelled.
- AMD has also announced eleven new Zen 4 laptop parts. (WCCFTech)
New as in that precise marketable configuration; there is nothing new about the technology. But I'm writing this on a Zen 3 chip and Zen 4 is markedly better.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: No, never. Well, hardly ever.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 04:41 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 10, 2026 04:42 AM (ussCl)
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 04:43 AM (6wpGE)
Turns out you can upgrade the RAM in your PlayStation - and not's not even expensive. (Notebook Check)
-->... and it's not ...
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 04:45 AM (6wpGE)
are willowed on the ONT, for those that have an interest.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 04:46 AM (D+BhG)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 04:47 AM (Ia/+0)
333 Wakey wakey!
youtu.be/U5t2kDqvoYY
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 03:09 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 04:48 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 04:49 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 10, 2026 04:53 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: fluffy at July 10, 2026 04:57 AM (V0/Sp)
Cooking done. Mrs. BD in the pool. Minor housework to be done. Guests coming - adults only, for a change.
Think about how important that last comma was.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 10, 2026 05:01 AM (gsBYv)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 10, 2026 05:03 AM (gsBYv)
Posted by: clarence at July 10, 2026 05:03 AM (vcWod)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 10, 2026 05:04 AM (gsBYv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 05:06 AM (Bw1/o)
Posted by: fluffy at July 10, 2026 05:06 AM (V0/Sp)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 10, 2026 05:06 AM (AMvSw)
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 04:41 AM (6wpGE)
w00t i lie to you?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 10, 2026 05:03 AM (gsBYv)
wh00-h00!
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 05:12 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 10, 2026 05:13 AM (gsBYv)
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 10, 2026 05:15 AM (Hbeqj)
G'morning all! JQ, if you're here, awesome music selection.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 10, 2026 05:19 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 10, 2026 05:21 AM (gsBYv)
G'morning all! JQ, if you're here, awesome music selection.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 10, 2026 05:19 AM (O7YUW)
Lots of comments along those lines under the video!
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 05:29 AM (6wpGE)
93 The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
2 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.
3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
4 The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, for ever.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 05:30 AM (Bw1/o)
Fen, congrats on the new kitten, Millard! Depending on his age, he might well miss his siblings and mother. Stirling's mother had died a while before I adopted him, I was told, and he must have been human-raised, as he has always been attached to people. During his first summer with me he insisted on springing into bed with me every morning and milk-treading my arm (tiny claws -- ouch!). He still does that every day or so at age four. So Millard may be very attached to you and your son.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 10, 2026 05:31 AM (wzUl9)
https://youtu.be/joI9V_5ewN4
and AC/DC's "Thunderstruck".
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 10, 2026 05:33 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 10, 2026 05:34 AM (O7YUW)
Oh, and since cats want to run the house, "Millard" will soon become "M'lord". ;-)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 10, 2026 05:37 AM (O7YUW)
Before that I have another video tour, of a house I looked at in May but am reconsidering now. I've never gone "That's perfect!" the way I did with the one I put the offer on, and so I'm not very sanguine, but who knows.
I'd love to be there and walk through these places myself, but I really can't yet. I tried that in Kansas and ended up spending money and putting wear and tear on me and my car. Yes, moving to an apartment in my prospective area is an option, though a poor one. The dough I'd spend on deposits, pet deposits, pet rent, rent, and moving or storing my furniture would be better put on the house itself. But I may have to.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 10, 2026 05:39 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 05:45 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 05:45 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 04:29 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 05:45 AM (sgkY
I think that has to be the case, Skip, that the count is based on the hash.
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 05:48 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 05:55 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 10, 2026 05:55 AM (gsBYv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 06:03 AM (RIvkX)
https://tinyurl.com/4sby4faz
Also worth browsing through the comments there.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 10, 2026 06:04 AM (gsBYv)
Settler-colonialists often seek to erase indigenous culture.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 06:03 AM (RIvkX)
Before I follow the link, I'm guessing: NYC minus Little Italy (and minus others) as depicted by Mamdani
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 06:05 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 10, 2026 06:06 AM (amcLV)
34 Enclaves for me but not for thee!
https://tinyurl.com/3h4madjj
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 10, 2026 05:55 AM (gsBYv)
35 https://tinyurl.com/3h4madjj
Settler-colonialists often seek to erase indigenous culture.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 06:03 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 06:07 AM (6wpGE)
Oh, and since cats want to run the house, "Millard" will soon become "M'lord". ;-)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 10, 2026 05:37 AM (O7YUW)I can tell you've had cat
LOL. I can tell you've had cats.
😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 06:09 AM (rNyI+)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 10, 2026 06:09 AM (VyBeY)
Settler-colonialists often seek to erase indigenous culture.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026
***
Funny, ain't it, how most of those "enclaves" listed by the Commie are non-European. Irish, Italian, German, Jewish, all left out accidentally on purpose. "Little Poland" and "Little Ukraine" are there, but otherwise, no Europeans are mentioned.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 10, 2026 06:10 AM (wzUl9)
Same as the British Marxists protégé gave Rhodesia to the Communists
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 06:10 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: fd at July 10, 2026 06:12 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Don Black at July 10, 2026 06:13 AM (ZxPkt)
=====
You'd probably also say Poland was never dominated by the Soviets, like that idiot Gerald Ford.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 06:14 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 10, 2026 06:25 AM (B0NCh)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 10, 2026 06:27 AM (B0NCh)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 10, 2026 06:27 AM (B0NCh)
=====
Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 06:28 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 06:30 AM (6wpGE)
John Kennedy
@SenJohnKennedy
Every American with an IQ above a toaster knows Graham Platner’s motherboard is fried.
Even Sen. Schumer, who can’t cook a cheeseburger for his life, saw this one coming.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 06:36 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 10, 2026 06:27 AM (B0NCh)
Wak' on with your bad self.
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 06:38 AM (6wpGE)
Plumes sings to animals:
His look at the end 🥹❤️🩹
youtube.com/shorts/2uaGSubmV8I
Your Daily Dose Of Cats:
When Your Cat Becomes a Little Trouble Maker 😂
youtube.com/shorts/JIj9K6a4Kxw
Posted by: SciVo at July 10, 2026 06:39 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 10, 2026 06:39 AM (B0NCh)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 10, 2026 06:41 AM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 10, 2026 06:41 AM (O0L8i)
Your Daily Dose Of Cats:
When Your Cat Becomes a Little Trouble Maker 😂
youtube.com/shorts/JIj9K6a4Kxw
Posted by: SciVo at July 10, 2026 06:39 AM (Sy6m/)
Super-great!
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 06:43 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 06:44 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 10, 2026 06:39 AM (B0NCh)
Good memory! I had to look it up. From "You May Be Right":
"I've been stranded in the combat zone
I walked through Bedford-Stuy alone
Even rode my motorcycle in the rain
And you told me not to drive
But I made it home alive
So you said that only proves that I'm insane"
Posted by: SciVo at July 10, 2026 06:44 AM (Sy6m/)
Plumes sings to animals:
His look at the end 🥹❤️🩹
youtube.com/shorts/2uaGSubmV8I
Posted by: SciVo at July 10, 2026 06:39 AM (Sy6m/)
; )
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 06:45 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 06:47 AM (RIvkX)
https://youtu.be/Jo9t5XK0FhA
Posted by: SciVo at July 10, 2026 06:47 AM (Sy6m/)
How is Her Majesty healing?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 06:44 AM (RIvkX)
Thank you for asking. She is quite well now and in San Antonio with The Big Dummy. And how is your lovely bride doing?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 10, 2026 06:48 AM (O0L8i)
The sun hasn't shown here in over a week which makes staying inside easier.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 06:49 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 10, 2026 06:50 AM (fkjGs)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 10, 2026 06:51 AM (B0NCh)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 10, 2026 06:50 AM (fkjGs)
Or the alcohol. Maybe it's the alcohol.
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 06:52 AM (6wpGE)
Billy Joel - You May Be Right (Official Audio)
https://youtu.be/ilsv0C1-aBw
Posted by: SciVo at July 10, 2026 06:52 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 06:53 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 06:54 AM (sgkY8)
Please to assure, Billy Joel has never walked alone in Bed-Stuy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 06:47 AM (RIvkX)
He grew up on Lawn Guyland, for Heaven's sake. If he ever walked in BedStuy, it was with a phalanx of bodyguards.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 10, 2026 06:55 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 10, 2026 06:56 AM (sUMTS)
Thanks: I think he does miss his mother and siblings and he is very affectionate.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026 06:58 AM (Xixn6)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 10, 2026
***
He sang about that almost fifty years ago now. I daresay he might find it a different experience today. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 10, 2026 07:00 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 10, 2026 07:02 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 10, 2026 06:55 AM (O0L8i)
LOL took me a minute
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 07:02 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2026
***
Good to hear. Little Dagny was older when I adopted her, five months -- her breeder doesn't let them go until that age -- and she is well-socialized and pleasant, but has never milk-treaded. She is The Cat Who Walks by Herself and All Places Are Alike to Her.
She's sitting on the other end of the couch with me now, but that's because it's Breakfast Time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 10, 2026 07:02 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 07:15 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 07:15 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 07:15 AM (RIvkX)
Disclaimer: No, never. Well, hardly ever.
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 07:19 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 10, 2026 07:21 AM (/Sk8Y)
She has been named "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive"
I was gonna say, she passes for black in that video, voice-wise.
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 07:23 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 07:25 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 10, 2026 07:21 AM (/Sk8Y)
She has a beautiful voice. If you ignore everything about her which isn't singing, the libtard issue is solved.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 10, 2026 07:25 AM (ExV1e)
Pretty sure the first time I heard of the place was a book I read around 16yoa. Not positive but likely The Cross and the Switchblade.
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Gonna take some time this morning to get grocery shopping done before it heats up too much.
Posted by: RandomDave at July 10, 2026 07:34 AM (aJQbY)
Karasin, Ekin (20 October 2025).
"Annie Lennox on ADHD diagnosis at 70 and choosing not to take medication".
The Standard.
Retrieved 30 November 2025.
Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 07:35 AM (6wpGE)
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Posted by: NR Pax at July 10, 2026 07:39 AM (99eI0)
According to Wiki, she has a large Alphabet following. And was married 3 times. In her second marriage, of two years, she was pregnant three times. Two daughters, one stillborn son.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 10, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)
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Thursday Overnight Open Thread - July 9, 2026 [Doof]
Let's learn all of these stats and figures and quiz Weasel on Sunday night
Just under 3 min of US Gun Facts
— Dangerous Thoughts (@DangerousThinkg) July 9, 2026
Show this to libs and watch their heads spin pic.twitter.com/GgWEejNR4w
----- Strangely satisfying to watch!
Anything you put in there is gone once pic.twitter.com/LCvKpSsF9m
— ��Mide�� (@HaYoMiDe_) July 9, 2026
----- Who doesn't like a good origin story?
The origin of the General Lee from Dukes of Hazzard pic.twitter.com/RfCZwkMAKK
— 80s Kidz (@80s_Kidz) July 8, 2026
----- Go big or go home! World’s largest paper airplane has a 65-foot wingspan
It’s easy to craft a paper airplane capable of soaring across a classroom, but one that can travel 200 feet is a bit harder. A group of students from Italy’s University of Pisa not only managed to reach that distance on a single glide—they did so with the Guinness World Record holder for the largest paper airplane ever assembled. Built using only paper and some glue, the team’s nearly 23-foot-long creation and its over 65-foot wingspan cruised through a warehouse at Italy’s annual We Make Future expo on June 25. According to the university’s announcement, the students broke a record previously held since 2013 by Germany’s Braunschweig Institute of Technology.Video segment at the link. Foreign language narration but still kewl. ----- Ever wonder to yourself "How long do squirrels typically live?" No? OK, feel free to skip this one, then. Squirrel Lifespan: How Long Do Squirrels Live?
You see them often, but how long are you seeing the same squirrels? Find out how long squirrels live, and what affects a squirrel's lifespan. Look outside at your yard or in a public park for even just a minute or two, and you’re likely to see squirrels. These bushy-tailed critters are as adorable as they are wily, with their scavenging ways and problem-solving skills. If you’ve ever seen a baby squirrel or adult, you might wonder about a squirrel’s lifespan. How long do squirrels live? The answer is more complex than you might think.Go ahead - check out the whole thing. ----- Tin foil hats? Yup - I'll try on whatever ya got!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2026 10:01 PM (zlG6F)
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Posted by: Adriane the O the Times, O the Morals Critic . . . at July 09, 2026 10:04 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:02 PM (RIvkX)
Howdy SF. I haven't been on much recently -- how's the missus?
Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2026 10:04 PM (QLC6i)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 09, 2026 10:04 PM (NnhvP)
Good Evening, Tonypete
Posted by: Adriane the O the Times
They called him "Twotimes Twotimes"
Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2026 10:05 PM (zlG6F)
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Posted by: TRex- whelmed dino at July 09, 2026 10:03 PM (OlBv0)
Howdy, Dino!
Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2026 10:05 PM (QLC6i)
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Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at July 09, 2026 10:06 PM (/HDaX)
I have more power than the barrel tonight!
Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2026 10:07 PM (QLC6i)
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Posted by: Boss Moss at July 09, 2026 10:08 PM (/fEh/)
Evening Doof!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 09, 2026 10:04 PM (NnhvP)
Yo!
Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2026 10:08 PM (QLC6i)
Tomorrow I will be doing a little target practice.
Just so they understand who they are living near...
We get way too many Californians here anymore. They need to understand that CO mountains ain't like California....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:12 PM (uTEOj)
Godzilla Minus Zero Trailer is out
youtu.be/Xmy-Z3dHMd8
Oh, and Minions & Monsters is in theaters
youtu.be/ZSdOwt-G49w
Posted by: Kindltot at July 09, 2026 10:12 PM (rbvCR)
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Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 09, 2026 10:14 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)
Excellent news!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 09, 2026 10:14 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: GWB at July 09, 2026 10:14 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:12 PM (uTEOj)
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*has hard time breathing*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:16 PM (RIvkX)
Built using only paper and some glue
Guinness accepted that? Isn't that cheating? I thought paper-airplane purists only allowed the piece of paper. No tape, no glue, no paper clips for weight.....
That said, my favorite plane does require one piece of tape.
Posted by: mikeski at July 09, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Old and busted: woodchippers
New hotness: that chewy-chewy machine
Posted by: The Horde at July 09, 2026 10:18 PM (VHUov)
Episode two of Chainsmoker Cat, they are really going for the fence.
Yani is having a drug induced fantasy of cigarettes performing a musical number. And then it gets more weird.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (2GVsD)
Demoncrats, commies (BIRM), artifa (again with the BIRM), progtarded judges, Soros prosecutors, rapists, jihadis, and most anyone not aligned with western Christian ideology.
Pretty much everyone that hates me for loving America as founded.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Jack Silver Dollar Straw at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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It would save money on helicopter fuel when the Burning Time comes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 09, 2026 10:20 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 10:20 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)
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Avoid at all costs
1. Within a radius of 5 miles from any Popeyes Chicken
2. On any MLK Boulevard
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 10:22 PM (u/oMr)
That said, my favorite plane does require one piece of tape.
Posted by: mikeski at July 09, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)
Yeah, sounds like some participation trophy bullshit to me. Here's my paper airplane shaped like an F-86. I got one on the surplus market!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 09, 2026 10:22 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 09, 2026 10:22 PM (zZu0s)
Saw the top picture. Said to myself, “ if this is t Flock of Seagulls” imma have to quit AoS.
Whooof. Still here.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 09, 2026 10:22 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: COMountainMarie
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Old aerosol cans are fun.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 10:23 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX)
I am whelmed!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 09, 2026 10:24 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 10:24 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 09, 2026 10:24 PM (fkjGs)
Yes, I've noticed my local Walmarts slowly closing down the self-checkout stations. They usually don't have more than two regular checkouts open. Maybe they'd go to three or four during really busy times. But they usually have at least one open soon after opening now.
Anybody with two brain cells could have told them what would happen with a high-crime-oriented population like we have here. But nooooo, they had to try it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:24 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 09, 2026 10:25 PM (/fEh/)
I don't like helping things kill themselves, but another time I was driving to work and this squirrel ran right into my path. He obviously used geometry to plot the perfect suicide path, and he used me. USED ME!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 09, 2026 10:26 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 09, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:24 PM (wzUl9)
Companies almost have to try or get called racist. Or do it to avoid being called racist.
I had one self check several months ago that flagged me as suspect because I went to grab something out of the cart, changed my mind about what I wanted to put in that bag and grabbed something else.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 09, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)
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It was based on the Honor System.
Enough said?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 10:27 PM (u/oMr)
You're very good.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 09, 2026 10:27 PM (viF8m)
Gaynor Sullivan (1951-2026)
Gallery of pix
https://bit.ly/eclipsed-heart
Literally
https://youtu.be/vkIOlYxO0QY
Posted by: mindful webworker - can you see me through this fan? at July 09, 2026 10:27 PM (9rU9k)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtqfNWtvLEw
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 10:20 PM (+yTe/)
She is an awesome singer. This tune is straight-up jazz, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 09, 2026 10:27 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 09, 2026 10:28 PM (/fEh/)
*unfurls scroll*
Posted by: San Franpsycho
"Shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level! Shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level!!"
Posted by: Commies at July 09, 2026 10:28 PM (VHUov)
Somehow I doubt the notion that the majority of the border crossers did it legally even in 1950. But it is an exciting film from early in Montalban's career, before that back injury that gave him such trouble later, and directed with style by Anthony Mann.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (0Htd1)
Also, I went and read some of the comments in the X thread by Fenix Ammo linked in the sidebar. Geez, some people are stupid. And proud of it.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)
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It was based on the Honor System.
Enough said?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 10:27 PM (u/oMr)
well, I guess I've lived in far better neighborhoods. (shrug)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 10:24 PM (/WQyy)
Mine! Mine!!
Mine...mine...mine...
Mine! Mine!!!
Mine!
Posted by: The Gulls at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Diogenes
.....
* throws Diogenes' paper airplane in the chewy-chewy machine *
Posted by: mikeski at July 09, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)
https://youtu.be/fsgWUq0fdKk
Posted by: mindful webworker - you toob fail at July 09, 2026 10:32 PM (9rU9k)
I had one self check several months ago that flagged me as suspect because I went to grab something out of the cart, changed my mind about what I wanted to put in that bag and grabbed something else.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 09, 2026
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I hated two points. One, that they were getting my labor for free; I wasn't getting a discount on my purchases for doing their work. Second, that damn screen right in my face, rubbing it in that I'm under surveillance. Once I put a plastic bag over the screen, and you'd have thought I'd damaged the machine in some way. They converged shouting on me as though they'd caught me shoplifting. After that I refused to use the self-checkouts, and still do.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:33 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Diogenes
.....
* throws Diogenes' paper airplane in the chewy-chewy machine *
Posted by: mikeski at July 09, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)
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Finally!
I tried that pun this morning and was ignored.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 09, 2026 10:33 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (uTEOj)
Firebrick is really spectacular.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 09, 2026 10:33 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 09, 2026 10:33 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
I think I need my eyes checked. I had to scroll back to see what you were talking about.
Ha!
Posted by: mikeski at July 09, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:34 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 09, 2026 10:35 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 09, 2026 10:35 PM (1Ff7Z)
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He's the one that smells like patchouli oil.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 10:36 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)
I might have considered using them if they automatically included the employee discounts.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 10:37 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 09, 2026 10:37 PM (vTZFs)
Yani is having a drug induced fantasy of cigarettes performing a musical number. And then it gets more weird.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (2GVsD)
Nukes. Not enough. Not nearly enough.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 09, 2026 10:37 PM (ldeN0)
Our first, Alvin, lasted two years ... until one of my brothers friends fed him a sugar cube, and he shit himself to death.
Later in life, we rescued 3 orphaned babies after a storm knocked over a tree they were living in. Our cat had just had kittens, so my mom put the squirrels in with the kittens, and the mother cat took them in an raised them.
Damn things grew up faster than the kittens and they were climbing everywhere in the house ... pretty funny actually.
Posted by: browndog says woof at July 09, 2026 10:37 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026
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It went poorly. The agent's phone couldn't connect half the time. And while he said he couldn't legally tell me whether a neighborhood was good or bad, he mentioned there was a guy in the street near the house screaming his head off at eleven in the morning. Not a good sign.
I have another tomorrow morning -- a house I looked at back in May and passed on. Its price has come down quite a bit, and I have adjusted my hopes somewhat as well, so we'll see.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:37 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 09, 2026 10:35 PM (1Ff7Z)
He's out of frame all by himself.
Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 10:37 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Oddbob
Here's a bit of advice, stay away from Nextdoor. If you think that people should use punctuation, it will make you cry.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 09, 2026 10:38 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 09, 2026
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I could imagine that happening, and me being banned from that store for the ruckus I'd have caused.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:39 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM
There was that scene at the end where Montalban fights a bad guy while they're sinking in quicksand. The bad guy goes down, flapping his arms helplessly, while Montalban is saved. Quicksand scenes have given me the willies since I was a kid.
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 09, 2026 10:39 PM (YSQQv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 10:39 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 10:37 PM (/WQyy)
It's that patchouli smell.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 09, 2026 10:39 PM (1Ff7Z)
I know!
I got lots of bowling pins. Those are a kick too🧨!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (uTEOj)
Don't forget full size targets of local predators. Bears, wolves, pumas, pedos, you know, the dangerous threats.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 10:40 PM (qx7Zg)
But it is an exciting film from early in Montalban's career, before that back injury that gave him such trouble later, and directed with style by Anthony Mann.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Mystery Street came one year later.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0042771
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 09, 2026 10:41 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: nerdygirl
Around here, folks will post a picture of an animal and only say: "What is this?"
Normally, simply for the annoyance factor, I'll reply something like "That's a snake."
Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2026 10:43 PM (zlG6F)
My yard is surrounded by trees and brush and lots of squirrels. They are entertaining little acrobats.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 09, 2026 10:43 PM (viF8m)
https://tinyurl.com/mrfwf597 (comic strip)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg)
Please go and spend six months renting in a town you are interested in and explore the neighborhoods and research the police blotters. It would be worth it not to buy a beautiful home a block away from a shitty neighborhood.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 09, 2026 10:43 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:44 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026
*
There was that scene at the end where Montalban fights a bad guy while they're sinking in quicksand. The bad guy goes down, flapping his arms helplessly, while Montalban is saved. Quicksand scenes have given me the willies since I was a kid.
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 09, 2026
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A scene like it was featured in the young adult Roy Rogers mystery I read at age nine, The Ghost of Mystery Rancho. Roy is stranded in the West Texas desert in a pool of quicksand by the villain, the Ghost. He writes a message on paper with a lead-nosed bullet, and sends Trigger off with a "Go home!", hoping the horse will go where he last was stabled. His hosts read the message and get to him just in time.
It's a good little story, with a narrative drive you wouldn't believe and a thunderbolt revelation held to the end. It started my true interest in the mystery genre.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:44 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Sua Sponte at July 09, 2026 10:45 PM (GTw+O)
Posted by: Reforger at July 09, 2026 10:45 PM (Moh1b)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX)
The Mrs. doing better?
Posted by: javems at July 09, 2026 10:45 PM (zFsEm)
Normally, simply for the annoyance factor, I'll reply something like "That's a snake."
Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2026 10:43 PM (zlG6F)
Try "This is a snuffleargus. It only bites stupid people, and makes them dumber." Make up a new name, threat, and disaster each time.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 10:45 PM (qx7Zg)
I don't like helping things kill themselves, but another time I was driving to work and this squirrel ran right into my path. He obviously used geometry to plot the perfect suicide path, and he used me. USED ME!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 09, 2026 10:26 PM (CHHv1)
Its great when they do that on the bike. You know they're just going to do it. One funny thing though, some seem to be wiser and more curious. They hear the loud exhaust and just keep running. Then they get to the other side, and then stand up and look at you as if to say WTF was THAT?? I guess loud pipes do saves lives.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 09, 2026 10:46 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 09, 2026
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Nurse, I'd have done that a year ago, if I hadn't had health issues. Now I think I'm getting low on time. However! If I haven't found a place I love by fall, I may well do just that. (If I can find a place I can take a six-month lease on, that is.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:46 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: JackStraw
Yeah, especially when it comes to cleaning out my bird feeder. It's amazing how much those little buggers can stuff into their mouths.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 09, 2026 10:47 PM (0Htd1)
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Suicide by Dodge
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 10:47 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: javems at July 09, 2026 10:47 PM (zFsEm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 09, 2026 10:49 PM (/fEh/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Reforger at July 09, 2026 10:45 PM (Moh1b)
You haven't been to Jersey lately, have you?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 09, 2026 10:50 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: nerdygirl
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Comma, comma, comma's are so much fun.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjZ92_uOhzM
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 10:51 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: javems at July 09, 2026 10:47 PM (zFsEm)
I'd choose either Solsbury Hill, or Don't Give Up.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 10:51 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 09, 2026
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Plus the $$$ I'd spend on deposits, pet deposits, pet rent, rent, and storage of my own furniture -- or on transporting it to my temporary abode -- I think is money better spent on the house and any improvements or renovations.
If Miss Linda were in on this and excited about it, so that we could do it together, it would be different. I can't help but think how differently the young Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 would have responded to the prospect of getting our own house.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:51 PM (wzUl9)
Actually I believe it - because Law Enforcement at all levels took the issue seriously then, no judges were working to set them loose, and in those days they were most likely to just get a hell of an ass whoopin with lead filled billy clubs and tossed back.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 09, 2026 10:52 PM (VbqNm)
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52 years in August!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 09, 2026 10:03 PM (FZ29D
******
Stay out of the road!
Posted by: Zombie Jesse Jackson at July 09, 2026 10:52 PM (qCdNq)
She is an awesome singer. This tune is straight-up jazz, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Jazz world went into mourning when she chose the blues.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 10:52 PM (+yTe/)
My yard is on the side of a hill and my patio overlooks the bird feeders below. I get my old man on by yelling at the squirrels when they try and hit the feeder.
I was young once but this is all I have now.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 09, 2026 10:53 PM (viF8m)
The lefty board said the NG shot him for no reason. Apparently he was shooting at cops...ran into the NG and when he tried to shot them they fired first.
I also found a video of someone at the Memphis riots saying "I'm finna kill a cop tonight" but I can't tell if that's the same guy or just another person at the riots.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 09, 2026 10:53 PM (sKqQm)
Yep. Especially those pedos....🤪 it's pretty much free range in my neck of the woods...oh crap... I said that out loud didn't I...🙄
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:54 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 09, 2026 10:54 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX)
I've started working on a new short story which is telling itself to me pretty easily, so I hope I can get a page done on that early tomorrow as well.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:55 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)
That is very good news! How are you holding up?
Posted by: moki at July 09, 2026 10:55 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 09, 2026 10:56 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026
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Maybe so. If I don't have to worry about the cats and about moving or storing my furniture right away, it might work better.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:56 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: javems at July 09, 2026 10:47 PM (zFsEm)
I'd choose either Solsbury Hill, or Don't Give Up.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 10:51 PM (qx7Zg)
The live version of "In Your Eyes" is a good listen. Plus the old standard "Sledgehammer" is still fun.
Posted by: javems at July 09, 2026 10:57 PM (zFsEm)
Nurse, I'd have done that a year ago, if I hadn't had health issues. Now I think I'm getting low on time. However! If I haven't found a place I love by fall, I may well do just that. (If I can find a place I can take a six-month lease on, that is.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:46 PM (wzUl9)
Wolfus, would Miss Linda consider going with you on one of these one month jaunts? Maybe if she sees a new place, (one that is cooler!) she may actually change her mind about not going with you.
Posted by: moki at July 09, 2026 10:58 PM (wLjpr)
I look around and didn't see any predators but I was guessing he'd seen a hawk. I watching him for a while and he calmed down, got out and ran out into the woods. I'd guess the hawk didn't want to fly down with a human around...guess I ruined his lunch.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 09, 2026 10:58 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 09, 2026
If you can't do that, try the Google Earth "Street view" feature. Do a virtual drive around, looking for boarded up stores, abandoned houses, and wrecked cars parked in vacant lots.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 09, 2026 10:59 PM (ldeN0)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 09, 2026 11:00 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)
Good to hear.
Posted by: javems at July 09, 2026 11:01 PM (zFsEm)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 09, 2026 10:58 PM (sKqQm)
Heh. While you watched the juvenile, Mom and Pop were stealing the peanut butter out of your pantry. Oldest trick in the books.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 09, 2026 11:01 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:02 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 09, 2026 11:02 PM (sKqQm)
I will tell you about the one I intended, but only if someone here wants to hear about it.
Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:03 PM (RCjYY)
Another time I threw out some nuts. A squirrel came running over but the blue jay in the tree above started loudly calling. The squirrel ignored the bird so it flew down and bopped him on the head. And the squirrel got the most amusing look on its face as if it couldn't comprehend what happened.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 09, 2026 11:04 PM (sKqQm)
Tell us
Posted by: 18-1 at July 09, 2026 11:05 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 09, 2026 11:05 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 11:05 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: nerdygirl
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She was a good dancer. Best thing to go with 'Calendar Girl'.
She was lifetime married to Harry James who, also, was a hot item of the times.
there are tales
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:06 PM (+yTe/)
Here is a fun 2006 music video of a cutthroat soapbox race, guest starring Paul Ruebens (Pee-wee Herman):
The Raconteurs – Steady, As She Goes (Official Music Video - Malloy Version)
https://youtu.be/Z_B_QRdX6kY
Isaac Brock is the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist of indie rock band Modest Mouse. If you haven't heard them before, a good intro to the band is this single from their platinum fourth album, Good New For People Who Love Bad News (2004):
Modest Mouse - Float On (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/CTAud5O7Qqk
Posted by: SciVo at July 09, 2026 11:06 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 11:06 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:07 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:07 PM (+yTe/)
I will tell you about the one I intended, but only if someone here wants to hear about it.
Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:03 PM (RCjYY)
They used to execute criminals and the like, by firing squad, on Bar Beach in Lagos, Nigeria. They showed them live on TV. I spent a lot of time in Lagos but never cared to watch.
Posted by: javems at July 09, 2026 11:08 PM (zFsEm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:07 PM (+yTe/)
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I mopped!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 11:09 PM (RIvkX)
Slight disagreement. I love everything about the area I live in but whoever designed my house did it for me. Not for everyone but perfect for me.
But I absolutely agree you should do whatever you can to make sure the area you are moving too is for you. That is most important. Then find the house.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 09, 2026 11:10 PM (viF8m)
Honestly. I think some critters play 'chicken'. Yeah baby! Run! Deer are like this...they are so nervous!
I have many big horn sheep here....they don't give af. Kinda like 'bring it humans'...let's play. Much like Mooses.... 🦬
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 11:11 PM (uTEOj)
Please go and spend six months renting in a town you are interested in and explore the neighborhoods and research the police blotters. It would be worth it not to buy a beautiful home a block away from a shitty neighborhood.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 09, 2026 10:43 PM (yEz+x)
This is excellent advice. I know having to move twice is a pain, but getting stuck in a shitty neighborhood is a bigger pain.
It's also very useful to tag along with the inspector while having a potential purchase inspected. You can ask questions and get a lot more information than you do just from reading a report.
The written report may say something like "The furnace is old", which might put you off from buying, but in-person with the inspector, he might say something like "Yeah, the furnace is kind of old, but it seems to be running fine, and I've seen this model a lot older in other houses, so you will probably get another five years before you need to replace it."
Just my $0.02 worth, from having done just this a couple of times.
Personally, I would never consider buying a house I had not walked through, and driven around the neighborhood.
Posted by: a.moron at July 09, 2026 11:11 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:02 PM (+yTe/)
Uhmmmm...does the house have a man cave?
Posted by: Diogenes at July 09, 2026 11:12 PM (2WIwB)
149 139 Any Morons but me ever witnessed an execution?
I will tell you about the one I intended, but only if someone here wants to hear about it.
Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:03 PM (RCjYY)
I can think of several I intended, but my morality and fear of the law got in the way.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 09, 2026 11:13 PM (VbqNm)
Posted by: mikeski at July 09, 2026 11:14 PM (VHUov)
I will tell you about the one I intended, but only if someone here wants to hear about it.
Posted by: mnw
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Tell us. Don't leave us hanging.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 09, 2026 11:16 PM (hPLSE)
Uhmmmm...does the house have a man cave?
Posted by: Diogenes
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No, but the exit door to the left of the alcove leads to a putting green.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:16 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 09, 2026 11:16 PM (hPLSE)
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I'm already electrified.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 11:17 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: four seasons at July 09, 2026 11:17 PM (/QHx4)
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149 139 Any Morons but me ever witnessed an execution?
I will tell you about the one I intended, but only if someone here wants to hear about it.
Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:03 PM (RCjYY)
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Are we talking sanctioned State sponsored execution or the type of execution that occurs when you spit on a guy's car who has anger issues. Because I saw the latter when I was 7 or 8 and spilled my drink all over the back seat of the car.
Posted by: Orson at July 09, 2026 11:18 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 11:19 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:03 PM (RCjYY)
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I would tell you but then I'd have to kill you.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 09, 2026 11:22 PM (lgmVC)
We love Idaho and I work with a bunch of really great people.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 09, 2026 11:23 PM (0aYVJ)
Meaning these powers gave up absolutely nothing tangible and they get to seemingly just will certain things into existence. "Controversy" where a tragic widow stands. Bastards.
Posted by: ... at July 09, 2026 11:24 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 09, 2026 11:24 PM (XV/Pl)
Ok, I will then.
It was at the Eastern MO Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, MO. I think it was around 2002.
I attended only because the victim's mother asked me to go with her. She and I had become close friends.
The guest of honor was under two different death sentences for 2 different murders. He had raped and murdered a 7-yr-old girl & left her body in a trash dumpster. Then he raped and murdered a severely handicapped teenage girl. She had lived in a building where he was the custodian.
The festivities had been scheduled for 10pm. About ten, the warden came into the room where the witnesses were sand told us a federal judge had stayed the execution. He asked us to wait if we could, in case the stay was lifted. At 2AM, he came back in & tols us the stay HAD been lifted and that the execution would proceed almost immediately.
(I'm going to. continue this post below, because I don't want to exceed the space allowed for a single post.)
Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:25 PM (RCjYY)
I just watched a couple episode of Widow's Bay because everyone was all gaga over it. Thought it was kind of dumb. Will not continue.
Posted by: Random PJ at July 09, 2026 11:25 PM (+jscL)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 09, 2026 11:28 PM (fkjGs)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 09, 2026 11:24 PM (XV/Pl)
The only way I would do either is if I could rent for a while first.
Posted by: a.moron at July 09, 2026 11:28 PM (X5Jzz)
Didn't see it but felt the aftermath - 'Big Sue', one of our keypunchers at the mill in Youngstown back in the day, did her mobbed up boyfriend wrong. She didn't show at work one day and was eventually found nekkid draped over a fence out in the sticks dead as hell.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2026 11:28 PM (zlG6F)
https://youtu.be/OnQXRxW9VcQ
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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This corporate, 'go America', 'pro America' thing could become a fad.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:30 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 11:31 PM (/WQyy)
JackStraw--make sure the area you are moving to is for you.That is most important.
JackStraw is right. The last time I moved was 26 years ago. Have never regretted it. It's perfect for me. I love being out in the country, in a rural area. I was so tired of city life. Traffic, crime, noise at all hours. Now, peace and quiet and good people in the area. It's made a big difference for me.
Posted by: Case at July 09, 2026 11:31 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 09, 2026 11:31 PM (CHHv1)
The execution was by lethal injection. The witnesses were seated on folding metal chairs, in the prison gym.
The first thing we saw was a small "stage," with the. curtain drawn, so we couldn't see the man.
After a very short time, the curtain was opened & there was the condemned man, already hooked up to the intravenous injection equipment. He was VERY heavily strapped down
The warden nodded to someone we couldn't see, and the execution began. The man was NOT asked for last words. That had been done earlier in the evening, and he had said he had nothing to say.
He coughed a couple of times and then began to snore.
After maybe 7 minutes, the warden told us the execution had been completed and that the man was dead.
(post 167 concludes below)
Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:39 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 11:31 PM (/WQyy)
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Those "fell into a vat of melted chocolate" claims would help break up the day.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 11:40 PM (u/oMr)
Then compare murders per capita. Between the states.
Case closed.
Posted by: Facts at July 09, 2026 11:42 PM (ehU09)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:43 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2026 11:28 PM (zlG6F)
That’s awful - luckily never been around murder , save for one black guy who worked for me who was two timing some other dudes wife; but I’ve seen the results of far too many suicides, which is just as tragic.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 09, 2026 11:44 PM (VbqNm)
I ended up with 2 lovely girls these last couple of years. Last night one of my girls died.
My sweet one left needs a pal. I think she's lonely.
Is there anyone in Boulder County CO who could adopt a very sweet hen? My heart breaks for my Queenie. She's a good egg layer. I think she needs a friend. 💔
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 11:45 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 11:46 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: polynikes
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Participated in accident reconstruction. Some with grusome remains still evident.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 09, 2026 11:47 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at July 09, 2026 11:48 PM (Ms5RA)
Posted by: JQ at July 09, 2026 11:48 PM (rdVOm)
The arrests of foreign spies "means our tech stays home and our defense secrets stay locked down," a video shared by Patel on X said. "But the FBI didn't stop there. They forced 62 removals of Chinese spies in 2026 alone."
report in February 2025 detailing multiple cases of espionage conducted by the CCP in the United States since 2021.
The FBI is now targeting cartels as foreign terrorists, which has led to around 4,800 cartel members getting arrested, the video said. [clean streets - now do the Brotherhood & BLM]
Patel said: "The drug traffickers got smart with the securitization of the southern border and moved it up there [to Canada]. So we're tackling that with our seize partners."
ZH _ Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times,
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:49 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 09, 2026 11:50 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: a.moron at July 09, 2026 11:28 PM (X5Jzz)
Ayup... living with Womenz has saved me a LOT of money in divorce decrees over the years.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 09, 2026 11:51 PM (mP0Kj)
17m
113 Active Spies From Foreign Countries Arrested: FBI Director
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:43 PM (+yTe/)
Is there an advantage to announcing this, besides PR? Isn't is better if they simply disappear, so their controllers wonder what happened?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 11:53 PM (qx7Zg)
17m
113 Active Spies From Foreign Countries Arrested: FBI Director
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:43 PM (+yTe/)
Well, with the Senate unable to form a quorum now, Trump can do recess appointments.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 09, 2026 11:53 PM (w/O5Q)
The execution had been very "antiseptic," for lack of a better word. I was impressed by the warden's gravity & professionalism.
As I was driving home, I turned on KMOX AM radio in STL A newsreader informed me that:
"A federal judge tonight stayed the execution of inmate V_____ B____ indefinitely. B____ had been scheduled to die earlier tonight at the Eastern Missouri Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri."
It was a surreal moment. Who was it I just saw put to death then?
The murder victim's mother and I are still close friends and exchange Christmas cards. After the murder trial, she. had sent a wonderful letter to my boss. I called her to thank her. She was a little embarrassed. She said, "You don't have to thank me. If you hadn't done a good job, I would have sent the other kind of letter."
I forgot to mention that at the time of the execution, the defendant was still wanted for a third murder he'd committed in Indianapolis.
Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:54 PM (RCjYY)
2h
Microsoft's Xbox division is cutting 1,600 jobs... but critics are pointing to another number that's fueling outrage.
Microsoft says it's laying off 4,800 employees companywide, while federal data shows the company has also been approved for 2,273 H-1B employer-sponsored visa workers this year.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:57 PM (+yTe/)
Good night all.
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 11:58 PM (uTEOj)
We have a launch tomorrow night. I will try to put a reminder out closer to launch.
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-48
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: July 10, 2026 PDT
Launch Time: 7:00 p.m. PDT (July 11, 0200 UTC, 04:00 CEST)
https://youtu.be/-56tCCViN1A
Posted by: Joyenz at July 09, 2026 11:58 PM (2F0/Y)
report in February 2025 detailing multiple cases of espionage conducted by the CCP in the United States since 2021.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 20
Shoot, shovel, shut up. Nobody needs to know where they went.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 09, 2026 11:58 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at July 09, 2026 11:59 PM (Ms5RA)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 20
Shoot, shovel, shut up. Nobody needs to know where they went.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 09, 2026 11:58 PM (S41Gd)
Aero Pinochet.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 11:59 PM (qx7Zg)
I will tell you about the one I intended, but only if someone here wants to hear about it.
Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:03 PM (RCjYY)
Dad was a reporter for the Salem Capitol Journal who witnessed the last gas chamber execution in the state of Oregon. He also got a tour of the "fatal chamber" and an explanation of the mechanics the day before, in a tour provided by the Warden of the state pen. While the guide had his back turned Dad had his photographer take a picture of him seated on the execution chair -- as one does.
Mom wouldn't let him hang it anywhere in the house, so he hung it on the door of the fruit room in the back shed.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 09, 2026 11:59 PM (rbvCR)
Justice Department Agrees To End Biden-Era Oil & Gas Leasing Restrictions In Alaska
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:01 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 12:03 AM (RCjYY)
He *loved* it! Yay! It was nice and tender too.. he didn't have any problems chewing/swallowing it. Score!
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 12:03 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 12:04 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
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I think, in some areas, they are called "root cellars"?
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 12:06 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 11:53 PM (qx7Zg)
Damn that Patel, he promised RESULTS! He has done nothing but take drinking trips to Hockey games with his Israeli girlfriend, he is a total loss. No wonder Bongino ghosted him, he accomplishes NOTHING just like [big name podcaster] says!
---- Some blowhard in the timeline where Director Patel tries to keep things quiet for operational security
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 12:07 AM (rbvCR)
Got bought out by the Statesman when I was a kid
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 12:10 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 12:11 AM (gKWVE)
if you are still looking for references on Starlink, I can provide one. I have been using it out in the boonies of Wyoming for almost a year. It has been great. faster than I expected and very stable. We lost connectivity briefly during a raging thunderstorm but otherwise rock solid. The local tower based service cannot compete. They are nearly the same price.
Posted by: Pete Bog's agentic AI alter ego at July 10, 2026 12:12 AM (dmdAi)
This raises the risk of adverse weather conditions across the US, Asia, Australia, and South America. The stronger the weather event becomes, the greater the threat to critical food supply chains, which are already vulnerable to drought, flooding, export restrictions, and rising protectionism.
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We're all gonna' die.........
Going to see what seer Bastardi says.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:12 AM (+yTe/)
4h
To understand the complexities of climate, we should stop gazing up at the sky, but look down into the oceanic abyss.
Modern surface temperatures are an echo from the past. The Earth is an ocean planet, driven by a pulsating 1,000-year conveyor belt known as Thermohaline Circulation.
We are witnessing a planetary memory in the oceans operating on a scale humans struggle to imagine — where deep currents are only now responding to thermal signals set in motion during the Roman Warm Period (250 BC–400 AD).
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:14 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:14 AM (+yTe/)
In his house at R'lyeh...
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 12:16 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 10, 2026 12:17 AM (VbqNm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:14 AM (+yTe/)
So that tire I burned last Spring had nothing to do with it?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 12:17 AM (1z8ji)
This is not a good idea on Trump, Jr.'s part. It raises issues about pretrial publicity which will undoubtedly be raised on appeal.
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 12:17 AM (RCjYY)
The oceans absorb and retain 90% of the system's excess heat while the atmosphere is simply a gaseous envelope, thin and reactive, largely a passenger on the back of the massive oceanic flywheel.
The oceans rule from their silent depths.
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That's it, we live in a thin gaseous envelop that at any moment
pftt
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:17 AM (+yTe/)
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Dammit! No one talks about me anymore.
Posted by: Polar Vortex at July 10, 2026 12:19 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 10, 2026 12:21 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Depends on whether you placed it around a liberal's neck.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:22 AM (+yTe/)
Some public executions of Nazi war criminals drew YUUGE crowds in post-War Poland. 20-30 thousand showed up to watch.
The crowds in Poland were so unruly that Poland stopped public executions of Nazis.
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 12:22 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 12:04 AM (Cqx++)
Interesting story that. We were the only house that had a food storage area called the Fruit Room. I never knew why it was called that instead of a pantry.
Fruit room is an old term for the pantry.
My Great Grandparents were from Scotland, so I figured that was where it came from, but my step sister pointed out that my step-mom (Mom) always called it a fruit room, even in the house they had before she married my Dad, and as far as we can tell it was from HER father in law, who was her first husband's step-father, who was a farmer from England who started a milk herd in Oregon.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 12:24 AM (rbvCR)
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90 Years Ago on This Date:
The HOTTEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED in New York’s Central Park.
… July 9, 1936 = 106°F
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:24 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 12:24 AM (vE0+H)
Thank you for the StarLink ref!
I have cable internet which is fast and reliable, but quite expensive even without their "channel lineup" which I dropped a couple years ago.
Hate *auto-pay* but would make this one exception, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 12:25 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 12:25 AM (/fEh/)
This raises the risk of adverse weather conditions across the US, Asia, Australia, and South America. The stronger the weather event becomes, the greater the threat to critical food supply chains, which are already vulnerable to drought, flooding, export restrictions, and rising protectionism.
They forgot Christian Nationalism and the repeal of Net Neutrality.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 10, 2026 12:25 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 12:25 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 12:27 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 12:27 AM (rbvCR)
AAAAGGGGH
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 12:28 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Polar Vortex at July 10, 2026 12:19 AM (XeU6L)
There is a claim recently that the Ozone Hole unexpectedly has been cooling the Southern Oceans, counteracting AGW.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 12:29 AM (rbvCR)
@ChrisMartzWX
14h
On this date in 1936, 55.6% of the U.S. was ≥90°F and nearly a quarter of the country was ≥100°F. At least one location in each state except for Oregon reached the 90° mark, while 40 states reached the triple digits.
• 100° in LA, MA, NC, and UT
• 101° in AL, SC, TX, and VT
• 102° in DE and GA
• 103° in CT and TN
• 104° in AZ, AR, MS, and MT
• 105° in CA, MD, OK, and WI
• 106° in NY and WY
• 107° in CO, IA, KS, MI, and VA
• 108° in IL, KY, and MO
• 109° in NE, NV, NJ, and OH
• 110° in IN, MN, and WV
• 111° in PA
• 115° in ND and SD
This, of course, was just weather.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:30 AM (+yTe/)
Went back to the engine I am working on, cleaned a few parts, used a drill bit to scoop crud out of oil passages. There really wasn't much at all; nowhere near enough to be the cause of all the bearings being starved of oil. Thinking it might have been an air leak on the suction side of the oil pump.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 12:32 AM (1z8ji)
15h
Greenland Summer Melt is a Month Late.
Greenland's summer melt has not even begun yet and is already a month overdue.
The ice sheet is getting snow instead.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:32 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 12:32 AM (Cqx++)
8h
Huge AI fight both US and Europe with AIS week 2 as US models cool Europe dramatically while Euro keeps it warm. US model also cooler in the US.
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And that's it. Whether you like the weather or not it's the only weather you've got. Heh.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:35 AM (+yTe/)
Anthopromorphic Continental Drift.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Haha! Everyone went to the edges of the continent and rowed.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 10, 2026 12:38 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Azjaeger at July 10, 2026 12:39 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Haha! Everyone went to the edges of the continent and rowed.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Take this seriously, woman!
Posted by: Hank Johnson at July 10, 2026 12:39 AM (VHUov)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5nlmnV1Cb4
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:41 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Azjaeger
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Or their proximity to well-travelled roads...
I see many little carcasses daily, squished on the blacktop.
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 12:44 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:45 AM (+yTe/)
Burnham says that the UK govt has been too soft on Israel. He intends to fix that.
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 12:48 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 12:50 AM (IY9No)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:45 AM (+yTe/)
Supposedly an engine rebuilder with 50 years' experience. The nature of the fuckups is not something explainable by simply a lack of knowledge of Studebaker engines. You could fuck up a Ford rebuild the same way.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 12:53 AM (1z8ji)
We had more snow in the 1960's in Southcentral Alaska. Except for last year, when we had even more.
It comes and goes. Has for millennia. Weather does that.
But, some idiot needs to publish or perish, so he came up with a bullshit "science" that isn't, and now he's got tenure. Fuck that shit.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 10, 2026 12:54 AM (bl07w)
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 12:50 AM (IY9No)
Honeymoon suite in a Gay Pride Hotel.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 12:54 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 10, 2026 12:55 AM (bl07w)
Khamenei’s burial is tonight. It is the end of an era. Regardless of whether there is a war or not, Iran is entering very shaky territory.
The economy is in shambles, there are serious divisions within the leadership, hardliners do not want Iran to reach a deal with the U.S., and anti regime citizens still want revenge for the January massacres.
The fight over Hormuz will likely continue. Iran is not willing to give up control.
Whatever happens next is very messy
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:56 AM (+yTe/)
This has already started in the DEM party here.
This is the most insidious aspect of unrestricted immigration. Islamization of the West.
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 12:56 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 10, 2026 12:54 AM (bl07w)
Yup... went and looked a couple weeks ago... and somehow the internet Temp record they use, has NO correlation at all to my memories of how hot it has been here in the little town I have live in on and off of 67 years.
June... highest ever 102? I REMEMBER 110... Mom said hottest was 114 day my older Bro was born...
You can't have science at all, without accurate data, and they have decided their money and politics is worth more than accurate data.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 10, 2026 12:57 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:58 AM (+yTe/)
Whatever happens next is very messy
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:56 AM (+yTe/)
I think it is more accurate to say SOME in Iran are willing to give up control.... problem is, they are not the ones in control of the military.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 10, 2026 12:59 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 12:59 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: mnw
You can only pull a cart so quickly. Especially when the dead guys keep arguing with you.
Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 01:01 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 01:05 AM (IY9No)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 12:59 AM (RCjYY)
Smelly, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 01:05 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 12:54 AM (1z8ji)
Good band; too bad they didn't get the airplay in the US they deserved. Hope it was a good gig.
Posted by: Effie Perrine at July 10, 2026 01:05 AM (p1D+n)
Posted by: Beverly at July 10, 2026 01:05 AM (reMys)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 10, 2026 01:07 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 01:08 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 10, 2026 01:09 AM (viF8m)
Oh, well....
I was talking to a (former) leftwing friend about this, and said, "Who the hell was running the Presidency for the last four years?" She replied, huffily, "His staff -- they were doing the best that they could!" I exclaimed, "His STAFF? we didn't vote for his fucking STAFF!"
But she waved me off in irritation, refused to talk about it further. Unreal. With the Left, it really is Power Uber Alles.
Posted by: Beverly at July 10, 2026 01:09 AM (reMys)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:10 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 12:25 AM (rdVOm)
Plus I really hate the cable and phone companies. Just awful, regulated theft.
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 10, 2026 01:11 AM (ussCl)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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Took a hammer and pry bar to mine.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:12 AM (+yTe/)
There are some criminals that deserve something more than prison...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 01:12 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 01:12 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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Took a hammer and pry bar to mine.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:12 AM (+yTe/)
Just as long as you don't set a dick on fire to burn it up...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 01:13 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 01:12 AM (RCjYY)
She wasn't a real POTUS, but she acted like she was...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 01:13 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:13 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:10 AM (+yTe/)
"We are not men, we are Dee-vout"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 01:14 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 01:16 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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As far as we know she was pulling the strings.
We have no idea who was pulling the strings behind Biden.
The idea that Lightbringer was the master is ludicrous.
watch him when the teleprompter goes down
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:17 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: PabloD at July 10, 2026 01:18 AM (A2qiH)
Hopefully he has learned the only way to deal with them is to massacre them.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at July 10, 2026 01:19 AM (Ms5RA)
"We are not men, we are Dee-vout"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Saw her at the Kit Kat Klub, didn't look like a goat at all.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:19 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 01:19 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 10, 2026 01:22 AM (pKv0r)
Pause until the bear is lunging, mouth wide open
then take your shot through the roof of its mouth
straight to the brain. Otherwise........
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:22 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Cow Demon
But then they have the embarrassment of taking those items through the regular checkout line.....
Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 01:23 AM (VHUov)
It was much bigger than one person and goes a lot deeper than the Biden administration. Keeping an eye of Florida would be a good idea.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 10, 2026 01:25 AM (viF8m)
if you are still looking for references on Starlink, I can provide one. I have been using it out in the boonies of Wyoming for almost a year. It has been great. faster than I expected and very stable. We lost connectivity briefly during a raging thunderstorm but otherwise rock solid. The local tower based service cannot compete. They are nearly the same price.
Posted by: Pete Bog's agentic AI alter ego at July 10, 2026 12:12 AM (dmdAi)
I just might get it. The phone company charges considerably more than Starlink.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 10, 2026 01:25 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: Braenyard
I think I'll pass on the Nintendo Hard version. I don't have any lives left.
Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 01:25 AM (VHUov)
She produces a high resolution image of me handing the cashier a 20.
Procedure is to place the bill on the lip of the drawer until change is made.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:29 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 10, 2026 01:29 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:33 PM (wzUl9)
Don’t care. If I am grabbing three-four items, I’m getting them faster. I’m tired of waiting in front of people who insist on writing paper checks for items. (But others are free not to use them.)
That said, what pissed me off is when various Walmarts went to self checkout ONLY. We need choices.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 10, 2026 01:30 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:31 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 01:33 AM (RCjYY)
I have been absolutely appalled by what I've seen and read about the destruction of Gaza.
...[much] etc
There is no contradiction between a zero-tolerance approach to antisemitism and holding the Netanyahu government to account.
_UK's Andy Burnham
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Is this the POS that's replacing Starmer?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:37 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 01:38 AM (RCjYY)
I was talking to a (former) leftwing friend about this, and said, "Who the hell was running the Presidency for the last four years?" She replied, huffily, "His staff -- they were doing the best that they could!"
Posted by: Beverly
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My lord. "Well of course Biden wasn't running the country -- he was mentally unfit!" As if that's the end of the conversation.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 01:40 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:42 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:29 AM (+yTe/)
I go off when they don't do that. That's cashier 101.
It ain't your money until I get my change. Leave it in view.
Posted by: Reforger at July 10, 2026 01:42 AM (Moh1b)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 01:44 AM (RCjYY)
- Realize the West is finished
- De-Westernize France
- Destroy Western strongholds from within
- Strengthen Islam in France
- Decolonize France's security forces
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:46 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 01:47 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 01:47 AM (IY9No)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 10, 2026 01:48 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 01:48 AM (RCjYY)
"Every authoritarian argues their actions are necessary for the future of humanity. Every authoritarian thinks they're making the hard choices other people are just too weak or shortsighted to execute."
Feel free to substitute Trump for authoritarian.
I am like: it has giant sand worms and some dude that looks like Sting playing Sting. Double Plus Good. 6 stars.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 10, 2026 01:50 AM (/eAef)
Posted by: Pete Bog's agentic AI alter ego at July 10, 2026 12:12 AM (dmdAi)
--
Does it run off 120v or does it have a transformer?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:51 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 10, 2026 01:53 AM (/eAef)
I haven't been to nearest wallyworld for a month or two... the staff are generally "Americans" but, omg, they're mostly *freaks* and it's scary!
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 01:54 AM (rdVOm)
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They are pissing all over Europe. Really unhappy in France.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:54 AM (+yTe/)
Some of the most fun I've ever had with my pants on came when Biden concluded his disastrous debate performance by saying cheerfully, "And we finally beat Medicare!"
Posted by: mnw
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My fun came at the end when all the lefty anchors were losing it. They're such outrageous deniers and liars, I honestly thought they'd put on mildly concerned faces and say "Well, he was a little slow tonight but he HAS been traveling lately..."
It was hilarious to see them staring in shock.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 01:56 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 10, 2026 01:57 AM (/eAef)
Hey JQ, my Walmart is very convenient, it is kind of a freak show, customers too, it is not a store that I linger in, attend to the list and get out.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 10, 2026 01:59 AM (ibDUx)
Anyone here have a Walmart where the shampoo is not locked up?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 02:00 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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*raises paw*
It's only a matter of time, though...
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 02:02 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 10, 2026 02:03 AM (/eAef)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 10, 2026 02:05 AM (ibDUx)
There are definite culture shifts with the times of the day.
Dusk is a good time for me. The after work crowd has gone and the night (watch out) crowd hasn't come out yet.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 02:08 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 02:08 AM (rdVOm)
Regular shampoo is still free range provided you can find anything worth buying. The Walmart house brand is always in stock provided you like travel sizes.
Count me as: not a Walmart Fan.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 10, 2026 02:09 AM (/eAef)
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)
Heh. Costco for paper products and bulk purchases, some *specials*-- wallyworld for cheap clothing & garden shop stuff.
Local, closer, grocery for meat & veggies.
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 02:15 AM (rdVOm)
Anyone here have a Walmart where the shampoo is not locked up?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 02:00 AM (mmrXZ)
Shampoo? no... Underwear? yes.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 10, 2026 02:17 AM (mP0Kj)
Reading all the different ways that Walmarts protect their merchandise from thievery these days. The rich tapestry of America!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 02:19 AM (mmrXZ)
I had some guests from Korea and Japan visiting me and they wanted to buy some deodorant, shampoo, soap. I took them to Walmart and it was so fricking -- well, not a source of pride -- to stand there for 5 minutes waiting for someone to come with a key. Ain't America cool, I'm thinking.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 02:21 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 02:22 AM (IY9No)
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 02:22 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 10, 2026 02:23 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)
Wagon Train, Rifleman, &etc... old-fashioned morals.
We've come (fallen!) a long way, baby!
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 02:27 AM (rdVOm)
That didn't last long.
Posted by: JQ
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They tried. I watched. They put banners up basically saying, we're trying. It wasn't them it was Big Mfg outsourcing.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 02:29 AM (+yTe/)
If there wasn't so damn many thieves running around stores wouldn't need to lock stuff up. They need to arrested and given a few days of picking trash up along the sides of roads.
Posted by: Case
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I wouldn't mind it if their orange vests on trash pickup crew were labeled.
"THIEF"
"WIFE BEATER"
"WELFARE CHEAT"
haha. "Sorry, Ed, we're all out of Thief vests so you're going to have to wear Drunk Driver."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 02:31 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Yeah. I believe it.
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 02:31 AM (rdVOm)
Took three iced Igloos and four 5gal gas cans. The difference in gas price would cover the fuel cost of the trip.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 02:33 AM (+yTe/)
Feeding ONE person here... and don't have large freezer space, so it's not such a great deal if you consider the need to *portion* the stuff, plus wrap and label and use before freezer-burn... meh.
If I have guests? Well, that's different. But not frequent.
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 02:39 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Case
FIFM
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 02:50 AM (rdVOm)
JQ, hubs and I watched those old westerns too, it was part of our routine, the acting was so much better in those days too.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 10, 2026 02:50 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 02:52 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 03:06 AM (IY9No)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 03:06 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 03:09 AM (rdVOm)
And then, when the mfr misses a deadline? Boom! Fines. HUGE fines.
That's how they cut costs. By screwing suppliers.
Oh, and I'm sure they buy cheap cheap from chy-nah... but their *legal dept* makes sure they don't pay "full price" on many items.
Just MHO, of course...
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 03:14 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 03:19 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 03:20 AM (rdVOm)
Wallyworld is one of the most cut-throat customers that any mfr could have, is all I'm sayin'
Posted by: JQ
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I can believe it. And I bet the manager who negotiates is some 26-year-old who started out stocking shelves at 18.
And at that, I succumb to sleep. Sweet dreams, horde!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 10, 2026 03:40 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 03:06 AM (IY9No)
Who or what isn’t greedy?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 10, 2026 03:43 AM (OwmWb)
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/jrwjiO1MCVs
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True lurkers make zero comments.
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Posted by: m at July 10, 2026 04:41 AM (6wpGE)
With black spots on his belly. We picked him up from a place in our community that said free kittens. i will have to take him to the vet because he's wheezing.
Anyway, he is adorable but I slept downstairs on the living room couch with him last night, and didn't get a lot of sleep. He is very affectionate and must miss his mom and siblings. I had gone up to bed last night and FenSpouse came up and said , You want me to go downstairs and sleep on the couch to keep Millard company? FenSpouse is a good man but I told him "No"
Babies are exhausting!
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Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)