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Obama Officially Opens the Ozymandias Presidential Center As Subcontractors Complain That He Didn't Pay Them and Left Them With Millions in Worthless IOUs
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"They are scared to death about talking about it." The Obama Presidential Center was pitched as a legacy project that would help lift minority-owned and local businesses. Now, several subcontractors say the project has left them saddled with massive unpaid costs. One plumbing contractor says he's nearly $4 million in the red: "That is a hole that no subcontractor, small business can survive." A Fox News Digital investigation found multiple construction firms reporting losses ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to tens of millions, with many of the complaints coming from the very firms the Center claims it wanted to support.
Subcontractors say they're owed millions, face financial ruin, after helping build Obama Presidential CenterA project overseen by communist Theater Kids was chaotic and subject to constantly-shifting plans? I don't believe it. BTW, totally unrelated: LucasFilm fired more directors than actually oversaw completed projects and "announced" more than a dozen movies that never filmed.
Adamson Plumbing owner Mike Owen says his company is owed nearly $4M on the Chicago project CHICAGO -- The Obama Presidential Center was billed as a lasting legacy to former President Barack Obama, and its construction was touted as an ambitious model built with aggressive goals for minority-owned and local businesses. But now, some of the very subcontractors who helped build the 19.3-acre campus on Chicago's South Side say they are facing financial ruin as they race to recover millions of dollars they claim remain unpaid ahead of the center's grand opening Friday. Overall construction costs were reported to be $830 million in 2021, and have likely climbed past the $1 billion mark. A Fox News Digital investigation identified multiple construction firms claiming losses ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to tens of millions. The allegations cut against one of the Center's defining goals: helping minority-owned businesses and local contractors grow through one of Chicago's highest-profile construction projects. Several of the complaints reviewed by Fox News Digital come from firms that were supposed to benefit from that mission. Among them is Adamson Plumbing, whose owner Mike Owen says is nearly $4 million in the red after years of work on the project. "That is a hole that no subcontractor, small business can survive," Owen said.
Subcontractor owners interviewed by Fox News Digital described what they characterized as a chaotic work environment marked by repeated design changes, rework, scheduling disruptions, extensive oversight and years-long compensation disputes that still remain unresolved.
Several also described what they viewed as a wall of silence surrounding the project, with some declining to speak publicly or requesting anonymity because of confidentiality agreements or fears of professional retaliation.Are you telling me that communists overpromise and underdeliver, are shit with accounting, and promise "the workers" that they'll be millionaires in the New Soviet Era but then confiscate the workers' wealth to build themselves villas and monuments that would make Cresus blush? I shan't believe it. I simply shannot. Speaking of communist lies: One of Ozymandias's floozies announced that his presidential center was built on stolen land but, get this, did not go on to say they were returning it.
The allegations emerge days after a Fox News Digital investigation reported that the Obama Foundation's reserve fund -- originally promoted as a $470 million financial safeguard intended to help protect taxpayers if the project encountered financial trouble -- remains funded at roughly $1 million.
The Obama Center ceremony begins with a "stolen land acknowledgment" pic.twitter.com/msQdnfCbmI
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) June 18, 2026
Barack Obama, whose administration spied on Trump's campaign in 2016 and fabricated a conspiracy about him colluding with Russia, says it's incredibly important to have a "peaceful transfer of power after the people of spoken." pic.twitter.com/oOzc1rOf1d
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) June 18, 2026
And then Mamala or whatever she's calling herself "danced" in the typical white woke woman way.Obama: People aren’t looking for perpetual anger.
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 18, 2026
Also Obama: I want you to stay angry. pic.twitter.com/M9ZteYsDgf
Checking in on the opening ceremony of the Obama Center… pic.twitter.com/laV4S85bTN
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) June 18, 2026
Victor Davis Hanson
@VDHanson 5h As a general rule, anytime Barack Obama lectures the country or its people on their purported sins--with Khalil Gibran pop platitudes--he is seeking absolution for his own obsessions by projecting his own guilty desires onto others. The latest? At the dedication of his narcissistic Obama Presidential Center in Chicago--a $850 million flak-tower, monolithic boondoggle mired in debt--Obama lectured us on the need to resist the allure off "money, attention, [and] fame." Thus spoke the owner of four homes, three of them multimillion-dollar mansions, whose last inert year in office was spent closing book and Netflix deals that ensured he would become a multimillionaire the moment he left office, and on spec, jets private to sermonize to various audiences--often at $400,000 a shot--on their own false-consciousness shortcomings. Plain-speaking, frugal Harry Truman in obscure retirement in Independence, Missouri Obama certainly is not.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (DiYkG)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Crumps Benjamin at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (Mx+TJ)
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Barack Obama, whose administration spied on Trump's campaign in 2016 and fabricated a conspiracy about him colluding with Russia, says it's incredibly important to have a "peaceful transfer of power after the people of spoken."
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"If it was proven that you were the key decision maker in a conspiracy to impede the transfer of power to your successor, would you call that treason?"
"Well, what I did was legal and right because Trump is Putin's puppet."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (xvV+O)
-Barack Obama
'Suck it, bitches.'
-shorter Barack Obama
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (4T3aT)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (Jr5Lq)
In Obama's case, its not so much disagreement over work (although I'd be pretty unhappy with how it turned out) but rather they blew the money on other things and have to do more fund raisers to replace it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (UZCuZ)
-Barack Obama
'Suck it, bitches.'
-shorter Barack Obama
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (zZu0s)
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He's like the best of communists.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (Zn6QU)
Juneteenth? Any of you all grow up close to northern Indiana and had to hear about "Dyngus Day" every year?
Jeesh, those freaking Poles...
Posted by: Bulg
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: do the hustle! at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (3d9VR)
No shiite. I thought it was for Barack Obama.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Crumps Benjamin at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (Mx+TJ)
You'll get paid in exposure and likes!
Lemme take that down to the bank and pay my mortgage with "Brand Awareness."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (Jr5Lq)
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PDQ Bach was fun (and talented)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (DiYkG)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (UZCuZ)
They were as meaningless as anything Kamala says, but at least he'd learned the trick of making them sound good superficially. (she can't even manage that)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (edUvp)
clearly the solution for our failed 5 year plan, is a new 5 year plan!
Posted by: Comrade Romeo13 at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (mP0Kj)
The Brutalism School just called to say, "Bro, that's just too brutal."
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (4T3aT)
I like that. Our leader is quite the learned Ewok.
And at least they're not calling it a "library," since it contains no documents.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Barky at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (wGerL)
I like that. Our leader is quite the learned Ewok.
And at least they're not calling it a "library," since it contains no documents.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (77rzZ)
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Because he's seen Watchmen?!
/s
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:06 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 04:06 PM (IY9No)
The Five Year Plan says you should now be wealthy and uplifted, comrade. Are you not happy?
(Also, on the flip side, I wouldn't pay anyone for that monstrosity, either. And I would have death squads hunting for the jackwad that sent some torqued up blueprint of a recycling bin to the original contractor.)
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:06 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:06 PM (fgSb9)
And its Chicago. So fuck 'em in general.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (IdfaO)
"Yea, we stole your land, and we ain't giving it back so fuck you. Go get your fucking shine box!"
It's like some guy stealing another guy's wife and then making a pussy acknowledgment.
And yet, the Indian "leaders" seem to think it's some kind of honor to get an empty acknowledgment that they were primitive suckers who got fucked in the ass by a more powerful and advanced society.
I don't get it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: A dogshit end to a dogshit monument to a dogshit Pres at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (TbWk/)
All those minority contractors can eat a big bag of Obama dick and die.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (X+Nnd)
I don't get it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)
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"We're morally good people because we acknowledge that America is bad."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (Zn6QU)
You signed a contract with a politician. These people are parasitic liars who love to steal because they're above the law.
If you do business with someone like Barack Obama, you deserve whatever you get, retard.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Barky at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (wGerL)
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Hahahahaha
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:08 PM (fgSb9)
Posted by: A dogshit end to a dogshit monument to a dogshit Pres at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (TbWk/)
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Beauty in art (including architecture) is to be avoided at all costs because it reminds people that things can be good and not miserable.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:08 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 04:08 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 18, 2026 04:08 PM (kJmSS)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (UZCuZ)
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The Barry Library has indoor plumbing? Doubtful.
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (A0HNO)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (diia5)
Is that wrong?
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (fgSb9)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (n5tGW)
Just think. With the proposed wealth tax on trillionaire
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (kU0PQ)
As we are seeing in Canada, it is a campaign to destroy private property rights.
You don't actually own your land, you see.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (aD4fx)
It's like some guy stealing another guy's wife and then making a pussy acknowledgment.
And yet, the Indian "leaders" seem to think it's some kind of honor to get an empty acknowledgment that they were primitive suckers who got fucked in the ass by a more powerful and advanced society.
I don't get it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)
Virtue signaling for the retarded theater kids.
Posted by: Redundant? Perhaps. at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (TbWk/)
Yeah they literally had a chance to take that land and give it to these groups of alleged owners (who never would have said they owned any of it). But instead they built a monstrosity and a park with ugly stupid sculpture on it, and then made a little speech about it belonging to someone else.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (UZCuZ)
It's a lair. The kind of place you run a shadow government out of. Bet it's chock full of comms gear, a server farm, weapons...
Antifa HQ
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (jehhT)
I'll guess zero. Wish Jack was here. He did.
Barry pretty much fucked his own ... and he didn't care. I promise you, on a job this size ? Any reputable firm either bonds or insures against the risk.
Fuck 'em. Yet I hope they sue until the sun don't shine. Republicans ... you WANT these contractors to raise Hell.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (2ocoG)
Several also described what they viewed as a wall of silence surrounding the project, with some declining to speak publicly or requesting anonymity because of confidentiality agreements or fears of professional retaliation.
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Being driven out of business sounds a lot like professional retaliation. The retaliation has already occurred.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 04:11 PM (lsrsS)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 04:11 PM (kX27y)
I’m expecting to hear one day about a tourist being injured when one of the letters rusts through and falls off the building.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 04:11 PM (6ydKt)
Probably all the concerts will be held then, with U2 and Springsteen and all the washed up acts your grandpa liked in the 80s
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:11 PM (UZCuZ)
Aren't they supposed to reflect who they were built for? Dood could be Whoopie's brother. Never know which end you're looking at.
Posted by: Crumps Benjamin at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (Mx+TJ)
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (IdfaO)
Michelle is the focus of the portrait (centered and middle). Barrack is in the background to the side leaning on a table as an afterthought. It's almost like he had to photobomb the portrait for his own library.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (dIske)
It looks like real crap now, but I get your point.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (X+Nnd)
And contractors ain't the salt of the earth themselves. Many are scumbags who lie to get the job, then try to squeeze the developer or owner for more money, and do shitty work.
So in this instance, between Obama and his contractors, I say ... let them fight.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (vFG9F)
I think they're concrete.
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (/QHx4)
On multiple occasions Obama used the phrase "peaceful transition of power" and it struck me as odd and why say such a thing. Of course later it made sense - preparing the field of battle.
Posted by: 13times at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (fnZRl)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (iFTx/)
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Obama is supposed to be better, though.
All his supporters say so.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (w1twS)
Posted by: Comrade Romeo13 at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (mP0Kj)
And to send all the kulaks and wreckers to the gulag!
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (QaH55)
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Not everything is Clerks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor "
Linda Ronstadt is going to be there??
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (vFG9F)
The portrait is a "stealth" announcement of Big Mike 2028. Guarantee it.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: President Obama to black entrepreneurs he is trying to lift up at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (RIvkX)
I guarantee you that President Trump will have the most luxurious Presidential Library, Resort, Golf Course, and Casino built in a fraction of the time at a fraction of the cost of this monstrosity.
And it will be self-sustaining indefinitely without requiring any taxpayer money for continued maintenance and upgrades.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Bono at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (3d9VR)
Bullshit. Just the opposite. That sounds like contractors that were told to just get in a number and they would get taken care of on the back end.
But then the rug got pulled out from under them. I'll bet my tender parts that's what happened.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (IdfaO)
The portrait is a "stealth" announcement of Big Mike 2028. Guarantee it.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (2ocoG)
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People have been predicting that she'd run since 2016.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (Zn6QU)
On multiple occasions Obama used the phrase "peaceful transition of power" and it struck me as odd and why say such a thing. Of course later it made sense - preparing the field of battle.
He was "pre-bunking" January 6th. He knew.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (diia5)
I have it from multiple reliable sources that the absolute worst food service patrons are 1) blacks and 2) churchgoers, sad as that is. Entitled, demanding, obnoxious, and don't tip worth a damn.
Posted by: God bless our waiters at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (kJmSS)
A library? For what? To house the documents that would send him to prison for life for all of the crimes he committed in his illegal opposition to Donald Trump?
Posted by: Crusader at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (TN0g+)
Sort of his trademark.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (B0dAE)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (2ocoG)
I just said that! Lmfao!
Posted by: 13times at June 18, 2026 04:15 PM (fnZRl)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:08 PM (Zn6QU)
West Baden is an og resort from the 1920s. Hot springs iirc. In French Lick, IN which at the time was as far from anywhere as possible east of the Mississippi. The dome is beautiful. A glass and steel cathedral over the dining/dancing area (which is gigantic.)
Sure, it was a haven for the rich, but at least their patronage helped create beauty, then.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 04:15 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 04:15 PM (YwEeS)
Sure, it was a haven for the rich, but at least their patronage helped create beauty, then.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 04:15 PM (zZu0s)
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And communists decided that it had to end. So, they set to work.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:15 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 18, 2026 04:08 PM (kJmSS)
No one wanted to be the first to stop clapping. Took a while for one to drop from heat exhaustion.
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (kU0PQ)
A library? For what? To house the documents that would send him to prison for life for all of the crimes he committed in his illegal opposition to Donald Trump?
Posted by: Crusader at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (TN0g+)
I believe Obama still has tons of documents that belong to the National Archives...what Mar-a-Lago was supposedly raided by the FIB for...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (l3cgK)
Now lets do 300 page "Spec Books" - like most mid to large American Manufacturing.
You don't write a book that large to make things simple. You write it to get out of paying. General Electric is one of the worst.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (n5tGW)
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If the sacred dance requires appropriation of copper wire and plumbing fixtures and pipes, then I hope they will do the sacred dance.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (2IqMx)
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The Barry Library has indoor plumbing? Doubtful.
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (UjdFS)
That's for the showers.
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (diia5)
I wasn't even supposed to be here, today!
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (2ocoG)
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People have been predicting that she'd run since 2016.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (Zn6QU)
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There's the Ozempic thing too with her. But, I think she wants nothing to do with actual responsibility. She has her riches, and is content. When they were talking about her running in 2024 she immediately ran to a talk show and announced that she suffered from depression. Sounds to me like certain people were trying to talk her into it, and she made sure it wouldn't happen.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (dIske)
1) 'Use more concrete.'
2) 'Make it uglier.'
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50) 'Oh yeah, forgot about plumbing. Do that too.'
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100) 'No. Uglier than that! Don't you know how to build ugly?'
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (5yDGQ)
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Vice President JD Vance have all embraced the diet, drawn by the promise of slimmer waistlines and glowing skin.
They all apparently have determined the health benefits outweigh the slightly sulfurous odors that have been the cause of some domestic friction.
“Within 30 days I lost 20 pounds,” Kennedy said at an event in Michigan this week. “JD Vance is also on the diet and you can see how different he looks.”
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (ixZ1o)
64 If you want to know how that Obama marriage is going, take a look at the portrait they hung for the library.
Michelle is the focus of the portrait (centered and middle). Barrack is in the background to the side leaning on a table as an afterthought. It's almost like he had to photobomb the portrait for his own library.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM
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I don't think Michelle is going to outright divorce him, despite her tendency to blame others for her problems. The separation will be virtual, and in fact, is already in progress I suppose.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (HLgI3)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (IY9No)
True. Attorneys in the construction law field are essentially collections lawyers. It's a whole specialty unto itself as I'm sure you're aware.
Posted by: Contract shmontract! at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (wjnjX)
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (An6iH)
And contractors ain't the salt of the earth themselves. Many are scumbags who lie to get the job, then try to squeeze the developer or owner for more money, and do shitty work.
So in this instance, between Obama and his contractors, I say ... let them fight.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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You left out feral lawyers that both sides use to try to screw the other. A full employment economy.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (YwEeS)
The Os retain ownership of the home on South Greenwood Avenue but are rarely there. It is kept largely for its "personal historical value and proximity to the Obama Presidential Center" in historic Jackson Park on South Stony Island Avenue. A brisk walk at best.
Unless a GSA contractor, they'll probably never get paid.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (NFX2v)
https://tinyurl.com/arjvuvnk
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (dIske)
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She's a dull, uninteresting woman who wants to spend her time complaining about her husband and children to podcasters who worship her.
I mean, I assume Obama didn't do much as president, but it's still more than what Michelle wants to do.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 04:11 PM (6ydKt)
Well, we're waaaay ahead of ya.
Posted by: 0bama's Architects at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (kU0PQ)
Obama: "Fun"
Big Mike: "Me"
Wow. What a self-centered ass.
http://tiny.cc/cja5101
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (Ia/+0)
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State real estate taxes waved and said "Howdy".
Posted by: Crusader at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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They no longer have a chef to bring them together.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (kJmSS)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 04:11 PM (kX27y)
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The internet seems to think that 100 change orders for a project of that size is a lot. Not in my experience. You could have 100 change orders even in much smaller developments. I would have thought that this Gay Lightbringer Monstrosity would have had 100s of CO.
But ... it all depends on what you consider a "change order." Any tiny change to anything is technically a CO. A massive construction project could have 100s if not 1000s of changes to minor bullshit like what color the toilet paper rollers should be.
But if the GLM had 100 change orders to major design specs, then that might be a red flag.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (iFTx/)
There was a similar Diet craze back in the 90s that did the same thing but with Cabbage Soup.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (HLgI3)
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I think she understands that her wealth and status is tied to the fact that she's his wife.
That if they divorced, her ability to command attention would diminish (not go away, just diminish).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM (Zn6QU)
Fu*king
Time
he opens his mouth, you want to scream at him to STFU.
What a despicable person.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM (2WIwB)
https://tinyurl.com/bdaba9j9
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM (XvL8K)
https://tinyurl.com/arjvuvnk
Posted by: beckster
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They liked his cucumber..... salad.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (X+Nnd)
I doubt she has ever known, or will ever know, contentment. She is the personification of bile and resentment.
Posted by: Dean Wormer at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (Riz8t)
True. Some things are Simpsons and Seinfeld.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (X+Nnd)
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All under the umbrella that is My Dinner with Andre.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (2UnvF)
The University of Illinois at Chicago was brutalist concrete crap like that. Stained all over with rust in a few years. Don't know what it looks like now.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (YwEeS)
Goes great while suckin' on chili dogs outside the Tastee Freeze
Posted by: John Cougar Melloncamp at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (l3cgK)
I'd rather go on the Irish Diet; potato peels boiled in salted water.
Posted by: 13times at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (fnZRl)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (gnNyN)
And lower liability insurance, because large hunks of concrete are unlikely to fall off of it, drop 10 stories, and crush a passer-by.
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (kU0PQ)
Obama: "Fun"
Big Mike: "Me"
Wow. What a self-centered ass.
http://tiny.cc/cja5101
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (mkw2N)
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Yea, but she is only mouthing the near-universal prime directive of leftwing women her age: ME ME ME ME ME. That's all they're about and they brag about it. "Me Time!" "Time for Me!" ME ME ME ME ME.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (iFTx/)
Hints of John Everett Millais' painting of Lizzie Siddal in Ophelia
Posted by: Bono at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (3d9VR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (A0HNO)
Obama: "Fun"
Big Mike: "Me"
Wow. What a self-centered ass.
http://tiny.cc/cja5101
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (mkw2N)
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I know Fun Me. He owns a little betting parlour that focuses on Mahjong in the East Village.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (dIske)
Posted by: steevy
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Being listed as a walking and talking EPA Superfund site. Chevron deference was born from such.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (3d9VR)
https://tinyurl.com/bdaba9j9
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM (XvL8K)
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The next Superman movie is already in production.
So,...it would entertain me if Supergirl bombed (it's been test screened a lot, like a dozen times, and has had three composers, while its been cut down by at least 25 minutes from the early screenings, so it's probably not very good anyway), Man of Tomorrow still released on scheduled and did well with David Cornenswet being kept on a leash without saying stupid shit.
Just to teach DC corporate a lesson in how to control their stars.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (Zn6QU)
https://tinyurl.com/bdaba9j9
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM (XvL8K)
I don't get her as an actress at all. She has a weird concave fetal-alcohol semi-feral face. She's not even ugly-cute like a pug.
Posted by: Perhaps she has other talents IYKWIM at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (2IqMx)
Reclaimed from Lake Michigan by Chicago River dredgings, Great Fire ashes, etc.
Maybe it'll sink.
Posted by: DaveA at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Both him and her are excellent grifters. Meghan and Harry tried to emulate the Obamas and even failed at Netflix wanting to hand the millions of bucks for marginally ok work. The Obamas never did one thing to get theirs.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Perhaps she has other talents IYKWIM at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (TbWk/)
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Her first big role was in the first season of House of Dragons, so I think HBO just likes to give roles to weird lookin' chicks now (Last of Us girl who also started in Game of Thrones as a minor character).
Bring us the days of Sophie Turner, dammit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (Zn6QU)
Yeah worst tippers according to waitresses I have known: church groups on Sunday going out to eat lunch.
Supergirl Star Milly Alcock Highlights Character's 'Queer Icon'
I miss the old days when studios had a lock on these dimwits and would control what they said in interviews
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (UZCuZ)
And contractors ain't the salt of the earth themselves. Many are scumbags who lie to get the job, then try to squeeze the developer or owner for more money, and do shitty work.
So in this instance, between Obama and his contractors, I say ... let them fight.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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You left out feral lawyers that both sides use to try to screw the other. A full employment economy.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (E4rtv)
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I was one of them. Made nice bank on big developers fighting with big contractors over big jobs that cost big bucks. Ends up in Big Legal Fees.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (iFTx/)
Anyone who's not clear on this doesn't get my sympathy when they're foolish enough to perform work for these scum. And that especially includes Obama.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (/HDaX)
There's also the Martha's Vineyard Estate and the beachfront estate in Waimanalo, Hawaii so avoidance of spouse is pretty easy.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (NFX2v)
127 >>A new diet is sweeping through President Trump’s cabinet—and it involves heaping portions of sauerkraut.
There was a similar Diet craze back in the 90s that did the same thing but with Cabbage Soup.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM
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Does the flatulence drive away the people providing the food? This sounds like a fake story.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (lsrsS)
Posted by: gp
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Library of Congress got a lot of the earlier presidents before we built them taxpayer funded monuments of vanity.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (iFTx/)
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"Maybe we should have just paid them..."
-the winner of the lawsuit, looking at the legal bill
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (Zn6QU)
Or maybe Crassus, the richest man in Rome.
Neither which were shameful about their palaces
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (rbvCR)
https://tinyurl.com/bdaba9j9
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM (XvL8K)
I don't get her as an actress at all. She has a weird concave fetal-alcohol semi-feral face. She's not even ugly-cute like a pug.
Posted by: Perhaps she has other talents IYKWIM at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (TbWk/)
Milly Alcock sounds like the name of a woman in a Bond movie...or maybe an Austin Powers movie...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (l3cgK)
She had to work hard as an associate at a big law firm for a couple of years, hated it, had Valerie Jarrett hire her at City Hall, and has spent the rest of her life avoiding having to work hard ever again.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Open Channel D at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (gYnrv)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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When people fight over contracts, somewhere a lawyer gets his wings.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (E4rtv)
Melencamp is genuinely rural corn pone in his origin but... who the hell sucks on a chili dog? I mean its not as dumb as Springsteen calling a fastball a "speed ball" but its just a bizarre line.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (3d9VR)
Posted by: God bless our waiters at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (TbWk/)
In my day it was considered by the waitresses to be groups of single women. Now as someone who had to clean the booth I always had issues with moms with kids and babies who gave them crackers to turn into spackle and fling about. But they apparently tipped better.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Open Channel D at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (gYnrv)
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Clayface looks like it could be fun.
And it's pretty cheap to produce. Should make its money back on that.
It's that kind of diversification (big tent poles with smaller projects relying on the brand for opening weekend) that will keep him employed for a few years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (Zn6QU)
"The term is Tofu-dreg construction (or Tofu-dreg project), derived from the Chinese phrase dòufuzhā gōngchéng (豆腐渣工程
, which translates to "tofu dregs project." This slang describes poorly constructed buildings that are prone to structural failure due to substandard materials, such as concrete mixed with insufficient cement or excessive water to cut costs.
"The term was coined by former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji in the late 1990s to criticize corruption and corner-cutting in China’s rapid infrastructure boom. While historically associated with a lack of regulation and bribery, recent standards (such as GB/T 51408-2021 for earthquake-prone areas) have significantly improved construction quality in response to public outcry and past collapses."
This may shock you, but I have my doubts that a new official standard will change the functional, material practices of the Chinese construction industry.
Posted by: Maine Goon at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (Sy6m/)
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I. Fucking. Hate. Plumbers.
Posted by: Barack Obama at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (wsG/Q)
Melencamp is genuinely rural corn pone in his origin but... who the hell sucks on a chili dog? I mean its not as dumb as Springsteen calling a fastball a "speed ball" but its just a bizarre line.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (UZCuZ)
it wouldn't be a chili dog for long doing that.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (uhVAy)
She has one of those faces that looks cute as a kid but weird as an adult. And while she can still look good, its all about angles and lighting, and may still frames have shown how remarkably like the feral kid from Mad Max she looks.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:28 PM (UZCuZ)
The high point was having the University of Chicago Hospitals create a make-work job for her, having her salary tripled when her husband became a US Senator, and then having the job abolished when she went to DC as First Lady.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 04:28 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (aD4fx)
Paid more not to work than a Depression-era farmer
Posted by: Thanks Democrats! at June 18, 2026 04:28 PM (TbWk/)
I miss the old days when studios had a lock on these dimwits and would control what they said in interviews
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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AI actors will return to those days of yore for directors. The day of the celebutard actor is fast fading.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:28 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (RHGPo)
Oh, good on 'em! Fermented sauerkraut is fantastic for gut bacteria and has lots of fiber and some good taste.
>>outweigh the slightly sulfurous odors
Shouldn't be too bad if you're fermenting it. If you're boiling it, then dunking it in vinegar, then you're defeating everything good about kraut. And you're raising the bar on sulfurousness.
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:28 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Maine Goon at June 18, 2026 04:28 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (A0HNO)
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I tried but only got a few pages in, then I had to stop.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 04:28 PM (RIvkX)
Me too. Trump will demand a library. Reagan wanted a library. None of them are worthy of trust.
All these elected heroes ? They ain't. They've all been vain rich men or vain men that wanted to become rich.
They all feel the entitlement to our money.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (IdfaO)
Not really. Lots of evidence that fermented food and certain types of fiber are necessary for healthy functioning.
Specifically, fiber that makes it all the way into your lower intestines.
But, yeah. Be careful where you spark up a lighter around these guys.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (An6iH)
Do tell!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (4KUe5)
I know every time I have work done to my house (sigh), the blue collar contractors demand payment via Venmo. Perhaps Obama's Venmo account isn't properly linked.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (qwx/I)
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (Sy6m/)
Melencamp is genuinely rural corn pone in his origin but... who the hell sucks on a chili dog? I mean its not as dumb as Springsteen calling a fastball a "speed ball" but its just a bizarre line.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (UZCuZ)
I think, perhaps, it was a euphemism for something else...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (l3cgK)
I have to toss the B$ flag on this claim. If he is a small business there is no way he could front the money to buy the stuff he needed to do a $4 million job.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Open Channel D at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (gYnrv)
And it's pretty cheap to produce. Should make its money back on that.
Horror usually does well. Its not a bad project, just a strange one when you haven't really even established Superman very well.
A lot of cultural pundits go on about the "trinity" but its just Batman and Superman who are the foundation. Wonder Woman is nice to look at but has never come even remotely close to being as popular or lucrative as those two.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (UZCuZ)
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I. Fucking. Hate. Plumbers.
Posted by: Barack Obama at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (wsG/Q)
Me too
Posted by: Richard Nixon at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 04:30 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Reggie 'Forget the Glove' Love at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (QaH55)
Sound like a Chinese Belt and Road project.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (61TgR)
This may shock you, but I have my doubts that a new official standard will change the functional, material practices of the Chinese construction industry.
Posted by: Maine Goon at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (Sy6m/) '
But executions sure do. When some bridge collapsed over there, they tracked it back to the construction company and executed some of the owners and executives of said company...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (iFTx/)
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"Maybe we should have just paid them..."
-the winner of the lawsuit, looking at the legal bill
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (Zn6QU)
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Sometimes it's to prove a point or show who has the biggest dick. I had a case for a client -- very rich NYC guy, you would know his name -- who got into a beef with a very minor contractor for his new multi-million home theater. The beef was literally over $50k.
But my client though the contractor fucked him, so it truly wasn't about money. Sued and took the case to the ends of the earth. Easily spent $400k on lawyers.
Same client lost millions in the Madoff scam. He just shrugged. The ultra-rich are weird.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (iFTx/)
Rain on the Scarecrow. He hit a moment in time. Then walked away from it.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (qwx/I)
Posted by: obama fangirls at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (FtULh)
Swoop in to Chicago, find all the black contractors that haven't been paid, and start shaking hands and stroking checks.
Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (5aZAZ)
But since I’d say Bush Sr. or Clinton every single piece of info about the president is k own. Whether online or in a 24 hr cable news era where every detail of everything he ever said or did was analyzed by 1000 people all day long. There’s nothing left to discover at a library that wasn’t already known.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (l3cgK)
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Life is cheap over there. A few executions aren't going to make the rest fall in line. They'll just consider it the cost of doing business.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 04:33 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: gp
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Library of Congress got a lot of the earlier presidents before we built them taxpayer funded monuments of vanity.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (E4rtv)
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I think (but I'm not sure) that Calvin Coolidge didn't set up his own library. He relied on the National Archives, and I think an actual regional functioning library somewhere up in New England. Don't quote me on that....but I'm relatively sure.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:33 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 04:33 PM (dK+Kv)
https://youtube.com/shorts/gSxACn3cleM
This is really funny. Vance is laughing at the question before he answers it.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 04:33 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: obama fangirls at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (FtULh)
Springsteen and Bono are gay?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (l3cgK)
Not a fan of the guy...but I saw him perform the entirety of the Pink Houses LP with Living Colour at a Black Rock Coalition show in like 1989-90ish.
Amazing set.
...and Paper in Fire is a helluva tune.
Posted by: Reggie 'Forget the Glove' Love at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (An6iH)
Reclaimed from Lake Michigan by Chicago River dredgings, Great Fire ashes, etc.
Maybe it'll sink.
Posted by: DaveA at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (FhXTo)
Hmm...Most of South Ohio and Indiana and Kentucky was a no-braves land between the powerful Miamis near Fort Wayne and the Cherokee/Shawnee in North Georgia. Wouldn't be surprised if there was a similar zone in Chicago separating the Miamis from the Sauks and Kickapoos and thus no 'first people' to speak of living there.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Perhaps she has other talents IYKWIM at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (TbWk/)
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Her first big role was in the first season of House of Dragons, so I think HBO just likes to give roles to weird lookin' chicks now (Last of Us girl who also started in Game of Thrones as a minor character).
Bring us the days of Sophie Turner, dammit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (Zn6QU)
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I have no idea who this girl is. I couldn't pick her out of a lineup where all the other girls were fat. I don't even know if The Blade Would Bang.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (iFTx/)
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My favorite comment of the day.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (fgSb9)
It's a joint venture consisting of several construction companies led by Turner Construction Company & local firms.
Subcontractors claim that Lakeside Alliance and project representatives denied payment for change orders and added scope of work.
The Obama Foundation has stated it has no outstanding disputed charges with Lakeside Alliance and holds no direct legal agreements with any of the subcontractors.
ENR Midwest, June 16, 2026
Obama Center Opens The Doors as Subcontractors Say Invoices Remain Unpaid
Last paragraph: The Obama Presidential Center's endowment was estimated at $470 million in donations during the project's design phase, but only $1 million in cash is on hand now, according to public filings by the Obama Foundation.
Like I wrote...
Several union trade subcontractors weigh legal options
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (NFX2v)
I am doing a kim chee and cottage cheese diet.
Or as much as three heaping servings a day.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (l3cgK)
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Life is cheap over there. A few executions aren't going to make the rest fall in line. They'll just consider it the cost of doing business.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 04:33 PM (gnNyN)
The rate of recidivism is quite low afterwards, though.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (l3cgK)
It could not BE any more dysfunctional.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Perhaps she has other talents IYKWIM at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (TbWk/)
Must be a tranny. With a name like "All cock" how it be not?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: obama fangirls at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (FtULh)
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Yeah...until they rework the "ICE, ICE Baby" video that shows ICE taking down illegals while doing the Vanilla Ice dance.
Actually, I'd love to see that.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (dIske)
If we're really citizens that self-rule ? What's the point of all this shit ? The monuments. The stupid libraries. On and on.
It says, right in the founding documents, no titles. Yet its all "Mr. President" and "Senator this and that" and all these damn buildings.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (An6iH)
Care to venture a guess as to what the children's section of the Liberry is going to feature.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (qwx/I)
Even the most beautiful women in the world look ugly from certain angles, its just the way the human face works. The problem is that she only looks good from one or two angles.
And for whatever reason, they went with the Captain Marvel existing bitch face approach with Supergirl, too.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (UZCuZ)
It could not BE any more dysfunctional.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (4KUe5)
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It certainly doesn't comply with ADA standards for accessibility....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: obama fangirls at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (FtULh)
Springsteen and Bono are gay?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (l3cgK)
I know , but seriously the media is out there bragging about this with the dig against Trump for not getting the "stars".
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (l3cgK)
That would be a man, baby!
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (kU0PQ)
So they fill foundations with sand, and make concrete without enough cement. Their buildings fall, streets and bridges collapse with regularity.
This called "tofu dreg" construction.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (E4rtv)
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I think (but I'm not sure) that Calvin Coolidge didn't set up his own library. He relied on the National Archives, and I think an actual regional functioning library somewhere up in New England. Don't quote me on that....but I'm relatively sure.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:33 PM (dIske)
Forbes Library, the public library for Northampton MA was what he donated his papers to.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (uhVAy)
Seen it described as this and that here.
My first thought was it looks like Odorky with his nose in the air while giving one of his I'm better than you speeches.
Posted by: TeeJ at June 18, 2026 04:37 PM (XZCs7)
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I'm guessing Biden wont have a choice.
Posted by: WisRich at June 18, 2026 04:37 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (0N4FZ)
Yeah dude is a “small business” on paper. His wife owns 8 other “small businesses” so he can get woman owned contracts and since they’re all “small businesses” scam some SBA money.
Meanwhile he’s making $12M a year net profit from all his “small businesses” which all happen to subcontract work to each other”.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:37 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:37 PM (Jr5Lq)
I hope he gets hit by a drunk "migrant"
Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (61TgR)
Hasan Piker is the new LeBron.
When asked, after claiming he was an avid reader, about his favorite book he was unable to name an actual book.
Fucking hysterical.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (An6iH)
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Oops, I mean this one. That is funny because it's true and it's funny because it's funny.
My game is shit today.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (fgSb9)
I mean, putting aside how typically egotistical putting quotes from your own speeches on the side of a building for yourself is, yeah. They are only readable from a helicopter, facing the corner of the building, and barely then.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (UZCuZ)
Even the most beautiful women in the world look ugly from certain angles, its just the way the human face works. The problem is that she only looks good from one or two angles.
And for whatever reason, they went with the Captain Marvel existing bitch face approach with Supergirl, too.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (UZCuZ)
From the back, in the dark?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Rex B at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (cfm/A)
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (IdfaO)
You can make the Howdy Non Presidential Library if you like.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (Jr5Lq)
Hadiya Pendleton was a Chicago honor student who performed I think at Obama's 2nd inaugural and then was murdered by gang cross fire shortly after.
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Additional immersive experiences at the site include the Eleanor Roosevelt Fruit and Vegetable Garden, where guests can learn how to grow their own food, a playground, and a massive 58,000 square foot lawn for picnics and lounging.
There is also a performing arts building known as The Forum, where performances will be hosted at the Elie Wiesel Auditorium, and the creative community can gather at the Hadiya Pendleton Atrium.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 04:39 PM (/lPRQ)
Hasan Piker is the new LeBron.
When asked, after claiming he was an avid reader, about his favorite book he was unable to name an actual book.
Fucking hysterical.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (An6iH)
he has a degree in Communications you know
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:39 PM (uhVAy)
Woman assaulted by Tunisian migrant convicted of hate speech for saying immigrant men endanger women
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 04:39 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: gp
I don’t understand your question.
- Hollywood
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (X+Nnd)
We saw "They Will Kill You" streaming on HBOMax.
It's more less less a total "Ready or Not"
The funny thing is that I kinda enjoyed this movie. It's not great, but they have some interesting twists and wacky deaths that keep things entertaining, though you'll be at least two scenes ahead of the movie plot-wise because where else can it go.
Anyway, it worth seeing for "free" on streaming.
The writer? director? just wasn't good or clever enough to make this the comedy he wanted. He wants to make a sort of Lynchian/Tarantino mash-up but is lacking the skill. Or, he could've leaned more heavily into horror eco in the third act and that might've worked.
As it stands, "TWKY" is just okay, but watchable.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Clay at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (++OiL)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (ubCxQ)
I hope you are feeling well today.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (/QHx4)
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Thank you four seasons. There's more pain today but that's to be expected. I'm just laying low and goofing off on the web.
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (hkB4p)
I don't believe the Casting Couch has an Age of Consent.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (qwx/I)
These papers are currently restricted from public view. Under an agreement with the University, the collection remains sealed and will not be made public until two years after Biden fully retires from public life.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (NFX2v)
Sinks can be worth a small fortune alone. Not like anyone visiting the "Library" is going to be washing their hands, anyway....
Posted by: TXMarko at June 18, 2026 04:41 PM (7flhA)
She was pretty young as I recall, let me check IMDB...
She was born in 2000, which would have made her around 20-21 when the House of the Dragon episodes were done. She just has a young looking face and small body.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:41 PM (UZCuZ)
It’s great! But then, TDR was pretty great - doing and saying many memorable things.
What is Obama remembered for? How about in 10, 20, 50 years?
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 04:42 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:42 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (qwx/I)
That comment reminded me of an episode of "Homocide Hunter", where the sketch artist came up with the witnesses description, and the guy looked like a space alien...except, when they found the guy, he creepily looked like the sketch. LOL
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Decaf at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (xpP6J)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (NFX2v)
Wasn't that 2 years ago?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (uhVAy)
Not sure if true.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (WjwG+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (A0HNO)
Russell Brand searching a Bible for his favorite verse on whats-his-name's show. Dug around for three painful minutes and gave up.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (Jr5Lq)
https://youtu.be/8s-Au6YP-1s
Posted by: No Name Today at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (8mulE)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 04:42 PM (4KUe5)
Well he did take a relatively affordable health insurance market and made it unaffordable to all but a few. So there’s that.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (X+Nnd)
Yep. And that's why their shit does - well - what it does.
With all due respect to ... nobody here ... I do good work because that work will last after I'm dead.
That's a White Western thing. Baby Jesus doesn't tell me how to hold the level. I just sweat because if I'm going to do it ... it best last.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 18, 2026 04:44 PM (B0dAE)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (UZCuZ)
You sure about that?
Posted by: 1970s TV series at June 18, 2026 04:44 PM (kU0PQ)
I hope he gets hit by a drunk "migrant"
Posted by: Melodicmetal
Properly and extensively vetted, and getting advanced ticket, one may be able to shoot hoops for a picture.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:44 PM (NFX2v)
I don't believe the Casting Couch has an Age of Consent.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (An6iH)
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Sure it does. Except in reverse. It's the girls OVER that age that are considered undesirable.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:44 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (WjwG+)
Yeah but someone else put that up, he didn't okay the design or contribute to it. I am certain that Lincoln would be disturbed by his memorial.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (FtULh)
Funny. I hope they stay in Chicago. Voting one team down wanting a free stadium was enough.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (IdfaO)
Piers Morgan show.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (Jr5Lq)
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I'm guessing Biden wont have a choice.
Posted by: WisRich at June 18, 2026 04:37 PM (G0vdT)
Someone as a joke ought to buy on old rundown Der Weinerschnitzel in some little, out of the way country shitburg,
and set it up as The Joe Biden Presidential Library and fill it with Dr Seuss bo0oks and videos of him falling or gabbling insane senile nonsense.
I'd buy a ticket!
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: 1970s TV series
No one can deny she had a fantastic rack but the show didn't make even a hundredth as much as the Superman movie, for example.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (ubCxQ)
I know from experience how bad the highway net is in the Chicago/IN border area is. A stadium down there will be traffic armageddon. Heck, I've seen huge backups on a random Sunday night for no reason!
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:46 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:46 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:46 PM (UZCuZ)
It looks like a monument. That had to be the commission "build me a monument. Oh put doors and shit on it if you need to, but make it bigger than the Washington or Lincoln monuments."
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 04:47 PM (WjwG+)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (FtULh)
same as in town...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:47 PM (l3cgK)
I personally don't get what the issue is with Soldiers Field, especially with the renovations they did in 2002.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:48 PM (qwx/I)
Most patrons will be CPS students bused in on field trips. CPS can afford it
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:48 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 04:48 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 04:49 PM (lJDV9)
Is it wrong that I first read that as "with Sally Fields"???
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:49 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Fenderbender at June 18, 2026 04:49 PM (1FEc1)
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I saw recently that the Empire State Building Observatory costs $1,997 per ticket.
I used to go when it was $2, and got pissed when they raised it to $10.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 04:49 PM (WjwG+)
Posted by: Sam Adams at June 18, 2026 04:50 PM (X+xvk)
https://tinyurl.com/ndarxa9e
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 04:48 PM (ndZc7)
Shamefully, I voted for one of those...but that was to keep Gore and his chakras out of the oval office...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:50 PM (l3cgK)
It looks like a monument. That had to be the commission "build me a monument. Oh put doors and shit on it if you need to, but make it bigger than the Washington or Lincoln monuments."
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 04:47 PM (WjwG+)
It'd make a good face-colander times fortress if it had a moat and some loops for repelling the zombie hordes.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 04:50 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Big Mike at June 18, 2026 04:50 PM (fnZRl)
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 04:49 PM (lJDV9)
Because that'd be stupid?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:50 PM (l3cgK)
I personally don't get what the issue is with Soldiers Field, especially with the renovations they did in 2002.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:48 PM (qwx/I)
That's also hard to get to due to Chicago's goofball highways. None connect properly from the West side of Downtown to the Lakefront, at least when I was there.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:50 PM (uhVAy)
"Influencers" got involved, drove the price up
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:51 PM (UZCuZ)
What a shitshow.
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 04:51 PM (UjdFS)
We live on a dead-end street. There is a kid who looks like he is 6 y/o riding a loud dirt bike up and down the street.
At least he is wearing a helmet.
It is so irritating.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:51 PM (/QHx4)
What a shitshow.
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 04:51 PM (UjdFS)
Do they serve dog there?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:51 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 04:52 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 04:53 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 04:53 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:53 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Fenderbender at June 18, 2026 04:49 PM (1FEc1)
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Heh, good question.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:53 PM (fgSb9)
I personally don't get what the issue is with Soldiers Field, especially with the renovations they did in 2002.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:48 PM (qwx/I)
I haven't been following it but at least with the Bengals they were whining about practice facilities near the stadium and the like for a while before the Bengals managed it. Soldier's field is near a bunch of Museums and a mini airport.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:53 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:54 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 18, 2026 04:54 PM (w3u3d)
Dennis Michael Lynch
@TrustDML
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2h
Michelle Obama just said illegal aliens are the “beating heart of this country, they are us and we are them.” As a US Citizen, I say she’s f*cking delusional. Illegals aren’t the beating heart, they’re heart disease. They ain’t us, they steal from us.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 04:54 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 04:52 PM (IY9No)
He wanted to make the public hate it so much that they would beg for Single payer health care
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 04:54 PM (FtULh)
They'll be at the VIP after-after party tonite.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:55 PM (Jr5Lq)
Man of unspecified background arrested by British police for tossing 3-year-old into crocodile pit
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 04:55 PM (ndZc7)
Dennis Michael Lynch
@TrustDML
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2h
Michelle Obama just said illegal aliens are the “beating heart of this country, they are us and we are them.” As a US Citizen, I say she’s f*cking delusional. Illegals aren’t the beating heart, they’re heart disease. They ain’t us, they steal from us.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 04:54 PM (kX27y)
Michelle Obama identifies as an illegal alien? Good, Deport, Deport, DEPORT!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 04:55 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 04:55 PM (qBdHI)
In the nicest way possible.... GFY.
Nicely, though.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:55 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (NFX2v)
Wasn't that 2 years ago?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (uhVAy)
Nope. The whole family. Hunter is still trying to grift. And there are other descendants who will probably take up the grift when he gets shivved by some POed husband. It's like allowing copyright to pass from heir to heir.
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:56 PM (kU0PQ)
Do two important points.
1. The left is pushing very hard that Trump gave Iran $300 B. Of course, all evidence is that this is an investment by other gulf state, and not US money, and not a gift, but essentially a purchase of assets built in Iran by other states.
2. Not they are saying the screworm was allowed to escape by DOGE cuts. They have quotes from Dept. of Ag people, and all kinds of made up facts. Of course, it was in Central America for years and in Mexico in 2024, but they are trying to blame Trump
These are just lies, but like so many lies most of the public will believe them.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 04:56 PM (WjwG+)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 04:52 PM (IY9No)
Right around when Obamacare happened I paid $500/mo for insurance for my family. This was in the individual market as I was self employed at the time. Today, a comparable policy with the same deductibles, Copays etc goes for $2k.
Good thing he made it “affordable” for everyone.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:56 PM (X+Nnd)
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings - look upon my works and despair!"
In what part of Chicago is the Presidential Center located again? remind me.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 04:56 PM (EU//e)
Posted by: mea culpa at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (TWmCs)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:51 PM (/QHx4)
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It happens, and it is irritating. I'd recommend clothesline, but you might get in trouble that way
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (OgaPP)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (A0HNO)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: 496
.......
No dancing just because the Barry Library opened, OK?
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (UjdFS)
"Donald Trump humiliated as Barack Obama surges far ahead in new approval ratings race
Former President Barack Obama has higher favorability polling numbers than the sitting president, according to a new survey released on the day he’s set to open his presidential library.
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Obama sits at a 57% favorability rating, while Trump is viewed positively at 34% and Biden at 30%. It came as Trump was branded "creepy" for a "totally inappropriate" move on French president Emmanuel Macron's wife.
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Besides Obama leading in favorability in a rating nearly double that of Trump and Biden combined, he also polls more positively by independents.
Among independents, Obama has a 56% favorability rating, compared to 25% for Trump and 20% for Biden.
Democrats gave Obama a near-100 % positivity rating, with the former president at 96% within his party, compared to Biden’s 71% approval rating."
(Data is from some MSN article.)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (Da7Vv)
Thune: Some "Republican" Senators Hate Trump Too Much to Protect the Integrity of Federal Elections and Do What Their Constituents Elected Them to Do
Conservatives and normies have two main complaints about RINOs. They are highly-interrelated and mutually reinforcing.
1, Although almost all senators are absurd puffed-up egotists, RINOs in particular believe they exist to instruct, scold, discipline, and guide their voters, who they consider their inferiors. We elect them to be our Servants, but they conceive themselves as our Masters. 2, Conservatives and true patriots understand that they are fighting a political war on two fronts: the external one, against the nominal Democrat Party and all of its satellites and proxies, including the media, the universities, and NGOs, and the must more insidious internal opposition -- liberal "Republicans" who see their role as a necessary check on the wild demands of crazy and racist Republicans. In every single battle, we know we march with half of "our party" siding with the enemy, passing them information secretly, and ready to defect to them at a moment's notice. RINOs hate us for calling them RINOs. They claim it's a lie and a slur. But at every turn, they prove us to be 100% correct about them. They are liars and, worse yet, traitors. Traitors who think they're patriots for selling out the "wrong side" to help "the right side of history." When a leftist tells you you're lying about DEI discriminating against white males, they of course don't really mean you're lying about the facts. They mean you're "lying" about the valence of the facts, the perception of the facts -- they think you should agree that discriminating against white males is a good thing, but because you don't agree and because admitting that would be politically disadvantageous, they claim you're lying about the simple fact of it. Similarly, RINOs know that what we say about them is actually true. But they're liberals -- when they say something is "false," what they really mean is Yes it's true you Racists, but it's a good thing. You need us to restrain your unsophisticated, hick Racist urges. We're providing you with a valuable service (against your wishes) and you should be thankful for it." But they're unfathomably arrogant and twisted liars and so will never concede that what we have here is a dispute. They will never admit there is a dispute. They will claim they're on our side for years and years. And then, when it's time to vote -- Fooled you, Racist Chumps! We were against you the whole time! Yes we know. We've said that all along.Fuck you, liar. This is another criticism that is obviously true: They are egotistical and petty. They claim to be "statesmen" who are horrified by Trump's "incivility," but Trump actually states what his positions really are. And when he opposes you, he opposes you publicly. These cowardly faggots scheme in the dark and call themselves "civil" for their sabotage and backstabbing. Everybody hates a coward, and everybody hates a traitor even more.
EXCLUSIVE: Thune Admits Some Senate Republicans Hate Trump Too Much To Support SAVE America Act
Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted some Senate Republicans hate President Donald Trump too much to support the SAVE America Act, multiple sources familiar with the comments told the Daily Caller. Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose President Donald Trump so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation's merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter. The discussion quickly escalated into a heated exchange between Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee, the bill's chief Senate sponsor, and several of his GOP colleagues. Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Thune both challenged Lee's push for the legislation, according to a source familiar with the meeting. "Yeah, that totally happened," a source familiar with the matter told the Daily Caller. Still, the Majority Leader's office denies the admission. "This is a baseless claim, and it is unequivocally untrue," a spokesperson for Thune told the Daily Caller.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 02:59 PM (A0HNO)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 03:00 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 03:00 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2026 03:00 PM (ItpVy)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 18, 2026 03:01 PM (fV+di)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 03:01 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:01 PM (2YhKe)
Go long on tar and feathers.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 03:02 PM (dK+Kv)
They probably hope desperately for a 51 seat majority so they can offer up Murkowski and one other (UT senator not Lee, perhaps) as the reason they can't do anything.
I'm holding out some mild hope for a surprise 55 seat majority, without the aforementioned five.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:02 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 03:02 PM (A0HNO)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (wtvvX)
Thus it always was, thus it always shall be.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (fV+di)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 18, 2026 03:01 PM (fV+di)
Hiya, TiFW!!!
Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
You spelled 'Gibbeting' wrong.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (ItpVy)
He used the R as a lil mask to get in office.
Sickening piece of garbage that he is.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (n5tGW)
Applied to RINOs it might go: “Win elections??!! You talking winning??!! I just hope to collect another campaign check.”
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (+gA9j)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (2YhKe)
That's exactly how leftwing Democraps think. It's not a coincidence. RINOs are leftwing Democraps. They just hide their political perversion to con the rubes. And sadly, the RINO rope-a-dope has worked all too well for a very long time. I think that's changing or at least starting to change. But time will tell.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (iFTx/)
But they still use it because they hate your guts and believe you are stoooopid.
Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
You spelled 'Gibbeting' wrong.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (ItpVy)
We will also accept "garrotting"...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (wtvvX)
*hugs*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: John Cornyn (Rino-TX) at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (sgkY8)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (+gA9j)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (uhVAy)
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At least five of them are retiring from Congress at the end of this term (Mitch, Tillis, Cassidy, Cornyn, and Ernst).
What can he do to them?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (Zn6QU)
Only two dots? Different commenter? A countdown? Symbolic about the fall of the republic? What happens when it gets to one?
What does it all mean?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (+gA9j)
*fistbump*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (2YhKe)
I can't see enough interest if they were put into zoos.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (j+aD2)
Thune does that, he admits he was wrong about Cassidy and Cornyn (and Tillis, and Myrzcxsky).
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (3d9VR)
What can he do to them?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (Zn6QU)
Keelhaul comes to mind.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: John Cornyn (Rino-TX)
I wish that were a joke but you know it's not.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (i6xMV)
For them, that is the best possible outcome:
Never enough to do anything, never too much to be forced to do anything, always just enough to be just close enough--next election.
Both parties have agreed to this.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (2YhKe)
Oubliette.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: connected and litigious at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (wtvvX)
And another is claimed...
Tex for the love of God, reconsider. Once you agree with him once, it's impossible to get out of it. Take it from me.
Go. I beg you. Go while you still can!
Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (ixZ1o)
I would nominate Herm Edwards' rant: "You play to win the game!"
Posted by: the dandy at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (8l8nW)
What can he do to them?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (Zn6QU)
Put it up again after they are gone. Lincoln had to do a lot of log rolling to get the 13th Amendment pushed through *before* a lot of new Republicans came in but he got it done
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (i6xMV)
I wonder if he'll come out of the hospital alive.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2026 03:10 PM (jcRwP)
Never enough to do anything, never too much to be forced to do anything, always just enough to be just close enough--next election.
this isn't how checks and balances were supposed to work
maybe we need to rethink Congress then.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 03:10 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: John Cornyn (Rino-TX) at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (0sNs1)
A candidate so Christian he can quote from five gospels. Deploratards can only get to four on their best days amirite.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 03:10 PM (3d9VR)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (j+aD2)
Shit. I blame flounder. See???
Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2026 03:10 PM (jcRwP)
They're inches away from moving to Indiana.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2026 03:10 PM (jcRwP)
They are moving to Indiana. The traffic will be EPIC.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: ....... at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (ixZ1o)
And one of the really annoying things about that to them must be that many of his positions match their lies. It’s amazing to me how petty and small some of their lies are. Who would have voted differently because a politician doesn’t make moving the United States embassy to Jerusalem a campaign plank? How long did they plan to keep that in without being called on it?
It’s as if they lie not because it’s in the service of some greater good, but because it’s their nature.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (kYmoU)
Put it up again after they are gone. Lincoln had to do a lot of log rolling to get the 13th Amendment pushed through *before* a lot of new Republicans came in but he got it done
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (uhVAy)
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I've asserted for a while that the SAVE Act has a better chance next year than this year for a while.
And it has everything to do with the fact that Thune, assuming he wants the Act passed which is mere assumption for the sake of argument, has nothing on a clear number of senators to influence them one way or the other.
Replacing those five (hopefully we get Whatley to replace Tillis instead of Cooper) will do more for the direction of the Senate than any strings Thune can pull.
The problem isn't leadership. It's the senators themselves.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM
To borrow a phrase from that eminent sage and philosopher Winston Wolfe, WLNSSEODQY.
Posted by: James Talarico at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (2YhKe)
I’ve been around enough very elderly people to realize that guy is one blink away from a blue screen.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2026 03:12 PM (i6xMV)
Posted by: ....... at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (ixZ1o)
From Ozempic to Extenze.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:12 PM (2YhKe)
It's extra funny because Green was triggered by a reporter asking about losing to Rex Grossman. People who remember the non-HQ origin of the BEN ROETHLISBERGER meme understand why.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 03:12 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 03:12 PM (ixZ1o)
The problem isn't leadership. It's the senators themselves.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (Zn6QU)
The art of leadership is making people like those 5 afraid.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:13 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (wtvvX)
Leave Garret out of this.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 18, 2026 03:13 PM (ufFY8)
That's why it okay to call them faggots.
Posted by: runninrebel at June 18, 2026 03:13 PM (BrvNz)
Posted by: John Cornyn (Rino-TX) at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (0sNs1)
As in "principally a fag"?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 03:13 PM (1z8ji)
What does it all mean?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (zZu0s)
You saw the end of Predator.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:13 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:13 PM (uhVAy)
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Afraid of what?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:14 PM (Zn6QU)
Every one of these Republicans sought Trump's endorsement in their last election.
Every one promised their voters in their last election to support Trump and to work with Trump to pass his agenda.
Thune is helping them lie to their constituents by not revealing who they are.
Voters in LA waited 5 years to get rid of Cassidy--nothing he did in that five years was going to save him after he showed he hated Trump more than doing his job representing the voters of Louisiana.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:14 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: James Talarico at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (0sNs1)
Talerico's gonna lose by at least 20 points. The Democrats and the media wind everybody up every few years that they've finally got the perfect candidate to win Texas. "Beto O'Rourke Fever: Catch It!" and all that.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 03:14 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Picard at June 18, 2026 03:15 PM (3uBP9)
Never enough to do anything, never too much to be forced to do anything, always just enough to be just close enough--next election.
Both parties have agreed to this.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (73/SM)
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It's not called the "Uniparty" for nothing.
Yeah, under this system the parties can take turns exercising a minimal amount of power while maximizing personal profits.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 03:15 PM (gnNyN)
When it gets to one, Linkin Park fades up. Then the last dot goes away and you see "DIRECTED BY: MICHAEL BAY".
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 03:15 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2026 03:15 PM (i6xMV)
Posted by: ....... at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (ixZ1o)
Now he's competing with the Paolo.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:15 PM (77rzZ)
--Senator Thune
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:16 PM (UZCuZ)
____________________________
IOW, it's not only true, but those individuals have anxiety over being publicly outed and made primary targets in their next election efforts.
So, guess what we should do.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 03:17 PM (dIske)
They are against SAVE because they are being paid to stop any reforms like this from going through
But you know what? If I was Lee I'd rewrite the legislation with some minor changes and call it, "The Donald Trump is a big meanie but I want ballot integrity Act"
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:17 PM (sKqQm)
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It's catty bitch feminine behavior.
They think that by fucking everyone else over that they'll keep getting invited to the parties at the Embassies where they can rub elbows and stroke themselves off about how god damn smart they are.
The skanks on any of the Real Housewives shows don't even hold a candle to this level of faggotry.
Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 03:17 PM (5aZAZ)
Because Trump isn't the issue--the issue is the issue.
It could be some no-name, nobody running for state senate in Nebraska said something the media said was mean about women who've been raped and so "I can't in good conscious vote to limit abortion."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:18 PM (73/SM)
Yeah, that's it. It's Trump's fault. Could it be that there is no integrity of Federal elections to protect and that it's on purpose?
Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 03:18 PM (wn0/z)
It still makes me a little angry and sad that he died the way he did.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (EU//e)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (Gqar8)
A closed-door GOP lunch, huh? Who are they trying to conceal their actions from, us?
It's nice that someone in attendance ratted them out.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (2qhzn)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (kYmoU)
Almost as if they were in thrall to a supernatural force which compelled lies. Weird, isn't it?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: James Talarico at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM
Fine. You and your pals can wait until Friday night.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Delurker at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (gtcuf)
Fifteen Yard Penaly on myself - improper use of "we". Buckley was a moron.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (IdfaO)
Go full Democrat. Call it the "I Love Fluffy Kittens and Puppies Act". They'd name a bill that and it would actually mandate setting pregnant women on fire or something.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (2ocoG)
Imma guess the female pleasure center is somewhere within the purse.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (Gqar8)
Justine Bateman
@JustineBateman
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16h
Don’t know if there is a complete absence of economics understanding in CA, but if you get rid of the billionaires here, you will get rid of all the taxes they pay. About 85% of CA revenue is paid by the top 1%. If you don’t want the city to afford to function, go ahead and get rid of the wealthy citizens.
Rob Pyers
@rpyers
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17h
JUST IN: California's billionaire wealth tax initiative has collected enough valid signatures to be eligible for the November ballot.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (kX27y)
They are against electoral reform because the GOP relies on it to keep primary challengers from toppling incumbents.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: John Cornyn, Mean Girl at June 18, 2026 03:21 PM (2UnvF)
If you gave the average GOPer a truth serum they'd tell you the only damn thing they care about is getting "generational wealth"
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:21 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 18, 2026 03:21 PM (kYmoU)
LOL
Those two are worse than a broken clock--we're all still waiting for the hour when they'll be right.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:21 PM (73/SM)
that's wrong and sexist. Its in your wallet.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:21 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:21 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (i6xMV)
I wonder if he'll come out of the hospital alive.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (2YhKe)
For the sake of control of the Senate, I hope that Mitch stays alive. I won't say much more than that, however.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:21 PM (EU//e)
The problem isn't leadership. It's the senators themselves.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (Zn6QU)
Whenever I see the name Whatley I can’t help but think of Bryan Cranston on Seinfeld… the dentist that converted to Judaism strictly for the jokes…
You heard the one about Raquel Welch and the pope in a rowboat? Those aren’t buoys!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 03:22 PM (+gA9j)
First they burn down the city then they burn down the finances.
I'm sure the literal raping will be coming along soon as well.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)
They hate Trump. Both parties. But they don't hate something like the SAVE act because of Trump.
They hate it precisely because the current system was supposed to stop a Trump. The system isn't rigged enough in their minds.
This is not hard to understand.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:22 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 03:17 PM (5aZAZ)
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I hate that Kelsey such a whore.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 03:23 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 03:23 PM (+gA9j)
Posted by: ....... at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (ixZ1o)
From Ozempic to Extenze.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:12 PM (2YhKe)
I was gonna go with Enzyte.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:23 PM (zZu0s)
First they burn down the city then they burn down the finances.
I'm sure the literal raping will be coming along soon as well.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)
Red Army, 1945, Fever Dreams.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:23 PM (Gqar8)
You know this is a brilliant idea
Copy the SAVE Act.
But re-write the first part to specifically ban Donald Trump from running again. Then any GOPer/Dem that votes against you accuse of wanting another term for Trump...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:23 PM (sKqQm)
I was gonna go with Enzyte.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:23 PM (zZu0s)
6 of one, half-dozen of the other.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (2YhKe)
Now he's competing with the Paolo.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:15 PM (77rzZ)
Note I stuck with 7 because *no one* was gonna buy 8
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
You spelled 'Gibbeting' wrong.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (ItpVy)
Potato, tomato.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (dK+Kv)
Imma guess the female pleasure center is somewhere within the purse.
Posted by: gp
Nah, gotta be in the feet. Something to do with shoes.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (77rzZ)
Ace is being nice today.
Posted by: Auspex
That's not fair. I'm not a traitor!
Posted by: Lindsey Graham as Luanne Platter at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (yFLFB)
Justine Bateman
@JustineBateman
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16h
Don’t know if there is a complete absence of economics understanding in CA, but if you get rid of the billionaires here, you will get rid of all the taxes they pay. About 85% of CA revenue is paid by the top 1%. If you don’t want the city to afford to function, go ahead and get rid of the wealthy citizens.
Rob Pyers
@rpyers
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17h
JUST IN: California's billionaire wealth tax initiative has collected enough valid signatures to be eligible for the November ballot.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM
Who knew that Mallory was really the smart one?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (Jr5Lq)
Just slip it into one of those 90,000 page omnibus spending bills. Nobody reads it all. Nobody even knows what is in those things.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:25 PM (UZCuZ)
This is not hard to understand.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:22 PM (IdfaO)
Well, it's a good thing we have you here to explain things to us dumb yokels.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:25 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (Gqar
That's because we are not a serious oligarchy.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (dK+Kv)
So, guess what we should do.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 03:17 PM (dIske)
Announce that, since the haters lack the honest to come forward and announce themselves, and the others lack the sense of duty to come forward and name them, that we must primary every single sitting Senator and continue doing so until they are all removed.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (ExV1e)
Was there communist infiltration among our elites? Yes
Were the Birchers always right about who the commies were? No.
Would America have been better off if the "right leaning" party would have been consistently looking for communist infiltration and treating it as a serious thing? Yes.
So in aggregate yes Buckley was wrong.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (3uBP9)
And bags. Super overpriced ugly purses that don't hold very much but everyone has told them that they are hot and sexy
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (2YhKe)
They kept changing thr name- probably getting their asses sued.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (zZu0s)
JUST IN: California's billionaire wealth tax initiative has collected enough valid signatures to be eligible for the November ballot.
Posted by: beckster
It doesn't matter if it fails in november, the commiecourts will do what they did with gay marriage there and just declare it law.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (Y8DZL)
Nah, gotta be in the feet. Something to do with shoes.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (77rzZ)
Missed opportunity to sock Mars Blackmon.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:27 PM (2YhKe)
Followed by the corrupt judiciary.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 03:27 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (UjdFS)
First they burn down the city then they burn down the finances.
I'm sure the literal raping will be coming along soon as well.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)
I never thought that Hollywood would have been able to kill the Star Wars franchise - one which was more vital and durable than even James Bond - but they were able to kill that golden goose. Silicon Valley is the closest thing we have to a golden goose in business, and I'll be darned if CA doesn't manage to kill that goose as well. You may have the same people, but you cannot recreate that ecosystem anywhere else. Why? many people have tried without success. If they destroy the Valley, the damage to the country could be incalculable. Those idiots might just go ahead and do it anyway.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (EU//e)
Posted by: tubal
Have knout, will travel.
-- Zombie Peter the Great
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (77rzZ)
Omar, Omar, Omar......you got played.
Conservative Brief
@ConservBrief
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21h
Obama Scandal EXPLODES!!
Stunning news - some minority-owned and local subcontractors who helped with construction of the Barack Obama Presidential Center opening on Juneteenth are still unpaid - owed MILLIONS as they face financial ruin.
African American Contractors Association President Omar Shareef: "What sense is celebrating Juneteenth if our black contractors are not getting their money?"
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (kX27y)
Back in the 1800s the treatment for female anxiety and hysteria was a doctor rubbing your button.
Though modern commenters use this as an opportunity to argue our ancestors were dumb I suspect every doctor/patient knew exactly what they were doing
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (sKqQm)
But the reality is, every red state could be passing it's own version of the SAVE Act as well.
I know KY recently passed several provisions that mirror the SAVE Act; even putting voter ID as a constitutional amendment.
How many other red states have done this?
If not, why not?
But you know why, oh say ... Georgia, isn't passing any election integrity laws.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (73/SM)
They kept changing thr name- probably getting their asses sued.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (zZu0s)/i]
Have a friend that became an airplane mechanic. Worked at Addison Airport north of Dallas where lots of private jets come through.
They were doing an annual inspection on a craft that Tony Stewart was selling to Ryan Newman, both of NASCAR fame.
He said they kept finding empty packs of Enzyte all over the plane.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:29 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:29 PM (UZCuZ)
Talk all you want but it's Mid June now, you've had all year. Action matters, not talk.
Posted by: Green Beans R Us at June 18, 2026 03:29 PM (W+TLY)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (kX27y)
Shareef don't like it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:29 PM (2YhKe)
Yes. Because at the end of the day ... Buckley thought Politics would work it all out. That elections would be fair and we'd end up with some analog process were we'd get 55% this and 45% that and nobody would be trampled on too hard.
Of course, his ass thought that because he was rich. He never considered for a day the idea of getting a knife put to his throat on his commute from here to there.
Can't stand Buckley.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:30 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (wtvvX)
And another is claimed...
Tex for the love of God, reconsider. Once you agree with him once, it's impossible to get out of it. Take it from me.
Go. I beg you. Go while you still can!
Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM
Comrade Flounder may have captured one dot, but the other two are ours!!!!!
Posted by: Big Penguin at June 18, 2026 03:30 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:30 PM (An6iH)
Followed by the corrupt judiciary.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 03:27 PM (jehhT)
Love him or hate him or a little of both, the Trumpist Populism we have in place is the only method we have for changing the country without Civil War. Trump wil go, but his methods could remain.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:30 PM (Gqar8)
Obama using unpaid black labor to build his monument is *chef's kiss*
Posted by: the dandy at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (8l8nW)
Posted by: Hitachi at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: M. Gaga at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (zeLd4)
yeah like Florida did years ago. Texas could, if Abbot pivoted the right direction that day. Its just sad how all these "red" states aren't really red at all, they just tend to vote against Democrats in national elections.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (UZCuZ)
I agreed with his yeeting of Sobran from National Review, but that was about it.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (Jr5Lq)
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And I say, what better way to celebrate Juneteenth than with a favored African-American tradition--not paying your bills.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (73/SM)
Put Trump in front of a podium, name names, and make them squirm.
Trump needs to make these assholes' constituency call them incessantly.
Make life hard for these pricks.
Not their families. I mean their political lives.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (fgSb9)
African American Contractors Association President Omar Shareef: "What sense is celebrating Juneteenth if our black contractors are not getting their money?"
Posted by: beckster
Quite the gathering at the opening today. A veritable who's who of who's who plus George Bush.
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (EU//e)
Also, with distribution and communication as they are you don't need to put all your eggs in one district basket anymore. You don't have to have your success price out the market near your HQ, you can have it wherever you want it.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (uhVAy)
Obama using unpaid black labor to build his monument is *chef's kiss*
Posted by: the dandy at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (8l8nW)
Could it be.......SLAVERY!??
Posted by: The OTHER Church Lady at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (fgSb9)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (kX27y)
Are you a for-real muzzie, Omar? If so, declare a jihad against Barky.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (1z8ji)
And to return to this topic, any American in say 1956 given a vision of America in 2026 would be shocked and horrified. Right, left, center...trannies twerking for kids? Mass immigration of jihadis? Endless graft going to Somali Learing centers?
So Buckley FAILED. He stopped NOTHING. In fact he failed in ways that people of his era couldn't even have imagined us failing in.
And failure is supposed to mean you try something different. This is why we have Trump as the GOP standard bearer now not a Jeb Bush clone
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (sKqQm)
JUST IN: California's billionaire wealth tax initiative has collected enough valid signatures to be eligible for the November ballot.
Posted by: beckster
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[fades up Elton John, 'Burn Down the Mission']
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (XeU6L)
African American Contractors Association President Omar Shareef: "What sense is celebrating Juneteenth if our black contractors are not getting their money?"
Posted by: beckster
Quite the gathering at the opening today. A veritable who's who of who's who plus George Bush.
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (lJ0H4)
I suggest some peaceful protesting at the site, people.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (uhVAy)
Juneteenth is not a Holiday.
It's not even a Day.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:33 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 03:02 PM (dK+Kv
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Yes. If only we had a tried and true method of dealing with these traitors. If only.
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 03:33 PM (F9bBk)
People are making ultra low budget AI movies that are getting serious eyeballs. There was a remake of Harry Potter where instead of magic it was about working out for example, and there is a fan made Warhammer40K short movie coming out.
Hollywood is about to die.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:33 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:33 PM (UZCuZ)
Juneteenth is not a Holiday.
It's not even a Day.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:33 PM (An6iH)
It is so!!!!
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: connected and litigious at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: connected and litigious at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (cS1cw)
{perks up}
Jerking.. committee? So, like, you arrange the porta-potties in a circle? Doors open or closed?
Posted by: Maine Goon at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM
Who knew that Mallory was really the smart one?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (Wnv9h)
______________________
They assume that eventually the Democrats will control the Oval office and both parts of Congress once again, and get federal handouts from the rest of us to continue to exist. There are a lot of entities depending upon that (journalism, NGO's, Blue states, Blue City pension accounts).
The Executive Order Fiats, appropriation bills, and treasury checks are going to rain down upon them the second the Left gets back all three branches of the federal govt. I'm hoping I get hit by a bus in an interim and am not here to see it.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (dIske)
Omar Shareef?
He did better in "Lawrence" than as "Dr. Zhivago".
Good to see he got out of acting but, jeez, gotta be 100 years old.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (lJ0H4)
I know, George and Barbara and Spielberg and Hanks......Bono, Springsteen, Marc Anthony....and, Valerie Jarrett gave the land acknowledgment. BTW, Bill Clinton looks as bad as Joe Biden does.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Charlotte Learing and Voter Fraud Center at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (qUkBO)
And to return to this topic, any American in say 1956 given a vision of America in 2026 would be shocked and horrified. Right, left, center...trannies twerking for kids? Mass immigration of jihadis? Endless graft going to Somali Learing centers?
So Buckley FAILED. He stopped NOTHING. In fact he failed in ways that people of his era couldn't even have imagined us failing in.
And failure is supposed to mean you try something different. This is why we have Trump as the GOP standard bearer now not a Jeb Bush clone
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (sKqQm)
Buckley made the GOP look elitist and hostile to middle America. Never saw a reason for adulation.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (kX27y)
https://youtu.be/4CVFOnmW6v8
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (ExV1e)
Look Barry is willing to do stop Laura isn't - what else can I say?
Posted by: George Bush at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (sKqQm)
That is ultimately the flaw of conservatism: it accomplishes nothing other than great arguments. They win all the debates, they have all the best winning zingers, and accomplish nothing. It doesn't matter if you win debates with your think tank when the ratchet keeps going clank clank clank for the left.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (UZCuZ)
Nationalist Populist. Was an instant ban from Maet. He feared the phrase.
But that is what it is. Nationalist Populist.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (IdfaO)
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Standing athwart history and yelling "stop!" has a lower success rate than the prevent defense: 0.00% success
Political wars are won on the offense, never but never have they been won on the defense.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (73/SM)
Either way it’s pretty easy to see who those Rs might be - the 4 who voted against it. There’s been 2 votes on the SAVE America Act in the Senate. 48 votes. Even a filibuster wouldn’t help.
Meanwhile, the House hasn’t even voted on it, yet Johnson skates.
Posted by: Purple at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (wFksi)
He did better in "Lawrence" than as "Dr. Zhivago".
Good to see he got out of acting but, jeez, gotta be 100 years old.
Posted by: Auspex
Omar is mort. He was born a Christian, but converted to Islham because he married an islhamette.
Eff that guy.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (77rzZ)
>>17h
JUST IN: California's billionaire wealth tax initiative has collected enough valid signatures to be eligible for the November ballot.
I don't think they will be done counting the primary election ballots by then.
Should be interesting.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Random PJ at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (+jscL)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (Gqar8)
W's a friendly kinda guy I think. He gets along with Michelle quite well; so I've heard.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (Jr5Lq)
That is ultimately the flaw of conservatism: it accomplishes nothing other than great arguments. They win all the debates, they have all the best winning zingers, and accomplish nothing. It doesn't matter if you win debates with your think tank when the ratchet keeps going clank clank clank for the left.
Why are my ears tingling?
Posted by: Ben Shapiro at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (kX27y)
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You voted for Obama, amirite? Suckit.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (RIvkX)
We'll pull the goalie, its sure to work this time!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (UZCuZ)
Eff that guy.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (77rzZ)
Crossed the Rainbow Bridge on a 3 no Trump contract...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (qx7Zg)
Part of the issue is that the conservative right envision themselves as the normative voice of the right, but perhaps that isn't true.
It's not as if Lindsay Graham hasn't been primaryed, and yet his constituents re-elect him. McConnell and others as well.
And for the most part, when polled most Republicans will say they agree with the conservative right. But when it comes to conforming their actions and their votes to these principals as disconnect.
Anecdotally, I know a roofer with MAGA stickers all over his truck. And yet every single employee that showed up to roof my house were ESL Mexicans.
Perhaps it's simply a case of RINO politicians representing their RINO constituents.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (qoEJr)
It's not even a Day.
Posted by: garrett
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Official Federal holiday 'Juneteenth National Independence Day'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (77rzZ)
Fuck off with your asshole wars, too, George. Your whole family is garbage.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (fgSb9)
People are making ultra low budget AI movies that are getting serious eyeballs. There was a remake of Harry Potter where instead of magic it was about working out for example, and there is a fan made Warhammer40K short movie coming out.
Hollywood is about to die.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:33 PM (sKqQm)
its already dead. They film in cheaper areas already and the drones running things are more interested in pushing a point nobody wants to see than even wealth.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (uhVAy)
The GOPe then comes in and talks them down to...$100B and claims they cut $100B from the budget well the Dems laugh about getting twice what they wanted.
And this happens everywhere in DC with everything.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Delurker at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (gtcuf)
Where?!
Posted by: Lincoln Project at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (3d9VR)
OK - Bandersnatch - I can see why he liked Buckley. And Ace seemed to quote him a lot back in the day.
But honestly - fuck that guy in particular was my first reaction. Early 80s. About the time they were starting to send all the mills and factories overseas.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: beckster
Hillary wearing a raincoat for some reason. Laura Bush looks ill.
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (lJ0H4)
W's a friendly kinda guy I think. He gets along with Michelle quite well; so I've heard.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (Jr5Lq)
I'm old enough to remember when the left referred to him as "Chimpy McBushHitler."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (kX27y)
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Shareef don't like it
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 03:39 PM (F9bBk)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 03:39 PM (3d9VR)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 03:39 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: Ben Shapiro
Speaking of ol Ben, his organization fired the one guy who understood that we have to fix popular culture and was putting out conservative content in movies. He was the guy that made stuff like "What Is A Woman" and "Pendragon Cycle." Some of it was pretty lame like "Ladyballers" and some of it was good. But they were making an impact.
Ben fired him. The Daily Wire lost money on a few of the efforts, so they dropped the entire effort. Because unlike the left, right leaning stuff isn't willing to eat a loss for a while to get the message out.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:39 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (qx7Zg)
Saw fans in the stands waving Scottish flags during the Red Sox/Jays game.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 03:40 PM (1z8ji)
We'll pull the goalie, its sure to work this time!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (UZCuZ)
I don't recall him or his magazine ever really do that. More like whine about things and feel superior to the flyover states.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:40 PM (uhVAy)
Hollywood is about to die.
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Their brilliant idea to deal with the emerging threat of AI entertainment was to deploy 100+ year old tactics of ... going on strike.
Oh, big win! You fought for name, image and likeness compensation if used in AI.
Guess what?
AI can make better looking, better sounding, zero-politics replacements.
You are not the star.
You never were the star.
The story was always the star.
And there is no demand for another alphabet people story, the only one you want to tell.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:40 PM (73/SM)
I'm old enough to remember when the left referred to him as "Chimpy McBushHitler."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (2YhKe)
I think they truly don’t care about any of that. They grift, and they go, with their bags of swag.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:41 PM (Gqar8)
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Did not like him in Doctor Zhivago.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 03:41 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:41 PM (fgSb9)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 03:41 PM (GD0B3)
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And I say, what better way to celebrate Juneteenth than with a favored African-American tradition--not paying your bills.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
So once they get paid, they come in with real concrete to replace the dried Play-Doh they used building it?
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 18, 2026 03:41 PM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (qx7Zg)
Seems the Brits are as well. A popular bar in Dallas had to close down for a couple days as they were out of just about everything, food AND booze, and waited for a delivery before reopening.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:41 PM (2YhKe)
The system rewards him for hiring illegals - he gets more money in his pocket by doing so.
If you want to fix things you have to make the system reward the things you want and punish those you don't.
Yes this is the opposite of the traditional GOPer argument that they can't pass a law against X until they change hearts and minds or some shit first. But this is the opposite of true. Ban it and many people will embrace what the law says as their morality and more will follow it because they want rewards and not punishment.
So to go back to your specific example if we ever did get around to penalizing business owners personally for hiring illegals this guy would stop but nothing else will make him do so.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (6ydKt)
I'd rather speak of his sister. How's she doing ? And by she ? I mean her sweater.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (IdfaO)
However, am I the only one thinking that the Ukrainian Actions against Russian Oil Infrastructure was timed to thwart the Market Effects of Trump opening the Strait of Hormuz via his Iran Agreement?
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:41 PM (fgSb9)
Like they say, once you go black......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: beckster
Hillary wearing a raincoat for some reason. Laura Bush looks ill.
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (lJ0H4)
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What a fucking line-up of scum and villany.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (fgSb9)
John Cornyn pushed to make Juneteenth a holiday.
And blacks in Texas rewarded him by ... voting in the Democrat primary for Crockett.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:43 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:43 PM (77rzZ)
How do they justify that betrayal? I mean, besides money. And the whole "saving democracy" bullshit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 03:43 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Darth Randall at June 18, 2026 03:43 PM (vHMT8)
Guilty of liking Buckley in the day myself.
But, yeah, Ivy League Catholic that looked down on working Americans as rubes.
Bill Kristol spent most of his early career mimicking him.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:44 PM (Y8DZL)
I'd be willing to consider one around the 13th amendment or a "Will Wilberforce" day but celebrating the day one group of former slaves in Texas found out they had been freed is a national holiday?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:44 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:44 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (lJ0H4)
Yeah, noticed the bulky raincoat. Bill was falling asleep but is wearing cool sunglasses. Sasha has gained a ton of weight and is huge. Malia looks like a stick figure with awful, too-long, stringy hair.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:44 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 03:44 PM (F9bBk)
This is going to be a problem. Sit down.
Ric Flair and Rick Steamboat ? They didn't hate each other. It was just a show.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:45 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (An6iH)
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No, you are not. Deepstate is alive and well and working their asses off against the American people.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:45 PM (fgSb9)
But, yeah, Ivy League Catholic that looked down on working Americans as rubes.
Bill Kristol spent most of his early career mimicking him.
Say about me what you want, but you know I never had my way with a cabin boy
Posted by: William Buckley at June 18, 2026 03:45 PM (sKqQm)
That was, as I recall, his definition of conservatism "standing athwart history and saying 'stop'" which as People's Hippo Voice pointed out accomplished zero, like pulling your goalie.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:45 PM (UZCuZ)
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You're thinking of Tofu Construction, a specialty of the Chinese
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:45 PM (73/SM)
However, am I the only one thinking that the Ukrainian Actions against Russian Oil Infrastructure was timed to thwart the Market Effects of Trump opening the Strait of Hormuz via his Iran Agreement?
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (An6iH)
Russian oil is at least theoretically still embargoed and still being sold all over the world under the table.
And a bit of flame retardant work and that tank and most of its oil will be ready to be sold. Its pretty hard to damage oil installations, WWII showed that. Makes a pretty picture though.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:46 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Bulg
Probably the last time Striesand looked doable. Barely.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:46 PM (Y8DZL)
I'd be willing to consider one around the 13th amendment or a "Will Wilberforce" day but celebrating the day one group of former slaves in Texas found out they had been freed is a national holiday?!?"
Celebrate Booker T Washington, a black leader I admire. If there's something IDK about to hate about the guy, fill me in please.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:46 PM (Jr5Lq)
That was, as I recall, his definition of conservatism "standing athwart history and saying 'stop'" which as People's Hippo Voice pointed out accomplished zero, like pulling your goalie.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:45 PM (UZCuZ)
yes, I knew the attribution, but what did WFB and NR ever really take a stand on?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:47 PM (uhVAy)
And to return to this topic, any American in say 1956 given a vision of America in 2026 would be shocked and horrified. Right, left, center...trannies twerking for kids? Mass immigration of jihadis? Endless graft going to Somali Learing centers?
So Buckley FAILED. He stopped NOTHING. In fact he failed in ways that people of his era couldn't even have imagined us failing in...Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (sKqQm)
Buckley made the GOP look elitist and hostile to middle America. Never saw a reason for adulation.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (uhVAy)
I completely disagree. Yes, NR is but a RINO husk of its former self, at best. I personally can't believe that all the writers that I followed back in the 90s (with the exception of Derbyshire and Steyn) went over to the Dark Side, but that said Buckley was a giant of the conservative movement. The only one who offered any competition for him back in the 50s was probably Russell Kirk, and he was a writer, not a talker. From Firing Line, to running for NYC mayor in the 60s, and so on, he was the only figure until Rush who could have been the face of The Right.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:47 PM (EU//e)
Its like making it a holiday that WW2 ended when that last confused Japanese Soldier in the jungle found out decades later.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:47 PM (UZCuZ)
They'd think it was do slow of course but...how would they react to the casual violence of the Soviets that looked very much like the casual violence of the German Socialists they've seen many times in film
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:47 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Darth Randall at June 18, 2026 03:43 PM (vHMT
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There have been several, and they've been self-identifying.
The problem is that the vast majority who keep voting against it...are not running for re-election (Mitch, Tillis, and Cassidy are on record, though we know for sure that Cornyn won't vote for passage if it's actually needs his vote), plus Murkowski (who is a Democrat).
So, they are the scapegoats.
Getting rid of most of them will help. We'll see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 03:44 PM (F9bBk)
Many are slaves, the chains are just mental.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:47 PM (uhVAy)
In the 1990s? Marijuana legalization. I'm serious.
I guess they also gave an even handed hearing to "The Bell Curve". The New Republic also tried to, but then they had a staff revolt so all the articles in that issue were about how racist it was.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM (3d9VR)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:44 PM (77rzZ)
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Oliver Twist is good. Great Expectations is great.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM (Zn6QU)
John has a long mustache. And the puppies are barking.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM (ixZ1o)
OH ... I'll take this one.
Vote GOP - early and often. Nio matter what. No matter what the Dirty Democrat says.
Still said today.
And By God ... the Rich must not pay Capital Gains.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:49 PM (IdfaO)
Her entire career is baffling to me. How did she get work in Hollywood, let alone as a romantic lead in multiple films? She had a pretty good if highly nasal voice but really? HER?
There were a lot of actors and actresses in the 70s that defy rational explanation as to how they had a career.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:49 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM
Oh, we will! We mosdef will! Just you wait!
Posted by: (D)emocrats at June 18, 2026 03:49 PM (0sNs1)
The "Bradford Oakes" series was awful, but the quip about yacht ownership being like standing in a cold shower peeling off $100 bills was funny.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:49 PM (Y8DZL)
But there was still slavery in the US at the time, so the analogy would be like instead of celebrating VJ day on the day Japan surrendered OR the day the last Jap soldier surrendered celebrating the day the Japs left the Philippines or something
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:49 PM (sKqQm)
Can we get a Holiday for the day LBJ put them back in Chains?
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:49 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM
It met your expectations?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (OaiXh)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (qx7Zg)
____________________
The latest is that they have graduated to a 1980's prank that they do over in Glasgow. They put traffic cones on the heads of authoritative statues. The famous one they did was the Duke of Wellington, and it escalated from there.
So, now, there were about 30 of them trying to get a traffic cone to land on the head of the Samuel Adams statue near Faniel Hall...(which they accomplished).
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (dIske)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM
It met your expectations?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (0sNs1)
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Honestly, I expected more.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: gp
He and Frederick Douglass. Though Douglass had more personal issues, I think. But his heart was in the right place.
Both men believed strongly in education for blacks. A position, that, sadly, the present-day "black community" has rejected.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (77rzZ)
Matt Van Swol
@mattvanswol
🚨#BREAKING: A 3-YEAR-OLD BOY HAS BEEN THROWN INTO A CROCODILE ENCLOSURE BY A 30-YEAR-OLD MALE AND HAS BEEN MAULED.
THE ATTACK WAS "RANDOM" AND THE MAN TOSSED THE BOY AT THE CROCODILES IN THE UK.
HE HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTED M*RDER.
THEY ARE NOT NAMING THE ATTACKER.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (kX27y)
Oliver Twist is good. Great Expectations is great.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM (Zn6QU)
That's it?
No wonder you're struggling to get your YT channel off the ground......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (2YhKe)
Didn't know they fired Matt Walsh, but I get it. A significant number of conservatives, especially older ones, react to the idea of participating in current popular culture with revulsion and disgust. Even when it's to move the Overton window.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:47 PM (EU//e)
And what did his right accomplish? Running down Goldwater, sneering at Reagan who ended up doing more than WFB did by a million. He was controlled oppo.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (uhVAy)
Quite a difference from 2020...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (sKqQm)
Never underestimate the power of a Prehensile Uvula.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (An6iH)
No wonder you're struggling to get your YT channel off the ground......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (2YhKe)
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I'm going for pithy!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (Zn6QU)
But there was still slavery in the US at the time, so the analogy would be like instead of celebrating VJ day on the day Japan surrendered OR the day the last Jap soldier surrendered celebrating the day the Japs left the Philippines or something
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:49 PM (sKqQm)
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (bl07w)
its like working as a public school teacher. How many full months go by without an extra day off? Hell, how many WEEKS?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (UZCuZ)
If you want to fix things you have to make the system reward the things you want and punish those you don't.
And I'm willing to start with million dollar plus fines and/or prison sentences for knowingly hiring an illegal.
Cuz that'd change hearts and minds real fucking rikki tik.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (uhVAy)
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This. Despite whatever good ideas he had he was a self-important faculty lounge walking stereotype who when he wasn't acting high and mighty was probably huffing his own farts vigorously.
Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (5aZAZ)
He's ideologically better but I find it hard to listen to him for long
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:52 PM (sKqQm)
Didn't know they fired Matt Walsh, but I get it. A significant number of conservatives, especially older ones, react to the idea of participating in current popular culture with revulsion and disgust. Even when it's to move the Overton window.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (2ocoG)
He said something critical about Israel and Ben can't have any of that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:52 PM (2YhKe)
Cuz that'd change hearts and minds real fucking rikki tik.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (ExV1e)
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It's one of the main drivers that made MTG anti-Trump.
Her construction company she co-owns was suddenly met with the reality that labor costs could go up. Because she definitely wasn't hiring illegals. No, sir.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:52 PM (Zn6QU)
This would explain how Richard Benjamin was considered a leading man
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:53 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:53 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (An6iH)
Almost as if there were a global cabal using economic means to destroy the west. Some sort of world economic something.
Can't be.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 03:53 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Maine Goon at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (Sy6m/)
An open door portapotty circle jerk for oyster Nazis is a very outr&ecaute; notion. Bravo.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 03:53 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (iFTx/)
Incorrect. Texas blacks celebrated Juneteenth every year. They had festivals and parades in most big cities. Everywhere there is a MLK Jr. Blvd, they were celebrating.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:53 PM (2YhKe)
No denim. Bowties...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (cGjQu)
Also gotta credit WFB for "The Unmaking of a Mayor" and the devastating ridicule of John Lindsey.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: tubal
Yes, I like him, too. But I don't know much about him.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (77rzZ)
Nah, just Trump. They time and do things to harm the economy so Trump suffers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (UZCuZ)
Also gotta credit WFB for "The Unmaking of a Mayor" and the devastating ridicule of John Lindsey.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Y8DZL)
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That's a good book.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (4T3aT)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (3d9VR)
Posted by: Crumps Benjamin at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (Mx+TJ)
Because they ain't Irish. Come on. This is not hard.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (UZCuZ)
Ben fired him.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:39 PM (UZCuZ)
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Does that mean I don't have to hear him and his absurd voice continue to run against Michael Knowles for the nomination to be the next Pope?
Cause that'd be great.
Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:47 PM (EU//e)
And what did his right accomplish? Running down Goldwater, sneering at Reagan who ended up doing more than WFB did by a million. He was controlled oppo.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (uhVAy)
I largely agree with that - WFB was about as Establishment as you could get. However, there was no movement before Buckley, and of the group that was around only WFB had the gift of organization - as chaotic as it turned out to be, almost from the very beginning. Rush and the movement we have now had to be built on some foundation, and Buckley was it. I'm not sure that we could have had Reagan without Buckley.
Now, he did outlive his usefulness. The success of NR made him the gatekeeper of the movement, which ended to its detriment. His son Spaulding -- oops, Christopher - was not equipped for the next generation of the movement, as well. However, no single person had WFB's talents, and he was the right man for that time.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (EU//e)
Anybody who can turn a Peanut into a CD Player is worthy of admiration.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (An6iH)
Hey, let's make it a federal holiday! That'll keep em voting for us!
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (cGjQu)
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Actually I used to work for a university back east. We got lots of days off. Now I work for Wyoming. Honestly, They're pretty stingy with paid time off. It was a shock coming from such a free-loading environment. But I'm way happier now!
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (OaiXh)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (fgSb9)
Years. It was officially recognized in 1980. It’s not some recent white liberal thing.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (bucPA)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:46 PM (Jr5Lq)
I've always been a fan of George Washington Carver, too. Knew the value of education and did remarkable things with his life.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (k9OZB)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (algQV)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (cGjQu)
The ultimate in pander.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Y8DZL)
Republican Mayor Lindsey?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (uhVAy)
Never underestimate the power of a Prehensile Uvula.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (An6iH)
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Bo Derek was the female version of Tommy Wiseau if acting is the qualifier (with the exception being that anyone with testosterone in any quantity had her swimsuit poster where she wore dreadlocks)
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (dIske)
Cuz that'd change hearts and minds real fucking rikki tik.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (ExV1e)
The laws are already on the books. It is already illegal to hire illegals... just no one is enforcing the law.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (Jr5Lq)
Reagan allowed the Democrats to beta test their election fraud schemes and take over California. And Buckley "legitimized" Rush Limbaugh for the tea and crumpets crowd. Nobody's 100% good or bad.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (2ocoG)
And then there was Burnadette Peters. Still prettier than ... well ... everybody.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (IdfaO)
Typically, when people talk of other people's "unacceptable" views, they talk of other people holding such views, largely because people are incapable of looking at the world through the lens of other people's mindset. That is a rare skill, IMO.
So I read this as "Thune hates Trump"
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (GD0B3)
The laws are already on the books. It is already illegal to hire illegals... just no one is enforcing the law.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (mP0Kj)
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But if people realize that, then who will donate to congressmen's campaigns as they gesticulate at committee hearings?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (2UnvF)
She was no Heather Thomas in a Hot Tub.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: man
"Hold my beer."
-- Zombie LBJ. ready to sign the VRA
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:58 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 03:58 PM (dK+Kv)
I'm starting to think 50% of the government expenditures are fraudulent.
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
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4h
Meet Pervez Siddiqui, a Pakistani and the president of an adult day care in NYC. He was just arrested and charged for allegedly carrying out a $38 MILLION Medicaid scam.
Siddiqui allegedly faked sign-ups in order to receive kickbacks through Medicaid payments.
Siddiqui was reportedly prominent in Democrat circles, per NYP
7 other co-conspirators were also arrested.
The fraud never ends.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:58 PM (kX27y)
Years. It was officially recognized in 1980. It’s not some recent white liberal thing.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (bucPA)
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I lived there for 5 years and had never heard of it until we made it some stupid holiday.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:58 PM (fgSb9)
That scene with Bolero....
Yum.
Bunkworthy, that is
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 03:59 PM (cGjQu)
Where in TX though? I hear it's slightly larger than Rhode Island.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 03:59 PM (3d9VR)
I lived there for 5 years and had never heard of it until we made it some stupid holiday.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:58 PM (fgSb9)
There were commercials on TV every year in DFW for the festivals and parades that I remember since the 80's.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:59 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 03:59 PM (4T3aT)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (iFTx/)
Incorrect. Texas blacks celebrated Juneteenth every year. They had festivals and parades in most big cities. Everywhere there is a MLK Jr. Blvd, they were celebrating.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:53 PM (2YhKe)
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Really? I never heard of it before, and I we have friends and family in Dallas. I woulda thunk I'd at least have heard of it in passing. I also dated a black girl who lived for a time in TX and while she knew what it was, she said it was never any big deal.
Certainly no black outside of TX that I have ever met ever celebrated it, or even knew what it was.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:00 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: tubal
According to his Wikipedia page, he was known during his life as something like "the black Leonardo."
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 04:00 PM (77rzZ)
One difference you see consistently between the left and right is that if the left wants say $50B for something they'll come out and say anything less then $200B is an outrage and leads to kids dying in the streets.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (sKqQm)
The thing that pisses me off about the GOPe is that they allow themselves to be bought so cheaply. "I'll pay you $5k for a vote on this $650B bill.", "Make it $4500. I don't want to price myself out of the market."
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 04:00 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:00 PM (cGjQu)
- Rube voters in red states
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:00 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:00 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Crumps Benjamin at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (Mx+TJ)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (bucPA)
I am convinced many of his pop culture takes are just contrarian, to help build his image as a curmudgeon. He has recently began talking about the impact and importance of pop culture and how the nation has suffered as it changed.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (UZCuZ)
Certainly no black outside of TX that I have ever met ever celebrated it, or even knew what it was.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:00 PM (iFTx/)
That is correct. NO one cared unless they were born and lived in Texas.
Anyone else celebrating it was a pandering idiot. It means NOTHING to anyone outside of Texas.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (cGjQu)
Glory Be! McCain and Romney pulled it off, surviving with fortunes intact and praised by progressives!
Hell, they can all do it! In the end, the rinos are financial guys. They want to be, need to be to be worthy enough so as not to be tortured in a public restaurant, publicly mocked and criticized by former presidents and their surrogates, etc. And then if/when the time comes to leave Congress, they & theirs have warm and friendly roosting places.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (4T3aT)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:58 PM (kX27y)
Imma open a bar with cold beer and hot chicks and call it an adult daycare.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: tubal
Pretty easy after having been made a eunuch.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (Y8DZL)
Jeesh, those freaking Poles...
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (DiYkG)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (wBaIH)
And killing and rioting and all the other shit. Downing someone in the street and going at their neck with a pocket knife is against the law.
Not arguing with your statement. But I am arguing with the slope headed Andy Griffith crowd that can't grasp that the rules are not being followed.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (IdfaO)
(Looks around)
Haven't been here in a while.
This seems to be a pretty subdued Pride month. Haven't seen any Pride flags here in the DMV. I did read that some baseball team had to cancel because the team refused to wear rainbow game shirts.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (kJmSS)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (wBaIH)
Thank You for Smoking was very good and very funny.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (kX27y)
No. I grew up south of Indianapolis. All we heard about was "copperheads".
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (IdfaO)
Speaking of Omar Shareef, Julie Christie had that ethereal beauty back in the day.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (fgSb9)
Heartbreakingly beautiful woman. But her most famous character, Lara, was a shameless round-heeled slut, in the film and especially the book.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (y9nCu)
"It doesn't matter how you feel about the President, 80% of the country wants us to pass this bill, so put aside your animus and get this done for the American people. and most importantly, if you can get this done, I will do a backdoor deal to get millions in each of your re-election coffers."
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (fgSb9)
Did it again apparently. 😏
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (kJmSS)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (NFX2v)
"It doesn't matter how you feel about the President, 80% of the country wants us to pass this bill, so put aside your animus and get this done for the American people. and most importantly, if you can get this done, I will do a backdoor deal to get millions in each of your re-election coffers."
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (fgSb9)
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"Fuck you. No."
-Mitch, Tillis, Cassidy, Cornyn, and Ernst, all retiring
"Really, fuck you. No."
-Murkowski, Democrat
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (Zn6QU)
Does it matter to them what Trump thinks, or what Obama, Clinton, Bush, etc. think? And while all things must pass, O and the Clintons have had some real staying power in government.
Barack Obama explicitly stated he was not done serving when he left office, emphasizing in his Farewell Address that he would remain involved as a citizen for the rest of his days. He also famously told his staff and supporters before departing, "I won't stop. In fact, I will be right there with you, as a citizen, for all my remaining days."
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (NFX2v)
Looks like that was a threat, he's destroying the Dems better than the GOP has done.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (bucPA)
The LGBTSYNZC part is.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (wjnjX)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (Ia/+0)
Barack Obama explicitly stated he was not done serving when he left office,
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (NFX2v)
I'm reminded of that steaming pile of monkey crap Charlie Crist who whined during a press conference after switching parties "I just want to SERVE!". Sounded like a teenage boy trying to talk his girlfriend into taking in "just the tip".
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (dIske)
Eh, Bo Derek was married to midlevel actor/director John Derek.
So, she was part of the in-crowd. Easy for her to get the part in "10" because she was a beautiful, sexy gal with a knockout body.
And that's all "10" required of her since she was a sex fantasy object for Dudley Moore's character.
She had maybe 20 lines in that movie.
Anyway, after that she failed more or less because-
-though she had great tits, they weren't attached to a great actress.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (iJfKG)
European Parliament Votes By Almost 2/3rds Majority, 418 to 218, to Make It Easier to Deport Migrants; Hall Explodes Into Chant of "Send Them Back! Send Them Back!"
The joke leftist newspaper The Guardian is very sad about this, and wants you to know that after the "Send them back!" chant, some shrill voices counter-chanted "shame on you."
Oh no, we've never heard squeaky communists hissing "shame" at us.A two-thirds majority in what is usually a very left-wing, pro-bureaucrat, pro-Davos body is "controversial." But opening the borders wasn't controversial, you see.
Rightwing MEPs have come under fire after they celebrated a vote aimed at increasing deportations across the EU with chants of "send them back", leading other lawmakers to respond with cries of "shame on you". The heated confrontation in the European parliament came on Wednesday after lawmakers voted 418 to 218 to approve controversial measures aimed at increasing deportations of undocumented people.
Wow I'm surprised that "the experts" -- meaning leftwingers who have f***ed and s***ed their way into cushy NGO jobs -- were against this. One reform now allows countries to make deals with third-party countries to take their "asylum seekers" as their meritless, fraudulent asylum claims are processed. If I recall correctly, Italy just sought such a deal, and made an agreement with Albania to take the "asylees" while they churned through the fraud. But then the European Union cancelled the deal, claiming it was against the Convention on Human Rights. (Again, if memory serves.) I assume this reform makes that deal permissible.
The overhaul has been widely criticised by rights groups including Amnesty International France, which this week described the plans as "absurd, cruel and discriminatory", and 16 UN experts, who recently outlined more than a dozen ways in which the rules could contravene international human rights.
LOL. The reform also allows governments to detain "migrants" for longer. They can be detained, IIRC, for two months without cause, and for an unlimited period if they're a security threat. If anyone says "but that's holding them without trial" -- well, they're always free to leave the country.
The plans include measures under which people could be detained for up to two years or sent to offshore centres that have been described as potential "human rights black holes", while also allowing ICE-style immigration enforcement to gain a foothold in Europe.
... The far right's celebration of the vote was swiftly condemned. Javi López, a Socialist and vice-president of the European parliament, described the plenary session as "disgraceful". Writing on social media, he added: "As if people were parcels. Families. Minors. Deported to third countries. This is the Europe they are imposing."Oh, Javi Lopez wouldn't be a socialist from Spain, by any chance, would he? The leftwing Spanish government granted residency to lots of illegal aliens, in order to replace the native Spanish population. They said this mass amnesty would apply to 500,000 aliens, so don't even worry about it, mate. Surprise! They lied. It's up to a million and counting. Those experts, they just never get things right, do they? Maybe they're not really experts at all.
Spain's government has received around 900,000 applications from undocumented migrants seeking legal status under a programme that initially expected half a million requests, the Migration Ministry said on Monday. ... Non-profit refugee aid organisation CEAR expects applications to exceed one million by the time the programme ends in two weeks."We expect to conclude this session of oral sex without coming in your mouth," the experts said, nutting.
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And those third countries are happy to take a stipend and then lose the deportees in the gutters of the cities.
Honestly, the third world's corruption is just being turned against them now.
They can end up dead in a gutter in Djibouti, or they can go back to Syria (which is no longer in a civil war) on their own terms. It's up to them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (Zn6QU)
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Somebody once had an idea to deport "the undesirables", then found a less costly solution.
I'd foot the expense to just send these ones back, somewhere.
Once they get one foot on dry land "somewhere" the rest is their problem.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (/lPRQ)
To which the people of Europe responded "Suck my d***!".
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (yw9lQ)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (/lPRQ)
THIS is the Ace I love the most.
Posted by: toddg at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (KCFD3)
To which the people of Europe responded "Suck my d***!".
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (Riz8t)
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"Oh, this means I can vote for the Christian Democrat Union again."
-a shocking number of Germans, I bet
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (Zn6QU)
It's about effing time they woke up.
I have other words but am not using them today (so far).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (hzuYO)
It's about effing time they woke up.
I have other words but am not using them today (so far).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (hzuYO)
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Well, it's mostly maladjusted women, now.
So, a lot of crying and saying that they feel unsafe.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:06 PM (Zn6QU)
I've never seen the top of an oil tank do that before.
https://tinyurl.com/4ubn96fe
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 02:06 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (Zn6QU)
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THAT'S RACISS!!
Posted by: Kid who says, THAT'S RACISS! at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (cWLG3)
From sea to sea, Briton will be free.
I mean that in the way the way the Palis mean it ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Redenzo at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (E79uu)
Those in Parliament took one glance at the most recent news, observed the response of residential citizens, saw the local municipality gains of the Restore/Reform candidates and responded collectively...."Oh Bloody Hell."
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (IY9No)
ICE-style? ICE-style??!! As in perform the task of detaining and removing those not lawfully in the country? Heaven forfend.
Posted by: Zek at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (5FPX4)
Posted by: Good start, keep going at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (TbWk/)
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So when 2/3 of people agree thats considered far right?
Interesting.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (X+Nnd)
I've never seen the top of an oil tank do that before.
https://tinyurl.com/4ubn96fe
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 02:06 PM (Riz8t)
Is that Russia or LA?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (qx7Zg)
Seem to recall that the dude who stabbed young goat a dance party had parents from Africa, but he was born in the UK.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (ixZ1o)
From sea to sea, Briton will be free.
I mean that in the way the way the Palis mean it ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (73/SM)
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Blockade.
Stop the Iranian tanker with 300K barrels of oil headed towards English shores that Starmer just paid for.
https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2067637689826828460
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (Zn6QU)
ICE-style? ICE-style??!! As in perform the task of detaining and removing those not lawfully in the country? Heaven forfend.
Posted by: Zek at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (5FPX4)
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Yeaaaah boi!
Posted by: Vanilla ICE at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM
In the UK, I believe the correct phrase is "Gargle my sack, treehugger!"
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at June 18, 2026 02:09 PM (HlyYF)
Mistakes may have been made.
If so, they were in the enthusiasm of the moment.
Old news.
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Time to move on.
Posted by: WEF, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Big Penguin, Inc. at June 18, 2026 02:09 PM (0sNs1)
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Or they could just go home on their own. Nobody’s stopping them from doing that. This way they avoid the “ice style enforcement”. Easy peasy.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:09 PM (X+Nnd)
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They are experts at being 100% wrong about absolutely everything.
That takes a lot of dedicated effort.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 02:09 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (fgSb9)
I think they think this is some kind of realllly scary thing. Wait til they find out that's EXACTLY what the people of Europe want.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (A0HNO)
Seem to recall that the dude who stabbed young goat a dance party had parents from Africa, but he was born in the UK.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (4KUe5)
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I don't think birthright citizenship is a thing in European countries.
Posted by: Vanilla ICE at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (cWLG3)
So, a lot of crying and saying that they feel unsafe.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:06 PM (Zn6QU)
And making TikTok videos of such while seated inside their cars.
Posted by: Like OMG I'm literally SHAKING at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (5yDGQ)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (fgSb9)
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I bet they really did think that the masses would work the factories of Germany and help pay for the impending financial collapse of a welfare state with more retirees than workers.
But, other factions that were generally anti-West steadily gained power until they could just open the doors completely without a second though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:11 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:11 PM (2YhKe)
Interesting.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (X+Nnd)
I'm wildly curious about what policies and beliefs constitute "far right" because all the ones I know about are common sense and decency. That seems pretty centrist to me unless of course right is good and left is bad.
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 02:12 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 02:12 PM (A0HNO)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:12 PM (4KUe5)
King of the No Frontiers
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 02:12 PM (amcLV)
That takes a lot of dedicated effort.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 02:09 PM (gnNyN)
Ehrlich, Mann, and Krugman all come to mind.
Posted by: Blind pigs that never found an acorn at June 18, 2026 02:12 PM (TbWk/)
Likely too late. The invading horde of vile musselmen is already entrenched.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 02:13 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (5yDGQ)
Funny. I read this as 'hang from a lamppost.'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:13 PM (2YhKe)
Good Will Nutting
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 18, 2026 02:13 PM (S+j2h)
It was intentional and malicious.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (4KUe5)
Likely too late. The invading horde of vile musselmen is already entrenched.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 02:13 PM (N1DT3)
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I believe the average in Europe is roughly 7% Muslim per country.
If European governments get cracking soon, they could probably deport a lot of that.
Still have to deal with the fact that they promised too many benefits to their populations while encouraging them to have too few children, but that seems to have become a secondary concern.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (Zn6QU)
https://tinyurl.com/4ubn96fe
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 02:06 PM (Riz8t)
I had that presented to me earlier today as "Russia releases proof of UFO existence."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (4focF)
GTFO!
It is another Trumpmas miracle!
Yeah, he didn't have anything to to with directly causing this vote.
But by running on this in 2016, a mere decade ago, he made it OK to be "racist" and discuss the problems that these third world invaders bring with them.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (dK+Kv)
You know why.
I'll also note this as to how bad it is:
Henry's killers are all in free or subsidized housing.
You know it, I know it, everybody knows it.
And yet, they are hiding that fact because it worse for them than the fact that the officers stood there and laughed as he bled out and died.
Meaning, the number of non-citizens in public housing or on assistance in the UK has to be over 80%.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 02:15 PM (73/SM)
"The president has been humiliated on the world
stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office. It's deeply
distressing to Americans to see a president so
incompetent attempting and failing to represent the
nation."
-- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 02:15 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 02:12 PM (A0HNO)
Yeah, they need to put the game back where it was. That's just f*cking obnoxious. A 400 yard drive NOT in a long drive competition means they're doing something wrong.
Stop it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (2YhKe)
It was intentional and malicious.
Posted by: Lizzy
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Not unlike the Obama / Biden / Harris regime.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (fgSb9)
___________
There were several motivations, but one of them -- probably the main one -- was to import a new working class to replace the aging Euro working class. There are so few working-class Euros left and that class is needed to supported the older pension-taking class.
I think the Eurofag elite are so clueless and live in such a bubble that they drastically underestimated the feral bloodlust of the animals they were importing.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Europe at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (5FPX4)
stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office. It's deeply
distressing to Americans to see a president so
incompetent attempting and failing to represent the
nation."
-- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 02:15 PM (0sNs1)
But Joe Biden was the Best Biden EVER as President.
F*ck right off with that shit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (2YhKe)
"The president has been humiliated on the world
stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office. It's deeply
distressing to Americans to see a president so
incompetent attempting and failing to represent the
nation."
-- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 02:15 PM (0sNs1)
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I really hope he loses.
The only halfway normal Democrat of prominence and of his generation who's also a white dude losing his federal office?
White male progressives will shit their pants. It will entertain me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (Zn6QU)
If European governments get cracking soon, they could probably deport a lot of that.
Still have to deal with the fact that they promised too many benefits to their populations while encouraging them to have too few children, but that seems to have become a secondary concern.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (Zn6QU)
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Isn't most of that 7-10% concentrated in the cities? That fact alone means they should be able to get rid of a lot of them since they can just round them up and ship them out.
Of course, that takes an iron will and an iron stomach because the Muzzies ARE going to riot and behead some folks before they go.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 02:17 PM (gnNyN)
I think the Eurofag elite are so clueless and live in such a bubble that they drastically underestimated the feral bloodlust of the animals they were importing.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)
====
Alternate path:
1. Subsidize motherhood.
when that fails (it fails like 90% of the time), you go to...
2. Accept that life is going to be hard for a generation but focus on preserving your culture so that when the birthrates do rebound eventually, you still have a culture to offer them.
Europe survived the Black Death without importing India.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:18 PM (Zn6QU)
stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office. It's deeply
distressing to Americans to see a president so
incompetent attempting and failing to represent the
nation."
-- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 02:15 PM (0sNs1)
From what i have read "Jon" the president humiliated the World at the G7.. They were all following him around like puppy dogs
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:18 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 02:18 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM
You know who else can entertain you?
Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (qeCJh)
Of course, that takes an iron will and an iron stomach because the Muzzies ARE going to riot and behead some folks before they go.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Cutoff benefits like housing and welfare money and deporting criminals after a brief incarceration will cause a number of them to self deport.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (E4rtv)
From what i have read "Jon" the president humiliated the World at the G7.. They were all following him around like puppy dogs
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:18 PM (FtULh)
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Well, his audience is leftists who filter their news through MSNOW and BlueSky.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (Zn6QU)
To be fair many of them are fecally incontinent from all the receptive anal sex over the years.
Posted by: Catchers in the rump at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (TbWk/)
Aleric laughs...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (cGjQu)
Second, find competent ex-military or local lads who are knowledgeable about fighting and winning.
Start busting heads in a very low-key kind of way. Bodies cannot be found or found in the most horrendous shape. Either will incur the fear necessary.
Keep it up until the dumbasses are so afraid they want to go back to shithole land.
Profit!
*This is all just an outline for a book.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (fgSb9)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM
You know who else can entertain you?
Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (qeCJh)
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The Evil of Frankenstein starring Peter Cushing?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Shitloads of MK 19 grenade launchers are good for crowd control.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (/lPRQ)
Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation’s merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (RHGPo)
stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office. It's deeply
distressing to Americans to see a president so
incompetent attempting and failing to represent the
nation."
-- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 02:15 PM (0sNs1)
***
What a jackass.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (2WIwB)
It's almost like they're TRYING to look evil, just to rub people's faces in it.
Posted by: zombie at June 18, 2026 02:20 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:20 PM (4KUe5)
Former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett christens the Obama Presidential Center opening ceremony with a land acknowledgment:
“We honor the Anishinaabe, the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi Nations.”
-
What about those contractors whose skill and labor you stole?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 18, 2026 02:20 PM (4focF)
his stability and his capacity for the office."
Mr. Ossoff forgot to put "who are Democrats" after "Americans" in his statement. I'm
Not worried about either of those things.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 02:20 PM (n3VHW)
Cutoff benefits like housing and welfare money and deporting criminals after a brief incarceration will cause a number of them to self deport.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (E4rtv)
Aren't they declaring the prisons full and that's why they're not incarcerating them for crimes in the first place?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:20 PM (2YhKe)
The heated confrontation in the European parliament
*makes wanking motion with fist*
Pussies.
A confrontation isn't heated until someone gets beaten to within an inch of their life with a cane. Taiwan and S Korea comes pretty close by using fisticuffs, we're pretty far behind, ourselves.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 02:20 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:20 PM (2YhKe)
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The prisons are full of people who shared memes on the internet.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (Zn6QU)
No one lives in an average place.
Brussels I believe is 50% Muslim under 50.
And Brussels has an outsized effect on the country.
Whole regions of France are over 20% Muslim. A large enough "minority" (if behaving/voting essentially as a block) to have enormous, outsize influence on the country as a whole and to dominate their regions culturally.
Etc. etc.
Posted by: Zek at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (5FPX4)
"What could happen when paramilitary partisans with a century of irregular warfare experience, cached equipment that never got turned in, younger cousins with drone & 3-D printing experience, and a common cause against a new foe? Everything will be fine"
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (sKqQm)
I have a lot of old stat and math programs that I do not care to dump plus too lazy to learn replacement Python and R commands to access data on old research nowadays.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (E4rtv)
That's some old computer archaeology. I have been on a Synology NAS since about 2008. I haven't touched legacy systems since then, except to repurpose a 2008-era box as a backup server (backs up NAS, mainly).
Consider, instead of containers, using a VM for those old programs. I have a Windows 11 and a Windows 7 VM on my current Linux Mint set up from ca. 2019.
But as you note, memory is key, and there is no way around spending on it, right now. I like to future proof my builds, and the last one I built in 2019 received 128GB of memory. That was fortuitous.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (dK+Kv)
I am certain that Osoff couldn’t keep up with Trump for a day.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (4KUe5)
stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office. It's deeply
distressing to Americans to see a president so
incompetent attempting and failing to represent the
nation."
-- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
More like Jon Tossoff
Posted by: Amiright or amiright? at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (TbWk/)
The prisons are full of people who shared memes on the internet.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (Zn6QU)
Whatever it takes to allow the muzzies to rape, pillage and rape.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (2YhKe)
Maybe the Albanians can keep them in those million bunkers Hoxha scattered everywhere, and find a use for those ubiquitous eyesores.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (BI5O2)
The prisons are full of people who shared memes on the internet.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (Zn6QU)
Whatever it takes to allow the muzzies to rape, pillage and rape.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (2YhKe)
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He said rape twice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (Zn6QU)
Britain leads the world in political prisoners. Well, if you believe China's numbers
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (RHGPo)
So pinning it to the IC's FISA wishlist was a good idea.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (Zn6QU)
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It's "Fronkensteen."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Tell me what nations are run by leftists-France, Spain, and UK. But Germany and Italy are wobbling because their 'conservatives' refuse to actually take steps (much like GWB) to deport the existing assholes and close the door. Merz is being threatened by the rise of the AfD and a new party to the right of Meloni is undercutting her popularity.
I think part of both conservative party calculus has been a) avoiding being called racists and punished by the EU, b) Muslims with money bribing er funding parties on the right, and c) the business community that simply wants to maintain profitability via cheap labor and demand for goods
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (E4rtv)
It was intentional and malicious.
Posted by: Lizzy
UK was ruled by Conservatives between 2010 and 2024. And they did nothing to stop the invasion. They’re as much to blame as Labour.
And even worse because they campaigned on ending the invasion. At least Labour was honest with their intentions upfront.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (X+Nnd)
More like Jon Tossoff
Posted by: Amiright or amiright? at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (TbWk/)
John JackOff.
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (S+j2h)
This is by far the main issue - the "social democrat" model was headed for a cliff, and the illiterati could only think of increasing the (allegedly working) population.
Witness the Euro insanity when commenting on Japan...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (cGjQu)
More like Jon Tossoff
Posted by: Amiright or amiright? at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (TbWk/)
John JackOff.
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (S+j2h)
Jon F*ckoff.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (4KUe5)
Does the European Parliament have any actual authority to do anything or is this a bunch of symbolic bullshit designed to keep their beleaguered citizens from stringing them up?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (ExV1e)
We couldn't have foreseen this happening. We're the real heros here. Couldnt be helped. Would you mind swallowing? Thats a good peasant.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (RHGPo)
The Senators are afraid that if they give the voters this win, then the voters will expect continual wins in the future. This is unacceptable since it disrupts the delicate balance of power within the senate they have cultivated for nearly 100 years.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (rbvCR)
He said rape twice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (Zn6QU)
If you insist!!!!
Posted by: Mohamhead Mohamhed Mohamhead at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Seems Legit
1. Replace white people with yadda yadda.
2.
3. Profit!
Posted by: The Underpants Elite at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (PkP8d)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (X+Nnd)
End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
"Describe your next chapter in 1 word?"
Michelle Obama: "Me"
-
Summer of George > chapter of Mooch
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (4focF)
More like Jon Tossoff
Posted by: Amiright or amiright? at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (TbWk/)
John JackOff.
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (S+j2h)
Jon F*ckoff.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (2Yh
It still shocks me that GA has two D Senators..
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (FtULh)
This is by far the main issue - the "social democrat" model was headed for a cliff, and the illiterati could only think of increasing the (allegedly working) population.
Witness the Euro insanity when commenting on Japan...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (cGjQu)
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Europe was still Europe after it lost 1/4 of its population due to the Black Death.
Europe is no longer Europe after Merkel decided that the AfD needed to be defeated.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (Zn6QU)
Robots and AI may or may not work out to take care of an aging populace but it is a far better solution then important angry Muslims and expecting them to slave away for your retirement benefits.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:25 PM (4KUe5)
Does anyone see France or Belgium or Germany conducting wholesale deportations?
I sure don't.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 18, 2026 02:25 PM (PLxDd)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (ExV1e)
That would be my guess. It allows people to take the steps- it doesn't force them to. Fig leaf, don't kill us like you should because we mean to see you all dead.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 02:25 PM (zZu0s)
It still shocks me that GA has two D Senators..
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (FtULh)
They had a toilet clog that shut down 1/2 the country on election night.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (2YhKe)
I think the Eurofag elite are so clueless and live in such a bubble that they drastically underestimated the feral bloodlust of the animals they were importing.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)
====
Alternate path:
1. Subsidize motherhood.
when that fails (it fails like 90% of the time), you go to...
2. Accept that life is going to be hard for a generation but focus on preserving your culture so that when the birthrates do rebound eventually, you still have a culture to offer them.
Europe survived the Black Death without importing India.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:18 PM (Zn6QU)
_____
Yea, but Europe was very very very different back then. Europe also survived -- and helped defeat -- the Nazis and Stalin only 80 years ago. That Europe doesn't exist anymore, not even in shadows.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/)
Got our own socialists right here on city councils:
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
·
4m
They have imported voters to win
Elizabeth Barcohana
@E_Barcohana
·
13h
It happened.
LA City Council voted 10-5 to include giving illegals the right to vote in the City Charter reform referendum that will be on the November ballot
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Lizzy
Left want the votes.
Right want the cheap workers.
Match made in heaven for both sides
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (X+Nnd)
Does anyone see France or Belgium or Germany conducting wholesale deportations?
I sure don't.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 18, 2026 02:25 PM (PLxDd)
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If NR wins enough in France and AfD wins enough in Germany, it could lead to changes there.
I imagine Italy will take advantage pretty quickly. They seem to be experiencing the limits of multiculturalism.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (Zn6QU)
"Describe your next chapter in 1 word?"
Michelle Obama: "Me"
So she IS getting a divorce.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (4KUe5)
And, Lizzy. Embrace its power.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (4KUe5)
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This this this.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:27 PM (fgSb9)
Consider, instead of containers, using a VM for those old programs. I have a Windows 11 and a Windows 7 VM on my current Linux Mint set up from ca. 2019.
But as you note, memory is key, and there is no way around spending on it, right now. I like to future proof my builds, and the last one I built in 2019 received 128GB of memory. That was fortuitous.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
I considered VMs but in part, I only need to run specific programs--e.g. SPSS, Stata, Minitab, Systat, a transfer/translation program for data, some survey software, etc. I figure to sell off the remaining systems after transferring to someone that likes to do vintage gaming. All systems are fully patched, have a workable browser Supermium, newer security software so one could cautiously download new drivers etc behind a router, etc.
I have everything from a Win 98 (that was the BX system that would nto boot it), Win 2K, XP SP3, Win 7 with those programs on it.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:27 PM (E4rtv)
I thought he was the catcher for the Braves.
Posted by: Bert G at June 18, 2026 02:27 PM (VARTN)
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13h
It happened.
LA City Council voted 10-5 to include giving illegals the right to vote in the City Charter reform referendum that will be on the November ballot
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (kX27y)
I read somewhere that they snuck in a 10% sales tax in the primary election and voters voted overwhelmingly in support of it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:27 PM (2YhKe)
news.nau.edu/gurney-2026
Climate scientist finds large errors in Al Gore-founded Climate TRACE, a global climate pollution database
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:28 PM (3d9VR)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/)
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Britain of the 1930s would have accepted the latter.
But Britain got mad at Churchill for winning the war and became infants suckling at the state's teet rather than exert control over their own destiny.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:28 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 02:28 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 02:28 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 18, 2026 02:28 PM (ffi9I)
Which is interesting because Florida still exists, which we were promised in the 1980s wouldn't.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (3d9VR)
That's less than Texas.
Allegedly.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (2ocoG)
All fraud.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (O0L8i)
Which is interesting because Florida still exists, which we were promised in the 1980s wouldn't.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (3d9VR)
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"So, Mr. Gore, you got the emissions correct but not their effect. Does that change anything in your theory?"
"Of course not. FL is under water. You've just been lied to by Ron DeSantis who's covering it up."
"No further questions."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:30 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:28 PM (3d9VR)
Can't be. Gore was JUST ON a podcast telling me that the scientists got EVERYTHING SPOT ON with regards to climate predictions. SPOT. ON.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:30 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: It's me donna
Georgia of the 2020s is not your father’s Georgia. Atlanta is deeeeeep blue. The suburbs once reliable red (think Newt Gingrich district) are not at best purple and trending blue.
There aren’t enough rural and exurban votes to make up for Atlanta. It’s like every other state where one dominant city crushes the rest of the state. Washington/Seattle, Colorado/Denver, etc.
Even in the 2000s you could see the writing on the wall. McCain only won Georgia by 5 points vs Obama.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:31 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM
You know who else can entertain you?
Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (qeCJh)
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The Evil of Frankenstein starring Peter Cushing?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (Zn6QU)
What knockers!
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 18, 2026 02:31 PM (wVcYX)
Blockade.
Stop the Iranian tanker with 300K barrels of oil headed towards English shores that Starmer just paid for.
https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2067637689826828460
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (Zn6QU)
********
Someone in the comments nailed it with this comment-
@alexandre_lores
To be fair, I am not sure which Islamic nation is worse at this point.
One killed 42,000 protestors
One enslaved and raped 250,000 white girls.
Posted by: redridinghood at June 18, 2026 02:31 PM (NpAcC)
All fraud.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (4KUe5)
Most didn't even know it was on the ballot. But yes, OF COURSE it was fraud.
I've NEVER voted YES for them to take MORE from me than they already do.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:32 PM (2YhKe)
stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office. It's deeply
distressing to Americans to see a president so
incompetent attempting and failing to represent the
nation."
-- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
He shouldn't talk about Joe Biden that way.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 02:32 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (4KUe5)
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Yes, that's right. Like Raman Noodles, the proposed sales tax hike to 10.25% from 9.75% miraculously passed after it was losing bigly.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 02:32 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 02:33 PM (3uBP9)
Britain leads the world in political prisoners. Well, if you believe China's numbers
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (sKqQm)
I think it's framed a little more narrowly than that - speech offenses or some such - but I don't think it matters what China's numbers are. That England is arresting, charging and imprisoning the number of people they are for thoughtcrime, while pretending to a legacy of human rights, freedom and democracy, is horrifying.
Posted by: Is that Chinese Democracy GNR talked about? at June 18, 2026 02:33 PM (TbWk/)
Michelle Obama: "Me"
I think she's describing her main focus in ALL the chapters anywhere...
Posted by: Boswell at June 18, 2026 02:34 PM (V7158)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 02:34 PM (YwEeS)
I imagine Italy will take advantage pretty quickly. They seem to be experiencing the limits of multiculturalism.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (Zn6QU)
Sure, in a perfect world. But France is busily making National Rally incapable of winning, and Germany is doing similar things. It would be lovely if they do it, but this is Europe after all.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 18, 2026 02:35 PM (PLxDd)
It’s not shocking LA would happily vote for an increase as well.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:35 PM (X+Nnd)
I think she's describing her main focus in ALL the chapters anywhere...
Posted by: Boswell at June 18, 2026 02:34 PM (V715
It's missing the preface, "Woe Is -"
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:35 PM (3d9VR)
Sure, in a perfect world. But France is busily making National Rally incapable of winning, and Germany is doing similar things. It would be lovely if they do it, but this is Europe after all.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 18, 2026 02:35 PM (PLxDd)
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Both parties have been on the verge of winning for so long, it does seem foolish think that THIS TIME they'll do it.
But it could happen. We'll see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:36 PM (fpzcF)
In Britain? History might shed a slightly different light...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:36 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:36 PM (ZVgZ4)
Kemp and Raffensperger made a deal with the Dems, and the Dems honored it for once.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 02:36 PM (2ocoG)
It still shocks me that GA has two D Senators..
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (FtULh)
That was a direct fallout from the demoralizing aftermath of the 2020 GA Republican sellout. There were runnoffs following the GA republican capitulation and stabbing trump in the back.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 02:37 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: It's me donna
Georgia of the 2020s is not your father’s Georgia. Atlanta is deeeeeep blue. The suburbs once reliable red (think Newt Gingrich district) are not at best purple and trending blue.
There aren’t enough rural and exurban votes to make up for Atlanta. It’s like every other state where one dominant city crushes the rest of the state. Washington/Seattle, Colorado/Denver, etc.
Even in the 2000s you could see the writing on the wall. McCain only won Georgia by 5 points vs Obama.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:31 PM (X+Nnd)
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Massive fraud in 2020, though. I don't think that was the "real" GA. I don't think 2022 was either. Even 2024 was sus, and Trump won by over 2%.
But otherwise, I agree that the GA of 2026 ain't the GA of 1986.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:37 PM (iFTx/)
It was intentional and malicious.
Posted by: Lizzy
UK was ruled by Conservatives between 2010 and 2024. And they did nothing to stop the invasion. They’re as much to blame as Labour.
And even worse because they campaigned on ending the invasion. At least Labour was honest with their intentions upfront.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (X+Nnd)
THIS. And to rub some salt into that gaping wound, some of the Tory rats fled that sinking ship to join Reform. Not sure whether Reform could turn out to be the new UK equivalent of our GOPe, but I'm not betting against that happening.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 02:37 PM (TNhp7)
In Britain? History might shed a slightly different light...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:36 PM (cGjQu)
That's why I said "pretending."
Posted by: Magna Carta you off at June 18, 2026 02:37 PM (TbWk/)
Otherwise I couldn't care less.
I just got back from Niagara Falls and the overwhelming rude behavior (not to. mention the fucking SMELL) of the non white, on Chinese population was on display.
Fuck the 3rd world
Fight your own goddamn wars
And for fucks sake USE SOAP
Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 18, 2026 02:37 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: torabora at June 18, 2026 02:38 PM (sR+LL)
Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation’s merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM
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Make them vote on the SAA. Bring it to the floor so we can see who the haters are.
Posted by: redridinghood at June 18, 2026 02:38 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:39 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 02:39 PM (IY9No)
About 7GB with just Mint OS and Firefox open (with way too many tabs).
I've apportioned 16 GB of memory in the past to a well-apportioned Win 11 Pro VM, and it ran fine, no hiccups or BSODs.
So you could probably get away with just 32GB system memory.
Currently, I apportion about 55 GB of memory to the well-apportioned Win 11 Pro VM, just because I have it. So even with mad levels of Windows VM memory, 64GB would be overkill.
That, said, I don't currently do a lot of heavy video editing, and none on Windows. That may affect your calculations.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:39 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:39 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Seems Legit
_____________________
I've seen it as rather obvious. Weaken a sovereign nation by overloading the population with non-productive parasites that hold no national self-interest. Simultaneously, develop relationships and reliances of the sitting government. When the time is right convince the failing nation to go full blown authoritarian as it's only "saving grace" and use established relationships to monopolize all facets of control and finance. Presto, you've bought a nation using that once sovereign nation's own money.
Main opposition is nationalism and actual sovereignty. Also, pure capitalism that requires competition, innovation and emerging possibilities....all three of those facets directly contradict the "old money" elitists who hate the "Nouveau riche" almost as much as they hate you.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (dIske)
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
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21m
Barack Obama's presidential center opening ceremony included an acknowledgement of stolen land.
Hey
@BarackObama
, if you care so much, why not give your land back??
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (kX27y)
GTFO!
It is another Trumpmas miracle!
Yeah, he didn't have anything to to with directly causing this vote.
But by running on this in 2016, a mere decade ago, he made it OK to be "racist" and discuss the problems that these third world invaders bring with them.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (dK+Kv)
The EU Parliament is a sham, their votes are only advisory or confirming a wish by the inner circles. If the high-ups don't want this, it will be drowned in regulation and courts...if they do want it then there might be an improvement.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (uhVAy)
Which is interesting because Florida still exists, which we were promised in the 1980s wouldn't.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (3d9VR)
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"So, Mr. Gore, you got the emissions correct but not their effect. Does that change anything in your theory?"
"Of course not. FL is under water. You've just been lied to by Ron DeSantis who's covering it up."
"No further questions."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:30 PM (Zn6QU)
"Florida residents are too dumb to notice they're walking around on the backs of thousands of alligators, fattened up by eating all those COVID fatalities."
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (FtULh)
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Yet another sudden guffaw I can't share with my wife.
Posted by: Slo at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (NYInA)
So fuck them. You are making this more and more an us vs you thing retards.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (zZu0s)
Who did they say it was stolen from, Big Mike?
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 02:41 PM (2ocoG)
Here's a Spoiler Alert - regarding folks that are CEOs (i've met directly with a couple while I was automating this or that) or Managers (we've all been around them all our lives, but it seems quite a few here are invested in not seeing them for what they were) or general Credentialed (doctors, lawyers, preachers, and all the rest of the generally retarded with a degree - yes, I'm thinking of a couple names here).
They don't have an "endgame". They didn't get where they are by critically thinking.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 02:41 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 02:39 PM (IY9No)
I gave Mornay double his lands in Martha's Vinyard with matching estates in Vail. Lochlan turned for much less.
Posted by: Longshanks Investment Group at June 18, 2026 02:41 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Seems Legit
I've always seen...
1. Collapse society.
2. Communism comes to the rescue.
The area between 1 and 2 was always a big fuzzy ?????.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 02:41 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (ZVgZ4)
Main opposition is nationalism and actual sovereignty. Also, pure capitalism that requires competition, innovation and emerging possibilities....all three of those facets directly contradict the "old money" elitists who hate the "Nouveau riche" almost as much as they hate you.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (dIske)
Problem is, you can't use them to run a technological society when even growing crops or digging ditches uses special equipment. And they are too stupid to realize that.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (uhVAy)
If you can , consider talking off the day from media and the 'net. That's my plan anyway, but addiction may interfere.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (OYsYV)
So fuck them. You are making this more and more an us vs you thing retards.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (zZu0s)
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I guarantee you those Senate Republicans are benefitting MASSIVELY from the status quo. The Left doesn't have a monopoly on cheating in elections, after all.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (gnNyN)
Stolen from the contractors whom he stiffed on the bill, I hear.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (3d9VR)
Posted by: torabora at June 18, 2026 02:38 PM (sR+LL)
You must live in the very north or very south of CA then!
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (kX27y)
The Harvard MBA in a sentence.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 02:43 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (IY9No)
I didn't get a harrumph outta you!
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 02:43 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (uhVAy)
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Wait until they discover the incredibly complex web of skills required to build and maintain a modern communication system.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 02:44 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (ZVgZ4)
Just some time. Senators die or get replaced slowly but surely, and at some point people who want to get ahead will have to play ball.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:44 PM (uhVAy)
You know how everyone high fives themselves when companies from NY or California relocate to southern states? Well what do you think happens. They bring in thousands of employees with them from NY or California. And do you think those transplants that voted D all their lives suddenly start voting R? No they obviously don’t.
Georgia especially went all in on bringing 1/2 of Hollywood to their state. Gee I wonder if that affected voting patterns at all?
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:44 PM (X+Nnd)
Stolen from the contractors whom he stiffed on the bill, I hear.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (3d9VR)
Maybe he can give it back to the Indians, then. They could use that piece of crap for target practice, I guess.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (bl07w)
Stolen from the contractors whom he stiffed on the bill, I hear.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (3d9VR)
stolen from the idiot liberals in Canada, more like.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:27 PM (E4rtv)
YMMV (Your Market May Vary), but I spent some time putting together patched, reset, old hardware, including functional Kindle Fire, tablets, laptops, etc. Nobody wanted them, and it was wasted time, in the end.
The only time I got someone to bite on something like that was a soon to be expat looking for a cheapo web/email platform.
A lot of the vintage gaming space appears covered by new hardware with emulators and Steam systems (like the Steamdeck) with current support and commodity hardware.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (dK+Kv)
The Harvard MBA in a sentence.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 02:43 PM (2ocoG)
They'll leverage core competencies to build synergies and maximize throughput like a motherfucker though.
Posted by: Let's put a pin in it and circle back offline at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Longshanks Investment Group"
Your negotiations were brilliant...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (cGjQu)
Too bad they didn't talk about all the sub-contractors that still ain't been paid by Lakeside Alliance.
But - meh - live by the minority, get screwed by the minority.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (ZVgZ4)
Just some time. Senators die or get replaced slowly but surely, and at some point people who want to get ahead will have to play ball.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:44 PM (uhVAy)
Having sold her bitch soul to Satan, Murkowski will not die.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 02:46 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (FtULh)
You've been cheating on us?
I see the problem right there.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:46 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (/lPRQ)
I prefer Barbeque.
Posted by: Jimmy Cherizier at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (sR+LL)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (ZVgZ4)
Just some time. Senators die or get replaced slowly but surely, and at some point people who want to get ahead will have to play ball.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:44 PM (uhVAy)
Having sold her bitch soul to Satan, Murkowski will not die.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (bl07w)
That's what she thinks. Stan *lies*.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (R+iUD)
Better to reign in hell...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: sifty boones of strawberry hill at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (I8FiR)
Stolen from the contractors whom he stiffed on the bill, I hear.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (3d9VR)
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I really don't get the "land acknowledgment" thing. Isn't it rubbing the Indians' faces in the fact they were defeated?
"Yea, we stole your land, and we ain't giving it back so fuck you."
It's like some guy stealing another guy's wife and then making a pussy acknowledgment.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)
So fuck them. You are making this more and more an us vs you thing retards.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (zZu0s)
It has little to do with Trump and more for them wanting the cheating option themselves in the odd primary. I remember being surprised that KY was one of the places that had those auto voter machines in some places that could be worked remotely.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:48 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (uhVAy)
Eh. I'll take my small mercies where I can get them.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:48 PM (dK+Kv)
The contractors can rename it how they like. It'll be the best museum, like nobody has ever seen. Everyone will say so.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:49 PM (3d9VR)
Better to reign in hell...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (cGjQu)
They won't reign in hell. The thugs will take them out in a flash and reign instead. It wasn't the intellectuals that came out ahead in the French Revolution, it was Napoleon.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:49 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:27 PM (2YhKe)
Well, let's just say that enough ballots showed up which said yes and leave it at that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 02:50 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: sifty boones of strawberry hill at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (I8FiR)
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I assert that 410 was a worse year than 2026.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:50 PM (fpzcF)
This entire conversation ... well, several ... reminds me of the Maet days. Not Maet, per se - but the weaponized optimism of folks like BanderSnatch and such.
So damn convinced that things would be all right. Because they have to be. Because that's just how it works. And a couple other nics that were just "positive".
Yet even a cursory read of history says sometimes society takes a step back. Sometimes for a few hundred years. And by sometimes ? I mean its about 50/50.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 02:51 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 02:51 PM (OYsYV)
How about he acknowledge destroying that, taking it away from the residents of Chicago?
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:51 PM (4KUe5)
"Yea, we stole your land, and we ain't giving it back so fuck you."
It's like some guy stealing another guy's wife and then making a pussy acknowledgment.
100%. Or like telling Ace your shelves are rock solid.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 02:51 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:50 PM (fpzcF)
*atishoo*
Posted by: AD 537 at June 18, 2026 02:52 PM (3d9VR)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:52 PM (cGjQu)
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Why didn't the f*cker donate it back to its rightful owners then?
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 02:52 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 18, 2026 02:53 PM (rnAbX)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:53 PM (cGjQu)
Better to reign in hell...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (cGjQu)
______________________
I could never rationalize how the "Classical Liberal" could do such a 180 degree turn and put all their faith into authoritarianism, and at the same time put so much support behind Corporations. And then, DEI became a thing within the corporate bones and other facets of society...and it became clear. The "progressives" (actually "regressives") are the footsoldiers of the Elitists without even knowing it. The Elitists first targetted the institutions (education mostly) to shape the soldiers who would work on their behalf without knowing that everytime they scream (tax the rich, destroy the rich), they are laughingly chastising their mentors.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 02:54 PM (dIske)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 02:51 PM (OYsYV)
Scientific advances by Christians and believers far, far outweighs that by atheists.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:54 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)
*laughs, spews food on monitor*
Note to self: I have GOT to stop reading comments when I'm trying to eat lunch.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 18, 2026 02:54 PM (k9OZB)
Posted by: sifty boones of strawberry hill at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (I8FiR)
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I assert that 410 was a worse year than 2026.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:50 PM (fpzcF)
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I think we've steadily improved since we got rid of the Demented Shower Pervert, and I expect it to continue. I don't get all the "End Times" doomsaying. I get that some might be joking, but some aren't. I think things are good and improving. I think too many people even on our side are believing the Democraps' desperate political spin.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:54 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:27 PM (E4rtv)
That's a long chain of OSs for your stat programs. FWIW, VMs on Virtualbox have bidirectional clipboard support, and I believe you could run all those OSs in VMs, simultaneously, subject to adequate memory.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:54 PM (dK+Kv)
P.S. Enjoying life at this moment is not synonymous with suggesting people "spell roses on the way to the camp."
Have a nice afternoon, all. I'm out for today.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (OYsYV)
Posted by: CTHillary at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (Vpqw1)
Hey
@BarackObama
, if you care so much, why not give your land back??
Posted by: beckster
The land has been ruined by that ugly building.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (rnAbX)
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Unless he plans on returning it, it's just rubbing their noses in it.
Posted by: WisRich at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)
Wait.
Was that wrong?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (dK+Kv)
I think we've steadily improved since we got rid of the Demented Shower Pervert, and I expect it to continue. I don't get all the "End Times" doomsaying. I get that some might be joking, but some aren't. I think things are good and improving. I think too many people even on our side are believing the Democraps' desperate political spin.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:54 PM (iFTx/)
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I had this weird realization around Katrina that people always seem to think that current year troubles are the worst thing ever.
I assert that Genghis Khan's army was worse than the Muslim rabble running amok through Europe.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (Zn6QU)
Same here. But I'm still buying ammo...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:56 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: That Guy Applying For Crime In Blazing Saddles & Everyone At The UN & EU at June 18, 2026 02:56 PM (H4qGm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 02:51 PM (OYsYV)
I choose, daily, not to talk to you. But just this once, in a wasted attempt to get you to just shut the fuck up and quit chasing me around - I'll give it a whirl.
I don't trust anyone so infatuated with the next world that they use this one as an audition. And that's you in a nutshell.
Now ... the proof will be in the pudding. And the Bank probably won't take your sermon in replacement for something more material. More tangible.
Believe what you will. I believe as always - I wish you'd just leave me alone.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 02:56 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 02:57 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:58 PM (dK+Kv)
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I smell a great prank worming its way into my tiny little brain. Someone needs to put a huge sign at the entrance of the Obama Library. When they take it down...put it up along the property line at another location. Rinse Lather Repeat.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 02:58 PM (dIske)
Posted by: AD 537"
I was gone by then...
/Aleric
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:53 PM (cGjQu)
Poor Alaric just wanted a job and some land to settle his troops on. They got it when after his death they moved to Gaul and were employed to drive the Vandals out of Spain.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:59 PM (uhVAy)
You walked into a trap.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:59 PM (3d9VR)
I used to think these things were just stupid liberal blather but now I believe thing like like that, like acknowledging White Privilege or formal national apology for slavery or whatever are laying the legal groundwork for financial compensation (reparations.)
Posted by: Ripley at June 18, 2026 02:59 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:50 PM (fpzcF)
*atishoo*
Posted by: AD 537
Peasants please.
1347 has entered the chat.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 02:59 PM (vHe/3)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 03:00 PM (3uBP9)
It was never theirs to begin with, right? I mean land belongs to ALL of the people according to these bozos....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 18, 2026 03:00 PM (fV+di)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 03:00 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 03:00 PM (3d9VR)
I assert that Genghis Khan's army was worse than the Muslim rabble running amok through Europe.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (Zn6QU)
Pretty bad for the leaders that antagonized him, but for the rural folk they had the advantage that they moved on and went home.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:01 PM (uhVAy)
And there it is. The BanderSnatch mentality. Its a real thing here.
As one is on the bottom of some big boy from Africa attempting to cut his head off with a pocket knife ? "At least it's not the Mongols" is not helpful.
It's the kind of shit said by those with the luxury of not facing personal danger.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:02 PM (IdfaO)
And there it is. The BanderSnatch mentality. Its a real thing here.
As one is on the bottom of some big boy from Africa attempting to cut his head off with a pocket knife ? "At least it's not the Mongols" is not helpful.
It's the kind of shit said by those with the luxury of not facing personal danger.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:02 PM (IdfaO)
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That's quite a leap there.
I was responding to the idea that it was the end times, not that there's nothing to complain about.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:59 PM (3d9VR)
Same mentality as the white guy at a BLM intersection that "walks into the trap" of hitting back.
Its the "be better" crap. Its why people just ain't running to be Old School Republicans.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (IdfaO)
As one is on the bottom of some big boy from Africa attempting to cut his head off with a pocket knife ? "At least it's not the Mongols" is not helpful.
It's the kind of shit said by those with the luxury of not facing personal danger.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:02 PM (IdfaO)
Damn, I miss that dude.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: It's me donna
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Juneteenth!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Which is, offcially, National Independence Day
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (XeU6L)
I don't. Tried to school me one time about how he liked political dynasties. Not a dude that supported personal freedom in the slightest.
He liked the idea of Bush, Kennedy, and Rockefellers. To keep the rabble "guided".
Never cared for the fucker. Not in the slightest.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (IdfaO)
Its never the "End Times" ... right up until the day of the "End Times".
Does it make you feel smug to mock those pointing to "this is how we get to the End Times" ?
OK - that's rhetorical. Yes - that's what you do.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:12 PM (IdfaO)
Its never the "End Times" ... right up until the day of the "End Times".
Does it make you feel smug to mock those pointing to "this is how we get to the End Times" ?
OK - that's rhetorical. Yes - that's what you do.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (IdfaO)
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I was making light conversation.
Does this make you feel better?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:13 PM (Zn6QU)
Now you're doing George Castanza. Whatever. Everybody here has a strong take until it gets checked and shown wrong.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:16 PM (IdfaO)
Why, why, why, in every fucking country, do leftist women seek to destroy everything that keeps them safe????
Posted by: UncleJefe at June 18, 2026 03:17 PM (gAuAm)
Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 03:23 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (hSi6i)
Another Surprise: Harvard Students Experience Mental Illness at Double the Rate of the Normal Adult Population
Both are in play but that second part is probably the bigger piece of it.Harvard Students Are Twice as Mentally Ill as the General Population Amid Ivy Psychological MeltdownThe article notes that leftwingers are simply more insane than the normal population, and, I would add, Harvard discriminates in favor of the factors for mental illness.
Young and left-wing are part of 'emerging mental health political identity'
The Ivy League is having a mental health crisis. "Forty-seven percent of surveyed seniors indicated that they experienced mental illness at some point in their time at Harvard, and 13 percent said they were unsure," according to a survey of the Class of 2026 conducted by the Harvard Crimson student newspaper. That's more than double the rate of the general adult U.S. population, which the federal government's National Institute of Mental Health estimates at 23.1 percent, noting that "Mental illnesses include many different conditions that vary in degree of severity, ranging from mild to moderate to severe." At Princeton, a senior survey conducted by the Princetonian student newspaper found 60.1 percent had mental health counseling or therapy during college, with 36.3 percent getting help from the university's counseling and psychological services and 23.8 percent finding outside assistance. That's also much higher than the overall population; NPR reported last year on a study that found "the number of American adults getting outpatient talk therapy grew from 6.5% to 8.5%." ... Potential causes of the trends are multifarious. As with mild autism and learning disabilities of the sort that generate eligibility for untimed standardized tests, it's unclear how much of the increase is in incidence and how much is in identification--that is, are today's students really more depressed, anxious, or panicked than previous generations, or are they and the grownups around them simply more likely to diagnose and label their maladies as mental illness? It could be that both dynamics are operating.
Hello! I am still getting up to speed. I had a horrible night of sleep. Hung out with the main-man crow this morning, NBD. He saw me eating and flapped over just in case.
"Those more likely to categorize as having a mental illness are more likely to have a college degree; be a Democrat, liberal, and White; and have slightly lower family income," Van De Hey writes. .. The fact that the student newspaper surveys are even asking questions about the issue is a sign of its salience. The Crimson senior survey also found, "Seniors reported continued support for the pro-Palestine Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement as Israel's war in Gaza continues into its third year and after a sharp increase in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon. More than 40 percent of respondents view the movement favorably, increasing 5 percentage points from last year's graduating class." Israel reached a ceasefire in Gaza in October 2025, so the contention that "Israel's war in Gaza continues into its third year" is itself a kind of delusion, and the support for BDS--a movement to wipe Israel off the map--from the seniors is evidence that Harvard is failing to educate the students. The survey found 65.6 percent of Harvard students identifying as either "progressive" or "very progressive."
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:11 PM (ixZ1o)
There's an entire genre of "We've been lied to about America for YEARS" on youtube right now, and it's the best content on the internet.
HUNDREDS of Europeans posting their experiences and their love for this country.
This one husband was like - what do I have to do to get in? What forms do I need to fill out, what line do I need to stand in? We're raising our family in America. I'll trade with some of the people messaging me saying they hate America. Let's just do a deal.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 18, 2026 01:11 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:12 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 18, 2026 01:12 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:12 PM (2YhKe)
And then everyone will be, "No! I'm more normal than you! Bask in my normalness!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:12 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 01:12 PM (WjwG+)
At night, she's screaming, "I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind."
She's hot but a psycho, so left, but she's right, though.
At night, she's screaming, "I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind"
"Grab a cop gun" kinda crazy, she's poison but tasty.
Yeah, people say, "Run, don't walk away ..."
To try to beat The Blade to FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (iFTx/)
Nah it's probably "multifactored" and "layered".
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Theodore Kaczyinski, '62 at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (j7INY)
Yes.
Also, get up early enough to see the sun rise.
Get some exercise.
Watch the sun set.
You won't have a problem sleeping.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (An6iH)
Boring white women claim anxiety, OCD, whatever to offset their “privilege.”
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (mkw2N)
That seemed to be a trend last night. Neither First Woman here slept worth a crap.
Buffalo Trace ensured my slumber was alright.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (2YhKe)
"Forty-seven percent of surveyed seniors indicated that they experienced mental illness at some point in their time at Harvard
Define mental illness.
Are you fucking nuts?
Or are you depressed because you blew a test?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (vHe/3)
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (An6iH)
The silver spoon and unfair economic advantages they've enjoyed their whole lives is a heavy burden to bear.
You stupids can't understand 'cause you didn't go to Harvard.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Bosk at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (VMFAF)
Zohran Mamdani is promising free grocery stores, free housing and free everything, but the only free thing New Yorkers can really count on getting for free is an infectious disease.
And flavored condoms for the sickest city in America.
Gonorrhea rates in New York City have more than doubled in a decade and syphilis is ‘surging’ statewide. Mamdani’s Department of Health has responded to this crisis by rushing a free supply of lubricant and chocolate flavored condoms.
“Providing high-quality sexual and reproductive healthcare services is a priority for the Mamdani Administration,” explained NYC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Helen Arteaga, an Ecuadorian immigrant who had been the CEO of a disastrous Queens city hospital where over a dozen patients had died of COVID in one day.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: syranch at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (FsQPy)
Posted by: William Gates, Jr. at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (j7INY)
8
To try to beat The Blade to FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (iFTx/)
You're getting more and more like me every day.
No one wants to be like me. You should stop.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:16 PM (2YhKe)
Ivy League Syndrome.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 18, 2026 01:16 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (An6iH)
HEY!!!!!
Posted by: Keith Olbermann at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (2YhKe)
The other fifty-three percent remain untreated.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (wjnjX)
Also, lefties can't do humor because humor involves subverting narratives to expose realities of the world, and you can't do that and cosplay The Road to Utopia at the same time.
(I loved The Road to Utopia, Bing and Hope had those patter songs, the usual nominal plot and Dorothy Lamour was always hot)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (rbvCR)
Decisions, decisions...
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (j7INY)
Get some exercise.
Watch the sun set.
You won't have a problem sleeping.
Posted by: garrett
I get up 3 hours before the sun does.
Get to bed around 9:30pm.
Generally fall asleep between 10:00pm & midnight.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (vHe/3)
Also consider actually grading them accurately, instead of the long popular “ every student gets an A because they were smart enough to get into Harvard.” It was over 20 years ago that it came out that 75% of undergraduates graduated with honors.
If everyone is the best, no one is the best, IYKWIM.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (ixZ1o)
The selling point of spending all that money to get into a college like that, is to "network". You make friends or at least allies and that gives you some leverage into your first job.
Well... what if you fail at that. This can happen earlier than you think. Now you can look forward to three and a half years (or more) with peers who shun you, and having no job after the ordeal. And parents who think you wasted their money (because you did).
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (5C538)
That should tell you everything you need to know about Harvard.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (2YhKe)
LMI - Leftoid Mental Illness.
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (rj6Yv)
One of the parents asked if a student who was ill or injured might need to find help at another facility. The guide assured her that they had a separate protocol to address the physically ill or injured, to which a number of parents heaved signs of relief.
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (2ap+5)
Cornell
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (ixZ1o)
I kinda knew I got that wrong, but went with it anyway.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (n5tGW)
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But they also have to deal with the fact that people outside of Harvard don't think they're special, that conservatives exist, all while worrying if they can keep their pronouns through the next half hour if they have to change them to reflect a shifting mood.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (5C538)
THEN you'd be doomed.
Posted by: Sponge
I got pooped on by birds twice when I was a kid.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (77rzZ)
One thing I didn't realize that would happen as I got older is that my sleeping would get worse and worse.
And it seems the case for pretty much every advanced 29 year old I speak with
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (sKqQm)
It is a form of cult and when you look closely you can see all the signs.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:20 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 01:20 PM (vTZFs)
When I decided not to attend Princeton, this was the ONE point everyone from Princeton kept trying to make.
I stand by my decision to go to school in AZ rather than NJ.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:20 PM (An6iH)
Being crazy makes you have low abilities and high needs. I am aware that crazy can enhance some creative things like art and music, but without a sane person to manage things a Van Gogh is nearly starving in a flop house.
Posted by: PaleRider at June 18, 2026 01:20 PM (PV+Zw)
They must be so stressed out by the recurring monkeypox that they just can't even, I guess.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Sponge
Well, you're a better role model than that illiterate TJM asshole.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (77rzZ)
First off “mental illness” according to GenZ is like the word racism. It’s lost all meaning. Everyone under 30 has “anxiety” which is considered mental illness. For older people anxiety is “I get nervous sometimes in social situations. For Gen. it’s I have mental illness was because I’m shy around strangers.
And second a lot of this is on purpose to get things. Do you have ADHD? You get an extra hour on your exams. Gee I wonder if that leads to students saying they have ADHD when in fact they don’t.
And of course this will be used to attack Trump. His economy is so bad even Harvard students are suffering mental illness due to their horrible at job prospects.
It’s all an op. And gay.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (X+Nnd)
You hafta be rich to go to Harvard.
The rich can afford better drugs.
Ergo going to Harvard turns you into a squirrel.
Posted by: Speller at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (pSotA)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (Zn6QU)
Then you simply need to adopt the Texas A&M way!
Posted by: 75 Year Old Still Wearing His Class Ring at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (N1DT3)
Liberal humor nowadays is presenting an uptight religious conservative as a gay pedo...while also arguing there is nothing wrong with being a gay pedo.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (2YhKe)
I think there was a thing where he gets mad if you get it wrong so I felt kinda bad bothering. But if you get it wrong go Penn State or something.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Keith Olbermann at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (2YhKe)
Cornell
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (ixZ1o)
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Not only Cornell, but the Ag school. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (rj6Yv)
What kind of retards would consent to that?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (R+iUD)
Well, you're a better role model than that illiterate TJM asshole.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (77rzZ)
I accept that.
Posted by: 75 Year Old Still Wearing His Class Ring at June 18, 2026 01:22 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 01:22 PM (ebJJx)
Ivy League Syndrome symptoms:
Insomnia
Bed Wetting
Thumb sucking
Need for constant Praise
Erectile Dysfunction
Inverted nipples
Syphilis Mania
Student Debt
Antisemitism
Need to wear a Keffiyeh
Refusal to tip servers
Drive a BMW
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 18, 2026 01:22 PM (OkYzo)
Harvard faculty just approved a new policy that 20% of a class at most can earn an A. There's no cap on A-.
You're right that grade inflation has been a huge problem at Harvard. I read that 50-60% of undergrad grades in the past few years were As. That's ridiculous.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:22 PM (mkw2N)
But that's probably just disinformation/malinformation spread by Big Water.
Posted by: RandomDave at June 18, 2026 01:22 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 18, 2026 01:22 PM (4focF)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (ixZ1o)
Well, it IS likely he molested children at some point, so......
Posted by: 75 Year Old Still Wearing His Class Ring at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (2YhKe)
That 65.6% figure for students is impressive given that profs and administrators are demonstrably 100%
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (2YhKe)
That should tell you everything you need to know about Harvard.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (2YhKe)
I'd rather hire a grad from Harfurd than Harvard. Equal education, but less snob training.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (qx7Zg)
8
To try to beat The Blade to FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (iFTx/)
You're getting more and more like me every day.
No one wants to be like me. You should stop.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:16 PM (2YhKe)
Maybe he wants to be Staff at the next TX MoMee?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (R+iUD)
That's a lot of lone wolf snipers being groomed.
Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (x/Rva)
Yep. Gates was at Harvard and realized he knew more about computers and programming than his Professors.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:24 PM (mkw2N)
What kind of retards would consent to that?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
Wait! We could have said no?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 01:24 PM (vHe/3)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 01:24 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: mrp
Cornell has an ornithology lab. It's pretty cool. We sent them money for a couple of years.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:24 PM (77rzZ)
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PhD's specifically. But generally speaking.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 01:24 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (fZiTB)
You're getting more and more like me every day.
No one wants to be like me. You should stop.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:16 PM (2YhKe)
Maybe he wants to be Staff at the next TX MoMee?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (R+iUD)
Has he volunteered to trim the fuses for the fireworks display?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (qx7Zg)
You are not special, unless you have some affliction that excuses your bad behavior and prevents you from acting like a civilized, compassionate adult human.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (dK+Kv)
Try growing up in the trades and then attending Architecture School.
You won't make it through a single semester.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (51ygH)
Maybe he wants to be Staff at the next TX MoMee?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (R+iUD)
THAT is a privilege EARNED over YEARS of doing chores and such for Rancher Bob and Cow Horse Queen.
It's no small task.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (2YhKe)
The next job fair should be interesting.
Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (x/Rva)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (n5tGW)
If your desire is to learn about computers and programming, you would probably do better at your local community college than Harvard.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (R+iUD)
That job is how you say, taken.
Posted by: Paolo at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (ixZ1o)
Does that mean you get to be the guy that puts people in the barrel...or the guy that has to clean the barrel afterwards?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (sKqQm)
It was hilarious reading Hogg's tweets before he got someone else to write them. They were always full of grammatical errors, misspellings, and weird usages of punctuation. The logic errors and complete misunderstanding of basic facts was ever-present, too.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (dK+Kv)
You hafta be rich to go to Harvard.
Posted by: Speller at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (pSotA)
That’s out of date 50 years out of date. Families with income under $100k pay nothing to attend.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (X+Nnd)
With physical ailments, we could certainly say yes. Let's say a healthy penis doesn't having oozing sores on it, so even if 80% of people get herpes, we can still point to a healthy penis and declare it the normal.
With mental illness, the line seems a bit fuzzier. I'd say well over 50% of people suffer from anxiety, but at what degree and to what end? When does it cross the line from being a clinical case of anxiety and just "feeling anxious". The same could probably be said of many personality disorders.
If just feeling anxious is categorized as anxiety, then I would say anxiety isn't a mental illness, but rather the normal.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (qoEJr)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (fZiTB)
I'd blame the "beer summit" but Harvard was a shithole long before that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (2YhKe)
This too is the story of the Trans Phenomenon in Primary Schools.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (An6iH)
You're right that grade inflation has been a huge problem at Harvard. I read that 50-60% of undergrad grades in the past few years were As. That's ridiculous.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:22 PM (mkw2N)
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Does Harvard use a "+/-" scale where an A- is worth less than an A and an A is worth less than an A+?
If all A's are weighted the same on the final transcript, then it doesn't matter.
Where I work, we don't use a "+/-" scale, but other campuses within the same system do. It's been a matter of some controversy between students and faculty for years.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 01:27 PM (gnNyN)
Curious about what it’s like to gather those deemed the best and brightest (conferred by their admission), confirm it in every class by near automatic As, yet each student naturally understands they are surrounded by other superstars, every person in each class was the best at their high school. How do you stand out? Bigger victim? Overcame more obstacles?
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:27 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:27 PM (ixZ1o)
60% to 60%
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 01:27 PM (A0HNO)
It's no small task.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (2YhKe)
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I hope they toss in a pair of shit-kickers for that STAFF badge.
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:27 PM (rj6Yv)
Me, too. Video games will do that to you.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (dK+Kv)
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I started playing Bioshock Infinite again last night.
Runs super smooth on the Steam Deck (not a surprise, the game is 13 years old).
And just...quality gameplay. And Elizabeth is awesome.
Sure, Ken Levine is braindead progtard who thinks he's got sick burns on anyone he disagrees with politically, but he misses the mark so hard and so often that it's easy to ignore the attempts at obvious politicking.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:28 PM (Zn6QU)
I hope they toss in a pair of shit-kickers for that STAFF badge.
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:27 PM (rj6Yv)
No, but I did borrow a jacket once.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:28 PM (2YhKe)
There is a free ap from Cornell Ornithology Lab called MerlinBirdid . It identifies birds by their sounds and shows a picture . Spouse and I have enjoyed using it
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 01:28 PM (OYsYV)
Barack Obama's actual LSAT score has never been publicly released or verified, as law school admission files remain private. However, based on his acceptance and performance at Harvard Law School, admissions analysts estimate his score was likely around 167 or higher, placing him in the top percentiles of test-takers.
Sure it was....
AND
Barack Obama was elected as the first Black president of the Harvard Law Review in 1990, during his time as a student at Harvard Law School.
Is there anything published from Obama during his time as editor. Anything he wrote? Sit down Horde...
No, Barack Obama did not publish any signed legal scholarship or articles under his own name during his time as a student or editor at the Harvard Law Review.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 01:28 PM (Sco7b)
Crackers need not apply.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (vHe/3)
There is a combination of things going on:
We try harder to diagnose these things now
We reward people for having them
but...modern culture and leftism both try to intentionally drive people nuts.
Take your average Karen ranting about global warming and have her live in a homestead community for a few years with no social media/internet access and I suspect she'll be cured.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (4KUe5)
LOL.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (qoEJr)
I'm fueled by anxiety.
And hatred but mostly anxiety.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (wjnjX)
I didn't even go to Harvard and I figured that out.
Huh.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (X+Nnd)
I'm reminded of the movie Don't Worry Darling where they present it as the 50s being some horrible patriarchal nightmare but...it looked pretty damn good compared to COVIDmania America...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)
This is no way to cure Hysteria.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:30 PM (An6iH)
http://tiny.cc/gaa5101
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:30 PM (mkw2N)
I have a niece that is pretty severely autistic among other things and "they" (not the parents) tried to block her period soon after it started.
Full credit to the girl she said it's the only thing that makes her feel like a girl and she wants to be a girl, and no. Bastard fag pedo crank fucks. Roast in hell, then die.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:30 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)
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"Men want to work hard and take care of their women!"
-sick burn against men
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:30 PM (Zn6QU)
It's infuriating because they are diminishing the symptoms of actual autism while waiving their stupid virtue flag.
They talk like fucking idiots and run everything through AI before they say or email anything
What the FUCK Happened to us?!
Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
My wife has a similar app on her phone. Don't know what it's called, though.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 01:28 PM (Sco7b)
Implying that he wrote under a pen name. He did not.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (2YhKe)
I had no trouble recognizing baloney in college. What was different in their cases?
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (FMtrg)
_____________
I think this survey is misleading because it's self-reported. Whenever anything is self-reported, you get responses bases in part on what is considered desirable in whatever group you are surveying.
Liberals brag about their therapists and it's considered a badge of honor to have some mental or emotional problem. Conservatives are the opposite.
It's like asking dudebros how many women they slept with. The responses will be much higher than reality. The reverse is probably true with women.
So there's a huge bias built into these kinds of surveys that's hard to account for.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (iFTx/)
What the FUCK Happened to us?!
Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (61TgR)
Big Pharma.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (qx7Zg)
Of all the 2026 grads who can't find 6 figure jobs now that the charity/NGO/government glut of taxpayer-funded job market has dried up.
BTW, I saw a thing that Syracuse had to cut their tuition by something like 45% via discounts, grants, etc., to try and maintain enrollment.
They had projected 35% would be sufficient to maintain.
They still fell short of enrollment quotas this year.
And it's only going to get worse ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (X+Nnd)
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Harvard has been forced to develop remedial classes; getting in as a DEI has been pretty easy.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (fgSb9)
My college German language professor died last week at the age of 100.
After the first day of his class he never spoke a word of English for the entire term, just Deutsch.
It pissed all us students off. We gathered, strategized, looked for ways to get around full immersion, and... learned.
What angered me 50 years ago fills me with admiration now.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:27 PM (4KUe5)
You get "chosen".
Think about it.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (ixZ1o)
Washington Free Beacon
@FreeBeacon
·
Jun 17
Replying to
@FreeBeacon
I watched a lot of anti-Israel protests at Harvard, and even read some of the poetry and journal articles.
Without singling out any individual participants or casting any stigma on people seeking or getting needed treatment, it’s hard to avoid noticing the strong likelihood of some overlap in the Venn diagram between the 47 percent who experienced mental illness and the 40 percent who view BDS favorably to the point of setting up tents in a Harvard Yard “encampment” or interrupting classes with megaphones or occupying buildings in protests.
I’m not a forensic psychiatrist, but some people are just unmistakably crazy.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (kX27y)
Years ago I had an Indian guy as a fishing client. He was less interested in fishing and more interested in 'Birding'.
I got a good laugh at his expense when he was forced to google a 'Hairy Pecker' that he spotted.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (wjnjX)
I certainly fell anxiety before say an important meeting at work and it can be a VERY strong feeling, but over my life I've learned how to clamp down on it and just deal with the feeling without having it stop me from doing what I need to do
They claim they can't do the same. Is that really true or they just haven't learned how to deal with it by what is essentially emersion therapy?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (X+Nnd)
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Wow. Does the administration check political affiliations?
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (rgnpf)
I'll admit to college causing me mental health problems. These surges of anger I feel even decades later whenever I think about my college professors and fellow students can't be healthy.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 01:34 PM (BI5O2)
China not from California) students, most kids there are middle or lower class. The push for diversity brings in a lot of peeps from the hood and barrio.
25% of students pay $0.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:34 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 18, 2026 01:34 PM (xvV+O)
Purple/Pink hair...go for it
Blue/Green hair...run like the wind
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)
Depends on the book. (Derrida and Zinn will make you retarded.)
Depends on one's ability to understand the book. (You can probably leave a, say, Foucault book and end up smarter. Certainly Camus.)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (5C538)
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (FMtrg)
Possibly an even more manipulative curriculum? Shouldn't work better in theory - but billions have gone into research on how to give people a particular opinion.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Rush Limbaugh at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (V362x)
Get some exercise.
Watch the sun set.
You won't have a problem sleeping.
Posted by: garrett
It starts getting light out at 345 am and isn’t really dark dark until 1030 or so, if then.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (hqy4m)
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (rgnpf)
Rule #1.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (wjnjX)
Blue/Green hair...run like the wind
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)
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*remains stuck, unable to decide*
-Scott Pilgrim, regarding Romana Flowers
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (wjnjX)
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Barry was a Harvard Law Review editor who never published an article. Has anyone else matched his record of achievement?
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:36 PM (rj6Yv)
60%? That's barely a "D". Try harder, Princeton.
Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 01:36 PM (x/Rva)
Posted by: Auspex
I hate immersion. I mean, it's fine once you reach a certain level of proficiency, but not when you're just starting out.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:36 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: The Main Man Crow, on behalf of the other Crows at June 18, 2026 01:36 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)
If it's chemical - say hormonal - no amount of clamping can do it. None.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:36 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (5C538)
What does 'NBD' stand for? Acronym impaired here.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (QGaXH)
Too fkng bad I say
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (sgkY8)
21
“Providing high-quality sexual and reproductive healthcare services is a priority for the Mamdani Administration,” explained NYC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Helen Arteaga, an Ecuadorian immigrant who had been the CEO of a disastrous Queens city hospital where over a dozen patients had died of COVID in one day.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM
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Covid, huh? I wonder what they actually died of.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (XeO61)
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"performance"
Oh?
Let's see his transcripts then.
Even then, it'll still be useless because he was on The Path and everyone knew he was on The Path, which guarantees top marks and insider advantages all along the way.
I mean, the number of accepted transfers from Occidental to Harvard has to be in the low single digits.
Accepted transfers are rare enough.
But this guy, from a 4th tier school, makes the cut?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (QGaXH)
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Nighttime Bread Dispenser.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 18, 2026 01:38 PM (xvV+O)
Sunrise was 5:45 am...
(3 days from the longest day of the year)
Sunset is at 9:30 pm.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:38 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 01:38 PM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 01:38 PM (A0HNO)
Posted by: Keith Olbermann at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (2YhKe)
Cornell
Posted by: ...
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When I was at school, we used to sing a little ditty:
High above Cayuga's waters
There's an awful smell
Some say it's Cayuga's waters
We say it's Cornell
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 01:38 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard graduate at June 18, 2026 01:38 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:38 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 18, 2026 01:39 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 01:39 PM (OYsYV)
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:39 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM
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Covid, huh? I wonder what they actually died of.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (XeO61)
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Embarrassment?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 01:39 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Alex Jones at June 18, 2026 01:39 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (5C53
Are you saying in my response to Emmie, all I did was repeat what she said without anything new? Just clarifying.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:39 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM
Late term abortion, silly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (4KUe5)
Two things though:
1) If its chemical, where did this biochemical change come from?
2) And if it is something genetic that has a highly negative impact on reproduction. Those young people that won't leave their rooms due to anxiety aren't very likely to have kids of their own later in life...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)
Dumb enough to do as he's told.
No one will question him at Columbia but he needs bona fides. How about Harvard?
His gayness seemed well documented in Chicago and one of his own books. So they found him a "wife" and a couple to produce kids for him.
Harvard? Sure, we got him in, changed the rules to get him labeled editor of the review, and worked hard to erase his birth certificate and his most problematic comments in writing and on video.
He's an idiot puppet and it galls me that Ayers had such power over this country he hates.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (fgSb9)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM
NP, it's NBD. Just a TLA.
Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard graduate at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (0sNs1)
Mamdami looks like a more rapey version of Hasan Piker, so I'm sure he's very interested in such things.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (2ocoG)
I could look at hairy peckers all day long!
Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace
Longest employment interview evah~
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (51ygH)
This too is the story of the Trans Phenomenon in Primary Schools.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (An6iH)
All of it. ADHD, Asperger's, Autism*, Furries, LGBTBBQ+++, Trans, Neurodivergence, My Grandma Stubbed Her Toe When She Was Three Syndrome. All of it.
We're teaching kids that they don't need to do the hard work, to be of strong mind, body, and spirit, and to be a decent human if you can just find a vanity affliction that elevates you above all that commoner drudgery.
* There are very few actual, valid diagnoses of what was once called autism. Now everyone has to be on a "spectrum" of Autism, because more pharma and government grant money.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (dK+Kv)
Ellipses are ambiguous here, I just found out.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (5C538)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (ixZ1o)
I have no doubts that a lot of curriculum is manipulative. But in my case, manipulation attempts made me more guarded, not less.
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
No Butt in Dick. Duh.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 18, 2026 01:42 PM (g8Ew8)
No Butt in Dick. Duh.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (diia5)
Seems like that would be painful.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)
Sometimes prone to what one author labeled a "Trumpet Blast" where random utterances demonstrating his loathing of PDT make their way into conversation. I usually just ignore it.
I don't know if it was Harvard that did it to him - I met his mother and holy sh*t she was batpoo crazy with the TDS....
That may have been it.
Still like the guy - but I do know that one day I'm going to have to pull him aside and be like "you realize, that I voted for that guy 3 times, right?"
Posted by: Defenestratus at June 18, 2026 01:42 PM (WYStd)
The Chicago machine as it was traditionally known was well into its death throes by 2005. Obama was an Ayers/Dorn project, likely with Soros support.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (X+Nnd)
It's hard to say.
My father used to beat us on the regular for perceived errors. For instance as a small child (3 yo) I was beaten with a belt for repeatedly putting pajama pants on backwards. It's my earliest memory.
Similarly, my brother at about 7 years old was beaten for not throwing a horseshoe correctly.
These beatings would, of course, induce fits of crying and while frozen in terror, it's was impossible to assess what it was that was causing the punishment and correct it in a young mind.
However, after surviving the encounters, we both became very stoic in the face of intense pressure, only occasionally reacting with anger rather than freezing in the face of insurmountable pressure.
I believe that it can be overcome with proper conditioning.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (qoEJr)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
No Breakfast Delights.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (dK+Kv)
Chemical?
Hormonal?
Enviromental?
Accidental?
Illogical?
Astrological?
Pathological?
Numerological?
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (wjnjX)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (hqy4m)
Technically the sun rises at 4 am and sets at midnight, but it never gets dark these days. These are the days of fishing all night long.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (bl07w)
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Send her over here. We have a critical problem that needs adjusting.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (51ygH)
In college I was given an assignment to identify the enduring values in a piece of communist trash newspaper called the People's World.
I entitled my report "Enduring the People's World" which actually made my commie prof laugh...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (A0HNO)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Yeah, and Dick is such a nice guy. No respect, I tell yah~.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (diia5)
China not from California) students, most kids there are middle or lower class.
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1.) Perhaps the lower class, with grants and shit. Very few middle class Americans want or can afford these Ivy League trifles.
2.) None of those Barrio people are in this stat. Good Fortune Induced Depression is 100% an affliction of the affluent.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (BI5O2)
Harvard? Sure, we got him in, changed the rules to get him labeled editor of the review, and worked hard to erase his birth certificate and his most problematic comments in writing and on video.
And yet, they let his poetry remain public........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (2YhKe)
I think potentially hormone disruption - low T for example has symptoms of both anxiety and depression. And the medical establishment doesn't even check. They go straight to SSRI etc.
And funnily enough long term effect of SSRI is sexual dysfunction which can cause guess what, depression.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (ixZ1o)
KTE has really bad anxiety; I am grateful she is getting help for it.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (6U1c2)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM
As long as no one says NAD.
Posted by: The Starlight Vocal Band at June 18, 2026 01:45 PM (0sNs1)
Accepted transfers are rare enough.
But this guy, from a 4th tier school, makes the cut?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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IRRC, he went from Occidental undergrad to Columbia for bachelors degree. Thence to Harvard Law. No one much talks about every seeing him at Columbia U. And his apparent Harvard Law Review stint was a DEI stunt where he did nothing apparently and the editor under him did all the work.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 01:45 PM (E4rtv)
At Harvard he was such an annoying guy, always droning on and on, that his fellow law students created a measure to rate it: the Obamameter.
One of the gals from The Runaways was his classmate and she wrote about this in 2008.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:45 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (FMtrg)
As Lizzy astutley pointed out, the social pressure has changed too, and also the reinforcement in media. None of it would have "got" you but it's powerful for others.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (ixZ1o)
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain"
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (b7F+i)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (RIvkX)
You're getting more and more like me every day.
No one wants to be like me. You should stop.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:16 PM (2YhKe)
Maybe he wants to be Staff at the next TX MoMee?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (R+iUD)
Has he volunteered to trim the fuses for the fireworks display?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (qx7Zg)
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Jeez. Tough crowd. Note how cleverly I matched the subject matter of the song lyrics to the subject matter of the post? That took some extra time to prepare so I knew I wouldn't be first.
So ... note how cleverly the tag line isn't the normal "The Blade is FIRST," since I wasn't going to be first, but how you gotta "run" to beat The Blade to first.
See? Tough crowd. Or maybe I'm just AI or ace in disguise?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (iFTx/)
At Harvard he was such an annoying guy, always droning on and on, that his fellow law students created a measure to rate it: the Obamameter.
One of the gals from The Runaways was his classmate and she wrote about this in 2008.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:45 PM (4KUe5)
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They really should have stuffed him in some lockers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (Zn6QU)
It's documented that it's far easier to get low-T treatment if you're a woman and express interest in no longer having boobs than if you're a man.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:47 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (2ocoG)
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I accept that my terms were incorrect. I thought Ayers, Dorn, and Obama's attorney general (can't remember his name but he wants to run for President) were part of the Chicago political machine.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 01:47 PM (fgSb9)
Accepted transfers are rare enough.
But this guy, from a 4th tier school, makes the cut?
Well, he did have other skills that he demonstrated quite well
Posted by: Some Harvard recruiter at June 18, 2026 01:47 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 01:47 PM (woQqY)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (qoEJr)
I spanked my kid once. I felt like shit for weeks. I broke the cycle. I think the spankings are what fucked up my hips.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:47 PM (wjnjX)
In the absence of Fear, there can be no Bravery.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:48 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (4KUe5)
I taught math at the college where two of my nieces attended. I was constantly amazed at some of the stuff the Humanities instructors would say. Buncha nonsense, and this is from me with a liberal arts, non-STEM degree.
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:48 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)
I'm not sure about that. My mom had five kids, and she was the most anxious person I have ever met. She "coped" by keeping control of every damned thing in her life, and by screaming at and hitting her kids. Even in dementia she was wound tight. She passed the trait on to at least three of her kids, so there's that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 01:48 PM (bl07w)
Harvard’s policy is any student whose family income is under $100k pays no tuition. And then above $100k there’s a sliding scale. So up to $150kish family income it’s either free or quite reasonable to attend.
Costs more to attend a UC as an out of state resident than it costs to attend Harvard for most people.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:49 PM (X+Nnd)
They were involved, but they were first and foremost Weather Underground / whatever they were involved with after that.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:49 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:49 PM (4KUe5)
I have a different hash every time I visit
wtf
also, what is the Newton's Telecom name for the 5 character group we call the hash
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 01:49 PM (b7F+i)
Just now seeing your current hash.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 01:45 PM (E4rtv)
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I believe the honored tradition was top of the class gets to run the Law Review. Obama was NOT top of his class. Not close.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (fgSb9)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (b7F+i)
I was also friends with a girl from Oxford. She was from Birmingham and not as based. Kinda brainwashed into that God is fake liberal world order. She got to ride with the RAF in a jet as a recruitment thing -- they wanted more of whatever it was she had to offer. This was 25 years ago, and I understood then that UK was cooked. No offense Bonnie, but the priorities were all wrong if they are begging her to join up.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (WjwG+)
My house was fun to grow up in.
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (fgSb9)
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He was top of the intersectionality stack.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (Zn6QU)
The idea from Dune was that you can, and should, train yourself to deal with fear.
Your point is correct, but this is an example of pushing through fear to bravery or at least that's my take
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (YwEeS)
Those inner-city looting videos.
They're stealing textbooks and school supplies.
The tv's are to make the medical lectures more tolerable.
I know most of you remember Mattress Girl who carried her 50 pound dorm mattress around as a protest. Like sane people are going to put up with that shit....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (Sco7b)
A simple view of that is the Rush Revere books designed for children to learn accurate history but also manipulate them to desire the acquisition of more knowledge.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 01:51 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (b7F+i)
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Some ISPs change your IP on a regular basis.
The hash is derived from the IP.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:51 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:48 PM
Skill and knowledge which aren't allowed to transfer to your avocation as a AoSHQ Commentator. Sad!
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 18, 2026 01:51 PM (0sNs1)
Honestly, we'd be better off closing the Universities at this point.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 01:51 PM (jehhT)
There's an entire genre of "We've been lied to about America for YEARS" on youtube right now, and it's the best content on the internet.
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Now start asking yourself what else they've lied to you about. Keep it to yourself and your nearest, lest you be arrested, but act accordingly.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (O0L8i)
And funnily enough long term effect of SSRI is sexual dysfunction which can cause guess what, depression.
Posted by: ...
Yep. SSRIs are nasty shit even in this later generation of drugs.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (E4rtv)
Gay + black (ish) + Muslim. That's a triple word score.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (2ocoG)
Runs super smooth on the Steam Deck (not a surprise, the game is 13 years old).
And just...quality gameplay.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:28 PM (Zn6QU)
I am a one game at a time person, and right now, that is Elite: Dangerous.
It's running fine on Linux Mint with Proton on an an Intel B580 graphics card. Before, it was running OK with an Nvidia 1660 card. One of my 1080 monitors recently took a dump, and now I have dual 4K, and 4K gaming is a gamechanger.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (dK+Kv)
Now start asking yourself what else they've lied to you about. Keep it to yourself and your nearest, lest you be arrested, but act accordingly.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (O0L8i)
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"Britain's GDP makes Mississippi's look like shit!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (Zn6QU)
Indeed. Just a little long for a true Mantra, imo.
That quote you pulled has always stuck with me. And I regularly point out its lesson to people who struggle with their Fears.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Nazdar at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (X+Nnd)
Yeah, a 3L bullshit, quasi-legal, all-theory filler class for the wokes to round out the credit requirements before they took their job at a small boutique non-profit legal aid firm.
I bet it wasn't even graded via testing.
BTW, I should point out I have more legal publications to my name than "law professor" Barack Obama.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (73/SM)
KTE has really bad anxiety; I am grateful she is getting help for it.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (6U1c2)
We've had a wild swing in the pendulum for addressing kids with legitimate mental health problems. Back in your day (which I assume was roughly the same as back in my day) you were just labeled a problem and hit a lot by your teachers and your folks. Now it's gone to where nearly every kid is diagnosed with something or other and for the ones that aren't yet they're trying to actually induce mental illness. Neither of these approaches are acceptable.
Posted by: I guess rationality doesn't count at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM
Questions seeking real answers should be directed to HordeSource (tm).
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 18, 2026 01:53 PM (0sNs1)
I was going to say that probably having a spiritual foundation woukd be of great help to these young people ( it helped me in school) , although it may be Harvard or Yale that has on their pastoral staff isomeone who identifies as an Atheist. "Hello, Kara. I'm sorry you're having anxiety. You realize there's no God and a lot of BS in The Bible, but how can I help you?"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 01:53 PM (OYsYV)
HI !!! Hello !!! Is this thing on ? With Smart comes Crazy. How much do you want ?
Now this is not new. Read anything - really ANYTHING - about the Greatest Generation or the generations before that or Robber Barons or Titans of Industry or whatever you want to call them. All high functioning insane. Pretty much soup to nuts. Sociopaths that got to the top before they melted down. Same story every fucking time.
Yet we ... OK - not we - but certain folks that just happen to live in that area ... still aspire to purely educate these minds of mush without any real world tempering. They're creating their own Yankee world version of Germans and Indians and Japanese that have multiple degrees. But can't turn a wrench. And can't order from the drive through.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 01:53 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (YwEeS)
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Received a glossy proposal the other day. The only white person on the folder cover was obviously gay.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 01:53 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:53 PM (2ocoG)
It's running fine on Linux Mint with Proton on an an Intel B580 graphics card. Before, it was running OK with an Nvidia 1660 card. One of my 1080 monitors recently took a dump, and now I have dual 4K, and 4K gaming is a gamechanger.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (dK+Kv)
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1. MMO. Ew.
2. 1:1 Milky Way. Neato.
So, it's like No Man's Sky, huh?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:53 PM (Zn6QU)
To my knowledge, Obama was NOT the editor of the Harvard Law Review, but the President of the Law Review. They are different positions.
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 18, 2026 01:54 PM (fZiTB)
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (FMtrg)
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I got lumped into an "Urban Studies" class in undergrad. I was on the road with the tennis team when they picked electives. I kept my head down (being the only white guy in the room)...until the mid-term paper...which I entitled "Racial Minorities and Majorities are a Construct". I pointed out that even identical twins were different in many ways (personality, intelligence, motor skills, freckles, even skin shade). So no race was a majority. No race was a minority. Surprisingly, the "black" female Prof complimented me on my insight. Found out later she loved Clarence Thomas.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 01:54 PM (dIske)
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (rj6Yv)
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SUNY Cornell, we called it.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 01:54 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:55 PM (X+Nnd)
Honestly, we'd be better off closing the Universities at this point.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Save some money and choke off woke religion at the same time. For similar reasons, Henry VIII closed the monasteries of England--they were a rallying point for opponents of his separation of England from Catholicism. At the time, universities and colleges were much less a threat due to their movement away from taking religion so seriously. Now it appears the opposite---many religious orders pay lip service to religion since the 60's and universities have become devout monasteries of wokeness.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 01:55 PM (E4rtv)
"Britain's GDP makes Mississippi's look like shit!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (Zn6QU)
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Think of what Britain's per capita GDP would look like without Greater London.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 01:55 PM (O0L8i)
He phoned it in, didn’t just not produce, no one saw him work.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:55 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Mohammed at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (b7F+i)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (6U1c2)
There are different routes to treatment of anxiety. I found pharmacological did not work as well as breath-work, bio-feedback, framing and facing down small anxieties to practice facing down the big ones.
"you do not become brave by hiding from your fears, unfortunately"
I hope your kid finds relief, however she manages.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (b7F+i)
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He doesn't actually exist.
He's like S1mone from that one movie, but in more relationships with men.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:57 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (X+Nnd)
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They were at least learning something useful.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 01:57 PM (amcLV)
Do you remember the story that came out from that dude who worked in the same office as Obama early, and said Obama was on the phone all day with his feet up on a desk? Never talked to anyone?
Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 01:57 PM (ixZ1o)
It's running fine on Linux Mint with Proton on an an Intel B580 graphics card. Before, it was running OK with an Nvidia 1660 card. One of my 1080 monitors recently took a dump, and now I have dual 4K, and 4K gaming is a gamechanger.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Intel or AMD CPU? I have been eyeing the Intel GPUs for some time simply because of their video processing abilities but worried about an AMD CPU playing well with an Intel GPU using Linux.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 01:57 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (4KUe5)
I'm currently a student at a large SEC school, finishing up math requirements for grad school so I can teach college-level math. The kids seem to be pretty well grounded but of course I hang out mostly with STEM people. That's not to say there aren't any blue-haired lunatics but the proportion of normal kids is higher than I expected.
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:57 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 01:58 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: steevy
You can watch lecture on YouTube. Students shown in the background are maybe 20% white. Lots of Chinese though.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:58 PM (X+Nnd)
Jordan Peterson said something like, "We've found emersion therapy works well for most people. But, the interesting part is it doesn't make the anxiety go away exactly. Instead is makes the people braver and better able to deal with the anxiety they feel"
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm)
People from Harvard are fuckin' crazy kookoo bananas? I have a great idea, let's put THEM in charge!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 01:59 PM (y9nCu)
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain"
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (sKqQm)
The obstacle is the way.
https://youtube.com/shorts/WU5aJ56ePJE
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:59 PM (dK+Kv)
Lots of Chinese though.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:58 PM (X+Nnd)
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Hope they're PRC, so they can go back and ruin Chinese companies.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 01:59 PM (O0L8i)
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The fact that they controlled shit-tons of money and lands hardly figured into it.
(/s, if it's needed)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 01:59 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 01:59 PM (9SpJJ)
Posted by: Kindltot
Thank you.
Yes, she does exposure therapy, among other things. Her therapist gives her "homework" and she is excellent about doing it - ironically because she gets anxious about the thought of admitting to him at the next visit that she didn't do it.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (tj+LC)
I spanked my kid once. I felt like shit for weeks. I broke the cycle. I think the spankings are what fucked up my hips.
Posted by: Reforger at June
I never spanked my children. I always felt like it teaches them the one who is supposed to love you the most is allowed to hit you. You are an awesome dad for recognizing this.
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: 29Victor at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (uIm2J)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (6U1c2)
Obviously because you didn't beat her as often and severely as you should have when she was little.
Posted by: Bad parent! Bad! at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 18, 2026 01:54 PM (fZiTB)
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Well, I'm getting my ass kicked today.
But thank you.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (fgSb9)
(/s, if it's needed)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 01:59 PM (amcLV)
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He stole from the old elite and gave it to the new elite to secure power.
Dude knew how to wield power.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (fgSb9)
Awww, the little nepots have congenital metal defects.
Only the Hapsburg were more inbred.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (/lPRQ)
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220, 221 whatever it takes.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (FMtrg)
Well ... then let me start the bullshit. Right here.
Was the "baloney" - as you call it - the uniform obedience to stuff like "If you work at IBM you must wear a tie" ? Because that's been full-throated supported here.
Or the "we all must sing the school song" shit ? That got me in trouble in high school. In '86.
Shall we start talking about the whole "hat indoors" thing ?
Here's the deal. Plenty of folks - plenty here, plenty with purple hair - love their indoctrination. Cause and effect ? Very few care.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (IdfaO)
Obama: a man who appeared without a trace.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 01:58 PM (O0L8i)
Not much of a man, more like a shitstain.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 01:59 PM
We know our own, but we want everyone else to know, too.
Posted by: Big Penguin at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (0sNs1)
I have a different hash every time I visit
wtf
Your public IP is changing. Your ISP has decided that your IP lease needed to be a lot shorter.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (2YhKe)
Jordan Peterson said something like, "We've found emersion therapy works well for most people.
Immersion therapy works great for that special kind of Ivy League insanity. As long as you hold their heads below the water's surface long enough for the immersion to work.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 01:57 PM (E4rtv)
Intel I9-9900KF. Intel B580.
A new install of Mint should be smooth. I had to do an upgrade install from an older version, since the Intel GPU drivers are in the kernel (non-supported kernel in older Mint, IIRC). It was a minor adventure.
Word on Intel B580 is that it is not as useful for video editing as other options.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (dK+Kv)
But thank you.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (fgSb9)
Welcome to the party, pal.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (fgSb9)
Yeah got a masters degree there.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (4KUe5)
One day while walking to class I saw a couple of LEOs and I asked if there was an event or something. They said yes and I thanked them for watching over us. I talked to someone representing the event and she invited me to join them in mourning Renee Goode and ICE's assault on Americans. I noticed that there were about 5 people at the event and three of them were organizers. I took that as a sign that lunacy has a difficult time gaining traction on our campus.
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (FMtrg)
To explain how they've fallen to their current state.
(Of course that elides over the peak of the British Empire so maybe not)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (yw9lQ)
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'Honorary' graduate because he was a foreign government official.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (fgSb9)
His real dad or the fake one?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (Zn6QU)
But thank you.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM
Dude. No one constantly tells *you* to shut up.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Piper
I tried to spank my son a couple of times for really egregious crap, but then I realized that it just made him madder and we'd have an ever-escalating "testosterone war," as my wife used to call them. So my wife and I found subtler forms of punishment that didn't involve hitting.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (tj+LC)
That's the way. Make it work for you. Never push a rope, make it pull.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (A0HNO)
Maikoh [the wolf chief] considered these words for a moment. "Let this dog's own words determine her fate," he said. "Lady Everest, if you answer the next question justly, I'll listen to you. Answer wrongly, and I'll not hear another word. Do you accept these terms?"
Maikoh looked Evy in the eye. His blue eyes seemed more sinister now. If Evy answered justly, there was a chance to stop a war. That might save lives. On the other hand, if she answered wrongly, it could cost lives.
"I accept your terms," Evy said.
"Very well then," Maikoh said. "My question is: Are you afraid?"
Evy pondered the question, but knew she could not delay an answer. "I feel fear," she said. "But I'm not afraid."
Maikoh's piercing eyes softened, a little. "Explain yourself," he said.
"I’m a dog surrounded by wolves," Evy said. "Of course there's fear. Even the smallest wolf could tear me up. I'd be dumb not to feel fear. But I conquered it. I came to the wolf den, and I'm still here. I faced my fears. I'm not afraid."
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (fgSb9)
Which one? Biological or supposed?
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 02:06 PM (FMtrg)
Hard to say definitively due to difference in time, driver versions, OS types (Windows versus Linux), and video platform you are attempting to run. The feeling I got is that there was cause for apprehension and further research, that, at the time, was not applicable to my use case.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (Wmg4n)
The man of many handles has a "thing" amongst other things about being told that he should remove his hat inside.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (n3VHW)
Great book. Shitty passage.
Rig up a cable. Run back and forth - 100 feet up - until you free your mind of the fear.
Write quickly the first time you fall. You won't get to pen a second chapter.
For other exercises ... chant before you enter bear dens. Handle venomous snakes. Do live electrical work at the big voltages and currents.
I could go on and on. But by all means. Face that little death.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: bob
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Glittering prizes were offered to minorities via DEI that personally were too much benefit to them that they would reject it. Takes a strong person to make their own mark in the world without reliance on someone else to give them a leg up. And that is often why good immigrants or working class natives that are entrepreneurs do it better like Musk, Tesla, or Edison. They have a drive to prove themselves by pulling themselves up from their own bootstraps also see Clarence Thomas.
They also have instinctual dislike of nepots who got there by connections, not hard work and brains.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (Wmg4n)
At this rate ? Not putting out your Pride Flag will be considered "bad manners". Not holding the door for a dude dressed like a lady that want to take a piss or a grope in "your" bathroom will be considered "behind the times".
You - and many like you - just can't wrap your head around the idea that the norms you like will be turned into the norms you don't.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (IdfaO)
The main issue was early Linux drivers, and that seemed to be resolved shortly after release. It's a great, 12 GB budget card for about $300.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (dK+Kv)
Hard to say definitively due to difference in time, driver versions, OS types (Windows versus Linux), and video platform you are attempting to run. The feeling I got is that there was cause for apprehension and further research, that, at the time, was not applicable to my use case.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
Mainly video processing into a Jellyfin media server. CPU based AVX512 is slow so I either go to 10-11th Generation or later Intel platforms or use current AMD systems. I dual boot and both are a common Linux variety.
Due to the memory crunch, I had to put off putting in a container system to run a bunch of legacy software--still retaining about five systems that run those (off the net of course). To get some data off a dying hard drive, I had to put Debian 32 bit Trixie on an old Seattle BX2 Pentium build system circa 2000. Interesting project last summer fixing up the old computers and applying all upgrades to them that were possible.
I have a lot of old stat and math programs that I do not care to dump plus too lazy to learn replacement Python and R commands to access data on old research nowadays.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (E4rtv)
I'm okay with corporal punishment when it's used dispassionately and with restraint. Striking a child at any time while in the heat of the moment does more harm than good. When my dad was still drinking, there was enough of that to make me hate his guts at the time, even though I absolutely deserved virtually every spanking.
Once he got sober, spankings were separated from the offence, and became an occasional ritual rather than an act of emotion. He'd send me to the laundry room to fetch the paddle and bring it to him for appropriate use. I didn't find those spankings to be a matter of Dad being mean, it was a regrettable punishment that I'd brought down on myself.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
I avoided the earlier ones because of shaky drivers reported on Phoronix which I frequent. Some of it related the resizable bar requirement for systems but not all. AMD's GPUs until the 9000 series simply were horrible in video processing and Nvidia drivers can be hit or miss on Linux. That left Intel.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (E4rtv)
There's an entire genre of "We've been lied to about America for YEARS" on youtube right now, and it's the best content on the internet.
HUNDREDS of Europeans posting their experiences and their love for this country.
This one husband was like - what do I have to do to get in? What forms do I need to fill out, what line do I need to stand in? We're raising our family in America. I'll trade with some of the people messaging me saying they hate America. Let's just do a deal.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 18, 2026 01:11 PM (rii+a)
Even before that there have been Ameri-curious families and couples who have started by watching videos on America, then cooking American recipes or trying US foods shipped to them by viewers, and ending up by visiting here. I've been seeing a few from England, one from Jersey Is, one from New Zealand, and more recently a family of defector women from North Korea living in South Korea who have started visiting here on their own and posting about it. It is fun watching them go from fearful to comfortable about people here they can hardly communicate with without a translator app.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:17 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)
That's increasingly what bubble propagandists run into these days. The company in the UK that made that game where a woman gets the protagonist in trouble by having him exposed to right wing "wrong-think" is supposed to be the villain....but instead was lifted from the game and made a heroine of the national movement in the UK, and copies were made in half a dozen other countries as well.
The leftist hellscapes look pretty good to normies.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:30 PM (uhVAy)
They wouldn't set foot on any tables, or the garbage receptacles, or the table clearing stations, regardless of how much food waste was sitting there. Any food on the ground was fair game. They'd perch on the back of one of the chairs at your table and wait for you to finish in the hopes you'd toss a french fry or something on the ground for them, but they didn't caw or harass you.
I fed one of them for a week. He was a charming lunch and dinner companion. I called him Pedro.
Posted by: Daniel Ream at June 18, 2026 03:52 PM (LgYtf)
Tell me you don't understand the Litany without telling me you don't understand the Litany.
Posted by: Daniel Ream at June 18, 2026 03:53 PM (LgYtf)
Posted by: Tim William McFall at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (OXWQ1)
Surprise! Ringleader of UFC Explosives/Snipers Terror Plot is Illegal Alien From Mexico, Allowed to Stay in the US by Obama as a "Dreamer"
Are you not Culturally Enriched?
RedWave PressNew York Post:
@RedWavePress
NEWS: The ringleader behind the foiled UFC Freedom 250 terrorist plot is a Mexican illegal alien, Abraham Alvarez, who overstayed a B2 visa that expired in 2001 and later received deportation relief through the DACA program under the Obama adminstration, according to Fox News Digital. Mark Meredith: "[Investigators] believe more than 20 people may have been involved... Prosecutors say that suspects allegedly wanted to use drones packed with explosives over the arena, which was built over the South Lawn. The explosions would then force people who were out there to panic, to flee, and then snipers would then try to take them out."
The alleged "ringleader" of the explosive drone attack plot against the UFC event at the White House is an illegal immigrant from Mexico, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday. Abraham Alvarez, 31, came to the US as a child and failed to leave the country when his B2 visa expired in 2001, but was granted deportation relief under the Obama administration through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Alvarez was one of five alleged co-conspirators in the scheme to kill President Trump and other top government officials at the combat sports spectacle held late Sunday on the White House South Lawn attended by thousands of fight fans.I'm very curious why the first terrorist identified was a white guy. I suspect it was to shape the narrative that this was either a "far right" plot. Now that they've muddied the water, the narrative intended to actually carry the day will begin, that "we may never know the motive" and that their politics are "confused" and why do you Racists even want to know the motive, anyway?
... Authorities told the outlet Alvarez was responsible for planning, organizing and directing the coordinated attack, which was thwarted by the FBI and local authorities.There are 23 terror plotters sought by the feds. Only five have been caught so far. The plotters face potential life sentences, plus five years for plotting an attack on the White House itself. Reportedly, the authorities were alerted to the threat of these degenerate leftwing Third Worldist terrorists by the mother of one of the incels. The motive will never be known, Racists. Trust that.
"This illegal alien from Mexico should never have been allowed in our country," DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "He was the ringleader of a failed terror attack targeting UFC Freedom 250 at the White House." "He will face justice and swiftly be removed from our country," she added of Alvarez.
Some of the suspects allegedly planned to travel to Fredericksburg, Virginia, on June 12 and 13 to make final preparations ahead of the attack. One suspect allegedly told investigators the goal was to target 'capitalist elites,' 'billionaires' or politicians who received donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. One of the central figures identified by prosecutors is 19-year-old Ohio resident Tycen Proper. According to an FBI affidavit, Proper admitted participating in discussions about an attack that authorities say was intended to 'jumpstart' a revolution in the United States.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:09 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (PJdmB)
The plotters face potential life sentences, plus five years for plotting an attack on the White House itself.
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Feds indicted about a dozen antifa members for conspiracy against law enforcement in Minnesota this week, too.
This DOJ is not the same as Bill Barr's DOJ.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Scott_T at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (2waQ7)
gotta say, he looks happy in that mugshot; wonder why?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (ExV1e)
The FBI doesn't have to generate left-wing terrorism, only right-wing to distract from the myriad examples of left-wing terrorism.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (N1DT3)
They hate us and openly sow revolution.
Mass deportations!!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (4KUe5)
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Send them to a country with single payer healthcare, for humanitarian reasons.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (Zn6QU)
One suspect allegedly told investigators the goal was to target 'capitalist elites,' 'billionaires' or politicians who received donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Ollie Gocks
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (Cqx++)
One suspect allegedly told investigators the goal was to target 'capitalist elites,' 'billionaires' or politicians who received donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Ollie Gocks
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (Cqx++)
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So, Alex Soros was a target, right?
Right after Mark Cuban?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:13 PM (Zn6QU)
Somehow when Obama does an illegal Executive order, it takes like a generation to formally get it struck down. And then everyone operates like its still the law.
When Trump colors outside the lines, even a conservative Supreme Court moves Heaven and Earth to get it struck down quickly.
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:13 PM (UcqOq)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 18, 2026 12:13 PM (N39Ws)
Mark Meredith: "[Investigators] believe more than 20 people may have been involved... Prosecutors say that suspects allegedly wanted to use drones packed with explosives over the arena, which was built over the South Lawn. The explosions would then force people who were out there to panic, to flee, and then snipers would then try to take them out."
Barack Owebama.
They want to kill you. By any means necessary.
Democrats. They play the LOOOOOOOONNNNNNGGG game, folks.
Trump is term limited in 2.5 years. If Democrats take 20 years to get the White House back, they don't care. They will STILL have people come in that want to kill you.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:14 PM (2YhKe)
Somehow when Obama does an illegal Executive order, it takes like a generation to formally get it struck down. And then everyone operates like its still the law.
When Trump colors outside the lines, even a conservative Supreme Court moves Heaven and Earth to get it struck down quickly.
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:13 PM (UcqOq)
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Yeah, Maryland Man is taking forever (mostly because the admin decided to bring him back for reasons I still can't fathom), but DHS has otherwise deported 900,000 forcibly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:14 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:14 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:15 PM (jehhT)
I want this investigation to be like a Dirty Harry movie.
They don't survive the chase. Oopsie.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:15 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (4KUe5)
You misspelled executions.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 12:15 PM (wjnjX)
Posted by: zombie at June 18, 2026 12:15 PM (Av6i5)
"They want to kill you. By any means necessary.
Democrats. They play the LOOOOOOOONNNNNNGGG game, folks.
Trump is term limited in 2.5 years. If Democrats take 20 years to get the White House back, they don't care. They will STILL have people come in that want to kill you.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:14 PM (2YhKe)"
I have been saying this for years; they are deliberately importing these people to murder, rob, and rape American citizens.
Look at where the UK ended up and decide for yourself where the correct off-ramp is.
Posted by: heya at June 18, 2026 12:16 PM (+VCmd)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:16 PM (4KUe5)
🚨 Something else is going to happen. If this is the last show I do, I just want it on the record: I was on the right side of this.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 12:16 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 18, 2026 12:17 PM (B0dAE)
The Left is jumpstarting a revolution, all right -- just not the revolution they were thinking of.
Posted by: zombie at June 18, 2026 12:17 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
It may be a distraction ploy to focus all this attention on Kilmar Abrego who is an MS-13 member while other cases go on in the background without much notice by the media. Uses up the oxygen from more sympathetic deportation cases is my guess. And relies on the fact that the media is lazy--they prefer to write the same story again and again than find new ones.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:17 PM (E4rtv)
https://tinyurl.com/yywk5wfm
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:17 PM (ndZc7)
Right after Mark Cuban?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:13 PM (Zn6QU)
Cuban is too f*cking stupid for anyone to give a shit or take him seriously.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:18 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 12:18 PM (+gA9j)
the violent rhetoric used to incite this mass murder plot is lifted whole cloth from the nightly rants of the Democrat Party members on the network news.
Every single Democrat is an unindicted co-conspirator.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 12:18 PM (73/SM)
Death penalty that is swiftly carried out.
Remember Beltway shooter John Allen Mohammed? Virginia dealt with him, no parole from where he currently resides.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:18 PM (4KUe5)
🚨 Something else is going to happen. If this is the last show I do, I just want it on the record: I was on the right side of this.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 12:16 PM (RHGPo)
At what point does he become paranoid schizophrenic?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:19 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:18 PM (2YhKe)
Dumbest billionaire in history.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:19 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:17 PM (E4rtv)
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Almost everything is happening in the 5th Circuit because of how DHS moves arrestees after capture.
And the 5th is denying the vast majority of habeus petitions...and there actually aren't that many.
Most of the people getting picked up do not have the cash to pay for lawyers for the petitions. The few that do are wasting tens of thousands of dollars just for the 5th to summarily reject them.
I honestly encourage these wastes of money. Sure, Democrats get some headlines for a bit, but no one likes these people anyway and it's money not spent elsewhere.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:19 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (kX27y)
🚨 Something else is going to happen. If this is the last show I do, I just want it on the record: I was on the right side of this.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 12:16 PM (RHGPo)
*******
What do you think he is referring to?
Posted by: redridinghood at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (NpAcC)
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They don't necessarily need to reclaim the White House to kill us. They're doing a pretty good job right now as it is.
Just sayin'....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (jehhT)
Iranian Oil Tankers Sail Past U.S. Naval Blockade — but Tehran Hasn’t Yet Opened Strait of Hormuz
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I will never understand why they complied with such an absurd order.
I dont know that case in and out, but doesnt much of the issue stem from someone incorrectly filing the initial deportation order? so its less about immigration and more about due process
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (UcqOq)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (B0dAE)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:18 PM (2YhKe)
Dumbest billionaire in history.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:19 PM (GseMx)
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Press X for doubt.
Plenty of trust fund kids worth billions are probably much dumber.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Billy Barr was dirty which is why he was the only permissible nominee that McConnell and Schumer would allow Trump to make.
Billy's dad was CIA and Billy spent time at the DoJ at the intersection of the IC and DoJ before he became AG in the waning Bush years. Up to his ass in the Inslaw mess coverup and Ruby Ridge was under his watch. So the Senate could trust that Bagpipe Billy would do the least possible as AG and not hinder impeachment plots or other means to limit Trump after shutting down the cancerous Mueller probe.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (E4rtv)
Dumbest billionaire in history.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:19 PM (GseMx)
How can you even contemplate a dude that's doing everything he can to look like that Rachel Maddow guy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (qBdHI)
How about "swiftly removed from our planet"?
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (4KUe5)
I dont know that case in and out, but doesnt much of the issue stem from someone incorrectly filing the initial deportation order? so its less about immigration and more about due process
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (UcqOq)
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I think they were trying to make an example of him.
"Fine, we'll bring him back, and we'll just throw the book at him for his crimes."
But...they were fighting it in the 1st Circuit, not the 5th.
Still, he's going. So, whatever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (Zn6QU)
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The whole "hot dog is/isn't a sandwich" thing?
Probably.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (jehhT)
Color me very skeptical
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (+gA9j)
Just sayin'....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (jehhT)
They are, but it will rapidly accelerate when they get full power back.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:22 PM (2YhKe)
More hijinks from Our Precious Foreigners.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 12:22 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Sharpie
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A lefty DoJ attorney admitted in open court to a judge that there was a legal problem. Since then, it became a cause du jour for the left and attracted a lot of money, etc. because Kilmar Abrego Garcia is like George Floyd, a piece of criminal shit that the leftists find so dreamy.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:22 PM (E4rtv)
Color me very skeptical
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (+gA9j)
It's the "I've got NEWS that's going to break EVERYTHING wide open and change the world FOREVER, I'm just not going to tell you for 3 months" method.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (2YhKe)
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I was assured nothing will happen! Stop it!
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (GD0B3)
But mostly a buffed cellmate.
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (Ki5u2)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:22 PM (E4rtv)
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If I remember correctly, it wasn't even an error. It was a couple of different interpretations.
One of which was right (DHS had every right to deport him to El Salvador because his asylum claim was bullshit) and the other was wrong (all asylum claims are valid no matter how stupid).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (Zn6QU)
Just sayin'....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (jehhT)
They are, but it will rapidly accelerate when they get full power back.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:22 PM (2YhKe)
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They'll legalize it, or make it mandatory.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (+yTe/)
He's smiling big for a reason......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (2YhKe)
No, not the guy with the funny mustache, that other guy. Charlie somebody. The one who carved a swastika into his forehead.
Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (yz/88)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (sgkY8)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (kgE5c)
Trump Slams Israel Over Civilian Casualties, Says Syria Has Shown More Control Against Hezbollah
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: monty hall..deal at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (ehY6c)
Still, he's going. So, whatever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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4th Circuit (deportation) and 6th Circuit (criminal case). 1st Circuit is New England where all conservatives fail the blue slip policy so all district judges are leftists pretty much now. But not allowing blue slips on appellate benches is why a lot of these political decisions by blue district courts are overturned by appellate courts.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (E4rtv)
Color me very skeptical
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
Yeah, Bongino's got very little credibility with me.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: CapeFear at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (7NOYg)
No, not the guy with the funny mustache, that other guy. Charlie somebody. The one who carved a swastika into his forehead.
Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (X5Jzz)
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Aaron Burr!
Oh, wait...that was Mexico.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (sgkY8)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (Ki5u2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (Zn6QU)
The Pritzkers
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (wjnjX)
so he's a foreign national out of uniform and attempting to overthrow the current government. that makes him a spy.
he should be hung on the national mall on the
4th of july...
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (nXhwP)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (RHGPo)
The dumbest move they made was LETTING HIM OUT OF THE VEHICLE when he declared multiple times he couldn't breathe.
Take him to the hospital........but leave him cuffed in the back of the car.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (0sNs1)
They want to kill you. By any means necessary.
Democrats. They play the LOOOOOOOONNNNNNGGG game, folks.
Barry ain't never played a long anything in his life. He's played WITH a few long things but never one of his own. -- Big Mike
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (GseMx)
Still, he's going. So, whatever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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4th Circuit (deportation) and 6th Circuit (criminal case). 1st Circuit is New England where all conservatives fail the blue slip policy so all district judges are leftists pretty much now. But not allowing blue slips on appellate benches is why a lot of these political decisions by blue district courts are overturned by appellate courts.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (E4rtv)
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I stand corrected.
It's Xinis, right? I thought she was 1st.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: WisRich at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (G0vdT)
No, not the guy with the funny mustache, that other guy. Charlie somebody. The one who carved a swastika into his forehead.
Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (X5Jzz)
Charles Manson.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (2YhKe)
Look at where the UK ended up and decide for yourself where the correct off-ramp is.
Posted by: heya at June 18, 2026 12:16 PM (+VCmd)
Not just the UK.
https://youtu.be/Iv4YJwEHNfU
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 12:26 PM (ExV1e)
I must assume the Church is importing holy warriors against the Jews.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 12:26 PM (5C538)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (GseMx)
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Iran WAS forgotten until the MOU business picked up.
We'd had at least two major news cycles pushing it off to the side since the end of open hostilities (not counting the defensive strikes to preserve the ceasefire).
It'll be forgotten soon enough.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:26 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 12:27 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 12:27 PM (9SpJJ)
Posted by: Lady in Black
Speaking of big hair, Gene Shalit recently died.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:28 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:28 PM (n5tGW)
the games have become so realistic, that some people think the 'world' in their games transmits to real life
I expect many here will correct me for that
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 12:29 PM (9++9n)
92 I enjoy that the left spends so much time on maryland man, all while the deportations continue.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:28 PM (n5tGW)
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Prioritizing narrative over policy.
It's Obama's real legacy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:29 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM
It is clement to find the rare under-29 here whose cynicism is not in excess of their tender years!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 12:29 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: a.moron
Charles Manson.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
.......
Shoulda run for the Senate
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 12:29 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 12:30 PM (0beLq)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (2YhKe)
That still would have been a "death in custody". The dancing nurses were going to riot anyway.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 12:30 PM (5C538)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
The original question was whether Garcia could be deported to El Salvador when he stated he had a fear of retaliation in El Salvador--that meant that Garcia could be sent to another country. But both the acceptable to him limit on deportations to another country and the claim of retaliation fear of El Salvador became a mess due to the sending to El Salvador first and then sending him back to the US. In the meantime, the DoJ filed charges in Tennessee over a previous traffic stop catching MS13 man trafficking illegals. That brought in a different judge who eventually dismissed the criminal case as being brought by animus (their favorite go to now) from the DoJ.
Whole thing is a rancid mess but has literally sucked the air out of the room for other deportation cases like the Columbia uprising dude just sent back to Jordan.
DoJ is refusing to send him back to Costa Rica (acceptable to Garcia) because it would set a precedent that deportees could pick the country they desire if they make a claim of fear of death, etc. in the country selected for them.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:30 PM (E4rtv)
Local LE and ICE arrest an illegal alien who led criminal gangs in Brazil. In the car was a firearm and several cellphones.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (4T3aT)
Posted by: mea culpa at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (TWmCs)
These guys are copium-dealers who've gotten wealthy providing conservative political hopheads with their next #TwoWeeks' fix for a decade.
It's media for people who nod out in their own drool and wake up to a dead Republic crawling across the ceiling, like a nursing home performance of Trainspotting.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (77rzZ)
Manson did too. The Weathermen too. The SLA too. MOVE too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: monty hall..deal at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (ehY6c)
Not just the UK.
https://youtu.be/Iv4YJwEHNfU
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 12:26 PM (ExV1e)
When he plays the original clip that got her in trouble. That guy is a f*cking simp asshole propagandist.
Seriously. The ones at fault are MEN. Uh, how many white French men are raping or sexually assaulting women? Very few in the scope of what is ACTUALLY happening.
You are part of the problem. Stop being part of the f*cking PROBLEM, Dwayne.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Guy Mandude at June 18, 2026 12:32 PM (8JR9p)
I wonder how long before we get pics of them.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 12:32 PM (wjnjX)
https://x.com/ParToutatis77/status/2066848070302585210
For your ideological, musical, and visual enjoyment. You're welcome.
Posted by: Fritz Geiger at June 18, 2026 12:32 PM (X0uk8)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 12:32 PM (ebJJx)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:32 PM (4T3aT)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 12:32 PM (qFwJc)
I would imagine they are investigating that with this plot, too, particularly the funding. The drones, explosives and guns likely weren’t cheap. Also, from whom were they procured?
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:33 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (GseMx)
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Iran WAS forgotten until the MOU business picked up.
We'd had at least two major news cycles pushing it off to the side since the end of open hostilities (not counting the defensive strikes to preserve the ceasefire).
It'll be forgotten soon enough.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:26 PM (Zn6QU)
. . . forgotten until Iran gets stupid, and we all know they will get stupid, it's their nature.
Hopefully that will be after the midterms, and Trump can get back to blowing up their shit and killing their leaders.
Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:33 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Whether intentional or not, it is sucking the air out of other deportation stories that have more sympathetic facts in the case. The left again embraced a piece of shit criminal and celebrated him rather than drop his case and try to find more sympathetic political cases of deportation. Ironically, many of the Columbia U takeover by Muzzie activists are getting the result of that focus as their deportations are virtually ignored by the US left (local stories).
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:33 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 12:33 PM (qBdHI)
That still would have been a "death in custody". The dancing nurses were going to riot anyway.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 12:30 PM (5C53
Ah, but nowhere as BIG an effect on society as there wouldn't be public footage of the officer on his back on the ground.
The autopsy would've been legitimate and it would've been determined that he OD'd.
Death in custody, sure. Not a ruse of murder by cop.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:34 PM (2YhKe)
Hopefully that will be after the midterms, and Trump can get back to blowing up their shit and killing their leaders.
Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:33 PM (X5Jzz)
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The IRGC sending out pleasure boats to fire at Indian captains leading to the civilian leadership of Iran asking the US navy to shoot them out of the water will be fascinating to witness.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:34 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (77rzZ)
Just another psychological ploy to members of his cult. He really just wanted to kill a Beach Boy who rejected his music then allegedly stole it .
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (Ki5u2)
It's Miracle Whip, isn't it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (dK+Kv)
The autopsy would've been legitimate and it would've been determined that he OD'd.
Death in custody, sure. Not a ruse of murder by cop.
Posted by: Sponge
Interesting take, Sponge.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (n5tGW)
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Great musician, though.
Ahead of his time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (Zn6QU)
With Trump selling out his base, ruining their farms and livelihoods, and making it impossible for them to survive...I expect to see a more right-on-right violence. They have guns, are angry, and have nothing left to lose.
Yup. They’re mad because they’re just now (for some reason) realizing they were lied to and Trump is just president to make money for himself and his already obscenely wealthy friends. Two years in and gas is 4.00/gal, they can’t afford food, no 5,000 dollar DOGE check, no Epstein list, and, the absolute worst of all- the libs may have had a point.
The president told them to fight like hell and take their country back. These guys are alt righters, I highly doubt they are fans of Zion Don, Israels greatest simp.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 18, 2026 12:36 PM (ycI94)
So if it was left to the FBI, they would have caught them AFTER the drone attacks (if there was a real plan, not just internet chatter). When Trump was shot, FBI also took action AFTER the shots, despite the multiple warnings and missed opportunities to get the shooter in advance.
Posted by: illiniwek at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 18, 2026 12:36 PM (ycI94)
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Sooooo...Graham Platner is an obvious right-wing plant and progressives should oppose him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (Zn6QU)
Interesting take, Sponge.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (77rzZ)
Do you think it's far fetched? If they never would've taken Floyd back out of the car and simply transported him to the hospital when he complained of a shortness of breath and died of an OD along the way?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (Cqx++)
Maybe it was a fellowship?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (1Ff7Z)
Judge Gregory Carro said Mangione's lawyers have informed him they will attempt to show that he was suffering from "extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the occurrence."
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I was not aware f*cking asshole was a mental disease.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (ndZc7)
I would imagine they are investigating that with this plot, too, particularly the funding. The drones, explosives and guns likely weren’t cheap. Also, from whom were they procured?
Posted by: Lizzy
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Data Republican had a story up on X a day or so ago tracing all the funding and infrastructure of teh Resistance. Article on X is "A day in the life of someone who doesn't know he's a paid protester "
She used the DoJ's 94 page indictment of the MN AuntieFag members and tied that in with funding.
Link to story on X
https://tinyurl.com/Data-Republican
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (6mVIs)
I’ll bring a shovel.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 12:38 PM (Q6Bu6)
Judge Gregory Carro said Mangione's lawyers have informed him they will attempt to show that he was suffering from "extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the occurrence."
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I was not aware f*cking asshole was a mental disease.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (ndZc7)
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"He's so dreamy and a folk hero!"
-Luigi stans
"He's retarded."
-Luigi lawyers
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:38 PM (Zn6QU)
gotta say, he looks happy in that mugshot; wonder why?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (VyBeY)
He thinks he's going to Disneyland. He doesn't realize yet that he's the ride.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:38 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at June 18, 2026 12:38 PM (bNf8H)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 12:38 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Sponge
Nope, sounds plausible to me. I meant "interesting" in a good, thought-provoking way.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:39 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:39 PM (GseMx)
What they did was pretty heinous. Killing (or being responsible for killing) prominent or famous people also tends to make one famous. Or infamous.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 12:39 PM (ixZ1o)
Aliens Go Home & Say There Is No Intelligent Life On Earth After Meeting Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:39 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:34 PM (2YhKe)
they would have just manufactured another one....
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (nXhwP)
Nope, sounds plausible to me. I meant "interesting" in a good, thought-provoking way.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:39 PM (77rzZ)
Oh, well.
*puffs chest*
Carry on!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: DaveA at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (BI5O2)
So... How'd it go?
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (Q6Bu6)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (Q/FnY)
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Fantastic news. He is fucked.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (ixZ1o)
Hey it worked for Biden and his illegal possession of documents.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (GseMx)
So... How'd it go?
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (vTZFs)
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Didn't feel great.
We'll see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (Zn6QU)
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Too incompetent to stand trial. Like Iryna's killer. Hey, it worked for him!
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (qBdHI)
Huh ?
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (RHGPo)
Sweeps week.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 12:41 PM (1Ff7Z)
Thought Socialist didn't like such, ya know the Cause.
Well except for the bank robberies...
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:41 PM (4T3aT)
they would have just manufactured another one....
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (nXhwP)
There's no denying that. They're STILL looking for the next one.
The fact that they're attempting to burn things down because of the obvious murderer Karmelo Anthony shows you that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:41 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 12:41 PM (Q6Bu6)
Posted by: DaveA at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (FhXTo)
Only those of us who have been shouting "foreigners, out!" from the rooftops for years.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 12:41 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 12:42 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Vengeance
________
Thank you. I was trying to put my finger on that style.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 18, 2026 12:42 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (77rzZ)
Manson wanted to rule the world, and thought that provoking a race war would result in blacks slaughtering whites and taking over, which somehow would end up with him being in charge.
Underwear Gnomes may have been involved. That and copious amounts of LSD and other hallucinogenics. And mental illness. Charlie was crazier than a shithouse rat.
Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:42 PM (X5Jzz)
Jimmy Kimmel Sparks Outrage After Making Sickening Trump and Ivanka Incest Joke
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:42 PM (ndZc7)
I dream that Barack and Michelle Obama are outside their "library", when 100 bald eagles and 400 golden eagles, fly in. The bald eagles fly in and crap on the Obamas, then fly out in equal groups to the North, South, East, and West, while the golden eagles provide air cover. Then the golden eagles do the same.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:42 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (ndZc7)
F*cking Asshole Syndrome.
It's a constellation of whiny-ness, victimhood, failure to learn consequences, liberalism and grandiosity present overwhelmingly in the 20-35 year old cohort. Consistently overlaps with TDS. Clinical trials are underway to determine the causal effect of TDS on FAS; initial results indicate an direct causal effect.
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:43 PM (6mVIs)
Didn't impede his ability to plan, stalk and murder the guy though.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (An6iH)
I dream that Barack and Michelle Obama are outside their "library", when 100 bald eagles and 400 golden eagles, fly in. The bald eagles fly in and crap on the Obamas, then fly out in equal groups to the North, South, East, and West, while the golden eagles provide air cover. Then the golden eagles do the same.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:42 PM (qx7Zg)
Not sure THAT will happen, but I bet there will be a fly infestation at some point.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (Zn6QU)
In a 9-0 Opinion, the Supreme Court has thrown out the 922(g)(3) conviction of an individual convicted of possessing a firearm while being an unlawful user of drugs. The Court has held that without more evidence that an individual is rendered unusually dangerous by their unlawful drug use, or the drug itself can cause such behavior, that 922(g)(3) violates the Second Amendment.
Meth heads & crack heads can now carry!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (vHe/3)
Obama's Nazi Flak Tower opens TODAY!
Bruce Springsteen will be there!
Rejoice, Citizens!
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (aD4fx)
-Luigi lawyers
Nah. It'll be "He was messed up at the time but he's fine now. He should be released to continue to contribute to society."
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (vTZFs)
The left has been arguing that he didn't do it AND he did it because he is a righteous force of justice.
Can't wait for them to start arguing he didn't do it AND he did it because he is a righteous force of justice AND you can't punish him because obviously he is cray cray
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (sKqQm)
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10 to 1 that Iran "closes" the Strait again in October.
Posted by: Guy Mandude at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (8JR9p)
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (Xgoim)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:41 PM (2YhKe)
this is a very good point. I'm wondering if it ends up working for them or not.
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (nXhwP)
F*cking Asshole Syndrome.
It's a constellation of whiny-ness, victimhood, failure to learn consequences, liberalism and grandiosity present overwhelmingly in the 20-35 year old cohort. Consistently overlaps with TDS. Clinical trials are underway to determine the causal effect of TDS on FAS; initial results indicate an direct causal effect.
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:43 PM (6mVIs)
That doesn't sound ANYTHING like TJM, to be honest.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (Q6Bu6)
A weed-wacker that needs new string.
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (6mVIs)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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What the Feds do often is lock onto someone who is prancing about online cosplaying revolutionary and provide a contact offering guns, money, etc. that is needed to make the plan real. Usually assets/informants, not actual agents who are their handlers and coaches.
The informant then turns the group deeper into the conspiracy by claiming to produce the resources to make all their happy fun plans real but in fact is actually being coached to get all the critical requirements for a federal indictment based on the specific crimes that the informant is supposedly able to enable the stupid perps into agreeing with.
Sometimes, the assets themselves get into far more than the handlers bargained for (see teh FBI handlers of two assholes that tried to shoot up the TX Everyone draw Mo contest.) They were stopped by a courageous off duty cop providing security using a handgun against two AK47 jihadis. Apparently the FBI handlers saw what happened as they were in a following car and then turned around and skedaddled. Never had a good explanation from the agency on that.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (E4rtv)
Charming people, not. To quote Tanya as she shoots Mary Sue, "animal."
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (4T3aT)
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (An6iH)
It's a constellation of whiny-ness, victimhood, failure to learn consequences, liberalism and grandiosity present overwhelmingly in the 20-35 year old cohort. Consistently overlaps with TDS. Clinical trials are underway to determine the causal effect of TDS on FAS; initial results indicate an direct causal effect.
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:43 PM (6mVIs)
That doesn't sound ANYTHING like TJM, to be honest.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (2YhKe)
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That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (Zn6QU)
this is a very good point. I'm wondering if it ends up working for them or not.
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (nXhwP)
It doesn't seem like Floyd worked in the long run.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (2YhKe)
That's the same plan the WEF, EU, and Democrats have, weirdly.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (2ocoG)
180 >>Less than 200 to go until monetization.
You have a youtube channel?
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (An6iH)
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OnlyFans.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (Zn6QU)
Bruce Springsteen will be there!
He's white and wealthy so he pays the Reparations admission price, right?
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (vTZFs)
Report Claims Trump May Break FIFA World Cup Protocol in Major Way
According to a report from talkSPORT, the champions of the 2026 FIFA World Cup will have the championship trophy presented to them in a very unique way, by the president of the United States.
“The US president has already been told FIFA wish him to hand over the World Cup trophy to the eventual champions,” writes talkSPORT’s Ben Jacobs.
“Sources say FIFA will leave it to Trump’s own discretion as to whether he wishes to stay in with the team during the lift or remain with other executives during the ceremony,” Jacobs reports. “White House insiders believe Trump will again choose to celebrate with the victorious team.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (ndZc7)
Jimmy Kimmel Sparks Outrage After Making Sickening Trump and Ivanka Incest Joke
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
But saying Big Mike has a dick is a bridge too far.
Got it. 👌🏻
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (vHe/3)
Barky , the scumbag that keeps on scumming. And it occurred in the week his center opened. How appropriate
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (7bbR5)
That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (Zn6QU)
I'm a giver.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (2YhKe)
It's a constellation of whiny-ness, victimhood, failure to learn consequences, liberalism and grandiosity present overwhelmingly in the 20-35 year old cohort. Consistently overlaps with TDS. Clinical trials are underway to determine the causal effect of TDS on FAS; initial results indicate an direct causal effect.
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:43 PM (6mVIs)
A/K/A leftist.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (mPXxA)
Fair is fair, Jim. You're a public figure.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:47 PM (Xgoim)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:47 PM (n5tGW)
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Too incompetent to stand trial. Like Iryna's killer. Hey, it worked for him!
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (qBdHI)
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Not incompetent to stand trial, this is an affirmative defense that essentially requires him to admit he shot the guy and that he did not commit murder due to mental state, so he should be convicted of manslaughter.
Posted by: Penfold at June 18, 2026 12:47 PM (Fbt5B)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (4T3aT)
Charming people, not. To quote Tanya as she shoots Mary Sue, "animal."
Posted by: Anna Puma
Remember folks. Brass knuckles are legal in Texas.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (vHe/3)
Posted by: Penfold at June 18, 2026 12:47 PM (Fbt5B)
I don't care how he goes to prison as long as he dies there. He's earned it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (2YhKe)
Bongino got deep undercover during his month at the FBI, and now is racing time to fight off an incredibly catastrophic plot that threatens to end everything, everywhere.
This promises to be a much bigger movie screenplay than Penn's upcoming demand for another Oscar.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (Y8DZL)
It continues to be hilarious that Barky insisted on using black contractors and sub-contractors for his flak tower, stiffed them, but made them sign nondisclosure agreements so they can't complain.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (4T3aT)
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I'm still holding out hope that Banksy was the designer and there will be a controlled implosion the moment the ribbon is cut.
But Banksy is a British boomer lib, so I shouldn't hold my breath.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: rickb223
Like most situations, lawmakers will tweak the laws and do the necessary requirements to show banning such is legal due to the specific Scotus factors mentioned. The original GCA of 1968 was held as unconstitutional for requiring self incrimination on the form to purchase weapons, Feds tweaked the form and laws and it passed constitutional muster a few years later.
Conservatives on the court are using this to reemphasize the Bruen holding of historicity and more narrowly tailoring gun laws to meet actual problems rather than mere possession. Liberals are pro criminal and pro weed so they went along.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:49 PM (E4rtv)
This promises to be a much bigger movie screenplay than Penn's upcoming demand for another Oscar.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (Y8DZL)
Penn's oscar.
A retard playing a retard. Big stretch there.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:50 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:50 PM (ndZc7)
It's a constellation of whiny-ness, victimhood, failure to learn consequences, liberalism and grandiosity present overwhelmingly in the 20-35 year old cohort. Consistently overlaps with TDS. Clinical trials are underway to determine the causal effect of TDS on FAS; initial results indicate an direct causal effect.
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:43 PM (6mVIs)
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NBPITFS
Never Been Punched in the Face Syndrome
Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 12:50 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (Zn6QU)
Call us....we have stellar references ...
Posted by: Paki bot farms at June 18, 2026 12:50 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 12:50 PM (5jF9Z)
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (Xgoim)
In bulk, 22LR is under 10 cents a pop these days. Probably cheaper than rope.
As a wise man once said, "Buy ammo!".
Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:50 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (Zn6QU)
Call us....we have stellar references ...
Posted by: Paki bot farms at June 18, 2026 12:50 PM (GD0B3)
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I did look into this.
Not letting anyone associated know I exist is the better choice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Zn6QU)
gain of function writ small
Posted by: DaveA at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (FhXTo)
Kimmel has nowhere to go but snuff film jokes at this point.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Ki5u2)
My hope is that no one bothers to pay the $30 admission charge.
I think Obama has a lot in common with Princess Diana - when she died, people explained that the burial site needed to be prepared for huge numbers of pilgrims for centuries to come.
Two years later, no one bothered to show up.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 12:52 PM (aD4fx)
There are rumors they are dosing it with fast-growing algae.
And that they are having to post guards at night to stop them.
Saw one guy even arguing it was good that it leaked thousands of gallons daily cause that constant flow of fresh water kept the algae at bay.
jfc, they are deranged
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 12:52 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF
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https://shorturl.at/rdJZg
1881 exerpt:
And then, Jose Manuel Miguel Xavier Gonzalez, I further command that such officer retire quickly from your dangling corpse, that vultures may descend from the heavens upon your filthy body until nothing shall remain but bare, bleached bones of a cold-blooded, blood-thirsty, throat-cutting, chili-eating, sheep-herding, murdering son of a bitch.
Posted by: Judge Roy Bean at June 18, 2026 12:52 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 12:52 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Y8DZL)
More people read about Kimmel's stupid f*cking antics than actually watch his show, so reporting what goes on there is actually better for him then his actual show.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:52 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Ben Rothliesburger at June 18, 2026 12:52 PM (n5tGW)
The reaction would make the Canadian hockey tantrum look sedate.
Posted by: Guy Mandude at June 18, 2026 12:52 PM (8JR9p)
Iirc, his best friend was Epstein’s personal chef.
And he makes pedo jokes.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Weasel
60 ft drop with 50 ft of #4 piano wire.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (vHe/3)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Ki5u2)
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Sure. There were lots of trials in the 70s and 80s with cats peeing on ammo, and the results were universally positive,
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (Xgoim)
Got it. 👌🏻
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (vHe/3)
Bingo.
The Left has always hidden behind their dumbfuck "comedy" - and commentary - while the politicians get to supposedly "rise above" and demand dignity and respect. It's a big jerkoff.
Trump broke that game, and we had to or forever remain subservient to their narratives.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (ixZ1o)
Bruce Springsteen will be there!
He's white and wealthy so he pays the Reparations admission price, right?
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (vTZFs)
Hope he remembers to bring his ID. Can't get in without it.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (Xgoim)
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It's also recyclable!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (gnNyN)
The reaction would make the Canadian hockey tantrum look sedate.
Posted by: Guy Mandude
Supposedly, the US team can possibly play the UK team on July 4th.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (vHe/3)
British boomer shitlibs are like some kind of genetically engineered suck singularity.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (ndZc7)
The Royal Navy has one aircraft carrier, three destroyers, and four frigates at sea.
They can now defend themselves from the French fishing fleet.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (4T3aT)
Step One: Attack White House.
Step Two: ...
Step Three: Revolution!
Assuming (without evidence) that this wasn't driven by fed informants, you'd have to be a special kind of stupid to believe that the country is so on-the-brink of an anti-Trump jihad that blowing up or shooting a few people would tip things in your favor.
Posted by: PabloD at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (ChMEj)
Step One: Attack White House.
Step Two: ...
Step Three: Revolution!
Assuming (without evidence) that this wasn't driven by fed informants, you'd have to be a special kind of stupid to believe that the country is so on-the-brink of an anti-Trump jihad that blowing up or shooting a few people would tip things in your favor.
Posted by: PabloD at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (ChMEj)
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To be completely fair...it's consistent with The Communist Manifesto's progress towards the stateless, classless utopia.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (Zn6QU)
The World Cup generally is going well, which is driving the Leftists nuts.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (hVI+Q)
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Victor Davis Hanson
@VDHanson
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3h
As a general rule, anytime Barack Obama lectures the country or its people on their purported sins—with Khalil Gibran pop platitudes—he is seeking absolution for his own obsessions by projecting his own guilty desires onto others.
The latest? At the dedication of his narcissistic Obama Presidential Center in Chicago—a $850 million flak-tower, monolithic boondoggle mired in debt—Obama lectured us on the need to resist the allure off "money, attention, [and] fame."
Thus spoke the owner of four homes, three of them multimillion-dollar mansions, whose last inert year in office was spent closing book and Netflix deals that ensured he would become a multimillionaire the moment he left office, and on spec, jets private to sermonize to various audiences–often at $400,000 a shot—on their own false-consciousness shortcomings.
Plain-speaking, frugal Harry Truman in obscure retirement in Independence, Missouri Obama certainly is not.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (kX27y)
The left: TRANSWOMAN ARE WOMEN and it is insulting to claim other wise
Also the left: How dare you claim Michelle Obama is a transwoman?!? Don't you know that's one of the biggest insults you can make of a real woman?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (sKqQm)
The Royal Navy has one aircraft carrier, three destroyers, and four frigates at sea.
They can now defend themselves from the French fishing fleet.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (4T3aT)
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They are still outmatched by the Cajun Navy, however.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (gnNyN)
The World Cup generally is going well, which is driving the Leftists nuts.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (aD4fx)
And the WORLD is learning the actual TRUTH about America and her citizens as opposed to what the MEDIA has been telling them for generations.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (2YhKe)
This is the Astroturf that IS the Obama Legacy.
NONE of his rallies or Events would have seen any attendance of note if it wasn't for the FREE Concerts.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (An6iH)
The World Cup generally is going well, which is driving the Leftists nuts.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (aD4fx)
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They've played one match, and did well.
Now they're up against Australia tomorrow, who also won their first match.
So, we'll see how well the US team is doing in about 28 hours.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (4T3aT)
Go to any deep blue city with homeless wandering around. They all carry weapons that would get any of us stopped and most likely arrested. I've seen them carrying giant screwdrivers, hatchets, small baseball bats, pipes, crowbars, etc. Leftist DAs have mostly decriminalized carrying weapons for everyone but us.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (Xgoim)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Ki5u2)
. . . and it's a gun thread!
Ammo is probably OK, unless the brass is majorly corroded. If it just got wet it should be OK after drying.
Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (ndZc7)
Is that concentration of egos sufficient to initiate a black hole? One big enough to suck in the flak tower and all of the attendees?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (qx7Zg)
BOOMER SLOP VIBES VS. AMERICA, F$CK YEAH AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (Ki5u2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (4T3aT)
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Guards will be ordered to shoot to kill anyone who tries.
A white guard will shoot a black teen.
Race riots.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Penfold
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Pretty much. Insanity is an affirmative defense but one where ironically you have to admit you did the crime (which precludes regular Some Other Dude Did it (SODDI) or The Other Dude Did It (TODDI)).
Guessing it won't fly to get the guy off due to the high requirements.
Perhaps the defense figures the evidence will cause conviction but perhaps the stage is being set for mitigation on sentence based on diminished capacity and for the jury to disregard the fact this guy planned and executed a guy in the back in cold blood and then fled to escape punishment. Thus a crime of irresistible impulse (see Anatomy of a Murder for that old chestnut) without carrying that name.
It can be risky as effectively you are admitting murder and if the burden of proof is not met by the defense to the judge's and later jury's satisfaction, then you can be convicted and sentencing on your own admissions and required interviews with state forensic psychs.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (E4rtv)
If you got to it quickly and cleaned it up, it'll be fine. If you found it months later, I'd be cautious especially if the brass is visibly discolored.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (Xgoim)
Daylight savings.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (kX27y)
Both were nasty partisans. Nothing good from either of them.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (4T3aT)
*It's not a library.*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (jehhT)
Boy it sure does seem all the brown people western countries let in get into such serious trouble with the law.
But I'd better forget I recognized this pattern, because that's MUCH worse than what these chimps did.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (et1vG)
Posted by: wth at June 18
Did the bird leave your head as he found it, or did he leave a "gift?"
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (77rzZ)
Step One: Attack White House.
Step Two: ...
Step Three: Revolution!
Assuming (without evidence) that this wasn't driven by fed informants, you'd have to be a special kind of stupid to believe that the country is so on-the-brink of an anti-Trump jihad that blowing up or shooting a few people would tip things in your favor.
Posted by: PabloD at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (ChMEj)
lol, perfect.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (n5tGW)
*It's not a library.*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (jehhT)
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It's a tumor.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (vTZFs)
50 or so years of 3 hots and a cot at a Supermax might dim that grin just a skosh.
Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (Ft5W9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (4T3aT)
They had to move the Michael Jordan statue INSIDE The United Center due to it being defaced on a regular basis.
Owebama's North Korean Guard Tower will not be spared.
It will take a few years, however.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Cosda at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (RtPE1)
This reminded me of the MLK Turd Monument.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Ki5u2)
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If you want to be absolutely certain, take some of the affected ammo to a range in a different town, and offer some to a stranger to shoot.
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (Xgoim)
50 or so years of 3 hots and a cot at a Supermax might dim that grin just a skosh.
Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (Ft5W9)
Not gonna happen.
Posted by: Lord God King Boasberg at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
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Biggest risk is to the primers if they are not sealed. So you get a dud or a squib round. Some risk to powder but a bit less I think than the primer contamination.
Don't do mag dumps with the rounds or keep firing if something feels off when fired (diminished report and/or recoil).
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Weasel
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You're being manipulated. Don't become an enabler!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 01:00 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (2YhKe)
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That's probably it.
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 01:00 PM (Xgoim)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (FMtrg)
He just might know something we don't.
Posted by: Lord God King Boasberg at June 18, 2026 01:00 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:00 PM (2YhKe)
Nah, I mean the World Cup generally.
All the Left has to whine about is that we refused to admit a Somali with terrorist associations, and we apparently were stingy with visas for Congolese, because of Ebola and stuff.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 01:00 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (vHe/3)
It's really a very pro-2nd amendment decision.
Holds that 2nd amendment is higher law than bureaucratic regulations.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 01:00 PM (edUvp)
The Rooker-Feldman doctrine case was much more interesting though, as a 5-4 decision with a wacky lineup.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 18, 2026 01:01 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:01 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 01:01 PM (GseMx)
I should say 'was', they've since declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at June 18, 2026 01:01 PM (Ft5W9)
*It's not a library.*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (jehhT)
Obama Island in Chicago.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 01:02 PM (qx7Zg)
50 or so years of 3 hots and a cot at a Supermax might dim that grin just a skosh.
Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at June 18, 2026
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To give a ball the culture or enrichment by incarcerating this guy, it's unacceptable!
Posted by: The SCOAMF at June 18, 2026 01:02 PM (0KpSv)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Ki5u2)
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Sure. There were lots of trials in the 70s and 80s with cats peeing on ammo, and the results were universally positive,
Posted by: Weasel
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I think that was more the fact that Russian ammo often smelled like cat piss when fired. Had to do with the specific powder used in their ammo.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 01:02 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 01:00 PM (XeU6L)
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FSJ is cool, but Gertie is a piece of work when it comes to pitifulness.
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 01:02 PM (Xgoim)
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:02 PM (wjnjX)
That smile needs to be wiped off his face. Throw a had on him and he looks like Pancho Villa.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 18, 2026 01:02 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: Cosda at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (RtPE1)
They never got to the part where they offered to provide him with the drones so that they could arrest him as they gave them to him. They figured he probably would have taken them, so that's good enough.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 01:02 PM (edUvp)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:03 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:03 PM (n5tGW)
Someone actually did some quality research here and adjusted the mebound percentage in the WNBA.
2024 Top WNBA Mebounders
Player OREB MEREB Rank PTS Off MEREB Rank
Angel Reese 163 91 1 84 2
Teaira McCowan 107 69 2 90 1
Aliyah Boston 116 66 3 82 3
Tina Charles 94 65 4 76 4
Brionna Jones 92 53 5 72 5
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:04 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Reforger
I thought it was the moon landing that did that.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:04 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Cosda at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (RtPE1)
The incel had a shotgun, bullpup .223 and ballistic plates
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 01:04 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: The SCOAMF at June 18, 2026 01:04 PM (0KpSv)
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (UjdFS)
There was a recent study that showed that wild birds were more afraid of women than men.
No conclusions were drawn from this study.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 01:04 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Weasel
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Don't make eye contact, otherwise, you're done.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 01:05 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: torabora at June 18, 2026 01:05 PM (b/IsE)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (2YhKe)
I think it's so sweet that foreign visitors are sharing the cool stuff they are enjoying here in the US, especially their fun interactions with normal Americans. There are people of good will all over the world and it's so encouraging to hear from them!
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 01:05 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (UjdFS)
At least it didn't shit.
THEN you'd be doomed.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:05 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Darth Randall at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (vHMT8)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: torabora at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (b/IsE)
DJI and other drone makers used to have hard geofencing around restricted spaces like airports. They removed that and now show you a warning. I don't know if that's true for the White House. I imagine the White House intentionally fills their airspace with lots of radio interference so drones can't rely on GPS or manual radio control to fly into White House airspace. But if they got hold of the Ukraine fly by optical cable drone systems, that might work.
I know there are anti-drone systems that throw nets, or spaghetti strands of cables, or even heavier drones that fly right through other drones. They probably have all of that. But any system can be overwhelmed with enough effort.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (mkw2N)
Holds that 2nd amendment is higher law than bureaucratic regulations.
Posted by: Tom Servo
Then dump the f'n NFA & GCA.
For something specifically saying "Shall not be infringed" it sure the hell is.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (vHe/3)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:04 PM (77rzZ)
That too.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (wjnjX)
What are do those numbers signify?
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (GseMx)
It will take a few years, however.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (2YhKe)
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If they can't pay the contractors who built it, there's no way in hell that they planned for ongoing maintenance and support of the building.
In 5 years or less, they'll be looking for a handout to repair it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (FMtrg)
What about psychos
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 01:05 PM (XeU6L)
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That was my plan until she climbed up onto my chest with her face about 3 inches from mine.
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (Xgoim)
Race riots.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
White guard, lol.
Go up a few blocks to the Chicago Institute of Arts and see if you can find any.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Penfold at June 18, 2026 12:47 PM (Fbt5B)
I don't care how he goes to prison as long as he dies there. He's earned it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (2YhKe)
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What Mangione is alleged to have done makes him stupid, not retarded. Unfortunately for their victims and the families of their victims, our prison systems are filled with stupid people.
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 01:05 PM (FMtrg)
There's an entire genre of "We've been lied to about America for YEARS" on youtube right now, and it's the best content on the internet.
HUNDREDS of Europeans posting their experiences and their love for this country.
This one husband was like - what do I have to do to get in? What forms do I need to fill out, what line do I need to stand in? We're raising our family in America. I'll trade with some of the people messaging me saying they hate America. Let's just do a deal.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 18, 2026 01:08 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:08 PM (n5tGW)
It's five o'clock somewhere.
Posted by: Zombie Jimmy Buffett's dogs at June 18, 2026 01:08 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 01:08 PM (GseMx)
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I suggest another alternative...
Posted by: Crusader at June 18, 2026 01:08 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: polynikes
*****
Don't we all?
Posted by: Cosda at June 18, 2026 01:09 PM (RtPE1)
Uh, guys...? Maybe our secure super-spy chat software isn't so secure...
Posted by: Anarchy, Inc. at June 18, 2026 01:09 PM (rJhDk)
Posted by: Crusader at June 18, 2026 01:08 PM (TN0g+)
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I second this motion.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 01:09 PM (fgSb9)
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (UjdFS)
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The birds, chipmunks and squirrels all seem pretty relaxed if my dog and I are out in the yard with them. I don't know what's happening, but maybe it's not just the raccoons that are becoming domesticated.
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 01:09 PM (2ap+5)
There are reports that there were Twenty-three (23) individuals participating in the planning group chat concerning this attack. Only five are behind bars at present.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 01:09 PM (dIske)
I know there are anti-drone systems that throw nets, or spaghetti strands of cables, or even heavier drones that fly right through other drones. They probably have all of that. But any system can be overwhelmed with enough effort.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (mkw2N)
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So, we're back to good old-fashioned smoke screens?
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:10 PM (rj6Yv)
Heh and much more. Though he just purchased all of it with his graduation money.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 01:10 PM (GseMx)
Zohran Mamdani is promising free grocery stores, free housing and free everything, but the only free thing New Yorkers can really count on getting for free is an infectious disease.
And flavored condoms for the sickest city in America.
Gonorrhea rates in New York City have more than doubled in a decade and syphilis is ‘surging’ statewide. Mamdani’s Department of Health has responded to this crisis by rushing a free supply of lubricant and chocolate flavored condoms.
“Providing high-quality sexual and reproductive healthcare services is a priority for the Mamdani Administration,” explained NYC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Helen Arteaga, an Ecuadorian immigrant who had been the CEO of a disastrous Queens city hospital where over a dozen patients had died of COVID in one day.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 01:11 PM (kX27y)
What are do those numbers signify?
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (GseMx)
Can't format in Minx 0.8 beta, but each column:
Player
Offensive Rebounds
Offensive MEbounds (rebounding your own missed shot)
Rank in Mebound percentage
Points off Mebounds
Rank in points off mebounds
I think it's hysterical. Just wish there were up to date stats, but that would mean someone would have to watch every WNBA game and that would be unconstitutional as cruel and unusual punishment.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:11 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 18, 2026 01:11 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:12 PM (X+Nnd)
Angel Reese is all me me me me with padding her stats the appear comparable to Caitlyn Clark.
NOPE
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:12 PM (4KUe5)
That guy looks much jollier than I would have expected. Terrorists usually look pretty miserable.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (FMtrg)
He was just posing for his Che T-Shirt portrait.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: WisRich at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM
Please tell me its a skull with crossed swords
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:08 PM (n5tGW)
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These videos choke me up and I love them.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (fgSb9)
Plinking chipmunks with the slingshot doesn't seem to work so well for me anymore, so I went for chemical warfare last week.
They're not cute, they're destructive.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 01:09 PM (2ap+5)
I've seen a bunch around here lately. Had a small one munching on the outdoor kittie food last night. I had a bead on him with my .22 pellet rifle but couldn't bring myself to shoot the cute little bugger. He wandered back across the street and there was still food in the dish.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (wjnjX)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 01:16 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (x/Rva)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (7bbR5)
No conclusions were drawn from this study.
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The hell you say.
Posted by: Tippi Hedren at June 18, 2026 01:28 PM (8JR9p)
Posted by: Marxists at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (X5Jzz)
I recommend drying with a propane torch. Works quickly.
Posted by: RI Red at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (GOpmI)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (ZVgZ4)
Special Today Golden Retriever Spare Ribs.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:31 PM (ZVgZ4)
OMG! Proper assumed he was the vanguard to instantiating a U.S. revolution by killing stuff. I am incapable of the mental capacity for cognitive understanding as to how that makes logical sense. Proper is an idiot!
Posted by: John at June 18, 2026 02:35 PM (0DsdP)
We need a deterrent with teeth.
Posted by: Occasional Commenter at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (MV++E)
The Morning Rant
Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted some Senate Republicans hate President Donald Trump too much to support the SAVE America Act, multiple sources familiar with the comments told the Daily Caller. Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose President Donald Trump so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation's merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter. The discussion quickly escalated into a heated exchange between Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee, the bill's chief Senate sponsor, and several of his GOP colleagues. Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Thune both challenged Lee's push for the legislation, according to a source familiar with the meeting.
Their opposition is personal, not political, and flies in the face of everything that their voters want. That these pathetic, puffed-up asses cannot tamp down their personal displeasure of President Trump, and do what is best for America is, frankly, disgusting, and the repercussions will be vast. I too am not a fan of Donald Trump's public personality... his bombastic pronouncements and his ricocheting around many issues. My solution is simple; I will not invite him to Thanksgiving dinner. I will however support him politically, because he is acting in the best interests of America and Americans, and that is far more important than any trivial opinion of his personality. That this disgusting cohort of faux Republicans allows their personal animus to damage their country is proof positive of the terminal malaise of the corporate GOP, and hopefully Americans will identify them and forcefully eject them from our political process. And for a template, just look at the Democrat Party! Their personalities are, in the main, vile, yet for all of their issues, the Democrats close ranks regardless of personal feelings and support their platforms, vote en masse for their favored bills, and present a united front. Imagine having to sit in a committee room or a meeting with Nadler or Pressley or Tlaib or Schiff or Schumer or Biden or... Sounds awful, because they are awful people, but the Democrat Party understands that personal animosity has no place in realpolitik, and they are more successful because of it. Perhaps that is because their political philosophy is clear: The acquisition of money to purchase power! [Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:00 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (PJdmB)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)
272 Viewed from the proper angle, the flak tower looks just like a Moai. (first picture)
https://tinyurl.com/ypz4smdv
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 18, 2026 11:02 AM (Kt19C)
MUNKEY
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)
272 Viewed from the proper angle, the flak tower looks just like a Moai. (first picture)
https://tinyurl.com/ypz4smdv
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (Riz8t)
Was about to bring that across.
From the right angle, it looks like Squidward's home in Spongebob Squarepants.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (ItpVy)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (N1DT3)
Which, specifically?
If you're incapable of answering that question so that they can face their voters then you are worse than they.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (ExV1e)
Those GOP senators include people like Mitch McConnell (hates Trump, is retiring), Tillis (hates Trump, is retiring), Cassidy (hates Trump, is retiring), Cornyn (hates Trump, is retiring), and Murkowski (hates Trump, is a Democrat).
What leverage does anyone have on these people to get them to vote for something they don't want to vote for no matter the reason?
It's a majority of 53. It just takes 4 to sabotage any legislation so it can't pass by any measure, and those 5 will wear the ending of legislation that Trump wants passed like a badge of honor (think McCain killing the ACA repeal/replace thing).
And that's not counting what are probably at least 10 others who would much rather not vote for the SAVE Act for whatever reason and are just happy to have scapegoats (these are less of a concern because they are cowards, it seems).
It's not a defense of Thune, it's an acknowledgement of reality.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:04 AM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 11:04 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 11:04 AM (Sco7b)
Some men hate Trump so much they've cut off their dicks and balls!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 11:04 AM (l3cgK)
Which, specifically?
If you're incapable of answering that question so that they can face their voters then you are worse than they.
Yup. If you're unwilling to name names, you're part of the problem.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)
Oh, bullshit. They get paid for this, whether in cash or favors.
Same all all the dipshits that do the sudden midterm resignation thing
Posted by: heya at June 18, 2026 11:05 AM (M4Oji)
The people that control the GOPe senators don't want them to vote for SAVE.
And this is the best lie Thune can come up with.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 11:05 AM (sKqQm)
272 Viewed from the proper angle, the flak tower looks just like a Moai. (first picture)
https://tinyurl.com/ypz4smdv
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (Riz8t)
Was about to bring that across.
From the right angle, it looks like Squidward's home in Spongebob Squarepants.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (2YhKe)
What the hell is up with that skirt that Big Mike's wearing in that article? Whose face is on that skirt?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 11:06 AM (l3cgK)
And considering previous members are FDR and Woodrow Wilson, that's quite an accomplishment.
Most of the previous ruling class members at least had SOME kind of real accomplishment. These leeches have sucked at the public teat for their entire lifetime and done nothing of any value whatsoever.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 11:06 AM (N1DT3)
if the enemy grants us the time.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 11:06 AM (VyBeY)
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Murk, Turtle, Tillis at a minimum.
I don’t think it’s some super secret list.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 11:07 AM (X+Nnd)
It IS a defense of Thune if he's unwilling to tell us who the bad actors are, so that we can get rid of them. You point out that 4 of the known opponents are retiring, so what's the harm in naming them? We all know Murk is against the bill, so why not name her as well, so we can jettison her in '28?
Thune needs to stop putting amity among his "colleagues" *gag* before the wishes of the vast majority of his constituents. Name and shame them!
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 11:08 AM (Ki5u2)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 11:08 AM (l3cgK)
What the hell is up with that skirt that Big Mike's wearing in that article? Whose face is on that skirt?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 11:06 AM (l3cgK)
I'm guessing Rosa Parks.
It hides her dick well, though.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:09 AM (2YhKe)
And considering previous members are FDR and Woodrow Wilson, that's quite an accomplishment.
What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: James Buchanan at June 18, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t)
They should be forcefully ejected from the frigging planet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 11:09 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 11:08 AM (Ki5u2)
Ahem, men and boys...
Posted by: Sen. Lindsay Graham at June 18, 2026 11:09 AM (l3cgK)
Not sure the GOPer types are in it for access to *women*
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 11:09 AM (sKqQm)
It IS a defense of Thune if he's unwilling to tell us who the bad actors are, so that we can get rid of them. You point out that 4 of the known opponents are retiring, so what's the harm in naming them? We all know Murk is against the bill, so why not name her as well, so we can jettison her in '28?
Thune needs to stop putting amity among his "colleagues" *gag* before the wishes of the vast majority of his constituents. Name and shame them!
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)
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Because his job is to manage his caucus. If he starts throwing his own senators under the bus, then he can't manage them at all.
And yet, I have yet to see any solution for getting Mitch McConnell or Tillis or Murkowski or Cassidy or Cornyn to vote for this right now.
Cornyn had incentive (keep his seat), and even he didn't try because he didn't want to.
What's the solution from the majority leader's perspective? What tools does he have against these people if they're not even willing to protect their own seats?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:10 AM (Zn6QU)
And we are intended to believe that those listed are the only ones who are a problem. That everyone else would do their constituents will but for them. But I suspect this is untrue and they do us a disservice by hiding the truth.
Senators who hate Trump could do like so many online commentators and just announce in every thing they say that they dislike him but...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:10 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Billy Barty at June 18, 2026 11:10 AM (QaH55)
And we are intended to believe that those listed are the only ones who are a problem. That everyone else would do their constituents will but for them. But I suspect this is untrue and they do us a disservice by hiding the truth.
Senators who hate Trump could do like so many online commentators and just announce in every thing they say that they dislike him but...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:10 AM (ExV1e)
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I wonder if I wrote more beyond that...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Billy Barty at June 18, 2026 11:10 AM (QaH55)
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This has been true since at least President Grant.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (ebJJx)
Then what's the point of having him as leader? If he can't enforce discipline on a bill as critical as this, he's useless.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)
Their opposition is existential. Trump is tearing down centuries of world order. It's far greater than the notion of R vs. D.
Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (rJhDk)
I wonder if I wrote more beyond that...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (Zn6QU)
If only you could read......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (2YhKe)
Then what's the point of having him as leader? If he can't enforce discipline on a bill as critical as this, he's useless.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)
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Well, that's why I kept writing.
What could any leader do in this situation?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:12 AM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 11:12 AM (Ki5u2)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 11:12 AM (Ki5u2)
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The ROI from the MIC on bombs is far less than an occupation, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:12 AM (Zn6QU)
Honestly the primary tool left would be to look at whoever is paying these people and find ways to turn that cash payout off.
I'm not saying Thune can do it, but let's be honest Cassidy for example will get some no show $$$ job to reward him. What company/NGO is offering it?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 11:13 AM (sKqQm)
Exactly. If there's no reason to hide the truth, why hide it?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)
It has been this way for as long as I have been following politics.nothing new here.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 11:13 AM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 18, 2026 11:13 AM (QaH55)
John McCain was the Ur-Silk-Pantied, Mean Girl Republican when -
he used the last act of his malevolent, cancer-scrambled brain to give a big ole thumbs down to the repeal of Obamacare, smiling all the while.
And he was hailed by Our Betters as a great man for doing so.
Well...he was a Great Democrat Mole. Great Republican? Great American? Not so much.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (iJfKG)
What could any leader do in this situation?
What's that? You want to head up a powerful, remunerative committee? Gee, I'm sorry, but that slot's already filled.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)
If you're incapable of answering that question so that they can face their voters then you are worse than they.
Yup. If you're unwilling to name names, you're part of the problem.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Kennedy of LA is one example that talks differently behind closed doors than he does in public.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (E4rtv)
Their opposition is existential. Trump is tearing down centuries of world order. It's far greater than the notion of R vs. D.
Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (rJhDk)
Entrenched money and power. Fighting for its life by appealing to the self-righteous, blinkered, low IQ Karens of the world.
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (6mVIs)
Although Uniparty Republicans will never be allowed to hold real power, they do get lots of bennies - a lot of the USAID money was flowing to "Republican" organizations, and flowing to Uniparty Republicans.
The Jebs, the Romneys, and the Pences did extremely well under the old system, so of course they will fight to preserve the old system.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (aD4fx)
BUT...the GOPe also loses a bunch of "moderate" R votes and suddenly they have to deliver conservative agenda items which is the opposite of why they ran in the first place
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (sKqQm)
But, the larger issue is that the SAVE Act would likely reduce the amount of graft the Republicans could scrape off the massive amount of fraud perpetrated on the American public.
So, Thune's wallet would be considerably lighter.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (jehhT)
The career goal of a US Senator is to remain a US Senator.
The People can fuck all. Once you're in The Club, the rest is all gravy.
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 11:15 AM (fmTlv)
I mentioned him in #7. I really have come to loathe his Andy of Mayberry routine.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)
The career goal of a US Senator is to remain a US Senator.
The People can fuck all. Once you're in The Club, the rest is all gravy.
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 11:15 AM (fmTlv)
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John Cornyn is an exhibit in the other direction, though.
He knew he could easily keep his seat by getting the SAVE act passed, and he did nothing to push it publicly. He didn't even put up a feint of a fight.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:16 AM (Zn6QU)
If they had a two-term limit, they'd be more inclined to play ball.
Posted by: Shenanigans at June 18, 2026 11:16 AM (qmxL/)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (sKqQm)
This has nothing to do with personal animus. It's pure cover because people will buy that and it sounds better than the truth -"we have no intention of representing our own voters except occasionally in passing, vote for us."
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (wjnjX)
They can't lose their jobs fast enough.
Posted by: Darth Randall at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (mseD3)
He knew he could easily keep his seat by getting the SAVE act passed, and he did nothing to push it publicly. He didn't even put up a feint of a fight.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:16 AM (Zn6QU)
He would've run again unopposed were he to pass it. His ego and $$$$ backing him made him indestructible. Alas, Paxton was his Kryptonite.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (2YhKe)
I think he genuinely thought he didn't really have to campaign very hard because he's a wise, silver-maned SENATOR who the people would never reject. He thought wrong.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7Vv)
They can't lose their jobs fast enough.
Posted by: Darth Randall at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (mseD3)
I mean, have you READ the Iran Deal?!?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (2YhKe)
It’s a flaw in our system that people can be voted out, but still hang around in power and causing trouble for 6 months.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (nuNhM)
I think he genuinely thought he didn't really have to campaign very hard because he's a wise, silver-maned SENATOR who the people would never reject. He thought wrong.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)
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He got 43% in the original primary before the runoff.
If he thought he was cakewalking to re-election after that, he's literally retarded and can't be reasoned with anyway.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7Vv)
WHAT ARE you people. ON DOPE!!!????
Posted by: Mr. Hand at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (q1tXs)
The whole thing is silly before one even thinks about it for half a second.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (ixZ1o)
If he thought he was cakewalking to re-election after that, he's literally retarded and can't be reasoned with anyway.
Asked and answered.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7V
9-0... Interesting
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 11:19 AM (hW9g4)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 18, 2026 11:19 AM (nFkiA)
Come on now. Think.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 11:19 AM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7Vv)
WHAT ARE you people. ON DOPE!!!????
Posted by: Mr. Hand at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (2YhKe)
Fentalated Meth...
Posted by: Hunter at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (l3cgK)
We've discussed this here many times. She's the best we can get from Maine, and because she's GOP, that gives us a leg up in achieving a majority, which is the critical thing. She can stay.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (q1tXs)
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Collins is going to win easily.
Remember, she voted for Kavanaugh. She's there when leadership needs her vote.
I do think MI will be a possible pickup. NC is a possible hold. GA is a dark horse victory in the making.
We'll see. A 56 seat GOP majority after immigration, Iran, and oil were all the killers of the midterms would make me laugh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (q1tXs)
>They do not teach history and citizenship in school anymore, so everything becomes a carnival claw machine. Look, it's sponge bob!
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 11:21 AM (9SpJJ)
What could any leader do in this situation?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
As leader, McConnell could deliver the votes if he wanted to because he spent decades cultivating the caucus members making them wealthy in many cases and getting through their pet legislation as riders in the majority or not.
Thune presumably as heir apparent could use those relationships to pass SAVE. He does not because the whole key to McConnell's vote selling business was a closely divided Senate. If that is gone, then suddenly defectors get hammered by the rest of the caucus and the majority leader has a lot less power.
And if the filibuster is either evaded by the talking filibuster or destroyed, then the minority will be as powerless and and deprived of wealth opportunities/power/etc as the House minority.
The modern Senate was crafted since the 70's to essentially deadlock the legislative process to make only the most marginal changes possible in order to preserve a status quo. And that dysfunction has spread to nominations as eliminating the filibuster on those means no recess permanently to prevent presidents from filling those positions without goodies.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:21 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (Gqar
We take things one step further in the People's Republik of Kalifornia...we ingrain the cheat right into the law, as well as punishment for those citizen investigative journalists that try to expose it
Posted by: Hunter at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (l3cgK)
Then what's the point of having him as leader? If he can't enforce discipline on a bill as critical as this, he's useless.
Posted by: Archimedes
You're assuming he didn't. I say he did, simply in opposition. Indistinguishable in effect, really.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (OUMaO)
And if the filibuster is either evaded by the talking filibuster or destroyed, then the minority will be as powerless and and deprived of wealth opportunities/power/etc as the House minority.
The modern Senate was crafted since the 70's to essentially deadlock the legislative process to make only the most marginal changes possible in order to preserve a status quo. And that dysfunction has spread to nominations as eliminating the filibuster on those means no recess permanently to prevent presidents from filling those positions without goodies.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:21 AM (E4rtv)
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How does this specifically apply to Mitch, Tillis, Cassidy, and Cornyn, all of whom are out at the end of this year?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (Zn6QU)
Before anyone says Fetterman, he says a lot of things but still votes the party line on the important issues.
Dems get 50 seats + VP their voters get mostly everything they want. GOP has 53 seats + VP they pass nothing of importance. Oh right I forgot they passed a massive tax cut bill for leftist billionaires. Good job guys.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (X+Nnd)
The interesting question is if we do achieve such a majority, how quickly will the SAVE act be resubmitted?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)
-- Every D* and more than a few Rs.
* with the possible exception of Fetterman
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (vTZFs)
We've discussed this here many times. She's the best we can get from Maine, and because she's GOP, that gives us a leg up in achieving a majority, which is the critical thing. She can stay.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Collins switched her vote the last time and voted for the SAVE act. It is the more treacherous McConnell, Murkowski, Tillis, and now Cassidy/Cornyn that can block it.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (p4NUW)
Fetterman is on Mark Levin's show more than he's in the Senate. I think he's angling to replace Jessica Tarlov on the Five or something.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (2ocoG)
And we will have enough votes without her, and won’t take it in the ass on critical issues like election integrity. Most of the Betrayal Caucus will be gone after November except for Murkowski. Together with Collins they will continue to collaborate with Democrats to destroy our country. F them.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (q1tXs)
Posted by: Archimedes
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Gotta keep the House first.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (OUMaO)
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He may be the major issue, but I think he's more of an easy target than anything else.
He bought a lot of goodwill with me over how he got 99% of the OBBB passed last year, just slipping everything past the parliamentarian in the last second.
However, if 50 GOP senators wanted to pass this, Thune wouldn't be obstructing it. The problem is the senators in the caucus, not just their leader.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (IY9No)
I don’t think it’s some super secret list.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 11:07 AM (X+Nnd)
And we are supposed to believe that they are all.
Perhaps they are, but it's bullshit that these assholes play their little games and hide their personal agendas from the people that they supposedly represent.
Lay your fucking cards on the table. Let the voters know when you will and when you won't represent them. Otherwise, we have a temporary nobility, a bit less moral than that of 18th century France, a bit less useful than the Polish szlachta, prancing around and congratulating themselves for making boom-boom in the big kids potty and calling it statemanship.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7V
9-0... Interesting
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 11:19 AM (hW9g4)
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I hope this is no different than someone who drinks alcohol. If you're not intoxicated when legitimately carrying or using a weapon, that's OK.
If you are intoxicated, it's no different than getting behind the wheel when you're drunk.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (ebJJx)
And if the filibuster is either evaded by the talking filibuster or destroyed, then the minority will be as powerless and and deprived of wealth opportunities/power/etc as the House minority.
The modern Senate was crafted since the 70's to essentially deadlock the legislative process to make only the most marginal changes possible in order to preserve a status quo. And that dysfunction has spread to nominations as eliminating the filibuster on those means no recess permanently to prevent presidents from filling those positions without goodies.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:21 AM
So true and well said. I thought of this the other day (late to the party, I know). The scuzzbucket GOPe's want and need a close legislature to stay relevant, powerful and rich.
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (6mVIs)
Fetterman is on Mark Levin's show more than he's in the Senate. I think he's angling to replace Jessica Tarlov on the Five or something.
Posted by: Ian S.
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Entirely possible. His political career is effectively dead unless he switches parties and like Manchin, he gets more out of teasing to do so than actually doing it.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (E4rtv)
The interesting question is if we do achieve such a majority, how quickly will the SAVE act be resubmitted?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)
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I suspect it would be an important part of the next Congress.
Probably not HR-1, but HR-5 to HR-10 or so.
Paxton, in the Senate, might try to introduce it as S-1.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 11:25 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 11:25 AM (fmTlv)
He knew he could easily keep his seat by getting the SAVE act passed, and he did nothing to push it publicly. He didn't even put up a feint of a fight.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:16 AM (Zn6QU)
True.
Though Corny's downfall was misunderstanding the appeal of John Cronyn, and the 95% Republicans in general.
Which meant he misunderstood that his job is to do what his voters want and being a Republican do so in a cost effective manner.
A con man is only successful as long as the marks don't know what the game is. The marks figured him out.
Corny's Great Legacy, which he is so concerned about, will disappear 3 seconds after he's given the boot from the Senate.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 11:25 AM (iJfKG)
Cowards abound.
Do you trust Barrett and Kav to vote the right way on it? Note that I'm not even mentioning Roberts. Well, I just did but you know what I mean.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 11:26 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 11:26 AM (q1tXs)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (E4rtv)
He needs to switch his voting to match his words. He should not be as hated as a dem, he votes with the 99.9% of the time. He just isn’t an antisemite.
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 11:27 AM (OoFl2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:27 AM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)
Highly ironic that Cornyn thought it was a good idea to dunk on a Scott Pressler post mentioning meeting Cornyn by calling Pressler a grifter.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 18, 2026 11:27 AM (hdRdU)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:28 AM (Gqar8)
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If she was a reliable (R) vote, yea.
But, she's not. What's the sense of having her if she's going to vote opposite of our interests on important issues like the SAVE act?
That, by itself doesn't help "the majority."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 11:28 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:27 AM (Zn6QU)
Good luck... Break a leg !.. Scratch that last part
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 11:28 AM (hW9g4)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 11:28 AM (q1tXs)
Posted by: Piper
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you have crystallized my thoughts in a concise and cogent manner
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 11:29 AM (fmTlv)
Thune delenda est.
I want to see him chained, flogged and tossed in a pit full of rape dogs.
But I'll settle for him being politically ruined and kicked out of the Senate.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 11:29 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 11:29 AM (77rzZ)
That, by itself doesn't help "the majority."
Because the rest of the majority can pass things, provided we have enough. If we were in the minority, we would have very little influence over what even gets brought up for votes.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:27 AM (Zn6QU)
Godspeed, sir.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:29 AM (2YhKe)
The desire to stick his thumb in Trump’s eye one more time before he died overrode the promise he made to his constituents.
This is a pervasive sickness among the Republican establishment. It’s TDS minus the blue hair and calls for violence.
Posted by: Cybernetic at June 18, 2026 11:30 AM (aL31n)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:27 AM (Zn6QU)
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Good luck... Break a leg !.. Scratch that last part
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 11:28 AM (hW9g4)
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Nothing worse than a broken itchy leg.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 11:30 AM (ebJJx)
he used the last act of his malevolent, cancer-scrambled brain to give a big ole thumbs down to the repeal of Obamacare, smiling all the while.
And he was hailed by Our Betters as a great man for doing so.
Well...he was a Great Democrat Mole. Great Republican? Great American? Not so much.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (iJfKG)
He should have had a wicked side dish of ass cancer.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 11:30 AM (snZF9)
++++
We'd like to talk with him about doing some hoodie endorsements.
Posted by: The Nike Marketing Department at June 18, 2026 11:30 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Case
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Politicians are mostly front men for back room staffers today--they have little wisdom, they have the authenticity of a Twinkie, and any sane person somehow elected to office either has to go native or leave before the borg mind virus affects him.
Most legislation now is cooked up by interest groups dealing directly with key staffers of senior legislators and leadership. That goes for nominations as well---interest groups want a veto on personnel of agencies and courts. That is why no recess can be permitted. An outside person like Pulte can do a LOT of damage by removing key co conspirators in the agency with the congressional staffers and interest groups. And reveal dirty dealings that this iron triangle tries to keep in the closet.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:30 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 18, 2026 11:31 AM (QaH55)
It still stings me to think that the GOPe thinks it will go back to the normal uniparty BS after Trump leaves office. Their "good friends" across the aisle are dying out and/or being replaced by Marxist lunatics who will destroy them and the nation.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 11:31 AM (7bbR5)
Win or lose, you'll still be fed.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 11:31 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: 25 year old hiring manager at June 18, 2026 11:32 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 11:32 AM (vTZFs)
Be a Senator representing his, personal, constituents first and majority leader second.
I understand that there isn't a single person in the Senate with the integrity to do that, but that's his solution.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:32 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Being a vicious snake that no one really could like is his own punishment. And if the Songbird tales are true, then he lived with secret disgrace all those years, and his Keating Five scandal reveals him to be amoral, money hungry, influence peddling, and as unlikable in his earlier career as he was later.
Out of the five, only he remained a senator for after the disgrace. All due to his supposed war hero status to voters in AZ.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:33 AM (E4rtv)
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Eating a box of lightbulbs, and washing it down with a belt of nitric acid, after setting his own cock on fire, but before hanging himself?
Just a thought. Spitballing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Senate and House party leaders came from safe states usually so they could wheel and deal without worry of losing. Not sure that is true anymore.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (Zn6QU)
Like I'd read what you wrote.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 11:36 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 11:36 AM (fmTlv)
Posted by: Bill Shakespeare at June 18, 2026 11:36 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (viF8m)
I characterize them as venal and amoral, but I like your characterization a lot.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:36 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 11:36 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (2YhKe)
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He continues to receive the finest care.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 11:37 AM (6/7Fs)
She's there when leadership needs her vote... or... Kavanaugh ain't all that great and was a tolerable choice considering from whence he came.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 11:37 AM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (77rzZ)
I was wondering as well. Was he a snitch in the Vietnamese prison?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 18, 2026 11:37 AM (hdRdU)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 11:36 AM (sgkY
No, both sides acquit him with godlike powers.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:37 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 18, 2026 11:38 AM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Case
>Trump is a negotiator and a facilitator. He's an executive. He makes deals and is a populist.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 11:38 AM (9SpJJ)
It hides her dick well, though.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:09 AM (2YhKe)
I’m thinking a young Barbara Jordan.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:38 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
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It isn't going to happen. Essentially our Constitution is frozen as no amendment is going to get 2/3rds approval unless and until you get massive change in society and voting security.
The untold story is that legislative election of senators became so putrid after the Civil War and dysfunctional (often seats sat vacant for years due to state politicos disagreeing for factional reasons or partisan splits in legislative houses) that by the time the 17th went into affect, most states had adopted the Illinois option. Use a popular plebiscite to pick who the legislature should put forward as senator. Only a small number of states still did legislative elections.
It would be easier to repeal the 16th on income tax.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:38 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: John Cornyn, Mean Girl at June 18, 2026 11:39 AM (2UnvF)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:38 AM (E4rtv)
A man can dream...
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 18, 2026 11:40 AM (QaH55)
We here in Texas have done our part. coryn is out. It's time for the other states to step up their game.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 11:41 AM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 11:41 AM (7bbR5)
If I have some sympathy for Thune, it's because his position as Senate Majority Leader is akin to a medieval English king. He has a certain amount of power, but it's circumscribed by his caucus, which are barons barely under his control. Push too hard and they rebel.
There was only one Lyndon Johnson able to bully and schmooze the Senate and it's less than realistic to hope Thune will be another.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 11:41 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (IY9No)
This. Plus he has a good sense of humor. Not afraid to make fun of himself too.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 18, 2026 11:41 AM (g8Ew8)
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One senator (from Idaho?) simply left packets of $10,000 on every legislator's desk, with his monogram on the envelope.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 11:41 AM (amcLV)
We here in Texas have done our part. coryn is out. It's time for the other states to step up their game.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 11:41 AM (0N4FZ)
We dispatched several, actually. Redistricting did some, voters did the rest.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:43 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 11:41 AM (amcLV)
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Today you can do the same thing with gift cards to Hookers 'N Blow.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 11:43 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (p4NUW)
The man is what he is. Sometimes he makes me cringe. Sometimes he makes me laugh. Sometimes both. I love when it's both.
But without the bad, unpolished, uncouth-ed, or downright nasty parts of Trump you don't get the good either. The man has not got where he is by mincing words or brutal self-edit.
Also the enemy preys on the predictable and the easy to control. By being the way he is Trump does not give away the handles to control him. People think it's flattery that does so. Woe be to he who truly believes that shit.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 11:43 AM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7Vv)
While I am not a fan of the devil's lettuce, that seems a reasonable ruling to me.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:43 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (77rzZ)
I was wondering as well. Was he a snitch in the Vietnamese prison?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette
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If you wish, go to Ron Unz's website and he lays out the story. You can also find where Fox fired one former general commentator where the rumors are mentioned.
People also have assumed, due to McCain's famous picture of him on crutches leaving a USAF airplane that he was tortured in prison where in fact, that was because he broke his legs upon ejecting after his plane was going down in N. Vietnam. His legs had to be rebroken by US surgeons after repatriation to heal properly--hence the famous photo. McCain notably used the photo in campaign ads, etc.
Whatever happened, it is true that his relationship with his fellow POWs was never a warm one and he was not one of the senators helping support those trying to find missing POWs in Vietnam.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:45 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 18, 2026 11:45 AM (Q/FnY)
While I am not a fan of the devil's lettuce, that seems a reasonable ruling to me.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:43 AM (ExV1e)
Marijuana grows naturally. Meth does not.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:45 AM (2YhKe)
Not true.
The GOPe corporate paymasters would oppose systemic election reform no matter what. They like the current system the way it is.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (TNhp7)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: AnnaS at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (0anTZ)
There was only one Lyndon Johnson able to bully and schmooze the Senate and it's less than realistic to hope Thune will be another.
And yet, McConnell controlled his troops for decades, often making them do things they opposed, for the simple reason they feared him and what he could do their ambitions and chances for reelection. If Thune wants to keep the job, he needs to demonstrate the same bloody mindedness.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7Vv)
While I am not a fan of the devil's lettuce, that seems a reasonable ruling to me.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:43 AM
Let's all go and fire up some mexican ditch weed to celebrate!
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
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Politics is the art of the achievable. If the US current regime collapses, then you might get constitutional change but absent that, it is unlikely other than by US Supreme Court decisions. That is why the Democrats are getting desperate enough to try to pack the court if they get power.
The rules have to be changed for the Democrats to get unending power as they cannot do it via free and fair elections anymore.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:48 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 18, 2026 11:19 AM (nFkiA)
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Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:48 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: AnnaS at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (0anTZ)
No. The more that comes out about that freak, the more voters will run away.
I mean:
James Talarico Praised Left Wing Climate Change Group Fighting to Eliminate the Oil Business in Texas in Resurfaced Video
Going against beef and oil in Texas does NOT go over with the electorate very well.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:49 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 11:06 AM (N1DT3)"
I have mentioned a number of times before that I come from a family in GOP politics.
90% of them at the federal legislative level are just in it to line their own pockets. Of those, maybe 2/3 are just good at being quiet about it, while the other 1/3 are what we'd consider to be the obnoxious RINOs like Thune and company who can reliably be expected to protect the status quo in the face of any and all opposition from voters.
The shit you hear behind closed doors is all about the gravy train, trading favors, and jockeying for internal clout to some set of obscure, unwritten rules. Those who step out of line get shit on hard. I'd say this is less a problem than the Dems being a bunch of fucking commies, except there isn't any real incentive to bow to voter pressure when the GOPe is willing to bankroll people retiring and falling on swords.. of course a lot of that money comes from the left. The problem is the GOP legislators largely are NOT ideological.
Posted by: heya at June 18, 2026 11:49 AM (3ys7t)
Posted by: Archimedes
McConnell never had to make his members walk the plank because at least half or better of his caucus saw politics the same way--a way to get generational wealth for them and their familes. Easy enough to lead corrupt pols if one is corrupt too.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:49 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:50 AM (ZVgZ4)
Is there really severe concern that Talarico will beat Paxton?
Posted by: AnnaS at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (0anTZ)
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I'm no optimist about anything, but the Rev. Jim Talarico Jones looks weirder and weirder with time. Paxton is no angel, but we've heard every bad thing about him we're going to hear.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 11:50 AM (O0L8i)
Even new replacement senators next term may not even do it, and definitely won't if the dems have the house.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 11:50 AM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (TNhp7)
It's true. Corporations want a serf class for cheap labor. I'm surprised Trump has done as much as he has with deportations.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 18, 2026 11:50 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:37 AM (Gqar
Eh. When I said (in advance) - that debating Biden in June was just "good strategy" in a veritable roomful of people here that were shitting their pants and crying about how it would lose us the election, I got accused of a acquitting him with crazy grand chess master powers. Just for saying it's perfectly simple and logical strategy and explaining why.
Normal good strategy is not 4D chess and it doesn't make one a genius. He is absolutely a genius in some ways, no doubt about that. But not god like. We forget how the machine chewed up and spit out so many before him (and since). He has something.
Bottom line you can make good decisions that APPEAR to be bad ones and still not be Superman.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 11:51 AM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:52 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7Vv)
Does that mean the question on form 4473 re illegal drugs is null, or needs to be rewritten?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 18, 2026 11:53 AM (zafwz)
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It take men of special character to do that.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 11:54 AM (+yTe/)
He is not ordained . He went to seminary and spent some time doing youth ministry before he left working in that particular PCUSA church.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 11:55 AM (OYsYV)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:52 AM
They have bought into the replacement theory full force. They will kill you off by any means necessary. If that means bringing in the terrorists for another 9/11, so be it.
They want power. The only way they will have complete power is by taking away your guns. Full stop. They will create whatever havoc is necessary to get you to BEG them to 'DO SOMETHING!!!!!'
What they will do is disarm you. Then they will either enslave you or kill you.
Look at Britain. They will be dwarfed by what the leftists would do to America if she loses her right to bear arms.
(Michelle Fields hardest hit)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:55 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7Vv)
Agree with most of the commenters here. Equivalent to habitual users of alcohol being denied 2nd amendment rights. But being drunk or high while employing your 2nd amendment rights opens yourself to some challenges.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:55 AM (ZVgZ4)
He is not ordained . He went to seminary and spent some time doing youth ministry before he left working in that particular PCUSA church.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 11:55 AM (OYsYV)
He is a heretic.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:56 AM (2YhKe)
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Looks like convictions for smoking pot should be 86ed or go to file 13.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 11:56 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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I rate this as probably true. I have long suspected GOP using vote fraud as one of their rigging tactics in primaries. Otherwise, why try to ignore a very popular issue that affects your own side's political power. The answer is if you are dirty yourself.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:56 AM (E4rtv)
He is not ordained . He went to seminary and spent some time doing youth ministry before he left working in that particular PCUSA church.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 11:55 AM (OYsYV)
In my denomination there is huge distinction between ministry and ordination.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:56 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 11:57 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 11:55 AM (OYsYV)
PCUSA stopped following the Bible in 1930.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:57 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 11:57 AM (VyBeY)
He is not ordained . He went to seminary and spent some time doing youth ministry before he left working in that particular PCUSA church.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 11:55 AM (OYsYV)
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*polite cough*
I was saying that he's the kind of guy who would invite his supporters to move to Guyana with him.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 11:58 AM (O0L8i)
I was saying that he's the kind of guy who would invite his supporters to move to Guyana with him.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 11:58 AM (O0L8i)
He would be the 'preacher' that convinces everyone in his cult that the women should blow him and the men should too.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:59 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Braenyard
That should not be implied at all from this ruling. It is just a logical application of the Bruen formula that requires legislation involving firearms to have a historically rooted reason for a disqualification. There isn't one for alkies or druggies at the time (when drugs were sold over the counter like morphine or cocaine) so the marijuana disqualification must fail.
That is very different than saying marijuana is legal or that if you are caught with a firearm while smoking it, you cannot be punished. Same as with alcohol in most states, if you are intoxicated, you cannot have a gun on you in public.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:00 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:00 PM (n5tGW)
To me, it would be a simple calculus of even if I hate this person, I still want these policy goals that I ran on. But politicians are just an especially thin skinned species of snake. It's always about them. Trump included.
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:00 PM (UcqOq)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 12:01 PM (ZVgZ4)
O.K, but my comment had more to do with the lack of status as a pastor or "Reverend" than with the theological deficiencies of the PCUSA. I don't think Mr. Talarico has even claimed that he was ordained, or he would state when and where he was ordained and by what denominational authority.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 12:02 PM (78f+T)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 12:02 PM (2ocoG)
That is very different than saying marijuana is legal or that if you are caught with a firearm while smoking it, you cannot be punished. Same as with alcohol in most states, if you are intoxicated, you cannot have a gun on you in public.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:00 PM (E4rtv)
However, with booze, having a gun isn't illegal and is open to officer discretion at the time of offense. The DWI .08 rule does NOT apply.
At least in Texas.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:02 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Everyone has a personal life. They (Democrats) unsealed a winning Republicans divorce records to knock him out of the running and give Obama a slot for senator.
Paxton's personal life is his business. When he's on the job he's Mike Tyson and that scares the hell out of Dems and Pubbies.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 12:03 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (p4NUW)
Our Republican Senators are what we get when we allow public persona to be a factor in voting.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 12:03 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 12:03 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 12:02 PM (2ocoG)
This is true.
However, we don't know if Talarico would attempt to feed his wife baby shit should it look like an avocado.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:03 PM (2YhKe)
Indian guy. Kept interrupting me. Pressed me hard on a topic I never asserted I had special knowledge of (like it's going to be a huge lift to learn how life insurance benefit riders work, come on).
Well, shit.
Still, fingers crossed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:04 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 12:04 PM (ZVgZ4)
More than anything, it just seemed to give a blank check to the gun grabbers to have such a broad law like that.
The underlying case was they found some weed in this guys house on a terrorism fishing expedition.
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:05 PM (UcqOq)
Wearing a dress?
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 12:03 PM (2ocoG)
But never in public. He just didn’t have the legs to look good in one.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 12:05 PM (Gqar8)
Well, shit.
Still, fingers crossed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:04 PM (Zn6QU)
Pleased to be thanking you for meeting with us. Good day!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:05 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:05 PM (n5tGW)
And that if Thomas and Alito supported it, it's good.
Therefore, 9-0 decisions are the best and worst at once.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:05 PM (Zn6QU)
At least in Texas.
Posted by: Sponge
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How silly any other thought. You're snockered and Ali Ackbar comes at you with a butcher knife, you defend yourself. And you're guilty because you've been drinking? Bull.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 12:06 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)
After failing to keep Cornyn and Cassidy in office, I doubt anyone fears Thune excepting Collins and a few other wimps who need those NRSC funds.
Which is why I keep saying Vance needs to come to the senate with armed guards like Bukele did in El Salvador. Just say that the parliamentarian doesn't matter and that Thune isn't the senate's President.
Thune's a bitch. Time to treat him like one.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 12:06 PM (5C538)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:05 PM (2YhKe)
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Last time I interviewed with an Indian manager, I got the declination in about 4 hours.
Let's see if we beat that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:06 PM (Zn6QU)
Indian guy. Kept interrupting me. Pressed me hard on a topic I never asserted I had special knowledge of (like it's going to be a huge lift to learn how life insurance benefit riders work, come on).
Well, shit.
Still, fingers crossed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:04 PM (Zn6QU)
Did he try to sell you an extended service warranty? Did he keep calling you Mister TJM?
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 12:06 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 12:07 PM (ixZ1o)
Did he try to sell you an extended service warranty? Did he keep calling you Mister TJM?
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 12:06 PM (Gqar
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He seemed bored as shit, like I was an inconvenience.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:07 PM (Zn6QU)
Yes, Texas state representative and U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico earned a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in May 2025.While he holds this degree, he is still working to complete the additional coursework required to finish his Master of Divinity.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 12:07 PM (78f+T)
Did he try to sell you an extended service warranty? Did he keep calling you Mister TJM?
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 12:06 PM (Gqar
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He seemed bored as shit, like I was an inconvenience.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:07 PM (Zn6QU)
Did he pick his nose while listening to you?
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (Gqar
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I was spared that, at least.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (Zn6QU)
And that if Thomas and Alito supported it, it's good.
Therefore, 9-0 decisions are the best and worst at once.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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It's because the Left has decided their tribe is to support anything and everything marijuana. They have hitched their wagon to the stoner culture. But strangely hate tobacco (because it was what daddy smoked) even though you can easily make the case marijuana is worse on basically every level from a health perspective.
This is like the only time they will ever support a broadening of the 2nd Amendment. Because Woodstock or something.
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (UcqOq)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (Riz8t)
This article talks about the black contractors that worked on this presidential monstrosity getting stiffed by the "Obama Foundation". Hilarious and not at all surprising.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (k9OZB)
He seemed bored as shit, like I was an inconvenience.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:07 PM (Zn6QU)
Should'a done it in brownface with an east Indian accent.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:09 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 12:09 PM (+yTe/)
This article talks about the black contractors that worked on this presidential monstrosity getting stiffed by the "Obama Foundation". Hilarious and not at all surprising.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (k9OZB)
They should be HONORED they got to do work for King Negro. Payment? Pshaw........How dare they.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (PJdmB)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:09 PM (2YhKe)
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Made me show my ID, to make sure I wasn't being spoofed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: ...
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There's really no question in my mind GA was stolen. It was also maybe the closest state.
I'm still waiting to see pictures of the supposed building that was flooded on election night? As they were counting the votes?
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (UcqOq)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (n5tGW)
I'm still waiting to see pictures of the supposed building that was flooded on election night? As they were counting the votes?
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (UcqOq)
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300,000 fake ballots.
It wasn't close.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (Zn6QU)
Made me show my ID, to make sure I wasn't being spoofed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (Zn6QU)
For shame......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (2YhKe)
Former Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell Ordered to Refund Campaign Contributions
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (ZVgZ4)
More than anything, it just seemed to give a blank check to the gun grabbers to have such a broad law like that.
The underlying case was they found some weed in this guys house on a terrorism fishing expedition.
Posted by: Sharpie
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Bruen requires a showing that the regulation of the gun rights are historically based (as in prohibiting violent felons from arms) and there was never a historical prohibition on people that used cocaine, morphine, or alcohol from permanently barring them from mere possession of firearms. Plenty if they are intoxicated with one in public or worse yet using one.
So laws that punish possession of a firearm for illegal actions are probably still constitutional--e.g. a criminal who uses dope and yet also sells it so the firearm is used in conjunction with a criminal enterprise. I think incidental laws like this would still be constitutional and perhaps including disqualification from buying new ones if one is a regular user of illegal substances is still valid.
That will probably be the next test.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:13 PM (E4rtv)
He seemed bored as shit, like I was an inconvenience.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering
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You were not impressed by his knowledge and skill. You offended him. Learn your place.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 12:14 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 12:15 PM (ZVgZ4)
That gal with the flash drive going from booth to booth is not rigging things. Driving observers outside was necessary because they were in the way. Don't you understand?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 12:19 PM (+yTe/)
indeed. it was *skirts*.
Posted by: j. edgar at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 18, 2026 12:32 PM (2IqMx)
Get a life!
Trump is a business man. He expresses shock value. It's a wakeup call to get his negotiating opponents to recognize and hopefully accept his posture. Otherwise, his opponents do not have the acumen for diplomacy.
If you hit him, he will hit you harder! Quit bitching about it!
The only way to negotiate with 'The Don' is to recognize and accept empathy with his position. Then you have a foundation for equitable negotiations.
Posted by: John at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (0DsdP)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
The Oude Waag at the Westerkerk
Cornelis Springer
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:30 AM (ebJJx)
Posted by: George Costanza at June 18, 2026 09:31 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:31 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:30 AM (ebJJx)
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Artist's name is Springer, So... on topic.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:31 AM (ebJJx)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: RandomDave at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (fmTlv)
Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (OoFl2)
"Insomnia? Take two minutes staring at this Westerkerk Dealio and you'll fall into sweet, dreamless sleep"
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 09:34 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: BJ Clinton at June 18, 2026 09:34 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 09:34 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:35 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:35 AM (R11M+)
What's an Oude Waag?
Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)
How a tongue-tied Dutchman says "Old Wang".
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 09:35 AM (iJfKG)
Originally built as Sint Antoniespoort, a city gate (around 1488 or earlier).
Later converted into a public weigh house (1617) for goods.
Served various roles over centuries: guildhall (including surgeons' guild, where Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp was set), museum, fire station, etc.
Today it houses a restaurant/café ("In de Waag") and cultural/tech initiatives like Waag Society.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:36 AM (ebJJx)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:36 AM (Jr5Lq)
Very nice
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 09:36 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (vHe/3)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)
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Saeme ahs ien towuen.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (ebJJx)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (ebJJx)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: redridinghood at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (Jr5Lq)
Certainly better than a Nude Waag....
Posted by: Heavy Meta at June 18, 2026 09:38 AM (NgqoH)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:38 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 09:38 AM (qgHp7)
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there's a sign just outside of town
NOW ENTERING OUDE WAAG
It's the Oude Waag Sign
get it? sounds like Auld Lang Syne?
it's clever, right?
never mind
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 09:39 AM (fmTlv)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:39 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)
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Saeme ahs ien towuen.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
*snort
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:40 AM (vHe/3)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (iJfKG)
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I'm fuckin' goin'!
Posted by: Jules Winnfield at June 18, 2026 09:40 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: muldoon
You're not getting near my stadt with your wie!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:41 AM (vHe/3)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:41 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: I'll go ask the Dutch at June 18, 2026 09:41 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)
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*sadz*
Posted by: The Welsh at June 18, 2026 09:42 AM (amcLV)
*********
I'm going to self-deduct 20 points each for using a Danish currency and German language for a meme joke about a Dutch building.
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 09:42 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 09:43 AM (ufO5q)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 09:43 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Bulg
*sadz*
Posted by: The Welsh
What happens when the Dutch & the Welsh marry?
You get words like: pneumonoultramicroscopicsil
icovolcanoconiosis
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:44 AM (vHe/3)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2026 09:44 AM (ItpVy)
block and tackle i suppose. lift genie?
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:44 AM (R11M+)
As the painting started to appear on the screen I thought it was a photograph. The exquisite level of detail and natural colors is astounding. Within that realism the artist manages to capture a feel for the work day activity in front of the city buildings. The people contribute a sense of movement even though dwarfed by the structures. This is a John Constable level of cityscapes instead of rural landscapes. I need to learn more about this artist.
Posted by: JTB at June 18, 2026 09:44 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:45 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Wang Chung at June 18, 2026 09:45 AM (ItpVy)
block and tackle i suppose. lift genie?
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:44 AM (R11M+)
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When I was in the Netherlands eons ago, a tour guide told us that they were taxed by the width of the building on the street. So houses tended to be long, narrow, and vertical.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:46 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:46 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:46 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (R11M+)
As the painting started to appear on the screen I thought it was a photograph. The exquisite level of detail and natural colors is astounding. Within that realism the artist manages to capture a feel for the work day activity in front of the city buildings. The people contribute a sense of movement even though dwarfed by the structures. This is a John Constable level of cityscapes instead of rural landscapes. I need to learn more about this artist.
Posted by: JTB at June 18, 2026 09
It really is incredible.
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 09:49 AM (OoFl2)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:49 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 09:50 AM (hW9g4)
block and tackle i suppose. lift genie?
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:44 AM (R11M+)
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I learned about that from the Alistair MacLean thriller "Puppet on a Chain."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 09:51 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:49 AM
*breaks out Brannock Device*
Yes.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 09:51 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 09:52 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:52 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:52 AM (Jr5Lq)
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Pretty sure Spicoli thinks you're a dick.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 09:53 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:53 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: JTB at June 18, 2026 09
It really is incredible.
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 09:49 AM (OoFl2)
Way better than that pixelated crap they call art.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 09:53 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:52 AM (Jr5Lq)
Oude just means old
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (hW9g4)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (GseMx)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Beautiful art with incredible details. I like it!
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (2WIwB)
— Larch
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 09:55 AM (9SpJJ)
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Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 09:57 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:57 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (GseMx)
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He should have had them removed before he started.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 09:57 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 09:42 AM (qgHp7)
Prior to the Euro it was a Guilder. You have to figure out what the exchange rate was.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 09:57 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 09:58 AM (r7+k8)
Oude just means old
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (hW9g4)
So the title of the painting is Old Bag?
I don't see any women in the painting......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 09:58 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 09:58 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)
$20, just like downtown.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:58 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 09:57 AM (amcLV)
Or chosen a different viewpoint
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:58 AM (GseMx)
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I've heard that Florin tried to provoke a war with them.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 09:59 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (hW9g4)
So the title of the painting is Old Bag?
I don't see any women in the painting......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 09:58 AM (2YhKe)
LOL... In this case Waag is the building
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 09:59 AM (hW9g4)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:59 AM (R11M+)
Straight Lines Be Hard, Yo! - a limerick
There once was an Oude Waag, you see
As fine as a building could be
Cornelius Springer was a sham
Couldn't paint buildings worth a damn
So he covered it with a happy little tree
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 10:00 AM (qgHp7)
I recall that one area had a window tax, so... the houses had either no windows or one gigantic window.
Another taxed chimneys, so they'd go to great lengths to route all the fireplaces through a single chimney.
The advantage of both of these is that the tax dudes could assess the property from the street.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:01 AM (IG3/x)
Accurate title.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 09:58 AM (2YhKe)
Its Oude Waag, not Oude Haag.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 10:01 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:03 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 10:03 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:01 AM (IG3/x)
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There's one for you, nineteen for me.
Posted by: The Tax Man at June 18, 2026 10:03 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:01 AM (IG3/x)
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There's one for you, nineteen for me.
Posted by: The Tax Man at June 18, 2026 10:03 AM (amcLV)
***
So...Seattle.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:04 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Hawaiians at June 18, 2026 10:06 AM (s6tef)
Its Oude Waag, not Oude Haag.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 10:01 AM (snZF9)
I sit corrected.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:08 AM (2YhKe)
The Pock-ee-stahn spelling is "Hawai'ian" now. I don't know why.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:08 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:08 AM (2ocoG)
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There's an apostrophe surplus?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 10:09 AM (amcLV)
https://tinyurl.com/3u3hp7ha
I guess it's a Princess and the Pea thing.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)
https://tinyurl.com/54fyn92j
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:11 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:08 AM (2ocoG)
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There's an apostrophe surplus?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 10:09 AM (amcLV)
They decided to be "trans-Black"?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:12 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 10:14 AM (O0L8i)
Browser translates
The Oude Waag at the Westerkerk (Dutch)
to
The Oude Waag at the Westerkerk (English)
So helpful.
Kerk is church, ain'it?
[humorous play on "oude waag" goes here… after another cuppa]
Posted by: mindful webworker - ood deblurg du whoopty whoop at June 18, 2026 10:14 AM (9bb3y)
and here i was thinkin' what an unnatural bunch of poses.
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (R11M+)
Everybody!
VOGUE!!!
Posted by: Pre-Zombie Madonna at June 18, 2026 10:14 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)
I'm betting there's a Hunter Biden "pea tape" out there somewhere.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:14 AM (IG3/x)
It's now a whorehouse.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 10:15 AM (O0L8i)
In a fawning promo for the Obamas, GMA asks Barack how he finds a balance of staying quiet or speaking out post-presidency.
He says his initial goal was to emulate George Washington:
"I've done my done my stint, and now I'm going back home."
“What I've tried to do is move from player to coach."
This schtick is really something.
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Why, the Flak Tower Library and Juneteenth extravaganza are scarcely noticeable.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:15 AM (ndZc7)
Even if I ignore the subject of that painting, I dislike the 'faded crumbled fashion magazine' art style.
Posted by: RandomDave at June 18, 2026 10:15 AM (aJQbY)
https://tinyurl.com/3u3hp7ha
I guess it's a Princess and the Pea thing.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)
Your dad filled it with trannies flashing their fake tits everywhere.
You can take a big bite of go f*ck yourself, you drug infested prick.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:15 AM (2YhKe)
dray (n.)- A low, heavy cart without sides, used for haulage.
I will try to work that into my daily conversations this week.
"I bid you a good dray, sir!"
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 10:16 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
An Oxford apostrophe?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:17 AM (ndZc7)
The Oude Waag at the Westerkerk (Dutch)
to
The Oude Waag at the Westerkerk (English)
Google Translate gives "The Old Weigh-House at the Westerly Wind Church".
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:17 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Bulg
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So do we, Ha'ole.
Posted by: Hawaiians at June 18, 2026 10:06 AM (s6tef)
There's a little-known historical era known as the Great Vowel Migration, in which many vowels moved from Eastern Europe (leaving them words like "chrzaszcz") to the South Pacific (giving them words like "humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa").
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:18 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2026 10:18 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:19 AM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 10:19 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 10:19 AM (sKqQm)
Why is there not a guard rail to keep horses from falling into the water?
Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2026 10:18 AM (LHPAg)
You've never heard of Sea Horses?
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 10:20 AM (iJfKG)
https://tinyurl.com/54fyn92j
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:11 AM (2ocoG)
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Looks like AI. “Artist” is a foreigner of course.
Liberace pimp suit, marijuana plants, and gang tats. But but but … Trump embarrassed the WH with the UFC event!
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:20 AM (aeiyZ)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 10:20 AM (R11M+)
The guy has a video where he tells a girl (probably underage) to say into his camera that he didn't hurt her while she keeps crying.
He should be in jail.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 10:20 AM (sKqQm)
Cornelis Springer
Lovely. Like a photograph. Would hang.
Springer was renowned for his meticulous architectural draftsmanship. The painting highlights the distinct Renaissance styling of the Westerkerk and the brick masonry of the Oude Waag.
Canal Life: The scene is brought to life with boats moored along the Keizersgracht, giving a lively snapshot of daily 19th-century Dutch maritime and urban life.
Atmospheric Light: Like many of his works, the 1864 painting utilizes dramatic, warm sunlight and deep shadows to create depth and a romanticized glow over the cityscape.
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I'm not familiar with this artist. Found he is known for watercolors, etchings, and drawings, especially of city views and town scenes that he sketched while traveling around the country. He was awarded the Leopold order of Belgium in 1865, and in 1878 he was invited with Jozef Israëls to advise the Dutch Ministry of Public Affairs on the plans for the Rijksmuseum.
He has a large body of work, and I'd like to see more.
Thanks.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 10:21 AM (NFX2v)
He's genuinely been pretty funny on X since he re-opened his account a few weeks ago. But yeah, nobody should pay attention when he's trying to be serious. Shitposting is his forte.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:21 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:21 AM (aeiyZ)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 10:19 AM (sKqQm)
Well, yeah. How are we supposed to wave the bloody shirt if there isn't one to wave?
Posted by: Communist Central Casting at June 18, 2026 10:21 AM (IG3/x)
Hillary, June 2026: Biden made a terrible mistake. He should have never run again in 2024. We would’ve beaten Trump.
Hillary, March 2023: I want him to run again, and I’ll support him.
Biden announced his re-election campaign a month later.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 10:21 AM (R11M+)
https://tinyurl.com/54fyn92j
Posted by: Ian S.
Saw a photo of Barak and Big Mike viewing the painting for the first time. Neither looked pleased, especially Michelle.
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 10:22 AM (lJ0H4)
Of course. Shrub's invasion of Iraq got them Obama and years of "grim milestone" stories in the media.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:22 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:21 AM (2ocoG)
Hunter Biden is a lot like Bill Clinton. Perhaps an amusing fellow to have along when you go visit the titty bars for your buddy's bachelor party, but never ever play cards for money with them, nor take them as a roommate and expect them to actually pay their share of the rent.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:23 AM (IG3/x)
In: Aw shucks Trump isn't going to draft anyone to go fight in Iran...stupid Trump.
Posted by: The left at June 18, 2026 10:24 AM (sKqQm)
********
Avoid I-10, swing north out of Arkansas, cut across Oklahoma, then drop down into New Mexico...
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 10:24 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 10:22 AM (lJ0H4)
Don't get between her and the porkchops on Jumeteemf.
Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2026 10:24 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 10:22 AM (lJ0H4)
Is it even possible for Big Mike to look pleased?
I think her face is permanently welded into that ugly scowl expression.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:24 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 10:25 AM (R11M+)
Obama's anxiety that he's not actually black pretty much leaps out of that picture.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:25 AM (2ocoG)
Hunter is the kind of guy you wouldn't leave your daughter, son, or dog alone with
Posted by: The left at June 18, 2026 10:25 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:25 AM (aeiyZ)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (IY9No)
(u/66v)
Oh, how profound. You've convinced me, yes you have. I'll never vote Trump for President again!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (y9nCu)
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Avoid I-10, swing north out of Arkansas, cut across Oklahoma, then drop down into New Mexico...
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 10:24 AM (qgHp7)
Took me awhile but I got it. Moar coffee.
Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (LHPAg)
https://tinyurl.com/msst8bv9
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (Riz8t)
The guy has a video where he tells a girl (probably underage) to say into his camera that he didn't hurt her while she keeps crying.
He should be in jail.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 10:20 AM (sKqQm)
Hunter wants to run with Newsom as his VP.
Make this happen and that video should be the opposition campaign commercial. Every day. On every channel
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 10:24 AM (qgHp7)
Ouch. You're an evil man, Muldoon.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:27 AM (IG3/x)
@johnpavlovitz
There. Is. No. Organization. Called. Antifa.
The. Trump. Administration. Is. Arresting. Americans. Who. Oppose. Their. Fascism.
We. The. People. Will. Win.
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Also John Pavlovitz.
https://tinyurl.com/yc36uxpd
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)
There. Is. No. Organization. Called. Antifa.
The. Trump. Administration. Is. Arresting. Americans. Who. Oppose. Their. Fascism.
We. The. People. Will. Win.
Oh FFS.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:29 AM (2YhKe)
Yeah, well, the Mafia doesn't have membership cards, either, but somehow they get charged with RICO crimes nonetheless.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:29 AM (IG3/x)
The Cabal
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 10:29 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:46 AM
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You don't want to live in an oude desert!
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 10:29 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:25 AM (aeiyZ)
One of the funny things about Oblabla and Big Mike is that they're so insecure about their status that they always try to go all Avant Garde esp in their portraits.
They have yet to realize that when you go all Avant Garde, you usually wind up with Avant Shit.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 10:29 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:29 AM (wzUl9)
Antifa doesn't exist and at the same time it is good that Antifa is fighting against MAGA.
Posted by: The left at June 18, 2026 10:30 AM (sKqQm)
https://tinyurl.com/msst8bv9
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (Riz8t)
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I think this is the same weirdo who did that insanely weird pic of Obama in the hedge bush, like that Homer Simpson meme.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:30 AM (aeiyZ)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:24 AM (IG3/x)
I recall one of the 'ettes describing it as active bitch face. Which I done stole.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2026 10:30 AM (PSEDc)
Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026
***
An Old Wag. You know, the senior citizen who still thinks the smart remarks he's been using since 1968 are funny.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:31 AM (wzUl9)
https://tinyurl.com/msst8bv9
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (Riz8t)
I love how it mentions that the 'portrait' is in the free portion of the library so everyone can just come on in and bow to the mighty King Negro and his sasquatch wife.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:31 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 10:31 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (7PhS+)
Has anyone come out and said they knew him in his college days?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (2YhKe)
Wait here’s a paid section? LOL.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:33 AM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:33 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Said no woman ever at June 18, 2026 10:33 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Tuna
What's her beef? She's clearly the central figure in the portrait.
Maybe she doesn't like the hidden, floating head to her right, symbolizing Barry's many gay lovers that haunt their "marriage".
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at June 18, 2026 10:33 AM (yFLFB)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:33 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 10:19 AM (sKqQm)
NPC flash updates are awesome. I thought it would get old, but it never does.
For me, it's consistent. During Fordow I said "I don't like direct involvement in Iran." I was disappointed but not surprised when we started the broader scale effort, but hoped for no invasion, in the knowledge that forgoing one would harm our credibility, but be for the best in the long run. That's more or less what's happening, so I'm fine with this outcome.
Could've been better. Could've been a shitload worse. Some of our servicemen died, but not a huge number. We've been embarrassed, but not humiliated. Iran has suffered terribly for their insolence. Between the two operations, Iran has been defanged for awhile, and China has been further chastised.
Some good, some bad. That's it.
For the NPCs, though... these drones have to whipsaw from "Trump's illegal and unjust war of Jew aggression against brown white people" to "Trump's spineless surrender to America's implacable Persian foe" in one day.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 10:34 AM (BI5O2)
There at least was a website around the time of the Renee Good incident where you could submit an application to be Antifa. For real, it was run by one of the major Antifa branches.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:34 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 10:35 AM (2ap+5)
Biden politicized it and made it a national holiday.
Owebama now thinks it's his day, for he is King Negro and the black community should come in celebration of him in all his glory
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:35 AM (2YhKe)
When I was in the Netherlands eons ago, a tour guide told us that they were taxed by the width of the building on the street. So houses tended to be long, narrow, and vertical.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:46 AM (gnNyN)
An old work buddy of mine was a legal immigrant from Mexico, and his family had a house in Baja, unfinished. Izzy told me that it would stay unfinished because Mexican property taxes were assessed AFTER a house was completed. No one finished building their house, ever.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 10:35 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:36 AM (2ocoG)
Wait here’s a paid section? LOL.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:33 AM (X+Nnd)
And you must show ID to enter.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (2YhKe
That’s the sketchiest part of him that proves he’s a made up character that just materialized one day. I could off the top of my head name 25 people I went to college with who would be like oh yeah Heroq, we had some times together. As could pretty much anyone who went to college. You’re immersed with thousands of people in close proximity for 4 years, you leave some kind of impression on others.
The fact nobody has ever done that with Obama is suuuuuuus as fuck as the kids say (do they still say that?)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM (X+Nnd)
Same. It's not everything I dreamed of, but everything I dreamed of would've involved an actual boots-on-the-ground invasion at a large scale, and we're all familiar with how many ways that can go wrong.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM (Jr5Lq)
https://tinyurl.com/54fyn92j
Posted by: Ian S.
***
True on all counts. And Barky looks like his head is abnormally small because his silver hair is lost in the light from the window behind them.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:38 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Creepy Joe at June 18, 2026 10:38 AM (7PhS+)
- left
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:39 AM (X+Nnd)
ABC7 Eyewitness News
@ABC7
#BREAKING A dramatic fire involving solar panels erupted Wednesday afternoon on a commercial building in Boyle Heights, sending a massive black column of smoke into the air above the scene and prompting a shelter-in-place order.
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Impressive video at link.
https://tinyurl.com/mw8wzmsx
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:39 AM (ndZc7)
An Old Wag. You know, the senior citizen who still thinks the smart remarks he's been using since 1968 are funny.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:31 AM (wzUl9)
So, the AoS comments section...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 10:39 AM (y9nCu)
Same. It's not everything I dreamed of, but everything I dreamed of would've involved an actual boots-on-the-ground invasion at a large scale, and we're all familiar with how many ways that can go wrong.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM (2ocoG)
Same and same.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 10:39 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Polka will never die at June 18, 2026 10:40 AM (gVLrZ)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026
***
There are "camelback" houses like that in Da Swamp.
If a house was two-story on the street, taxes were higher. So they would build one story on the street, and the house would rise to a second story farther back.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:40 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 10:40 AM (FMtrg)
sounds like something an organization would have.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:40 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 10:40 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (7PhS+)
Has anyone come out and said they knew him in his college days?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (2YhKe)
——
I recall a few people in his class were asked that, and they said ‘who?’ They didn’t remember him at all, despite all the later myth-making about how he was some big man on campus. I’m certain he was barely there at all. Never went to class. Just spent all his days getting high and fagging around.
I also recall they asked the same thing about Big Mike’s college mates, and a few were like ‘she was a miserable fucking bitch.’ Sounds right to me.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:40 AM (aeiyZ)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 10:41 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM
Shave 'em off. Go hardwood.
Posted by: HordeSource (tm) at June 18, 2026 10:41 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM
Shave 'em off. Go hardwood.
Posted by: HordeSource (tm) at June 18, 2026 10:41 AM (0sNs1)
Have your barber trim them. Just a thought.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 10:42 AM (Gqar8)
Longest flight I ever took was 15 hours and by the end I was starting to go stir crazy. Another 7 hours? Yikes.
Qantas designed planes specifically for this flight, extra fuel tank and the cabin set up to have a limited number of seats, pretty much all premium economy or higher. Imagine 22 hrs in basic economy. Shudder.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:42 AM (X+Nnd)
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And while we're at it, how was it paid for?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 10:43 AM (7PhS+)
@johnpavlovitz
There. Is. No. Organization. Called. Antifa.
The. Trump. Administration. Is. Arresting. Americans. Who. Oppose. Their. Fascism.
We. The. People. Will. Win.
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Also John Pavlovitz.
https://tinyurl.com/yc36uxpd
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)
He think we are stupid. Or he never heard of this invention called the Internet.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (T6aVk)
https://tinyurl.com/54fyn92j
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:11 AM (2ocoG)
The bust of MLK looks pissed.
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (FMtrg)
Given how heavily it leans into "see, Barack is actually black!" (the random MLK bust, Hank Aaron in the wallpaper) I think it's a pimp suit. He just needs a Colt 45.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (2ocoG)
Longest flight I ever took was 15 hours and by the end I was starting to go stir crazy. Another 7 hours? Yikes.
Qantas designed planes specifically for this flight, extra fuel tank and the cabin set up to have a limited number of seats, pretty much all premium economy or higher. Imagine 22 hrs in basic economy. Shudder.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:42 AM (X+Nnd
The feeding and watering of the cattle, er, passengers wouldmbe problematic.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026
***
Well, men's feet tend to be bigger than women's . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM
#2 guard on a beard trimmer.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (2YhKe)
What is the point of showing tattoos which they don't have? What do the tattoos represent or say?
Is the portrait by a black artist and this supposed to show how well (the very wealthy Obamas who went to exclusive schools and are multimillionaires ) represent the "hood" of Chicago?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (OYsYV)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 10:43 AM (7PhS+)
His (white) mother’s family was well off. He attended a high end private school in Hawaii.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: From about That Time at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (sl73Y)
She’s twice the size of him.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 10:41 AM (Gqar
A double-wide for Jamie Gump.
I denounce myself.
Poor taste or funny"? You make the call.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
++++++++++++
So, the AoS comments section...
Posted by: IllTemperedCu
**********
Why is everyone looking at me all of a sudden?
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (qgHp7)
Given how heavily it leans into "see, Barack is actually black!" (the random MLK bust, Hank Aaron in the wallpaper) I think it's a pimp suit. He just needs a Colt 45.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (2ocoG)
——
‘No Colt 45 for that simping homo!’
— Billy Dee
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (aeiyZ)
Given how heavily it leans into "see, Barack is actually black!" (the random MLK bust, Hank Aaron in the wallpaper) I think it's a pimp suit. He just needs a Colt 45.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026
***
The malt liquor or the pistol?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (7PhS+)
And hopefully His Permanent Record, His Kindergarten Diploma, His…everything.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:46 AM (T6aVk)
For the NPCs, though... these drones have to whipsaw from "Trump's illegal and unjust war of Jew aggression against brown white people" to "Trump's spineless surrender to America's implacable Persian foe" in one day.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 10:34 AM (BI5O2)
I've come to realize two important things about it:
1) yes, in the end we gave Iran everything they asked for and bugged out, about like the US did in Vietnam in '73 - '74.
2) Trump had no choice, because most of the world (including the US) was within 30 days of a very severe recession setting in as oil storage levels around the world went to zero. That would have wrecked the midterms and likely have put the left into power.
Not many noticed but the chairman of Exxon called this about 3 weeks ago. A lot of people ridiculed him for saying that, but clearly Trump believed him. Now oil prices will drop and the midterms will be saved, and most Americans don't care much about foreign affairs anyways.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 10:46 AM (edUvp)
+++
Almost every time the letter "q" is used in the English language it's followed by a "u."
Except for this: QANTAS.
Know why?
Posted by: Word Nerd at June 18, 2026 10:46 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 10:46 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 10:43 AM (7PhS+)
His (white) mother’s family was well off. He attended a high end private school in Hawaii.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (X+Nnd)
You're implying here that Owebama actually paid someone for their work.
Seems there are multiple reports out there that they owe several companies millions in invoiced labor, including black owned businesses.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:47 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: From about That Time at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (sl73Y)
And West, TX is nowhere near west TX.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:47 AM (T6aVk)
AArgh! The fire! It burns! Aaargh! The depilatory! It burns!
"#2 guard on a beard trimmer."
That'll work! Thanks!
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:47 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 10:43 AM (7PhS+)
—-
Dreams from his father
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:47 AM (aeiyZ)
There. Is. No. Organization. Called. Antifa.
The. Trump. Administration. Is. Arresting. Americans. Who. Oppose. Their. Fascism.
We. The. People. Will. Win.
Worst CPT Kirk imitation Evah!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:47 AM (2WIwB)
Except for this: QANTAS.
Know why?
Posted by: Word Nerd at June 18, 2026
***
And the word "Iraq."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:48 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:48 AM (ndZc7)
+++
Almost every time the letter "q" is used in the English language it's followed by a "u."
Except for this: QANTAS.
Know why?
Posted by: Word Nerd at June 18, 2026 10:46 AM (7PhS+)
Because QUANTAS is an acronym.
There is also “qwerty”.
: )
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:48 AM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:48 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 10:49 AM (R11M+)
Because QUANTAS is an acronym.
There is also “qwerty”.
: )
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:48 AM (T6aVk)
Autocucumber clearly knows nothing of airlines.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:49 AM (T6aVk)
But I also understand that nobody else in the modern world still believes in this type of statecraft, so I never presumed this outcome possible.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 10:49 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 10:50 AM (OYsYV)
( -- Fussy-looking koala whining about how many tourists the airline was bringing to Australia, in the TV spots from long ago)
(To be fair, all koalas look fussy, so it probably wasn't hard to find one to photograph)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:50 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 10:50 AM (2ap+5)
But I also understand that nobody else in the modern world still believes in this type of statecraft, so I never presumed this outcome possible.
We do still get the baleful eye, at least until the Democrats win again. If we can keep them out in '28 I think there's an excellent chance the 2030 census will end them as a party, though.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (2ocoG)
Qeeeaaaaaahhhh
As in:
Being stuck in traffic while trying to just get to the pahk to see the Socks and have a beeah is wicket qeeeaaaaaahhhh
Posted by: The left at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:11 AM
####
Big ol' bag of greasy Five Guys french fries just out of frame.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026
***
I forget why or how (both of my wives shaved their legs), but I smelled that Nair stuff once. Hyenas would flee from it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:49 AM (T6aVk)
that's autoququmber to you, buddy.
what about qtip?
but maybe it needs a hyphen.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (edUvp)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 10:50 AM (2ap+5)
Would it matter? He's a stupid poopyhead that doesn't know what he's doing and never learns anything.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (77rzZ)
Imagine 22 hrs in basic economy. Shudder.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:42 AM (X+Nnd)
Imagine a 30 hour flight from Elmendorf Air Base in Alaska to Sharm al Sheik, Egypt, in a C5A with the palletized, 50s-era airline seats bolted to the cargo deck, about 300 soldiers using a single chemical toilet and eating USAF box lunches. But we DID get the luxury of several refuelling stops, including Keflavik, Iceland and Sigonella in Sicily.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 10:52 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 10:50 AM (OYsYV)
You are the quintessential silver lining girl/woman/person. Please, never change. Every website needs a counterbalance.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 10:52 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Raymond Babbitt at June 18, 2026 10:52 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 10:52 AM (sgkY8)
The 40m or so illegals are baked into districting. Get rid of them or just get the census to stop counting them and the Dems are immediately a small regional party. This doesn't even count their impact in producing fake votes...just the number of rotten boroughs they end up with
Posted by: The left at June 18, 2026 10:52 AM (sKqQm)
Extra lavatory tanks.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:53 AM (Jr5Lq)
Wait here’s a paid section? LOL.
Predictions on how long it will take before they admit nobody wants to pay and they need a bailout?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 10:53 AM (Riz8t)
A report I saw suggested he specifically wasn't paying black owned businesses. I guess they should've been grateful to be building the Obamausoleum.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:53 AM (2ocoG)
( -- Fussy-looking koala whining about how many tourists the airline was bringing to Australia, in the TV spots from long ago)
(To be fair, all koalas look fussy, so it probably wasn't hard to find one to photograph)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:50 AM (wzUl9)
You'd be fussy too, if you spent your life loaded with chlamydia.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 10:53 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
So, you're saying there was a big ol' vowel movement?
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:53 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (wzUl9)
"Mom, is this shampoo?"
My 8-year-old brother, emerging from the bathroom with a bottle of Nair.
Good thing he asked, eh?
(one of those stories that gets told over and over at family holidays)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:54 AM (IG3/x)
The paid part features the Big Mike Gender Reveal.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:54 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:54 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:54 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (2ocoG)
and Democrats have no one serious to even run, that's why Kamala is still leading in their polls. The real race is shaping up to be Rubio vs Vance. Vance is a good campaigner, Rubio has more experience. After this week, neither one will serve under the other, so one will stay and one will go.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 10:54 AM (edUvp)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:54 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Just for the record at June 18, 2026 10:55 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:55 AM (Jr5Lq)
Know why?
Posted by: Word Nerd at June 18, 2026 10:46 AM (7PhS+)
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Queensland and Northern Territories Air Service
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 10:56 AM (amcLV)
If they really want to win they'll pick a governor with a moderate profile that people just don't know - yes the Bill Clinton model.
Amusingly Shapiro probably fits the bill but since the Dems hate Jews that's off the table
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 10:56 AM (sKqQm)
Top of Insty.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 10:57 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 10:50 AM (2ap+
“Turn your key, sir!”
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:57 AM (T6aVk)
Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services.
Posted by: Just for the record at June 18, 2026
***
I'll never get over the strangeness that Queensland, in the *north* of Australia, has a hotter fouler climate than the southeast around Sydney. Of course QLD is hotter, it's closer to the equator, but I'm used to USA metrics.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:57 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:57 AM (Jr5Lq)
They're really blurry, like he wanted to look tough but not get Graham Platner'd. The one I saw blown up was on his hand.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:57 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (wzUl9)
Did your nose hair survive?
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 10:58 AM (wjnjX)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 10:58 AM (Gqar8)
The guy has a video where he tells a girl (probably underage) to say into his camera that he didn't hurt her while she keeps crying.
He should be in jail.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 10:20 AM (sKqQm)"
A bunch of the video of unidentifiable women are actually identifiable because they were shot with an iphone, with a specific naming order and geotags and datestamps, and stuff that shows the womens' faces was posted to social media - same women, same clothes, same location and date.
He was 100% banging underage chicks and filming it.
Tells you what the progs in governement will let each other get away with.
Posted by: heya at June 18, 2026 10:58 AM (M4Oji)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 10:58 AM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I'm staying away from that topic for a little bet out of respect for my sister's memory. I don't think she would've approved of that kind of talk.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:58 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM
+++
Look under Big Mike's magnificently toned arms.
Posted by: But not too closely at June 18, 2026 10:58 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026
*
Did your nose hair survive?
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026
***
Had to have new hair implanted!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:58 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: The Tooks at June 18, 2026 10:59 AM (0sNs1)
251 239 Concur.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:54 AM (Jr5Lq)
Agreed. SOMEONE needs to keep us heathens honest.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 10:59 AM (y9nCu)
https://tinyurl.com/ypz4smdv
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:00 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)
+++++
Oh, no!
.
.
.
Anyway....
Posted by: Most people at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Urban Renewal at June 18, 2026 11:02 AM (rJhDk)
I've come to realize two important things about it:
1) yes, in the end we gave Iran everything they asked for and bugged out, about like the US did in Vietnam in '73 - '74.
2) Trump had no choice, because most of the world (including the US) was within 30 days of a very severe recession setting in as oil storage levels around the world went to zero. That would have wrecked the midterms and likely have put the left into power.
Not many noticed but the chairman of Exxon called this about 3 weeks ago. A lot of people ridiculed him for saying that, but clearly Trump believed him. Now oil prices will drop and the midterms will be saved, and most Americans don't care much about foreign affairs anyways.
Posted by: Tom Servo
Very much this.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 11:04 AM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 11:06 AM (R11M+)
**********
The Fussy Koala's Coomplaints - a limerick
Those bastards at QANTAS they gypped us.
And the Tourist Board totally skipped us
Those effin' Aussies say,
"Hi, Koala! G'day!"
And all we get for lunch is eucalyptus!
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 18, 2026 11:07 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Guy Mandude at June 18, 2026 11:10 AM (8JR9p)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 11:12 AM (wzUl9)
https://tinyurl.com/mw8wzmsx
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:39 AM (ndZc7)
My guess? An electrical fault in the wiring of the panels set the underlying tar-and-gravel roof alight.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 11:16 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 10:49 AM (BI5O2)
Here is an alternate opinion by Jesús Enrique Rosas, more or less addresses your concerns - Interesting fellow, Venezuelan ex-pat
https://tinyurl.com/49m3jr3v
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (ayRl+)
The Morning Report — 6/ 18 /26
The Trump administration is promoting a new agreement with Iran as a diplomatic breakthrough. White House talking points emphasize Iranian commitments to forgo nuclear weapons, international verification, regional stability and economic incentives tied to compliance. Yet many of the details that have emerged so far raise more questions than answers.And lurker extraordinaire Prof. Victor Davis Hanson has a few thoughts...
Administration officials point to Iran's reported commitment, in writing, not to pursue nuclear weapons. But Iran has already made that commitment before. The country has been a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty since 1970. The challenge has never been the language on paper; it has been enforcement.
History offers ample reason for skepticism. Supporters of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action similarly argued that inspections and monitoring would prevent Iran from advancing its nuclear ambitions. Critics warned that Tehran would exploit loopholes and conceal activities. Whatever one's view of the JCPOA, the lesson remains: Agreements are only as effective as their enforcement mechanisms. That is why recent comments from President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance deserve close scrutiny.. . The central problem is that the public is being asked to evaluate a framework that has not yet been fully disclosed. Questions about enrichment, missile programs, terrorism, sanctions relief, inspections and enforcement remain unresolved or insufficiently explained.
The shooting portion of the Iran “War” lasted about 40 days—far shorter than Barack Obama’s 2011 congressionally unauthorized seven-month bombing campaign against Libya. Bill Clinton’s unauthorized 78 days of bombing Serbia in 1999 hit bridges, schools, hospitals, monuments, and power plants—far more indiscriminate targeting than anything in the Iran War so far. No one yet knows the ultimate verdict on the war, given all the economic, military, political, and strategic variables still in play. A memorandum of understanding released this week might end the war, or result in further American strikes—depending on the degree of Iranian concessions and compliance. But in this confusing, ongoing drama, many fabrications and distortions still circulate. . . . . . Yet there still are no ground troops in Iran. The loss of 13 soldiers, while tragic, is less than the two-week fatal-accident rate of the military. There is a good chance that less than six weeks of active bombing achieved far more than 20 years in Afghanistan and a decade in Iraq—at a fraction of the human and fiscal costs. The key to negotiating an end to the war is to always remember that Iran’s regime—its theocrats, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, military leaders, and elected officials—has no history of telling the truth or abiding by any agreement it signs. So the only means of enforcing concessions is to use disproportionate force each time Iran inevitably violates the terms of the armistice.
While VDH seems cautiously optimistic both in terms of what this means here politically and overall geopolitically, he is nevertheless quite correct in his observations about who is running Iran and their non-existent trustworthiness. Have a great day,
- THE IRAN CONFLICT, "PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
- Trump signed the document during a dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Palace of Versailles.
Trump Signs Iran Deal In Surprise Move, Scrapping Planned Ceremony - “We’re not putting up ten cents.”
Trump Says Deal ‘Not Final’ as Leaks Claim $300B Fund For Iran
- "We'll probably go back to bombing them until they honor it. It's amazing what bombs can do."
Trump warns Iran: If you ‘misbehave,’ it’s ‘back to dropping bombs’
- No nuclear weapons for Iran, and a free flow of oil should be U.S. bottom line in final talks.
Trump’s Iran Deal: Americans Wanted Something Done Short Of Ground Troops, And They Got It
- The agreement lays out a framework for sanctions relief, access to frozen Iranian assets, and negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.
Read Exactly What The White House Says Is In The Deal With Iran
- What to make of the MOU
Did Iran Just Get the Better of Us?
- A new Munich moment.
U.S. Pledges to Help Provide the Islamic Republic of Iran With $300 Billion
- Five passages of the 14-point memorandum of understanding that was released Wednesday are giving critics particular concern because they leave so much room open for negotiation and interpretation….
The 5 passages of the US-Iran peace deal that worry critics the most: ‘Always tries to get more’ - If Trump’s “deal” goes through, the damage won’t be limited to the America-First president’s legacy.
Iran’s Crown Prince Warns of What’s Coming
- The central problem is that the public is being asked to evaluate a framework that has not yet been fully disclosed. Questions about enrichment, missile programs, terrorism, sanctions relief, inspections and enforcement remain unresolved or insufficiently explained... Until the memorandum of understanding is released and its provisions can be examined in full, definitive judgments are premature. The details will determine whether this agreement represents a genuine strategic breakthrough or simply another diplomatic document whose promises prove difficult to enforce.
An Iran Agreement Defined by Unanswered Questions - David Harsanyi: Vance’s unctuous and naïve attitude toward a terrorist regime that’s been exporting violence, murdering and kidnapping Americans, and lying to the world about its nuclear ambitions for nearly 50 years has an uncanny resemblance to the rhetoric we heard from Obama, John Kerry and Ben Rhodes.
Trump’s Iran deal secrecy was atrocious — and Vance’s dodging made it worse
- Victor Davis Hanson: The Iran war is already reshaping alliances and narratives, while fueling a deeper argument over U.S. power, limits, and long-term strategy.
Iran War Misconceptions
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION - Five people have been arrested in connection with the alleged plot, which targeted “capitalist elites” and politicians connected to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), with up to 23 people believed to be part of a wider network communicating via Signal, Discord, and TikTok. Reports indicate that the group, identified as “Vanguard of the Old” or “Vanguard of the Old Republic,” hopes to “jumpstart” a revolution. The authorities appear to have been tipped off by the mother of one of the suspects, Tycen Proper, who was concerned after noticing firearm purchases and some of his communications.
REPORT: Alleged Ringleader of Drone and Sniper Plot Targeting White House UFC Event is a Foreign National.
- “During an interview with Chuck Goudie, Lu shared that he had little knowledge of the Klan.”
Trump-Hating Asian Student From U. Illinois Planted Burning Cross in Chicago Park
- All too often, acts of left-wing violence and extremism are ignored because the left is obsessed with the rather non-existent threat of right-wing extremism.
Chicago Cross Burning Is Latest Example Of Left-Wing Extremism Being Blamed On GOP
- Last week, there was a cross burning in Chicago’s Grant Park, the same park where Barry Obama’s ugly-ass library just opened.
Chicago Cross Burning Hate Hoax Committed by Asian, Anti-Trump Leftist
- Authorities arrested the alleged ringleader, along with four others.
The Chilling Grin Of The UFC Explosive Drone Terror Plot Suspect
- Typical: Lawmakers clearly realize (but don’t dare admit) the idea is utterly nuts — and not likely to ever result in significant state payments for America’s sin of slavery.
Albany’s slavery-reparations farce takes another telling turn
- The indictment details the well-coordinated plans between DAMN and other so-called antifascist groups to organize violent protests at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building on January 14, 23, and March 1, 2026.
DOJ Charging Minneapolis Antifa Members for Conspiracy to Disrupt ICE
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY - “The reason I say that is because we have a criminal system, it is imperfect, but it exists, and it is one that if we accept as the process by which we want to engage with these issues, right, the issues of harm, the issues of criminality… then we need to make sure that it is one that isn’t also discriminatory on the basis of where people were born,” Chevalier said. She continued:
Mamdani-Backed Democrat: ‘All Deportations Are Wrong’ — Even for Convicted Murderers & Child Rapists
- “The problem for the defense is that this case did not involve some random encounter on the street. It was a targeted operation, conducted pursuant to agency procedures…”
Judge Upholds Wisconsin Judge’s Conviction for Helping Illegal Alien Evade ICE - La Reconquista is no longer just rhetoric, but a contested network of consulates, NGOs, and advocacy groups reshaping the U.S. Southwest immigration debate.
The La Reconquista Reclamation Project Part II
- Cross. Crime. Deport. Repeat.
An Obama-Era Border Crosser - “By land or sea, our borders are CLOSED,” DHS said in a statement posted on X. “This sends a clear message to ANY illegal alien attempting to enter the United States: don’t even think about it.”
Coast Guard Stops Vessel Carrying 25 Chinese Migrants in Florida Waters, DHS Says
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - At the Republican Party of Texas Convention in Houston in June, individuals with ties to CAIR attempted to serve as delegates to the state GOP. When party members objected and tried to remove them, the Texas Tribune inverted the facts in order to frame the infiltrators as victims. In reality it was an attempted invasion by an Islamic advocacy network with documented terror connections.
Islamic Group With Terror Ties Tried To Infiltrate Texas GOP — Media Treated Them Like The Victims - "Before they raped me, they would chant, “In the name of Allah.”
70 Years of Rapes and 250,000 Victims in the UK
- Western institutions failed and now innocent people are paying the price.
The Story They Called A Conspiracy Until It Wasn’t
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(Jump to bottom of comments)He’s predicting Trump is about to drop evidence showing foreign countries interfered in the 2020 election in ways people never fully understood.
And once that hits, it could force o fold on the filibuster and push the Save America Act through.
Solomon didn’t hedge. He said Trump is about to flip the entire conversation in this country and shake Senators who thought they were safe.
According to him, intelligence that was hidden from the public is about to come out, and it points straight at foreign adversaries messing with our election system far more than anyone admitted.
He believes once Senators realize their own states may have been targeted, the tone in Washington will change fast.
His warning was clear.
What’s coming isn’t small. It’s serious, it’s ugly, and it’s going to expose just how vulnerable our elections really were.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 07:31 AM (YUJuB)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 07:33 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Hans O'Lo at June 18, 2026 07:33 AM (9AdGW)
Don't mean to be a smart a$$ but how exactly is Trump supposed to stop that from happening? That is an impossible task.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 07:33 AM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 07:35 AM (99eI0)
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if it's officially a treaty, then it has to get thru the Senate, and they are known to be assholes
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:35 AM (fmTlv)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 07:36 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 07:37 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:37 AM (GD0B3)
Maybe like New Jersey it will just be only one way out
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 07:38 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 07:38 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 07:31 AM (YUJuB)
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#twoweeks
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:38 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:39 AM (wzUl9)
So
Happy
It's
Thursday
a couple more interviews later today, and I was submitted to the client for one of the good possibilities. Hoping to hear substantive positive news from others but it's in God's hands.
Posted by: RandomDave at June 18, 2026 07:40 AM (aJQbY)
Megyn called the president an Israeli stooge.
Winning!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)
Iirc, it's always been an open secret but a polite fiction to pretend Iran doesn't have an army in Syria to attack Israel.
Anyway, I think there is a significant overlap of those on the right who hate the MOU being the same "we're going to bring Jeffersonian democracy to the middle east"
I know from the crying of Erick Erickson, he's going to be on Tuckers show soon, full turn to the woke right
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 07:41 AM (73/SM)
Yikes. With all the profanity and the shacking up with women they are not married to, it is no wonder Heaven does not bless their efforts.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 07:41 AM (qFwJc)
I've been up for a while; I'd hoped I could squeeze in a workout between bands of rain, but no luck. Time now for a shave and shower.
Iran? "Bad news on the doorstep . . . I couldn't take one more step --"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:42 AM (wzUl9)
Good morning, Horde.
Posted by: Inogame at June 18, 2026 07:42 AM (53oGX)
A plant in a bucket fell over. We'll survive, somehow.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 07:43 AM (XuXeR)
Did Trump get what he wanted?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 07:43 AM (qFwJc)
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It might behoove us to wait until the actual election before declaring them epic fails. They easily could win or "win." With the outcome being the same.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 07:43 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 07:44 AM (VyBeY)
Did Trump get what he wanted?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 07:43 AM (qFwJc)
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He had an open Strait of Hormuz, he didn't get it as a result, that was the status quo ante
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)
Maybe like New Jersey it will just be only one way out
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 07:38 AM (sgkY
huh, you are not the only one with concerns:
"The Saudi Foreign Minister on US-IRAN Conflict:
“The management of the Strait of Hormuz worked well before the conflict. There were no problems. The ships sailed freely. There were no safety problems, no environmental problems, and simply no problems. Therefore, I do not understand why, following the conflict, we should accept some new arrangement that would be imposed on the Strait. To me, that does not make sense. Therefore, let us go back to let's. It worked well, and that should be the end of the story."
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:48 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (XuXeR)
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I'd really like to believe that, SMOD. If true, I foresee a total media (other than a platform like X) freeze out on reporting any of it. Likewise, Thune and all the others who hate Trump so much they refuse to pass the legislation the people overwhelmingly want, will ignore it. BTW, I don't think they won't pass SAVE because of Trump hatred, although I'm sure they hate him. They won't pass it because they don't care about the people's demands for election security and integrity. No bombshell evidence of infiltration or fraud on any scale will change their minds. And for that, I damn them straight to hell.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Big Equine at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (7PhS+)
But we only need one thing:
The end of their nuclear weapons program.
Everything else was in the "nice to have but not necessary " pile.
The Shah was never going to return. He never had a plan beyond "please Uncle Sam give this to me."
(The same as all the alternatives as well)
You can know this because:
1 he's been invisible since the early days
2 no one from Iran is trying to kill him
There is nothing we can do for Iran.
Excise their nuclear weapons program and let them stew in their mess.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (73/SM)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (nuNhM)
Posted by: JROD at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (m4E4U)
It's funny. And sad.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 07:50 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 07:52 AM (XuXeR)
>I don't know why anybody would believe that taking on this operation was a 'one and done' situation. This is a 'rinse and repeat' with respect to the nuclear ambition.
Let Israel and the arab states focus on regime change, and let the rest of the global 'community' focus on commerce.
No boots on the ground unless we intend to seize their territory and treasure.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 07:52 AM (9SpJJ)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 07:53 AM (vHe/3)
the would-be-returning Shah has pretty much disappeared from my X feed
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:54 AM (fmTlv)
Duh. There isn't a "final solution".
To think so is delusional.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 07:55 AM (XuXeR)
The US and Iran have agreed to a 14-point "Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding" (MOU), a preliminary framework to end active hostilities, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, lift the US naval blockade on Iranian ports, and begin a 60-day period for negotiating a more comprehensive final deal (primarily focused on Iran's nuclear program).
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There's nothing about changes to how Hormuz is operated. Iran has a responsibility to de-mine the areas they claimed to have mined. At some point marine traffic will operate there as it always has.
All of the items outlined in the MOU are to be fleshed out over the next 2 months. But some, like opening Hormuz, have been explicitly laid out for Iran to get moving on, now.
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 07:56 AM (jehhT)
No one from outside will ever come in ready or willing to do the slaughter that would be needed.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 07:57 AM (nuNhM)
In the end it’s just a few sheets of paper containing the signatures of PDJT and who knows who on the Iranian side. What does that mean purely as a legal question?? I don’t think much….
A lot of hoopla for such a legally feeble instrument…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 07:57 AM (yz/88)
Dude, he sounds pretty cool. You don't need to sell him to me.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 07:58 AM (99eI0)
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Not just adversaries. "Friends".
UK and Australia, we all know about, but donthe general public? Probably not.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 07:59 AM (BP+hR)
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Probably a truce ? it is not a peace agreement, it is not a treaty, but it does force obligations.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:59 AM (GD0B3)
There is one thing that every one is overlooking. I will leave it to you to find the rub.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:00 AM (0beLq)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:01 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:54 AM (fmTlv)
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He met with Tousi this week in London.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)
If by "won", you mean "the mullahs survived", that they still live and torture, then yes, Trump failed to fully eradicate evil in Iran.
Short of that, though, America comes out way ahead. And once Trump is through the midterms he is free to resume bombing, if he chooses.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 08:03 AM (BP+hR)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:04 AM (vFG9F)
Something tells me that these folks might be "special".
Any Chinese being smuggled directly into urban areas most probably have some help on the receiving side, probably a Chinese network here of some kind and I don't mean restaurants.
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026 08:04 AM (+rSJz)
Yeah. Too many of our betters want "friends", something that doesn't exist in international relations...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:04 AM (XuXeR)
To think so is delusional.
Posted by: man
>You can duh me if you like, but there are a shitload of delusional people on both sides who keep crowing about this being a failure.
There is no a "final solution".
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 08:04 AM (9SpJJ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:05 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:05 AM (fmTlv)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:54 AM (fmTlv)
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He met with Tousi this week in London.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)
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Did he shed any light on whether or not he's interested or planning or returning to Iran in some capacity? He was, at one time, sold as the future for the Iranian people then.... nothing.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (XuXeR)
He’s predicting Trump is about to drop evidence showing foreign countries interfered in the 2020 election in ways people never fully understood.
And once that hits, it could force o fold on the filibuster and push the Save America Act through.
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John Solomon has been dining out on #TwoWeeks for #EightYears.
I'd take anything he says with a grain of salt; Taylor Swift songs have more thematic variation.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (BI5O2)
A lot of hoopla for such a legally feeble instrument…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 07:57 AM (yz/8
Good point; that’s why it’s just called a Memorandum of Understanding. It has no strictly “Legal” basis at all, except as a personal commitment from Trump, acting as Chief Executive.
Courts generally have no jurisdiction over foreign affairs; and since it’s not a treaty Congress has no jurisdiction, either. It can be enforced, ignored, or changed only by Trump, and there is no oversight. (Unless you say that the voters are the oversight)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (nuNhM)
I miss Chavez the Hugo.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (BI5O2)
SICK BURN!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:09 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: H. Kissinger at June 18, 2026 08:09 AM (7PhS+)
"Death to America!
Death to America!
Death to America!"
America: let's talk about it moar.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (sgkY
They will not see consequences; they will drone the boats and shoot at them, and this will be waved away as "welllll...these kinds of agreements always have a rough start". then they will get bolder and bolder. We've seen this movie before. they will push, they will send money to Hezbollah ,who will cause damage on their behalf.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:10 AM (GD0B3)
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More evidence Joy Behar is an idiot. She mistakes Newsom's superficial glibness for intelligence. No debate with Newsom participating is going to hold interest. It will infuriate, though.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 08:10 AM (BP+hR)
"It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world;"
/ some dead white guy
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:11 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (2YhKe)
That already happened. The "deal" is the MOU that was released and signed yesterday. They decided no to wait till Friday.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:11 AM (GD0B3)
Ready to be unleashed like an organic IED when I get home from the vet's office....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 08:12 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 18, 2026 08:12 AM (3Ope8)
It's Sean Penn!
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (vFG9F)
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Exactly.
I predict anyone associated with this looks back later and says "that's the moment my career ended".
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 08:13 AM (BP+hR)
That was in the before-times. Now, my every thought is LAW. Demon-King Boasberg
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 08:13 AM (ExV1e)
"Rest of the world" = China. This episode took their influence way down.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:13 AM (XuXeR)
60 Trump will set all speculation aside when he reads the Iran Deal to everyone, word for word.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (2YhKe)
You don’t think that will actually ever happen, do you? An administration official read it aloud yesterday to assorted news groups, including a couple of the Hot Air reps. That’s all we’re ever gonna get.
Btw, it seems worth noting in retrospect that all the claims about “just Iranian propaganda” were part of an administration psy-op to put off criticism. The terms of the MOU have been reported accurately all week.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:13 AM (nuNhM)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:14 AM (BI5O2)
As eager as I am to hear what Nick Searcy has to say, a site with pop ups and sign-ins about hollywood gets no clicks from me.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 08:14 AM (Y8DZL)
Hawaiian judge Kammaniwannalaya laughs...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:14 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 08:15 AM (sgkY8)
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Big.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 08:16 AM (BP+hR)
Got it.
F*CK TRUMP!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:17 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:14 AM (BI5O2)
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Congrats YD. A happy daughter is a wonderful thing.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 08:17 AM (BP+hR)
Everything Judge Boasberg has done for the last 15 years begs to differ.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:18 AM (2YhKe)
Indeed. An event that will have a greater impact on human history than... well, the other topics of the day.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:18 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:13 AM (nuNhM)
Yes, and for a week, or more VP Vance was attacking the people who asked him about released specifics as "lies", but now that it came out it looks identical. So now he is going around attacking people who don't love the deal as those want "endless wars". The man is resorting to endless strawmans, and gaslighting , I can tell you that much.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (X8xt3)
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The right has no worse enemies than itself
Ingrates and WATBs everywhere
I have no idea how Trump doesn't just walk away
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (tcsrY)
Owebama was right to give Iran billions in the middle of the night.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (BI5O2)
https://tinyurl.com/msz73h77
Rubio has always been part of this process.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:20 AM (viF8m)
^^^
This x 1000
That is how, IMHO, this "deal" should be judged over the long haul.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 18, 2026 08:20 AM (FxH7T)
Rubio has always been part of this process.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:20 AM (viF8m)
So he's a stupid poopyhead who has no clue what he's doing and never learns anything too.
Got it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:21 AM (2YhKe)
Awwww! What fun!!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:21 AM (X8xt3)
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Yet another rich supporter of Marxism who would never have to live under the peasant conditions his glorious ideology always creates.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 08:21 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 18, 2026 08:22 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:23 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 18, 2026 08:23 AM (fZiTB)
Sean Penn has a gun and a carry permit.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 08:25 AM (Y8DZL)
Megyn called the president an Israeli stooge.
Winning!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)
Tucker will be back in the Trump orbit by the midterms.
Posted by: Josephistan at June 18, 2026 08:25 AM (y9ksN)
Heh, same!
Given that most of the same MSM and DC people raging about it were also heavily invested in declaring his reflecting pool glow-up an absolute failure, I'm going to wait for the dust to settle. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:26 AM (X8xt3)
We had a great Father's Day dinner out last night and both her and the First Lady gave me wonderful cards with loving sentiment written inside each. And a handle of Buffalo Trace, which did get opened upon returning home.
First Lady is driving her home today.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:27 AM (GD0B3)
Lordy, that woman!
Can e trade the whole lot of these people for our new European soccer fans (Freddy et. al.?)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:27 AM (X8xt3)
Whatever my opinions on this deal and this presidency, I solemnly promise I will continue to vote against Democrats with enthusiasm, and without fail. I hope that's enough to keep me in the club.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:28 AM (Jr5Lq)
But hey, no nukes were dropped, so it's all bad.
Funny.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:28 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:05 AM (fmTlv)
Well… we do have the US Open (at Shinnecock!) and Wimbledon…. Not quite football, but they are something
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 08:29 AM (+gA9j)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:27 AM (GD0B3)
F*cking Trump.
what an asshole......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 18, 2026 08:30 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)
I was shocked they could find any. It's relatively hard to get in these parts for some reason.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:31 AM (2YhKe)
Amanda Seyfried?
It seems Ol' Mandy is all puffed up because-
She proffered an unpopular, hateful opinion that pooh-poohed Charlie Kirk's assassination, and-
now that she has gotten pushback for her unpopular, hateful opinion,
can't stand the idea that she isn't allowed to barf out Her Glorious Opinions free of, now note this, non-violent opposition.
That's Amanda, baby!
What a privileged a-hole.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 08:31 AM (iJfKG)
Iran has been militarily neutered. They have no nuclear program and no air defense. I don't care how much money they get from oil sales, they aren't rebuilding decades of military buildup overnight. A lot of people seem to ignore this when analyzing where things stand.
Iran's threat to the US was largely based on their ability to acquire a nuke. That's pretty much gone at the moment. Iran is now a regional threat without much means of winning an actual war against anyone and they've managed to turn the entire region against them.
If we aren't going to be the world's policemen then let's stop being the world's policemen.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:31 AM (viF8m)
From this MOU:
$24 billion in blocked Iranian funds to be released over 60 days (half available before final negotiations);
US and allies to present plans for Iran’s reconstruction worth at least $300 billion.
China, Qatar, and other states already making public their plans to invest heavily in Iran.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:31 AM (nuNhM)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 08:31 AM (7PhS+)
Amen
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:32 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:14 AM (BI5O2)
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Awesome
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:32 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:32 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 08:33 AM (VyBeY)
_______________________________
There's always the 'Magic of Pickleball' … what an idiotic game.
Posted by: Dr_No at June 18, 2026 08:34 AM (ayRl+)
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Speaking of The Pool: US Park Police are increasing security patrols at the Pool to deter vandalism- some people just can't stand Trump making it clean again
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:35 AM (fmTlv)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (GD0B3)
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I have learned from this episode that J.D. Vance can dissemble with the best.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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calico, tabby, what are we talking about here
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:36 AM (fmTlv)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 08:36 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:37 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:37 AM (Jr5Lq)
... these Shiites are most likely to target DC.
Is that really a lost ?
Sure the surviving politicians will still claim Jan-6 even worse.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 08:37 AM (RHGPo)
There is more square footage of pickleball courts than anything else between Pensacola and Panama City.
It's a plague.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:37 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:38 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)
Vance will either be the next President, or the next Dan Quayle. Too early to say which.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:38 AM (nuNhM)
I’ll try not to complain about the no-see-ums which occasionally decide to swarm and stick everywhere (arms, legs, face, near eyes, etc)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (+gA9j)
I have friends in The Villages that roar over seniors with pickleball related sports injuries.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:36 AM (fmTlv)
Black.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Said no one ever at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (7PhS+)
"Incredible videos coming out of Moscow today."
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (RHGPo)
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I've often wondered why many of the ME countries we've armed to the teeth don't actually use the weapons we've sold them for, you know, defense. The Saudis are notorious for using their military kit in nothing but parades... and they've arguably got the "best" shit in the ME.
If anything comes of the realignment in the Gulf region I hope it's a more proactive military against Iran that's staffed by locals and not the US.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 08:40 AM (jehhT)
DailyCaller
🚨SCOOP: Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted some Senate Republicans hate President Donald Trump too much to support the SAVE America Act, the Daily Caller has been told.
Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose President Donald Trump so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation’s merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:41 AM (X8xt3)
There's a little feral calico that's been coming by some evenings. Skittish, but so cute. Doesn't meow or hiss, tho - just "meeps"
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:41 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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hundreds of years ago, I had a family that included a black cat. Little girl next door call it 'the midnight kitty'.
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:42 AM (fmTlv)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 08:42 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:42 AM (BI5O2)
The tribes with said weapons want to stay in power.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:43 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:43 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:44 AM (O0L8i)
Yeah. I figured as much.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:44 AM (XuXeR)
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That's how it starts.
Posted by: Cat ladies anonymous at June 18, 2026 08:45 AM (7PhS+)
But one event nearly spoiled the week. The camp organized a pickleball tournament. I didn’t play myself but brother-in-law (also there that week with family) participated and what happened was that all these Christian men playing with their sons got so hyper competitive that arguments and near fisticuffs broke out on the courts… over pickleball… at a Christian camp… sigh. The officials decided to disband the tournament. Ridiculous
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 08:45 AM (+gA9j)
Well Esquire has an article how arguing there is an international elite running the world to their perverted RIGHT WING benefit.
That's right, just like the left took all the Epstein stuff they denied for years and now claim to believe Trump is an Epstein client, they are also now claiming a rightwing Bohemian Grove type group is running the world.
I know the left lies about everything including their supposed core beliefs but this stuff honestly makes me laugh.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 08:46 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:46 AM (Jr5Lq)
During a TV discussion, she said that “the main danger for women in France is Black African and Arab immigrant men.”
She was initially given rison sentence and a €3,000 fine, but she appealed the sentence, with the new verdict expected later today.
Her attacker is still at large.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 08:46 AM (RHGPo)
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We did that, and she brought her 4 kids over the next day.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 08:46 AM (jehhT)
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Does Trump know about this?
'Cause I've been informed in these very comments that there is a major rift between Rubio--who wants nothing to do with this deal--and Vance--who is pushing this deal.
LOL
You know what's funny? Thinking of Trump running this term as a season of the Apprentice.
Like Vance, Rubio and the various cabinet as "team leader" for this week's group project.
"So J.D., you were assigned to lead the team on the Iran deal? How do you think you did?"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 08:47 AM (73/SM)
There's always the 'Magic of Pickleball' … what an idiotic game.
All games are idiotic.
Guys running after a rolling kickball.
Guys hitting a little round ball with a stick then running around some bags.
Guys playing at grabbing the guy with the oblong ball before he can run to a special spot.
Meh. all games are idiotic if looked at a certain way.
But, they're also fun to play and watch.
PICKLEBALL
Old People Getting Some Exercise And Having Fun!
I'm for it.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 08:47 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:47 AM (BI5O2)
Yeah.
Mrs' cancer treatments ongoing, mom in very poor health, little doggie getting old, the last thing we need is....
Hey, y'all got a new cat?
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:48 AM (XuXeR)
We all knew (including Trump) that the mullahs and the IRGC simply can't be reasoned with and will not abandon their plans for worldwide death and destruction. We all hoped (including Trump) that US and Israel intervention would open an opportunity for the Iranian people to rise up and take their country back, but we also knew there are many obstacles to that, including being killed by the IRGC.
Realistically, the best we could do is get rid of some bad guys, destroy their nuclear capabilities, and beat back their interference in the Straight of Hormuz, which has been accomplished with a minimum of casualties. They are now much less of a threat to their neighbors, near and far.
I'd say accomplishing realistic positive outcomes is a win, especially with an enemy that will always lie and never surrender.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 08:48 AM (FMtrg)
We elect these people to implement our policy objectives. I don't care in the least even if Trump was just some baby that insults people 24-7. Put on your big boy pants and vote the way your constituents want...and remember even the majority of Democrats want increased vote security.
But...this is just a lie. The people that pay off GOPe Senators don't want the SAVE act and so they have to find a better argument then "I won't get that no show $$$ job after I retire if I vote for the SAVE act"
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 08:48 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 08:49 AM (7PhS+)
Where I live their are coyotes that will kill and eat them...and yet the neighbor cats just don't care. Well...until one of them goes missing and was probably eaten...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (sKqQm)
https://x.com/factpostnews/status/2066551837524647981?s=46
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
How did Elon Musk develop a zero-G litter box?
Posted by: Mr. Feynman at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (Jr5Lq)
agree Emmie
well said
the people of Iran .. I think we were seeing like ten percent of them with all the protests and most were basically acclimated to how things were tbh
again, I was gung ho for regime change and now I'm very much over it.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (j+aD2)
"This Ends in Blood" work?
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (XuXeR)
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So glad you had a nice time with your daughter.
Ours is planning a Summer solstice/Father's Day/housewarming party Sunday.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (s6tef)
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We did that, and she brought her 4 kids over the next day.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 08:46 AM (jehhT)
Sounds like our southern border during Biden's presidency.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (N39Ws)
my cat thoroughly hates being outdoors, thank God! unfortunately so does the dog lol
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (j+aD2)
That's the kind of thing you can do when you're a trillionaire.
Posted by: It's science at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 08:49 AM (7PhS+)
Well...to be fair. It was invented in California.
Hence, the name had to be fake and gay, so it didn't encourage competitive wrong thing or some such thing.
If I remember right, it was named after someone's dog.
In the same spirit, be careful what you name your kids.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (iJfKG)
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Name them, you duplicitous, double-crossing, back-stabbing coward.
Because every single one of them campaigned on supporting Trump and the Trump agenda.
Every one.
Either you are lying or they are lying to their voters (and you're helping them lie):
Which is it?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (73/SM)
hmm I love everything about this except I want him out of any leadership role way before 28
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: JROD at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (m4E4U)
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1h
Luigi Mangione plans to assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial, claiming he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:53 AM (fmTlv)
Where I live their are coyotes that will kill and eat them...and yet the neighbor cats just don't care. Well...until one of them goes missing and was probably eaten...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (sKqQm)
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We now have a large covered porch, yet our kittehs hesitate to hang out there, much less explore the woods.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 08:53 AM (s6tef)
yeah exactly
my guy likes to watch TV lol
he loved the NHL playoffs
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:54 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 08:54 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (s6tef)
*hugs*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:54 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 08:54 AM (FMtrg)
He plays for 3 hours at a stretch.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:55 AM (RIvkX)
in pickleball, what are they batting back and forth? is is a wiffle ball or something? tennis ball, shuttlecock maybe?
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:55 AM (fmTlv)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:53 AM (fmTlv)
Ha ha ha then he is fucked.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:55 AM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 08:40 AM (jehhT)
When this war began, there was little to no discussion of the raw fact that Iran is the 900 pound gorilla in the Middle East, and Iran’s military is larger than that of all the other middle eastern countries , including Israel, put together. That was the justification of why the US had to step in, because without the US all of the Arab countries have to back off and accept Iran’s hegemony over the region.
Populations:
Saudi Arabia: 35 million , +\-
Israel: 9.5 million
UAE: 11 million
Qatar: 3 million
Iran: 92 million
Iran’s missile and drone forces have been cut down, but the Artesh, the Iranian army outside of the IRGC, was left untouched. I think there was a hope they would rebel, but they proved to be very loyal.
And don’t forget that Iraqi politics are now dominated by Shiite militias who work closely with Iran.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:56 AM (nuNhM)
going really well! thanks Emmie! hope all is well with you too : - )
excited for Independence Day this year - should be a great one!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:56 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:57 AM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (j+aD2)
Nope. I want him as the caucus leader when he is destroyed. It'll cause more fear among the cucks if they see that even their homo King is powerless against the populist tide drowning their Party.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:57 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: No that doesn't work at June 18, 2026 08:57 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:57 AM (2YhKe)
Even if we suck at it? Our military, mighty as it is, could not keep the Strait of Hormuz open for normal traffic. We were stood off by weapons that cost a small fraction of ours.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:58 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:58 AM (RIvkX)
I disagree. That term has grown to mean the US is responsible for every war that breaks out around the world and I don't support that.
Bad things are always happening. Evil regimes will always exist. Are we supposed to spend our blood and treasure protecting the entire world? What do we get in exchange?
Our military should be used to protect the interests of the American people. Full stop. That doesn't mean there won't be regional conflicts that we get involved with but only to the extent it is in our interests. As long as Iran doesn't try to close the Strait again and doesn't pursue nukes they are not a real threat to the US. They threaten their neighbors to some extent. Let them deal with it, we've already done the heavy lifting.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:58 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (XuXeR)
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Seems the unscheduled unemployment of the 7 IN state senators and the 2 US Senators, being told, "you were not elected to enact your preferences--you were elected to enact ours" hasn't gotten through to them yet ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (73/SM)
Name names so they can be primaried.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (vHe/3)
Yes, I'm looking forward to a great Independence Day celebration as well. I actually put up decorations, which I hardly ever do.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (FMtrg)
Well, I had an interesting night. About 11:40 I was watching an episode of Star Trek Enterprise when I heard somebody trying to force my front door open. I got to my desk where I keep my carry pistol. Saw his flashlight moving in my living room. Had him dead to rights in front of me, pistol aimed right at him. Chose to yell at him instead of shooting: "GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU PIECE OF SHIT" I have what is known as a command voice, which I don't even use around other martial artists - it scared the piss out of him. Hispanic about 30 - 35, maybe 5'7" 180 lbs. I should have done the world a favor and shot him. Sorry everyone.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (Da7Vv)
This is a vile, Tucker Carlson-esque mischaracterization of the views of those who oppose piddling away a resounding American military victory against a terrorist regime.
Not since Barack Obama has a politician been this adept at destroying strawmen.
Most “hawks,” as far as I can tell, want the Iranians to be alive and free rather than under the boot of the Islamist regime.
Maybe that’s not possible — but capitulation to the regime is what creates “endless” conflict.
Moreover, it was Vance’s boss who opened the war against Iran, something he’d been advocating for decades..."
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:00 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:00 AM (vHe/3)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:58 AM (viF8m)
That was exactly what I said. Why did you guys criticize me so much?
Posted by: Obama at June 18, 2026 09:01 AM (nuNhM)
That's not up to us.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 09:01 AM (XuXeR)
holy ...
yeah you should have shot the dude! but glad you're ok that is SCARY
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 09:01 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (73/SM)
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Too busy repealing Obamacare.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 09:02 AM (XuXeR)
F.A. Hayek
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:03 AM (RHGPo)
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If anyone buys this bs, please announce it so I know how stupid you are.
Republicans oppose it because they oppose it. The hate Trump thing s a lame excuse like the ones they always find to go directly against their voters' interests. You have to be a complete dumbass to think this has a shred of truth behind it.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 09:03 AM (ixZ1o)
SMOD I hope Solomon is correct because the senators need a good kick in the ass to get them to realize the depth of Dem scumbaggery in the elections. Add that to the summer chaos in blue cities and Nov looks promising for the Republicans. Of course as always the Republicans could screw it up
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 09:03 AM (ufO5q)
Posted by: Obama
Because you're married to a guy.
Your shit's all retarded...
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:03 AM (vHe/3)
Posted by: Said no one ever
>Our feral mill cats lived most exclusively outdoors. One co-worker decided to take one home, but after a spell was noticing the cat was shitting at all. I suggested he take home a couple of scoops of sawdust and sprinkle them on the litter box. Like magic! The cat suddenly understood the change in environment.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 09:03 AM (9SpJJ)
TBH... they're all worthless pieces of shit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 09:04 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: 18-1
Coyotes in SF - it's wild but some people fully support that - are getting brazen and going after medium and even large dogs, children, etc. But don't you dare suggest coyotes be relocated out of an urban environment. Anyways, my cat, Prettygirl, used to wander the backyards late at night but rarely goes out anymore and never leaves the yard.
Posted by: Dark Lix. at June 18, 2026 09:04 AM (DZ9Lv)
That's why the US Navy is the size it is. Stop the flow of trade through the Strait of Malacca and the world economy goes haywire.
"If your grandmother loves Walmart, your grandmother loves the US Navy."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 09:05 AM (7PhS+)
Wow, I bet your heart rate was up a little.
Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 09:05 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat Bastards at June 18, 2026 09:05 AM (HeR4S)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:05 AM (GD0B3)
This is another lie based on Obama's JCPOA that did not constrain Iran at all from pursuing nukes. Which they did. And the deal had a sunset provision and it already would have ended.
It remains to be seen if Iran agrees to a full stop on pursuing nukes with enforceable oversight, that's what the next round of negotiations are designed to do and we can judge those terms when they happen, but these are not the same things.
There are some smoking craters in Iran where their nuke program used to exist that demonstrate the difference.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 09:05 AM (viF8m)
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Are we really? No one has asked me to judge the agreement, except the MFM, which is frothing at the mouth to criticize everything Trump does AND everything he doesnt do.
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 09:06 AM (pi/ZK)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:07 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (Da7Vv)
What's sad is that we've come to the point where that might be the only way he'll see justice.
Please, friends, do all you can to preserve our peaceful, prosperous, and high-trust society. Most of all, ask God to rescue our country and restore His precious gift of liberty.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 09:07 AM (FMtrg)
Where I live there are sadistic drivers who love nothing more than running over cats and other animals in the street.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:08 AM (Jr5Lq)
Somebody got a piece of the action.
Posted by: Dark Lix. at June 18, 2026 09:09 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:09 AM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:53 AM (fmTlv)
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What to note about this defense is that he essentially admits to committing the shooting but he does not go free if he establishes it. NY Penal Law section 125.20 applies and if Mangione proves that he was suffering from an extreme emotional disturbance, he is sentenced to manslaughter instead of murder. So he goes to jail either way. And that is separate and apart from the federal case.
Posted by: Penfold at June 18, 2026 09:10 AM (Fbt5B)
High probability it would wreck your life. DGUs require great discretion.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:11 AM (Jr5Lq)
UAE's West-East pipeline is 50% done and comes online late this year, early next.
3-4 million barrels a day.
Saudi opened back up it's East-West pipeline this year.
7 million barrels a day.
Kharg Island max capacity is 7 million barrels per day.
Total oil, crude and refined, pre-war, through the Strait of Hormuz was 20-22 million barrels per day.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 09:11 AM (73/SM)
As new details of Trump’s Iran deal draw harsh criticism from supporters, a foreign policy expert explains how he failed on many fronts—and why this will get worse for him.
They were so interested in proving government doesn't work. They succeeded, but then they found out that the private industry is even worse at the job, and now they have nothing left.
What’s the difference between Iran and Vietnam? Trump knew how to get out of Vietnam.
Fox is just sad their golden ratings calf is crashing-out with no heir-apparent to leech onto.
if the last 20 years are any indication, Fox will go back to being insulted by everything and demonizing whoever doesnt have an R next to thier name. If Obama had done half what Trump did, they would have been up in arms, whole pitchforks and torches, if a black man dared touch any of thier socialist handouts. As long as Dems are upset, they are happy to throw themselves in the woodchipper.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 18, 2026 09:11 AM (ycI94)
The other day I had a squirrel run in front of my car and as I slammed on the brakes he finally noticed there was a car barreling down on him at which point he...froze.
After a second or two he then ran off.
If I wasn't paying attention he would have become a squirrel pancake.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: I'll ask at June 18, 2026 09:12 AM (7PhS+)
Also, when does the world see some accountability for the criminal malfeasance that allowed Israel to be taken completely by surprise on Oct 7 ?
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at June 18, 2026 09:12 AM (aqrdH)
If natural selection is a real thing, squirrels should have evolved street avoidance long ago.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (Jr5Lq)
What State are we talking about?
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: George Costanza at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (Jr5Lq)
Iran is a wounded beast. Beware.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:14 AM (ebJJx)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:14 AM (RHGPo)
I see you have a squad of strawman soldiers.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:14 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (Da7Vv)
I do have my Canadian Firearms License.
The required course was at a gun range. Great instructors. But they emphasized over and over if someone came into your house and you do anything, the cops, government and courts would just screw you over completely.
A politician came around a LONG while ago and I told him Canadians should have the right to do whatever necessary to protect their property. If some dumbass doesn't want to die for a piece of gum, don't fricking try to steal a piece of gum.
He left quickly...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:14 AM (Sco7b)
My take on it is that we should be doing low risk (to us) level bombing to end the ability of Iran's current regime and elites to do anything (including breathe)
But if Trump isn't going to do that then the next best option is some sort of negotiation like this. The last think I want is a few hundred thousand American grunts doing police work in occupied Iran
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 09:14 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:15 AM (GD0B3)
Communism's apparently working out great for them.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:16 AM (Sco7b)
"The people there are terrible," Bezos told Trump over dinner in December 2024, according to an excerpt obtained by The Post ahead of the June 23 release of "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump."
"They don't listen. My other companies, they listen," Bezos said, focusing his ire at the business side of the publication after losing more than $100 million that year.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:16 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Why wasn't I told? at June 18, 2026 09:16 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 09:17 AM (nuNhM)
Canada geese, however, are on notice
NO PRISONERS, NO MERCY
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 09:17 AM (fmTlv)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:17 AM (GD0B3)
In an extraordinary ruling from Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court, if the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office wants to overturn a conviction in state court, the state Attorney General’s Office must be given the chance to review the case and make sure a proper investigation was done
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:18 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (RHGPo)
Bad news. His Clarksons Farm show is good . I just finished season 1 and am really enjoying it I hope he'll be ok
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 09:18 AM (QLrID)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:17 AM (GD0B3)
And bombing CAN continue AFTER the mid-terms...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:18 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 09:19 AM (ufO5q)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:19 AM (GD0B3)
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I'll take ways people do not sound when they talk for $500 Alex.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 09:19 AM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 09:19 AM (7PhS+)
Last time I hit a squirrel I had a fucking tailgater behind me and couldn't help it. Tailgaters and speeders should all DIAF.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (Jr5Lq)
They proved this by killing over 60k of Iranian opposition after we ceased bombing them. I feel the most ashamed of that fact .
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:18 AM (Sco7b)
It is risky.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Rotkappchen at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (j3Fsw)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (RHGPo)
I see this as a real life experiment in the Conservative Alternative to the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
ie. bomb them, blow shit up, break things, kill some people
Fly off and say Don't Make Us Come Back!
That is essentially what this MOU looks like to me.
So, we'll see.
Mostly, I guess what we'll see is if muslims and islam can be tolerated in the modern world or not.
My guess is not. Look at the child abuse horror show in Britain.
No libtards. Magic dirt does not trump evil religion.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 09:21 AM (iJfKG)
He got both which where worth well more then the $100M he supposedly lost.
I suspect this was his way of kissing up to Trump...those WP people that work for me that insult you all the time? Well they don't listen to me...honest!
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 09:21 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: SMOD
TRUMP WAS MENTIONED IN THE EPSTEIN FILES 80 GAZILLION TIMES!!!!!
Posted by: Retarded Leftist at June 18, 2026 09:22 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: The Washington Post at June 18, 2026 09:22 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:22 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: Jonah at June 18, 2026 09:22 AM (YCxFk)
Daveigh Chase, the former child actor who voiced the character of heroic Lilo in 2002’s acclaimed Lilo & Stitch and that same year was named Best Villain by MTV Movies Awards for her effectively creepy portrayal of the evil Samara Morgan in The Ring, died Tuesday of complications from meningitis. She was 35.
Her death was announced to TMZ by her boyfriend Roy Hernandez, who had just this week set up a GoFundMe page for the ailing Chase. Hernandez wrote that recently “Daveigh was diagnosed with meningitis and several serious blood infections. Her condition has become critical, and the doctors have told me she may not have much time left.”
I love 'Lilo and Stitch.' That was a great movie.
Depressed Lilo: "Just leave me here to die."
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:23 AM (Sco7b)
The family of the man he murdered in cold blood are feeling more emotional disturbance.
Just end him and be done with it. Dump the body in the landfill and charge his family for the disposal.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 09:24 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: gp
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I mean, I'll tap the brakes, and give the critter a chance, but I'm not going to endanger myself or others with extreme maneuvers
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 09:24 AM (fmTlv)
I liked the animated movie better.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:24 AM (GseMx)
...
My take on it is that we should be doing low risk (to us) level bombing to end the ability of Iran's current regime and elites to do anything (including breathe)
AI-War I is just getting started just like people questioned the opening moves of Alpha-GO.
To more pressing news:
Disclosure Day:OBAMA LIBRARY Revealed as Borg HIVE.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARD-obamaBORGcollective
“It is designed to tell the story of our collective power" OBAMA/Library'26
No doubt his constituency will volunteer enMasse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7KCb-O20Fg
Where were YOU on that day when the LIBs made this world as Lifeless and as Useless as MARS?
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 18, 2026 09:25 AM (p9/X+)
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Average price of gas nationwide has dropped below $4.
And a very many commentator on this site has assured us that low gas prices are the sole factor in Republicans holding the House.
So ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 09:25 AM (73/SM)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President
Why would you have to call the cops? No one knew he was there besides you.
Dial 811 before you dig.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:26 AM (vHe/3)
1) feed AOC corn on the cob.
2) dork her squeakhole.
3) have her pick kernels off your Johnson.
4) profit!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 18, 2026 09:26 AM (Kt19C)
I went to see it in the theater in 2002 because I read that it was a return to old Disney backgrounds-painting style. I was underwhelmed. One of the last times I was in a movie theater.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:27 AM (Jr5Lq)
So ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
$2.95 at Sam's.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:27 AM (vHe/3)
Posted by: Hard to keep track at June 18, 2026 09:27 AM (7PhS+)
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SPCX/
I asked Grok, which says is par for the course for a recent IPO:
https://tinyurl.com/43prue43
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:27 AM (ebJJx)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:24 AM (GseMx)
She was Lilo in the animated movie. I never saw the other one.
Oh, Leno apparently does 200 stand-up shows a year... also deadline.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (Da7Vv)
___
Shoot.
Shovel.
Shut up.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (s6tef)
Oh. Nevermind.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:30 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 09:30 AM (ixZ1o)
And a very many commentator on this site has assured us that low gas prices are the sole factor in Republicans holding the House.
So ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 09:25 AM (73/SM)
Yeah, like a said, maybe...but risky. Not exactly Stalin - Ribbentrop, Germany was a far more of a military behemoth when that was signed than Iran is today...always risky to give billions to the mullahs - to rearm, to feed the proxies.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:31 AM (GD0B3)
One cop hit in the vest, examined and released. Other hit in the "lower body", hospitalized.
The rocket scientist is now in a nice cool drawer at the morgue.
For a minor shoplifting charge, the moron would have been jailed and bailed by now. Instead he's dead. Evolution in action.
Second local rocket scientist gets caught smashing car windows and looting them by vehicle owner, also winds up on a slab. Sixteen years old and an "expectant father", according to his sister "Heavanly" (sic). "Everyone in our family just knows him as a really good, hard-working kid”. Sure thing, "Heavanly". That's why he's on security cam smashing out car windows and stealing shit at 0400. Yeah, I realize that's pretty early to be on the job, but that still doesn't qualify him as "hard-working".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:31 AM (IG3/x)
I live in Houston TX.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (Da7Vv)
You would have to go through a lot of headaches but I think you would be okay in the end. Especially if there was forced entry. You did the right thing .
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (GseMx)
to
Fuck this Netanyahu guy and hey yall see how cool Iran’s leadership is?
All in less than 4 months.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (X+Nnd)
1) feed AOC corn on the cob.
2) dork her squeakhole.
3) have her pick kernels off your Johnson.
4) profit!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 18, 2026 09:26 AM (Kt19C)
It's more fun to watch if you make her eat the corn through a picket fence.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (ufO5q)
Dial 811 before you dig.
Sadly, I'm 78 with an arthritic hip - I can't dig holes, and his get away driver was still alive.
Remember, criminals are a valuable part of the "criminal justice system" - without them the DA, judges and cops don't have jobs. They get upset when you remove one of their good ole boys from their game.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:35 AM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (GseMx
The well being of the Iranian people is the business of the Iranian people.
The behavior of their government toward us is our business.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 09:39 AM (BI5O2)
Now reminded of the meme:
Wounded Burglar: "Aren't you going to call the cops?"
Me: Removing pants.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 09:42 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (ufO5q)
She was reportedly partying with "Diddy" at the age of 12.
Parents: keep your kids the fuck out of Hollywood.
We've got over a hundred years of cautionary tales, for Bog's sake.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:46 AM (IG3/x)
Kicked through my front door - which wouldn't open because of a cracked foundation.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (Da7Vv)
The behavior of their government toward us is our business.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 09:39 AM (BI5O2)
Tell them that instead of telling them we got your back. Shameful.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:51 AM (GseMx)
The birth family has also agreed to let the biological parents be a part of the child's life.
Sounds like both sets are being motivated by what they think is best for the child. Let's hope that continues.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:51 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:56 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 10:01 AM (Da7Vv)
Me: Removing pants.
Posted by: NR Pax
___
This made me laugh way more than it should.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 10:03 AM (s6tef)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:09 AM (Da7Vv)
Call the police? Hmm. Decisions, decisions.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 18, 2026 10:04 AM (5xuJ/)
As usual, the GOP is a useless pile of dog shit.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 18, 2026 10:05 AM (XV/Pl)
Me: Removing pants.
Ahh, the James Talerico solution.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:05 AM (2ocoG)
There are many Iranian Americans ('Tehrangeles' for example) and whether west or east coasters, it appears there's degrees of skepticism regarding the MOU, especially involving frozen assets and private infrastructure funds ($300 billion).
Reportedly, they fear the capital infusion will entrench the current regime rather than help the Iranian people & they want strict oversight to ensure that funds allocated for rebuilding infrastructure go directly to civilian public utilities, rather than being funneled into the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) or regional proxy groups.
They want international guarantees for open, uncensored digital communication for citizens inside Iran. Also, that any long-term treaty include strict provisions tying economic normalization to human rights improvements, the release of political prisoners, and an end to the suppression of domestic protests.
Reportedly, the Iranian American community views the nuclear issue and regime change not as separate topics, but as deeply interconnected, with a secular democratic
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 10:10 AM (NFX2v)
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Anyway - NPR, June 18, 2026, The Obama Presidential Center will be dedicated Thursday. Here's what to expect
In part, "Every living president will be in attendance except one: President Trump. During a press preview in early June, longtime Obama White House aide and current CEO of the Obama Foundation Valerie Jarrett said Trump is welcome to visit the museum and they'd love to give him a tour. She said he simply was not invited to the dedication.
"I can tell you that this is a celebration for those who helped get President Obama where he is. And this is a gift to them," Jarrett said. "And so the people who will be here are the people who've been helpful along the way."
The center itself is a more-than-19-acre space on the south side of Chicago that describes itself as a campus and features a towering museum that curators envision influencing change and offering hope. It presents a close look at what life was like in the Obama White House."
A lot of chutzpah there: partying/music, basketball, books, gardening and O, the tower of strength. 🤣
Good day 🤗
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 10:10 AM (NFX2v)
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Anyway - NPR, June 18, 2026, The Obama Presidential Center will be dedicated Thursday. Here's what to expect
...
The center itself is a more-than-19-acre space on the south side of Chicago that describes itself as a campus and features a towering museum that curators envision influencing change and offering hope. It presents a close look at what life was like in the Obama White House."
...
A lot of chutzpah there: partying/music, basketball, books, gardening and O, the tower of strength.
Thousands will be assimilated enMasse before they even know what's happened to them. Leaving the building with the false belief that a World Safe For Socialism is pretty k00l, Brennan/Dimon/Epstein were just k00l dudes who just went a little too far failing to realize the there is no compromise between food and poison that results in anything BUT assimilation, ad that Dancin' is (*STILL*) for those who are PATHETIC (as spun by by the Dancin' Brennan undeads tunes).
https://tinyurl.com/forWARD-obamaBORGcollective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7KCb-O20Fg&t=118s
What could go wrong?
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 18, 2026 10:22 AM (DU1XR)
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 08:25 AM (Y8DZL)
*****
Why do we need a permit to exercise a Constitutional right?
Permits to own books?
Permits to associate with a church?
Etc
Posted by: torabora at June 18, 2026 10:33 AM (b/IsE)
Posted by: Joe at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (Uy/WF)
Daily Tech News 18 June 2026
Top Story
- Mandy Rice-Davies applies: Anthropic employees accuse Trump Administration of targeting them. (New York Times)
The article is unreadable. Literally so if you don't maintain a paid NYT subscription for their puzzles page. A free login traps you in Dark Pattern Hell, an endless series of inescapable popup ads offering free paid trials cancel any time by submitting your cancellation request carved into the side of a living member of an extinct species of goat through first-class double-registered triple-certified mail. The usual archive sites don't work either.
Even if you have a subscription or you know of another workaround not that I would ever endorse such a thing, you will simply find that it is not worth reading:"What are you telling your clients?" one employee asked in a chat viewed by The New York Times. Another said, "Does anyone know what to believe?" In another message, a worker said, "I don't understand what the issue is."
Playing dumb or actually dumb? What difference, at this point, does it make?
- Anthropic asked for regulation. Washington went much further. (CNBC)
An actually informed and balanced take on the situation.
Quick precis: Anthropic announced its new Mythos AI tool with supernaturally dangerous hacking powers restricted to approved researchers, and its defanged Fable AI which is exactly the same thing only not. The Trump Administration ruled that if they're as dangerous as Anthropic claims, they need to be restricted for reasons of national security to American citizens on American soil. Anthropic threw its toys out of the pram and blocked access globally, and is now seeking to lay all the blame at the feet of that mean old Mister Trump.
What CNBC highlights and The New York Times buries is a blog post written by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei a fucking week ago:Frontier AI models, like airplanes, should be required to go through technical testing and auditing, and their release should be blocked or reversed as a threat to public safety if they do not meet high standards of safety.
Amodei is every bit as much of a weasel as Sam Altman. And while Altman is a sociopath and a compulsive liar, Amodei is something much worse: He's whiny.
Tech News
- World leaders want American AI. They just don't want America. (Tech Crunch)
Substitute almost anything in place of AI and the story is the same.
- The Orange Pi 6 is a nonplussed and hopefully cheaper version of the Orange Pi 6 Plus. (Liliputing)
This is a single-board computer along the lines of a Raspberry Pi, but more powerful than even the latest Raspberry Pi 5. Just one drawback: That power means the cheapest model of the Orange Pi 6 Plus costs $367.
- Hewlett Packard is offering a year of free access to its new virtualisation platform, targeting customers drained of blood and left to die in a ditch following Broadcom's acquisition of VMWare. (Ars Technica)
After the free year is over, HP is suggesting prices around $600 per CPU socket.
VMWare charges around $400 per CPU core.
And a single CPU socket can run to 288 cores.
- OpenAI increased its revenue from $3.7 billion in 2024 to $13 billion in 2025. (Where's Your Ed At)
Thanks to careful cost-control, losses over the same period dropped from $5 billion in 2024 to $38.5 billion in 2025.
Oh.
Actually, before fudging adjustments the company's net loss for 2025 reached $60 billion.
- US science is in chaos. (Scientific American) (archive site)
Thanks to... Scientists no longer having access to an infinite money glitch.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: The infinite monkey glitch still works, but all roads lead to Shakespeare.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:31 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 04:31 AM (ebJJx)
This is true, especially when it comes to money. The almost part is when it comes to defense; they don't just want our money and materiel, they want our bodies to defend them. Reminds me of when de Gaulle wanted American troops out of France. The American Secretary of State retorted, "and those in French cemeteries as well?"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:35 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 04:35 AM (sAmhv)
Infinite monkeys also lead to "Moby Dick"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:36 AM (l3cgK)
BBC: Mandy Rice-Davies
When told Lord Astor had denied their affair, she famously retorted: "Well he would, wouldn't he?"
The quote was later added to the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:36 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: fluffy at June 18, 2026 04:36 AM (V0/Sp)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 04:37 AM (ZVgZ4)
That's more in line with what I expected. Hey, AI buddies, I have some tulip bulbs for you...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:37 AM (l3cgK)
Repost from the overnight thread.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 04:38 AM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 04:37 AM (ZVgZ4)
and those with f'd up sleep schedules.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:38 AM (l3cgK)
Will Chamberlain
@willchamberlain
The more I think about it, the less disastrous I think this deal is. ...
The key difference between this deal and the JCPOA is that we just obliterated the bulk of Iranian military capabilities as well as the bulk of the Iranian defense industrial base. ...
Letting Iran sell its oil now lets them begin the process of reconstituting military capabilities that took decades to build - and they are starting from basically zero, because they have to rebuild their factories first. ... @planefag pointed out that the American strategic dilemma has been all about our shortage of missile interceptors. Well, we have basically infinite money to throw at that problem, and yet it's still a problem, because the production lines don't exist yet. Iran now has that problem but for EVERYTHING. ...
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:40 AM (6wpGE)
Repost from the overnight thread.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 04:38 AM (Da7Vv)
No normal person wants to kill someone unless they have to...but if he moved to attack you, I'm sure he'd be a outline on your living room floor...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:40 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 04:40 AM (guLpK)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 04:42 AM (ZVgZ4)
An awful lot of people – including people I respect on an intellectual and professional level, some of whom are professionals themselves – have been talking as if an "agreement" or "treaty" will be the defining outcome of the Iran War; to the point of saying "better than JCPOA" will be the standard by which it's tested.
It's like the multi-week all-out bombing campaign which vaporized fifty years of Iranian defense industrial base buildup, including their entire ballistic missile production chain, their centrifuge production capacity and key nuclear test facilities just... didn't happen.
Unlike treaties and agreements, entropy cannot be reversed....
I am begging you all, with tears in my eyes, to pull your heads out of the mystic wordcel dimension and smell the stench of burnt smoke and solid rocket fuel, because the fires are still burning.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:44 AM (6wpGE)
No person calling themselves anything as absurd as a purported "Mandy Rice-Davies" should be granted any attention at all.
If such a person really exists, of which I remain unpersuaded.
Posted by: Highly Opinionated Miklos at June 18, 2026 04:44 AM (8Tmnw)
I'm sure China and Russia would be more than happy to help Iran rebuild. You have to give it to them, those two countries sure do love to supply materiel to countries filled with people that hate them too...think Xinjiang (Uighurs) and Chechnya (muzzies).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:44 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 04:42 AM (ZVgZ4)
I thought Sliders and Lord of the Rings?
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 04:45 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 04:45 AM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 04:40 AM (guLpK)
understandable.
Now get off my lawn. /sarc
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:45 AM (l3cgK)
Wow; That sounds scary. I am glad that poster is ok and they scared the intruder off.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 04:46 AM (LQf4v)
Thanks to... Scientists no longer having access to an infinite money glitch.
I'm very sorry this is happening to you. Good luck.
(paraphrasing that senator at some hearing)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 04:46 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 04:42 AM (ZVgZ4)
I thought Sliders and Lord of the Rings?
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 04:45 AM (Sy6m/)
Power of AND
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:47 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 04:47 AM (LQf4v)
I'm sure China and Russia would be more than happy to help Iran rebuild. You have to give it to them, those two countries sure do love to supply materiel to countries filled with people that hate them too...think Xinjiang (Uighurs) and Chechnya (muzzies).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:44 AM (l3cgK)
@planefag on that topic:
Unlike treaties and agreements, entropy cannot be reversed, and Iran's entire physical war-making apparatus has been kinetically entropified and spread across the desert in little pieces by a biblical deluge of high explosives. And as Trump points out here, even if the Chinese decide to divert a staggering amount of yuan from their own military build-up to try and rebuild Iran's capabilities, we can just blow it up again... except with a fraction of the munitions as the heavy lift has been done already, and as the B-21 Raider comes on-line, with an exponentially dropping number of requisite airframes given the myriad advantages of stealth. If China wishes to dump billions of dollars in a desert where we can blow it up for a fraction of its cost without starting WWIII, I say let them.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:47 AM (6wpGE)
Thanks to... Scientists no longer having access to an infinite money glitch.
I'm very sorry this is happening to you. Good luck.
(paraphrasing that senator at some hearing)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 04:46 AM (sAmhv)
Gov't has been paying "scientists" for "science" outcomes that fits the Gov't's desire for outcomes. This is only different from Lysenkoism on the scale of money spent.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:48 AM (l3cgK)
Operation Mullah Massacre cannot be undone. Iran's warmaking capability has been decisively smashed into little pieces and moreover, we've destroyed the only deterrent Iran had in both reality and credibility, so repeat visits will be far cheaper. And above all, Israel isn't going anywhere and as events of the past few years have shown their intel/SOF penetration of Iran is unbelievably thorough. The primary purpose of allying with Israel for America was always as a proxy to contain Iran; with the long-delayed hammer blow finally delivered, now Israel's a bulldog that will slowly choke what little life is left out of the theocracy. Iran may survive, but I doubt the IRGC will.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:50 AM (6wpGE)
TOTAL entropy cannot be reversed, but on a small scale, some areas of entropy CAN be reversed by a greater increase in the total system entropy...think sun and earth; we get energy from the sun and do stuff with it and power derived from it (and earth's heat energy...from radioactivity and the original heat of earth's creation) reducing entropy at a huge increase in the sun's entropy.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:53 AM (l3cgK)
See you when I get there
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 04:54 AM (Ia/+0)
TOTAL entropy cannot be reversed, but on a small scale, some areas of entropy CAN be reversed by a greater increase in the total system entropy...think sun and earth; we get energy from the sun and do stuff with it and power derived from it (and earth's heat energy...from radioactivity and the original heat of earth's creation) reducing entropy at a huge increase in the sun's entropy.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:53 AM (l3cgK)
This might be (or involve) ... math!!!
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:55 AM (6wpGE)
See you when I get there
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 04:54 AM (Ia/+0)
You're "gonna do what they say can't be done."
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:55 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Okjohn at June 18, 2026 04:57 AM (lE/nR)
https://tinyurl.com/zjbd2d22
Also there was a spotted fawn along with its mother and other deer . It must not have been used to cars yet, because it dashed across the road -fortunately we did not hit it and all the other deer went in the opposite direction.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 04:57 AM (ceTyQ)
...
This might be (or involve) ... math!!!
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:55 AM (6wpGE)
Only inasmuch as saying power in > power out...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:58 AM (l3cgK)
...
This might be (or involve) ... math!!!
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:55 AM (6wpGE)
Only inasmuch as saying power in > power out...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:58 AM (l3cgK)
MATH!
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:58 AM (6wpGE)
...
This might be (or involve) ... math!!!
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:55 AM (6wpGE)
Only inasmuch as saying power in > power out...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:58 AM (l3cgK)
MATH!
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:58 AM (6wpGE)
fen >>> m ...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:00 AM (l3cgK)
1 Physics (Symbol: S) a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system: the second law of thermodynamics says that entropy always increases with time | the sum of the entropies of all the bodies taking part in the process.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:02 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 05:02 AM (jehhT)
1 Physics (Symbol: S) a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system: the second law of thermodynamics says that entropy always increases with time | the sum of the entropies of all the bodies taking part in the process.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:02 AM (6wpGE)
Yes, but has to be a closed system. An open system can get energy from outside which can reverse entropy in the system under observation at a cost of much greater entropy increase outside the system.
Yeah, I'm nitpicking here.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:03 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:05 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 18, 2026 05:05 AM (BLOW1)
https://tinyurl.com/2n7s3h5t
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 05:07 AM (n3VHW)
Feynman’s lectures on physics helped tremendously with the imagination part.
Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 05:07 AM (eLQS5)
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:07 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 18, 2026 05:05 AM (BLOW1)
LOL. I can't clean the house even if the windows are open...the disorder is too great!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:07 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:05 AM (6wpGE)
Well, it does say in your definition "the sum of the entropies of all the bodies taking part in the process.", so that would encompass external influences in the system you're observing...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:09 AM (l3cgK)
Feynman’s lectures on physics helped tremendously with the imagination part.
Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 05:07 AM (eLQS5)
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" is a good read.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:10 AM (6wpGE)
Feynman’s lectures on physics helped tremendously with the imagination part.
Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 05:07 AM (eLQS5)
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" is a good read.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:10 AM (6wpGE)
An excellent book. I still chuckle at the part where he tries to teach his artist friend about electromagnetics with an AC current, a coil of wire and a nail. He's friends response was priceless...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:11 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 05:11 AM (eLQS5)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 05:02 AM (jehhT)
Whole areas have been getting hammered with the World Cup. Heard Scots drank some Boston bars completely out of beer. But dang, 4AM's either early or late for that, yeah?
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 05:13 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 05:11 AM (eLQS5)
Eh, just leave the system alone long enough...it'll approach room temperature.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:13 AM (l3cgK)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 18, 2026 05:16 AM (AMvSw)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:19 AM (l3cgK)
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" is a good read.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:10 AM (6wpGE)
An excellent book. I still chuckle at the part where he tries to teach his artist friend about electromagnetics with an AC current, a coil of wire and a nail. He's friends response was priceless...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:11 AM (l3cgK)
NSFW
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:21 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 05:22 AM (qFwJc)
"Listen, Jerry," I said, "the reason we have these arguments that never get anywhere is that you don't know a damn thing about science, and I don't know a damn thing about art. So, on alternate Sundays,
I'll give you a lesson in science, and you give me a lesson in art."
"OK," he said. "I'll teach you how to draw.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:23 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 05:25 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 05:26 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 05:26 AM (qFwJc)
Maybe it's just part of their kink...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:28 AM (l3cgK)
https://tinyurl.com/3nyr86su
He is responding respectfully to commenters. Persuasively? Dunno.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:33 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 05:25 AM (qFwJc)
I looked it up and apparently Mass. state law requires alcohol service to end at 2:00, I was making a hammered/hammered joke about Martini Farmer's weather.
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 05:34 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:34 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Pixy Misa
Declare your house a court, and call for order
Posted by: Judge Miklos Smailes at June 18, 2026 05:36 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:37 AM (6wpGE)
Agreed. And this caused a lot of friction between my dad and I because he was a Math Major in college and could not grasp why I was having so much trouble with things that were so easy.
Happy Thursday and long weekend everyone. Today, we decided as a group that shorts and Hawaiian shirts were the uniform of the day. Things are looking up.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 05:41 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 05:25 AM (qFwJc)
I looked it up and apparently Mass. state law requires alcohol service to end at 2:00, I was making a hammered/hammered joke about Martini Farmer's weather.
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 05:34 AM (Sy6m/)
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I think bars used to stay open until 4AM or 6AM to service shift workers who'd be getting off work at those hours. Not much of that sort of thing going on these days, but I guess the old customs remain in some places.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 05:41 AM (jehhT)
Pixy writes, ". . . free paid trials cancel any time by submitting your cancellation request carved into the side of a living member of an extinct species of goat . . ."
Classic! I shall have to remember this. Somehow I got onto a mailing list for Panera Bread, and their unsubscribe link treats me just like that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 05:47 AM (n3VHW)
No flooding where I am, winds are not high, but there is always the chance of the power going out.
Howz alla you?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 05:49 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 05:50 AM (wzUl9)
Matthew 8:8
Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2026 05:52 AM (Jl/ju)
Sounds as bad as the fight I had to get off of AARP's mailing list.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 05:54 AM (99eI0)
Tired. Woke up to my alarm, mid-dream, aware of it. That messes me up for a couple of hours at the start of the day until I can shake it off.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 18, 2026 06:00 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 06:01 AM (sgkY8)
The Israeli clandestine operations against Hezbollah and the Iranian defenses were impressive, but the Israelis spent decades preparing and they may have burnt those assets making a repeat performance difficult, not to mention that the IRCG is now aware of their vulnerability and will attempt to institute countermeasures.
As for entropy, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed more thoroughly than anything in Iran but reconstruction began within two days and within 5 years they were both largely rebuilt.
The $300 billion rebuilding package, largely from the gulf states who the Iranians kept attacking looks suspiciously like protection money to me.
I do tend to be a pessimist however, although I think Trump set the bar too high to meet in his sales pitch for the war.
Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at June 18, 2026 06:05 AM (igCg8)
Time to make design decisions
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 18, 2026 06:05 AM (C0Nlv)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 06:06 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Mr. Feynman at June 18, 2026 06:06 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 06:08 AM (diia5)
*
Tired. Woke up to my alarm, mid-dream, aware of it. That messes me up for a couple of hours at the start of the day until I can shake it off.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 18, 2026
***
Big black Stirling cat did not wake me an hour and more before I planned, so I'm already winning a bit today. Coffee and a pipe with a blend Sherlock Holmes might have smoked is waking me and washing out the early morning aches, so no need to take an ibuprofen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:13 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 18, 2026 06:14 AM (evNCU)
Tank bottoms would wreck any political support.
Iran and Ukraine have demonstrated that drones are effective and disproportionate.
We will be back, that is a given, even if to blast their shit.
Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 06:15 AM (8jVAy)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 18, 2026 06:16 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 06:18 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 18, 2026
***
It's pretty good. Recall my usual Monday mantra, about the experience of even a bad Monday is better than being not alive.
Yours will improve.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:22 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 06:15 AM (8jVAy)
This is the common sense observation. Jaw Jaw is better than War War. In the meantime we rearm ourselves, the Israelis and the Gulf States. The Gulf States remain politically weak but extraordinarily wealthy. The Gulf countries get started building pipelines to bypass the Straits. Gas gets cheaper quickly. Midterms come and go.
I’m guessing end of the if not sooner we resume putting warheads on foreheads. The mischief Iran, China and Russia make in the interim is what worries me.
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 18, 2026 06:24 AM (evNCU)
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 18, 2026 06:28 AM (evNCU)
Miss Linda was going to come over and make waffles for us around 9:30. I suspect it'll be too rainy for that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:30 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026 06:33 AM (+rSJz)
Long term, everyone will be living in a Marxist hellhole. We can choose which specific hellhole. I like the beach, so, I am here.
Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 06:38 AM (wkU1F)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 06:38 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 06:39 AM (sgkY8)
Good morning, Hordians. It appears to be dark here. Musk is hoarding all the photons. He's got a trillion of them and have to stumble around.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 06:41 AM (O0L8i)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 18, 2026 06:41 AM (whRlH)
Did you read about the weather in Terre Haute last night?
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026
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No, but I check Weather Underground every couple of days. 68 F. right now (6:30 am Eastern), with a high expected of 75. Around here we haven't seen anything close 75 even as a *low* for a month now, and won't for months. Was there a tornado or something in TH?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:43 AM (wzUl9)
Did you read about the weather in Terre Haute last night?
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026
What can you say? This is North America. We have extreme and violent weather. Because of billionaires and late-stage capitalism. In Europe the weather is regulated and taxed and only a few thousand people die from heat every year.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 06:46 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 06:46 AM (6wpGE)
Something for the folks to talk about.
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026 06:49 AM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 06:49 AM (9SpJJ)
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Folks in Indiana can attest to that. Here in Kentucky the wind's been howling all night, and this morning with potential severe weather a threat all day.
I hope to avoid the worst of it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 06:50 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 06:50 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026 06:52 AM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Just Wondering at June 18, 2026 06:55 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026
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I'm beginning to fear that too. I'm told that fewer people are house hunting in the fall and winter -- families do most of their moving in the summer so as not to disrupt the kids' schooling -- so maybe there will be more properties later this year and they will not be so in demand.
There is a nice-looking two-story on Realtor that I've suggested to my agent that we look over. All the floors have been done with laminate, it has a basement and a garage, but it faces west. Not a problem for the living room windows in summer, there's a nice porch, but the primary bedroom would get late afternoon sun and would need blackout curtains or window tinting. And I'll need window units upstairs too.
It's at the upper edge of my price range, so I dunno.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:56 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:57 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 04:42 AM (ZVgZ4)
Not just Gimli, also TreeBeard. (Voice)
Posted by: Moviefan at June 18, 2026 06:57 AM (nuNhM)
Sounds like Maryland.
Posted by: pawn
Lies detected: None.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 06:58 AM (99eI0)
Wolfus, have you ever considered just squatting? Pick a nice house, move in while they're away and tie them up in court for years. Easy peasy!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 06:59 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Waffle House at June 18, 2026 06:59 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at June 18, 2026 07:00 AM (fpQMF)
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026 07:01 AM (+rSJz)
If you can dream it, we can tax it.
Posted by: The People's Republic of Maryland at June 18, 2026 07:01 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 18, 2026 07:02 AM (whRlH)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:03 AM (RIvkX)
This morning I have the fun task of wrassling two of my kitties into their kitty carriers and taking them to the vet for their annual checkup.
I know they are looking forward to it. /s
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 07:04 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:05 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Minstrel at June 18, 2026 07:08 AM (NHl7O)
What is your price range, if you don't mind me asking?
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026
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Up to about $160-165K. I'm looking at 2-3 BR small houses and bungalows, and seeing good properties in that range, but none of them have "grabbed" me. I'm trying to get out of the "renting" mindset and realizing that I can use paint to make a boring living space with plain white walls more interesting.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:09 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 07:10 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Rod at June 18, 2026 07:12 AM (zhWvq)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 07:12 AM (vFG9F)
..........
You definitely are putting more thought into your search than I did when I was looking for my AZ house. I looked at kitchen and yard, scrolled past most the other things! It drove my daughter crazy
Posted by: Molly k. at June 18, 2026 07:15 AM (j/yko)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 18, 2026 07:16 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Isaiah Thomas at June 18, 2026 07:16 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:18 AM (fmTlv)
Posted by: Moses Malone at June 18, 2026 07:18 AM (7PhS+)
wtf Comcast
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:19 AM (fmTlv)
It's at the upper edge of my price range, so I dunno.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:56 AM (wzUl9)
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here's a crazy thought...You don't have to use the primary bedroom as a bedroom. I turned mine into my office. My actual bedroom is in the front of my house and is the darkest and coolest room in the house. It's been great.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 07:19 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: blaster at June 18, 2026 07:20 AM (NlEaG)
===
Protecting your home is holy obligation and I'm thankful you're safe
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:20 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 07:20 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Ezekiel Elliott at June 18, 2026 07:22 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 18, 2026 07:25 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 07:26 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Molly k. at June 18, 2026
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I want to avoid all the things I hate about where I live now. Windows that face west, not enough kitchen counter and storage space, carpets (which I know I can take out), etc.
And Perfessor, yes, this particular house (which may be under contract already) has another bedroom, only a little smaller, at the back of the house.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:27 AM (wzUl9)
"The U.N. Building. What a joke! They turned it into low rent housing. It's a dump."
There is hope for the future.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 07:29 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 18, 2026
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True enough. If there is third bedroom or spare room for an office, I can set one as my main bedroom and the other as a guest room with a small bed in it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:29 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:30 AM (wzUl9)
Personally, I'd avoid condos. Too many transients. Not much different than apartments.
If you to get away from the big city mentality where they squish as many people as they can into a small area, go for a house in a residential area, unless you are immune to periodic chaos.
There's a lot more room in a small town.
People in houses have a completely different mentality about their property and how they interact with each other. Most home owners consider privacy to be an important factor.
In a condo, you really don't really own any property and no assurance of privacy.
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026 07:38 AM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Cybersmythe at June 18, 2026 09:48 AM (S6tOh)
Posted by: Cybersmythe at June 18, 2026 09:59 AM (S6tOh)
Wednesday Night ONT - June 17, 2026 [TRex]
Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans. The bar is open and freshly re-stocked.
Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn and Bill Kristol free zone. Please. Are you concerned that the problems in your crawl space might interfere with your ability to comment with brevity and wit? You can overcome. (Could be worse. You could have snakes in your ductwork.) [Top photo: CityCenter, Washington, DC - enjoy the mystery click but any suggestions of other alternatives or candidates?]LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 16, 2026 - Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) ("Yum!" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to sell Pizza Hut for $2.7 billion in the aggregate, subject to certain purchase price adjustments. Pizza Hut, excluding Mainland China ("Pizza Hut Ex-China"), will be acquired by LongRange Capital ("LongRange"), a private equity firm with a customer-centric and operationally oriented approach, and Pizza Hut in Mainland China ("Pizza Hut China") will be acquired by Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: YUMC; HKEX: 9987) ("Yum China"). Under the terms of the agreement with LongRange, Yum! will sell Pizza Hut Ex-China to LongRange for approximately $1.5 billion. Additionally, Yum! has the opportunity to receive an earn-out of $75 million by 2030. Under the terms of the agreement with Yum China, Yum! will sell Pizza Hut China to Yum China for approximately $1.2 billion.I'm not familiar with LongRange Capital but they are reportedly the majority owner of 24 hour fitness. Just bring back the old school Pizza Huts and all will be well.
Animal rescuers in Quebec are asking the public to keep an eye out for a juvenile kangaroo on the loose along Montreal's South Shore. The Galahad SPCA said the kangaroo was first reported Wednesday being kept improperly in a stable, and officials believe it may have been being kept illegally. The SPCA said no kangaroo permits had been issued in the area.
The Miller Zoo has offered to give the kangaroo a new home, but SPCA officials said Quebec's Ministry of the Environment told them that a permit would be required to capture and transport the kangaroo.Kangaroo permits must be a big deal in Montreal. Glad that officials are on the job to ensure that a helpful zoo knows is currently has no permit to house a kangaroo. Zoos need to get specific permits for each animal? I guess that which is not specifically permitted is prohibited. Glad Canada has solved all of its other problems so that it can focus on kangaroo permits. I can hear the people of Australia laughing...
Defense contractor Leonardo is promoting a new technology called SignalTrace that will package plate cameras with sensors that can scrape unique identifiers tied to your smart devices and make that data available to law enforcement. A recent report by 404 Media dives into the objective of SignalTrace and how it's being marketed to authorities. Police, border security, and other government agencies already comprise Leonardo's customer base, and with this technology, those clients seek to correlate footage from these cameras to phones, tablets, wearables, AirTags, and, naturally, the electronics inside cars themselves. If SignalTrace can pick up your Bluetooth headphones, you can be damn sure it'll also be looking out for your vehicle's 5G hotspot, infotainment system, and even its tire pressure monitoring sensors. Hell, the company includes pet microchips as a potential entry point to tracking.What could possibly go wrong? Faraday bags and paper maps anyone?
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 17, 2026 10:00 PM (g14+z)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 10:00 PM (ItpVy)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:00 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 17, 2026 10:00 PM (g14+z)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 10:01 PM (ItpVy)
Posted by: YellowBird at June 17, 2026 10:01 PM (MEbkQ)
Posted by: mindful webworker - dropped and rolled under the fridge at June 17, 2026 10:03 PM (9bb3y)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:00 PM
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Good evening COMM! Ready for hi-jinx and hilarity?
Posted by: TRex - superfast dino at June 17, 2026 10:03 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:03 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 17, 2026 10:04 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:04 PM (YZ0Fo)
Do you know where your ONT comment is?
Posted by: mindful webworker
I remember I left it in a little gray box, but that's not as helpful as it could be.
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 17, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 17, 2026 10:04 PM (g14+z)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:05 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 10:05 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: YellowBird at June 17, 2026 10:05 PM (MEbkQ)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 10:05 PM (/wizo)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 10:05 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 17, 2026 10:06 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:06 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 17, 2026 10:04 PM
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The graceful, handsome one.
Posted by: TRex - dino dancer at June 17, 2026 10:06 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 10:07 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:07 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:08 PM (YZ0Fo)
The SPCA said no kangaroo permits had been issued in the area.
Very forward-looking of those Quebecois, to already have hunting permits available for animals that don't live there.
.....
What?
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:08 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Eromero at June 17, 2026 10:08 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:08 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 10:05 PM
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Agree. If it is 5 bucks for a photo with the gator, the naked guy won't have his wallet with him.
Posted by: TRex - five dollar dino at June 17, 2026 10:09 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 10:09 PM (+8CcA)
COMM,
My husband is all about his phone. Then he bitches to me about the spam he gets.
I ignore my phone.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:10 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 10:10 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:12 PM (uTEOj)
I just started reading Agatha Christie's novel "Death on the Nile."
Only 30 pages in, and already there are a half-dozen people with a motive to kill the victim...Who's completely oblivious to any danger at this point.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 10:12 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:12 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 17, 2026 10:12 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 17, 2026 10:12 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 17, 2026 10:13 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Don Black at June 17, 2026 10:13 PM (dBtZ2)
Wikipedia says that the number dialed in the "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" went to an unlisted phone number at CBS Records, with which the band had had some problems.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 10:13 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 10:12 PM
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Thank goodness. People usually jump quickly to blaming the dino. Glad there are other suspects in this case. (The dino may not be in the version you're reading...)
Posted by: TRex - detective dino at June 17, 2026 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 10:14 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Mr. Hirsute at June 17, 2026 10:14 PM (mkvUS)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)
Alligator guy got there first.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 10:15 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:12 PM
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Camera hog.
Posted by: TRex - photogentic dino at June 17, 2026 10:15 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 10:15 PM (5jF9Z)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:16 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 10:16 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:16 PM (l3cgK)
I'ma send back INFORMATION instead of myself, so there.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 10:16 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (bAKul)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (g5Xj2)
Does "Don't" count as one word or two?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (g5Xj2)
cannot is one word...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (/QHx4)
I'ma send back INFORMATION instead of myself, so there.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
There's always one. If I had 3 wishes I'd wish for a million wishes 😜
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (YZ0Fo)
https://tinyurl.com/55rvmy97
Short answer: No, despite the makeup, nail polish, kicky red boots, and comic opera bespoke uniforms, he was 100% man, baby! Count Ciaro (Mussolini's nephew) said he wore a fur coat "like a high-class prostitute wears to the opera".
The term is "homovestism", or getting squidgy wearing clothing as a sort of idealized hypermasculine version of oneself (in his case military drag). Always learning something new on Felton's channel!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Don Black at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (dBtZ2)
Does "Don't" count as one word or two?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (g5Xj2)
cannot is one word...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (l3cgK)
So is "carrot"!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (R+iUD)
There are some strange dudes in Pittsburgh. Just sayin'.
Love the T Rex photo bomb!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (D/6p1)
Does "Don't" count as one word or two?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
If it's two words, just replace "Don't Blah Blah!" with "Blah Blah? Never!"
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 10:19 PM (zZu0s)
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There's always one. If I had 3 wishes I'd wish for a million wishes 😜
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 10:19 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 17, 2026 10:19 PM (ceJ0R)
Does "Don't" count as one word or two?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (g5Xj2)
cannot is one word...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (l3cgK)
So is "carrot"!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (R+iUD)
The Engine carrot do it, Captain! I'm giving all she's got!--Scotty
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:19 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)
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This. I need to know.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 17, 2026 10:20 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:20 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Buddy at June 17, 2026 10:20 PM (bAKul)
Posted by: SciVo at June 17, 2026 10:20 PM (Sy6m/)
Save.
Health.
God.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
I think I did okay on 2/3 of those even without my advice, so I suppose I could tell myself "Stay. In. Shape." That crap gets tougher every year.
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)
The license scanner is creepy as hell. We need a Purge.
My power is currently out. The Generac is running. Internet and cable tv are actually functioning too. Usually they're off too.
I just saved all my work. Avengers with Steed and Emma Peele are on from Prime. Damn she was hot.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 10:21 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: AnchorPoint at June 17, 2026 10:21 PM (XY7MO)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:22 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Diogenes at June
The original version is being rereleased into theaters. So you don't need to say that anymore.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:22 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (/QHx4)
The incision pain is zero, so the nerve block is still working. That thought just occurred to me about ten minutes ago.
My next thought was I'm screwed when it wears off.
But Mrs. 496 just delivered me an ice cream sandwich so things are good
Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 10:23 PM (ZYF5J)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 10:23 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Buddy at June 17, 2026 10:20 PM (bAKul)
They've hit Buddy! Come on girls!
Posted by: The Faggots at June 17, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Diogenes at June
The original version is being rereleased into theaters. So you don't need to say that anymore.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:22 PM (YZ0Fo)
He was right to fire first. It would've been stupid to wait for Greedo to pull his blaster first. Stupid. Like most of Hollywood. F'n stupid.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:23 PM (l3cgK)
Wendy's sucks. Everyone should be banned.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:22 PM (/QHx4)
But does she swallow?
Posted by: Kumala at June 17, 2026 10:24 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:23 PM (l3cgK)
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The best defense is a dead opponent.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 10:24 PM (gnNyN)
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Have a crawlspace, but no ductwork (mini splits, ftw).
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 10:24 PM (s6tef)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 17, 2026 10:25 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 10:25 PM (ZYF5J)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia
Not only that. It's the single action when you meet Han that tells you who his character is. No exposition needed.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:25 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:25 PM (/QHx4)
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Burn. It. Down.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:26 PM (826kS)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 10:26 PM (s6tef)
Brother was playing a game, and it had something similar, but regarding three words you'd say to your mother...his choice? "Not Today, Satan."...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:26 PM (l3cgK)
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Trust in Jesus.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (s6tef)
Posted by: Isaroku Yamamoto at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (bAKul)
Posted by: moki at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (OGOaV)
Option B, if it can't be investment advice: "No law school."
Posted by: PabloD at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (WDWLw)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:28 PM (YZ0Fo)
SMH,
Darling, I'm so happy you are back and where you want to be.
Seriously, I missed you .
You rock!
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:28 PM (/QHx4)
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There was a 24 hr fitness four blocks from my house. It was clean and well fitted also with pool and sauna. FluKing O'Biden put it out of business.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:29 PM (826kS)
"Get a Haircut"
or
"Home Depot Stock" (It split over 13 times and increased millions of % over the next two decades....$1,000 investment would have gotten me $Millions)
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 10:29 PM (dIske)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 10:29 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: moki at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (wLjpr)
That would be complicated if you met him several times over a long time period...and only during a certain time was it right.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Ricky at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (hyQrc)
Posted by: SciVo at June 17, 2026 10:20 PM (Sy6m/)
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If it's the one I'm thinking of, it's because he was recording in there, even when they told him not to.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (OGOaV)
It's good to be out from under the stress of buying a house...and getting new stresses of being a homeowner, lol.
Not being able to drive around the corner to pick anything up from the store is another shock to the system.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (s6tef)
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IT'S NOT AN ONT IF IT'S A ZONED THREAD.
zoning is for commies.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (826kS)
Allegheny Center. 700 Arch Street - The Aviary. Caller said that two dudes are standing around staring at people. PD found two Tai Chi students practicing holding poses.
I knew I'd learn something useful from these eventually!
"No, miss, I'm not staring at your glorious rack. I'm practicing Tai Chi."
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (s6tef)
And here I was thinking I had something clever to say.
Posted by: Methos at June 17, 2026 10:31 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 10:31 PM (/lPRQ)
Lauren Lavera posted a ton of Happy Birthday wishes. She turned 32!!! So for Terrifier 2, she would have been about 27 and looking amazing playing a high school girl.
I also follow Pale Girl - Amelie. She's about 15 or 16 and does a lot of terror festivals. She always posts pictures people send her of tattoos with her character. That must be crazy.
The Maxxxine trilogy is cued up after I catch up with stuff.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 10:32 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (826kS)
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It's sad to have to set that rule, but I get it.
Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 10:32 PM (kZ3dQ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)
Allegheny Center. 700 Arch Street - The Aviary. Caller said that two dudes are standing around staring at people. PD found two Tai Chi students practicing holding poses.
I knew I'd learn something useful from these eventually!
"No, miss, I'm not staring at your glorious rack. I'm practicing Tai Chi."
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)
Vat Ver dey Holding?
https://youtu.be/xacdDrylrek
Posted by: Berlitz Commercial German at June 17, 2026 10:33 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 10:33 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 10:33 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 10:33 PM (s6tef)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 17, 2026 10:33 PM (bAKul)
I also follow Pale Girl - Amelie. She's about 15 or 16 and does a lot of terror festivals. She always posts pictures people send her of tattoos with her character. That must be crazy.
The Maxxxine trilogy is cued up after I catch up with stuff.
Posted by: Stateless
Awesome!
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:34 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: davidt at June 17, 2026 10:34 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:35 PM (l3cgK)
SMH,
We deal with the lack of shopping here. You'll get in a routine.
We have a grocery here that rips us off.
It's a decision, do we get ripped off or drive an hour half to Walmart.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:35 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: clarence at June 17, 2026 10:35 PM (28Fzt)
Posted by: davidt at June 17, 2026 10:34 PM (Q+gd/)
Sounds like Joe Biden shoulda commented that one.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:35 PM (l3cgK)
On a far less depressing topic, Lil Pooky and Pookette are becoming connoisseurs of Overture of 1812 performances. Their current favorite is a community band in Spain that used an actual belltower and a cannon.
Posted by: pookysgirl unfortunately cannot tell what kind of cannon was used at June 17, 2026 10:35 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
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It was 36 miles to Big Grocery, I bought a freezer.
Shopping day I took 3 iced down Igloos. (as I took food out of the freezer I replaced the area with containers of water) - ice for the next shopping trip.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:36 PM (826kS)
Oh if you have Apple TV+ I can't recommend widows bay enough. The creepiness is great but the physical comedy and humor are just next level. Great mix of the 2.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:36 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 17, 2026 10:36 PM (kpS4V)
*******
My stock calculator says I'd have $10k w a $1k investment in The Depot in '84 . WTH
Posted by: Dink at June 17, 2026 10:37 PM (hyQrc)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 10:37 PM (ZVgZ4)
They just deadpanned that the majority of 'labor' in the colonies were slaves. Even wiki says may 20%.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)
Well, the workaround is, "Read this constantly" and hand him a booklet with lots of advice and timeline stuff.
Taken at face value....
"cheaper, save, wait"
(Intended as 'don't just live below your means, live as far below them as you can, you'll need it when the time comes')
Of course, I forsee it all blowing up in both my faces.
Posted by: RandomDave at June 17, 2026 10:38 PM (aJQbY)
Something, something, something...
"The Aristocrats!"
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 17, 2026 10:39 PM (g5Xj2)
Posted by: mindful webworker - can I go back to my 17 year old self instead? at June 17, 2026 10:39 PM (9bb3y)
I ignore my phone.
Me as well. I can't even get cell service here where I live. If I wasn't so damn lazy I'd go back to a flip phone for when I go to town.
One of these days....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:39 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: The Grateful at June 17, 2026 10:40 PM (IQ6Gq)
Otherwise, yeah, everyone should say something like "Buy nVidia."
Wait, three words. "Buy nVidia, asshole."
So to follow the rules, I'm sticking with "Stay in shape." I knew it already, but seeing 29-year-old me saying it would make it Real.
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:40 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Old Biff at June 17, 2026 10:40 PM (bAKul)
Posted by: Dink at June 17, 2026 10:37 PM (hyQrc)
____________________
Every wave has a crest
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 10:40 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 17, 2026 10:40 PM (7PhS+)
Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 10:40 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 10:41 PM (qx7Zg)
Oh if you have Apple TV+ I can't recommend widows bay enough. The creepiness is great but the physical comedy and humor are just next level. Great mix of the 2.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:36 PM (YZ0Fo
Cool. Thanks.
Everyone have a good night. I have to finish this stuff.
I'm glad we have that Generac now....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 10:41 PM (Sco7b)
"The Aristocrats!"
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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Would you prefer a Popsicle or a lollipop?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:41 PM (826kS)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 17, 2026 10:41 PM (diia5)
Posted by: moki
I hope he's got an uncommon name, like Vincent or Walter.
If it's John or Mike, this might not be as helpful as you hoped.
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:41 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:40 PM (VHUov)
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Heck yeah. I think it'd be great for 18 yo me to live one day as I am now.
Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 10:42 PM (5jF9Z)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:42 PM (826kS)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 17, 2026 10:43 PM (diia5)
We have a freezer and when we cook we quadruple the recipe and freeze 3 meals. We decided if we're chopping up vegetables we might as well make enough for four meals.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:44 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 10:45 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Braenyard
Had a brief relapse, but completely off cigs again for 1 month now. Back on the full-strength patches. (Oh, it sux when I forget to remove a patch before bed-- the *dreams* are just ...OUT THERE... LOL)
Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 10:45 PM (rdVOm)
License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets
And how do you think Google/Apple/Waze Maps know that, right now, traffic is moderately heavy on Main Street between 23rd and 28th Avenue?
The only problem with this is someone's trying to patent an invention that already exists.
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:45 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:47 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 10:47 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:48 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 17, 2026 10:48 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 10:49 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Vivid and nonsensical. More so than usual. Sometimes very scary, sometimes funnier than heck.
I don't recommend trying it for fun, however.
Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 10:49 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:50 PM (uTEOj)
Uncle had an operation for a different reason, the surgeon said his veins and arteries were like glass.
_Cigs.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:50 PM (826kS)
Stay the course.
(And she was / is absolutely worth it, 30 years later. Love of my life. Girl of my dreams. My amazing wife.)
Oh, and…
Greetings.
Posted by: Grayman27 at June 17, 2026 10:50 PM (AvoqE)
Posted by: Ricky at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (hyQrc)
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I missed that too - I'll have to go back and read it.
Also: now do Boasberg
Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 10:50 PM (8THrs)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 17, 2026 10:50 PM (diia5)
Posted by: mindful webworker - long-term investment advice at June 17, 2026 10:51 PM (9bb3y)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at June 17, 2026 10:51 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: Robin Leach at June 17, 2026 10:51 PM (bAKul)
Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 10:52 PM (rdVOm)
They just deadpanned that the majority of 'labor' in the colonies were slaves. Even wiki says may 20%.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)
Maybe they also counted the injun slaves?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:53 PM (l3cgK)
I don't recommend trying it for fun, however.
Posted by: JQ at
I used to take a supplement for muscle recovery. Blanking on the name rn. But the dreams on that were INSANE
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:53 PM (YZ0Fo)
Hubby and I are old.
Our kids are doing well, except the wacky brainwashed daughter.
What we are are concerned about is our two dogs.
Used to .be worried about kids and now it is the dogs.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:56 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 10:56 PM (rbvCR)
"Get ADHD treatment"
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 17, 2026 10:56 PM (tcsrY)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 17, 2026 10:56 PM (kYmoU)
Posted by: Gunslinger at June 17, 2026 10:57 PM (3hOgI)
Posted by: BruceWayne
^^ This guy gets it!
Yeah, the kind of dreams that wake you up middle of the night. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 10:57 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 10:57 PM (/wizo)
They just deadpanned that the majority of 'labor' in the colonies were slaves. Even wiki says may 20%.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)
I rejected a docco about Thomas Jefferson after less than 15 minutes, because it was nothing but slaves-slaves-slaves-slaves-slaves.
Yeah, asswipes. I get it.
Thomas Jefferson owned slaves and Slavery was Bad.
Message received.
If I'd needed your help with that concept, which I didn't.
You ARE aware that he had one or two other MINOR accomplishments besides owning slaves, right? Apparently not.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 10:57 PM (IG3/x)
Used to .be worried about kids and now it is the dogs.
--------
Are the dogs hanging out with a bad crowd?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 17, 2026 10:58 PM (bAKul)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 10:47 PM (ZVgZ4)
Easy to find out. Get one of those OTC nicotine patches and neglect to take it off before going to sleep.
Not recommended. Very much not.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 10:59 PM (IG3/x)
Yeah, the kind of dreams that wake you up middle of the night. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at
I'd wake up laughing and couldn't remember why, or wake up from an insanely realistic dream thinking did that happen?, or have a horror dream that locked me up. It was WILD
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:59 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 10:59 PM (0zf5s)
Sure, he was a drug-crazed Nazi transvestite, but at least we could've gone dancing.
Posted by: Mister Lister SIR at June 17, 2026 11:00 PM (IG3/x)
License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets
----
And how do you think Google/Apple/Waze Maps know that, right now, traffic is moderately heavy on Main Street between 23rd and 28th Avenue?
The only problem with this is someone's trying to patent an invention that already exists.
Posted by: mikeski
Stingray has been around for a while.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 11:00 PM (/lPRQ)
Is there any anger towards blacks that owned slaves in the colonies?
"Black slave owners were African Americans who owned slaves during slavery in the United States, with an estimated 3,775 black slaveholders owning about 12,760 slaves by 1830."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:01 PM (l3cgK)
I'm sitting over here at my wobbly table.
Good grief; there seems to be hijinks all over the place!
I just don't know what to do!
Ohhh....JQ! A small (kinda) cocktail please😛!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 11:01 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Cicero
Need to make a cute PSA:
"This is your dog" (shows a Golden Retriever, sitting quietly, as if being *good boy* for a treat)
.
.
"This is your dog on drugs" (shows that hellion of a dog from cafe(?) a couple nights ago, bouncing off the walls & everything like a total spazz)
.
.
"Any questions?"
Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 11:02 PM (rdVOm)
Cicero,
They hang out with us old people.
They have been raised to be conservative.
No one will want them.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:02 PM (/QHx4)
License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets
----
And how do you think Google/Apple/Waze Maps know that, right now, traffic is moderately heavy on Main Street between 23rd and 28th Avenue?
The only problem with this is someone's trying to patent an invention that already exists.
Posted by: mikeski
Stingray has been around for a while.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 11:00 PM (/lPRQ)
Stinkray isn't needed. Google knows where your phone is (sometimes even when location is turned off) and can see how fast or slow you're going, so can infer traffic flow.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:02 PM (l3cgK)
“Always… uh… never…”
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 17, 2026 10:56 PM (kYmoU)
"forget to check your references"?
That's what I wrote down, anyway.
Posted by: Mitch Taylor at June 17, 2026 11:02 PM (w/O5Q)
"This is your dog" (shows a Golden Retriever, sitting quietly, as if being *good boy* for a treat)
.
.
"This is your dog on drugs" (shows that hellion of a dog from cafe(?) a couple nights ago, bouncing off the walls & everything like a total spazz)
.
.
"Any questions?"
Posted by: JQ
Every golden owner: yup those are goldens.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:03 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 11:03 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 11:03 PM (0zf5s)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia
The new Apple Maps update alerts you to construction (yes it's done that before) but now asks as you drive through it if it's still active
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:04 PM (YZ0Fo)
The only problem with this is someone's trying to patent an invention that already exists.
Posted by: mikeski
If you feel like playing with it, fill a cart with cell phones, and walk down the street. With enough phones, it looks like a traffic jam.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:04 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 17, 2026 11:05 PM (+n72I)
My boys are exponentially more MAGA than I am.
Seriously
Posted by: nurse ratched
My sister and I are significantly more conservative than mama and papa Wayne.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:05 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 10:59 PM (0zf5s)
Try posting a sign that the beach has a two pork chop minimum for entry.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:06 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:06 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:01 PM (l3cgK)
Of course not. Nor the Indians who owned slaves, black, white, and every other color.
The last slaves to be freed in what is now the United States were the slaves owned by the Tlingit tribe in Alaska, which occurred when US ownership of Alaska became effective on October 18, 1867. The Tlingit were definitely equal opportunity enslavers. They were running slave raids down the coast as far south as California, and more than one European vessel was seized and the crew enslaved.
Fuck "Juneteenth" up its stupid ass. It would be "Octeenth" if they really wanted to mark the day the last slaves were freed.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:07 PM (IG3/x)
Become A Plumber.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 17, 2026 11:05 PM (+n72I)
I think yours and SMH's are the best ones!! And mikeski, luckily my husband does have an unusual name!!!
Posted by: moki at June 17, 2026 11:07 PM (wLjpr)
That is a lot of $30 flip phones from Wal-Mart plus cards for service.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 11:07 PM (2GVsD)
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If they had to admit* they know anything about John Casor and Anthony Johnson they would say that Johnson was a victim too.
* Anybody that studies that stuff and spouts off on it already knows who they are.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 11:08 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:08 PM (/QHx4)
Evening, Trex, and ONT Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 17, 2026 11:09 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 11:09 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 11:10 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: four seasons
I mean it's kinda true. All of the great things about America and western civilization is the fault of white people.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:10 PM (YZ0Fo)
Good on your boys! You obviously raised them well!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 11:10 PM (uTEOj)
Buy vintage guitars
Party on dude!
Don't fuck Anna.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 17, 2026 11:10 PM (snZF9)
A couple of threads I asked how do we fight against the shit.
WTH do we do?
We vote but there has to be more we can do.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:11 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 11:11 PM (2GVsD)
What did I do to you in past nyah?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 11:11 PM (2GVsD)
Nothing like the other Anna did. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 17, 2026 11:13 PM (snZF9)
Who knew that you couldn't just be admitted to a hospital on your Dr's advice? Instead, you have to go to the ER and do that whole rigamarole first. So that's where we are because Inspector has really low sodium and the results of his CT scan yesterday were suspicious. We would definitely appreciate prayers.
Posted by: Inspector's Phone at June 17, 2026 11:15 PM (hdRdU)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:15 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:01 PM (l3cgK)
Of course not. Nor the Indians who owned slaves, black, white, and every other color.
The last slaves to be freed in what is now the United States were the slaves owned by the Tlingit tribe in Alaska, which occurred when US ownership of Alaska became effective on October 18, 1867. The Tlingit were definitely equal opportunity enslavers. They were running slave raids down the coast as far south as California, and more than one European vessel was seized and the crew enslaved.
Fuck "Juneteenth" up its stupid ass. It would be "Octeenth" if they really wanted to mark the day the last slaves were freed.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:07 PM (IG3/x)
Last LEGAL or quasi-legal slaves in the US...YMMV in other countries. According to the intertubes, in 1981, Maurtania became to last country to outlaw legal slavery...
BUT! Wikipaedia has the following:
"the practice became nominally illegal worldwide until Afghanistan legalized it in January 2026".
Yeah Taliban! /sarc
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:17 PM (l3cgK)
ER sucks.. sorry you've got to 'go thru the motions' there. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 11:17 PM (rdVOm)
>>Everything in our country is the fault of white people.
Well, according to the left, we stole everything and apparently when we stole everything, somehow the people we stole everything from couldn't use the things we stole from them.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 11:18 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 11:19 PM (2GVsD)
Who knew that you couldn't just be admitted to a hospital on your Dr's advice? Instead, you have to go to the ER and do that whole rigamarole first. So that's where we are because Inspector has really low sodium and the results of his CT scan yesterday were suspicious. We would definitely appreciate prayers.
Posted by: Inspector's Phone at June 17, 2026 11:15 PM (hdRdU)
Prayers up for both of you.
The only question I have is whether the doctor called to say "Admit Inspector as soon as he gets there."
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:19 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 11:19 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
We didn't steal the wheel tho...
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:19 PM (YZ0Fo)
Polliwog
All I can do is pray for you both.
If you are an illegal you would get first class treatment.
,
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:20 PM (/QHx4)
>>Everything in our country is the fault of white people.
Well, according to the left, we stole everything and apparently when we stole everything, somehow the people we stole everything from couldn't use the things we stole from them.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 11:18 PM (XV/Pl)
But that's the history of the world. Somebody always wants what somebody else has, and fights a war to steal the land and enslave the previous inhabitants...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:20 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
We didn't steal the wheel tho...
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:19 PM (YZ0Fo)
But did we start the fire? Are we stuck in the middle?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:21 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
That can't be true cause history started yesterday.
/s
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:21 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
We didn't steal the wheel tho...
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:19 PM (YZ0Fo)
But did we start the fire? Are we stuck in the middle?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:21 PM (qx7Zg)
We didn't start the fire,
It was already burning,
since the world's been turning,
Posted by: Billy Joel at June 17, 2026 11:22 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
I believe it's been burning since the world's been turning.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:22 PM (YZ0Fo)
Marry AFTER thirty
Also: what3words app translates your location into three words so emergency services can pinpoint your location within a few yards...? Feet? Angstroms? Parsecs? Something...
If you wander off the beaten path could be useful.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 17, 2026 11:23 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 11:23 PM (GseMx)
We Americans are the best people in the world.
Why are we being treated like third class people?
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:23 PM (/QHx4)
My concern was the hatchet he had hanging off of his ear...
I got out at the next red light🤯!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 11:23 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 17, 2026 11:24 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: four seasons
Yeah, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that’s all on the white people. Greatest nation on Earth, that’s all on white people. The poorest state in the union has a higher GDP than the UK, that’s all on whites. Yeah, others helped, but most of it is all the white people’s fault.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:24 PM (ZVgZ4)
Marty McFly
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
Always wait to see which medium porn backs. That's why vhs beat beta and dvd beat divx.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:25 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:25 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:19 PM (qx7Zg)
He did call ahead, so it was only a 3-4 hour wait instead of 8 hours. Got that going for us.
Posted by: Inspector's Phone at June 17, 2026 11:26 PM (hdRdU)
I know the ONT is supposed to be light and fun. BUT, if white and some black hardworking taxpayers are eliminated how do the bloodsuckers survive?
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:28 PM (/QHx4)
We Americans are the best people in the world.
Why are we being treated like third class people?
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:23 PM (/QHx4)
Because the enemy is within the gates...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:29 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: four seasons
*shrugs*
I. Don't. Care.
Not. My. Problem.
Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 11:29 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:30 PM (/QHx4)
A Slavic family has been convicted of running a human trafficking network in England.
A McDonalds in Cambridgeshire, UK was staffed entirely by men from the Czech and Slovak Republics. Marginalized people, unemployed and such. New start in the UK. And like all slavers, they took the passports and stole about 98% of their wages.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 11:30 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Just building the Utopia we haven't tried yet. The proles will love the new one.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:30 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:20 PM (l3cgK)
For example, the way that the Lakoda/Dakota (Sioux) claim that the Black Hills are THEIR "sacred land".
The Cheyenne, who got their asses kicked out of there by the Sioux before Whitey even showed up, disagree.
On the Anchorage/Cook Inlet side of the Chugach Mountains, the Alaska Natives are mostly Dena'ina (Indians) while on the Valdez/Prince William Sound side they're mostly Chugachigmiut (Eskimos).
Why? Because the Indians genocided the Eskimos on the Anchorage side.
Again, before Whitey even showed up.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:30 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:21 PM (qx7Zg)
We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to find our way back to the garden....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 17, 2026 11:30 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 11:31 PM (GseMx)
https://youtube.com/shorts/hJ3Inl_S8fA
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:31 PM (qx7Zg)
A McDonalds in Cambridgeshire, UK was staffed entirely by men from the Czech and Slovak Republics. Marginalized people, unemployed and such. New start in the UK. And like all slavers, they took the passports and stole about 98% of their wages.
Posted by: Anna Puma
The Slavs, epically the mob, have long been some of the biggest trafficking groups on the planet.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:31 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:32 PM (/QHx4)
"Black slave owners were African Americans who owned slaves during slavery in the United States, with an estimated 3,775 black slaveholders owning about 12,760 slaves by 1830."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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sssh. We don't talk about that. Or those that stayed home and protected the women and children. Also in their idle time maintained the plantation and produced all that cotton that France and England wanted.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 11:33 PM (826kS)
We are golden
And we've got to find our way back to the garden....
Posted by: Anonymous
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Oh, great...now I have a Joni Michell earworm.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 11:33 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:35 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: BruceWayne
Your mom and dad are freaking awesome. Give Aviator my best.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 11:35 PM (hTSkD)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:35 PM (YZ0Fo)
https://youtu.be/CS5HZxm4AgM?si=xICRGzNUaBdYZupX
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 17, 2026 11:35 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:35 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: nurse ratched
For sure they are. And I will. But as awesome as they are they somehow raised 2 kids that genghis Kahn was weak. Lol.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:36 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:37 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 11:37 PM (GseMx)
We are golden
And we've got to find our way back to the garden....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone)
We have to deal with the Wall.
https://youtu.be/bRJ5U49sJbI
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:38 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
40 acres an amule basically made you a millionaire in 1866. If you used it.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:38 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:39 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 11:33 PM (XeU6L)
I much prefer the Matthew's Southern Comfort version. Ewe Tube has it with images of Woodstock in the video. I showed it to one of my sons when he was maybe 12 years old. He thought those people came from another world...maybe they did....
Scary thing is....now they're running the country....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 17, 2026 11:39 PM (QGaXH)
I. Don't. Care.
Not. My. Problem.
Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 11:29 PM (rdVOm)
Not my circus, not my monkeys. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 17, 2026 11:41 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: BruceWayne
So. No reparations then?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 11:42 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:42 PM (ZVgZ4)
Liar! You didn’t write anything down. But we’re glad you came anyway.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 17, 2026 11:43 PM (kYmoU)
I know the ONT is supposed to be light and fun. BUT, if white and some black hardworking taxpayers are eliminated how do the bloodsuckers survive?
Posted by: four seasons
---
This lightness of being is something new. I remember ONT open thread as being something of a free for all that would drift one way or the other or possibly hang on to one thing. But omnipotent controlling authority. Never.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 11:43 PM (826kS)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
We have to deal with the Wall.
https://youtu.be/bRJ5U49sJbI
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
That's my favorite Kansas tune.
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 11:44 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: nurse ratched.
40 acres and a mule was reparations. We done. Now I would LOVE to trace down genealogy and have people that scream for them like Sunny Hostin have to pay a "white" family cause her family owned and sold them.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:44 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Berserker
I have a confession to make.
The cross-eyed one wearing the blue fez?
That's my monkey.
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 11:44 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:45 PM (ZVgZ4)
What could possibly go wrong? Faraday bags and paper maps anyone?
All probably said already but...
Man. That signaltrace is quite the rabbit hole. Company run by one of Obama's ex-defense secrataries and a Clintonite. It's 85% owned by an Itallian defence contractor at that. American side sold to them during Clintons reign of assholishness.
This story will get more scrutiny from me.
Dude was the first SoDs that wasn't military if I recall correctly.
Posted by: Reforger at June 17, 2026 11:45 PM (F9nWj)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 11:33 PM (XeU6L)
Berserker's guaranteed ear worm removal tool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnRZhLRv6eM&
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 17, 2026 11:45 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Frank Costanza at June 17, 2026 11:46 PM (Q+gd/)
From what I'm seeing, General Sherman offered that deal in the territory he controlled (though the mules were loaned by the Army, not given outright).
However, Andrew Johnson (aka "the worst President until Woodrow Wilson) clawed it back.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:46 PM (IG3/x)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnRZhLRv6eM&
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
And here I was gonna Rick Roll him
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:46 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 11:47 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: BruceWayne
Don't know how accurate it is but have heard a lot of those 40 acres on the east coast were the barrier islands.
Sparsely populated then as fresh water was hard to get (rain fall and cisterns only).
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 11:48 PM (/lPRQ)
Where are my reparations?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:48 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:48 PM (ZVgZ4)
I'm a Demophobe. And proud of it.
Posted by: polynikes
==============
A phobia is irrational. You're probably Demaverse.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 11:48 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at June 17, 2026 11:50 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 17, 2026 11:50 PM (CHHv1)
That’s when your skin got thickened.
Posted by: nurse ratched
Robin Williams. Fukitol.
https://tinyurl.com/48jxpm8v
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:50 PM (YZ0Fo)
License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets
A new kind of license-plate-reading camera will also scrape the smart devices you take with you, and wrap all that data in a nice little bow for law enforcement and the government
As John Spartan said in Demolition Man: "This fascist crap makes me want to puke!"
Posted by: The future is here and it sucks dystopian ass at June 17, 2026 11:50 PM (TbWk/)
Don't fuck her.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at June 17, 2026 11:50 PM (ufFY
You too, huh?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 17, 2026 11:51 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 11:51 PM (uTEOj)
Sparsely populated then as fresh water was hard to get (rain fall and cisterns only).
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Many that took it got land in the south.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:51 PM (YZ0Fo)
Don't fuck her.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at June 17, 2026 11:50 PM (ufFY
You too, huh?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
I said I only need 2: NOT HER
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:52 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 11:52 PM (XeU6L)
We have shitty looking Hispanics showing up trying to sell internet service and other things.
Three months ago a Hispanic with a gross scar down his face showed up at the kids house. He was trying to sell some cable service. His buddy was in the unmarked truck in the street.
The daughter-in-law told him they weren't interested. He was being persistent till he heard their big dog barking.
He said "oh you have a dog, I'm, leaving."
The kids front yard is completely fenced in. We have told them no one should have access to your yard. We gave them locks for the gates but it is an issue about the kid's friends coming over.
We told them they have phones and they should call before they come over.
What else can we do?
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:53 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 17, 2026 11:53 PM (kYmoU)
It just occurred to me that the reason for this was likely that Sherman had a zillion mules that he no longer needed after the war was over.
Lending them to the black farmers meant that someone else would be responsible for feeding them and taking care of them, while ensuring they were still around to requisition back should the need arise. Much smarter than just killing them.
Sherman might've been a cold-blooded motherfucker, but no one ever said he wasn't shrewd.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:54 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: four seasons at
Call the sheriff when they show up and say ima shoot this MFer when he doesn't leave my property.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:54 PM (YZ0Fo)
I have two who served in Wisconsin regiments, who epitomize the extremes of war service. One became a Colonel of 21st Wisconsin, was captured along with his unit at Chickamauga (the 21st held their ground when the units on both sides of them split and ran, so they were completely cutoff). Spent a year in Libby prison in Richmond, escaped, ended up as one of Sherman's staff officers. Quite a career.
The other one, his cousin, signed up as a private, was shipped immediately to Spotsylvania, and was shot through the head the 2nd day he wore the uniform.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 11:54 PM (edUvp)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:55 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Azjaeger at June 17, 2026 11:55 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:53 PM (/QHx4)
Well. Are landmines an option?
Because, landmines should be an option.
Posted by: Reforger at June 17, 2026 11:56 PM (2bUGO)
1. Any recipient gets a first class one-way airline ticket to the African hellhole of their choice.
2. Said recipient will not receive any funds until they have set up a bank account in said African hellhole.
3. Said recipient immediately and permanently loses US citizenship and all rights thereof. Said recipient may never again enter the US or any US territory. The penalty for doing so is instant execution, no trial or any other arbitration.
I would add "with subsequent seizure of all assets" to point three, but we all know the reparation money would be spent in less than two weeks.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 17, 2026 11:56 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: four seasons at
Call the sheriff when they show up and say ima shoot this MFer when he doesn't leave my property.
Posted by: BruceWayne
Shoot
Shovel
Shut up
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 11:57 PM (YJ71Z)
BruceWayne,
That's what I think they should do.
Nothing is like Mayberry anymore. It's a different world we live in now.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:57 PM (/QHx4)
Because, landmines should be an option.
Posted by: Reforger at June
No solicitors and solicitors will be shot signs work wonders.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:57 PM (YZ0Fo)
Don't fuck her.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at June 17, 2026 11:50 PM (ufFY
You too, huh?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
I said I only need 2: NOT HER
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:52 PM (YZ0Fo)
"Don't let her move in" is five words, but in case you can't resist the others...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:57 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
-------
I despise Sherman, however:
"If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast." -- WTS
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 11:59 PM (XeU6L)
There is a famous 911 call from ok of an older lady that called that sheriff when someone was around her house. And it basically came down to her saying "ima shoot him grave yard dead if he comes to my door". He did. She did. And then said I'll wait for yall to get here. They said good job.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:00 AM (YZ0Fo)
Soccer is hockey at 1/10th speed without the ice and pussy players that are mortally wounded every time they get touched by another player.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 18, 2026 12:01 AM (ufFY8)
"Warning: this house belongs to a biker who hates beggars, salesmen, missionaries, politicians, and bill collectors. If you have business with me, don't make it Saturday or Sunday. Unless you are blind and can't read this sign, you can bet your dead ass I'll punch your lights out if you knock on this door on Saturday or Sunday."
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 12:01 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 12:02 AM (YJ71Z)
First power outage of the season, too. It went out about a half hour into the storm, and returned about 3 hours later a half hour ago. If we follow history, we'll see.4 or 5 more before September, lasting 2 to 6 hours.
I want to get batteries added to my solar, but APS isn't making it easy. They require combo meter- main panels, which makes getting in between the grid and the wiring.to the house to switch off the grid and onto batteries almost impossible. I had one proposal.to move wiring around to allow this which left my 40 year old panel in place with no breakers in it, and reduced my service from 200A to 150A... and it was $$$$. That doesn't even start on the batteries, that's another 30-40k.
I'm getting deep in the weeds with the NEC codes, trying to find a better, and maybe cheaper way
Posted by: buddhaha at June 18, 2026 12:02 AM (RW118)
When we lived in Hellumbia, SC, we didn't answer the doorbell. We had very sketchy characters showing up. Even here in nowhere Wyoming we have sketchy people show up at the door and we don't answer the doorbell.
It's a different world now and if you didn't call to let us know you were coming over, fuck off.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:03 AM (/QHx4)
Looking at the fine print on the menu for the "Super Supreme" I spy "chicken bacon" and "chicken ham."
Who the heck invented chicken bacon???
I passed.
Posted by: Whitehall at June 18, 2026 12:03 AM (4/VSo)
Nothing is like Mayberry anymore. It's a different world we live in now.
Posted by: four seasons
--------
From 'Out stealin Horses', Petterson:
"And when someone says the past is a foreign country, that they do things differently there, then I have probably felt that way for most of my life..."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 12:03 AM (XeU6L)
That's a tough one. Only one three word phrase. Hell of a lot of possible things to head off - don't marry (name redacted), our parents suck, we aren't evil, or even "please kill us." If I had to boil it down just to one thing, maybe it would be served by:
"We deserved better"
Posted by: A nice cherry thought before bedtime at June 18, 2026 12:03 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
No uhauls. Also only 2 words.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:04 AM (YZ0Fo)
The second problem was a group of camp followers, said to be about 30,000 made up of deserters, runaway slaves, and general ruffians that stayed about 5 miles behind the main army. This was the group that caused most of the trouble looting the civilians. Sherman was sick of them but didn't want to waste time dealing with them either.
The army came to a large river, and had to build a pontoon bridge to get across. (Sherman's army was good at this) He got his army across, iirc about 40,000 men and their equipment, and then he saw the camp followers coming up, and he knew the Confederate pursuers were also coming up fast. So as soon as his army got across, he cut the pontoons loose and destroyed the bridge, so the Confederates and the camp followers could have fun killing each other and he wouldn't have to bother with either of them anymore.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 12:05 AM (edUvp)
Posted by: Maybe I shouldn't think about it at June 18, 2026 12:08 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:09 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 18, 2026 12:10 AM (geT9b)
If you haven't ever seen it, enjoy. Or enjoy it again.
🐵🐷
https://youtu.be/5_sfnQDr1-o
Posted by: mindful webworker - the world has gone insane at June 18, 2026 12:10 AM (9bb3y)
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 12:11 AM (2bUGO)
If you haven't ever seen it, enjoy. Or enjoy it again.
🐵🐷
https://youtu.be/5_sfnQDr1-o
Posted by: mindful webworker - the world has gone insane at June 18, 2026 12:10 AM (9bb3y)
The monkey must be a socialist - or a Democrat.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:12 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 12:13 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 18, 2026 12:10 AM (geT9b)
You know, far enough back, this might get you investing in perfumes.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 12:13 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Nah they didn't abort it.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:13 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:13 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 12:14 AM (2bUGO)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Nah they didn't abort it.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:13 AM (YZ0Fo)
Maybe, but he was looking backwards.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:18 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:22 AM (YZ0Fo)
And that is one serious earworm.
Turn down the volume or suffer.
Now, where did I put that Berzerker earworm medicine?
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 12:24 AM (2bUGO)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 12:25 AM (0nHVk)
Lol Debby
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:26 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 12:27 AM (iP/HW)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:27 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
Our 18 year old selves knew everything.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:27 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:28 AM (/QHx4)
1) Any change in the time line has unpredictable and cascading effects. So when old you talks to young you, young you will do things differently meaning your advice is probably meaningless. "Marry Jane"? But younger you never goes to the party where he meet Jane because he spent time talking to Steve that fated night about some crazy old man that told him he was a time traveller
2) By changing the time line older you is a different person and therefore never goes back or gives different advice causing a paradox.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 12:29 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:29 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 12:27 AM (iP/HW)
Probably some scheme to tie one's face to one's cellphone number?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 12:30 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:30 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 18, 2026 12:31 AM (DZ9Lv)
BruceWay.ne,
Evanston Wyoming or Illinois?
Posted by: four season
IL. they passed it last year. Fun fact Evanston is insanely white.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:31 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 12:32 AM (ZVgZ4)
Probably some scheme to tie one's face to one's cellphone number?
_-_
I was thinking something like that. Family member gave them a ration of shit about it, but it did not seem to deter them.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 12:32 AM (iP/HW)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:33 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 12:32 AM (iP/HW)
Call the cops. Dial 911 right then and there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 12:34 AM (1z8ji)
Evanston has always been fucked up.
Posted by: four seasons
It's a college town of an an "elite" uni. They are dumb. I lived in Chicago for 8 years. We always laughed at Evanston.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:35 AM (YZ0Fo)
Never clean with alcohol.
Nothing gets done after the first bottle.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:35 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Inspector's Phone
-------
Your Doctor probably doesn't have "privileges". One of those privileges is admission on his word. One of the hospital's doctors have to verify your condition.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 18, 2026 12:36 AM (RW118)
Nothing gets done after the first bottle.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Fair. But the cleaning was fun. Give and take.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:36 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 12:36 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 12:38 AM (iP/HW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I say call the sheriff. If you call the cops here they ain't gonna help ya.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:38 AM (YZ0Fo)
BruceWayne,
We lived in Glen Eĺlyn for several years. We moved to McHenry on the Fox River for a few years.
Assholes charged us an exit tax for moving to another town.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:39 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:40 AM (YZ0Fo)
Yeah, 18 yr old me wouldn't listen, either. LOL!
Dad told me (on his deathbed) he thought I'd lived such a bad, hard life and was sympathetic. Well, I'd been straightened out for years by then, so it surprised me that he said it!
I replied something like: No worries, Dad. I got my shyte together and landed on my feet. Got a husband who treats me well; got a good job with decent pay & bennies; house is paid, car is paid...
Bothers me sometimes, when I think he must've thought me a failure for so long-- even when I wasn't.
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 12:40 AM (rdVOm)
You're no entrepreneur.
Doctor apptmt in the morning. Better get to snoozin'.
Always liked the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's version of this.
https://youtu.be/KKm_EgDI_-E
G'nite, y'all.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - also, don't trust Bill at June 18, 2026 12:41 AM (9bb3y)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 12:41 AM (iP/HW)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:42 AM (/QHx4)
Assholes charged us an exit tax for moving to another town.
Posted by: four season
I lived in wrigleyville for 8 years out of college. It was great. Glad I got out when I did. But have friends that's still live in all the "outer areas". Don't feel bad for them.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:43 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 12:44 AM (iP/HW)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 12:45 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: JQ at June
I'd say he didn't think you a failure was just sad you had a rough go. Was proud of you.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:46 AM (YZ0Fo)
We lived in Florida when husband got a promotion to run the office in Chicago.
We were oddities up there. People would call my husband and they told him they just wanted to hear his Southern accent.
Assholes
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:47 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 12:48 AM (nuNhM)
Assholes
Posted by: four seasons at
I still get that in the south. Are your from
New York or Minnesota? The only 2 places they think of as north
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:48 AM (YZ0Fo)
Both my parents were born there, my grandfathers who I never met because they skipped out on their respective families were born there, my uncle who was murdered there, so much family history there, even a US Supreme Court ruling that involves my dad's family. Yet, Chicago is not a place I ever want to visit.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 12:48 AM (s6tef)
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:49 AM (CO2jt)
Posted by: BruceWayne
Neither parent ever said that to me. But Dad did tell me I'm a "good daughter" the night before he passed. So, I got that going for me...
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 12:49 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 12:40 AM (rdVOm)
He probably felt also that it was his fault, too. It is one of those things. It may have been his way of apologizing to you for not being able to make it turn out better. My dad had those moments too. you know, when I was at my worst.
Later on, at the end of his life, he was surprised at how close I was to him, and how I tried to help and support him. He told me I had turned out well and was a good son. I told him I blamed it all on him, which tickled his sense of humor.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 12:50 AM (rbvCR)
Hey Batman, how are you?
If those kids took my picture at the library I would be extending my middle finger, it is a common gesture around here. I try to not go the library when the translibrarian is working.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 12:50 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at June
That's what I was tryna say
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:50 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 12:50 AM (s6tef)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 12:51 AM (s6tef)
BruceWayne,
We had always lived in the South.
It was weird living Chicago adjacent because people thought since we had a Southern accent we were stupid.
Husband was a top lawyer and he kicked ass up there.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:52 AM (/QHx4)
I'm doin pretty well. Just went to universal for a week with she hobbit and the boys. I didn't hurt anyone. So seems like a win 😜
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:52 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Kindltot
That's probably it. Dad wasn't touchy-feely and even though educated and quite eloquent.. not really good at conveying emotions.
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 12:54 AM (rdVOm)
It was weird living Chicago adjacent because people thought since we had a Southern accent we were stupid.
Husband was a top lawyer and he kicked ass up there.
Posted by: four seasons
Ya it works both ways. I still get shit down here. But I been there for like 15 years. So I don't care
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:54 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:55 AM (/QHx4)
Hey Batman, how are you?
...
If those kids took my picture at the library I would be extending my middle finger, it is a common gesture around here. I try to not go the library when the translibrarian is working.
Batman does NOT live in Bruce Wayne's basement;
Bruce Wayne lives in *Batman's* Attic.
Dare to Be Stoop1d: Transformer Edition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tc6UbEYI4M
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 18, 2026 12:57 AM (hj0cc)
Fuck them.
Posted by: four seasons
It's fine. I'll never be a local. And thats fine. I'd feel
The same way if I still lived up north. No worries on my end.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:57 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:58 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:59 AM (/QHx4)
_-_
Family member led off with that "What kind of mother do you have who would let you be out doing this to people". Works pretty well on a certain age of kid.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 01:00 AM (iP/HW)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 01:01 AM (rbvCR)
The thing about assholes taking your picture is they can attach the picture to whatever site they want.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:02 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 11:52 PM (XeU6L)
Well I'm betting you're not hearing Joni Mitchell anymore. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 01:03 AM (snZF9)
SMH!!! How is the country girl doing??
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 01:05 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:05 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:06 AM (s6tef)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:07 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Jake Blues at June 18, 2026 01:07 AM (ufFY8)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:07 AM (s6tef)
Posted by: four seasons
It's all the raycists that didn't show up and if they would have it woulda been a huge hit.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:08 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:09 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:07 AM (s6tef)
SMH!! How are you enjoying the new freedom?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 01:11 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:11 AM (YZ0Fo)
Hiya MANFRED!
FederationVille,
lets see if it turns out better than this
https://youtu.be/SF4LUTe1zec?t=192
Dancin' is for People who are Pathetic;
Trump no longer dancin' to the DJ/Marco tunes of the Dancing Brennan Undead.
Hope? Not even the end of the Beginning/AI War I -- SOON!
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 18, 2026 01:12 AM (d082u)
Posted by: Lao Peng Jo Miklos at June 18, 2026 01:12 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: Lao Peng Jo Miklos
There's a dude that is buying old pizza huts and bringing the 80/90s ones cups chamdliers pac man's machines. And they are doing gang busters business. I think he's up to 80.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:15 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Jake Blues
Eat your chickens
We got a full tank of gas, a half-pack of smokes, and work to do
Posted by: Neglected Third Blues Brother Nawlins Miklos at June 18, 2026 01:15 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: BruceWayne
That's what I was referring to.
Not near me so far, alas
Posted by: A Miklos gets hungry sometimes at June 18, 2026 01:16 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 01:11 AM (snZF9)
___
I am so thankful that we no longer live in Illinois, and we're currently tossing ideas about building a shooting range.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:17 AM (s6tef)
Posted by: BruceWayne
Are you not entertained?!?!
Posted by: The Mandoboringan at June 18, 2026 01:17 AM (VHUov)
SMH,
Did you have to move pets?
When we moved from Illinois to South Carolina we had two Great Danes to move.
That was an interesting trip, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:18 AM (/QHx4)
Not near me so far, alas
Posted by: A Miklos gets hungry sometimes
Ahhh my bad. 24 hour fitness now owns the franchise.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:18 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 01:18 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:19 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons
Mr. Haney was the top real estate salesman in Naperville for years
Posted by: Miklos just wants a lousy one Green Acre at June 18, 2026 01:19 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:21 AM (/QHx4)
That was an interesting trip, lol.
Posted by: four seasons
Did you move to Denmark, SC?
It's just down the road from Norway, SC
Posted by: Miklos did not, in fact, make this up at June 18, 2026 01:21 AM (8Tmnw)
One rode shotgun with me, the other with the hubby, who was driving the uHaul. They slept for most of the drive, which was about two and a half hours.
They're still quite clingy, but their appetite has mostly returned.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:22 AM (s6tef)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:23 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:23 AM (s6tef)
Posted by: Col Hannibal Miklos, not bringing his A-Team at June 18, 2026 01:23 AM (8Tmnw)
They're still quite clingy, but their appetite has mostly returned.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
My parents dog was a effing terror til they moved to ok. Then she didn't know her surroundings and become the most calm friendly dog ever.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:24 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:24 AM (/QHx4)
___
lol
Amazing what fear does to a person...or a dog.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:25 AM (s6tef)
In-laws needed looking after.
Posted by: four seasons
Hell, you people clear the other side of town.
With them hoity-toity Rich landers
Posted by: Miklos rejoices on the banks of the Saluda at June 18, 2026 01:26 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 01:27 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:27 AM (/QHx4)
Amazing what fear does to a person...or a dog.
Posted by: SMH at
Well she was still kinda terrible. But then papawayne thought it was cute hahahah. But ya her craziness went away basically overnight.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:28 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Master Of Spoiled Rotten Dog Miklos at June 18, 2026 01:28 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:30 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Master Of Spoiled Rotten Dog Miklos
My sisters dog, who we have lost now, wasn't a great traveler. And one time he held it in until we were a block from the house and then sprayed the entire back of the car with shit
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:31 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:32 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Your sisters dog at June 18, 2026 01:33 AM (2bUGO)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:33 AM (s6tef)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:34 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Your sisters dog
Hahah yup he was like ima get in the pool. What's the problem.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:35 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:36 AM (2bUGO)
A dentist (I think a stupid one) watched a bump on my husband's gum by a lower front tooth for months. No biggie he said.
I sent him to a peridontist I researched & he is now having a gum transplant to the gum and I will be a nurse again for a few days. Transplant from roof of his mouth horror.
Tomorrow I will plan his diet of ice cream, yogurt, smoothies, grandmother's cure all egg custard, etc.
Dental stuff horrifies me & I cannot imagine. He will be doped up, so that's good. He's very compliant and a good patient.
This will be my last effort before they haul me off to the asylum to get him better.
I know it's not important but I do neet a cut and color hair appt next week if he's better. We also have a party to attend a week after this.
Supposedly the pain is "not as bad" as wisdom teeth removal, which he had in college & I had to deal with that as well with him and sons.
Have the crawling baby girl tomorrow before they are out of town (Maui) for 10dys. Took her and big sis's photos by my roses today and they look timeless.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 18, 2026 01:36 AM (hzuYO)
When we lived in Illinois an old retired guy showed up one day and his business was cleaning up dog poop from the yard.
With two Great Danes, we hired him immediately.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:38 AM (/QHx4)
Couple years later, hub got orders to Hawaii-- a "W.H.O. rabies-free zone"-- with mandatory 120day quarantine. Heartbroken, I tried to find her a new home. One family seemed great & took her home, I cried for days! Then they called-- she wasn't eating, spent the whole time in a closet and wouldn't come out. So I went for a visit & she came out, ate, used the box... and I left again (in tears) but they called again and said it wasn't working out. Their young child was heartbroken, but understood.
Yay! Got my buddy back! And then-- vet papers/certificates for international travel, plane fare, quarantine costs... and then when XH & I split... more plane fare, car travel, moving... UGH!
Loved that silly rotten cat. One-person cat. EXPENSIVE cat.
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 01:39 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:39 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: JQ at
My Heart dog Summit. Was diabetic had pancreatitis 4x. Blind. Had to have have fluids 2x a day. But I'll never love any dog more than her.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:42 AM (YZ0Fo)
With two Great Danes, we hired him immediately.
Posted by: four seasons
Cool
You let an old guy on your lawn
Posted by: Stuffs happens, as Miklos says at June 18, 2026 01:44 AM (8Tmnw)
True loving pet people try to keep them alive.
We kept a couple going until we knew they were suffering.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:46 AM (/QHx4)
Husband is now old and he's allowed on the lawn. Sometimes he cleans up the dog shit.
That's a good day.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:48 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 01:49 AM (0nHVk)
We kept a couple going until we knew they were suffering.
Posted by: four seasons
Summit got at least a year of good life that others wouldn't have done. Then her liver swelled. And we had like 2 more great weeks before it was time
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:49 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Stuffs happens, as Miklos says
When the cloud yells at you to do something, you do it.
Posted by: mirror-universe mikeski at June 18, 2026 01:50 AM (VHUov)
BruceWayne,
The dog we lost last year had liver problems. He was an old guy who had a good life and we cried like babies when we lost him.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:52 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:54 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Le Haim at June 18, 2026 01:55 AM (z3HFv)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:56 AM (/QHx4)
The dog we lost last year had liver problems. He was an old guy who had a good life and we cried like babies when we lost him.
Posted by: four seasons
My parents and sister had been trough it that was my true first time. And many other people wouldn't have done what we did to get her to almost 13. But all of her years were good. I'll never have a dog like her again.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:57 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Le Haim at June 18, 2026 01:58 AM (z3HFv)
So, he has a small spot he craps in in the yard. I take him out after the wife, who takes him out in the morning. We don't really comunicate much during the week. We work different shifts. Turns out he didn't shit for like 5 days. I was worried, wife was worried yet because we have such seperate times we work neither voiced there concerns to the other.
So I pick him up one time about noon and start to haul him out. I get to the door to the laundry room and a loud blurp noise emminate from the pug. A turd falls to the floor. I at once realized I had a projectile dog shit machine in my hands. I quickly try to open the door outside and failed. He starts slipping out of my hands as I try again. Suffice to say I spent the next 4 hours cleaning up liquid shit from walls and counters. It was like releasing a cork. My turning with a half dropped pug just increased the blast radius.
I still have PTSD from this. Poor pug will get his ass thrown out the window if I hear that gurgling again.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 02:00 AM (2bUGO)
Posted by: Le Haim at June 18, 2026 02:01 AM (z3HFv)
Posted by: four seasons
I've cried more at my families dogs being put down than anyone in my family that died. And that was like x100000000000 when I had to put my girl down
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 02:02 AM (YZ0Fo)
BruceWayne,
We've been married almost 50 years. We have had many dogs.
Chela, my Shih Tzu will always have my heart. She was absolutely wonderful.
There is always one who owns us forever.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 02:02 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 02:02 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Le Haim at June 18, 2026 02:02 AM (z3HFv)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 02:03 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: raimondo at June 18, 2026 02:04 AM (cmynl)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 02:05 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 02:02 AM (/QHx4)
That was my Sassy. She was so awesome. I list her to a doritto bag incident at less than a year old.
Never leave bags of chips open around dogs.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 02:05 AM (2bUGO)
We've been married almost 50 years. We have had many dogs.
Chela, my Shih Tzu will always have my heart. She was absolutely wonderful.
There is always one who owns us forever.
Posted by: four seasons at
The really funny thing is my sister and her gf got a girl doodle cause they wanted the boy doodle to have a buddy. And she's obsessed with me 😂
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 02:05 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 02:07 AM (2bUGO)
Posted by: BruceWayne
And she also bullies him even tho he's like 5x her size hahah
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 02:09 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 02:09 AM (/QHx4)
We'll see.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 02:10 AM (2bUGO)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 02:11 AM (0nHVk)
Thing doesn't get proper medical care or grooming and isn't housebroken afaik, because it liquid-shit on my carpet last time they visited...
Dude says he's gonna visit again sometime this summer. Ugh, i CaN hArDlY wAiT.
Sucks when, as a critter-lover, you see crap like this.
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:11 AM (rdVOm)
BruceWayne,
Two or four legged you have a female obsessed with you.
Posted by: four seasons at
*shakes head no*
*winks and smiles*
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 02:12 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 02:12 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:16 AM (rdVOm)
We are so blessed to have AOS.
Most of us will never meet but we truly care about each other.
Thank you Ace for this wonderful place.
Goodnight all and sleep well.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 02:16 AM (/QHx4)
Tomorrow brings much befuckery, don't miss a minute.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 02:18 AM (2bUGO)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:18 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:18 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:19 AM (rdVOm)
I'm here to put the FUN in dysFUNctional!!!
.
.
.
... or, maybe not?
Whatever. It's late...
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:22 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 18, 2026 02:24 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
Hootersville, dahlink
Hotscakes?
Posted by: Miklos Eva-Gabor at June 18, 2026 02:24 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: Miklos heard about Will Geer at June 18, 2026 02:26 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Miklos heard about Will Geer
Yes. Found out later. Still liked the Waltons tv show-- yeah, it's not for everyone. *shrugs*
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
They OWNED the lumber mill
Evil capitalists
*does two, no three (3) Jell-o shots just to calm down
Posted by: Miklos of the People at June 18, 2026 02:32 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 02:32 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:34 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 02:38 AM (Da7Vv)
Lots of curves you bet, and even more when you get to the Junction. Petticoat Junction.
I could stand some time at the Shady Rest. On the porch with Uncle Joe. And we'd both be movin' kinda slow. At the Junction.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 02:39 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
On laundry day
Posted by: Young Miklos noticed at June 18, 2026 02:42 AM (8Tmnw)
Glad you didn't get hurt! What a shot of adrenaline, ugh. Research the specifics of "castle doctrine" for your state. Next time: know what you're allowed to do.
Thinking wow, I need to refine a plan for here...
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:45 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Miklos discussed this with Mr. Drucker at June 18, 2026 02:51 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:34 AM (rdVOm)
They would become area rugs. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 02:52 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ
Claymores
The President of the HOA is ex-military, says it's ok
Even helped me set 'em up
Posted by: Miklos likes his lawn umtrampled by misfits and miscreants at June 18, 2026 02:54 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: BruceWayne
That's what I was referring to.
Not near me so far, alas
Posted by: A Miklos gets hungry sometimes at June 18, 2026 01:16 AM (8Tmnw)
I think there is a Pizza Hut in Wasilla, but most of them up here are now something else. The one on 5th Ave in Anchorage is now an adult "book" store. The Pizza Smut.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 02:54 AM (bl07w)
NEW-Billie Jo, Betty Jo, or Bobbie Jo
Argue and discuss
--------------
Nah, not into wimmens.
How's about... Adrian Paul, ca. 1992. Mmmm...
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:55 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Wherever you go, there you are, and it's five o'clock somewhere
You have learned much, Grasshopper
Posted by: Blind Monk Miklos of Shaolin at June 18, 2026 02:56 AM (8Tmnw)
I live in TX, somebody breaks into your house you can blow them away. He didn't even know I was there, I was bare foot. Mainly I'm pissed because my front door is now ruined. I've had more of an adrenaline surge fighting in Judo competitions - no big deal.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 02:57 AM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: JQ
Ok
The hottest guy of *insert decade* who turned out NOT to be gay
Posted by: Miklos knew girls who suspected and were proven right at June 18, 2026 02:58 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President
In that case... *slaps you* WTF didn't you blow his brains out?!
I get it, though. There's a huge difference between talkin' and doin'
Like to think I'd blow the worthless ass away, but push-come-to-shove? Don't know if I could actually DO it.
*pours drink for you*
Be well.
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 03:04 AM (rdVOm)
There were three Billie Jo's, and two Bobbie Jo's, but just one Betty Jo.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 03:06 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: BruceWayne
Like the 80/90s PH interiors? How about the recipes..bring those back and Ill drive..late 80s/early 90s hut was da bomb
Posted by: A dude in MI at June 18, 2026 03:08 AM (+I6Y/)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 03:14 AM (Da7Vv)
Oh, I hear that! Hahaha, loud n clear... local cops here are total fkups. Yeah, the aftermath would suck, hard-core.
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 03:17 AM (rdVOm)
As long as it's only CITY cops. Or maybe just *my* city's worthless cops?
Fkers seemingly are only there to protect the damned criminals. B@stard that broke into dad's house got a wrist-slap of "trespassing" with an open-ended, all-day window to show up at court for whatever fine (that they would, no doubt, suspend because he was "homeless" and/or "disabled" even though he obviously had assistance and a regular place to stay) rather than "breaking and entering" and/or "burglary"... grrrrr!
Oh yeah--- and tickets! Fines! "REVENUE ENHANCEMENT!"
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 03:28 AM (rdVOm)
Time for bed, methinks.
Good night, all. Thanks for being yourselves!
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 03:31 AM (rdVOm)
The President of the HOA is ex-military, says it's ok
Even helped me set 'em up
Posted by: Miklos
FRONT TOWARDS SALESMAN
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 03:40 AM (VHUov)
I think there is a Pizza Hut in Wasilla, but most of them up here are now something else. The one on 5th Ave in Anchorage is now an adult "book" store. The Pizza Smut.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 02:54 AM (bl07w)
I miss the Cook Inlet Book Company.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 03:40 AM (gfO9L)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 03:45 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 03:46 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 03:49 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Associate Adjunct Professorship with Tenure AWARDED
Posted by: University of Miklos at June 18, 2026 03:57 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 03:28 AM (rdVOm)
Every town and city in America has a line item where fines are factored in. Americans are guilty to the tune of whatever that number is. Cops may tell you they have no quota, and they might well be right - but if they want to be more honest, they might want to read their city budget.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 03:57 AM (gfO9L)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 03:40 AM (gfO9L)
Maybe the Book Cache? I don't recall a Cook Inlet Book Co.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 03:58 AM (bl07w)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 03:59 AM (gfO9L)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 03:40 AM (gfO9L)
Maybe the Book Cache? I don't recall a Cook Inlet Book Co.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 03:58 AM (bl07w)
I’d swear that was the name of it. Downtown Anchorage. Was last there in 2005 right before I PCSed. Wasn’t there when I was last in Anchorage in 2018.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 04:00 AM (gfO9L)
Posted by: mikeski
Yes, but I try to be nice to those nice Mormons on their bikes.
The Jehovahs people learned a while back
Posted by: Moderately tolerant Miklos for about 9 seconds tops at June 18, 2026 04:00 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 04:02 AM (gfO9L)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 04:00 AM (gfO9L)
Book Cache was the regular book store, there were several around town, but certainly on on 5th Ave next to JC Penney across from Club Paris. Now it's some tourist store with junk from China, complete waste of space.
The only decent book store up here anymore is Title Wave, and even that is run by a bunch of old hippies, but it does carry just about everything in print. There's some chain store, too, but Title Wave is the source up here.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 04:03 AM (bl07w)
Posted by: Skip
No school nights until August!
Go outside and catch fireflies or something
"Uncle" Raymond is visiting
Posted by: Kindly but lonely Auntie Miklos at June 18, 2026 04:03 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 04:04 AM (bl07w)
Posted by: Cow Demon
SAD!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (YwEeS)
almost
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 07:23 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 07:25 PM (L4701)
I was wrong last thread, to be admired and appreciated isn't weakness, it's leadership by example.
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Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 17, 2026 07:29 PM (nDXEV)
*runs in, soaked and haggard*
TS Arthur has passed through. A trash can got knocked over. But we will rebuild.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:30 PM (O0L8i)
Aspinal of London is, of course, Kate Middleton's preferred handbag.
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Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:30 PM (O0L8i)
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If you were a California homo you could probably get a government grant for that.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 07:32 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:33 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Cat Head Facts at June 17, 2026 07:31 PM (vFG9F)
Sadly, no. Life is full of little disappointments like that.
Posted by: Panda Express at June 17, 2026 07:33 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Cat Head Facts at June 17, 2026 07:31 PM (vFG9F)
Do tell.
Posted by: Girl Scout Cookies at June 17, 2026 07:33 PM (skR0U)
That's not just any old tapir, but a Malayan tapir, which are endangered. Just like old Democrats, and soon, Republicans!
Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard graduate at June 17, 2026 07:33 PM (0sNs1)
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Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:35 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 17, 2026 07:31 PM
No, it's not. It's an awful color!
Posted by: Hunter B. at June 17, 2026 07:35 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 17, 2026 07:31 PM
No, it's not. It's an awful color!
I painted me submarine that color, mate.
Posted by: Richard Starkey at June 17, 2026 07:36 PM (skR0U)
"Psychology says people who eat with their hands don't lack table manners, they may be preserving a deeper connection to food, memory and their roots"
Like when they were toddlers.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:36 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (Jr+re)
"Psychology says people who eat with their hands don't lack table manners, they may be preserving a deeper connection to food, memory and their roots"
Like when they were toddlers.
-----------
Here's a bowl of soup. Good luck.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (jehhT)
Hold bowl.
Drink.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 07:41 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (YwEeS)
I don't know.
My youngest has an orange cat, and they have this special bond. The cat will yowl at the front door when the kid goes out, the youngest will get something he is excited about like a new baseball mitt, and he'll show the cat, and the cat seems genuinely interested. It's bizarre.
Posted by: Vizzini at June 17, 2026 07:41 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (jehhT)
Hold bowl.
Drink.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 07:41 PM (zZu0s)
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That's why we invented bread.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 07:42 PM (gnNyN)
You were asking earlier if there was a reason so many people were letting their freak flags fly these days, or had people been polymorphically-perverse for a long time.
It's relatively recent. What has influenced this?
Two words: Big Penguin.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:42 PM (0sNs1)
https://tinyurl.com/ye2668bw
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 07:43 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Vizzini at June 17, 2026 07:41 PM (dK+
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My cat always appeared at least briefly when I got home just to say hello.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 07:43 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 07:43 PM (/QHx4)
Two words: Big Penguin.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:42 PM (0sNs1)
Iz Big Penguin with you in the rhoom right now ?
Posted by: Dr. Freud at June 17, 2026 07:44 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (jehhT)
Hold bowl.
Drink.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 07:41 PM (zZu0s)
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That's why we invented bread.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 07:42 PM (gnNyN)
Mmm. Soup sandwiches.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 07:44 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 07:45 PM (5xvZ1)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:42 PM (0sNs1)
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Whew! And here I was worried about some eschatological crisis.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 07:45 PM (RIvkX)
I've known 2 orange cats in my life.
One was near-human. Had the personality of Mork. Died young while trying to make friends with a moving car.
The other is stupid, autistic, epileptic, incurious, and lazy even by cat standards.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 07:45 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 07:43 PM (RIvkX)
He's checking to see if you've been out catting around.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 07:46 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 07:46 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 07:46 PM (GseMx)
Her Majesty has computer problems no one else on earth has ever or will ever have. Guess who has to sort them out?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:46 PM (O0L8i)
Mom taught us kids to dip our grilled cheese sandwiches into the tomato soup for a tasty treat. All my kids and grandkids do the same!
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 17, 2026 07:46 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:46 PM (O0L8i)
The Exorcist?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 07:47 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Paul at June 17, 2026 07:47 PM (u/66v)
Posted by: Carr, the Floorwalker at June 17, 2026 07:47 PM (skR0U)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 07:48 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 07:43 PM (RIvkX)
Mine used to do that the first three years . Would get up from sleeping to meet me with his eyes still closed while walking to me.
Now he stays sleeping and I have to go see him.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 07:48 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 07:48 PM (gtcuf)
Grilled cheese, yes, but not tomato soup.
I.... I feel deprived.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 07:50 PM (jehhT)
So the little lady and I are making a road trip out of it. Besides the rescue mission (I kid), I'll be able to collect a couple of new states (AL, MS, possibly AR) and finally see what this Buc-ees thing is all about. Definitely need to find a good holiday barbecue somewhere. Might as well enjoy the trip.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 17, 2026 07:50 PM (xverI)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 17, 2026 07:51 PM (ubCxQ)
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 17, 2026 07:51 PM (xverI)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 07:52 PM (viF8m)
Coming down from NJ, btw. Hopefully the rental won't have Jersey tags, lol.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 17, 2026 07:51 PM (xverI)
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Yeah, Europeans are one thing, Jerseyites another.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (O0L8i)
Mammaw made these perfectly crisp grilled cheese. With crap, cheap bread and cheese. Perfect. Melty. Delicious. I have never been able to get even close. The woman was magic.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (zZu0s)
Blend in some amount of bread, butter and cheese? Ya got me!
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (5P5DO)
AI sez:
Whole Foods stocks Heyday Canning Co. Grilled Cheese Tomato Soup. This popular 15 oz can blends vine-ripened tomatoes, sharp cheddar cheese, and buttery sourdough cracker pieces to capture the exact flavor of a toasted grilled cheese sandwich dipped into creamy tomato soup.
That's a bit hyperbolic. It's not "the exact flavor." But it's mighty tasty. Enjoyed it while I was on soft foods after my implant surgery.
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 17, 2026 07:51 PM (xverI
Exxon's legal department just moved from NJ to The Woodlands . Hope it's a good trip and your son is doing well.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 07:56 PM (/QHx4)
If you've got 5 kids like we did, cheap cheese.
Now with no kids, 'Murican!
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 17, 2026 07:57 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:58 PM (vFG9F)
Favorite cheese for grilled cheese sandwiches?
Mom used yellow Kraft singles. As an adult I use cheddah.
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 07:58 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 07:58 PM (5P5DO)
Senator Scott Wiener
@Scott_Wiener
Senator Wiener on MAGA Homophobic Backlash Against Major League Baseball:
“On San Francisco Giants Pride Night — also the tenth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre — several players defaced their Pride caps with a biblical passage that has been hijacked by homophobes to ‘take back’ the rainbow from LGBTQ people. The players could have displayed this passage any night of the year but chose to do it only on Pride Night.
“The Giants, sadly, took no action in response, which is inconsistent with the Giants’ longstanding support for our LGBTQ community. Major League Baseball then warned the players that MLB rules bar defacement of uniforms. The Giants should publicly commit to enforcing rules around uniform defacement and should not effectively create a homophobia exemption to those rules.
“MAGA leaders like JD Vance and Josh Hawley are now glomming on and declaring an anti-LGBTQ culture war, in an attempt to bully MLB from enforcing its rules. MAGA leaders are only taking issue with enforcement of the rule against homophobic defacement, not any other form of defacement.
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 07:58 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 07:58 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 07:58 PM (gtcuf)
I don't think I do. Do you have mine?
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 07:59 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (jehhT)
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Evelyn Waugh's grandson Alexander Waugh remarked that the family owed a great debt of gratitude to their Scottish ancestor who came to London so that they no longer ate porridge with their fingers.
Posted by: Archetypal Dumb Blonde at June 17, 2026 07:59 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 17, 2026 07:59 PM (Jr+re)
Favorite grilled cheese sandwich. Gruyere
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 07:58 PM (5P5DO)
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Provolone
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:59 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 07:59 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 17, 2026 07:59 PM (5yDGQ)
18
That's not just any old tapir, but a Malayan tapir, which are endangered. Just like old Democrats, and soon, Republicans!
Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard graduate at June 17, 2026 07:33 PM
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Like your career, you back-stabbing little piece of shit.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 17, 2026 08:00 PM (HLgI3)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:00 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 08:01 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:01 PM (ZOv7s)
LOOOOOL Trump to Offer Denmark to trade Puerto Rico for Greenland or outright sell it.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio
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Now that Iran is on the back burner, he's getting back to the fun foreign policy issues.
When does Cuba Libre happen?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 08:02 PM (XJ22o)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 08:02 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 08:02 PM (5P5DO)
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How does one "deface" a baseball cap by quoting sacred scripture?
Who is *your* God, little man?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:02 PM (ZOv7s)
Don't immanentize the Spheniscidae.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:01 PM
Probably the same drawer the .32 Longs are in.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM (s6tef)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: fd
HEY!
You probably use a fork when eating french fries, don't you?
Well la-de-dah! Pretty bougie.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM (ItpVy)
1. Creamy Tomato
2. Clam Chowder
3. Zuppa Toscana from Olive Garden: A creamy broth loaded with spicy Italian sausage, fresh kale, and russet potatoes.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:04 PM (GseMx)
When does Cuba Libre happen?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 08:02 PM (XJ22o)
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Iran was only somewhat about Iran. It was mainly about China. We showed Xi that we have the ability and (this is very important) THE WILLINGNESS to close the Straits of Hormuz when it suits us.
Taiwan is out of his reach, and he knows it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:04 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:04 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:04 PM (vFG9F)
It's kind of fun to see all these British actors I've seen in other projects and go, "Hey, it's that guy!"
In the current episode, a minor character is played by Christopher "Ninth Doctor" Eccleston.
I'm expecting him to upstage Poirot with his own clever solution to the crime and then hop off into the Tardis on another grand adventure in time and space.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 08:05 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM (0sNs1)
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Nah, I shoot that all the time. Hmmm. [rummages around]
Yep, it was in with the 9mm Largo.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:05 PM (ZOv7s)
Favorite cheese for grilled cheese sandwiches?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (O0L8i)
Havarti and swiss. On sourdough. Closest I get to gourmet cooking.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 17, 2026 08:05 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 08:05 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Piper
Or are we supposed to be processing your hair?
Posted by: John with the long mustache at June 17, 2026 08:05 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:04 PM (l26NL)
Yep. Just down Versailles rd in Lexington.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 08:06 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM
You mean those things the French and Belgians dip in mayonnaise?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:06 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 08:07 PM (s6tef)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:04 PM (l26NL)
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Yes.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 17, 2026 08:07 PM (amcLV)
I'm expecting him to upstage Poirot with his own clever solution to the crime and then hop off into the Tardis on another grand adventure in time and space.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 08:05 PM (gnNyN)
what is this one based on ? which book ?
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 08:07 PM (GD0B3)
Well la-de-dah! Pretty bougie.
Posted by: Tonypete "
"Humans experience food through multiple senses. Taste is only one part of the equation. The brain also processes texture, temperature, smell and touch. Psychologists call this multisensory integration. Multisensory integration refers to the brain's ability to combine information from different senses to create a richer experience. When people eat with their hands, touch becomes part of the meal."
I prefer to experience my fries with my fingers.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:07 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:06 PM (0sNs1)
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Pommes frites > French fries
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 08:07 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio
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Now that Iran is on the back burner, he's getting back to the fun foreign policy issues.
When does Cuba Libre happen?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 08:02 PM (XJ22o)
If the swap happens, it's Denmark's problem.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 08:07 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:08 PM (GseMx)
It's kind of fun to see all these British actors I've seen in other projects and go, "Hey, it's that guy!"
In reality, there are only about 14 British actors in total who all take turns guesting on each other's shows.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 17, 2026 08:08 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 08:05 PM (gnNyN)
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At any given time, there are only about two dozen British actors. They're in everything, but only for a narrow window. Some get into Hollywood, the rest retreat back into stage productions or minor roles.
One of the actors in "Brideshead Revisited" (he played Boy Mulcaster) slummed it as an X-wing pilot in "Star Wars." And then you see him as an officer in "Danger UXB." Crazy stuff.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:08 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 08:07 PM (GD0B3)
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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
Poirot's trying to solve the murder of his dentist.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 08:08 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 17, 2026 08:08 PM (vTZFs)
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Beat me to it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (6I5u0)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (GseMx)
Hmmm, lots of empty seats at the Ghana-Panama game. It's obviously Trump and late-stage capitalism. Oh, wait, it's being played in Toronto.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (O0L8i)
71.
Senator Scott Wiener
@Scott_Wiener
Senator Wiener on MAGA Homophobic Backlash
“On San Francisco Giants Pride Night — also the tenth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre — several players defaced their Pride caps with a biblical passage that has been hijacked by homophobes to ‘take back’ the rainbow from LGBTQ people. The players could have displayed this passage any night of the year but chose to do it only on Pride Night.
“The Giants, sadly, took no action in response, which is inconsistent with the Giants’ longstanding support for our LGBTQ community. Major League Baseball then warned the players that MLB rules bar defacement of uniforms. The Giants should publicly commit to enforcing rules around uniform defacement and should not effectively create a homophobia exemption to those rules.
“MAGA leaders like JD Vance and Josh Hawley are now glomming on and declaring an anti-LGBTQ culture war, in an attempt to bully MLB from enforcing its rules. MAGA leaders are only taking issue with enforcement of the rule against homophobic defacement, not any other form of defacement.
Posted by: beckster
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Elaborate essay. Hey Scott -- It doesn't work anymore, shit-dick.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 17, 2026 08:10 PM (HLgI3)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:06 PM (0sNs1)
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Pommes frites.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:10 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:11 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (6I5u0
That's good but a Texas blackberry cobbler kicks ass.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:11 PM (GseMx)
Gotta be some state fair! Right next to the deep fried turkey legs.
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 17, 2026 08:11 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (O0L8i)
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Canadians are too poor to afford tickets. Also hard to buy them when you have to keep your "elbows up!" all the time.
(What does that even mean?)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:12 PM (ZOv7s)
And Snickers bars. jk
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 08:12 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 17, 2026 08:13 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 08:13 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
If you hold your knife and fork in the continental style, we'll have to ask for your cardboard membership card to be returned.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 08:14 PM (ItpVy)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:11 PM (/QHx4)
He's a pedophile. He should be six feet under.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 08:14 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)
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They typically don't eat maize.
In the 1960s my mother's family hosted a French exchange student and they served corn on the cob, and he thought it was an elaborate prank, because everyone in Europe knows that is animal feed.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:14 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)
Don't be dissing the corn dog.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:14 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 17, 2026 08:14 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:11 PM (GseMx)
Funny thing is she said “that’s nothing, you haven’t tasted the blackberry yet”.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:15 PM (6I5u0)
I just ate dinner, but now I'm already hungry again.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 08:15 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:15 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 07:25 PM
* makes 'call me' sign *
Posted by: Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) at June 17, 2026 08:15 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (6I5u0)
just cook long enough for the cobblestones to get fork-tender.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:15 PM (uhVAy)
Hey, Scott! The rainbow as God's promise to Noah predates Pride Month. And Sodom and Gomorrah, by thr way.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 08:14 PM (ItpVy)
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Let's be honest. If you're doing the full Continental dining, where the knife stays in the weapon hand, eating steak goes much faster. Indeed, I think that centuries of scarcity promoted this sensible habit, lest someone try to steal your slice.
You've got a knife ready in your hand.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
We hosted a Japanese student and set out cereal and a jug of milk for breakfast for him. He had no idea of what to do with it.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (ItpVy)
(What does that even mean?)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:12 PM (ZOv7s)
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It keeps them out of the poutine.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)
Don't be dissing the corn dog.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:14 PM (GseMx)
Since the dip is cornmeal, I doubt it. Probably invented in Texas at a fair somewhere.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: polynikes
Texas banana pudding with the 'Nilla wafers. Oh, man.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:15 PM (6I5u0
Truth!
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:17 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:17 PM (/QHx4)
Whole song just consists of the band yelling out the names of famous gay people and then SHITDICK! Always cracked me up.
Boy. George. SHITDICK! Liberace SHITDICK! Rob Halford SHITDICK! Robert. Englund SHITDICK!
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:17 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio
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Now that Iran is on the back burner, he's getting back to the fun foreign policy issues.
When does Cuba Libre happen?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 08:02 PM (XJ22o)
Meh.
If he manages to trade Cuba for Greenland, then I'll be impressed.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 08:17 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (uhVAy)
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Or Iowa. Nebraska? Places where they are drowned in corn.
"Hey guys, I got an idea of what we can do with all this stuff!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:18 PM (ZOv7s)
Pecan pie. Specifically, chocolate bourbon pecan pie.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Delurker
Wait, Liberace was gay?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (cvJV+)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (l26NL)
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Just reading that put me into diabetic shock.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (ZOv7s)
Pecan pie.
__________
Never cottoned to pecan pie. Too sweet. The acid in fruit pies moderates that some, but pecan is too much.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:20 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 08:21 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (l26NL)
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I never saw that coming. I mean, women loved him!
Posted by: Austin Danger Powers at June 17, 2026 08:21 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:21 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (l26NL)
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Just reading that put me into diabetic shock.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (ZOv7s)
Dibs on your share.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 08:21 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (GseMx)
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My grandmother had not one but two books of etiquette that were regularly consulted at holiday meals. The proper American way of cutting meat is to use the primary hand with the knife, secondary with fork.
Meat was to be cut one bite at a time, and after making a slice, the knife was placed on the plate, and the primary hand assumed the fork, and raised it to the mouth. You then switched again.
Cutting up all the meat at once was considered something one did for a child.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:22 PM (ZOv7s)
Our favorite Cajun restaurant had fabulous apple crisp with ice cream. We ordered it every time we ate there. So they got rid of it, of course.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:22 PM (O0L8i)
A half of slice is my limit but it's a good half slice.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:22 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (GseMx)
that's for parrying the other diner's knives.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM (uhVAy)
"Hey guys, I got an idea of what we can do with all this stuff!"
"Convince the feds to mandate it in auto fuel! We'll be rich! Bwahahaha!"
Posted by: Oddbob at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM (dSKRp)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 08:21 PM (dK+Kv)
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*deftly caught as it falls from my nerveless hand*
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM (ZOv7s)
In Canada, corn dogs are often called "Pogos".
In Australia, where they have become a popular food at agricultural shows and carnivals, they are known as either "Pluto pups", "Dagwood dogs", "dippy dogs" or (historically) "pronto pups". The name "Pluto pup" likely derives from the Disney character Pluto. "Dagwood dog" is derived from the name of a character from the American comic strip Blondie, which was created in 1930. In the comic strip, Dagwood, Blondie's husband, has a dog named Daisy. Historically the name "pronto pup" was originally used as a brand name in the United States in 1941, although this name had become obsolete as early as 1949 and was replaced by the name "Pluto pup". Some have suggested that Pluto pups are made in factories, while Dagwood dogs are prepared on site.
In France, the term beignet de saucisse is used, which literally translates to "sausage donut".
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM (0sNs1)
Geez. leave it to the French to make corndogs homo.
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:25 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 17, 2026 08:25 PM (amcLV)
I think my life is probably improved by skipping over anything Scott Weiner writes as well as avoiding pictures of him.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM (dSKRp)
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Is this the pedophile who's agitating for the age of consent to be 12?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:25 PM (O0L8i)
A scoop of vanilla on apple crisp, apple pie , Brown Betty is awesome. It even makes a hostess apple pie taste great.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:26 PM (GseMx)
Meat was to be cut one bite at a time, and after making a slice, the knife was placed on the plate, and the primary hand assumed the fork, and raised it to the mouth. You then switched again.
Cutting up all the meat at once was considered something one did for a child.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:22 PM (ZOv7s)
I have a book by Miss Manners from the 80s and her point is that the point of manners is to not be efficient, since the most efficient way would be to throw a live animal on the table and have everyone kill it with their teeth and hands. So yes, the knife to cut a bit, then put down the knife and eat with the fork is to slow you down so you have time for polite conversation and to find out who killed the chambermaid.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:26 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM (dSKRp)
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Who picks these names?! Is all the world a Dickensian joke?
Two dudes named Weiner, both obsessed with sticking their Gentlemen's sausages in anything that moves. Waving them about like pom-poms, photographing them like works of art, demanding the world let them be flung far and wide like a freak rain of frogs.
Who says the devil doesn't have a sense of humor?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:26 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:25 PM (O0L8i)
Thats the one.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 08:27 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:27 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (3Ope
Oh c’mon. That not even fair. I’m gonna get fat. Gonna have to double my run distance.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:27 PM (6I5u0)
Yes. He is very likely to win Nancy Pelosi's old House seat.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 08:27 PM (dSKRp)
Posted by: anachronda
I saw Power Clam open for Powerwolf at Power Plant Live! in 2015.
It wasn't as powerful as I expected.
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 08:28 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM
Suggested edit.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:28 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:26 PM (uhVAy)
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Miss Manners was one, Gloria Vanderbilt was the other, and because her work was older, it was considered to have precedence.
I recall a Christmas dinner where a fierce debate erupted over the most polite way to say "Excuse me for that fart."
I was a teenager at the time, and it was absolutely hilarious.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:28 PM (ZOv7s)
It wasn't as powerful as I expected.
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 08:28 PM (VHUov)
They threw the breakers.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 08:29 PM (zZu0s)
hmm. "t". "h". "a". "t". looks right to me.
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 08:30 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 08:27 PM (dSKRp)
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Even money that the House refuses to seat him.
3 to 1 that he can even sit in a normal chair.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:30 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (3Ope
Oh c’mon. That not even fair. I’m gonna get fat. Gonna have to double my run distance.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:27 PM (6I5u0)
Place the pie on the far side of the table for a start.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:31 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:31 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:32 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:31 PM (uhVAy)
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I'll gain two pounds just by looking at it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:32 PM (ZOv7s)
My steak does not receive the same treatment however. I'm no barbarian.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:32 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:30 PM
Sadly, I'd take that bet (on the will seat side), even if the R's retain the House.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:32 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:33 PM (77rzZ)
Geez. leave it to the French to make corndogs homo.
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:25 PM (gtcuf)
Comment of the week candidate.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 08:33 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 08:33 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:32 PM
Did you put a layer of mashed potato on your knife, top it with a row of peas, and then consume?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:34 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:34 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Carr, the Floorwalker at June 17, 2026 07:47 PM (skR0U)
Could someone please ask the Germans to buy a better Dictionary?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:34 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:33 PM (77rzZ)
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I dimly recall the quasi-Victorian illustration. Can't remember what the gal actually looked like.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (rbvCR)
pork wellington > sausage donut
(had trouble at the grocery the other day because the self-checkout lane didn't know what a "doughnut" was. had to hit the help button. when help appeared, she typed "donut" and scowled at me.)
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: Dorcus Blimeline at June 17, 2026 08:36 PM (Es4vZ)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:34 PM (0sNs1)
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I eat my peas with honey,
I've done so all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny,
But it keeps them on my knife.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:36 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:36 PM (/QHx4)
Boy. George. SHITDICK! Liberace SHITDICK! Rob Halford SHITDICK! Robert. Englund SHITDICK!
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:17 PM (gtcuf)
Point of order, I think we would all prefer the term "poo pecker." Less crude, same result.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:36 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:33 PM (77rzZ)
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I dimly recall the quasi-Victorian illustration. Can't remember what the gal actually looked like.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (ZOv7s)
She looked a lot like the illustrations.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:36 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:34 PM
And pie.
Anytime is a good time for pie.
Posted by: Fabienne at June 17, 2026 08:37 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:34 PM (rbvCR)
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Was du tust, tue ganz!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:37 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:37 PM (GseMx)
Jam.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (rbvCR)
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Yes, of course.
Peach butter on toast. Heaven.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:37 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:36 PM (uhVAy)
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If Victorian chicks weren't hawt, none of us would be here.
QED
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:38 PM (ZOv7s)
i eat my peas with honey
i've done it all my life
it makes the peas taste funny
but it keeps them on the knife!
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 08:38 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (qdr3M)
I approve of the removal of unpronounced letters in words.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:38 PM (uhVAy)
San Francisco voters could soon be asked to bankroll government-backed grocery stores and crack down on so-called “zombie” retailers under a pair of proposals that echo New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s controversial food affordability plan.
Supervisor Bilal Mahmood is expected to unveil two ballot measures for November that would create a fund to support grocery stores and impose taxes on chain corporations that leave grocery stores and pharmacies vacant, The San Francisco Standard reported.
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 08:39 PM (kX27y)
i've done it all my life
it makes the peas taste funny
but it keeps them on the knife!
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 08:38 PM (qdr3M)
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HORDE MIND IS REAL
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:39 PM (ZOv7s)
I've done so all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny,
But it keeps them on my knife.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:36 PM (ZOv7s)
I never saw a purple cow,
I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you this right now,
I'd rather see than be one.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:39 PM (bl07w)
In Texas a Kolache is filled with meat/protein instead of fruit.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:37 PM (GseMx)
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The meat ones are klobasniks, but kolache is the term used for all filled knishes made with kolach bread.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:39 PM (O0L8i)
I do like a slice of fruit pie now and then; peach, apple, blueberry, etc. Not rhubarb, though. Too tart, even when mixed with strawberries. Pecan pie is way too rich for me.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 08:40 PM (0aYVJ)
San Francisco voters could soon be asked to bankroll government-backed grocery stores and crack down on so-called “zombie” retailers under a pair of proposals that echo New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s controversial food affordability plan.
Supervisor Bilal Mahmood is expected to unveil two ballot measures for November that would create a fund to support grocery stores and impose taxes on chain corporations that leave grocery stores and pharmacies vacant, The San Francisco Standard reported.
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 08:39 PM (kX27y)
King Canute at least was trying to show his flatterers that he was not all powerful when he commanded the tide to stop and it did not. Commies don't seem to have that wisdom.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:40 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:38 PM
Thr s rn n th wrds f ldct fr ll th wrld t s.
Posted by: The Welsh at June 17, 2026 08:41 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Fabienne at June 17, 2026 08:37 PM (0sNs1)
Nobody ever kicked me out for bringing pie.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:41 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 08:40 PM (0aYVJ)
Add strong dark roast coffee with it and power through.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 08:41 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:41 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 08:39 PM (kX27y)
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It will lose on Election day by a 70-30 margin, but when the mail in ballots are counted it will pass with 52% of the vote.
And more ballots we be cast than California has citizens.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:41 PM (ZOv7s)
Even money that the House refuses to seat him.
Why? The House gave Gerry Studds a standing ovation and that was way before PedoHomo got so popular.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (9SpJJ)
Posted by: polynikes
One of my favorite Kolache places is in West, Texas. West, Texas is in east Texas. Still good though.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (l26NL)
Can't get those in the mountain west where I live now. But, the golden currants are almost ripe, and we have these weird bush cherries that grow wild. They're called Nanking cherries, and as you can tell from the name they're not native but they escape freely into the wild. I call them weird because cherries are supposed to grow on trees, not bushes, dammit!
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (gtcuf)
One of my favorite Kolache places is in West, Texas. West, Texas is in east Texas. Still good though.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (l26NL)
___________
Hruska's Bakery in Ellinger.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:43 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at June 17, 2026 08:43 PM (vFG9F)
there's a cashier at a local restaurant that pronounces the "p" in receipt.
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 08:43 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (Cqx++)
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It was the setup for an incontinence joke. Not an actual prediction.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:44 PM (ZOv7s)
I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you this right now,
I'd rather see than be one.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:39 PM
Oh, the eagles, they fly high in Mobile.
Oh, the eagles, they fly high in Mobile.
Oh, the eagles they fly high,
and they sh*t right in your eye.
Aren't you glad that cows don't fly in Mobile?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:44 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:45 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:26 PM (uhVAy)
Why does that sound totally inefficient, and even lead to the guests being harmed and the food animal getting away, not to mention all the parts you don’t want to eat?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 08:46 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM
The one on the east side of I-35, the one down a couple of blocks on the east side of 35, or the one on the west side of 35?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:46 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Penguin Facts
I've heard that too!
Posted by: Slimy Bill Clinton at June 17, 2026 08:46 PM (ItpVy)
I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you this right now,
I'd rather see than be one.
Posted by: tcn in AK
Purple is my favorite color.
I love it more than red and blue combined.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:47 PM (l26NL)
Oh, the eagles, they fly high in Mobile.
Oh, the eagles they fly high,
and they sh*t right in your eye.
Aren't you glad that cows don't fly in Mobile?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:44 PM (0sNs1)
Birdie birdie in the sky,
Dropped a turdie in my eye,
I don't scream
I don't cry
I'm just glad that cows don't fly.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:47 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:48 PM (k4nvX)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Right on I-35. I honestly didn't know there were others. That's how lazy I am.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:48 PM (l26NL)
He preferred Ogden Nash and Robert Service, mostly.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:49 PM (bl07w)
there's a cashier at a local restaurant that pronounces the "p" in receipt.
Posted by: anachronda
One of my overweening MBAs insisted on pronouncing the 'l' in salmon. We teased her unmercifully.
This was the same woman that ironed her dress while she was wearing it. The dress melted and burned her leg horribly.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 08:49 PM (ItpVy)
There’s a kolache place out by NRG. Every time we go into Houston these fat bastards stop there.
___________
I stop at Kolache Factory after Mass. Two Polish Hots and large house coffee.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:50 PM (O0L8i)
I think the recipe is savable, but I am going to have to try a whipped egg and less batter to keep it lighter.
It is going to come out like an English boiled pudding, that is pretty much what all is possible in a rice cooker.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:50 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:51 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (gtcuf)
A small tree is just a bush.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 08:51 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 08:51 PM (5P5DO)
He preferred Ogden Nash and Robert Service, mostly.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:49 PM (bl07w)
___________
I'd rather fail my Wasserman test,
Than listen to the poems of Edgar Guest.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:51 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (/QHx4)
Temporary replacement for iron bombs in a war zone.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 08:52 PM (qx7Zg)
This was the same woman that ironed her dress while she was wearing it. The dress melted and burned her leg horribly.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 08:49 PM (ItpVy)
Adding insult to injury. Nice.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 08:52 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:52 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:48 PM
There are two right on I-35, almost across from each other. Opinions vary (and some are quite strongly held) as to which one is better. IMO, the one a couple of blocks to the east of 35 is the best, but it has shorter hours, and often is quite sold out, so unless you can get there before 9:30 or 10:00 a.m., it's a crapshoot as to whether it's worth the effort.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:52 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:51 PM (bl07w)
Cut across three times and eat one piece.
Posted by: Reforger at June 17, 2026 08:53 PM (2bUGO)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:51 PM (bl07w)
2 * pi / 7
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:53 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:51 PM (bl07w)
Assuming a complete pie to start with, 2π/7 radians should do it.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 08:53 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:53 PM (77rzZ)
My Dad was so amazed at the Mock Apple pie made with Ritz Crackers he made a half dozen over a few weeks until he and we got sick of them.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:54 PM (GseMx)
Peach butter on toast. Heaven.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:37 PM (O0L8i)
I would make peach butter out of the bruised and too-cut up peaches from canning. I realized I was thinking about damaging the peaches while processing them so I could get a full batch of peach butter. So I gave up canning peaches in favor or making peach butter, instead.
I make cherry jam out of the small cherries that don't work well in my pitter, too.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:54 PM (rbvCR)
Why two ue's WHY TWO UE's?
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:52 PM (gtcuf)
When I use it in code I am writing I condense it to Q.
variables are InputQ, OutputQ, and so on.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:54 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
I had no idea. Next time I visit the family gravesites I will explore. And eat Kolaches.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:55 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 08:55 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 08:55 PM (/wizo)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (k4nvX)
Wasn’t there some kind of disaster in West, Texas, several years ago?
__________
Fertilizer plant explosion killed 15 people, including 12 first responders.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (O0L8i)
Why two ue's WHY TWO UE's?
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:52 PM (gtcuf)
Vacuum enters the discussion.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (GseMx)
Why two ue's WHY TWO UE's?
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:52 PM (gtcuf)
it used to be the name for a ponytail. I would reflexively blame the French for the situation.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (gtcuf)
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STAY OUT THE BUSHES!
Posted by: REVEREND Jackson at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (ZOv7s)
We partially moved stuff 10 years ago when we moved to Wyoming.
We had a big house in SC and gave away most stuff two years ago when we sold the SC house.
We are still unpacking stuff we moved here two years ago.
We are at the point of posting a curb alert on Facebook.
We're old and don't need all this stuff.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:57 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Bulg
Huge explosion if I recall. Naphtha was involved I think.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:57 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:57 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 08:57 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (GseMx)
you need the extra U to make the vowel long.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:58 PM (uhVAy)
I'm having fun calling the attackers science-deniers.
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:58 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:58 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (uhVAy)
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Common term for the Manchu haircut where the front was shaved and the back gathered into a long braid. Imposed (with some difficulty) on the Han Chinese.
The Manchu compensated for that being being severely Confucian, and it worked.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:59 PM (ZOv7s)
Hadrian, I was going to ask if I needed to send water wings for you and the pups.
Posted by: Ben Had
___________
That's characteristically kind of you, but we got off light. Lake Jackson and Freeport got over 8 inches of rain today.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 09:00 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (uhVAy)
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Common term for the Manchu haircut where the front was shaved and the back gathered into a long braid. Imposed (with some difficulty) on the Han Chinese.
The Manchu compensated for that being being severely Confucian, and it worked.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:59 PM (ZOv7s)
You can read all about that in his book on the Spanish Civil War. It's a banger!
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (O0L8i)
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China has these on a daily basis and we never hear about them in the media. The channels covering China are full of it, massive explosions, all of them would be global news anywhere else, but the CCP doesn't like people talking about it, and all the "western" media oblige.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (ZOv7s)
I'm having fun calling the attackers science-deniers.
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:58 PM (gtcuf)
Throw in groomer and pedo for good measure.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:02 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:02 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (ZVgZ4)
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A variation on a 1991 joke: If Turkey attacked Iraq in the rear, would Greece help?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:02 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (77rzZ)
the virtually silent eau or eaux enrages me.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 09:02 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:54 PM
When the pits fall on the floor is that sound pitter patter?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 09:03 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (0sNs1)
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Shut up, Wesley.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:03 PM (ZOv7s)
But Trump screwed up by trying to fix the problem the best he can............
I hope all these Commie-Crats get Severe Jock Itch....
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 09:03 PM (geT9b)
I got one cut and shaped into a cylinder, but it was such a hassle, I am waiting for my wife to get home with the truck so I can use the ratchet straps on the next two.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:04 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:05 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:02 PM (77rzZ)
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When speaking to God, I use Spanish. When speaking to women, Italian. When speaking to men, French. When speaking to my horse, German.
Posted by: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at June 17, 2026 09:05 PM (ZOv7s)
I got one cut and shaped into a cylinder, but it was such a hassle, I am waiting for my wife to get home with the truck so I can use the ratchet straps on the next two.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:04 PM (rbvCR)
I have trained my tomatoes to not try and escape. Firm and kind instruction is the only way.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 09:05 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Pitter patter let's get at her.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 09:05 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio
Danish/Puerto Rican girls would be smokin' hot!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 17, 2026 09:06 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
When singing, Italian. When making love, French. When calling hogs, German.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 09:07 PM (l26NL)
Romanian is the best Romance language, due to its Slavic admixture.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:07 PM (77rzZ)
I hope all these Commie-Crats get Severe Jock Itch....
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 09:03 PM (geT9b)
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As has been noted, if Trump cured cancer, the Dems would immediately complain about all the oncologists who were out of work.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:07 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 09:07 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:08 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:09 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 09:09 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:07 PM (77rzZ)
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Romanian is the closest to the Latin Vulgate due to its cultural isolation. One of the officers in my unit was born in Romania, and he said that he could understand most of Italian and Spanish, but French was really screwed up.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:09 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 09:10 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:11 PM (5P5DO)
We considered it when we were looking for a small town, but realized we'd be doing most of our shopping in Waco, so took it off the list.
Posted by: sal at June 17, 2026 09:11 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:09 PM (gtcuf)
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German is incredibly easy. Once you understand German pronunciation, you can read any German word perfectly. It is very orderly, very consistent.
Learning German opened up a lot of understanding of English, since it is a Germanic language, albeit worn down and diluted. German grammar is also much easier.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:12 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:12 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 09:05 PM (uhVAy)
These cages are wonderful for the indeterminate tomatoes, you just push the growth back into the cylinder and they grow up instead of out, and there is no need to try and trellis them or wind them up a pole.
You can buy the cheap wire ones in the store that last a couple of years before giving up the ghost, and you can make them out of lathes. Dad, in 1974 decided to make his own out of a metal lattice that is called "remesh" which is a metal panel that is used for laying down reinforced concrete. I still 3 of the 6 that he made, the others got stolen by family or run over by me learning to use the truck in the back yard. After 50 years, however, they are starting to get frail. I suspect that the ones I am making now should outlive me, like Dad's outlived him.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:12 PM (rbvCR)
Just arch the panels, and train your tomatoes to them. Tomatoes are vines.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 17, 2026 09:14 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:11 PM (5P5DO)
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Ellen Page discoursing on masculinity is a singularity of cringe. Your shrinkage will shrink within itself as you listen to this badly abused, emotionally damaged woman opine on what it is to be a "real man."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:15 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:15 PM (77rzZ)
Before remote work, back in the office days, I sat next to a young German guy's cubicle and he used to teach me some. It is a very orderly language for sure.
Kid (he was about 23) was born in Berlin and moved here at 16. Spoke absolutely flawless English. Zero accent. Said they all learn it in school but he perfected it through American movies and TV shows. He became an American citizen while we wroked together and we threw a big berer-n-brats party for him.
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:16 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:12 PM (rbvCR)
We are having the big hackberry in the back yard cut down- I'm so happy- but realized we have to move both the leaf bins and the double compost bin - all of which are full- from underneath it.
One thing about him- he hates gardening, but will build me anything I ask for that he can manage.
Posted by: sal at June 17, 2026 09:17 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 17, 2026 09:18 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 09:18 PM (+xP4Z)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:08 PM (5P5DO)
The ones on sale are the 60" by 16' 4 Gauge wire ones. I can get three for the same price as one from re-mesh.
I have an angle grinder that zipped right through the wire, and I bent the hooks with a hunk of galvanized water pipe I salvaged.
It is two projects in one, I want the tomato cages, but I wanted to see what working with the material was going to be like, since I need to replace a hedge with a fence, and 5' might be tall enough.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:19 PM (rbvCR)
We considered it when we were looking for a small town, but realized we'd be doing most of our shopping in Waco, so took it off the list.
Posted by: sal at June 17, 2026 09:11 PM (f+FmA)
The Kolache stop! When I was at Baylor, it was my bounded duty to bring a couple dozen home when I came back home for the weekend! Also, the Knights of Columbus had a dance every Saturday night, and sold beer and slices of cake. It was a great date or group outing for us poor college kids. The older men and women would grab a student and whirl them around the dance floor - it was awesome!
Posted by: moki at June 17, 2026 09:19 PM (wLjpr)
Since I started watching several minutes ago:
OJ Simpson finds an unconscious black lady in a smoke-fiilled bedroom and carries her out!
Paul Newman rescues a young boy from a smoke-filled room!
Robert Wagner and his wife Hope Lange were trapped in a burning apartment and both died, Hope on-fire plunging about 80 floors to the street after breaking out a window to get fresh air!
Steve McQueen is doing I don't know what in fireman's uniform!
Posted by: Gref at June 17, 2026 09:20 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:12 PM (77rzZ)
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As a Roman history buff, I asked him a lot about Latin and he noted that the Vulgate - and therefore all Romance languages - have only male and female genders. Classical Latin had a neuter case, but it was dropped.
The push for a neuter gender in the present day comes from the fact that English (being Germanic) has one. But Romance languages do not, and so it's literally cultural imperialism to push "latinx" on Spanish speakers.
One of the hardest things about learning German is the gender, which is not always intuitive. For Germans, it's second nature, they learn the word and its gender at the same time. But for Americans, it's tough because we don't used gendered articles ("the" vs "der, die, das.") A handy cheat I used in Germany was just to drop the article, which works in a terse, conversational format.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:20 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 17, 2026 09:21 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:09 PM (gtcuf)
Not really. Spanish is written as spoken. Italian is exuberantly spelled to preserve the history of the Italian experience throughout the ages.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:21 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:22 PM (77rzZ)
It was a lot of fun sitting next to him. It was so funny and entertaining hearing his stories about Germany and about his learning the American ways. We got along great considering I was in my early 40s and he was just a tad LOL. Sometimes he'd get stuck, like telling a story about grating some cheese and just making a cheese-grating motion, and I'd say "grater" and he'd say "right...I always mix that up with more-than (greater)" I'd almost forget English wasn't his first language till he'd do something like that!
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:22 PM (gtcuf)
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Das U-Boot !
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 09:23 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)
WHICH IS HOW WE WOUND UP LOSING GENDERS IN ENGLISH IN THE FIRST PLACE
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:23 PM (rbvCR)
Just finished reading "The Medusa Chronicles" by Stephen Baxter and Alistair Reynolds.
Mind status -- BLOWN!
As usual with these guys, they play around with big ideas and don't hold back.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 09:23 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:25 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:16 PM (gtcuf)
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American food is really German food. Hamburgers, Frankfurters, Viennas, fried chicken, potato salad.
Germany felt very familiar, and even though I was rusty, I was able to pass myself off as a native without a lot of difficulty. When I finally ran out of German and used English, they were always delighted and were flattered than an American knew their language.
On my last TDY, I was in uniform chatting with a local in German, and he kept looking at my name tape, trying to figure out how an English guy knew German. "Mine Grossmutter" I said, and his face just lit up.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:26 PM (ZOv7s)
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Deep dish pizza!
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 09:28 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 09:28 PM (qdr3M)
German, like French, sucks bigly.
English surpasses all or them by eschewing the gender bullshit:
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:29 PM (77rzZ)
the whackjobs who tried to shoot up the UFC event included some Christians. Serious ones: Tycen Proper volunteered at his church to feed the poor. Daniel Eskridge had a wife and five kids.
But it was probably not the church that told them to do this.
They got sucked into podcast world where Tucker and Candace told them the Jews were a menace and that Trump had to be stopped.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 09:29 PM (/wizo)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:23 PM (rbvCR)
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No, it was because the Saxons and the Norse used different expressions of gender cases. There's a great example in The Story of English of how "I want to sell you the horse pulling my cart" is very close, but also very different.
English also no longer has formal/informal case, and ironically, we think "thee" and "thou" are formal, when they are informal.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:29 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:31 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 09:28 PM (GD0B3)
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Does anyone say: "Let's have something German for dinner. Maybe hamburgers, Frankfurters, potato salad"?
No.
"Let's have Italian!"
"Great! Pizza or pasta?"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:31 PM (ZOv7s)
So I asked his parents' address and looked it up on Google StreetView just to see the building, and when I swung the camera around to the other side, there was the fat German guy in the Speedo on the balcony (face blurred-out of course.) I busted out laughing and called him over to see it, and he busted out laughing too, saying "SEE! Do I lie?"
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:32 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 09:32 PM (qx7Zg)
American food is really German food. Hamburgers, Frankfurters, Viennas, fried chicken, potato salad.
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Chicken-fried steak
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 09:32 PM (O0L8i)
No.
"Let's have Italian!"
"Great! Pizza or pasta?"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:31 PM (ZOv7s)
Grilled bratwurst and potato salad? Yumm!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 09:33 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 09:34 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:29 PM (77rzZ)
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Disagree, it is a very precise language. Once you dig into it, it is quite easy. I used to be quite good at it, read Kafka in German and got a lot more out of it than one can in English.
German gender cases are non-negotiable. It is what it is.
And they kind of make sense because we preserved some of them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:34 PM (ZOv7s)
My goodness. What a warrior. No wonder they murdered him.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 09:35 PM (A5RD0)
American food is really German food. Hamburgers, Frankfurters, Viennas, fried chicken, potato salad.
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Chicken-fried steak
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 09:32 PM (O0L8i)
Chicken-fried steak is Texan Weinerschnitzel
Posted by: Gref at June 17, 2026 09:36 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:36 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 09:32 PM (O0L8i)
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Jaegerschnitzel, the Pride of the Rhineland. (It's a breaded pork chop in mushroom sauce.)
Really quite good. Especially with GERMAN BEER.
Bitte ein Bitt!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:37 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 09:39 PM (/QHx4)
German and Spanish are much friendlier. Their grammar and pronunciation rules are very strict.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 09:39 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 17, 2026 09:40 PM (qZb7K)
Snowflake came down into the computer room to stay with Ralphy and I, tried to jump up on the bookcase and kind of missed. awww. I got her and put her up there.
"The Medusa Chronicles" by Stephen Baxter and Alistair Reynolds. Saved to an Amazon wish list.
Back to my computer stuff. I have "The Avengers" on in the background. THE GOOD AVENGERS.
Diana Rigg was smoking hot.
And I love the lack of diversity. TV should go back to that.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 09:41 PM (Sco7b)
People like Talarico are the worst, because they tell adults how to live while sapping other adults.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 09:41 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 09:41 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:43 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 09:41 PM (BI5O2)
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His browser history is something I do not want to see.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:43 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:29 PM (ZOv7s)
And as such it was too confusing and complicated to use, so it got dropped because it was not worth the hassle of being even more confusing to the listener.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:43 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:43 PM (77rzZ)
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My brother in Christ, German at least uses the same alphabet. Yeah, there are three umlauts, but that's because German vowels can only have one sound, even when combined (order is determinative).
To even begin to understand Russian, I'd have to learn the Cyrillic alphabet, and while it may be in every way superior to the Latin, I ain't got time for that.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:47 PM (ZOv7s)
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German potato salad is a staple at any of our family get-togethers. I can't stand it, myself. Also, don't forget brats and sauerkraut. Also 🤮
Posted by: Turn 2 at June 17, 2026 09:48 PM (Y2/Vj)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 09:49 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 09:41 PM (0aYVJ)
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My wife suggested I learn Welsh. I was a hard "no." Even if I put in the work, I'd gain access to...what? One of the smallest linguistic groups in the world?
One can make the argument that German is inferior to Latin in terms of reach, but we speak a Germanic language, and that has helped me to better understand English grammar.
Plus I (used to) be able to read German military histories.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:51 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:53 PM (ZOv7s)
At first everyone was freaking out. Next morning, nearly everyone had it down pretty well. Proper pronunciation of course took time (palatalization left you with sore tongue for weeks). But the alphabet was girls' gym.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 17, 2026 09:53 PM (U/Byj)
I salute oldest son and his wife.
Four kids, no internet access and they feed and clothe the kids.
Anything else the kids want they have to get off their asses and work.
Even young kids can find something to do to earn money.
We need more of this.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 09:53 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:36 PM (5P5DO)
I'm curious what this is. I cannot find a clear description online.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 09:57 PM (qx7Zg)
1. The Saxon genitive (-‘s): Ace’s busty lesbian pron
2. The Noman genitive (of): the busty lesbian pron of Ace
3. The associative genitive: Ace busty-lesbian pron
Thus endeth the lesson.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:58 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ben Had
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, what's the news?!?!?!?!
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 17, 2026 09:58 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 09:59 PM (/QHx4)
you sound like someone who hasn't tried to read german handwriting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurrent
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 09:59 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 10:01 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 10:02 PM (Sco7b)
maybe we should check in our other pants?
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 10:11 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 10:11 PM (R+iUD)
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The league's claim that it merely forbids "writing of any kind" on its uniforms does not survive a cursory review of the league's recent history. In 2020, MLB itself turned its uniforms and its fields into a billboard for political and social messages. It created jersey patches reading "Black Lives Matter" and "United for Change." It authorized "BLM" to be stenciled onto pitching mounds. And it suspended its own equipment rules so that players could display progressive political slogans on their cleats. The league went beyond tolerating speech--it designed speech, promoted speech, and shoehorned social and political messages into the game broadcast to millions of Americans. Yet when three players added a handful of characters citing the Book of Genesis to their caps, the league reached for its rulebook. This does not appear to be an isolated incident. Your organization's recent action follows an undercover investigation which revealed an admission from a Washington Nationals executive that a Catholic player on the team was not included in promotional materials for the team because of his faith. That executive has since been fired, but not before the anti-Christian bigotry was exposed. [...] My concern is sharpened by the singular legal position that Major League Baseball occupies. Alone among America's professional sports leagues, baseball enjoys a sweeping, judicially manufactured exemption from the federal antitrust laws--a privilege the Senate Judiciary Committee has examined with bipartisan skepticism in recent years. A league that benefits from such an extraordinary dispensation owes the public a corresponding measure of accountability, and it invites the closest scrutiny when it appears to wield its market power to punish Americans for their beliefs. That exemption, in any event, has never been understood to shield the league from its legal obligation not to discriminate against its employees on the basis of religion.The judge invented this unique exemption because, at that time, baseball was so hugely popular that it was considered sacrosanct, and no one wanted to pit the law against baseball, because baseball would win. Baseball isn't so popular any longer. It's at best the second most popular sport and I think it's actually the third. They better mind their P's and Q's. Real Man and Arbiter of Masculinity James Talarico has one checking account, which is a joint account... with his mommy. I don't want to brag but I've had my own account since I was 28.
Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, 37, has a single checking account that holds up to $50,000--and he shares it with his mother, a frequent contributor to his political campaigns who pitched in to cover Talarico's moving expenses when he was 32, records show. Talarico's personal financial disclosure lists a single Wells Fargo checking account with a balance between $15,000 and $50,000. Though Talarico is unmarried, the disclosure indicates that the account is owned jointly. A "filer comment" provides clarity: "The account is jointly held by the filer and the filer's mother." Talarico did not disclose any other checking accounts. It's unclear exactly why Talarico--whose campaign did not respond to a request for comment--shares the account with his mother, but she appears to be helping him, not vice versa. Tamara Talarico is in her early 60s and appears to be in good health. She marched in a "No Kings" protest in October 2025 and joined Talarico on the campaign trail in subsequent months, including for his appearance on the View in February. Tamara Talarico has donated more than $2,000 to Democrats since 2023, Federal Election Commission records show, including more than $450 to Talarico's Senate campaign. She is married to Talarico's adoptive father, Mark Talarico, who holds a degree in nuclear engineering from Texas A&M and worked for nearly 30 years--until his retirement in 2021--as a senior sales engineer for a Texas-based company that sells advanced laboratory instruments, according to his LinkedIn. Talarico's parents contributed $5,000 each to his campaign for state representative in 2021, records show. The same year, Talarico reported an in-kind campaign contribution of $1,437.84 from his parents for "moving expenses." Talarico was 32 years old at the time. Talarico joined the part-time Texas House of Representatives--which pays members an annual salary of $7,200--in 2018 after working as a sixth-grade teacher. He represents a portion of, and lives in, Texas's "priciest metropolis," Austin. Talarico has supplemented the modest salary he earns as a state lawmaker with consulting income from the equity-focused education firm MAYA Consulting, which he joined in 2019 and which developed diversity, equity, and inclusion plans for public school districts in Texas during the height of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, the Washington Free Beacon reported. It's unclear how much Talarico has earned from the firm, and, while Texas state lawmakers are required to file financial disclosures, they do not include annual income.Your prototypical, archetypal Democrat "man."
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So...3 months?
Because you're not even 29.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:09 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 06:09 PM (2GVsD)
Earning money to buy three homes... now, that would be different if he had done that.
Posted by: GWB at June 17, 2026 06:09 PM (kU0PQ)
The Salt Vampire lives.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 06:07 PM (2GVsD)
NOT I
FEAR MUCH
MAKE AWAY GO!!!
Posted by: HORTA at June 17, 2026 06:09 PM (R+iUD)
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Dude is far left, too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:10 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 06:10 PM (YwEeS)
I thought at least one of them was acquired from the proceeds awarded for withdrawing from a Presidential race?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 06:10 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 06:10 PM (wIg5s)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 06:11 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 17, 2026 06:11 PM (znREB)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 17, 2026 06:11 PM (znREB)
With how much voltage?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 06:11 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 06:11 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:11 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 06:12 PM (wIg5s)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:12 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 06:12 PM (wIg5s)
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They are controlled by corporations. Corporations are inherently right wing.
Sure, watch MSNOW if you want the establishment Republican line, sheeple.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:12 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 06:12 PM (2GVsD)
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Dude is far left, too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:10 PM (Zn6QU)
Maybe but he's religious (Bahai IIRC) and devout which puts him at odds with Hollywood.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:13 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 06:10 PM (wIg5s)
I've heard it both ways.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 06:13 PM (dK+Kv)
Anyone else have this problem?
If true these people are huge cocksuckers/
Posted by: pawn at June 17, 2026 06:13 PM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:11 PM (xcxpd)
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clam?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:12 PM (Zn6QU)
We need to bring fartclam back. And snizz.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:13 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 06:14 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 06:14 PM (5P5DO)
"Let's meet at a barbecue restaurant and let's see how much you love barbecue. Let's have a real barbecue lunch."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 06:14 PM (0sNs1)
_______________________
I know you went for the joke there, and you were likely subject to the same "child abuse" as the rest of us. Grandpa hits you up with $100 one Christmas when you were a kid.
You're thinking to yourself....that about 400 candybars...then a parent steps in and says, "What a wonderful time for you to open a bank account." Child abuse. Out the window go 400 candybars, or that gigantic squirt gun that took 4 DD batteries...or...
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 06:14 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 06:15 PM (2GVsD)
"Let's meet at a barbecue restaurant and let's see how much you love barbecue. Let's have a real barbecue lunch."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 06:14 PM (0sNs1)
I'm sure Talarico enjoys hot links and other sausage.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 06:15 PM (R+iUD)
I guess these Gay Libs wanted Trump to go "TOTAL GHENGIS KHAN" and level everything and leave Iran as a desolate wasteland with multiple factions fighting for control ???
Never mentioned regime change and that is up to the Iranian people to accomplish. No more NATION BUILDING like Iraq, Somalia, Vietnam, etc......
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 06:15 PM (38587)
It may have been a correct thing to do a century ago when baseball was America's Pastime, but those days are long past and there's no reason baseball can't face competition like any other professional sport.
If past NFL and NBA competitors are anything to go by, MLB has nothing to worry about anyhow, but it would allow for more teams in smaller cities, etc.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:15 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 06:15 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 17, 2026 06:15 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 06:16 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:11 PM
Do it. You will feel much better for it.
Posted by: zombie Mao Tse Tung at June 17, 2026 06:16 PM (0sNs1)
Piker.
Should've gone into the son-in-law bidness like me, Jimmy.
Posted by: Beatoff O'Cuck at June 17, 2026 06:16 PM (IG3/x)
Anyone else have this problem?
If true these people are huge cocksuckers/
Posted by: pawn at June 17, 2026 06:13 PM (+rSJz)
Microsoft? Amazon? Both?
Surprised am I not.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 06:16 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:11 PM
Do it. You will feel much better for it.
Posted by: zombie Mao Tse Tung at June 17, 2026 06:16 PM (0sNs1)
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Better out than in.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:16 PM (Zn6QU)
Nope. They were religious messages. Alongside compelled speech, it was compelled religious statement. Particularly this latest one.
It used to be a clear principle that you could not compel speech that violated religious belief. You could barely compel a Jehovah's Witness to stand out of mere respect during the Pledge of Allegiance.
Posted by: GWB at June 17, 2026 06:16 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:11 PM (xcxpd)
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clam?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:12 PM (Zn6QU)
chowder?
Posted by: naturalfake at June 17, 2026 06:16 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 06:16 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Rex B at June 17, 2026 06:17 PM (763Um)
Give California Public Utility Commission three letters from people that ***ked you in the a55 and you go to the head of the line for government contracts!
Posted by: torabora at June 17, 2026 06:17 PM (qrgCX)
Anyone else have this problem?
If true these people are huge cocksuckers/
Posted by: pawn at June 17, 2026 06:13 PM (+rSJz)
Yes, and yes.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 06:17 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 06:17 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 06:18 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 06:18 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:11 PM (xcxpd)
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clam?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:12 PM (Zn6QU)
chowder?
Posted by: naturalfake at June 17, 2026 06:16 PM (iJfKG)
would not eat fartclam chowder
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:19 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Eric Swalwell at June 17, 2026 06:19 PM (qrgCX)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 06:19 PM (26GAh)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 06:19 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 06:19 PM (GseMx)
Sorry comrade, not everyone has the ability to write anti-capitalist screeds and their need for houses is great, so yours houses will be redistributed to those lesser in ability and greater in need,
Posted by: Them's the rules tovarisch at June 17, 2026 06:20 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 17, 2026 06:20 PM (VyBeY)
Why not Dad? He worked during banking hours.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 06:20 PM (qx7Zg)
On the other hand, sometime after my parents turned 70, my sister was ADDED TO THEIR ACCOUNTS. This proved fortuitous when they died within 2 years of each other, since my sister was the named executor for their estates.
Talarico doesn't have those excuses!
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at June 17, 2026 06:20 PM (7kJyR)
No wonder these socialists know nothing about the economy. They are all grifters.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 06:20 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:19 PM (xcxpd)
Its made of people!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 06:20 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 06:18 PM (G3T/K)
Well, what do you know?
Everybody look at Mr. Big Shot here.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 06:20 PM (dK+Kv)
So, I guess they wanted another Vietnam War by committing US Ground Troops to fight a land war for 20 years ???
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 06:20 PM (38587)
lol
I like the way he doesn't even bother to shave off the stubble.
Just slap a Party City wig on and wait on a real woman to stroll by before the show starts.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:21 PM (6ydKt)
I still kept my own account even after I married the late Mrs. Borgia (as did she). We set up a third account for mortgage, utilities, and so on, to which each of us would deposit money.
I don't recall that we ever had a fight about money.
Posted by: Beatoff O'Cuck at June 17, 2026 06:21 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 06:21 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2026 06:21 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 06:19 PM (GseMx)
The early Family Guy sequence where Peter is fighting a guy dressed in a chicken suit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 06:22 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 06:22 PM (l26NL)
So, I guess they wanted another Vietnam War by committing US Ground Troops to fight a land war for 20 years ???
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 06:20 PM (38587)
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Opinion polls are...finnicky at best.
There are greater chances that Iran will be forgotten as an issue entirely by the time this election comes around than it actually is something important people talk about anymore.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:22 PM (Zn6QU)
So, letting Iran have Nukes is OK ????
Posted by: Mike Hunt at June 17, 2026 06:22 PM (38587)
If anyone's curious, I'll see if I can find a link.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 06:22 PM (qx7Zg)
If that’s not a Biblical reference to farting, I don’t know what it is!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 06:22 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 06:23 PM (GseMx)
That teacher should be charged
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
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Absolutely. How is it legal to force a student to submit to being touched by ANYONE else? Especially in a sexual way?
By the way, I wonder if the masked person in the insert was the teacher.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 06:23 PM (XJ22o)
Anyone else have this problem?
If true these people are huge cocksuckers/
Posted by: pawn at June 17, 2026 06:13 PM (+rSJz)
They want stronger DRM that win 10 doesn't support as easily. So they are ending the kindle app on win 10. I don't use kindle anymore and instead transfered everything to calibre and manage it my self. It was a big pain initially but is better now.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 06:23 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 06:23 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 06:19 PM (l26NL)
Yep. As far as I know he is the only person in recorded history who got kicked out of a hippie commune for being too lazy.
Bernie: never change, you legend!
Posted by: Beatoff O'Cuck at June 17, 2026 06:23 PM (IG3/x)
So, I guess they wanted another Vietnam War by committing US Ground Troops to fight a land war for 20 years ???
Posted by: Jackson K.
Translation, Democrats wanted us to lose, Independents were pissed off at the price of gas, and the right was split between those that trust Trump and those that want to pound in the coffin nails on Iran's government right now.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:24 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 17, 2026 06:24 PM (HY9+l)
Impossible bro.
Standards of behavior are completely incompatible with diversity, equity and inclusion.
You bigoted ableist sexcist racist homophobic islamaphobe.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:24 PM (6ydKt)
British X accounts are all over the rape gang report. 250,000 girls raped. TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-THOUSAND.
Some of them 600-700 times, which is entirely plausible if they were grabbed off the street even a few times a week for one year.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 06:24 PM (XJ22o)
After all he had to help his own kind ......
Posted by: Mike Hunt at June 17, 2026 06:24 PM (38587)
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:24 PM (E4rtv)
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And through it all, polling was showing a national environment closer to 2022 than 2018.
So, we'll see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:24 PM (Zn6QU)
If that’s not a Biblical reference to farting, I don’t know what it is!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 06:22 PM (ugElV)
Dysentery, diarrhea, SHARTS FROM HELL!!!!
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at June 17, 2026 06:25 PM (7kJyR)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 06:25 PM (GseMx)
Anyone else have this problem?
If true these people are huge cocksuckers/
Posted by: pawn
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Related to people jail breaking DRM books and Amazon dropping support for its oldest Kindles.
And of course they are cocksuckers by choice--they want you to pay over and over again for the same material.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:26 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 06:22 PM (l26NL)
Happens all the time actually.
Posted by: Electric Six at June 17, 2026 06:26 PM (3uBP9)
British X accounts are all over the rape gang report. 250,000 girls raped. TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-THOUSAND.
Some of them 600-700 times, which is entirely plausible if they were grabbed off the street even a few times a week for one year.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 06:24 PM (XJ22o)
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England will probably be in a low-key resistance guerilla war before their next general election in 3 years.
It might have already started in Northern Ireland.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:26 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 06:24 PM (XJ22o)
I had to get off the net a while earlier today. The old blood pressure was not liking what I was reading.
Posted by: Beatoff O'Cuck at June 17, 2026 06:26 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 06:26 PM (vFG9F)
https://tinyurl.com/ydt49utt
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 06:27 PM (viF8m)
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"Who's a big boy? You are!"
Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 06:27 PM (KJYe0)
A plurality of American voters considered the U.S. war against Iran a failure, nearly half wanted Washington to end military action immediately, and barely one-third would have kept fighting until the Islamic regime in Tehran was destroyed, according to a new Rasmussen Reports survey.
So, I guess they wanted another Vietnam War by committing US Ground Troops to fight a land war for 20 years ???
Posted by: Jackson K.
================
We want the Iranian regime destroyed, with no boots on the ground, and keep it down to one billion dollars, and don't spend more than six weeks on it! And we want cheap gas and to stay out of the Straight of Hormooze. Bring our boys home!
Posted by: Typical Focus Group at June 17, 2026 06:28 PM (XJ22o)
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While Pride celebrations are taking place across California this month, one county has voted to make June the “Traditional Nuclear Family” month while pointedly excluding LGBTQ+ families.
On Tuesday, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors voted 3 to 2 in favor of the resolution, which defines the nuclear family as “consisting of one husband, one wife,” along with children, as “God’s design.”
The resolution was introduced by Chairman of the Board Garry Bredefeld, who announced the plan on June 6, the same day as the Fresno Pride Parade.
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 06:28 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 06:28 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 06:28 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Typical Focus Group at June 17, 2026 06:28 PM (XJ22o)
And a pony.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 06:28 PM (dK+Kv)
It might have already started in Northern Ireland.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
The royals have yet to make even one statement about the Paki rape gangs. Tommy Robinson has been proven right.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 06:29 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 06:29 PM (/QHx4)
If that is not a perfect example of the need for physical books, I don't know what is.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 06:29 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Electric Six at June 17, 2026 06:29 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 17, 2026 06:30 PM (HY9+l)
Posted by: turambar at June 17, 2026 06:30 PM (Q0yOR)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 06:29 PM (l26NL)
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Because the royals, since Elizabeth, have approved of punishing the lower classes of Britain for the crimes of the British royal family by replacing them with minorities who hate the British lower classes as much as the British royals hate the British lower classes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:30 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: From about That Time at June 17, 2026 06:30 PM (sl73Y)
Talarico — Met his girlfriend in a gay bar. Vegan.
Polar opposites. Texans should have zero problems deciding
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 06:30 PM (ugElV)
So, we'll see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Foreign policy as long it it doesn't affect gas prices or something like that is usually far down on the priority list of swing voters for elections. I don't see Iran driving left leaners to turnout more for Dems or for teh right to turnout much less.
If body bags are not coming home, it is just not that important other than inconveniencing Americans at gas prices.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:31 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 06:13 PM (dK+Kv)
LOL
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 06:31 PM (wIg5s)
https://kindle-for-pc.en.uptodown.com/windows/versions
Dunno if they will work to log in though, Amazon is asshoe
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:31 PM (xcxpd)
If true these people are huge cocksuckers/
Posted by: pawn at June 17, 2026 06:13 PM (+rSJz)
Not that same problem, but similar.
I couldn't update some important apps on my iPhone because it was an X from 2017 and can't be updated past iOS 16.
I had to get a new phone.
Unless you can find an older version of the Kindle app, uninstall the one you have, and then turn off updates on the new install.
It might be possible to find a replacement app that works like Kindle for your library and ebooks.
If that doesn't work then you'll probably need to update to Win11.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:31 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: From about That Time at June 17, 2026 06:30 PM (sl73Y)
Just what are planning?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 06:31 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: turambar
I started out with nothing. After all these years, I've still got most of it.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 06:31 PM (l26NL)
If body bags are not coming home, it is just not that important other than inconveniencing Americans at gas prices.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:31 PM (E4rtv)
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*nods sagaciously*
The glory of Rome.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:32 PM (Zn6QU)
If Trump does not level Iran into a parking lot, he is a Pussy
Six in one hand and a half dozen in the other....
Posted by: Jack Meehoff at June 17, 2026 06:32 PM (cAEZx)
Regarding the books, he does make some money from the sales, 99% of which are purchases of the shitty book that nobody sane would buy, using, you guessed it, campaign funds again.
Like all communists, Bernie Sanders is a thief, as well as a liar.
Posted by: Sharkman at June 17, 2026 06:32 PM (/RHNq)
Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 06:32 PM (KJYe0)
If Trump does not level Iran into a parking lot, he is a Pussy
Six in one hand and a half dozen in the other....
Posted by: Jack Meehoff at June 17, 2026 06:32 PM (cAEZx)
I definitely want the six…. NOT the half dozen!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 06:33 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 06:34 PM (YwEeS)
We bought new Kindles because of the warning that they wouldn't download new books you want to read.
Assholes, the old kindles are still working.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 06:34 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Jack Meehoff at June 17, 2026 06:35 PM (cAEZx)
His kid and his wife's kids, none of whom have any discernable talent for anything, also get "hired" for lucrative "consulting" gigs.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:35 PM (IG3/x)
93 It appears Governor Greaseball might be in some real trouble. His scumbag wife, too.
https://tinyurl.com/ydt49utt
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 06:27 PM (viF8m)
Jen Van Laar is doing great work - interesting that Gavin sold the one home to the criminal attorney repping Duong. Duong paid off former Mayor Shen Tao or whatever her name is, forcing her to resign when it came out. Duong ran one of the major trash pick companies contracted in Oakland, IIRC.
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 06:36 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 06:36 PM (/QHx4)
Has Scott Pelley been successful at popping his skull out of his skin yet?
I bet he would look like the fly in that movie. He has that insectoid look.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at June 17, 2026 06:36 PM (et1vG)
If Oprah does not say it then it is not true....
Posted by: Jack Meehoff at June 17, 2026 06:37 PM (cAEZx)
Posted by: Sharkman"
I am baffled by the support for that old sourpuss. He looks like he smells of moth balls and Bengay. If he wasn't a politician he'd be a flasher.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 06:37 PM (vFG9F)
https://kindle-for-pc.en.uptodown.com/windows/versions
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:31 PM (xcxpd)
That's pretty close to being the most dubious URL I've ever seen.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:37 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Jack Meehoff at June 17, 2026 06:38 PM (cAEZx)
But as a committed socialist he should have given it all to the state or at least charity.
Faker.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:38 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 06:38 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 06:38 PM (ufO5q)
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I don't know...
He seems kind of retarded.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:39 PM (Zn6QU)
How do you make Ben Gay ???
You squeeze his tube !!!! Get it !
Cackle ..... Cackle .... Cackle .......
Posted by: Kami Harris at June 17, 2026 06:40 PM (M0566)
Posted by: steevy
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Pretty much true. People don't care if it does not end up affecting them much.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:41 PM (E4rtv)
In two years, he'll be limping for President.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 06:41 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 06:36 PM (kX27y)
Sounds like the Bay Area version of Tony Rezko in Chicago.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:42 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 06:42 PM (vFG9F)
He seems kind of retarded.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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He'll fit right in with Maize Hirono then.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:42 PM (E4rtv)
How do you make Ben Gay ???
You squeeze his tube !!!! Get it !
Cackle ..... Cackle .... Cackle .......
Posted by: Kami Harris at June 17, 2026 06:40 PM
Please clap!
Posted by: Jeb! at June 17, 2026 06:43 PM (0sNs1)
Communism and Socialism is great until you run out of everybody's income tax money.....
CALIFORNICA ........
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 06:43 PM (Bnw/D)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:43 PM (6ydKt)
Man whores and woman whores.
They perform whatever the people want sexually and they get houses, businesses and money to take care of their kids.
Is there no honor left in the world?
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 06:43 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 06:44 PM (qx7Zg)
He's like Zsa-Zsa Gabor that way.
"I'm an excellent housekeeper. Whenever I leave a man, I keep the house."
Or one of Clint Eastwood's exes.
"Next time I'm going to cut out the middleman. I'll just find a bitch I can't stand and buy her a house."
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:44 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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He'll fit right in with Maize Hirono then.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:42 PM (E4rtv)
She was too ugly and stupid to work in the family whorehouse, so she had to go into politics.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:45 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Locarno at June 17, 2026 06:45 PM (Fev1l)
Posted by: steevy
======
Pretty much true. People don't care if it does not end up affecting them much.
Until the Ragheads drop a Nuke on Isreal and total ME War breaks out and the world economy collapses and now their Starbucks cost $50 a cup.
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 06:45 PM (Bnw/D)
This is a great look. I hope the GOP takes every opportunity to highlight (and by highlight, I mean mock relentlessly) it in the upcoming months.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 17, 2026 06:45 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:46 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Decaf at June 17, 2026 06:46 PM (xpP6J)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 17, 2026 06:48 PM (cvJV+)
Posted by: Locarno"
That all I need to know. Somebody let Piper know.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 06:48 PM (vFG9F)
I don't think the Iranians will make it past day 15 before doing something stupid, but maybe they'll be able to contain themselves long enough to get a deal, then they can screw everything up force Trump & Bibi to go back to bombing them later this year.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:48 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Hunter Biden at June 17, 2026 06:48 PM (XeU6L)
I don't think the Iranians will make it past day 15 before doing something stupid, but maybe they'll be able to contain themselves long enough to get a deal, then they can screw everything up force Trump & Bibi to go back to bombing them later this year.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:48 PM (6ydKt)
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The civilian government (the ones doing the negotiating) is going to bribe the shit out of the army and a civil war is going to break out between the army and the IRGC.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:49 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 17, 2026 06:48 PM (cvJV+)
The worst I've seen so far is "undocumented probationary citizen", though that may have been someone trolling. Hard to say.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:50 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 06:50 PM (26GAh)
Posted by: Hunter Biden at June 17, 2026 06:50 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 06:50 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Sharkman"
I am baffled by the support for that old sourpuss. He looks like he smells of moth balls and Bengay. If he wasn't a politician he'd be a flasher.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 06:37 PM (vFG9F)
He was mouthing all the same slogans leftists heard on the campus when mom was paying the bills and they did nothing but drink and take drugs. Nostalgia.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 06:51 PM (uhVAy)
CBS Evening News presenting the WC as though we yahoos should count ourselves fortunate that foreigners condescend to visit this benighted land.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 06:51 PM (O0L8i)
CBS Evening News presenting the WC as though we yahoos should count ourselves fortunate that foreigners condescend to visit this benighted land.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 06:51 PM (O0L8i)
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I was promised that no one would come because Trump.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:51 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Hunter Biden at June 17, 2026 06:48 PM (XeU6L)
You, the other Biden kids, Harris's stepspawn "supermodel", the Kerry kids, Chelsea Clinton...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:52 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:49 PM (Zn6QU)
Seems like a distinct possibility.
If they can get rid of the IRGC and get rid of the mullahs there may actually be a chance at real peace.
Short of that we'll just be waiting on the sequel to this episode.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:52 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 06:53 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at June 17, 2026 06:53 PM (gUs21)
Did we get to vote on it? I didn't get a vote. What kind of Democracy is this anyway?
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 06:53 PM (vFG9F)
If they can get rid of the IRGC and get rid of the mullahs there may actually be a chance at real peace.
Short of that we'll just be waiting on the sequel to this episode.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:52 PM (6ydKt)
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You just need to get to the second-assistant to the general manager who prioritizes getting peed on by Saudi hookers more than eschatological dreams of the 12th madi, or whatever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:54 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 06:50 PM
There once was a Hairy headed gent
who jerked it off in Kent.
Something
Something
Bent?
Went?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 06:54 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: fd
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Sitting on a park bench
Eying little girls with bad intent
Snot running down his nose
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clo-othes
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 06:54 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 06:54 PM (g8IDW)
Posted by: Decaf at June 17, 2026 06:46 PM (xpP6J)
They´re coming to take me away,
Haha, they´re coming to take me away,
Ho ho, hee hee, ha ha,
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I´ll be happy to see
Those nice young men
In their clean white coats
And they´re coming to take me AWAY,
HA HAAAA...
Posted by: Delusional Homosexuals at June 17, 2026 06:55 PM (z20w/)
Posted by: Tuna at June 17, 2026 06:55 PM (lJ0H4)
A bit awkward when at the same time people from around the world who have come to the US for the WC are posting on X how wonderful the US is and how much they like the people.
The funniest ones are about the food. We are told constantly we have no culture and our food is garbage yet someone actual people seem to love it.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 06:55 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 06:25 PM (GseMx)
Same. I'm no expert, and I never served, but I can't help thinking if we had pounded the IRGC immediately to absolute literal death, ushered in the shah, and supervised the transition, it would all have been calmed back down by now.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 17, 2026 06:55 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 06:56 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 06:56 PM (ugElV)
Quite a few other tourists becoming famous with how much they love the USA.
If nothing else it's quite nice to see some positive publicity about everything America actually is, and has things to be proud of, instead of the constant doom & gloom of our news and media culture.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:56 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Wally at June 17, 2026 06:56 PM (91G+V)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Bad day today?
Posted by: Tuna at June 17, 2026 06:55 PM (lJ0H4)
Do you need an 81mm emotional support mortar?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 06:56 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 06:54 PM
{{{{{{{{{nurse}}}}}}}}
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 06:57 PM (0sNs1)
Which is precisely when I stopped watching and never returned. A Dodger fan since '74. Eff 'em.
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at June 17, 2026 06:58 PM (pE12i)
BUT... in a streaming-dominated culture, in a "multiple screens" and "background viewing" culture, it could dominate again. You can run baseball in the background and still enjoy it, like people use to with radio. Football and basketball really require viewing.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 17, 2026 06:58 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
I've already read that there have been skirmishes between elements of the military (who Trump never disparaged) and the IRGC. It's coming.
Also, the Panamanian national anthem sounds like an opera aria to me.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 06:58 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
IRGC is embedded.
Remember how they had to start disguising themselves to avoid getting droned?
Posted by: MkY at June 17, 2026 06:58 PM (q6tQZ)
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Pretty much true. People don't care if it does not end up affecting them much.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:41 PM (E4rtv)
Schlicter wrote on that today, and I have to agree with his take. Politically, Trump calculated that most normies would just see lower oil prices and not care, and he could safely sell out any war hawks because they got nowhere else to go.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 06:59 PM (nuNhM)
Katie Daviscourt 📸
@KatieDaviscourt
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2h
Breaking: Federal and local authorities rescued 13 children and women during recent sex trafficking operations on Seattle's Aurora Avenue
As a result of the operation, 6 suspects and/or pimps were arrested on felony child exploitation charges.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:59 PM (E4rtv)
Eying little girls with bad intent
Snot running down his nose
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clo-othes
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 06:54 PM (XeU6L)
Yet another case of great music yet horrifying lyrics.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 06:59 PM (zZu0s)
He's at an In-n-Out right now raving about the hamburgers.
Saw a Frenchmen yesterday doing a review on Bucees. Very funny. He loved it.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 07:00 PM (viF8m)
But also, apparently UVM enrollment is significantly down thanks to lovely Burlington becoming a crime-infested refugee shthole, thanks to Bernie’s immigration values. Guess he can take credit for helping ruin a second univo.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 17, 2026 07:00 PM (ufOdi)
https://tinyurl.com/4bxf2u8r
(CBS News)
Some 500 British police officers conducted raids on facilities linked to the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL) group Wednesday morning, arresting ten people on suspicion of various offenses including modern slavery, forced marriage and sexual assault.
...
The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light is a religious movement based largely on messianic prophecy intertwined with conspiracy theories. It is associated with the Shiite branch of Islam but is considered heretical by most Muslims.
In 2015, the sect's Egyptian-American leader Abdullah Hashem claimed to be the Mahdi – an Islamic messianic figure comparable to the Second Coming of Christ. He has also claimed to be the true pope and the successor of Jesus Christ.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 07:00 PM (6ydKt)
Yeah it was in 2017 I never watched another baseball game. They bowed to the radical leftist activists and it was the final straw. I used to love baseball, it got me through 2016 when my health really collapsed and things seemed doomed in America.
But every stupid new rule change and then that final cowering to the radical left, ended my delight.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 17, 2026 07:00 PM (UZCuZ)
Eying little girls with bad intent
Snot running down his nose
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clo-othes
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 06:54 PM (XeU6L)
Yet another case of great music yet horrifying lyrics.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 06:59 PM (zZu0s)
The whole album, really.
Cross-Eyed Mary couldn't be any more topical if it explicitly said the "jack-knife barber" was Pakistani.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 07:01 PM (IG3/x)
https://youtube.com/shorts/JIm1RWB8s1Q
It's safe for work - cute puppies
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 07:01 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Blutarski
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'Don't Cry For Me Panamania'?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 07:01 PM (XeU6L)
who jerked it off in Kent.
Something
Something
Bent?
Went?
*****
Spent
Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 17, 2026 07:01 PM (PJdmB)
Posted by: Genesis at June 17, 2026 07:02 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Freddy is coming to Oklahoma tomorrow for a concert by some woman I don't know. I hope he has a good time.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 07:02 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 17, 2026 07:02 PM (UZCuZ)
irgc is already saying "no deal". fwiw
Posted by: Will Robinson at June 17, 2026 07:03 PM (zBgIx)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 06:59 PM (nuNhM)
A huge chunk of the "warhawk" type defected to the Democrats over Ukraine and are in the opposition now anyway. Trump cleaning up the military mollifies the remainder that are still Republicans and nothing succeeds like success - and even without Iran there has been a lot of success.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 07:03 PM (uhVAy)
2) The funniest "Office" episode was when Michael burned his foot on his George Forman grill getting out of bed. Dwight wrecked his car and got a concussion rushing to help him. Dwight was loopier than usual throughout the episode due to the concussion. Michael had an absurd conversation with the E.R. doctor about which was more serious, a burned foot or a concussion.
Posted by: a.moron at June 17, 2026 07:04 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:04 PM (vFG9F)
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Burlington College. She was very nearly indicted:
"BURLINGTON, Vt. —
Sen. Bernie Sanders' wife, Jane O'Meara Sanders, will face no criminal charges related to a controversial land deal at Burlington College.
Vermont's U.S. Attorney, Christina Nolan has informed Sanders the investigation into alleged wrongdoing has concluded and no charges will be filed, a Sanders spokesman said Tuesday."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 07:05 PM (XeU6L)
BUT... in a streaming-dominated culture, in a "multiple screens" and "background viewing" culture, it could dominate again. You can run baseball in the background and still enjoy it, like people use to with radio. Football and basketball really require viewing.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 17, 2026 06:58 PM (UZCuZ)
Soccer you can go outside for ten mins, come back and you won't have missed anything other than a few flops.
Posted by: Joemarine at June 17, 2026 07:05 PM (y171U)
Who jerked it off in Kent
Lately he's been spankin' it in Soho
You'd better stay away my friend
He'll defile your rear-end
And drop a load in yo' hole
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 07:06 PM (IG3/x)
Yeah but nothing is happening on the field at any time, you don't even have to watch or listen. Most games are fun to play even if they suck to watch, but soccer still sucks even when you play. And I was good at it, for a kid
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 17, 2026 07:06 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 07:06 PM (l26NL)
Neocons were originally Democrats. Some of the more prominent Never Trumpers like Bill Kristol split with Trump in 2016 over his views on forever wars. They are just returning home.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 07:07 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:41 PM (E4rtv)
Schlicter wrote on that today, and I have to agree with his take. Politically, Trump calculated that most normies would just see lower oil prices and not care, and he could safely sell out any war hawks because they got nowhere else to go.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 06:59 PM (nuNhM)
This was all about the midterms. Wonder what polls they were looking at.
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 07:07 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 07:07 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 07:07 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 06:54 PM
Come sit by me. We can hate them together and poke fun.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 07:08 PM (OX0Qm)
The only good thing about Soccer was the Sliced Oranges.
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 07:08 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 07:06 PM (l26NL)
Ghanama!
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 07:08 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 07:08 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Community Notes at June 17, 2026 07:09 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 07:09 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 17, 2026 07:09 PM (ufOdi)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:04 PM (vFG9F)
U have Kraine?
No Backhoe?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 07:09 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 06:54 PM (g8IDW)
Yep. Yesterday was like that for me. And last Friday.
I sense a trend.
But I do love my doggos, and they love me, so there's that.
Plus DH.
And you.
And maybe one of my sisters....
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:10 PM (bl07w)
Saw a Frenchmen yesterday doing a review on Bucees. Very funny. He loved it.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 07:00 PM (viF8m)
It's nice to see.
I was watching videos last year of tourists visiting the States, especially here in Charleston, and they all are surprised by how different it's portrayed back home. They all say how kind and friendly Americans are, and how 'Big' everything is here, from our food to our vehicles and homes.
I also love watching foreigners eat American snacks, candy and other foods & drinks that people have sent to them.
They all seem to love Ranch dressing and Dr. Pepper.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 07:10 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Joemarine at June 17, 2026 07:05 PM
The Bob Dole, he can help with that.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:10 PM (0sNs1)
also, sid's ass is the best tasting ass
Posted by: Paul, who enjoys the sexual affections of dogs at June 17, 2026 07:10 PM (XnFu/)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 07:07 PM (GD0B3)
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Iran was out of the news.
Oil was falling, gas was falling. We were facing a glut in September no matter what happened.
This is pretty much just a minor action to get the strait back to normal (convincing Indian tanker captains that they can go without US naval support) while providing Iran with the "opportunity" to sell some oil on the market again.
Which is going to be difficult considering what they've done to their wells and what we've done to their shadow tanker fleet.
And probably about trying to pick at internal tensions in Iran.
People assumed Trump was desperate for a deal, but I've never thought so. Especially after several weeks of oil and gas falling.
A comparison I saw made that makes sense is to a chess move, developing a minor pawn that doesn't do much while waiting for the opponent to do something else which would open up more avenues of attack.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 07:10 PM (Zn6QU)
Easily solved. The other communities can move to the Middle East. Then there will be plenty of gay stuff hanging from streetlamps.
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 07:11 PM (VHUov)
But gays in America today have it worse than Jews during WWII, so I guess I understand.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 07:11 PM (PLxDd)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 17, 2026 07:11 PM (nFkiA)
Their biggest mistake since Pearl Harbor? Possibly.
Posted by: Wally at June 17, 2026 07:11 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:11 PM (bl07w)
Plus DH.
And you.
And maybe one of my sisters....
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:10 PM
No love for me?
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 17, 2026 07:11 PM (0sNs1)
Said it before and I will say it again, 'New Clear Days' is a helluva debut LP.
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 07:12 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:13 PM (bl07w)
I also love watching foreigners eat American snacks, candy and other foods & drinks that people have sent to them.
They all seem to love Ranch dressing and Dr. Pepper.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 07:10 PM (6ydKt)
_____________
They will all be arrested on their return for unauthorized use of social media.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:13 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 07:08 PM (An6iH)
Back in junior high I started getting awful girl crazy and would do stupid stuff that I thought would involve me in being around lots of girls. I didn't really think things through. I had some free afternoons available and there was this co-ed soccer team at a field just a block from my home so I joined up.
I was super stoked to see it was mostly girls. I was less stoked to find out they were actually interested in playing soccer. There was a lot of running, training, and not near enough grabass. Zero grabass actually.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 07:13 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:11 PM (bl07w)
Nurse swears a lot already.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 07:14 PM (PLxDd)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 07:14 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:14 PM (0sNs1)
Some of the young actresses have had a lot of photos from and about the soccer games.
Madelenie McGraw, from 'The Black Phone' was Honorary Actress for a Fifa game in LA. Why do beautiful teenage actresses get treated so spec....
Oh wait. I think I just figured it out.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 07:15 PM (Sco7b)
Trump accomplished the goals he stated at the beginning of the war and they never changed. Invading Iran and doing a regime change was never one of those goals.
Some people keep inserting their goals for Iran for Trump's goals but that doesn't make it true.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 07:15 PM (viF8m)
I'm sorry, but fuck Freddy the German.
A couple brits came through Michigan last winter and loved us so much, too, and everybody thought it was adorable.
The human desire to be appreciated and held in awe is a weakness.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 07:15 PM (Y8DZL)
Poor choice.
Soccer girls aren't allowed to touch balls. They can kick them. But they can't fondle them.
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 07:15 PM (An6iH)
Their biggest mistake since Pearl Harbor? Possibly.
Posted by: Wally
At the fight matches on Sunday, some Canadian fighter was being introduced. The Americans sang the Canadian anthem. This after they booed our flag in Toronto.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 07:15 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 07:15 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Take The Diapers Off at June 17, 2026 07:15 PM (z20w/)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 07:14 PM
To be fair, rarely without provocation in my observations.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:16 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:13 PM (O0L8i)
If things keep going like they are, the EU will band American social media completely in a few years.
I don't see that they have any other choice.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 07:17 PM (6ydKt)
The antitrust exemption for baseball was one of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr's trifecta of terrible rulings. The other two were the upholding of forced sterilization and of course, the favorite of censors everywhere, the "fire in a crowded theater" or "clear and present danger" standard.
Holmes, with a straight face, declared that baseball was not interstate commerce. If anything is interstate commerce, major league baseball is.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 17, 2026 07:17 PM (w6EFb)
So, this probably should have been posted in the fag thread below, but WTF? Do you have to perform buttsecks in front of somebody to qualify? And then you get a set-aside contract? Wow. Pretty glad I'm not working for any of those contractors. I'd hate to be the one nominated for the week of certification.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:17 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:16 PM (0sNs1)
It's a common affliction among 9mm aficionados. The free-floating aggression because of their actual inferiority to God's caliber weapons causes it.
It's in the literature. Look it up!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 07:18 PM (PLxDd)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 07:18 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 07:18 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:04 PM (vFG9F)
U have Kraine?
No Backhoe?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 07:09 PM (qx7Zg)
I keep a bit of an eye on it. Russia continues their overall methodical strategy for surrounding and assaulting occupied towns that has worked for them over the years. Since drones are so omnipresent you can't just drive swarms of tanks on roads without them getting attacked, so its just quick rushes and lots of shelling to take the next post. Slow, but Russia has always played that type of war pretty well. Ukraine pretty much has lost the ability to push them back at any point for some time. But the nibbles work, and lulls the EU and press into forgetting about the war.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 07:18 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 07:15 PM (Y8DZL)
I don't see it that way.
I see it like watching a kid eat candy or drink a soda for the first time, or going to an exciting place they've never been.
It's enjoying their joy vicariously and with a bit of nostalgia that I like.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 07:18 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Accomack at June 17, 2026 07:19 PM (sStKZ)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:04 PM (vFG9F)
The only part I try to keep track of is the evolving drone tech and the evolving tactics, and that part is truly fascinating. Because of that war, drone tech has probably done 50 years of development in the last 4.
Even more improbably, it's starting to look like Russia is slowly losing, because the Ukes are adapting the new tactics more quickly. Saw recently that the Russian held Crimea is almost completely out of food and fuel. Uke drone attacks have kept all rail lines and traffic bridges shut down for cargo, and any Russian ships getting within 50 miles of Crimea are quickly sunk by anti-ship drones.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 07:19 PM (edUvp)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:11 PM (bl07w)
Nurse swears a lot already.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 07:14 PM (PLxDd)
So do I. What's yer point?
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:19 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 07:10 PM (Zn6QU)
We shall see. When he said that they should be able to have missiles...I got the same feeling I had when he was talking about him stopping the Mullahs from hanging 40 people that were about to be executed.
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 07:19 PM (GD0B3)
It's in the literature. Look it up!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 07:18 PM
* ponders *
I concede your point, Sir.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:19 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 07:20 PM (3hpgx)
Posted by: Accomack
He is filled with turtle meat! And really neat!
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 07:20 PM (l26NL)
The human desire to be appreciated and held in awe is a weakness.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 07:15 PM (Y8DZL)
_____________
What amuses me is that between and among our own arts and entertainment industry, our academia and their America-hating media, these people have gotten a completely distorted impression of America and Americans. It's satisfying to see these illusions punctured.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:20 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 07:18 PM (Ia/+0)
well which Iran? IGRC and thugs? The Army? The Civil Police? The government? Lots of factions at play, and the first to make giving in stick gets all the carrots Trump and the Gulf States are dangling.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 07:20 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 07:14 PM
To be fair, rarely without provocation in my observations.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:16 PM
I mean, to be fair, a lot of river otter vides get posted here.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 07:20 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:17 PM (bl07w)
I live here in CA and don't understand how this is even legal???
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 07:21 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Accomack at June 17, 2026 07:19 PM (sStKZ)
Ghanama is friend to all children
Posted by: Satellite of Love crew at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 07:20 PM (3hpgx)
Well, he is a little out of range.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 07:20 PM (3hpgx)
Just requalified today for my NJ carry permit. Yes, it's an offensive system, but I shot a Man's Gun...a 1911 Commander.
And damned well, so I am in fine fettle. Bring your weak 9mm slap-fighting!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (PLxDd)
I was super stoked to see it was mostly girls. I was less stoked to find out they were actually interested in playing soccer.
____________
Too flat-chested too.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (vFG9F)
The vast majority of Americans have only the most surface level knowledge of what happened in Iran and why.Definitely shaped by the overwhelmingly negative coverage that they saw as "normies".
Posted by: steevy
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That's exactly what I think.
If we nuked them back to the Stone Age, the Vast Majority would know.
If we got into a bloody, expensive, protracted ground war, the VM would know.
If we got into some sort of mostly-peaceful cockup that doubled gas prices, the VM would know.
Otherwise... Iran? Is that like Yvonne? Or isn't that Trump's daughter?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (XJ22o)
Some people keep inserting their goals for Iran for Trump's goals but that doesn't make it true.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 07:15 PM (viF8m)
I was trying to recall what Trump actually said, so I looked it up. On Truth Social, March 6 of this year:
"“There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER! After that, and the selection of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE Leader(s), we, and many of our wonderful and very brave allies and partners, will work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction, making it economically bigger, better, and stronger than ever before. ... ‘MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN (MIGA!).’”
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 07:23 PM (edUvp)
Posted by: Despise Insane Marxist Rat Bastards at June 17, 2026 07:23 PM (UehGw)
Posted by: Wally at June 17, 2026 07:23 PM (0e5Te)
Afterward, we were driving across town and saw Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley walking along the street, so we pulled over and asked if they wanted a ride somewhere. They did, so we drove them downtown to the bars so they could hang out and grab some dinner.
Most people are just people. I think the tourists are starting to find that out.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:24 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (O0L8i)
Sure but when you are teen boy it's all a vast landscape of bountiful gazambas.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 07:24 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:04 PM (vFG9F)
Only way I know the Ukes and Rooskies are still a thing is seeing Uke flags around my ‘nabe. And then I go oh yeah that silly thing is still happening. And then forget about it 5 mins later.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 07:25 PM (e4LaW)
Their biggest mistake since Pearl Harbor? Possibly.
Posted by: Wally
"Live in Japan" by Beer For Dolphins. Just for the band name.
(That's the verb live, not the adjective live.)
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 07:25 PM (VHUov)
It could be he has some negative history, say like writing bad checks. So, after he swore to behave himself going forward, the bank said ok. As long as your mommy is also on the account and agrees to make good any of your shenanigans.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 17, 2026 07:25 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: pawn at June 17, 2026 07:25 PM (+rSJz)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (vFG9F)
Right? It would be a refreshing change from the stabbings they're accustomed to.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 17, 2026 07:26 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:24 PM
They didn't have The Moose With No Name along with them?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:26 PM (0sNs1)
"“There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER! After that, and the selection of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE Leader(s), we, and many of our wonderful and very brave allies and partners, will work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction, making it economically bigger, better, and stronger than ever before. ... ‘MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN (MIGA!).’”
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 07:23 PM (edUvp)
You fell victim to one of the classic blusters.
Posted by: Vizzini at June 17, 2026 07:28 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 07:28 PM (3uBP9)
That's what I remembered but I didn't hold him to that. I just think we stopped way too soon and left too many bad actors alive . In addition to giving the bad actors the chance to kill all the domestic opposition.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 07:28 PM (GseMx)
g'early evenin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 17, 2026 07:28 PM (AMvSw)
Aspinal of London is, of course, Kate Middleton's preferred handbag.
Posted by: AoSHQ Fashion Consultants at June 17, 2026 07:29 PM (0sNs1)
Their biggest mistake since Pearl Harbor? Possibly.
Posted by: Wally
"Live in Japan" by Beer For Dolphins. Just for the band name.
(That's the verb live, not the adjective live.)
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 07:25 PM (VHUov)
Big in Japan.
Posted by: Vizzini at June 17, 2026 07:29 PM (dK+Kv)
As long as he gets to serve his time in a women's jail, he will be ok with it.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 17, 2026 07:30 PM (syz1S)
How true your final statement is. Robert Redford often would pull up to the grocery store in which I worked while I was attending college. .. . . . and he'd roar up early at opening hours in his Porsche 911. .. pull up on the sidewalk. . . race in the door back to the beer section (covered in weathered denim and country apparel covered in grease and whatever), grab a 6 pack and race past the checkout stand and throw down a $20 bill and race out to the car and race off to wherever. Not a care in the world; just a guy covered in grease and sawdust. Goldie Hawn, Buddie Hackett and other visitors to a local studio would show up often. .. and everybody just left them alone. Just peeps. And I'll never forget when the members of Pablo Cruise piled into the back of my girl friend's car and we all went and played a quick softball game.
Posted by: Despise Insane Marxist Rat Bastards at June 17, 2026 07:33 PM (eIDFM)
Prison Mike? Now moved to death row.
Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at June 17, 2026 08:29 PM (b2XHD)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 17, 2026 08:45 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Tommy Shanks at June 18, 2026 03:13 AM (KDpmu)
Federal Judge Upholds Conviction of Judge Who Illegally Aided Criminal Illegal Aliens to Escape ICE
This is a bad day for high-calorie Karens.
But that's just a day ending in a -day.A federal judge on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a former Wisconsin judge who helped an undocumented man evade Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman declined to reconsider former Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan's conviction without rescheduling a sentencing date. Adelman previously postponed Dugan's sentencing on June 3. ... The lawyers added that Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, the Mexican immigrant she led out a private courthouse door to evade ICE officers, was not facing a pending proceeding but a warrant for his arrest instead. Adelman, a Bill Clinton appointee and former Democratic state legislator, was unconvinced by this argument. "At oral argument, defendant noted that ICE goes out every day to try to arrest people on the street," Adelman wrote in his ruling. He echoed the defense's argument, writing "Given the estimated 10 million undocumented persons in the United States, does that mean there are 10 million pending proceedings?" The federal judge added that Dugan "insists that there needs to be some formality, i.e., a proceeding before an agency involving parties trying to come to a determination, an adjudication." ... Dugan was found guilty of obstruction charges in December. She faces up to five years in prison for obstruction, the more serious of the charges, though first-time offenders rarely receive the harshest punishment.
... Flores-Ruiz has since been deported. His appearance before Dugan and her conviction have come amid the Trump administration's massive crackdown on immigrants across the U.S.
🚨 JUST IN: A federal judge has UPHELD the felony conviction against former Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan, who was found GUILTY of helping an illegal evade ICE agents at the courthouse
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 16, 2026
Dugan now faces up to FIVE YEARS in prison, disbarment, and steep fines.
FAFO! 🔥
h/t… pic.twitter.com/7xCdBepW98
🚨 NOW: A federal judge just DENIED leftist Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan's effort to overturn her conviction of aiding an illegal alien and obstructing ICE at her own courthouse
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 16, 2026
AWESOME! FAFO playing out in real time, now lock her up! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/hkLIwcDy5k
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 05:31 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 17, 2026 05:32 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Al Shabbah at June 17, 2026 05:32 PM (U4W41)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 05:33 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 05:33 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 05:33 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Will Robinson at June 17, 2026 05:34 PM (zBgIx)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 05:34 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Vlad The Improviser at June 17, 2026 05:34 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 17, 2026 05:34 PM (ufOdi)
No, the administration is not cracking down on immigrants, just those not in the country legally. That would be like writing about a crackdown on prostitution being a crackdown on citizens...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (l3cgK)
Icing on the cake: ICE caught him anyway.
Wait, did someone leave the cake out in the rain? I don't know if he was actually deported.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: SMOD at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (5HL7E)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (OoFl2)
Heads on spikes at the castle gates.
One thing about these winebox slobbering nitwits...there is only one single thing more important than "the cause/agenda"....and that is themselves.
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 05:36 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Adriane the Hump Day Critic . . . at June 17, 2026 05:36 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 05:34 PM (3uBP9)
Technically, probably.
Just not how you were thinking.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 05:36 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: torabora at June 17, 2026 05:36 PM (qrgCX)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:36 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (OoFl2)
She got the wrong judge...she was hoping for the Hawaiian one...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:36 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 05:36 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Headlines we'd like to see at June 17, 2026 05:36 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: torabora at June 17, 2026 05:37 PM (qrgCX)
Joy Behar says she told JD Vance he should run for president because he's "intelligent" and "has a good vibe"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 05:37 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: dantesed at June 17, 2026 05:37 PM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Nelson Mandela Muntz at June 17, 2026 05:37 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: WisRich at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (G0vdT)
I don't think McDonald's hires felons. Maybe one of the plant nurseries will take her on seasonally.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: dantesed at June 17, 2026 05:37 PM (Oy/m2)
I heard something about seamstress classes in womens' prisons...using scissors or scissoring or something like that...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Headlines we'd like to see at June 17, 2026 05:36
****
At 77, she got schlonged by 80 year old Trump.
LEGEND
Posted by: torabora at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (qrgCX)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 17, 2026 05:39 PM (ufOdi)
Posted by: dantesed at June 17, 2026 05:39 PM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 05:39 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: dantesed
Getting stoned is a common prison experience, I'v been told.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 05:39 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:39 PM (ALKK0)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (OoFl2)
I prefer eating brownies with fava beans and a nice chianti...
Posted by: Dr. Hannibal Lecter at June 17, 2026 05:39 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (OoFl2)
My wife makes those. They are really very good. Lots of chocolate in them, plus plenty of sweet stuff. Monk fruit I think. I put whipped cream on mine.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (Gqar8)
Women really do think their feelings or "being on the right side of history" give them some sort of blank check that they can do whatever the hell they want without consequences. Like the chick that tried to run an ICE agent over and got shot. No guy would ever do that and think he could get away with it.
Posted by: Leupold at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (eIzlH)
So they hire felons.
Posted by: torabora at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (qrgCX)
Posted by: Nelson Mandela Muntz at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: dantesed
Getting stoned is a common prison experience, I'v been told.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 05:39 PM (Y8DZL)
It's du jour in Muzzieland...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: SMOD at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (5HL7E)
I bet she was loads of fun at Thanksgiving dinner.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (0aYVJ)
Well, since you are dead then you can eat anything.
Posted by: dantesed at June 17, 2026 05:39 PM (Oy/m2)
Stay up all night (kind of a requirement.) Eat an entire gallon of chocolate ice cream. Smoke a pack of camel non-filters.
The world is your oyster.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 05:41 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (OoFl2)
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...and she lived to tell the tale! (for now...)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 05:41 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (vFG9F)
In wife’s case, health concerns.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:41 PM (Gqar8)
But hey!
You get the moral victory of helping people who torture, rape and murder Americans to keep you warm in jail for the next 5 years.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 17, 2026 05:41 PM (73/SM)
"🚨 HOLY SMOKES. Trump SBA Chief Kelly Loeffler reveals $200 BILLION dollars in fraud found and now being targeted...and the Democrats tried *FORGIVING* some of it
SBA is now targeting 562,000 fraudsters 🤯
CRIMINAL CHARGES being made. We were ROBBED BLIND by TRAITORS in our own government. Prison!
"We identified $200 billion in COVID era fraud. The four charges in Ohio...that's just 4 out of the 27,000 in that state that we identified!"
"Think about what we just turned over to the DOJ and Treasury, $22 BILLION in COVID era fraud that the Biden administration tried to forgive and sweep under the rug!" 🤯
"We're going back and prosecuting it and going after it for a collection. That's 562,000 fraudsters that we're going after. That's just in one program. It shows you how systemic it is, how sophisticated some of these programs are, but people are going to jail now."
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (OoFl2)
I've worked with a lot of indians and sometimes they bring "candy", indian "candy" to work to share. A lot of it is made with beans and I've never tasted one that was good. There are probably good and bad ways to make it. There has to be a way because chocolate is a bean, as is vanilla so there has to be other good bean-candy varieties.
Posted by: banana Dream - dot not feather at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (3uBP9)
Well, since you are dead then you can eat anything.
Posted by: dantesed at June 17, 2026 05:39 PM (Oy/m2)
Even kale. (ducks and runs)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (jYRYu)
They don't do this with someone they are going to throw the book at.
Posted by: No Name Today at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (8mulE)
Jennifer Joma and Lauren Kelsey Morrow, two former court clerks in Logan, Utah, face federal felony charges for allegedly helping undocumented immigrants evade ICE arrest at the Logan City Municipal Justice Court on April 9, 2026.
Federal prosecutors allege the clerks misused court databases to identify non-citizens, intercepted them as they left the building, and escorted them through secure areas and out a back door to avoid federal agents waiting in the parking lot. Joma also allegedly drove three of the immigrants away from the courthouse in her personal vehicle.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:43 PM (26GAh)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (vFG9F)
Or apple pie? Dutch apple, preferably.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 05:43 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: tubal"
That's makes sense. But otherwise, are bean brownies superior to regular brownies?
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 05:43 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:43 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 05:43 PM (4pi1M)
Posted by: Eromero at June 17, 2026 05:43 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Field Marshal Judge Smails at June 17, 2026 05:43 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 17, 2026 05:43 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: banana Dream - dot not feather at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (3uBP9)
Jelly beans
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 05:31 PM (YwEeS)
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You would think that just by chance a judge might know that.
Posted by: Decaf at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (xpP6J)
Posted by: tubal"
That's makes sense. But otherwise, are bean brownies superior to regular brownies?
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 05:43 PM (vFG9F)
No, no, not at all.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:43 PM (R+iUD)
carrots perchance?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 17, 2026 05:45 PM (znREB)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:43 PM (R+iUD)
vanilla, cocoa
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 05:45 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: SMOD at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (5HL7E)
Her TV husband liked to bang homeless men
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 05:45 PM (GseMx)
So those were "plainclothes" agents. Does that mean under cover? The judges spotted at least 4 of them.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 05:45 PM (XJ22o)
==
carrots perchance?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (l3cgK)
NO.
Bad jim in Kali! Very bad!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:45 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: banana Dream - dot not feather at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (3uBP9)
Jelly beans
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (0aYVJ)
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Except the black ones...
**LET THE FLAME WAR BEGIN!**
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 05:45 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: SMOD at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (5HL7E)
The Dems are in real trouble if the youth wing keeps dropping like this.
Oh, and as I recall, the oldest daughter was smoking hot.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (Sco7b)
==
carrots perchance?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (l3cgK)
NO.
Bad jim in Kali! Very bad!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:45 PM (R+iUD)
...well some folks put them in chili...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (e4LaW)
Jennifer Joma and Lauren Kelsey Morrow, two former court clerks in Logan, Utah, face federal felony charges for allegedly helping undocumented immigrants evade ICE arrest at the Logan City Municipal Justice Court on April 9, 2026.
Federal prosecutors allege the clerks misused court databases to identify non-citizens, intercepted them as they left the building, and escorted them through secure areas and out a back door to avoid federal agents waiting in the parking lot. Joma also allegedly drove three of the immigrants away from the courthouse in her personal vehicle.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (ycI94)
*****
Frolic and diversion on the taxpayer's dime.
Betcha orgy at her place.
Posted by: torabora at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (qrgCX)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket"
I bet there are no Brownies either.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Harvey Milk at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (Rb74/)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:43 PM (R+iUD)
carrots perchance?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (l3cgK)
Are they jello brownies? Is she Lutheran?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: banana Dream - dot not feather at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (3uBP9)
Jelly beans
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (0aYVJ)
---
Except the black ones...
**LET THE FLAME WAR BEGIN!**
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 05:45 PM (gnNyN)
The black ones would be acceptable if they were liquor-ish...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (l3cgK)
==
carrots perchance?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (l3cgK)
NO.
Bad jim in Kali! Very bad!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:45 PM (R+iUD)
...well some folks put them in chili...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (l3cgK)
Yes, and then they flounce off.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 05:47 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (Gqar
I'm not seeing the point as that seems just as 'bad'* as a regular brownie.
*as in anything made with flour, eggs, and lots of sugar is unhealthy and as such is double-plus ungood.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 05:47 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (l3cgK)
Yes, and then they flounce off.
Posted by: tubal"
That might have just been an early AI avatar.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 05:48 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (vFG9F)
___________________________
I'm a traditionalist...or was. Then my cousin (who is a chef by profession) showed up at the last family reunion with a huge batch of....to quote her...."something I've been messing around with."
Chocolate Molten Bacon & Caramel Brownies. I had more than one.
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 05:48 PM (dIske)
It appears some people are finally waking up.
https://tinyurl.com/57mrnmb6
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 05:48 PM (viF8m)
Wait, did someone leave the cake out in the rain? I don't know if he was actually deported.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Musical response:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?
v=x5DmDPor1EM&ra=m
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 05:48 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (OoFl2)
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...and she lived to tell the tale! (for now...)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Asian markets have a frozen 'bean pop', crunchy or smooth. Taste just like fudge. A second rate fudge, but it taste like fudge. Don't know what variety the beans are though.
And the green melon pops are outstanding.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: SMOD at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (5HL7E)
Schedeen tried to apply the Psalm below but lacked the discernment to recognize actual evil…
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked - Psalm 26:5
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (vFG9F)
___________________________
I'm a traditionalist...or was. Then my cousin (who is a chef by profession) showed up at the last family reunion with a huge batch of....to quote her...."something I've been messing around with."
Chocolate Molten Bacon & Caramel Brownies. I had more than one.
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 05:48 PM (dIske)
Chocolate and bacon can be harmonious...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (l3cgK)
*as in anything made with flour, eggs, and lots of sugar is unhealthy and as such is double-plus ungood.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 05:47 PM (6ydKt)
Monkfruit is a sugar free sweetener. Cocoa is OK.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (/QHx4)
That's makes sense. But otherwise, are bean brownies superior to regular brownies?
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 05:43
Only on that they are a healthier version. These are NOT going to stand side by side HHB’s brownies. But they are a good treat you could eat on a more frequent basis and still fit in your jeans.
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Leupold
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Our career criminal class would think the cops might miss so what the hell. Same inability to contemplate consequences for actions.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 05:48 PM (dIske)
I have a recipe for caramels made with sour cream, and I am waiting for this Fall, when it is cooler, to make it.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (rbvCR)
—
Kier just issued an arrest warrant for them.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (BI5O2)
It appears some people are finally waking up.
https://tinyurl.com/57mrnmb6
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 05:48 PM (viF8m)
Waking up to the possibility that the "peasants" may put their empty heads on pikes?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (l3cgK)
Liquor-ish? Ouzo Sambuca? I like sambuca after a big fancy dinner.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 05:50 PM (3uBP9)
https://tinyurl.com/57mrnmb6
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 05:48 PM (viF8m)
To the fact that they might be decorating a lamp post.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 05:50 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 05:50 PM (Ia/+0)
https://tinyurl.com/57mrnmb6
Posted by: JackStraw
Only took about 40-50 million third world imports or so before they woke up.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:50 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (R+iUD)
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The peasants who were supposed to work in the factories to shore up the welfare states instead burdened the welfare state.
Maybe they have learned that dealing with an aging population is an easier solution than dealing with a hostile one?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 05:50 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (l3cgK)
I see your point here, but they aren't any kind of "immigrant". They are criminal invaders.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 05:51 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 05:51 PM (CjRcL)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (Gqar
I could see monk fruit! I did maple syrup. And 70% dark chocolate.
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:51 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: torabora at June 17, 2026 05:51 PM (qrgCX)
And the green melon pops are outstanding.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (/lPRQ)
Mung bean is something the Vietnamese use in their sweets.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:51 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Sid at June 17, 2026 05:51 PM (SWd4y)
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:50 PM (E4rtv)
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It'd be hilarious if Europe was European again in like a decade.
The experiment on mass migration lasts a generation, and in its place is a series of right-wing governments that are so hostile to the idea of immigration and the left that they start fighting wars with each other rather than their own citizens again.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 05:52 PM (Zn6QU)
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Higgy
@higgyboson
It would appear that the "Russian" ship, (actually flagged as Cameroon), boarded by UK Special Forces a few days ago had been cleared of all it's crew prior to the film crew entering the ship and pretending they were were filming a full sweep of the vessel.
Yes, our highly trained Armed Service personnel were used as actors in a shoddy propaganda video to try to convince the world that
@Keir_Starmer
had grown some bollocks.
They must now feel like a bunch of mugs, taken for fools, used as fodder in one of Starmers little movies.
Absolutely EVERYTHING this dickhead touches is tainted.
His promises, assertions and pledges all turn to shit.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:52 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 05:45 PM (XJ22o)
The sunglasses and khakis gave them away.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 17, 2026 05:52 PM (1VJX5)
Posted by: banana Dream
Sambuca mussels.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 05:52 PM (YZ0Fo)
Only on that they are a healthier version. These are NOT going to stand side by side HHB’s brownies. But they are a good treat you could eat on a more frequent basis and still fit in your jeans.
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (OoFl2)
Wife is very diet/health conscious. It has served her very well, along with regular exercise program ( including yoga). Successfully dealing with some heredity stuff baked in her cake. Trim Healthy Mama style diet stuff. Quite admiring of her, I am.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:53 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (OoFl2)
I am discovering, to my great chagrin, that although I love trail mix… eating more than tiny amounts is not good for the waistline. And I work out like a maniac… but you can’t work out enough to burn those trail mix calories. Darn!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:53 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 05:53 PM (BI5O2)
Ha haha ha
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 05:53 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (l3cgK)
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Well, the administration is cracking down on the legal ones, too.
Rescinding asylum and temporary protected statuses. New H1-B's down 80%. Green cards down 50%. Denaturalizations up about 300% (still small numbers, but you can blame three SCOTUS cases for the hurdles there). Every visa class is down double digits.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 05:53 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 17, 2026 05:53 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 17, 2026 05:53 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Sid at June 17, 2026 05:51 PM (SWd4y)
Right? Dems may indict him on 34 bullshit charges or something.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (e4LaW)
And the green melon pops are outstanding.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (/lPRQ)
Mung bean is something the Vietnamese use in their sweets.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:51 PM (rbvCR)
Chinese use Mung beans and Red Beans in desserts, inside sesame balls. How they harvest the balls off sesame I don't know...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (ItWcy)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (CjRcL)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (/QHx4)
The experiment on mass migration lasts a generation, and in its place is a series of right-wing governments that are so hostile to the idea of immigration and the left that they start fighting wars with each other rather than their own citizens again.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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But, but, but, their armies would have no strength because there wouldn't be dei-versity.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (E4rtv)
It appears some people are finally waking up.
https://tinyurl.com/57mrnmb6
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 05:48 PM (viF8m)
Waking up to the possibility that the "peasants" may put their empty heads on pikes?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (R+iUD)
I'll believe it when I see it.
Somehow I think very little will change in the EU.
They have to get the politicians, bureaucrats, law enforcement and the courts to play along. That's where the rubber hits the road.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 05:51 PM (CjRcL)
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I'm guessing Croatia would prefer rum right now...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (gnNyN)
I wouldn't be surprised if they've received some sternly worded letters.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: Community Notes at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (BI5O2)
*as in anything made with flour, eggs, and lots of sugar is unhealthy and as such is double-plus ungood.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 05:47 PM (6ydKt)
No flour, no eggs, some oats, 1/2 cup of really dark chocolate chopped into the size of chips, 1/2 cup maple syrup.
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 05:52 PM (Zn6QU)
I can actually envision something like that and actually do.
But there's a lot of dead. Fortunately, mostly their side.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (ufO5q)
Chinese use Mung beans and Red Beans in desserts, inside sesame balls. How they harvest the balls off sesame I don't know...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (l3cgK)
The Free Range Sesames are really problematic.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (Gqar8)
Here are Greta Thunberg's birthday wishes for President Trump's recent birthday:
"My initial thought was to give you a one-way ticket to The Hague as a birthday gift, but that comment would probably go above your head. I will instead give you a can of alphabet soup, the sentences you poop out will be more coherent than anything you have ever said. Now you can finally take part in meaningful public discourse."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (ugElV)
Do you like your women like you like you jelly beans and coffee?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (l3cgK)
Jennifer Joma and Lauren Kelsey Morrow, two former court clerks in Logan, Utah, face federal felony charges for allegedly helping undocumented immigrants evade ICE arrest at the Logan City Municipal Justice Court on April 9, 2026.
Federal prosecutors allege the clerks misused court databases to identify non-citizens, intercepted them as they left the building, and escorted them through secure areas and out a back door to avoid federal agents waiting in the parking lot. Joma also allegedly drove three of the immigrants away from the courthouse in her personal vehicle.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
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These idiots think they're the Underground Railroad.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (XJ22o)
Rescinding asylum and temporary protected statuses. New H1-B's down 80%. Green cards down 50%. Denaturalizations up about 300% (still small numbers, but you can blame three SCOTUS cases for the hurdles there). Every visa class is down double digits.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I am holding out for trebuchets at the Southern Border to be used for deportations. Much more climate friendly without releasing all those greenhouse gases and just think how Mexico will thank us for making them stronger by more immigrants.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Piper
Piper's gonna have a baby!
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (e4LaW)
Several punk ass "judges" have tried to stop things OrangeManBad has done, only to get stomped by higher-up judges. In the mean time I already suggested he should raise the fee to $100 million.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (R+iUD)
Pixy Miss has added an Ouija Board interface on AoSHQ servers
Posted by: Community Notes at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (a4flb)
just don't leave any open brackets...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:57 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (l3cgK)
The Free Range Sesames are really problematic.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM
Especially since those organs are the generators of sesame seed.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 05:57 PM (0sNs1)
Pipe dream of course.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:57 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM
Are you familiar with Chocolate & Zucchini?
https://cnz.to/
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 05:57 PM (kgE5c)
Surprisingly, that’s kinda clever and funny
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:57 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 17, 2026 05:57 PM (S+j2h)
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (E4rtv)
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I just want them all to go on their own because they realize that America is a fascist oligarchy and racist imperialism that lets police shoot brown people for sport and doesn't even have single payer healthcare.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 05:58 PM (Zn6QU)
https://tinyurl.com/57mrnmb6
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 05:48 PM (viF8m)
It sounds good, but I think the original deportation order has come from a sovereign country, and that's where the roadblock to any meaningful change will come from.
Do you see the UK or France ramping up deportation?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 05:58 PM (PLxDd)
*as in anything made with flour, eggs, and lots of sugar is unhealthy and as such is double-plus ungood.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 05:47 PM (6ydKt)
No flour, no eggs, some oats, 1/2 cup of really dark chocolate chopped into the size of chips, 1/2 cup maple syrup.
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (OoFl2)
"No eggs?!" -- Bluebell the Hen
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:58 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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I bet that statement was really something in its original Moronese language but it fall a bit flat, like Greta's chest, in English.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:58 PM (E4rtv)
Granted, I am pulling my cites out of my butt, but I am willing to admit that.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:58 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:58 PM (ugElV)
The world is your oyster.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 05:41 PM (G3T/K)
Or clam
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 17, 2026 05:59 PM (S+j2h)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
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These idiots think they're the Underground Railroad.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (XJ22o)
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Eventually, one of the illegal immigrants they "rescue" will thank them for their services by going full Reaver on them...and make them disappear.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 06:00 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 06:00 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (e4LaW)
Several punk ass "judges" have tried to stop things OrangeManBad has done, only to get stomped by higher-up judges. In the mean time I already suggested he should raise the fee to $100 million.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (R+iUD)
Add in that the H1B holder must be paid 4x local rate for US citizens for the position, and I'm in.
Drop the visa fee to $1 million, and require employers to pay $5 million/10 visa holders they hire, and I'm still OK when the pay scale minimum is added.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 06:00 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Piper
Piper's gonna have a baby!
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 17, 2026
That ship sailed. lol.
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 06:01 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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And yet they persist.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:01 PM (E4rtv)
Granted, I am pulling my cites out of my butt, but I am willing to admit that.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:58 PM (rbvCR)
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"Random audits of H1-Bs will include comparative searches for Americans who could have filled the job role. If the auditor can find any within one hour of searching through job boards, the CEO, head of HR, and hiring manager are fined $10,000 for every potential applicant found and given lashes equaling the number of potential applicants found. The lashes will be dealt out publicly, in front of their headquarters staff and streamed live and for free, at the cost of the company, for the broader public to witness."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:01 PM (Zn6QU)
Joy Behar says she told JD Vance he should run for president because he's "intelligent" and "has a good vibe"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 05:37 PM (ndZc7)
BeWhore may be trying to hedge her bets.
She'd probably the least stupid one on that show (though she makes up for it in sheer obnoxiousness).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:01 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 05:53 PM (BI5O2)
My introduction to sambuca was with spaniards. They love the stuff. Served with coffee beans. Yep.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 06:01 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM
Are you familiar with Chocolate & Zucchini?
https://cnz.to/
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 05
I have a chocolate chip zucchini bread that is good!
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 06:01 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM
Two counterpoints:
One, catapults have a higher rate of fire.
Two, greenhouse gasses (along with other substances) are likely to be released just prior to firing and/or during the internal ballistics phase
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 06:02 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Joke's on her...I already did it for free!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at June 17, 2026 06:02 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Piper
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Don't forget the Beano!
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:02 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 06:02 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 06:02 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 06:02 PM (e4LaW)
Yet Trump is claiming we run out of reserves in four weeks without the Iran MOU.
Does he listen to himself talk?
Posted by: torabora at June 17, 2026 06:03 PM (qrgCX)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 06:02 PM (e4LaW)
And realtors, if the Mar-a-Lago's value determined in court is any measure.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 06:03 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 06:03 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 06:04 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 06:03 PM (vFG9F)
Not if you bought it. I like the dried fruit myself...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 06:04 PM (l3cgK)
Two, greenhouse gasses (along with other substances) are likely to be released just prior to firing and/or during the internal ballistics phase
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Okay, Mister Nice Guy, we put them on a ice floe in Alaska and let them sail away.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:04 PM (E4rtv)
Yet Trump is claiming we run out of reserves in four weeks without the Iran MOU.
Does he listen to himself talk?
Posted by: torabora at June 17, 2026 06:03 PM (qrgCX)
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He's just wrong on this.
If we drawdown at the same rate now for the foreseeable future, it'd take 15 weeks to drain our reserves dry, not 4.
And that's not going to happen anyway.
Eh, he's just trying to sell it. He also says stupid shit about immigration that never comes around.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:04 PM (Zn6QU)
You're 3-4 posts too late, we're talking about commie judges and bean vs no-bean brownies now
And boobs, because always BOOBS.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 06:04 PM (R+iUD)
Lunch was ramen (plain ol' "beef" Top Ramen, not the spendy gourmet stuff) with parmesan cheese and Pace picante sauce stirred in.
Japanese, Italian, Tex-Mex.... I think this is what the fancy restaurants call "fusion cuisine", right?
Pretty tasty, even if it is one of the most white trash concoctions ever.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:04 PM (IG3/x)
That sounds delicious.
See if you can get the recipe.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (/QHx4)
____________________
I'll lkely see here again this coming August for the next reunion. I'll see if I can get it...and if I can, I'll post it to the weekend food thread here. I know she worked the bacon into the caramel somehow, so the savory offset the sweetness. It was an icing of sorts. The brownies were normal all except for the fact that she somehow worked a warm chocolate filling into each square. It was wonderful and paired with a good cup of coffee...heavenly.
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 06:05 PM (dIske)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 05:58 PM
There is another way. Now wait, hear me out ...
Posted by: Vlad Tepes at June 17, 2026 06:05 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 06:05 PM (GseMx)
And then when nobody is “qualified” they’ve met the legal requirement. And then by a stroke of incredible luck they find Sanjeev in Bangalore who miraculously had that 10 years experience and bring him over at 30% the cost of what an American would be paid.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 06:05 PM (e4LaW)
Lunch was ramen (plain ol' "beef" Top Ramen, not the spendy gourmet stuff) with parmesan cheese and Pace picante sauce stirred in.
Japanese, Italian, Tex-Mex.... I think this is what the fancy restaurants call "fusion cuisine", right?
Pretty tasty, even if it is one of the most white trash concoctions ever.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:04 PM (IG3/x)
And I bet it took less than two minutes to make!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 06:06 PM (R+iUD)
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I think it's wrong to consider anything with M&Ms "trail mix."
Back in my day, "trail mix" was something totally different and candy wasn't in it. Bitter chocolate on the other hand. Maybe.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 06:06 PM (jehhT)
You're 3-4 posts too late, we're talking about commie judges and bean vs no-bean brownies now
And boobs, because always BOOBS.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 06:04 PM (R+iUD)
Always. Part of the HQ mission statement, no doubt. Greta grew a pair, oddly enough. Never thought she would.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 06:06 PM (Gqar8)
Pretty tasty, even if it is one of the most white trash concoctions ever.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Will you choose Iron Chef Japanese, Chinese, French, or Italian for your raman battle?
Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 17, 2026 06:06 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 06:07 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 06:08 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 06:08 PM (s6tef)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (OoFl2)
That doesn't sound too bad.
It's just as a southerner I've never ever thought of beans as dessert. It seems like it would be very 'mushy' compared to a regular brownie.
My mom made 'blondies' which were wonderful.
I think the man difference was using brown sugar without chocolate in the recipe. They were good, though, she had to make several batches every Christmas to give to people who wanted them.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:08 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 06:06 PM (R+iUD)
Yep. Bonus feature there. It also only dirtied one pot (which just needed to be rinsed out... I mixed in the cheese and salsa after it was in the bowl), one bowl, and one fork.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:08 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 06:05 PM (GseMx)
Has the universe ended? I’m not aware that something like this could actually happen! Good job
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 06:08 PM (ugElV)
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It'll be overturned on appeal.
Because the cartel judge is stupid--he argued that, because it was so high, it was in effect a tax--$100k is a tax.
Except. That means, a lower amount would not be a tax--$1k is not a tax.
Meaning, the cartel judge has made a policy decision--not a legal decision on what he thinks the fee should be.
And SCOTUS has been pretty clear these last few terms--judge are not to make policy decisions, they are to rule on the law:
Either Trump has the right to set the fee or he does not.
There is no "sliding scale" between legal fee and illegal tax.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 17, 2026 06:09 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 06:10 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 06:00 PM (e4LaW)
What, and get their asses shot?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 17, 2026 06:10 PM (bw89h)
>>Do you see the UK or France ramping up deportation?
I think that which can't go on forever won't. What's been happening for Europe for years is not sustainable, either economically or with the citizenry. There are cracks showing all over like Sweden and AfD and other indications people have had enough of the lies and degradation of their country for no gain at all.
This might not be the huge tipping point but sooner or later it will happen. Europe might never recover to what it was but this absolute lunacy will end.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 06:13 PM (viF8m)
No, the administration is not cracking down on immigrants, just those not in the country legally. That would be like writing about a crackdown on prostitution being a crackdown on citizens...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (l3cgK)
The author is EXTREMELY UPSET at the fact that in order to enter the United States for any reason, you HAVE to show a passport to a CBP official at a PoE. I bet this idiot author has left the country before on vacation and never once re-entered the country by avoiding PoEs and CBP either. I can't hate the media enough.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (T6aVk)
Pipe dream of course.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:57 PM (e4LaW)
And the number of legal immigrants allowed should drop to zero in years where the economy is not great.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 17, 2026 08:22 PM (T6aVk)
Huge: The Federal Trade Commission Sues the Main Transgenderism-for-Children Organization, WPATH, Citing False Claims About Transgender Surgery Reducing Suicide Risks
WPATH is largely funded by J.B. Pritzker's transgender brother, Lt. Colonel "Jennifer" Pritzker, retired.Billboard Chris 🌎
@BillboardChris 🚨 Massive news with worldwide repercussions! The FTC, along with Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska, and Texas, have filed a lawsuit against the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), alleging the organization has provided the means for medical providers to make false and unsubstantiated claims to parents in order to sell pediatric medical transition services. WPATH, an association of clinicians who profit from pediatric medical transition services, recommended medical interventions, including drugs and surgery, for children and adolescents who expressed dissatisfaction with or distress about their sex traits. In their complaint, the FTC and its state partners allege that these recommendations misled parents and children about the medical consensus and medical necessity, as well as the safety and effectiveness, of such services, in violation of the FTC Act. "Today, the FTC filed a lawsuit against WPATH alleging that the organization made false and unsubstantiated claims regarding the necessity, effectiveness and safety of puberty blockers, hormones and sex-change surgeries," said Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson. "Children, but especially their parents, must have complete and truthful information when making decisions to purchase medical services. For decades, the FTC has taken action against entities that make deceptive and unsubstantiated health-related claims. The complaint filed today reflects that same long-standing mandate: when an entity makes a claim about a medical treatment, the claim must be truthful, evidence-based and not misleading." In 2022, WPATH omitted all mention of age limitations for breast amputation or penis removal from the "Standards of Care" document providing the organization's official recommendations for treating sex-trait-related dissatisfaction or distress in children. As alleged in the complaint, WPATH did not base this decision on medical evidence.
As described in the complaint, in several instances, parents seeking help for their children were asked by clinicians whether they "would rather have a live daughter or a dead son," based on WPATH representations that pediatric medical transition services are "lifesaving." As the complaint argues, there is no competent and reliable scientific evidence to suggest these interventions reduce the risk of suicide. WPATH claims its recommendations represent "consensus-based expert opinion." This leads WPATH members and other clinicians to repeat to consumers false, misleading or unsubstantiated statements about safety and efficacy found in WPATH guidelines, according to the complaint. According to the complaint, despite the absence of competent and reliable scientific evidence, WPATH's guidelines label nearly every pediatric transition service as "medically necessary" to maximize the likelihood that insurers will pay for the pediatric transition procedures.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 04:22 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 04:22 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: free tibet at June 17, 2026 04:22 PM (iNp3L)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 04:22 PM (GD0B3)
Or some such shit.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 04:22 PM (bl07w)
-a weirdly large slice of the online right
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:23 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 04:24 PM (2ocoG)
-a weirdly large slice of the online right
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:23 PM (Zn6QU)
Correction: a weirdly large section of the VOCAL 'right'. Online is not reality. It only mimicks it in its most extreme, retarded form.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 04:24 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 04:25 PM (uhVAy)
WPATH claims its recommendations represent "consensus-based expert opinion."
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Oh, well! In that case, carry on.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:25 PM (XJ22o)
BEST 0.5 BLACK PRESIDENT EVVVVVVVVA !!!!!!
The Barry Soetoro Presidential Center was billed as a lasting legacy to former President Soetoro, and its construction was touted as an ambitious model built with aggressive goals for minority-owned and local businesses.
But now, some of the very subcontractors who helped build the 19.3-acre campus on Chicago’s South Side say they are facing financial ruin as they race to recover millions of dollars they claim remain unpaid ahead of the center's grand opening Friday.
Overall construction costs were reported to be $830 million in 2021 and have likely climbed past the $1 billion mark.
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 04:25 PM (YnF8s)
As I commented on El Gato Malo's the other day, any time the media starts up with "experts say" you are about to hear something of unfathomable stupidity.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 04:26 PM (2ocoG)
( Ackbar Content Warning )
https://tinyurl.com/yfvt2pwj
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 17, 2026 04:26 PM (B0NCh)
As I commented on El Gato Malo's the other day, any time the media starts up with "experts say" you are about to hear something of unfathomable stupidity.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 04:26 PM (2ocoG)
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Experts say that yo momma so fat that when she sits around the house, she sits AROUND the house.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:26 PM (Zn6QU)
Oh, well! In that case, carry on.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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But seriously, "consensus-based expert opinion" once held that women are dumber than men because their skulls are smaller.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:26 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 04:25 PM (YnF8s)
For a concrete door stop, sitting on its end.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 04:26 PM (G3T/K)
And no, ace, "they" won't be finding out what it's like to be on the receiving end of "by any means necessary".
Posted by: rhomboid at June 17, 2026 04:27 PM (U/Byj)
Michelle has mine in Refrig next to the boiled eggs and the pickle jar .....
Posted by: Barry Soetoro at June 17, 2026 04:27 PM (YnF8s)
Karmelo would have been.a better President - he would murder anyone who disagreed with him and The Community would support him.
Posted by: Community Notes at June 17, 2026 04:27 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 04:25 PM (YnF8s)
For a concrete door stop, sitting on its end.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 04:26 PM (G3T/K)
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Compare with George Lucas' museum in Los Angeles, costing between $1 and $1.5 billion:
https://lucasmuseum.org/our-campus
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: huerfano at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (VJX5o)
-a weirdly large slice of the online right
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:23 PM (Zn6QU)
Kamala would have, simultaneously, never attacked Iran AND driven them to total destruction while our glorious armies paraded in Red Square.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (ExV1e)
WTF!! Does that mean they asked enough so-called experts until they got enough positive voices, and discarded most of the rest?
AKA, the "experts": https://tinyurl.com/mv7y86tw+
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (qx7Zg)
But I'm no expert.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (viF8m)
That's not why women are dumber. *ducks*
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (Cqx++)
FTC can be very powerful when it choses.
Posted by: runner
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Apparently. I'd like it to get busy on windmills, solar panels, and the Kardashians.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:29 PM (XJ22o)
Experts say that yo momma is so stupid, she got stabbed in a shoot-out.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 17, 2026 04:30 PM (Vpqw1)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (0N4FZ)
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18+ years is a long time to wait.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at June 17, 2026 04:30 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:26 PM (XJ22o)
Phrenology.
Lysenkoism.
Law of use and disuse.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 04:30 PM (G3T/K)
No mutilation before age 21yrs. Really 25yrs when the prefrontal cortex of the brain is fully developed and decisions can be made as an adult.
Then there should be clear language of studies in the pre-op consent that 1/2 of men who try to become women commit suicide for chronic pain of infections of ingrown hairs, the inability to have sex/orgasm with their new thang, and that it takes up to 20min to simply pee sitting down.
They should pay for this out of their own pocket like any elective plastic surgery. Those surgeries are not paid by insurance due to mental distress, but for real medical diagnoses like going through a windshield or having cancer.
All I know about trans women (like Chaz) who become men is regret having it done as teens. Then changing their minds after a hysterectomy and double mastectomy. Unsure of suicide stats.
What I can't figure out is why Chaz could not simply be a lesbian and date women with a strap on and no beard. However, she/he did not ask me.
And with Cher as her mother it is no surprise.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 17, 2026 04:31 PM (hzuYO)
Gender refers to possessive pronouns: his, hers, its, and theirs.
Like you learned in grammar school.
Posted by: Pedantic Person at June 17, 2026 04:31 PM (HTcxi)
You should all be ashamed for not considering the feelings of pharmaceutical drug companies whose gender affirming care product growth will be severely affected for post surgery he/she people of whatever.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 04:31 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 04:31 PM (2ocoG)
Experts say that yo momma is so stupid, she got stabbed in a shoot-out.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 17, 2026 04:30 PM (Vpqw1)
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Experts say that yo momma so fat that when she wears a yellow coat, people shout TAXI!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:31 PM (Zn6QU)
If we can't cut little boy's dicks off how do we get eunuchs to screw to make sure they have no change of enjoying it?
Posted by: Some tranny chaser at June 17, 2026 04:32 PM (sKqQm)
That one is actually true. It's science.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 04:32 PM (viF8m)
Black subcontractors at Obama Presidential Center still seeking payment as Juneteenth opening nears, advocate says
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 04:32 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 04:32 PM (/QHx4)
But I'm no expert.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (viF8m)
Especially when a disturbed child is being told by an authority figure that this 'process' is the secret to all the pain they are carrying around. They just need to believe in it strongly enough.
Another group that should just be summarily executed on sight. No appeal.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 04:33 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 04:32 PM (UjdFS)
But he's one of them. Really, they should be paying for the honor.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 17, 2026 04:33 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: SMOD at June 17, 2026 04:33 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:29 PM (XJ22o)
This one is a big deal. Going after this 501(c)(3) with the mandate they they established for themselves, it's huge. Somebody in the administration is thinking. Not going after a particular hospital, but after the organization that dictates "standards of care".
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 04:33 PM (GD0B3)
They have Ozempic now, they're gonna be fine. Unless FTC starts sniffing around liability for the vaxx.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 04:33 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM (OoFl2)
ICE, and use it for a holding facility?
Chicago, and mount water cannons for fire/crowd control?
A gang, and use it as their new headquarters?
Michelle, so she can dump him there?
A mosque, for their LGTBQ+ festivities?
Did I miss any good candidates?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM (qx7Zg)
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💰 The Pritzker Connection — It's Deeper Than Real Estate
This wasn't some arm's-length transaction between strangers. The Pritzker family were Gavin Newsom's first-ever political donors when he launched his career. That's not a coincidence — that's a long-term patronage relationship.
The Pritzker family — through their various entities and foundations — contributed roughly $572,000 to the California Partners Project, Jennifer Siebel Newsom's "gender equity" nonprofit. Let's sit with that: the family that sold the Newsoms a mansion also shoveled over half a million into the First Partner's charity.
And that charity is where the real action is.
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM (kX27y)
Experts say that yo momma is so stupid, she got stabbed in a shoot-out.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 17, 2026 04:30 PM (Vpqw1)
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Experts say that yo momma so fat that when she wears a yellow coat, people shout TAXI!
Experts say that yo momma is so stupid, she sits on the TV and watches the couch.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM (Vpqw1)
That's what I've been told, anyway.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM (gpQ8/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM (2UnvF)
Phrenology.
Lysenkoism.
Law of use and disuse.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
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Lobotomy for slow learners.
Posted by: Proudly Endorsed By King Kennedy at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 04:35 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM (Vpqw1)
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Experts say that yo momma is so ugly, when she looks in the mirror, the mirror says, "Service not available."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:35 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Big Fat Fizer at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (HTcxi)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (Vpqw1)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Dr. T at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (X1vg/)
-a weirdly large slice of the online right
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:23 PM (Zn6QU)
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When you take out the percentage of the "online right" that is actually bots, paid shills, gaywad trolls, and people that don't live in the United States, you would find that slice to be rather small.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Proudly Endorsed By King Kennedy at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM (XJ22o)
For a lot of things. Behavior issues, family embarrassment (looking at you, Kennedy.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (G3T/K)
That one is actually true. It's science.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 04:32 PM (viF8m)
Stacey Abrams has the largest skull of any human. We're talking easter island here. I bet she can swallow goats whole. Is she a data point?
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (3uBP9)
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Similar to Rear Admiral, did The AutoPen Empire create a new "Rear Lt. Colonel" rank for "Ms. Pritzker?"
Posted by: ShainS at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (jnXw9)
These are the same sort of moms. Sure I cut my child's genitalia off, but the important part is now *I* have more status in my coven of Karen's because they only have gay kids!
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (sKqQm)
-a weirdly large slice of the online right
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:23 PM (Zn6QU)
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When you take out the percentage of the "online right" that is actually bots, paid shills, gaywad trolls, and people that don't live in the United States, you would find that slice to be rather small.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (oqH4h)
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Fair.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 04:37 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM
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Sitting right here.
Posted by: Dan Sullivan at June 17, 2026 04:37 PM (HTcxi)
When we lived in Chicago for husband's job, he had a couple of meetings with the Pritzers.
He didn't enjoy those.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 04:37 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (Vpqw1)
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Experts say that yo momma is so fat when she sat on WalMart, she lowered the prices.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:38 PM (Zn6QU)
^^^ Clear evidence that there are many different ways people can express their suicidal ideations.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at June 17, 2026 04:38 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: SMOD at June 17, 2026 04:38 PM (RHGPo)
Do I need to break out the Mr T?
Sure I do.
https://youtu.be/tFNJLs-Ql0o?
si=3cybXkkEgl4m2Z7O
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 04:39 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 17, 2026 04:39 PM (z6jYH)
Posted by: The person who always says that at June 17, 2026 04:39 PM (HTcxi)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 04:35 PM (GD0B3)
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Hmmm......
Monterey County Republican Party
@MCGOP_CA
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7h
Gavin Newsom headed to Chicago... Perhaps to get the story straight on his ill gotten mansion from Pritzker...
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 04:39 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:26 PM (XJ22o)
It pinches the higher order centers of logic in their brains, and tends to cause inefficiencies in cooling, causing a detectable loss to reasoning and the ability to parallel park.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 04:39 PM (rbvCR)
Speaking of fags:
Black subcontractors at Obama Presidential Center still seeking payment as Juneteenth opening nears, advocate says
Posted by: wth
Pritzker is a billionaire.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 04:39 PM (Cqx++)
Experts say that yo momma is so poor, that when I went to her house and rang the doorbell, she stuck her head out of the window and went "Ding!"
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 17, 2026 04:40 PM (Vpqw1)
Not going after a particular hospital, but after the organization that dictates "standards of care".
Posted by: runner
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It is. WPATH is the SPLC of "gender rights." In fact, that gives me another idea for the FTC... and say, is BLM still around?
Posted by: Proudly Endorsed By King Kennedy at June 17, 2026 04:40 PM (XJ22o)
There is always an exception to the rule.
Trust the science.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 04:40 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 04:40 PM (bXbFr)
sock off
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:41 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 04:40 PM (bXbFr)
Why are they all fucking mental siblings of Josef Mengele?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 04:41 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2026 04:42 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 04:42 PM (kPj/I)
Stacey Abrams has the largest skull of any human. We're talking easter island here. I bet she can swallow goats whole. Is she a data point?
There is always an exception to the rule.
Trust the science.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I don't remember how those experts accounted for the fact that gorillas have bigger skulls than humans but still aren't as smart -- but I'm sure they had some consensus on that, too.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:42 PM (XJ22o)
By the way, I LOVE to think of barry's Library of Doom as his glorious monument to his beloved wife Mooch. Big, Ugly, High Maintenance.
I love EVERYTHING about that place.
Hell, after I get things together, I want to reserve a couple of tickets so ace can have a raffle for some lucky morons to visit.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 04:42 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 04:42 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 04:43 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 17, 2026 04:43 PM (OUMaO)
Where they sneer, "we like these studies so you have to follow them--not the other studies, which don't agree" in granting the injunctions.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 17, 2026 04:43 PM (73/SM)
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Is there no end to this? Is there no end to this?
- - - - falls upon fainting couch
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (JS6jE)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 04:42 PM (6ydKt)
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They're generally not in a happy state with feds indicting them left and right.
https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/
2066955267711938683
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (Zn6QU)
Time t drive a stake through WPATH's heart -- well, where their heart would be, if they had a heart.
Posted by: zombie at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (Av6i5)
Gavin Newsom headed to Chicago... Perhaps to get the story straight on his ill gotten mansion from Pritzker...
Posted by: beckster
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Handy excuse: the opening of Obama's dumb library.
But seriously, this looks like a conversation so serious that they've got to hammer it out in person.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes
They all have a God complex. They either think they're God or that they should be.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (OUMaO)
Posted by: banana Dream - to ask is to answer at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Kindltot
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A repeat . . .
An old Electrician i worked with, back in my Ford days, insisted that men have reasoning and women don't. And also noted that men have a penis and women don't.
"That must be where we store all of our reasoning skills. I'm going to stop calling it a dick, and start calling it my Logic Probe."
Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (gpQ8/)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 04:45 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 17, 2026 04:46 PM (+9wcF)
The first few days after Obama's opening will have lots of visitors.
After that no one will give a shit.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 04:46 PM (/QHx4)
https://lucasmuseum.org/our-campus
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (Zn6QU)
Weird, but at least it's interesting to look at and welcoming with all the green space and huge windows.
Whereas Obama's looks like the party headquarters from 1984.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 04:47 PM (6ydKt)
He didn't enjoy those.
Posted by: four seasons
What part of fat, stupid and entitled was he not enchanted with?
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 04:47 PM (Y8DZL)
The first few days after Obama's opening will have lots of visitors.
After that no one will give a shit.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 04:46 PM (/QHx4)
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All white people since black people won't be able to get in since black people can't get ids which are required for entry.
At least that's what I've gathered from the Democrat Party.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:47 PM (Zn6QU)
The Pritzker family are a deformed, highly destructive bunch.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 17, 2026 04:47 PM (kf4RM)
Whereas Obama's looks like the party headquarters from 1984.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 04:47 PM (6ydKt)
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It doesn't look like a piece of shit! It looks futuristic and stuff!
More buildings like this, please.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:48 PM (Zn6QU)
After that no one will give a shit.
Once word gets out about the Big Mike's Is Bigger Than Barack's exhibit nobody will want to go.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 04:49 PM (2ocoG)
In 2022, WPATH omitted all mention of age limitations for breast amputation or penis removal from the "Standards of Care" document
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*retches*
Dear heavens, they're both a crime against nature.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 04:49 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: zombie at June 17, 2026 04:49 PM (Av6i5)
It was most recently used with COVID, where they cherry picked "experts." They cherry picked research data while simutaneously misrepresenting it. And, they threatened those "experts" who held contrary opinions.
This process is, also, being applied to the climate change issue. They make up percentages of "scientists"...most of whom were not in the meteorology field. They threaten those who disagree, and refuse grant money to those holding contrary opinions. They piggyback peer review studies by stacking review with fellow zealots....and they make up data (temp) to suit their needs.
And all of these issues are fully supported by media representatives some of whom are actually paid to regurgitate the falsities.
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 04:50 PM (dIske)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 04:50 PM (kPj/I)
Ironically the Lucas Museum looks like something from TNG/DS9/Voyager era Star Trek.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 04:50 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 04:46 PM (/QHx4)
It'll just become a Hall of Doom for villains to hang out and do gay stuff in.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 04:50 PM (3uBP9)
https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/
2066955267711938683
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (Zn6QU)
James O'Keefe and OMG went undercover in the New Jersey Antifa and identified a lot of the participants.
Lots of employees from well-known corporations, and a few from Rutgers U. on the list.
Hopefully DOJ is on that group as well.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 04:51 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 17, 2026 04:51 PM (B0NCh)
Posted by: ShainS at June 17, 2026 04:51 PM (jnXw9)
Lots of employees from well-known corporations, and a few from Rutgers U. on the list.
Hopefully DOJ is on that group as well.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 04:51 PM (6ydKt)
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It takes time to build cases and present them to grand juries, but it does seem like the cases are being built.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:51 PM (Zn6QU)
FIFY
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 04:45 PM (rbvCR)
Improved.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 04:52 PM (qx7Zg)
An old Electrician i worked with, back in my Ford days, insisted that men have reasoning and women don't. And also noted that men have a penis and women don't.
"That must be where we store all of our reasoning skills. I'm going to stop calling it a dick, and start calling it my Logic Probe."
Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (gpQ8/)
Okey-dokey.
Now explain the predilection so many men have for sticking their dick into... just about anything.
Couch fuckers?
Toaster fuckers?
Whoever had sex with Hilary Clinton?
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 04:52 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (XJ22o)
Tony Montana says, "I'm not going back in any cage, okay? "
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 04:52 PM (rbvCR)
In 50 years, the Obama Library will be one of those urban archeologist haunts, with dripping water, peeling paint, cracked floors and exposed wires.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 04:53 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 04:50 PM (2ocoG)
It does look like some of the buildings they show around future San Francisco.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 04:53 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 04:46 PM (/QHx4)
It'll just become a Hall of Doom for villains to hang out and do gay stuff in.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 04:50 PM (3uBP9)
I assume there is a bathhouse in there somewhere.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 04:53 PM (bl07w)
At a stroke to the bottom right of the P and you have WRATH...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 04:53 PM (l3cgK)
I love EVERYTHING about that place.
Posted by: Stateless
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I bet it will go down as the nail in the coffin of Brutalist architecture. Or at least a significant moment in Brutalism's decline. In fact I bet the Obamas are already regretting how embarrassingly ugly it is.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:54 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: far cry at June 17, 2026 04:54 PM (WbWbV)
Guessing the dedication speeches in Chicago tomorrow will not mention Trump, or oppression, or have bold pronouncements, or be anything but positive.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 04:54 PM (Y8DZL)
Toaster fuckers?
Whoever had sex with Hilary Clinton?
Posted by: tcn in AK
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For what its worth, his personal life was a train wreck on par with his biology skills.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 17, 2026 04:54 PM (gpQ8/)
Penn Medicine utilizes standards set by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) to guide its comprehensive gender-affirming care & LCBTQ+ clinical services. Their Program for LCBTQ+ Health offers services ranging from hormone replacement therapy to genders-affirming surgeries, bolstered by patient advocates and affirming clinical training.
The intersection of these two entities involved the following key details:
Care Standards: Penn Medicine consults WPATH standards to align with international best practices & multidisciplinary care models.
Pediatric Surgery Policies: In compliance with federal directives, Penn Medicine halted gender-affirming surgeries for patients under the age of 19, though they continue to provide pharmacologic treatment & behavioral health support.
Leadership Roles: Penn Medicine continues to expand its internal Program for LGBTQ+ Health w/dedicated physician leaders and trans-affirming patient advocates shaping health care standards system-wide.
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Trans-affirming patient advocates?
Help gender-diverse individuals navigate the healthcare system by finding competent providers, assisting with appointments, etc.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 04:54 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:54 PM (XJ22o)
With faces and personalities like those two, I doubt they have any scale for reference of how ugly anything is.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 04:55 PM (bl07w)
This is the key phrase. The key word being profit…. A disgusting money for anything attitude
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 04:55 PM (yz/88)
Posted by: Minuteman at June 17, 2026 04:55 PM (47/pr)
now i'm rethinking all those times talky toaster said "would you like some toast?" in red dwarf.
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 04:57 PM (qdr3M)
Choose wisely.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 04:58 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 04:58 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 04:58 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 04:59 PM (gnNyN)
Choose wisely.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 04:58 PM (0sNs1)
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What would Huge with a Luxurious Flaming Skull look like?
Wearing a tiara?
Posted by: ShainS at June 17, 2026 04:59 PM (jnXw9)
We should have a betting pool about how long before the Tower collapses.
Contractors are pissed because they haven't been paid.
Could be some vandalism happening.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 04:59 PM (/QHx4)
The obscenity could've been a good control tower for Meigs field, if Dickie Daily Jr. hadn't torn it up in the dead of night.
Still, if you visit the epic Museum of Science and Industry you can walk out, look south at it, and marvel at the collapse of civilization.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 04:59 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:26 PM (XJ22o)
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And that certain races of people were subhuman.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 05:00 PM (gnNyN)
They'll be mort someday but their families will claim the warzone pos is 'a' Trump's fault.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 05:00 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 05:00 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (/lPRQ)
WPATH quietly removes trans provider directory. It was a search tool allowing you to select by provider specialty, and state or zipcode, but now it's just gone. I'd been using it to help post-op patients find trans friendly gynecologists. I wonder if WPATH, sadly, took it down for fear it would be used to target specific providers.
I wonder how much of that was as a protection for those providers? My therapist is a WPATH contributor and they have had to take down their website and other public listings of their practice. They were getting death threats etc.
Trans rights shouldn’t even be controversial, what kind of dystopia are we living in where half the USA supports a PDF president that believes LGBTQ+ people are groomers. Respect for LGBTQ+ people should be considered centrist.
Legal and Regulatory Pressures. In January 2026, the FTC issued a Civil Investigative Demand to WPATH. This investigation is looking into potential "false or unsubstantiated representations" regarding the marketing of gender-affirming care.
I was in a live Twitch streamer chat with 2 Dolls, 2 AFAB Thembys and a Bi AMAB outta 8 people. We're everywhere.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: DaveA at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 04:
59 PM (gnNyN)
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It looks to me like the name of an old FORTRAN function or subroutine call.
Posted by: ShainS at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (jnXw9)
Couch fuckers?
Toaster fuckers?
Whoever had sex with Hilary Clinton?
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 04:52 PM
Not every dick is a Logic Probe.
My Logic Probe, however, is fully-functional.
Posted by: Data at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (0sNs1)
He is a Mulatto which is a racial classification that refers to people of mixed African and European ancestry.
Sperm Donor was Barack Hussein Obama born Baraka Hussein Obama, 18 June 1934 and was a Kenyan senior governmental economist
Birthing Person was Stanley Ann Dunham. She was of predominantly English ancestry, with small amounts of Scottish, Welsh, Irish, German and Swiss-German.
The greatest SCAM of them all from Barry Soetoro is that he claims to represent the Black Community.... SUCKERS
Posted by: Marcus Garvey at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (X7dyz)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 05:00 PM (GD0B3)
144 muldoon, to the white courtesy phone, please!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (RIvkX)
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Hordemind
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 05:02 PM (RIvkX)
A big masculine skull.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 05:02 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 05:00 PM (gnNyN)
A fetus isn't a person.
Posted by: James Talarico at June 17, 2026 05:02 PM (B0NCh)
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 05:03 PM (oqH4h)
She was of predominantly English ancestry, with small amounts of Scottish, Welsh, Irish, German and Swiss-German.
__________
But 100% purebred slut.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 05:03 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: tcn in AK
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When Killary wants something, you best say Yes boss. I wanted to live!
Posted by: Webb Hubbell at June 17, 2026 05:03 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:03 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (ycI94)
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WTF does that even mean?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 05:03 PM (gnNyN)
The Obama Presidential Library will be the first such institution having no records of a presidential administration.
Library or whatever they decided to call it.
In fact, my understanding is that there is virtually nothing from the Obama administration to archive.
The Biden library will be notable for not existing.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 17, 2026 05:03 PM (t1fZA)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
I'd that were true the bubble head Somalis would the smartest ethnic group out there.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:04 PM (/lPRQ)
Why are all of these guys such immense fags?
Posted by: ballistic
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No one buys him flowers anymore now that he lost reelection.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:04 PM (E4rtv)
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Which mental illness support group meeting was that?
Posted by: ShainS at June 17, 2026 05:04 PM (jnXw9)
A therapist? No way. These reddit commenters seem so well adjusted.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 05:04 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (ycI94)
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What
The
Fuck
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 05:05 PM (oqH4h)
Another group that should just be summarily executed on sight. No appeal.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 04:33 PM (G3T/K)
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Sounds about right.
Posted by: Black JEM at June 17, 2026 05:05 PM (GZYu7)
Posted by: Community Notes at June 17, 2026 05:05 PM (a4flb)
Handy excuse: the opening of Obama's dumb library.
But seriously, this looks like a conversation so serious that they've got to hammer it out in person.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (XJ22o)
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I thought about that as well - maybe Pritzker's goons summoned Gavin, also may hammer out a better PR strategy than Gavin's pathetic, rushed video screaming about Trump.
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 05:05 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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All the classified documents from his presidency are already in China. And the rest are smeared with some stinky brown substance.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:05 PM (E4rtv)
The Biden library will be notable for not existing.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 17, 2026 05:03 PM (t1fZA)
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But there will be the Trump 45 Presidential Library and Casino and the Trump 47 Presidential Library and Resort. Both yuge, classy and luxurious.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 05:05 PM (O0L8i)
Library or whatever they decided to call it.
In fact, my understanding is that there is virtually nothing from the Obama administration to archive.
The Biden library will be notable for not existing.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 17, 2026 05:03 PM (t1fZA)
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Someone mentioned BHO's "library" was going all digital or something. Available online.
So why even have a building in the first place?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 05:06 PM (gnNyN)
I bet it will go down as the nail in the coffin of Brutalist architecture. Or at least a significant moment in Brutalism's decline. In fact I bet the Obamas are already regretting how embarrassingly ugly it is.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:54 PM (XJ22o)
I’d describe it as the turd in the punch bowl.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 05:06 PM (7ODL9)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 05:06 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:06 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (ycI94)
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What
The
Fuck
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 05:05 PM (oqH4h)
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I'm glad it's not just me...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 05:06 PM (gnNyN)
Researchers have discovered that every husband owns at least 14 extension cords and believes every single one of them will be needed someday!
No evidence has been found to support this theory!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 05:07 PM (qx7Zg)
We should have a betting pool about how long before the Tower collapses.
Contractors are pissed because they haven't been paid.
Could be some vandalism happening.
Posted by: four seasons
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Chunks will be coming off from the sides any time now. They should sell it to Michael Myers for his next Austin Powers movie as a Dr. Evil lair.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:07 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 05:06 PM
Newsletter?
Posted by: Robert Francis O'Rourke at June 17, 2026 05:08 PM (0sNs1)
Researchers have discovered that every husband owns at least 14 extension cords and believes every single one of them will be needed someday!
No evidence has been found to support this theory!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Hillary would find a use for them. Garrotting.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:08 PM (E4rtv)
Contractors are pissed because they haven't been paid.
Could be some vandalism happening.
Posted by: four seasons
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Chunks will be coming off from the sides any time now. They should sell it to Michael Myers for his next Austin Powers movie as a Dr. Evil lair.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:07 PM (E4rtv)
Bezos could buy it for his Blue Origin penis rocket.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 05:08 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 17, 2026 05:08 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:09 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 05:00 PM (gnNyN)
I am informed repeatedly that some of them have 79 IQ. Can it be that this is a sadly incorrect and racist opinion?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:09 PM (rbvCR)
So why even have a building in the first place?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Check out the interior photos.
Very very classy.
Gold grills and spinners everywhere.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:09 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:06 PM (rbvCR)
I think someone mentioned it looks like a concrete butt plug. Probably accurate but that's not something I am familiar with.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 05:09 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 17, 2026 05:10 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
I guess in Airplane 2026, you get a scene with two alphabet people and a random woman passenger being asked to translate perv.
Or you get the South African pseudo sign language dude--he makes as much sense as that combination of letters.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:10 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:54 PM (XJ22o)
I’d describe it as the turd in the punch bowl.
Posted by: Tom Servo
South Chicago is not exactly a punchbowl.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:10 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 05:10 PM (Y8DZL)
As long as Michael Bay can direct and use his particular skills to film the climax featuring the flak tower.
Posted by: Community Notes at June 17, 2026 05:10 PM (a4flb)
Except me.
Posted by: no one of any consequence
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Colllect them for the copper and recycling?
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:11 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Community Notes at June 17, 2026 05:05 PM (a4flb)
A lubyanka requires more cells room than that tombstone offers.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:11 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at June 17, 2026 05:11 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 05:11 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:11 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:12 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Local media is trying to gush about how "It grows on you."
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 05:12 PM (Y8DZL)
Eventually it will become the Nicolas Maduro memorial library, should it turn out we live in a just and moral world
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:12 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Community Notes
I was thinking Dr. Evil is barely escaping by chopper or rocket from the top and the building imploding. But we can do it your way ala Downfall. Obama raging at his underlings, someone telling him that Kamala will come, and the whole structure being pounded by artillery.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:13 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 17, 2026 05:13 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Heroq
A pint or the rent boy at the end of the bar?
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 05:13 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 05:12 PM (Y8DZL)
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You sure they weren't talking about Big Mike's, er, structure?
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 05:14 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:14 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:14 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 05:14 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:15 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 05:12 PM (Y8DZL)
Like a tumor.
Posted by: far cry at June 17, 2026 05:15 PM (WbWbV)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (ycI94)
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WTF does that even mean?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
I'm willing to jump on this research grenade and report back!!!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar (and probably Kurt Eichenwald) at June 17, 2026 05:15 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:06 PM (rbvCR)
I think someone mentioned it looks like a concrete butt plug. Probably accurate but that's not something I am familiar with.
Posted by: tcn in AK
Second hand I knew a radiologist who had a x-ray collection of improvised butt plugs gone awry. Maybe if you know anybody that has worked in the medical, especially ER, I hear they like to collect and share such things.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:15 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 05:14 PM (O0L8i)
Even though the black contractors on the job will never get paid
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:15 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: Barry Soetoro at June 17, 2026 05:16 PM (YnF8s)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 05:16 PM (nuNhM)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:14 PM (ugElV)
Merv Griffin supposedly claimed that a man had to have a large head to be successful on television.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:16 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 05:16 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:16 PM (/QHx4)
What would be funny is if at the opening ceremony, a huge piece falls off and crushes everyone on the platform.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 05:17 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at June 17, 2026 05:17 PM (YnF8s)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:17 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:15 PM (/lPRQ)
If you’re ever at a party and there’s a proctologist there… park yourself in front of that guy. You’ll hear the funniest stories ever. They all end the same: it was a million to one shot, doc. Million to one — Kramer
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:18 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:09 PM (/QHx4)
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Always existed. Something is happening to make them bolder and unafraid to be out in the open.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 05:18 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:14 PM (ugElV)
Obligatory:
https://tinyurl.com/33pzjv99
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 17, 2026 05:19 PM (B0NCh)
"RAAAAAAAAAACITS" !!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 05:19 PM (FwxCS)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 05:19 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 05:19 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
It's a lot tamer than I expected. AFAB and AMAB are just "assigned female (male) at birth", thembys are people defining themselves as non-gendered or non-binary. Dolls is a bit more cultural appropriationy...
doll is an affectionate slang term primarily used to refer to a feminine trans woman or transfeminine person. Originating in 1980s Ballroom culture among Black and Latina trans women, it serves as a term of endearment, sisterhood, and mutual recognition of femininity and confidence.
While historically a code-word for community members to identify one another discreetly, the term has evolved into a broader compliment for glamorous or hyper-feminine presentation.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar (and probably Kurt Eichenwald) at June 17, 2026 05:19 PM (ycI94)
The lettering in cement on the side of the building from some idiot speech of his has already been identified as a bird nesting haven, so steps will have to be taken to scare them off before the sides are covered with birdshit.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 05:20 PM (Y8DZL)
213 The contractors, many minority, getting stiffed on their work on the Obama center is really emblematic of Barky in general
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 05:16 PM
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The joke's on the library committee. A lot of the work is substandard. The concrete is cracking.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 17, 2026 05:20 PM (DOcg9)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:20 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Twould give Bammy a far off contemplative look, it would.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:20 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 05:16 PM (ufO5q)
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Many vendors to Kamala's campaign also were stiffed.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 05:20 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:20 PM (/QHx4)
Actual to date: a couple of Mil with lots of contracts, black contractors no less, owed millions.
Posted by: WisRich at June 17, 2026 05:20 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:20 PM (e4LaW)
If you’re ever at a party and there’s a proctologist there… park yourself in front of that guy. You’ll hear the funniest stories ever.
__________
The Encyclopedia of Things People Have Shoved in Their Ass, 12th Edition (47 volumes)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 05:21 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Auspex
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LOL. Obama is a shitbird so that is perfect decor for his monumental butt plug.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:21 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Alanis Morissette at June 17, 2026 05:21 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:21 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:15 PM (/lPRQ)
Thank the Lord, that’s a compulsion I never understood. I guess I understand hanging onto proof of the craziest people you’ve experienced.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 05:22 PM (nuNhM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 05:22 PM (n3VHW)
Have the fucked people always existed or is social media responsible for exposing them?
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:09 PM (/QHx4)
I think it's partly that and partly that the internet and social media promoted fetishes and mental illness as normal and wonderful and also allowed all of these people to get together into their own dysfunctional tribe and encourage each other to be as screwed up as possible.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 05:22 PM (6ydKt)
>>@EricLDaugh
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2m
>>🚨 HOLY SMOKES. Trump SBA Chief Kelly Loeffler reveals $200 BILLION dollars in fraud found and now being targeted...and the Democrats tried *FORGIVING* some of it
>>SBA is now targeting 562,000 fraudsters 🤯
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 05:22 PM (viF8m)
While historically a code-word for community members to identify one another discreetly, the term has evolved into a broader compliment for glamorous or hyper-feminine presentation.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
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Where you boldly go, I have no intention of following. No offense.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:22 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: JackStraw
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There goes 3 million Democrat votes.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:23 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Alanis Morissette
Isn't ironic, doncha think?
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:24 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: WisRich at June 17, 2026 05:24 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:24 PM (Gqar8)
Fox / FS1 has has all games in English, Peacock has them in Spanish.
I for the Fox app. $40 for two months, $20 off with Amex. $20 for all games, can’t complain.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:24 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 05:25 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 05:26 PM (oqH4h)
'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
Bet Percy Shelley wasn't taught when Barry was Preznit of the Harvard Review.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 05:26 PM (Y8DZL)
Truly Insane
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 05:26 PM (GseMx)
Mooch was wearing a corset that made it look like a dick.
I read it on the internet so it must be true.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:27 PM (/QHx4)
Jimmy Kimmel claims Antifa is “is an entirely imaginary organization” and “there is not an Antifa”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 05:27 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:21 PM (Gqar
They are like VD...... Never go away and always festering !!
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 05:27 PM (FwxCS)
Gay Commies!! 😉
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:27 PM (e4LaW)
252 233 If I met her at a bar randomly
I hope to never meet her at a bar randomly or on purpose,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 04:23 PM (OYsYV)
265 If you meet Greta in a bar and don't stomp up to her, point accusingly and belt out "HOW DARE YOU!!!!" , you are letting the rest of us down.
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (dIske)
267 Bro, she's retarded and FAS face.
No way.
It's not quite criminal but it ought to be.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 04:12 PM (BI5O2)
"Make every love affair special" they said, but NOOOooo.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 04:30 PM (rbvCR)
The special needs need lovin' too! If the Eddie Van Halen face gets to be too much, flip her over. Or all over the room. She looks small + easily confused = easily moved.
I'm only half-joking. The balding basement troll busted the other day would be in heaven. He should've spent that $3000 on finding Greta and flying out to woo her.
Posted by: SciVo at June 17, 2026 05:27 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:24 PM (Gqar
Not paying the subcontractors just adds to it.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 05:27 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:27 PM (26GAh)
We should have a betting pool about how long before the Tower collapses.
Contractors are pissed because they haven't been paid.
Could be some vandalism happening.
Posted by: four seasons
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Fountainhead
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 05:28 PM (Cqx++)
I think he's going to get another Nobel Prize.
Posted by: AG whatever Blondi at June 17, 2026 05:28 PM (qrgCX)
Mooch was wearing a corset that made it look like a dick.
I read it on the internet so it must be true.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:27 PM (/QHx4
Someone commented that, here, yesterday. I just smiled.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:28 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 17, 2026 05:28 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 05:29 PM (n3VHW)
No, I don't think Michelle has a dick.
But I would not be astonished if I was to learn one day that Michelle has a dick.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 05:29 PM (O0L8i)
Truly Insane
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 05:26 PM (GseMx)
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It's true! When Al made his predictions there were 10,000 polar bears in the wild. Today, only 30,000 remain.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 17, 2026 05:29 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:29 PM (/QHx4)
WPATH quietly removes trans provider directory. It was a search tool allowing you to select by provider specialty
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I hope someone who watches this sort of thing kept that directory, because the "provider specialty" column must have been like a page out of Mengele's lab book.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 05:29 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:27 PM (26GAh)
Right beside the Tony Rezko and Bill Ayers exhibits.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 17, 2026 05:29 PM (B0NCh)
Any of you little dick heads have any questions I will take you into the back room and rip your dwarf mosquito balls off and shove them down your pecker loving throats !!!!!!!
Posted by: Big MIKE at June 17, 2026 05:30 PM (i3lyM)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 05:30 PM (ufO5q)
My bank is closed on Juneteenth. When will those corporate morons catch up on the race bullshit the same way they seem to be catching up on the trans bullshit?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 05:30 PM (XJ22o)
I don't know if Mooch was giving or receiving when she inspired the necklace.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 05:30 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Vlad The Improviser at June 17, 2026 05:31 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 05:32 PM (3uBP9)
Sleepy Joe brags about killing the oil industry: “The other thing I was able to do, I made sure there could be no oil drilling off the East Coast, the West Coast and 150 miles off the Gulf of Mexico hescodoinalotprotection too.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 05:32 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:09 PM (/QHx4)
I have been told that the first thing they try in a psych ward, when one of the "clients" is starting to act out, is to bring in a bunch of staff to surround the client and act normal so the freakout is sort of corralled, and outnumbered and starts modelling on the non-freakout staff.
Online the borderline functional get surrounded by similar people and that sort of re-enforces the freak flag flying as being normal, and that starts drawing attention , often by sorts that also wind up getting freaky.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:32 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:32 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 05:33 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: torabora at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (qrgCX)
Unbelievable. Al Gore and his lefty cucks claim that all his claims in Inconvenient Truth have come to fruition.
Truly Insane
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 05:26 PM (GseMx)
Gore is a pussy. I saw him on CSPAN several times doing a book tour for one of his later tomes. He did his globule warmening speech and then every time, the host would get up on stage and state that Big Gay Al had to leave immediately to catch a plane, so they couldn't do a Q and A session.
Fucker is such a pansy that he can't stand up in front of an audience and defend his ideas.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (e4LaW)
I read it on the internet so it must be true.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:27 PM (/QHx4
Someone commented that, here, yesterday. I just smiled.
Posted by: tubal
A floppy corset that swings to and fro...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:39 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (qFwJc)
Some people call the practice of the use of uncompensated black labor as “Slavery” .
Posted by: Community Notes at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (a4flb)
Hunter S. Thompson pulled worse shit at UCSD.
Glad I was out of there by then.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (qFwJc)
Huh? You know what force unpaid labor is? Slavery.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Reforger at June 17, 2026 05:59 PM (F9nWj)
I've said before; my gut feeling on Greta and s*xuality is she will simply scream the entire time like one might if you see a mouse on your counter eating a sandwich. Just loud, monotone visceral horror. Then when you have finished, she'll glare at you and say the thing (how dare you). No thanks. Would rather pay the overnight girl at the Boom Boom Room to pity bl*w me.
Posted by: Nelly at June 17, 2026 06:32 PM (6+ehB)
I will say again I thought this old zombie motherf**ker has stage 10 super cancer of the rectum; why is he still being wheeled out to wheeze and bullsh*t at people?
Posted by: Nelly at June 17, 2026 06:44 PM (6+ehB)
Election Official Stops Democrat Dirty Trick: Democrats Tried to Split the Republican Vote for Dan Sullivan in Alaska By Running Another Man Named Dan Sullivan
Democrats should really consider what happens when we take a similar "by any means necessary" posture. Because it's coming.
There is an interesting controversy in Alaska where an election official just disqualified a candidate over his name. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) is in what is considered a close race with Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola. The seat is viewed as critical to the Democrats' retaking power. The race was thrown into disarray when a retired teacher named Dan Sullivan, who had no connection to the GOP but did have connections to Democratic operatives, got on the ballot. The alleged dirty trick by Democratic and Peltola supporters would have split Sullivan's vote through sheer confusion. Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher disqualified Dan J. Sullivan, putting an end to it this week. The suspected dirty trick comes at a time when Democratic candidates and pundits are calling for winning back power "by any means necessary."
It could create an interesting appeal if teacher Sullivan claims that this is just a colossal coincidence or that he has a right to be a vehicle for electoral confusion. ... Beecher noted several indicators that teacher Sullivan and the Democrats were engaged in a dishonest campaign of confusion. She noted that he voted under the name Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr., but requested to appear on the ballot as Dan Sullivan--making him identical to the incumbent. He even tried to register using the initial "S" once, which would have matched the senator. She also noted that Dan J. Sullivan had not registered as a Republican before launching his Senate campaign and that he created a new website that used a "color scheme and overall theme" similar to the incumbent's campaign materials. She also noted his connection to Amber Lee, an Alaska Democratic consultant and past supporter of Peltola.Of course it's a teacher. When we go low, they go high. Always remember that. Stop making them go so high, low-goers!!!!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 03:30 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: occam's brassiere at June 17, 2026 03:30 PM (GGGBN)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 03:31 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: LASue at June 17, 2026 03:32 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 03:32 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 17, 2026 03:32 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Emmet "Dan (for this election)" Sullivan at June 17, 2026 03:32 PM (w9Wax)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 03:32 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Czech Chick at June 17, 2026 03:34 PM (rg/w7)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 17, 2026 03:34 PM (Q/FnY)
When they go low, we show them what low really is.
Posted by: spongeworthy at June 17, 2026 03:34 PM (sLLbN)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 17, 2026 03:34 PM (ufOdi)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2026 03:34 PM (n5tGW)
We need more candidates named "None Of The Above."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 03:37 PM (XJ22o)
But it probably would have worked. Dem election officials would have diverted ballots cast for Dan to the other dan because it's all so confusing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 03:37 PM (G3T/K)
For some definition of "punching."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 03:37 PM (jehhT)
Interesting channel, rabbit hole opening.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 17, 2026 03:34 PM
The guy's hilarious. His wife's a hoot, too.
Check out his other channel The Fat Files. He talks about businesses and their histories. The Bass Pro Shop video is laugh out loud funny.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 03:38 PM (bFu5X)
That's way he can check two make sure Trump dids not screw anythangs up
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at June 17, 2026 03:39 PM (Bnw/D)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 03:39 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: LASue
Yeah, like anyone's going to name their sweet little girl after her.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 03:39 PM (77rzZ)
I've used it many times.
Posted by: James Skeletor Carville at June 17, 2026 03:40 PM (HTcxi)
Posted by: Karen McAwfl at June 17, 2026 03:42 PM (HTcxi)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 03:42 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 17, 2026 03:42 PM (JW6Az)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 03:42 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 03:42 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 17, 2026 03:42 PM (JW6Az)
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 03:43 PM (Y8DZL)
At least when Eddie Murphy did this in the rather mediocre film "The Distinguished Gentleman", it was just a scam where he was just looking to cash in.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 17, 2026 03:43 PM (y9nCu)
Bulg is hot for Greta Thunberg?
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 03:43 PM (Y8DZL)
He's hot for creature.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 03:43 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: pookysgirl, dropping a question before her nap at June 17, 2026 03:44 PM (Wt5PA)
Interesting channel, rabbit hole opening.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 17, 2026 03:34 PM (Q/FnY)
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Guy is hilarious and his history videos are fun, fast-paced, and well-researched.
I'm not much for watching podcasts, but the one he does with Brandon Herrera and some others called Unsubscribe is pretty good most of the time too.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 03:44 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: one hour sober at June 17, 2026 03:44 PM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Dan Sullivan at June 17, 2026 03:44 PM (l/J0j)
They'll finish right after the McCain funeral
Posted by: man at June 17, 2026 03:44 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Dan Sullivan at June 17, 2026 03:44 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 03:44 PM (Cqx++)
I have a chance of winning based on that name recognition.
Posted by: Minuteman at June 17, 2026 03:45 PM (47/pr)
Posted by: Dan Sullivan at June 17, 2026 03:45 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: EveR at June 17, 2026 03:45 PM (wTevN)
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 03:44 PM
I saw that one live in Boston back in December. That was a great time.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 03:45 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Auspex
No, just said she can look kinda pretty, under the right circumstances.
David Hogg can have her.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 03:46 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Dan Sullivan at June 17, 2026 03:46 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: Dan Fielding at June 17, 2026 03:46 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 03:46 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Dan Sullivan at June 17, 2026 03:46 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 03:46 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Thomas Jefferson Johnson at June 17, 2026 03:47 PM (gnNyN)
Any big doins in Boston for the 250th?
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 03:47 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Auspex
No, just said she can look kinda pretty, under the right circumstances.
David Hogg can have her.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 03:46 PM (77rzZ)
Say, whatever happened to Shaved Guevera?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 03:47 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 03:43 PM (dK+Kv)
🤣🤣🤣
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 03:47 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: kingsman at June 17, 2026 03:47 PM (ehY6c)
They won’t be taking any of the cases on commonly owned rifle bans or standard magazines.
That’s despite the many cases available.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 17, 2026 03:47 PM (JW6Az)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 17, 2026 03:43 PM (y9nCu)
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Ironically, he was the most honest politician in Washington, D.C.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 03:48 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Ed Sullivan at June 17, 2026 03:48 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Gouverneur Morris at June 17, 2026 03:48 PM (qaVMA)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 03:48 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: man at June 17, 2026 03:49 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: What's My Line at June 17, 2026 03:49 PM (HTcxi)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 03:48 PM (UjdFS)
🎶 Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 03:49 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: What's My Line at June 17, 2026 03:49 PM (HTcxi)
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Please stand up.
Please stand up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:49 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Sullivan's Island, SC at June 17, 2026 03:50 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Weasel at June 17, 2026 03:50 PM (GNqmQ)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 17, 2026 03:42 PM (JW6Az)
We are working on it. The situation here is that the Lower 48 leftists think it is easier to knock off our Senators since the vote totals are low, so they send all kinds of dark money and fund a lot of PACs that are sketchy at best but sound local. Petersburg Dan is just one of several lousy schemes they employ. We have had so many ads stating how awful the real Senator is, and that started a year ago. They are lies, but I don't think anyone can stop them.
Now we have this idiot Mary Peltola running the same ads, with the same lies, all while she claims she was the most wonderful Congresscritter during her time in DC.... She never advanced a single bill, or even cosponsored one, but she claims she brought home the bacon for AK. Lots and lots of dark money funding her bullshit.
I think she is just running for the grift. She hasn't a chance to win.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 03:50 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: man at June 17, 2026 03:50 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith at June 17, 2026 03:50 PM (6ZnSC)
If he can't do it, nobody can!
Just think if TWO Dans ran.
Elect them both, choose a clan!
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 03:50 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 03:50 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 03:48 PM (UjdFS)
🎶 Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 03:49 PM (l/J0j)
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😂 y'all are killing it today
Posted by: Sullivan's Island, SC at June 17, 2026 03:50 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 03:47 PM
I haven't really looked. I'm afraid they'll just be fake, gay, and lame.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 03:51 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Larry at June 17, 2026 03:51 PM (E/qck)
Posted by: Weasel at June 17, 2026 03:50 PM (GNqmQ)
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Eh.
Some Democrat decided to try something stupid without properly taking the right steps.
He registered as a Republican too late because he's actually a Democrat.
He can run as a write-in, if he really wants.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:51 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Wink Martindale at June 17, 2026 03:51 PM (47/pr)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 03:48 PM (UjdFS)
Soooo close to "Wake me up before you go-go".
Posted by: pookysgirl doesn't know the rest of the song at June 17, 2026 03:51 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: man at June 17, 2026 03:51 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
......
Dunno, but she was the hot one.
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 03:51 PM (UjdFS)
Dan Sullivan...
That was a long way to go for nothing.
Let's get back to the bangability of Greta...
In the right light...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 03:51 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 03:48 PM (UjdFS)
That would be Peltola. Half Native, half white. No thanks. She's trying to court the Native vote, but the Corporations already came out for Dan Sullivan (the real one) so I think she's outta luck.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 03:52 PM (bl07w)
Sorry, check that, it was the surrender MOU the artist of the deal just negotiated.
Posted by: Candidus at June 17, 2026 03:52 PM (91B/q)
Posted by: Bob Eubanks at June 17, 2026 03:52 PM (47/pr)
Posted by: man at June 17, 2026 03:52 PM (XuXeR)
People are tribal.
It's just a question of which tribe.
The left has been actively trying to make the white tribe a thing in America for decades now, under the impression that they'll breed/immigrate us out of existence and our white tribal mentality will develop too late to do anything about it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:28 PM (Zn6QU)
I love how they continue to fail to grasp that many Hispanics proudly consider themselves White. They are just unable to wrap their heads around the reality that they are cultural imperialists, trying to impose a perma-minority Latinx identity on people who don't want it.
It's hard for me to pick a favorite example of their faux multiculti, where they can't actually imagine anyone else being different under the skin (except for anti-socialists, who are demons). "Queers for Palestine" might rank even higher for amusement value, but for strategic self-sabotage, I think it's just *assuming* that Hispanics would automatically join an anti-White coalition.
Especially the immigrants. Denying their Whiteness is like putting them down, from their perspective.
Posted by: SciVo at June 17, 2026 03:52 PM (Sy6m/)
Except for the obvious annoyance of dealing with presstitutes, I'd suggest Mr. tcn run for office as "Lisa Murkowski" just to fck with the AK dems.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 03:52 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Leupold at June 17, 2026 03:53 PM (eIzlH)
Posted by: man at June 17, 2026 03:53 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 17, 2026 03:53 PM (B0NCh)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 03:53 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Big Phatty Pharma at June 17, 2026 03:53 PM (HTcxi)
She should be disappeared for her efforts.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 03:53 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Rex B at June 17, 2026 03:53 PM (buvgH)
Posted by: Big Phatty Pharma at June 17, 2026 03:53 PM (HTcxi)
Posted by: San Dullivan at June 17, 2026 03:54 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 17, 2026 03:54 PM (0N4FZ)
They really do think they're all superheroes with capes.
Posted by: Leupold at June 17, 2026 03:54 PM (eIzlH)
Posted by: Josephistan at June 17, 2026 03:54 PM (rKILu)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 03:54 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 03:54 PM (Jr5Lq)
Especially the immigrants. Denying their Whiteness is like putting them down, from their perspective.
Posted by: SciVo at June 17, 2026 03:52 PM (Sy6m/)
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I think the funniest part is that the Democrat Party is at war with itself over these issues, the central nexus of it all being that black women in the party will not let go of power.
They are the most aggrieved and oppressed, and all others must bow to their desires.
And they're not shy about hiding it.
And I think that just turns off most of the rest of the coalition. AWFLs love it because they love to be ridiculed and shamed, but almost no one else seems to like it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:54 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: man at June 17, 2026 03:54 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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IIRC it came out that she was one of the ones bullying the shooter, so it messed with the Narrative.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 17, 2026 03:54 PM (B0NCh)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:51 PM (Zn6QU)
I believe, under the Lisa Murkowski Rule, that any write in votes which contain letters found in the name of the incumbent, go to the incumbent.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 17, 2026 03:55 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: mrp at June 17, 2026 03:55 PM (rj6Yv)
SCHMIDT!
Posted by: man at June 17, 2026 03:52 PM (XuXeR)
What if it's not the guy YOU'RE thinking of?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 03:55 PM (2YhKe)
In the right light...
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Desperation knows no bounds here.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 03:55 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 03:53 PM
Lots of lonely, open space in Alaska....be a shame if something happened.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 03:55 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: t-bird at June 17, 2026 03:55 PM (wn0/z)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 03:55 PM (bXbFr)
Sounds... pornish
Posted by: man at June 17, 2026 03:54 PM (XuXeR)
Then it would be Amber Lynn.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 03:55 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 03:53 PM (2YhKe)
*pats Sponge's head lovingly*
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 03:55 PM (bl07w)
Changing your name is important. Names are important. People know your name. They know your name. They know your name. Your name is what they call you. What they call you.
Don't let anybody tell you what your name can be and who really got elected in 2024. Don't let anybody do that. Because your name can be anything you want it to be.
Posted by: Donald Trump at June 17, 2026 03:55 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:51 PM (Zn6QU)
I believe, under the Lisa Murkowski Rule, that any write in votes which contain letters found in the name of the incumbent, go to the incumbent.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 17, 2026 03:55 PM (ExV1e)
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:-)
-a vote for Lisa Murkowski
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:55 PM (Zn6QU)
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Double hearings, then. Triple even.
Posted by: Weasel at June 17, 2026 03:55 PM (GNqmQ)
Anyway, it's an old ploy, i.e.,
RIVALS HAVE SAME NAMES; Two New Jersey Republicans Face Like-Named Democrats.
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.
May 20, 1936
And then there's the current crop of N.J. devils:
2023, accusations were made in South Jersey regarding the use of third-party candidates in competitive legislative districts, such as State Senate District 4. These candidates reportedly appeared on the ballot but did not campaign or engage with the public.
2025 in a local mayoral race in Gloucester Township, New Jersey, also involved accusations of using phantom candidates. Mailers promoted a write-in candidate without providing biographical or contact information, leading to claims that the name was used to divide the opposing vote.
And others -
Florida State Senate race in 2020, an independent candidate with the same last name as the incumbent Democrat appeared on the ballot. Reports indicated this candidate did not campaign and was later found to have been compensated to be on the ballot.
Gotta watch those Dems/progressives.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 03:55 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2026 03:56 PM (n5tGW)
Lots of lonely, open space in Alaska....be a shame if something happened.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 03:55 PM (bFu5X)
They keep telling me about the plight of the starving polar bears because of Gorebull warmening.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 03:56 PM (2YhKe)
The liberal Alaksa court said "nah" because democracy.
Posted by: Leupold at June 17, 2026 03:56 PM (eIzlH)
*pats Sponge's head lovingly*
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 03:55 PM (bl07w)
Awwwwwww......
*blushes*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 03:56 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Pretty common event.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 03:57 PM (Y8DZL)
116 Murkowski won on a write in campaign despite alaska law clearly saying the spelling of a write in candidate had to be spelled perfectly to count. She should have lost as all sorts of write ins had errors.
The liberal Alaksa court said "nah" because democracy.
Posted by: Leupold at June 17, 2026 03:56 PM (eIzlH)
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Fake Dan Sullivan doesn't have GOP Senate money, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:57 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: man at June 17, 2026 03:57 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Pretty common event.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 03:57 PM (Y8DZL)
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It's funny when they aren't in power.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:57 PM (Zn6QU)
Except for the obvious annoyance of dealing with presstitutes, I'd suggest Mr. tcn run for office as "Lisa Murkowski" just to fck with the AK dems.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 03:52 PM (R+iUD)
Be nice! There's no reason to wish that level of ugliness on any decent human.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 03:57 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 03:57 PM (Cqx++)
Well, his name is my name too.
So there
Posted by: man at June 17, 2026 03:57 PM (XuXeR)
So, your name is Smith.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 03:57 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 03:58 PM (77rzZ)
Lots of lonely, open space in Alaska....be a shame if something happened.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 03:55 PM (bFu5X)
They keep telling me about the plight of the starving polar bears because of Gorebull warmening.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 03:56 PM (2YhKe)
I, for one, would like to have something to eat besides stale kayaks.
Posted by: Alaskan polar bear at June 17, 2026 03:58 PM (R+iUD)
I think the funniest part is that the Democrat Party is at war with itself over these issues, the central nexus of it all being that black women in the party will not let go of power.
They are the most aggrieved and oppressed, and all others must bow to their desires.
And they're not shy about hiding it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:54 PM (Zn6QU)
Ruined Leon always sarcastically calls them "THE most dissssrespected group IN AMERICA!"
Posted by: pookysgirl, with a teething Lil Pooky at June 17, 2026 03:58 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Bob Eubanks at June 17, 2026 03:58 PM (47/pr)
Posted by: man at June 17, 2026 03:58 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: pop goes the weasel at June 17, 2026 03:59 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:57 PM (Zn6QU)
Does the GOP Senate have any money left or did they spend it all to keep John Cornyn from getting spanked?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 17, 2026 03:59 PM (ExV1e)
It's funny when they aren't in power.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:57 PM (Zn6QU)
The cattle of The View told JD Vance that the Trump White House is taking away the black vote and black representatives with redistricting and they're erasing black history of Emmitt Till and all the other things blacks have done over the years........Because they're not in power and it really hurts their feewings.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 03:59 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 17, 2026 03:54 PM (0N4FZ)
Anyone can file, but they also sign a document that states that they are filing in good faith, with blah blah blah intentions, etc.
It was proved that he did not.
Trying to file with a middle initial that does not match the one on his driver's license was the first tip off. Registering as a Republican two days before he filed was another. Then there were his ads and media presence, which was designed to look precisely the same as the real Senator's, and his history of donating to lefties, etc.
Pretty clear what the wonky asshoe was up to.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 03:59 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 17, 2026 03:59 PM (B0NCh)
Posted by: man at June 17, 2026 03:59 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: The Dan Sullivan at June 17, 2026 03:59 PM (HcoTw)
Posted by: Bob Eubanks at June 17, 2026 03:58 PM (47/pr)
"In the butt, Bob."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 03:59 PM (2YhKe)
When one party has to do obviously cheat, what does that tell you about how they will treat you once they win?
Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 03:59 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Case at June 17, 2026 03:59 PM (IY9No)
And they're not shy about hiding it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:54 PM (Zn6QU)
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The blessing is that they're also the dumbest and most obnoxious.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 03:59 PM (oqH4h)
GOP won’t pass a voter ID bill.
All you need to know about the two parties.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 04:00 PM (e4LaW)
I rather suspect that Peltola is depending on the sympathy vote this time around, considering that her third husband crashed an over stuffed the plane he was flying with moose meat and lashed moose antlers to the wings, and expected the little bush plane to fly.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 17, 2026 04:00 PM (y9nCu)
In the right light...
---------
Desperation knows no bounds here.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 03:55 PM (jehhT)
What level of beer goggles are required?
NOTE: I don't drink, so I cannot test the theory.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 04:00 PM (qx7Zg)
Agent Smith
Posted by: man at June 17, 2026 03:59 PM (XuXeR)
You asked for it...........
https://youtu.be/gvY3kRWuyIM
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 04:00 PM (2YhKe)
I think the funniest part is that the Democrat Party is at war with itself over these issues, the central nexus of it all being that black women in the party will not let go of power. -TJM
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We haven't even covered the narrow defeat of the Senate War Powers vote (the House passed one last week) that would have restricted DJT's conduct of the war. Murky, Kennedy, Paul, and Collins voted with the Dems. Only Senator Fetterman's vote against the measure prevented it from passing.
Posted by: mrp at June 17, 2026 04:00 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 03:58 PM
Do what you need to do, Bulg, and we'll see you when we see you.
May her memory be eternal.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 04:00 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 03:59 PM (2YhKe)
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The Congressional Black Caucus halving is going to do wonders for black turnout, I think.
Not in terms of increasing it, but in terms of getting black Americans, conditioned to vote for "people who look like them", to simply stop engagement in national politics.
"I can't vote for my guy, so fuck 'em."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:01 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 17, 2026 03:43 PM (y9nCu)
What do you think the modern US Senate is?
Posted by: Shenanigans at June 17, 2026 04:01 PM (qmxL/)
In the right light...
---------
Desperation knows no bounds here.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
.......
Obviously AoS HQ needs a vision plan.
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 04:01 PM (UjdFS)
What is the wrinkled penny?
Posted by: Contestant 1 at June 17, 2026 04:01 PM (HcoTw)
Posted by: mrp at June 17, 2026 04:00 PM (rj6Yv)
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And Trump would have vetoed it, so it was failure theater all around.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:02 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 17, 2026 04:02 PM (y9nCu)
I don’t know if there were any lawsuits or anything like that but both of them were on the ballot.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 04:02 PM (e4LaW)
Love it. It's nakedly shameless and crafty.
But I would put a better spin on it, and obviate any court opinion against my campaign.
I'd run ads bothering everybody, with the most similar two photos of me and my opponent I could dig up, playing up the "Sullivan vs. Sullivan" angle. Maybe with some UFC or football imagery and styling.
I would not point out any time which guy I was.
The voice over would be something like:
"Everyone says the Parties are exactly the same. Finally, one candidate is so different that nobody can tell him what to do. But you won't know which one, until you vote for Dan Sullivan.
You can buy a House seat for either Dan Sullivan this November, but with one of them - all you'll need is the edge!"
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 04:02 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 04:02 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Minuteman at June 17, 2026 04:02 PM (47/pr)
Pretty clear what the wonky asshoe was up to.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 03:59 PM
That was the point I was trying to make, this guy filed to run under a name that was different than his. There should have been no way he could have progressed beyond them kicking him out of the office and calling the sheriff when he signed the application using a false name.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 17, 2026 04:02 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 17, 2026 04:02 PM (B0NCh)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 04:03 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 03:52 PM (R+iUD)
Be nice! There's no reason to wish that level of ugliness on any decent human.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 03:57 PM (qx7Zg)
Any of you who have met DH would know that campaign would be pretty damned straightforward. Probably not successful, but everyone would know where he stood.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 04:03 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 17, 2026 04:03 PM (wBaIH)
There is none, unless you're Pakistani.
Also there's definitely a "how dare you!" joke about this turn of events but I don't quite have it.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 04:03 PM (2ocoG)
What is the balloon knot?
Posted by: Contestant 2 at June 17, 2026 04:04 PM (HcoTw)
What is the wrinkled penny?
Posted by: Contestant 1 at June 17, 2026 04:01 PM (HcoTw)
The balloon knot?
The leather cheerio?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at June 17, 2026 04:04 PM (f1zyZ)
There's yet ANOTHER Dan Sullivan, who is a legitimate Republican and the former Mayor of Anchorage.
I don't think he's running for anything this time, so it's not as bad as it could be.
There's probably a fine line to be walked between naming your kid John Smith and naming your kid Antwaan-Cholmondeley Smith.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 04:05 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 04:05 PM (Wmg4n)
I rather suspect that Peltola is depending on the sympathy vote this time around, considering that her third husband crashed an over stuffed the plane he was flying with moose meat and lashed moose antlers to the wings, and expected the little bush plane to fly.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 17, 2026 04:00 PM (y9nCu)
And then she had the gall to sue the airplane manufacturer.
She's nothing but a grift.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 04:05 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 04:05 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: John Jacob Jinglesheimer Smith at June 17, 2026 04:06 PM (5Q2Mu)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 04:03 PM (Jr5Lq)
Now that's taking one for the team.
Posted by: far cry at June 17, 2026 04:06 PM (X+NGn)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 04:03 PM (Jr5Lq)
And you're now on a list, my friend.
Heh.
Actually, she didn't look all that bad in the (clothed) picture I saw earlier. As I noted in the last thread, it appears that she has, in fact, now passed through puberty. If it weren't for the Resting Psycho Face, she might even be a 1.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 04:07 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: man at June 17, 2026 04:07 PM (XuXeR)
Senate Republicans spent $90 million in order to not pass the Save America Act.
Posted by: Community Notes at June 17, 2026 04:07 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Octochicken at June 17, 2026 04:07 PM (oCS0o)
"Greta and David, sittin' in a tree,
Discussing the intersectionality of capitalist exploitation, Gazan genocide and the elimination of guns in America."
Hogg- "Hey, I brought a joint, wanna..."
Thunburg- "HOW DARE YOU!!"
Hogg- "Just sayin' you could be kind of pretty if..."
Thunburg- "FOR ME THERE IS ONLY BULG!!!"
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 04:07 PM (Y8DZL)
Conservatives should start running candidates with names like "Which Party Started The KKK?" and "The Newsom Investigation Started Under Biden" and "Gas Is 30% Cheaper In AZ Than In CA" etc. I'm not sure how we could get enough votes to get them on a ballot, but Alaska Dems figured it out.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:08 PM (XJ22o)
Heh.
Actually, she didn't look all that bad in the (clothed) picture I saw earlier. As I noted in the last thread, it appears that she has, in fact, now passed through puberty. If it weren't for the Resting Psycho Face, she might even be a 1.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 04:07 PM (IG3/x)
Remember Rule #1. Save yourself a lot of pain.
Posted by: Eromero at June 17, 2026 04:08 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2026 04:08 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 04:08 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at June 17, 2026 04:09 PM (5oJVK)
If you met her at a bar randomly and had no idea who she was, you’d be buying her drinks.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 04:09 PM (e4LaW)
Senate Republicans spent $90 million in order to not pass the Save America Act.
Posted by: Community Notes at June 17, 2026 04:07 PM (a4flb)
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I just don't know how anyone convinces Mitch, Murkowski (Democrat), Tillis, and Cassidy to pass the SAVE Act, especially when three of them are leaving Congress anyway and the fourth is simply a Democrat.
Not even Fetterman will vote for it.
Maybe next Congress when three of them have been replaced and maybe we get Whatley instead of Tillis and Paxton instead of Cornyn.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:09 PM (Zn6QU)
The leather cheerio?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at June 17, 2026 04:04 PM (f1zyZ)
The rusty sheriff's badge?
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 04:09 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 04:10 PM (DiYkG)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 03:58 PM
Actually, this goes out to all the potential attendees of the NoVa MoMe. I would love to see you all, especially since I didn't attend last year, but I just kinda feel that attending so soon after my sister's death might be disrespectful of her memory, even if I don't have to go down to Durham for a service. So, my apologies in advance to Weasel Bluebell, Doof, Jeeves the Cat, Village Idiot's Apprentice, Sharon (Bluebell's Apprentice), Salty, Hrothgar, and all the rest of you Morons.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 04:10 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: gp
And you're now on a list, my friend.
.......
Greta will be emailing you pics shortly.
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 04:10 PM (UjdFS)
If you met her at a bar randomly and had no idea who she was, you’d be buying her drinks.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 04:09 PM (e4LaW)
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No, I would not. Because I've gotten laid in the last two decades and I try to not get blind drunk.
Guys, we need to talk about standards.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 04:11 PM (oqH4h)
The cattle of The View told JD Vance that the Trump White House is taking away the black vote and black representatives with redistricting and they're erasing black history of Emmitt Till and all the other things blacks have done over the years........Because they're not in power and it really hurts their feewings.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
================
JD could have suggested they get Debbie Wasserman Test off the ballot in... wherever it is she's running.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:11 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 04:09 PM (e4LaW)
Once again: if you ignored the Resting Psycho Face.
Young Rodrigo learned the lesson about Rule #1 many, many decades ago.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 04:11 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 04:11 PM (BI5O2)
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Obviously first and foremost, encouraged and celebrated assassinations and other political violence.
Posted by: ShainS at June 17, 2026 04:11 PM (jnXw9)
What is the wrinkled penny?
Posted by: Contestant 1 at June 17, 2026 04:01 PM (HcoTw)
The balloon knot?
The leather cheerio
The rusty bullet hole
Posted by: Contestant 2 at June 17, 2026 04:11 PM (HcoTw)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:11 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 04:11 PM (OYsYV)
Posted by: Contestant 2 at June 17, 2026 04:12 PM (HcoTw)
Posted by: I miss Rush at June 17, 2026 04:12 PM (HTcxi)
She's plain, at best.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:11 PM (Zn6QU)
4 > 1, right?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 04:12 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 04:09 PM (e4LaW)
Bro, she's retarded and FAS face.
No way.
It's not quite criminal but it ought to be.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 04:12 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 04:12 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 04:09 PM (e4LaW)
If I met her at a bar randomly, I'd be wondering how I found my way to Innsmouth.
Posted by: far cry at June 17, 2026 04:12 PM (X+NGn)
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 04:12 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2026 04:13 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Contestant 2 at June 17, 2026 04:13 PM (HcoTw)
The Giants became the first professional sports team to include the rainbow flag in their on-field apparel in 2021 and had gotten full participation from their players until this year.
The Pride celebration is also the oldest in professional sports, dating back to the first AIDS “Night for a Cure” in 1994.
“I don’t think [playing in San Francisco] changes my view on God’s word,” Walker said.
“We want to welcome anybody and everybody in that ballpark,” added Brubaker.
“They’re saying that we’re using it as a mockery because God calls us to love everybody. He does, he does call us to love everybody. And we do love everybody.”
That, however, wasn’t how the message was interpreted by some fans and members of the LGBTQ community.
Brubaker has heard more positive feedback since the issue went national, but still, “there’s definitely more negative out there.”
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 04:13 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: banana Dream - just clearing that up at June 17, 2026 04:13 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Greta at June 17, 2026 04:13 PM (l/J0j)
The England Croatia game is on Peacock and the commentary is in...Spanish. No option to change it.
I mean...I get it. But it's still kinda strange.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:13 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 04:14 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: banana Dream - just clearing that up at June 17, 2026 04:13 PM (3uBP9)
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This is the story of how Trump lost 2024.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:14 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 04:12 PM (e4LaW)
I am a Target 6. Does that help?
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 04:14 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 04:14 PM (UjdFS)
Not even Fetterman will vote for it.
Maybe next Congress when three of them have been replaced and maybe we get Whatley instead of Tillis and Paxton instead of Cornyn.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:09 PM (Zn6QU)
Take away their federal pensions and 80% of their current net worth. They have to survive on their pre-Congress pensions and any IRAs and 401(k)s.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 04:14 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 04:14 PM (qx7Zg)
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I don't think that's something Thune could do.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:15 PM (Zn6QU)
The England Croatia game is on Peacock and the commentary is in...Spanish. No option to change it.
I mean...I get it. But it's still kinda strange.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:13 PM (Zn6QU)
Duh, it's for the benefit of HispanicAmerican-Britons.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 04:15 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 04:15 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Picard at June 17, 2026 04:16 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: Contestant 2 at June 17, 2026 04:12 PM (HcoTw)
The bad guy in the first Mad Max movie?
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 17, 2026 04:16 PM (PSEDc)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2026 04:16 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Picard at June 17, 2026 04:16 PM (l/J0j)
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3.
There are 3.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:16 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: banana Dream - Greta? at June 17, 2026 04:16 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 04:14 PM (qx7Zg)
There is iron in the words of Hour of the Wolf for all men to see.
- Ten Bears
Posted by: Eromero at June 17, 2026 04:16 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 04:09 PM (e4LaW)
If I met her at a bar randomly, I'd be wondering how I found my way to Innsmouth.
Posted by: far cry at June 17, 2026 04:12 PM (X+NGn)
I'd wonder whether I wandered into the Blue Oyster Bar.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 04:16 PM (qx7Zg)
- old Seinfeld
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2026 04:16 PM (n5tGW)
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"I can't watch Seinfeld anymore because he said recently that Palestine doesn't exist!"
-Medhi Hasan, consumed by politics and the obsession to enslave the west in the name of Islam
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:16 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2026 04:17 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:15 PM (Zn6QU)
It's certainly not something that he would do.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 17, 2026 04:17 PM (ExV1e)
The England Croatia game is on Peacock and the commentary is in...Spanish. No option to change it.
I mean...I get it. But it's still kinda strange.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:13 PM (Zn6QU)
Can you close caption it in English? Good news is goooaaalll is the same no matter what the language.
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 04:17 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2026 04:17 PM (n5tGW)
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Dallas.
So, even more making sense!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:17 PM (Zn6QU)
*grumble*
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 04:17 PM (R+iUD)
Then the news will be about Senate Candidate Dan Sullivan Busted For CP.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 04:18 PM (kPj/I)
Which reminds me of something.
Tripping balls while watching a Chinese kung fu movie that's been poorly overdubbed in Spanish is...strange.
Errr.... or so I've heard.
Also, watching Smokey and the Bandit with the French overdub is quite entertaining.
Once again: or so I've heard.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 04:18 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 04:18 PM (kZ3dQ)
She's plain, at best.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I am scoring her a 2am Jack In the Box drive thru 2. But only because I was trying to be kind today to make up for some other crap that happened.
OK fine, 1.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 17, 2026 04:18 PM (c5cCo)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 04:18 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Community Notes at June 17, 2026 04:18 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Contestant 2 at June 17, 2026 04:18 PM (HcoTw)
Nice penalty shot tho.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 04:19 PM (kPj/I)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 04:14 PM (qx7Zg)
Repair what?
Posted by: Eromero at June 17, 2026 04:19 PM (LHPAg)
https://youtube.com/shorts/eaH-FCQG0Cc
(Low bar, I know, but she easily clears it. Sounds nice, too.
)Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 04:19 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 04:19 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:14 PM (Zn6QU)
I honestly don't consider Trump a Republican. He's better than that. Which is one of my issues with donating money as a consequence of the 15 bajillion messages I get from him. That it all goes to winred to waste on those losers. I would donate directly to Trump. Or I would donate to winred if there was a stipulation that at certain $ points a certain number of R pols would get publicly flogged. I Would be super interested in donating.
Posted by: banana Dream - Greta? at June 17, 2026 04:20 PM (3uBP9)
Blowout preventer. I learned that from watching "Deepwater Horizon" (2016). Recommended.
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 04:20 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:15 PM (Zn6QU)
It's certainly not something that he would do.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 17, 2026 04:17 PM (ExV1e)
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I think the simple fact of the matter is that majority leader in the Senate has FAR fewer tools to use against recalcitrant senators than House leadership does against House members.
If you have 4 senators in a 53 seat caucus who will not vote for what the president of the same party wants, well, if they're not worried about their next election, then there's nothing leadership can do.
Lead a primary challenge? That's a quick way to lose any leadership role.
Essentially, the Senate seems like a black box from the outside. People assume Thune doesn't want it passed because he won't. That may be true, but it may also be that he simply can't get the votes because of the actual senators he's leading.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:20 PM (Zn6QU)
His name is my name, too
Whenever we go out
The people always shout
There goes John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
Da-da-da-da la-la-la-la
🤣
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 04:20 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 04:20 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: far cry at June 17, 2026 04:21 PM (X+NGn)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 17, 2026 04:21 PM (c5cCo)
Posted by: banana Dream - Greta? at June 17, 2026 04:22 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: WisRich at June 17, 2026 04:22 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 04:20 PM (77rzZ)
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I'm just kind of interested to see if US goes up against England after the group matches.
US would have to actually get past the group matches which apparently would be a big thing on its own.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:22 PM (Zn6QU)
If it was England and Fr*nce...
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 04:22 PM (kPj/I)
Will do that song, Blue Ball Sack?
Posted by: Contestant 2 at June 17, 2026 04:22 PM (HcoTw)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 04:23 PM (OYsYV)
The meds will wear off, and the pain will be there, but right now I'm feeling good!
Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 04:23 PM (kZ3dQ)
I'm not falling for that shit.
Posted by: Picard at June 17, 2026 04:23 PM (vE0+H)
BEST 0.5 BLACK PRESIDENT EVVVVVVVVA !!!!!!
The Barry Soetoro Presidential Center was billed as a lasting legacy to former President Soetoro, and its construction was touted as an ambitious model built with aggressive goals for minority-owned and local businesses.
But now, some of the very subcontractors who helped build the 19.3-acre campus on Chicago’s South Side say they are facing financial ruin as they race to recover millions of dollars they claim remain unpaid ahead of the center's grand opening Friday.
Overall construction costs were reported to be $830 million in 2021 and have likely climbed past the $1 billion mark.
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 04:24 PM (YnF8s)
I'm not falling for that shit.
Posted by: Picard at June 17, 2026 04:23 PM (vE0+H)
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Patrick Steward would have killed that line.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:24 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Case at June 17, 2026 03:59 PM (IY9No)
Mark Levin is beside himself as well. He thinks Trump is being overly critical of Netanyahu and that is damaging the MAGA brand with the base.
Because unwavering support of Israel and Netanyahu is a core principle of MAGA or something.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 04:25 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 04:20 PM (77rzZ)
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I cheer for Team USA in all sports, but soccer the least of all of them because we're usually just not that good and also because soccer is gayer than nine guys blowing ten guys and incredibly boring to boot.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 04:25 PM (oqH4h)
Had no idea he was married (2006) to Mel Gibson's daughter & they have six children.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 04:25 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 04:25 PM (/QHx4)
Because unwavering support of Israel and Netanyahu is a core principle of MAGA or something.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 04:25 PM (rbvCR)
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I think Levin would be surprised to learn that the base survives on vibes, not specifics. And the vibes aren't necessarily coming from him or the perpetually online.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:26 PM (Zn6QU)
>>I'm hoping California will be finished counting THEIR votes by Juneteenth just to mark the holiday.
Not a chance, the counting will continue until the middle of July.
Also of note, just a little over 14pct of registered LA voters voted in the selection.
And they have either stopped posting tabulations or they are holding out for a massive dump sometime later this month or early July.
Bass has 292k votes tabulated out of a registered voter base of nearly 6m people.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 04:27 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Asking for a friend at June 17, 2026 04:27 PM (HTcxi)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (dIske)
Because unwavering support of Israel and Netanyahu is a core principle of MAGA or something.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 04:25 PM (rbvCR)
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Levin lost the plot years ago. He's an old-time neocon warhawk, and despite his repeated protestations to the contrary, he's a complete homer for Israel.
If it were up to him we would have invaded.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 04:29 PM (oqH4h)
No way.
It's not quite criminal but it ought to be.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 04:12 PM (BI5O2)
"Make every love affair special" they said, but NOOOooo.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 04:30 PM (rbvCR)
I cheer for Team USA in all sports, but soccer the least of all of them because we're usually just not that good and also because soccer is gayer than nine guys blowing ten guys and incredibly boring to boot.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 04:
But we actually won our first game, go USA.
Okay, that aside, Argentina is going to take it. Maybe. Probably. Messi is just superhuman.
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 04:33 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Another Dan Sullivan at June 17, 2026 04:33 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Dan's sister at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM (HTcxi)
______________________
I'm hardcore rooting for them because of what the crowd did at the first match. More than half the stadium was yelling out in unison:
"IT'S CALLED SOCCER!!! IT'S CALLED SOCCER!!!"
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 04:37 PM (dIske)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Media types are more cossetted than politicians and they don't associate with the hoi polloi even if they are 'conservative' media.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 04:58 PM (E4rtv)
The meds will wear off, and the pain will be there, but right now I'm feeling good!
Posted by: 496
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Good on you. Just make sure to take the pain pills as prescribed so you get maximum use out of pt. and be able to sleep at night. It hurts a lot when you start and pain pills buffer that. Usually when the prescription is done, then you can transition to the NSAIDS.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 05:43 PM (BI5O2)
"PRIDE" Goeth for Its Long-Awaited Fall
"Ally" corporations have abandoned pRiDe and gay supremacists are very upset.
To endlessly hector and humiliate normies who just want to be left in peace without your constant shrieking, hysteria, and narcissistic insistence on "centering" yourself in all things?
We knew corporations would abandon Pride. It still hurts. The brands that are backing away from Pride Month are doing exactly what we knew they would do all along -- support LGBTQ+ people only as long as it was profitable. At the start of June, I stopped by Target while running errands in the SoHo neighborhood of New York. The store had just set out its summer merchandise, displaying an array of clothes, accessories and sunscreens nestled within a series of red arches. As I hurried past tank tops and patterned shorts toward the pet section, I stopped to look at the Pride collection. There wasn't much -- a single display of generic rainbow-colored shirts and home goods rested toward the back of the store, with no signs declaring June to be LGBTQ+ Pride Month. I realized at that moment that in spite of the fact that I live in New York City, and in spite of the fact that I am part of the LGBTQ+ community, I hadn't seen many corporate advertisements related to this year's celebration. I think I know why. Companies are done using Pride Month for profits It seems that the era of rainbow capitalism that has endured since Obergefell v. Hodges made same-sex marriage the law of the land in 2015 is no longer a guaranteed moneymaker for brands, leading them to downsize their efforts or abandon them altogether. As conservatism rears its head across the country and corporations ditch diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, there is suddenly no incentive to support the LGBTQ+ community. I hate to say it, but we told you this would happen. Rainbow capitalism, the process of brands and corporations profiting off of the LGBTQ+ community, was never going to save us. There is no world where a JPMorgan Chase & Co. sponsorship at New York City's annual Pride March was going to solve homophobia in the United States. There was never a time when a cheaply made T-shirt was going to lead to equity. The brands that are backing away from Pride Month are doing exactly what we knew they would do all along -- support LGBTQ+ people only as long as it was profitable. Now that there is less support, the community is reminded of why Pride began in the first place.
You kept making more and more extravagant demands, testing people's inclination to be "nice" to avoid confrontation, until those demands became so oppressive they stopped being "nice." This is entirely on you. Or, it's entirely on the gay grifter activist class, who can only justify their phony-baloney jobs by making greater and greater claims on the public's sympathies and attention so they can show they're "getting results" for their $300,000 per year jobs. Until the public gets sick of the endless extortion campaign and starts saying "No."
From a marketing perspective, it makes sense that Pride Month is no longer the big event it once was several years ago. Support for same-sex marriage has declined, according to a recent Gallup poll. Fewer people believe that same-sex partnerships are "morally acceptable." Support for transgender rights has gone down.
No, Trump's second ascent to the presidency is because of your ever-escalating demands on the public. Thank you for that, by the way. We couldn't have done it without you. Unlike the left, we don't have to create monsters to scare the public with -- they actually exist, and won't shut the fuck up in harassing the public.
This is the direct result of orchestrated attacks by Republicans on LGBTQ+ rights, particularly trans rights, during Trump's second ascent to the presidency.
Trans people no longer have access to accurate gender markers on their passports. Trans children have lost access to gender-affirming care. Trans women were barred from competing on sports teams that align with their gender.Do you even hear yourself?
Absolultely. We thought we could appease you but you demonstrated again and again that you were unappeasable and each fresh concession we granted you just encouraged further aggression. You know, like a communist dictator or Islamic conqueror. The Gay Lobby assured us, over and over, that "gay marriage will have no effect on your life at all." When objectors said "gay marriage will lead to demands for 'trans acceptance' next, you called those people liars and said that will never, ever happen. Well, you fucking lied. You lied and lied and lied until you got what you wanted, then you began making the exact kind of demands that people said you'd make when you got what you said you wanted. And you're surprised people are fed up with your bullshit?
According to the Gallup poll, Republicans are the ones whose support for same-sex marriage and trans rights has waned in recent years. For some reason, they are the ones dictating culture in the United States, leading to fewer Pride collections in stores and decreasing corporate support at festivals.
Oh no, they "commercialized" Pride Month. Is nothing sacred? Christmas, sure, but PRIDE MONTH?!?!! Check out the massive civil rights violations that gay people in "rural and suburban communities" now face:
Even if it's unsurprising that corporations are backing away from rainbow capitalism, and even though many within the LGBTQ+ community feel at odds with the commercialization of a celebration that started as a protest, it stings to see Pride transform in this way.
...Do you have access to... Amazon.com, praychance? This is the flipside of the evermore-intrusive demands the gay mafia makes -- the violations they claim to suffer go in the opposite direction, getting tinier and tinier until they are so small their existence, due to Heisenberg Uncertainty, can't even be said to be real. Meanwhile, they continue actually oppressing everyone who doesn't feel like wearing their gay identifiers:
For LGBTQ+ people in rural and suburban communities, stores like Target are some of the only options for buying Pride apparel. In reducing their support for Pride Month and the LGBTQ+ community, these stores are reducing access for people who want to celebrate who they are.
edWave PressUh-huh. Except you're here compelling people to speak a message they disagree with.
@RedWavePress
5h
OUTRAGE: The MLB is getting absolutely BLASTED online as BOYCOTTS continue to mount after the league "warned" San Francisco Giants players for their "violation" of writing Bible verses on their caps during pride night caps. "The writing on the cap violates our rules and consistent with normal practice we have warned the players about future violations," MLB Chief Communications Officer Pat Courtney said in a statement Monday. The MLB attempted to BACKTRACK in a new statement on Tuesday writing: "To be clear, this routine verbal warning not to wear the hat in future games is not disciplinary and had absolutely nothing to do with the content of the message. We respect players' right to free expression." "However, writing of any kind, with any message, is prohibited per Major League Baseball's Uniform Regulations which provides in part that, '[a] Player may not write, attach, affix, embroider or otherwise display nicknames or messages on apparel or playing equipment.'" "We have given the same warning numerous times in the past to players for messages such as 'Dad', 'Happy Mother's Day, I Love Mom' and names of family members."
🚨 NOW: The MLB is facing an investigation from Florida's Attorney General after they CRACKED DOWN on the Christian faith when players put a Bible verse on their "LGBT pride" caps
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 17, 2026
MLB is facing HUGE BACKLASH: "Senator Josh Hawley's written a letter to Major League Baseball… pic.twitter.com/Ey5ClrF3Ol
🚨 JUST IN: The Attorney General of Florida is now launching an investigation into the MLB after they WARNED 3 Giants pitchers simply because they wore BIBLE VERSES on their "Pride Night" caps
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 16, 2026
GOOD!
JD VANCE: "Trump won we don’t have to do this anymore."
AG UTHMEIER: "Do you… pic.twitter.com/WhVLoT9Pqf
Trump won we don’t have to do this anymore https://t.co/Dsl5DH2obf
— JD Vance (@JDVance) June 16, 2026
This is what Groomers look like
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) June 17, 2026
The Boise Public Library is having a ‘Pride Fair’ and they are making the announcement with a transgender with kids dancing in the background
I looked into this and they are specifically offering support for those “looking to engage with… pic.twitter.com/L9HKLAXXce
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 17, 2026 02:25 PM (PJdmB)
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Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 17, 2026 02:27 PM (ebJJx)
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Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 17, 2026 02:28 PM (2UnvF)
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People are tribal.
It's just a question of which tribe.
The left has been actively trying to make the white tribe a thing in America for decades now, under the impression that they'll breed/immigrate us out of existence and our white tribal mentality will develop too late to do anything about it.
Now, for the unrelated news on Trump deporting 3x as many people as Eisenhower in his first year, millions more leaving on their own, and the effective ending of the asylum system...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:28 PM (Zn6QU)
In the Future, all men will have to wear Crocs for 15 minutes.
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 02:29 PM (An6iH)
I think maybe they had merely citations to Scripture verses, not the actual verses themselves. But I'm usually wrong.
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 02:29 PM (Jr5Lq)
The madness just stopped on a dime.
Now I know which companies to 1000% avoid these are the true believers.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 02:29 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 02:29 PM (An6iH)
I think maybe they had merely citations to Scripture verses, not the actual verses themselves. But I'm usually wrong.
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 02:29 PM (Jr5Lq)
You are correct.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 02:29 PM (Gqar8)
Nothing is ever going to save you.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 02:29 PM (vFG9F)
They definitely do. That's why they use language like "gender-affirming care" and "sports teams that align with their gender".
They are trying to obfuscate what people hear.
Posted by: No Name Today at June 17, 2026 02:30 PM (8mulE)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 17, 2026 02:30 PM (xvV+O)
I think they are called the Guardians, now.
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 02:29 PM (An6iH)
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Only by cucks!
Indians forever!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:30 PM (Zn6QU)
I think maybe they had merely citations to Scripture verses, not the actual verses themselves. But I'm usually wrong.
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 02:29 PM (Jr5Lq)
You're right. My favorite Giant just wore his normal cap, not the "gaybow" cap.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 02:31 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 02:31 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 02:31 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 17, 2026 02:31 PM (B0dAE)
It's almost like ... it was artificial as their wigs and being forced on the public against its will.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 17, 2026 02:31 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 02:31 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 02:32 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 17, 2026 02:32 PM (73/SM)
-MLB
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 02:33 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 02:31 PM (Gqar
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Statues along a bridge that no one cares about.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:33 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 02:33 PM (2WIwB)
Why did Gabe Malor's name suddenly pop to mind?
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at June 17, 2026 02:33 PM (KFbdf)
Idaho has long been a homo hangout... or are these the 'conservative' refugees from the deep blue west coast states?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 02:33 PM (/lPRQ)
I think not.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 17, 2026 02:33 PM (0sNs1)
The rainbow is the symbol of God's promise that He will never again flood the world to destroy the evil on it.
And these [redacted] took that as a challenge, stole the symbol and used it to taunt God by doing the most vile shit imaginable under its aegis.
"Ow, you're not going to destroy the world for being evil? Well what if we do this? Ah ah, you~ promised~ !"
mentally and emotionally stunted children, all of them
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 17, 2026 02:33 PM (vJrRc)
-MLB
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 02:33 PM (YZ0Fo)
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"They were punished for breaking our regulations, not for their speech."
-explaining is losing
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:33 PM (Zn6QU)
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Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 02:34 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 02:35 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 02:33 PM (n3VHW)
Yes. Pride is in accomplishments. Although, pride can be poisonous, done wrongly.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 02:35 PM (Gqar8)
Now it's about being "different", "marginalized", "oppressed" and of course, "a tranny".
They've already explicitly stated this year that gays and lesbian are privileged oppressor folk who need to stand aside.
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 02:35 PM (l/J0j)
Indians forever!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I wear a Chief Wahoo hat almost every time I leave the house. And I'm not even an Indians fan.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 02:35 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: AOC at June 17, 2026 02:35 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 02:36 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 02:36 PM (vFG9F)
Idaho has long been a homo hangout... or are these the 'conservative' refugees from the deep blue west coast states?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 02:33 PM (/lPRQ)
Idaho is like all states. Red or blue, cities are gay and leftist. Boise is no exception. It’s the state capital, biggest city and has a major university. It can’t be anything other than a blue shithole, by definition.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 02:36 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: tubal
Knights and Crusaders had already been ruled out.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 17, 2026 02:36 PM (B0dAE)
Posted by: Shenanigans at June 17, 2026 02:36 PM (qmxL/)
The show blossoms and grows in popularity until Chibnall. Then it becomes explicitly liberal with abortion episodes, female gay doctor, whole nine yards.
So they go back to RTD and assume he is the savior. And he subvert the series further into an explicitly gay platform. And then it dies. None of these people have any regrets and just blame the fans for being close minded.
It is a remarkable example of both incrementalism and tunnel vision.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 02:36 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 02:33 PM (n3VHW)
I know, right? It's not like I started a Ficus-lover's support group....
Posted by: Harvey Weinstein at June 17, 2026 02:36 PM (KFbdf)
Madam, if you were The Paolo, you would understand being proud of sex.
Posted by: The Paolo at June 17, 2026 02:36 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 02:37 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 02:34 PM (2ocoG)
Better than Roblox forums. Gotta give him that.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 02:37 PM (rbvCR)
It's just a question of which tribe.
The left has been actively trying to make the white tribe a thing in America for decades now, under the impression that they'll breed/immigrate us out of existence and our white tribal mentality will develop too late to do anything about it.
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Way back in the Blog Days of the Internet, the site PoliPundit would often note that the left was forcing whites to behave as a tribe.
And that, when they do, the Democrat Party would be wiped out.
He expected it soon back then.
But his premise is being proven correct.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 17, 2026 02:37 PM (73/SM)
Would MLB be complaining about the pitcher's hats if they had scrawled Sura 9:5 on them?
"And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they should repent, establish prayer, and give zakah, let them [go] on their way. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 02:37 PM (gnNyN)
Idaho has long been a homo hangout... or are these the 'conservative' refugees from the deep blue west coast states?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 02:33 PM (/lPRQ)
Idaho is like all states. Red or blue, cities are gay and leftist. Boise is no exception. It’s the state capital, biggest city and has a major university. It can’t be anything other than a blue shithole, by definition.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 02:36 PM (e4LaW)
Let me guess, and a Big Ass Medical Center too?
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 02:38 PM (Gqar8)
Boise is one of the hotspots for California refugees.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 02:38 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: tubal
You. Me. Dance off. Now!
Posted by: Peter Quill at June 17, 2026 02:38 PM (B0NCh)
Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at June 17, 2026 02:38 PM (ZR74N)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2026 02:38 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 02:38 PM (YwEeS)
I realize you're an amusing sock, but I didn't mention being proud of being good at sex.-Merely being proud of the gay or lesbian sexual orientation.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 02:38 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 02:35 PM (l/J0j)
Not to be too crass, but they have called out lesbians as explicitly haters because they do not want dick.
You have to love Menschevik vs Bolshevik violence.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 02:38 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Mostly the latter I think.
Idaho is where Hollywood comes to be ignored. Most of them have fancy vacation houses in Sun Valley or Lake Coeur d'Alene, because the native Idahoan residents are very MYOB.
It backfires occasionally, such as when that Kellogg High student said something about boys being boys and girls being girls, and his lesbian art teacher complained to her gay-married lesbian police officer partner and she and the Californian-import school superintendent conspired to wreck the highschool graduation that year because of it.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 17, 2026 02:39 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: AOC at June 17, 2026 02:35 PM (0sNs1)
Mostly because they all got hanged from construction cranes.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 02:39 PM (rbvCR)
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The invisible hand writes; and, having writ, Moves on.
Posted by: Adam Smith-Kayyam at June 17, 2026 02:39 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 02:39 PM (l/J0j)
I am so sick and tired of queers and trans people.
They are perverts.
Stop trying to mainstream your pervert selves.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 02:39 PM (/QHx4)
And that, when they do, the Democrat Party would be wiped out.
He expected it soon back then.
But his premise is being proven correct.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 17, 2026 02:37 PM (73/SM)
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2010 taught the Democrat Party the need for fortification of elections, and it's never forgotten. It's also the point when Obama's admin reversed its overall approach to immigration enforcement (he campaigned on W being too lenient in 2008 and did do more deportations than W per annum than W) and started the "border turnaways are deportations" accounting trick.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:39 PM (Zn6QU)
Cities are cesspools in every one of our 57 states.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 02:39 PM (e4LaW)
I think not.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 17, 2026 02:33 PM (0sNs1)
I either know precisely where I am, precisely what speed and direction I'm going, or roughly know where I am and where I'm going.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 02:39 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 02:40 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 02:40 PM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 02:40 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 02:38 PM (n3VHW)
Fen just humble-bragged about being good at sex...
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 02:40 PM (rii+a)
It was never profitable. Now it's significantly more punishing to virtue signal, so they're dropping it.
I know of a company that went from plus 250 million net a year to -60 mil after they pandered to this crap. Countless employees with families kicked to the curb because the C suite wanted to prance around like a bunch of degenerates.
The trannies are delusional, which surprises no one.
Posted by: heya at June 17, 2026 02:41 PM (QfB9d)
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
This mentally ill man who media is referring to as a “woman”, was just arrested and sentenced to 160 days in prison for m*sturbating in front of nurses at a hospital in Wales
https://tinyurl.com/mprvpnw5
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Check photo at link.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 02:41 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 17, 2026 02:41 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 17, 2026 02:37 PM (73/SM)
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And they somehow think the replacement tribes will all get along and sing Kumbaya?
Delusional thinking at best...but whitey will be gone, so that's OK!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 02:41 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 02:40 PM (77rzZ)
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A black woman invented baseball.
You may have facts and knowledge telling you otherwise, but you have to ask yourself if it's worth losing your job by saying that a black woman didn't invent baseball.
So, a black woman invented baseball.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:41 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 02:41 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 02:39 PM (l/J0j)
They had to explicitly go nature because that settled the questions of why every candidate conversation i have had with a gay dude has revealed sexual abuse by an older gay man as a child
This begins and ends with pedophilia.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 02:42 PM (G3T/K)
/bad pun intended.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 02:42 PM (/lPRQ)
/bad pun intended.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 02:42 PM (/lPRQ)
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Yeah, that's all good and fine.
But...what's in the box?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:42 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 02:41 PM (2WIwB)
Lit burn barrel, with the other trash.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 02:42 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 17, 2026 02:43 PM (OkYzo)
But...what's in the box?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:42 PM (Zn6QU)
The brain case of a retard.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 02:43 PM (G3T/K)
But...what's in the box?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026
Step ONE: Put your dick in the box!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 02:43 PM (rii+a)
And these [redacted] took that as a challenge, stole the symbol and used it to taunt God by doing the most vile shit imaginable under its aegis.
"Ow, you're not going to destroy the world for being evil? Well what if we do this? Ah ah, you~ promised~ !"
mentally and emotionally stunted children, all of them
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 17, 2026 02:33 PM (vJrRc)
This made me smile. You sound exactly like my old Jewish mom. She's been pissed off about the rainbow hijacking my whole life and then some.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 02:44 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 02:44 PM (YwEeS)
/bad pun intended.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 02:42 PM (/lPRQ)
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It was also John Milton's favorite sin in "The Devil's Advocate."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 02:44 PM (gnNyN)
Oh, no! Pride Month is going away!
Just when the Turtle Fuckers were going to get their own stripe on the Pride Flag!
Won't anyone think of the Turtle Fuckers?
WON'T ANYONE THINK OF THE TURTLE FUCKERS DURING PRIDE MONTH!!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at June 17, 2026 02:44 PM (iJfKG)
Maybe we should make July PiV month or something?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: tubal
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If they had to rename the team, it should have been the Cleveland Fire.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 17, 2026 02:44 PM (5yDGQ)
How is it that the alphabet crowd needs to be publicly recognized and applauded, or else they are being “erased?” Nobody has forced you to stop satisfying your sexual urges with consenting adults, but somehow, if we don’t stand up and applaud you for being a pervert, you cease to exist. I’m terribly sorry you feel so put out by your choice to flaunt the rules of society, but I don’t think anyone has prevented you from doing so. And, as with any choice, there are consequences, which in this case means your feelings get a little bruised. Get over yourself already.
I'm sure they were duly offended.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 02:44 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 02:44 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
She admitted yesterday that she sometimes says "eff you" to her husband.
The tell-all books about her are gonna be LIT.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 02:44 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 02:45 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 02:45 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Irony at June 17, 2026 02:46 PM (gx30K)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 02:44 PM (Gqar
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The 1-3% of the population that's gay/trans and the 25% of the population who are joyless scold AWFLs who play queen bee on the internet by shouting at people they hate are major professional sports fans.
WNBA outside should have told ya.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:46 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 02:46 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: tubal
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If they had to rename the team, it should have been the Cleveland Fire.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 17, 2026 02:44 PM (5yDGQ)
I was rooting for The Cleveland Steamers.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 02:46 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: tubal
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If they had to rename the team, it should have been the Cleveland Fire.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 17, 2026 02:44 PM (5yDGQ)
Steamers.
The Cleveland Steamers.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 02:46 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 02:46 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 02:46 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 02:46 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: tubal
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Believe me, you could not come up with anything more pedestriuan/uninteresting than the Guardians' eponym.
Posted by: Oglebay at June 17, 2026 02:46 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 02:46 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 02:47 PM (YwEeS)
214 I'm surprised that no family of murder victims who got screwed by this demonic assclown didn't make sure he was disappeared and body not found.
* spit *
Posted by: ShainS at June 17, 2026 02:22 PM (jnXw9)
And they still haven't found Savannah Guthrie's mother. I think she wandered off, fell and hit her head snd her body will eventually be found 1/4 mile from her house.....
once the spring thaw hits.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 17, 2026 02:47 PM (QGaXH)
As the oligarchs that run the left move on to other things I wonder if that will stop replaced by some new insane and offensive thing
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 02:47 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: tubal
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Believe me, you could not come up with anything more pedestriuan/uninteresting than the Guardians' eponym.
Posted by: Oglebay at June 17, 2026 02:46 PM (2ap+5)
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The Cleveland Neutralians.
"Tell our fans, we said hello."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:47 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 02:47 PM (rii+a)
I was actually talking about Poalo saying that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 02:47 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 02:47 PM (Gqar8)
This begins and ends with pedophilia.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 02:42 PM (G3T/K)
Nobody has ever met an 8 year old boy who thinks he needs to take one in the pooper.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 02:47 PM (bl07w)
As the oligarchs that run the left move on to other things I wonder if that will stop replaced by some new insane and offensive thing
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 02:47 PM (sKqQm)
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Theory:
The trans movement was actually started by a right wing billionaire troll in an effort to hasten the breeding advantage conservatives have over the left.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:48 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Irony at June 17, 2026 02:46 PM (gx30K)
It's like Raaaaaaain on your gay wedding day!
Posted by: Alanis Morrisette at June 17, 2026 02:48 PM (B0NCh)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 02:47 PM (sKqQm)
"My mind is so open my brain fell out!"
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 02:48 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Hawaii has had to put with it for years.
The Rainbow State.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 02:49 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 02:49 PM (/QHx4)
In a pen.
With a sign saying "Wilbur" hanging over it.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 17, 2026 02:49 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 17, 2026 02:49 PM (2ap+5)
The trans movement was actually started by a right wing billionaire troll in an effort to hasten the breeding advantage conservatives have over the left.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:48 PM (Zn6QU)
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I suppose that's plausible...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 02:50 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: braenyard at June 17, 2026 02:50 PM (fNI17)
It used to be the love that dare not speak its name.
Now it's the love that won't shut the fuck up.
Posted by: GMan at June 17, 2026 02:51 PM (DbRdT)
I went to an event in my area that was popular with pretty much every demographic.
There were a number of mennonite families each with a gaggle of kids, and plenty of non-mennonites, most with no kids or small families.
Now mennonite doesn't equal conservative exactly of course but you can see in any area where families go the relative impact of politics and religion on how many kids people have
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 02:51 PM (sKqQm)
They're not. The modern audience is always coming but never arrives.
(And yes I'm aware of my phrasing).
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 02:52 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 02:33 PM (n3VHW)
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So much this.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 02:52 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by four seasons
That's exactly what they want. They want everyone to tell them it's ok. Well it's not, it's sick.
Posted by: Case at June 17, 2026 02:52 PM (IY9No)
Work boots are on sale at my Walmart.
Posted by: braenyard at June 17, 2026 02:50 PM (fNI17)
Are the retirement boots on sale?
Posted by: naturalfake at June 17, 2026 02:52 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 02:51 PM (sKqQm)
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I've said this a couple of times, but last week I was at the pool with my kids.
6 high school girls sitting nearby, talking. All six of them talking about how they wanted 3-4 kids.
I live in one of the reddest counties of the state.
Sure, they could be hard-left progressives, but that feels doubtful.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:52 PM (Zn6QU)
Most ridiculous part was home many parents I saw with kids. Same people screaming about ePstEiN are bringing their kids to be groomed
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 02:52 PM (e4LaW)
It used to be the love that dare not speak its name.
Now it's the love that won't shut the fuck up.
Posted by: GMan at June 17, 2026 02:51 PM (DbRdT)
A very good point, but some day they will learn that lust does not equal love, and God will have the last word.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 02:52 PM (bl07w)
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Well masturbating behind them would just be creepy.
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 02:53 PM (l/J0j)
But since that it has become any number consenting gay adults or teens should be able to do what they want sexually in publicly and you should be forced to applaud them for it.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 02:54 PM (sKqQm)
My eyes are still rolling in my head after reading that.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at June 17, 2026 02:54 PM (DvtuO)
I've never understood people wanting a dick shoved in their assholes. The same for wanting a woman eating another woman's pussy.
It is sick.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 02:54 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 02:54 PM (rii+a)
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Well masturbating behind them would just be creepy.
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 02:53 PM
You have a point.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 02:54 PM (2ocoG)
Actually I didn't. I think I've said "f" about things in general but not about him and the joke was if saying "f you" it would be more likely in a question. about encouraging intimate moments.as in "you wanna hit the hay, hon.?"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 02:55 PM (n3VHW)
TBH real lesbians mostly don't have any sex.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 02:55 PM (sKqQm)
Ugh.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 02:54 PM (rii+a)
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Iran can sell oil with the tankers the US sank, took, or blew the engines out of for the next 60 days.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:55 PM (Zn6QU)
And these [redacted] took that as a challenge, stole the symbol and used it to taunt God by doing the most vile shit imaginable under its aegis.
"Ow, you're not going to destroy the world for being evil? Well what if we do this? Ah ah, you~ promised~ !"
Promised no more water.
How about some fire, scarecrow?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 02:55 PM (Cqx++)
I think not.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 17, 2026 02:33 PM (0sNs1)
I either know precisely where I am, precisely what speed and direction I'm going, or roughly know where I am and where I'm going.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 02:39 PM (qx7Zg)
In the macro world, to measure something you look at it , you move something against it and you assume any disturbance is negligible. If the only way you had to measure the location of a car is by crashing another car into it, well you can see that the car might now be in a different place or rolling down a hill.
When you get to the level of atoms and particles, you can't find something 'relatively tiny' any more to make a measurement...you have have to choose what you disturb. A low energy photon won't move the thing you want to measure, but it is fuzzy due to its high wavelength. A high energy photon like an x or gamma can give you a tight location measurement, but the momentum can knock the thing you are measuring away.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 02:55 PM (uhVAy)
Louis Sockalexis, THE Cleveland Indian, was a Penobscot.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 17, 2026 02:55 PM (zdLoL)
Today, the FTC took another huge step in defense of children and parents. We have filed an enforcement action against the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) for making false and unsubstantiated claims about the safety and efficacy of medical transition procedures...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 02:56 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at June 17, 2026 02:54 PM (DvtuO)
NPR should do a story about that. I hear NPR is really popular in flyover country.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 17, 2026 02:56 PM (B0NCh)
There's $300,000,000,000 to Iran. Immediately.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 02:56 PM (rii+a)
You said just the tip!!!
Posted by: Normal Western Society at June 17, 2026 02:56 PM (6ZnSC)
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Well masturbating behind them would just be creepy.
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 02:53 PM (l/J0j)
It is very difficult for me to understand men touching their junk in public. I mean, t-ball kids sometimes still do, and need to be reminded that it will still be there after the game, but beyond that age, seems like they should have learned to control themselves.
But I guess lust is just the complete lack of control on the part of the perpetrator.
I suppose these are the folks who were never told NO.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 02:56 PM (bl07w)
Sorry, I misunderstood. But it allowed me to make a dumb joke, so there's that.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 02:56 PM (77rzZ)
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This true. Amazon doesn’t deliver to rural or suburban areas. Other than Target they have literally no other options to buy things.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 02:57 PM (e4LaW)
There's $300,000,000,000 to Iran. Immediately.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 02:56 PM (rii+a)
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That's not how that will work. They do not immediately get access to $300 billion.
They have to abide by the MOU (it's right there in the text you copied), and Gulf States get to invest in Iran as long as Iran plays along.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:57 PM (Zn6QU)
I go to a Latin Mass parish and families with 3+ kids are very common. I think getting 3+ kids up and ready for 7:00 AM Mass is a free pass to Heaven.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 02:57 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: tubal
The Larry Flynt Stylebook.
The Hustler cartoon "Chester the Molester" became "Chester the Protector" for briefly after some Christianist nut put a bullet in his spine and he was wheeling around scared for a while afterward.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 02:57 PM (Y8DZL)
He promised not to flood the world...He didn't say anything about fire.
Posted by: GMan at June 17, 2026 02:57 PM (DbRdT)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 17, 2026 02:41 PM (2ap+5)"
Exhibit A in my defense the other day of Japanese comformity.
Posted by: heya at June 17, 2026 02:57 PM (QfB9d)
Most ridiculous part was home many parents I saw with kids. Same people screaming about ePstEiN are bringing their kids to be groomed
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 02:52 PM (e4LaW)
If they gave you a free day off work and let you smugly shove it in everyone's faces for the next month you might go too.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 02:57 PM (uhVAy)
I think your self deprecation is very endearing. Bulg and I like you.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 02:58 PM (n3VHW)
But I guess lust is just the complete lack of control on the part of the perpetrator.
I suppose these are the folks who were never told NO.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 02:56 PM (bl07w)
I'd wager every man here has rearranged in public. But we're subtle-ish about it, and not full-on whipping it out like a maniac.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 02:58 PM (rii+a)
One of the reasons that Islam has surged in political impact in the west is they have no end of people willing to put a bullet in someone for saying something that bothers Islam and they are very vocal about it
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 02:58 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 02:58 PM (Jr5Lq)
How about some fire, scarecrow?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 02:55 PM (Cqx++)
You think they would have remembered Sodom and Gomorrah.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 02:58 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 17, 2026 02:58 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 02:53 PM (l/J0j)
The Calgary Stampeder.
Judge: Don't use that word. Say "sexual intercourse".
Boudreaux: What dat?
Judge: It means the same thing, but you can say it in front of ladies.
Boudreaux: So den he start giving her de Calgary Stampeder.
Judge: What's that?
Boudreaux: same thing, but you do it in back of ladies.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 02:58 PM (IG3/x)
Oh, wait.
It may have never about being proud.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 02:59 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:57 PM (Zn6QU)
I read 'upon implementation' to mean 'once signed.'
Does it not?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 02:59 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung,
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Not really following but the lefty propaganda is kinda thick here.
The funds are stuff recently frozen. Not sure how much
The 300 billion seems to be *investment* from other gulf states -- that is, buying up Iranian assets for joint development to establish financial ties and reasons not to bomb each other.
Neither of these is US cash.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 17, 2026 02:59 PM (6ZnSC)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Same here, Fen. Would love to meet you at a MoMe someday.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 02:59 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 02:57 PM (O0L8i)
We had 6. The three boys wouldn't even start getting ready until T minus half an hour, and still beat the three girls into the car. Even working around the girls hogging the bathrooms.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 02:59 PM (uhVAy)
Central Mennonite in Archbold just split over gay ordination.
There's some ill feeling over the notion of "youth ministry."
The new congregation is called Peace.
Lots of pro-Iranian signs up.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 17, 2026 02:59 PM (zdLoL)
Delusional thinking at best...but whitey will be gone, so that's OK!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 02:41 PM (gnNyN)"
Who says they intend peace? They intend to rule. Having a lot of mobs at each others throats is a classic dictatorial move.
They don't care what life is like outside their ruling class enclaces.
Posted by: heya at June 17, 2026 03:00 PM (QfB9d)
There is a latin mass parish nearby and I must admit to curiosity, but my wife thinks it's silly.
Posted by: Oglebay at June 17, 2026 02:58 PM (2ap+5)
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It's a very different experience than a Novus Ordo Mass.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 03:00 PM (O0L8i)
Isn't that what they wanted at one point?
Posted by: Max Entropy at June 17, 2026 03:00 PM (oxDA9)
And that, when they do, the Democrat Party would be wiped out.
He expected it soon back then.
But his premise is being proven correct.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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IIRC, he got cancelled as a blog I think because of his calling George Bush as Jorge Arbusto in 2006 and opposing gay marriage and the GW Bush amnesty deals.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 03:00 PM (E4rtv)
Does it not?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 02:59 PM (rii+a)
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Words mean things.
You have to implement the MOU, not sign it.
Seriously, the idea that Trump just greenlit $300 billion to Iran with no strings attached after he bombed them for 6 weeks, blockaded them to a 50% reduction in GDP, and was watching gas prices drop shockingly quickly over the last few weeks...
Please.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:01 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 03:01 PM (n3VHW)
I'd wager every man here has rearranged in public. But we're subtle-ish about it, and not full-on whipping it out like a maniac.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 02:58 PM (rii+a)
Well, except for those that must use both hands.
Posted by: The Paolo at June 17, 2026 03:01 PM (3QsZU)
I go to a Latin Mass parish and families with 3+ kids are very common. I think getting 3+ kids up and ready for 7:00 AM Mass is a free pass to Heaven.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 02:57 PM (O0L8i)
That would be a small family in our parish. We sometimes go to the Dominican Latin Mass, and that place has the same large families. But our regular, NO parish is a veritable sea of children, and sometimes absolute chaos. It is a beautiful thing.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 03:01 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 03:01 PM (bXbFr)
Neither of these is US cash.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 17, 2026 02:59 PM (6ZnSC)
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The idea is to make Iran like Saudi Arabia and the UAE, trading partners in a region, not belligerents.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:02 PM (Zn6QU)
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Wait until they get a load of US
Posted by: Islam at June 17, 2026 03:02 PM (l/J0j)
The way the GOPe and right leaning orgs purged people for opposing gay marriage still amazes me.
The people of CA of all places voted against it only to be overruled by judges and then the "rightwing" line immediately became the debate was over gay marriage was morally fine and anyone that disagreed could FO.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 03:02 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 03:02 PM (e4LaW)
Major League Baseball threatening the players with huge fines is a blatant First Amendment violation, and MLB and The Giants will be smacked down hard by the Supreme Court.
It will be delicious to watch.
Posted by: zombie at June 17, 2026 03:03 PM (Av6i5)
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Yeah, Trump apparently wants the votes of the anti-Israel crowd more than those of us who take the threat of Iran seriously.
I guess we'll see if they can carry his party across the line in November.
Posted by: Methos at June 17, 2026 03:03 PM (vSvIl)
The Gay Lobby assured us, over and over, that "gay marriage will have no effect on your life at all." When objectors said "gay marriage will lead to demands for 'trans acceptance' next, you called those people liars and said that will never, ever happen.
I don't know what was worse, Gabe's bullshit about gay marriage or the fact that he used to smugly put up nothing but obscure twink garage punkpop band videos. I was getting to the point that I was craving Nickelback videos.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 17, 2026 03:03 PM (y9nCu)
JD Vance
@JDVance
Trump won we don’t have to do this anymore
Sports Illustrated
@SInow
Jun 16
Three Giants pitchers wore Bible verses on their Pride Night caps during Friday’s game.
MLB has since issued a warning to them.
That's a pretty good one by JD!
Posted by: m at June 17, 2026 03:03 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 03:03 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 03:03 PM (ufO5q)
Wanting to protect his young daughter, the father replies, "It was just a big bee."
"Damn dad," she said, "that bee sure had a big dick!"
Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 03:03 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 17, 2026 03:04 PM (FtULh)
I think not.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 17, 2026 02:33 PM (0sNs1)
That is a lot of math-mentioning!!!
Posted by: m at June 17, 2026 03:04 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 02:58 PM (rii+a)
SUBTLY rearranging, yep. Maybe an underwear rub to absorb that trickle of sweat that's rolling down your ball sack and driving you crazy. Pulling your underwear down when it's ridden up into your crack. Other things like that.
But those adjustments are done for comfort, not for sexual gratification.
If ANYONE AT ALL can see (even men you don't know, not just women and children), you just have to suffer.
Civilization sometimes requires a bit of discomfort.
It's worth it.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 03:04 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 03:02 PM (e4LaW)
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The stated mission at the beginning never included regime change.
It was always the removal of enriched nuclear material and the end of funding of terrorist proxies.
The conflict isn't even over with this signing. It's a Memorandum of Understanding...a starting point to talk about the rest, and Iran has to behave to get anything.
Will they? I guess not, so they won't get anything in the end.
And...it requires them to be able to send oil in tankers they...don't have anymore.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:04 PM (Zn6QU)
Why are your threats and tantrums no longer working? That's the question.
Posted by: t-bird at June 17, 2026 03:04 PM (E/qck)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 17, 2026 02:58 PM (2ap+5)
Discovering the Latin Mass by Eduard Habsburg. Available at Amazon, even in Kindle version. Explains why it is how it is, and why it's marvelous.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 03:04 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 17, 2026 03:05 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 03:05 PM (bXbFr)
Seriously, the idea that Trump just greenlit $300 billion to Iran with no strings attached after he bombed them for 6 weeks, blockaded them to a 50% reduction in GDP, and was watching gas prices drop shockingly quickly over the last few weeks...
Please.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:01 PM (Zn6QU)
I've withheld comment until the language was released. But it's been released and says, in plain text, that we will make fully available all frozen funds.
I expected to see some version of 'once the IAEA has verified... we will make fully available all frozen funds.
If there are steps left out of the process, fine, but the text seems plain to a person who doesn't do MOUs with belligerents for a living.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 03:05 PM (rii+a)
um, what the fuck??
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:05 PM (GD0B3)
"The home of the Latin Mass in Northeast Ohio since 1982, St. Peregrine’s is a Roman Catholic church serviced by priests of the Society of St. Pius X. For years we were located on the West Side of Cleveland, but thanks to the grace of God and the desire of our members to build a fitting church dedicated solely to the Latin Mass, we were able to construct a brand new edifice in 2021 in the beautiful suburb of Richfield. Nestled in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and conveniently equidistant from both Cleveland and Akron, we provide access to the traditional Sacraments and Liturgical life, and also have a vibrant Catholic community with a school for K-8 students. Please reference the Calendar for Mass times and upcoming events."
Posted by: Oglebay at June 17, 2026 03:05 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: m at June 17, 2026 03:05 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 03:05 PM (XV/Pl)
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Yeah, Trump apparently wants the votes of the anti-Israel crowd more than those of us who take the threat of Iran seriously.
I guess we'll see if they can carry his party across the line in November.
Posted by: Methos at June 17, 2026 03:03 PM (vSvIl)
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Iran has no manufacturing capabilities anymore. 6 weeks of bombing out front anymore should have told you. They took decades to build them up, and they can't exactly turn around and just remake them, especially if their new cash infusions are predicated on them not being belligerent assholes anymore.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:06 PM (Zn6QU)
more WTF
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:06 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 03:06 PM (ZVgZ4)
For a moment I was wondering if there was now a Giant Antidefamation League or something like that.
"My ogre is not your mascot!"
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 03:06 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: illiniwek at June 17, 2026 03:06 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 17, 2026 03:06 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 03:06 PM (ZVgZ4)
LOOPHOLE!
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 03:06 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 02:58 PM (sKqQm)"
No. Emphatically no.
They surged in impact because the western left ALLOWED THEM TO GET AWAY WITH IT for their own gain.
If non-lefty, non-favored-minorities do it, the lefties scream bloody murder and lefty governments oblige them.
The left isn't scared of islam, they are using islam. They run cover for islamic behavior every chance they get, just like they run cover for other freaks and barbarians.
Watch, the left in the UK will go apeshit on the natives given any excuse.
Posted by: heya at June 17, 2026 03:07 PM (QfB9d)
It will be delicious to watch.
Posted by: zombie at June 17, 2026 03:03 PM (Av6i5)
Is it a 1A issue if your employer is doing it? It’s not the govt telling people what they can wear. It’s an employer. Employer are allowed to set dress codes for their employees.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 03:07 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 02:55 PM (sKqQm)
Lesbians, or as they're colloquially known, "wives"
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 03:07 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 03:07 PM (n3VHW)
I think not.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 17, 2026 02:33 PM (0sNs1)
That is a lot of math-mentioning!!!
Posted by: m at June 17, 2026 03:04 PM (6wpGE)
It is very simple. We don't know where we are, where we are headed, or why we are doing that at all.
See?
Uncertainty.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 03:07 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 03:06 PM (ZVgZ4)
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I thought fire was mentioned.
Posted by: Oglebay at June 17, 2026 03:07 PM (2ap+5)
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I'm glad to see you have a sense of humor about all this.
Posted by: Methos at June 17, 2026 03:07 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: tubal
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If they had to rename the team, it should have been the Cleveland Fire.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 17, 2026 02:44 PM (5yDGQ)
Steamers.
The Cleveland Steamers.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
Cuyahoga River Fire
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 03:07 PM (u3HiE)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:07 PM (GD0B3)
At least LBGTQ+ have a common flag to rally around.
It changes every year and you get scolded for being out of date but it's something.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 03:07 PM (Y8DZL)
And then their activists forced people to participate in their ceremonies and came for the kids.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 17, 2026 03:07 PM (TWV05)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 03:07 PM (l/J0j)
You married her, chief. Should have chosen.... wisely.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 03:08 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: tcn in AK
Of the Vienna Habsburgs? (I have seen the dynastic name spelled with a "b" instead of a "p.")
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 03:08 PM (77rzZ)
Wait what ?? How did Lebanon get in there ??
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:08 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 03:08 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:55 PM (Zn6QU)
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And the trans-Arabian pipelines are still being built/expanded. Port facilities on the Med and the Red Sea. The PRC and the Koreas will have to sail a bit further for their crude fix, but, hey.
Posted by: mrp at June 17, 2026 03:08 PM (rj6Yv)
Where am I going to get my three-year-old transdaughter girl her penis-tucking swimsuit? How will I get my ally points and pats on the head from my Oprah book group?
Posted by: AWFL mothers at June 17, 2026 03:08 PM (TbWk/)
I know a few women that "discovered" they were "born this way lesbians" after their kids were grown up and they hit the age of menopause.
Note I don't point out to them that their hormones changed under them which is likely to explain why they felt different about their husbands but....
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 03:08 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 03:09 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 03:09 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2026 03:09 PM (1ieqq)
Interesting statistics. Lowest rate of domestic abuse, gay male married couples.
Highest rates of domestic abuse; lesbian married couples.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 17, 2026 03:09 PM (TWV05)
Am I bitter? You bet your ass I am, they've corrupted public life by playing the victim card for far to long. I don't care what or who they do but stop telling me I have to support their BS.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 17, 2026 03:09 PM (Q/FnY)
I expected to see some version of 'once the IAEA has verified... we will make fully available all frozen funds.
If there are steps left out of the process, fine, but the text seems plain to a person who doesn't do MOUs with belligerents for a living.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 03:05 PM (rii+a)
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In order to get those funds, Iran has to abide by point 5 (strait passage), point 8 (not pursuing nuclear weapons), and point 12 (exterior monitoring of Iran's behavior), all while the $300 billion is, according to point 6, not going to be accessible until after the 60 day period passes without incident.
What they get now is the ability to sell oil...after we took out a large chunk of their tanker fleet.
If you're going to fret about what's in the MOU, read the MOU.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:09 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:07 PM (GD0B3)
Obama has gotten his fourth term.
Posted by: Methos at June 17, 2026 03:09 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 02:58 PM (bl07w)
One of the "tells" of a Progressive Christian is that he or she doesn't believe Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed because of homosexuality. They belive it was a "being inhospitable" based on a selective interpretation of Ezekiel 16:49. Ezekiel 16:50 as well as Jude 7 make it abundantly clear this interpretation is wrong.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 17, 2026 03:09 PM (B0NCh)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 03:09 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
No. That is a misreading. Gulf States are proposing (not have done it already) creating a joint investment fund for the Middle East that MAY invest in Iranian projects or not depending on the Iranian government's behavior.
Unclear about the 12-20 billion in frozen Iranian assets held in the Gulf states and elsewhere in the West as to when and under what conditions they may access that.
Basically, each point of the MOU is going to be negotiated step by step--so that verifiable steps have to be done before it triggers loosening the noose on Iran's economy.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 03:10 PM (E4rtv)
I think I'm most proud of my thumbs.
Posted by: t-bird at June 17, 2026 03:10 PM (E/qck)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:07 PM (GD0B3)
Obama has gotten his fourth term.
Posted by: Methos at June 17, 2026 03:09 PM (vSvIl)
Do you actually believe this ?
Posted by: It's me donna at June 17, 2026 03:10 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: mrp at June 17, 2026 03:08 PM (rj6Yv)
This is a massive alteration to the global power structure. Hormuz will stop being important, which - more than anything else - pussifies Iran.
To me, that's the TRUE victory here, no matter how the MOU shakes out.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 03:10 PM (rii+a)
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As someone who has long predicted the mass abandonment of LOLGBT by prominent corporations and even public figures for another reason, let me implore you to not be surprised to find that said abandonment is as much to suck up to the Left's new friends, the islamists as any other single thing including the USAID defunding. Watch.
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 03:10 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 03:07 PM (e4LaW)
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Pretty much. I don't care much for pro sports, but I'm a big believer in the customer veto.
Posted by: mrp at June 17, 2026 03:10 PM (rj6Yv)
The people of CA of all places voted against it only to be overruled by judges and then the "rightwing" line immediately became the debate was over gay marriage was morally fine and anyone that disagreed could FO.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 03:02 PM (sKqQm)
The Donk commie cocksuckers and their media minions immediately starting calling it "The Mormon Amendment" because one of the big PAC donors was LDS. And they glossed over the fact that the biggest push across the finish line came from the black churches, who absolutely were NOT on board with teh gheys.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 17, 2026 03:10 PM (y9nCu)
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I'm glad to see you have a sense of humor about all this.
Posted by: Methos at June 17, 2026 03:07 PM (vSvIl)
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Iran just had its GDP tanked by 50%, everyone in the region bypassing the strait with new pipelines, and agreed to have outside inspectors ensure it was abiding by the MOU which includes not pursuing nuclear weapons.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:10 PM (Zn6QU)
But really interesting was the Philly pride parade dust-up this year. And, keep in mind, probably only NYC & LA could outdo Philly in pure Pride & gayness.
Philly Gay News, Masked police attack LGBTQ+ community
June 17, 2026
In part, Philadelphia police officers, some wearing masks, confronted and attacked members of the LGBTQ+ community gathered in the Gayborhood during Pride celebrations on June 7. Other officers deployed Tasers, while mounted officers and motorcycle units pushed community members into areas already confined by fencing erected by the city itself. Much of what occurred was captured on video and is readily available on social media.
The police response was, at best, unprepared. At worst, some officers appeared completely out of control.
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Why write it now? Between FIFA, Juneteenth & a hundred other stories, maybe now was the best time.
But there are major bruised egos around this year.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 03:10 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 03:11 PM (wlyRx)
I know a few women that "discovered" they were "born this way lesbians" after their kids were grown up and they hit the age of menopause.
Note I don't point out to them that their hormones changed under them which is likely to explain why they felt different about their husbands but....
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 03:08 PM (sKqQm)
I think he's talking about dead bedroom, not the wife suddenly deciding she's a lesbian.
Posted by: Wedding cake, the cure for female libido at June 17, 2026 03:11 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 03:11 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:07 PM (GD0B3)
Believe anything out of that shitstain's mouth at your own peril.
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 03:11 PM (l/J0j)
Where "being inhospitable" is defined as "not throwing guests out the door to be gang-raped".
From the UK stories, it sounds like any survivors from Sodom migrated to Pakistan.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 03:11 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 02:55 PM (sKqQm)
Well if most of them look like the skanks I saw at the local university the other day, this doesn't surprise me.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 03:11 PM (2WIwB)
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“As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
day and night
will never cease.”"
Genesis 9 NIV: "15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life."
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 03:12 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: runner
That's where Iran keeps its proxy army.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 17, 2026 03:12 PM (vJrRc)
Basically, each point of the MOU is going to be negotiated step by step--so that verifiable steps have to be done before it triggers loosening the noose on Iran's economy.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 03:10 PM (E4rtv)
This is what I was looking for: a clarification for those of us who don't speak legalese.
Thanks to you and J-Maddy
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 03:12 PM (rii+a)
Oh, no. Gay-ness deserts.
Posted by: t-bird at June 17, 2026 03:12 PM (E/qck)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 17, 2026 03:12 PM (vJrRc)
One of them
Posted by: It's me donna at June 17, 2026 03:12 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:08 PM (GD0B3)
What's hard to understand?
Israel, the only ally we have that can contribute to a fight, gets thrown under the bus by Trump, so that Iran can show that it uses its influence to protect its allies.
Posted by: Methos at June 17, 2026 03:13 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 17, 2026 03:07 PM (2ap+5)
No just water: Genesis 9:9-16.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 03:13 PM (ZVgZ4)
I am so fcking sick of how commie retards twist simple words, like right here, "access". Asshoes.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 03:13 PM (R+iUD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ-s0ye71WU
Outraged gay activist: "They (the pitchers) defaced/b] the pride rainbio with a Bible verse, telling the LGBT community that they do not own the rainbow...".
Unreal.
Posted by: zombie at June 17, 2026 03:13 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 03:13 PM (e4LaW)
I'm okay with not allowing players to put ANYTHING on their uniforms except the approved team branding. No Pride, no BLM, no religious verses from any book, no "Hi, Mom!" nothing. If you let one group do it, you've got to let them all do it.
Also, as should go without saying, no coercion to put anything on your uniform or to tacitly support anything other than red-white-and-blue patriotism.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 03:13 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:08 PM (GD0B3)
What's hard to understand?
Israel, the only ally we have that can contribute to a fight, gets thrown under the bus by Trump, so that Iran can show that it uses its influence to protect its allies.
Posted by: Methos at June 17, 2026 03:13 PM (vSvIl)
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Israel isn't mentioned in the MOU.
Israel isn't a party to it.
Israel can keep attacking Hezbollah. The US promises it won't attack anyone in Lebanon, though, which it wasn't doing before.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:14 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: zombie at June 17, 2026 03:14 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 17, 2026 03:14 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 03:14 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: We're in a post-tolerance phase of society at June 17, 2026 03:14 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 03:14 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 03:14 PM (ZVgZ4)
And Somebody told you what would happen a few thousand years ago.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 17, 2026 03:15 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:15 PM (GD0B3)
You have to admit that gathering all the men of the city to gang rape any male visitors is pretty darn inhospitable.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 17, 2026 03:15 PM (vJrRc)
Also, as should go without saying, no coercion to put anything on your uniform or to tacitly support anything other than red-white-and-blue patriotism.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 03:13 PM (XJ22o)
Hockey did this in 2023. No more theme night apparel or accessories for the players. Of any kind.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 03:15 PM (rii+a)
Unreal.
Posted by: zombie
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Pride should have copyrighted and patented the rainbow. Maybe it's not too late if they get the right lawyer.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 03:15 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 03:15 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 03:16 PM (77rzZ)
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Iran subjecting every one of their PG neighbors with drone and missile barrages (Oman??? Really???) is going to make sitting at a conference table divvying up project money with erstwhile enemies rather uncomfortable for the Persians.
Posted by: mrp at June 17, 2026 03:16 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Lady in Black
I have extreme All The Things Fatigue. Pretty sure it's rapidly becoming epidemic.
Of course I'm also dealing with life burnout these days, but this stupid bullshit ain't helpin' none.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 17, 2026 03:16 PM (OUMaO)
LOL, very plausible!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 17, 2026 03:17 PM (VyBeY)
So, how about that Civil War?
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 03:16 PM (77rzZ)
you have a lot of pet peeves, don't you
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:17 PM (GD0B3)
That is such a bizarre take on that passage - that's it about being inhospitable.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 03:17 PM (OYsYV)
Greta Thunberg is setting up an OnlyFans account.
Because of course she is.
Fom the picture it does appear that she's finally reached puberty, but still, I can't imagine this will bring in all that much money.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 03:17 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
So the certain drummer is of of system or does the daydream continue thanks to leisure time? /R
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 03:17 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 03:17 PM (bXbFr)
Once upon a time when marketing was predominated by men we had ads like real men of genius and bikini clad women mud wrestling to sell burgers
Then women took over marketing and suddenly every ad was about gays and saving dolphins and fighting climate change, all in between visits to the clinic to decapitate the unborn
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at June 17, 2026 03:17 PM (fapp/)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:15 PM (GD0B3)
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It's a Memorandum of Understanding to start real talks.
It's not a final deal at all.
And it's honestly really bad for Iran. They can't fuck up by sending out dinghys threatening tankers with AK-47s anymore. They have to welcome inspections. They have to sell oil with tankers that don't exist anymore.
They do get some unfrozen assets, but $12 billion isn't going to buy them new manufacturing capabilities or missile reserves in 60 days.
Iran's internal conflicts are going to get worse with this, not better.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:17 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Gary at June 17, 2026 03:17 PM (hyQrc)
you have a lot of pet peeves, don't you
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:17 PM (GD0B3)
LOL... Pot meet kettle...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 17, 2026 03:17 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 03:17 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 03:15 PM (rii+a)
And if I recall, it was the refusal of players from Russia and a few other European countries to participate in LBGTQ nights that precipitated it.
Posted by: Vendette at June 17, 2026 03:18 PM (1ieqq)
>>Trans people no longer have access to accurate gender markers on their passports.
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This is the one that provokes the dumbest "gotchas."
One blue-haired, nose-ringed androgyne after another in their camera: "So according to YOU, I don't exist."
Lots of those sick burnz.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 03:18 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
The rainbow has been a Christian symbol since at least the 19th century. It was common for churches and Christian summer camps and Bible classes to use the rainbow (symbolizing God's promise to Noah) in the '60s -- BEFORE the gay pride flag was even designed.
If the gays try tio trademark it, they will lose.
Posted by: zombie at June 17, 2026 03:18 PM (Av6i5)
That's way he be can check two make sure Trump dids not screw anythangs up.
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at June 17, 2026 03:18 PM (MWFI6)
If you are turned about women eating another woman's pussy or people having a dick shoved up in someone's asshole you are as perverted as the people doing that.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 03:18 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: t-bird at June 17, 2026 03:12 PM (E/qck)"
Just sayin, parts of what were once Carthage are now a desert, and were made to be so by human intervention.
Wasn't it Obama who blathered on about being the change you want to see in the world?
Posted by: heya at June 17, 2026 03:19 PM (QfB9d)
Posted by: Anti-anti-Zionist at June 17, 2026 03:19 PM (nu57b)
.....
Watch moar soccer.
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 03:14 PM (UjdFS)
lol
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 03:19 PM (dK+Kv)
-- Crows everywhere
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 03:19 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 03:20 PM (e4LaW)
Plus they still get their gay night and Lord knows what else night which essentially means it's Christianity that is openly banned.
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 03:20 PM (l/J0j)
It's not a final deal at all.
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Maybe Trump should stop waving it around proclaiming peace in our time, then.
Posted by: Methos at June 17, 2026 03:20 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 17, 2026 03:17 PM (FtULh)
Really, dear? Have I ever told anyone to stop talking about a topic? All ace's threads are open threads.
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:20 PM (GD0B3)
TJM, the thing I don't get is why, if indeed we've destroyed every offensive weapon that Iran can bring to bear against traffic in the Strait, why full and free traffic has not already resumed. I don't get it.
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 03:20 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 03:20 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 03:20 PM (e4LaW)
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They directly hit UAE's natural gas facilities.
Then UAE left OPEC and started a pipeline to bypass the strait.
But yeah, most were at the US. That's an important point, for sure.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:20 PM (Zn6QU)
Hockey did this in 2023. No more theme night apparel or accessories for the players. Of any kind.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
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It's a good idea. Just HOCKEY, okay everyone?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 03:20 PM (XJ22o)
One blue-haired, nose-ringed androgyne after another in their camera: "So according to YOU, I don't exist."
Lots of those sick burnz.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 03:18 PM (XJ22o)"
A lot of people that were willing to ignore them before they started going after kids are now willing to arrange the not existing part.
Posted by: heya at June 17, 2026 03:21 PM (QfB9d)
It's not a final deal at all.
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Maybe Trump should stop waving it around proclaiming peace in our time, then.
Posted by: Methos at June 17, 2026 03:20 PM (vSvIl)
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Trump upsells.
It doesn't change the facts of what was agreed, the limits of it, and the fact that Iran didn't just get $300 billion in free money.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:21 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 03:21 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 03:18 PM (/QHx4)
Turned about? I'm not sure what this means.
Posted by: So confusing these days at June 17, 2026 03:22 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 03:22 PM (l/J0j)
It's not a final deal at all.
And it's honestly really bad for Iran. They can't fuck up by sending out dinghys threatening tankers with AK-47s anymore. They have to welcome inspections. They have to sell oil with tankers that don't exist anymore.
They do get some unfrozen assets, but $12 billion isn't going to buy them new manufacturing capabilities or missile reserves in 60 days.
Iran's internal conflicts are going to get worse with this, not better.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:17 PM (Zn6QU)
well, this is certainly another way of looking at it...
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:22 PM (GD0B3)
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You don't actually think Trump will suddenly get serious 60 days from now, do you?
That 60 days can be extended (repeatedly) by mutual agreement, so the can's just going to keep getting kicked.
Posted by: Methos at June 17, 2026 03:22 PM (vSvIl)
......
A meeting to schedule more meetings.
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 03:23 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 03:23 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 17, 2026 03:23 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:21 PM (Zn6QU)
What? Wait.
You mean . . . the detractors have been pulling our legs?
I shannot believe it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 03:23 PM (dK+Kv)
And they know there will be no consequences. There is a 0.0% chance Trump goes back to bombing Iran for violating the agreement. They’re laughing at us.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 03:23 PM (e4LaW)
It's not a final deal at all.
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Maybe Trump should stop waving it around proclaiming peace in our time, then.
Posted by: Methos at June 17, 2026 03:20 PM (vSvIl)
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Maybe the "final deal" will include defunding Pride Month because it offends Muslims.
Posted by: mrp at June 17, 2026 03:23 PM (rj6Yv)
TJM, the thing I don't get is why, if indeed we've destroyed every offensive weapon that Iran can bring to bear against traffic in the Strait, why full and free traffic has not already resumed. I don't get it.
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 03:20 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Their weapons are pleasure boats and dudes with AKs mixed with GPS guided drones that they can't send out more than a few at a time.
Tanker captains are just...scared.
And oil has been finding a way. There's the US navy led efforts to escort ships. There's smaller tankers loading between ships on the Oman side. There's the Saudi pipeline taking 7 million a day.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:24 PM (Zn6QU)
Any of y'all ever beat off, and then said "man, I'm sure proud of that one. 10/10. I'm one helluva wanker?"
Yeah, I didn't think so.
Well, that's a comparatively normal behavior, and it's about 100x less gross than sodomy. These people are human beings, so I refuse to believe they get cornholed and really take pride in it.
I'm think "pride" is a euphemism for "overcompensating to dull your shame."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 03:24 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 17, 2026 03:24 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:22 PM (GD0B3)
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As opposed to what?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:24 PM (Zn6QU)
If you have any suspicions about people running any sports etc, remove your kids from those activities.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 03:25 PM (/QHx4)
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You don't actually think Trump will suddenly get serious 60 days from now, do you?
That 60 days can be extended (repeatedly) by mutual agreement, so the can's just going to keep getting kicked.
Posted by: Methos at June 17, 2026 03:22 PM (vSvIl)
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The guy who bombed them for 6 weeks?
The guy who ordered a blockade that halved their GDP?
Just reimplement the blockade, and Iran starts hurting more and more again.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:25 PM (Zn6QU)
Lots of those sick burnz.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 03:18 PM (XJ22o)"
Yep that's a dumb one. Yes, you exist. You are mentally ill, deluded and brainwashed, but yes you exist. This categoric mantle you have wrapped yourself in is a fiction created by queer theorists who ultimately want to get rid of all sexual taboos and guardrails, the brass ring of course being age.
Posted by: Scratch a theorist find a kid-diddler at June 17, 2026 03:26 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 03:26 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:24 PM (Zn6QU)
The neverTrump perspective.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 03:26 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:24 PM (Zn6QU)
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You're wasting your time. He won't be satisfied until Bibi Netanyahu and Donald Trump take a simultaneous whizz on the ashes of what's left of Tehran.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 03:27 PM (oqH4h)
Unreal.
Posted by: zombie at June 17, 2026 03:13 PM (Av6i5)
Even more disturbing than the crazy shit they say is the absolute certainty with which they say it.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 17, 2026 03:27 PM (w/O5Q)
It's not a final deal at all.
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Maybe Trump should stop waving it around proclaiming peace in our time, then.
Posted by: Methos"
One thing's for sure, something will happen.
Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at June 17, 2026 03:27 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 03:27 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: LASue at June 17, 2026 03:27 PM (lCppi)
Just wanted to say ( and I didn't get a chance to earlier ) that I appreciate and understand you're mom's disgust at the rainbow imagery being appropriated by gay groups for so very long.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 03:27 PM (OYsYV)
They see *themselves* on that dumb flag.
That's why it's so dangerous. They look at it and think it's a mirror. But they are participating in someone else's parlor trick. And have no idea. So self aggrandizement, plus insane ignorance, equals....
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 03:27 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: gp
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Insurance rates. There is a shortage of tankers already and one out of action means a big payout, not only for the ship, but for the cargo. So guys with dinghys or floating sea mines from the shores create uncertainty and that makes the insurers, about a third of which was Lloyds of London names, twitchy.
And the whole shipping thing is misleading as ships are turning off their transponders through the Straits and then turning them back on. That is what Trump was talking about shortly before the end, we were aiding bunches of trapped tankers to exit the Gulf right under the Iranian noses at night.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 03:28 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: runner
Would you like a list? It'd probably be too long to post, though.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 03:28 PM (77rzZ)
@EWErickson
1h
How bad is it? After days of saying the leaks were not the deal, it turns out all the leaks were the deal."
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:28 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:24 PM (Zn6QU)
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You're wasting your time. He won't be satisfied until Bibi Netanyahu and Donald Trump take a simultaneous whizz on the ashes of what's left of Tehran.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 03:27 PM (oqH4h)
Though that would be highly satisfying.
Posted by: Admit it at June 17, 2026 03:28 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 02:55 PM (sKqQm)
Well if most of them look like the skanks I saw at the local university the other day, this doesn't surprise me.
Posted by: Diogenes
Buckhead Atlanta bars had them in the 90's, we called them 'Lipstick Lesbians'.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 17, 2026 03:28 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:28 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: mr tmz at June 17, 2026 03:29 PM (rJ48h)
@EWErickson
1h
How bad is it? After days of saying the leaks were not the deal, it turns out all the leaks were the deal."
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:28 PM (GD0B3)
Erick Erickson ? Seriously ?
Posted by: It's me donna at June 17, 2026 03:29 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 03:29 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: LASue at June 17, 2026 03:30 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 03:30 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes
I didn't know that you knew Arabic.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 03:31 PM (77rzZ)
The guy who ordered a blockade that halved their GDP?
Just reimplement the blockade, and Iran starts hurting more and more again.
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Yeah, the guy who's making excuses for lifting the blockade because the rest of us were four weeks away from running out of oil.
The guy who has been terrorized by the price of gas and what it might do to his midterms.
The guy who just went hat in hand to China looking for greater business and technological integration with them, and likely got an earful of how much they didn't appreciate having their oil supplies interrupted.
Yeah, I think that guy will not start any serious action against Iran any time soon. He just signed a document promising not to.
Posted by: Methos at June 17, 2026 03:31 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:24 PM (Zn6QU)
Trump leaves, and they have a nuke in 5 years or earlier ?
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:31 PM (GD0B3)
Greta Thunberg is setting up an OnlyFans account.
Because of course she is.
Fom the picture it does appear that she's finally reached puberty, but still, I can't imagine this will bring in all that much money.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 03:17 PM
Please, for the love of all that's holy, tell me you're kidding. Lie to me if you have too.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 03:31 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 03:31 PM (vFG9F)
Everyone seems to forget the stated goal when this whole thing began was regime change. And here we are 10 weeks later, no regime change and Iran gets billions in unfrozen assets.
How is this anything other than giant win for Iran’s rulers?
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 03:31 PM (e4LaW)
1h
How bad is it? After days of saying the leaks were not the deal, it turns out all the leaks were the deal."
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:28 PM (GD0B3)
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Yeah let's quote this fuckin' guy as a source of truth like the burning bush.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 03:31 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 03:31 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 17, 2026 03:29 PM (FtULh)
is he bad?
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:31 PM (GD0B3)
I have a radical agenda where the clock goes back to the dark ages of the '90s, and trannies go back to the shadows, along with a number of other macabre sideshows in the Left's traveling menagerie.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 03:31 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 03:04 PM (bl07w)
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Thank you. I have ordered the print edition from Amazon and am looking forward to it!
Posted by: Oglebay at June 17, 2026 03:31 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: mr tmz at June 17, 2026 03:29 PM (rJ48h)
So you're saying that, sexually speaking, they're Bottoms?
Posted by: Cathy Newman at June 17, 2026 03:31 PM (B0NCh)
How is this anything other than giant win for Iran’s rulers?
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 03:31 PM (e4LaW)
Nope....
Posted by: It's me donna at June 17, 2026 03:32 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 17, 2026 03:32 PM (OUMaO)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 03:30 PM (Jr5Lq)
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All their antics did was convince the world to bypass it.
All while supply exploded elsewhere and even without full passage restored in the strait, we'd have an oil glut by September.
All while their GDP went down by at least 50% over the last couple of months and inflation exploded to 25% per week while the powers that be in country lost their access to dollars and had to use rials.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:33 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:24 PM (Zn6QU)
The neverTrump perspective.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Eh, GWOT has burned a lot of people's trust. And that affects any foreign negotiations especially with Iran which has been going on since the Shah was overthrown.
That being said, turning the bombs back on and reinstalling a blockade is pretty easy to do if necessary. Which means the natural tendency to apply standard RINO weaseling is at a minimum. Trump could have looked away and done nothing about the nuke threat--fact is he didn't. Which is different than any other US president in the last 48 years. And Trump did it twice.
Meantime, if those in the West were smart, they would be stockpiling like a mo fo on key items like jetfuel, etc. And for the long run, reopening oil and gas exploration in their own backyard like the UK.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 03:33 PM (E4rtv)
Iran still has all the uranium they've enriched since the end of the JCPOA. And they are deep tunneling bastards. They could be 'turning the last screw' on a bomb at this very moment.
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 03:33 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Diogenes
You need beer money again? I take it that Geezer Golf did not go well yesterday.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 03:33 PM (77rzZ)
I have a radical agenda where the clock goes back to the dark ages of the '90s, and trannies go back to the shadows, along with a number of other macabre sideshows in the Left's traveling menagerie.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Make that the 1890s and I'm open to discussions.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 17, 2026 03:33 PM (OUMaO)
It never was.
A man putting his cock in another man's asshole was never "profitable" for selling Target trinkets, Jaguar automobiles, Bud Light, or baseball tickets.
It was imposed on you, like a Muslim on a prepubescent British girl.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 17, 2026 03:33 PM (qoEJr)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:31 PM (GD0B3)
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Maybe you should do something called reading and basic research before quoting others' hot takes on geopolitics as if they know what the hell they're talking about.
Just a thought.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 03:34 PM (oqH4h)
The guy who has been terrorized by the price of gas and what it might do to his midterms.
The guy who just went hat in hand to China looking for greater business and technological integration with them, and likely got an earful of how much they didn't appreciate having their oil supplies interrupted.
Yeah, I think that guy will not start any serious action against Iran any time soon. He just signed a document promising not to.
Posted by: Methos at June 17, 2026 03:31 PM (vSvIl)
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Gas prices have been going down for weeks, by the way.
And no, we're nowhere near running out of oil. It'd take 15 weeks, not 4, to drawdown our reserve completely. Trump was simply wrong on that. And the drawdowns are slowing because demand is slowing. There's a mixture of demand destruction and the fact that we're just past the peak of demand.
This is more of a staying action than anything else.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:35 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 03:35 PM (bXbFr)
I'm familiar with "Memorandums of Understanding" in two cases in Michigan; in legal terms a smart lawyer defined them to me as "written on toilet paper" as far as being enforceable.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 03:35 PM (Y8DZL)
O Sweet Jesus deliver us from these heathens.
"SERVICE" is what a bull does to a cow.
You're trying to say SERVED but somebody got an MBA.
How can people who studied Latin get English so damned wrong?
Total Romish lack of self-awareness. They deserve what they get.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 17, 2026 03:35 PM (zdLoL)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 03:36 PM (ZVgZ4)
Man, the Dem thirst for a ground invasion was palpable, so close to the midterms - MSM coverage of coffins at Dover AFB, the maimed, "Trump's forever war!", Congressional shirt-rending, all the usual bullshit.
All this Leftoid passion for American blood and misery, and ... now... all they get is a MOU t-shirt.
Posted by: mrp at June 17, 2026 03:36 PM (rj6Yv)
Never really cared to look at her body, so I don't know about that. But she's not repulsive to look at.
Her opinions, however, are an entirely different story...
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 03:36 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 03:36 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:24 PM (Zn6QU)
Trump leaves, and they have a nuke in 5 years or earlier ?
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:31 PM (GD0B3)
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There is a non-zero chance their nuclear materials simply evaporated, by the way.
And...again...it's all over the MOU. Final talks are going to continue and the nuclear material is part of that. He's not walking away.
He's getting Iran to stop threatening the strait while giving them the fig leaf of letting them trade oil again which...again...they can't really do since their shadow fleet has been taken or sunk.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:36 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 03:36 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 03:35 PM (bXbFr)
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Are you having a stroke?
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 03:36 PM (oqH4h)
How is this anything other than giant win for Iran’s rulers?
Posted by: Heroq
It was never about regime change. That was floated about as hopeful as a consequence but the official goal of the US was to prevent Iranian nukes.
Trump has been consistent on that demand for decades. That is why the second strikes occurred after the initial Fordow strike. The Iranians bragged they had enough enriched uranium to make 12 bombs when they could get to it. Trump took them at their word and promptly resumed bombing and instituted the blockade.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 03:36 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 03:37 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 03:37 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 03:37 PM (UjdFS)
Just a thought.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 03:34 PM (oqH4h)
Forget about it.
He's on a roll.
Get him to tell you all about how Tucker Carlson and Fuentes are running the show behind the scenes or something. It's wild.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 03:37 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 17, 2026 03:37 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Eromero at June 17, 2026 03:37 PM (LHPAg)
Iran still has all the uranium they've enriched since the end of the JCPOA. And they are deep tunneling bastards. They could be 'turning the last screw' on a bomb at this very moment.
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 03:33 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Any crack in the containment, and the gaseous UF-6 evaporates.
And we threw a lot of MOABs at everything possibly holding nuclear material for 6 weeks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:38 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 03:38 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Heroq
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Lighten up Frances.
Now you are just throwing out mass media talking points rather than solid information or opinion.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 03:38 PM (E4rtv)
And...again...it's all over the MOU. Final talks are going to continue and the nuclear material is part of that. He's not walking away.
He's getting Iran to stop threatening the strait while giving them the fig leaf of letting them trade oil again which...again...they can't really do since their shadow fleet has been taken or sunk.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:36 PM (Zn6QU)
TJM, I've seen these Islamonazi theatrics, "agreements", MOUs, before. And, kuddos to whoever is negotiating for them, they are good. Very , very good.
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:38 PM (GD0B3)
Never really cared to look at her body, so I don't know about that. But she's not repulsive to look at.
She’s a 20-something year old that’s not fat or full of tattoos. That’s a 7/10 right off the bat.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 03:38 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 03:38 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 17, 2026 03:39 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:39 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 03:31 PM (e4LaW)
Iran's Rulers are dead. Their successors are dead. The current leader can't sign a deal in person because he's half dead. Or maybe all dead. And if he wasn't, Trump killed his whole family.
Winning!
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 17, 2026 03:39 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: gp
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It takes several weeks (from reports it was about 60-70 percent enriched) to get up to bomb grade. And that requires working centrifuges--even being knocked around slightly can cause a rather explosive event when such is turned on and it rapidly dissassembles itself.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 03:40 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 03:38 PM (E4rtv)
Ok what were the other options? Keep bombing Iran sporadically for three next 2 years? Thats was a non starter as well given the 30% support for that.
Sometimes the mass media just spells out reality.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 03:40 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: runner
Would you like a list? It'd probably be too long to post, though.
Posted by: Bulg
Ha. The funny.
Posted by: Dandolo at June 17, 2026 03:40 PM (3QsZU)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:39 PM (GD0B3)
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It's certainly possible, but Israel is deep in Iranian intelligence and we bombed a lot of places.
It's just possible that their enriched uranium doesn't exist anymore, is all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:40 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 02:33 PM (n3VHW)
It's like being proud of having opposable thumbs, innit?
Posted by: Minuteman at June 17, 2026 03:42 PM (47/pr)
And we threw a lot of MOABs at everything possibly holding nuclear material for 6 weeks."
If we believed we had rendered the uranium stockpile useless to them last year, then that cancels the paramount casus belli for this year's war.
According to T Postol, the UF6 was stored in about a dozen durable canisters, 55kg in each. They may have been cracked, the chamber they were stored in may have been rendered inaccessible, but the stuff is still there. Or maybe it was undisturbed by our penetrators, We'll never know until we dig it up.
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 03:42 PM (Jr5Lq)
Winning!
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 17, 2026 03:39 PM (w/O5Q)
There’s hundreds more just like them to take their places. Iran is a criminal organization. Mafia families don’t go away when the head guy is killed or goes to prison.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 03:43 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 03:20 PM (GD0B3)
Not exactly. I don't think Ace ever told you that. And we usually adhere to the rule of 100, at least, comments on topic.
Not sure who pissed in your cornflakes this morning.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 03:43 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 03:44 PM (Ia/+0)
According to T Postol, the UF6 was stored in about a dozen durable canisters, 55kg in each. They may have been cracked, the chamber they were stored in may have been rendered inaccessible, but the stuff is still there. Or maybe it was undisturbed by our penetrators, We'll never know until we dig it up.
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 03:42 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Yes, there was the bombing of Fordow last year, but there was also the 6 weeks of bombing this year.
I assume the uranium wasn't hit last year (the target seemed to have been the centrifuges), but that it may have been hit this year.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 03:44 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 03:44 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: runner
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Fun fact, uranium separation plants are leaky as gaseous Uranium hexafluoride is a very nasty corrosive solid that readily combines with water vapor to make hydrofloric acid eating through pipes and containment vessels with ease.
This was blamed in part on exactly this corrosion from NUMEC in Apollo, Pennsylvania, not Y-12.
Between 1957 and 1978, over 300 kilograms of weapons-grade uranium went unaccounted for.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 03:46 PM (E4rtv)
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You don't actually think Trump will suddenly get serious 60 days from now, do you?
That 60 days can be extended (repeatedly) by mutual agreement, so the can's just going to keep getting kicked.
Posted by: Methos at June 17, 2026 03:22 PM
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I think Trump is waiting till after the midterms. You know Iran is going to F up and Trump knows this too. He would strike now, but he jeopardizes people that need to win in order for him to be successful in what he hopes to accomplish during the rest of his term.
Posted by: redridinghood at June 17, 2026 03:46 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 03:47 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Fordow held most of the centrifuges apparently but some Uranium hexafluoride had already been shipped elsewhere as a precaution I think.
Israel hit some of the other nuclear plants during the attacks before the current US strikes.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 03:48 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Methos
I think you are thinking Trump is a std. GOP type. He isn't but he isn't going to put boots on the ground I think and the nuts of Iran are Kharg Island that can be taken out by a submarine with Tomahawks well away from the war zone. No Kharg Island, goodbye 90 percent of Iran's export ability semi permanently.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 03:51 PM (E4rtv)
There’s hundreds more just like them to take their places. Iran is a criminal organization. Mafia families don’t go away when the head guy is killed or goes to prison.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 03:43 PM (e4LaW)
They haven't even decided who among them must die for betraying the regime. Who is calling the shots today? will they be calling the shots a month from now? a year from now? They got hit so hard no one person is in charge.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 17, 2026 03:52 PM (w/O5Q)
https://tinyurl.com/u83dumrb
And that's all the internet my blood pressure can handle today.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 03:55 PM (IG3/x)
Sometimes the mass media just spells out reality.
Posted by: Heroq
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Heh. You don't remember the no fly zone shit in Iraq do you? Went on and off for about a decade.
Easy enough to do even without airstrikes with just reinstating a blockade again.
Mass media are morons and have TDS infections in the brain, especially idiots like Jennifer Griffin of Fox. They are also pissed off they are removed from the Pentagon nowadays which makes getting anti trump leaks harder to come by.
Just quit listening to them and get on X or specific blogs where you can actually read experts instead of news readers spouting talking points.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 03:55 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Bilwis
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Which is why they kept sending drones and missiles at others. Command and control is broken right now. Vahidi himself has not been seen in days.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 03:57 PM (E4rtv)
I'm thrilled there is few rainbow gear in NYC with Target and I hope they scream at the sky!
For starters it's always annoyed me that they took the rainbow from Jews and Christians, or the Noahic Covenant, to slap on their demonic stuff and flags.
Until they have Redneck Month I ignore their stupid months.
I would say they could bite me but I don't want HIV or monkey pox.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 17, 2026 03:59 PM (hzuYO)
Maybe here they are not lesbos or support trans. However, I have boycotted for a few years now. I have a lot of books from Amazon. Probably close to over 50 I have not read yet because I am compulsive and always have books and gin if the world ends.
In FL my library was taken over by homeless (or the unhoused or whatever woke word it is). They would arrive to read newspapers and stink the place up. One troll woman even roared out of a bathroom stall to scare the crap out of me once,as it was her home (it was near the med center). So I took my bidness to the island. There I got a bedbug in the pocket of a book and I was done. I tried baking the books on the dash in my car as I read that could kill them. My husband thought that was nuts...what is new.
Once I moved here it seemed ok, then I figured all librarians are secret lesbos and quit going. Amazon or bust. Sometimes used books that are new, but so far no more bedbugs.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 17, 2026 04:07 PM (hzuYO)
I don't know if we can continue to allow the UK to have access to weapons of mass destruction.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 17, 2026 04:12 PM (qwx/I)
So I can see a "Pride Week". But not an entire month.
I suggest they hold it the same week as Fleet Week, just because I want to be amused....
Hello, Horde! 😊♥️
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 17, 2026 04:15 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 17, 2026 04:19 PM (SRRAx)
Soros DA Larry Krasner of Philadelphia Is Brutally Taken Down by (Democrat) Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Which Accuses Him of Bad-Faith and Lying In Order to Set Convicted Murderers Free with No Legal Justification
You've heard of sue-and-settle. That's the unethical and possibly illegal practice of Democrat bureaucrats (and it is almost always Democrats) conceding lawsuits to friendly, politically-aligned litigants. These concessions result in Democrat policy preferences being encoded into law not by regular democratic processes, but by a "consent degree" agreed to by the executive that has the force of law itself.
So if you can't get 50,000 acres of land blocked from development through a law, just get your environmental buddies to sue your department claiming the snail darter is endangered, and then do no oppositional research to verify that. Just agree that yes, the snail darter is endangered and its very very sad, then propose a settlement by which the 50,000 acres you wanted to put off-limits for development but could not get legislatures to agree to are now off-limits for devolopment per the terms of a consent decree you sign with the "hostile" litigants you actually conspired with to bring about this outcome. It's an inside-outside game, except that both parties are actually insiders, conspiring with each other to defraud the public. Such as Larry Krasner, the pro-crime, pro-murder Soros-funded DA for Philadelphia. For years, he has been setting murderers free or granting them new trials -- which they'll probably win, because witnesses die and evidence is destroyed over the course of 10-20 years -- by claiming that the defense lawyers he's conspiring with brought forward new evidence sufficient to overturn past jury verdicts. This is the kind of scheme that is almost never punished. How would you prove it? And who would be the party to complain? If you try to sue Kramer himself, a leftwing judge will probably just say you lack "standing" to sue him. Well, amazingly, the Democrat-majority Pennsylvania Supreme Court just called him out and didn't use polite or evasive language to explain why they refusing his latest "concession" to a defense lawyer to let a murderer out of jail. They say, pretty much straight-up, "You're lying, there is no evidence sufficient to compel this, these are bad-faith 'concessions' you're making to your political allies, and you're setting murderers free not because the evidence warrants it but because you have a personal, political interest in setting murderers free." Not only do they set aside his lawless decision to free a murderer, but they go a big step further and say because you are a bad-faith actor without credibility, all future decisions "conceding" a point to defense lawyers about a prior jury verdict will first have to be approved by the state Attorney General. They're taking his License to Free Murderers away from him.Next Philly MayorThe opinion explains that while the Post-Conviction Relief Act (PCRA court) is the actual body that sets murderers free, they have, until now, taken the DA's "concessions" that prior verdicts must be overturned as nigh-dispositive. Krasner would just concede case after case to his political allies seeking to free murderers. Now they say that Krasner will not be allowed to make these "concessions" on his own authority -- he'll have to submit them to the state AG for review and approval. They straight-up say that Krasner is ignoring the law in favor of his own personal lunatic need to set murderers free:
@nextphlmayor Wild stuff. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner in hot water and now needs the PA AG's office to review all attempts to overturn a murder conviction. "In a forceful and scolding opinion, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that District Attorney Larry Krasner's office misled the courts, "violated its duty of candor," and submitted false statements when asking a judge to vacate a 2004 murder conviction. Justice Kevin Dougherty wrote that prosecutors' pattern of misleading judges in seeking to overturn murder convictions is so troubling and recurrent that, going forward, before Krasner's office seeks such relief, judges must notify the state attorney general's office and allow it to review the case." DA Krasner's Office was playing fast and loose when it came to trying to overturn murder convictions... and then not doing anything after overturning them. Time and again it has come out that his DAOs lied to the court, hid evidence, or didn't communicate with the families of the victims. This isn't political. The PA Supreme Court is 5-2 Democrat. This is about due process and justice. Crazy that it has been able to go on for this long without somebody stepping in... There has been 115 cases... "The attorney general's office had filed an amicus brief in support of the families, arguing that, since 2018, Krasner's office had conceded relief to the defendants in 115 cases in which there was no "adversarial testing" of the case. Attorney General David Sunday, a Republican, said in a statement Tuesday that his office is grateful to serve "as a check on this process for the citizens of Philadelphia and ensure that the interests of victims' families are represented." When an investigation reveals that a defendant was wrongfully convicted, his office said, prosecutors have a duty to remedy the situation -- through the established court processes. "As the Court noted," his office said, "this case is about the failure of the process in Philadelphia, both as to this defendant and many others.""
"When relief is not dictated by the record and law but merely advocated for personal, political, ideological, policy, or other non-legal reasons, a prosecutor's concession does not minister justice; it facilitates injustic."More:
In an extraordinary ruling from Pennsylvania's Supreme Court, if the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office wants to overturn a conviction in state court, the state Attorney General's Office must be given the chance to review the case and make sure a proper investigation was done. The order comes as a King's Bench petition, which is basically a mechanism for the high court to take over a case and review it. The case at hand involved Lavar Brown, a man convicted of killing two men in the early 2000s and sentenced to death row. In their opinion, the five Democratic and two Republican justices said District Attorney Larry Krasner has "numerous instances of untrustworthy concessions, lack of candor, misrepresentations of fact, lack of adequate investigation, and avoidance of hearings" and is "unreliable." They said when a district attorney fails to follow through on their duties it "does not minister justice, it facilitates injustice." The high court said because "the problems are poised to continue," it's now requiring the Attorney General to intervene on behalf of the commonwealth. "It is only in Philadelphia County that there has been a pronounced, documented pattern of highly problematic prosecutorial concessions," the judges added.#Based. Finally, some good news and some sanity and some actual justice.
This is pretty crazy: The 5-2 Democrat Court finds Larry Krasner is so quick to falsely concede error in murder cases (to try to free convicted murderers) that it has tasked the Pennsylvania Attorney General with checking to make sure he's not lying. I've *never* seen this pic.twitter.com/ZbIucCvTF9
— Eric W. (@EWess92) June 16, 2026
Several commentators noted the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's nuking of DA Krasner in Philadelphia was done under its King's Bench authority. That authority (screenshot below) appears to be basically unlimited? Absolutely wild judicial move. Their power is plenary, no case needed pic.twitter.com/9aiSYJ6ylk
— Eric W. (@EWess92) June 17, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 01:19 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 01:20 PM (Zn6QU)
Too bad Krasner can't be disbarred
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 01:21 PM (looXz)
Posted by: Jmel at June 17, 2026 01:22 PM (3TlS+)
The last time we voted, I tried to vote in Republican judges but I don't even know if any were on the ballot.
I think there's only one Republican on our supreme court right now
Posted by: kallisto at June 17, 2026 01:22 PM (kD8Fh)
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I wonder what the PA legislature can do regarding impeachment of a city district attorney.
Probably nothing.
Because lord knows that the city council will never pull his chain.
Highly doubtful, but it'd be fun if Shapiro lost his reelection against Garrity, and Garrity called in the NG with Trump's support in 2029 to clean up Philly like Bill Lee did with Memphis.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 01:23 PM (Zn6QU)
2 GOP judges
it's kind of crazy, thouogh, there have been other SCOPA decisions not favorable to woketards in the past few years.
I dunno, are these judges hiding under demorat cover just to get elected?? That would be a plot twist, lol
Posted by: kallisto at June 17, 2026 01:24 PM (kD8Fh)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 17, 2026 01:24 PM (IfAml)
Posted by: Case at June 17, 2026 01:24 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 01:25 PM (/QHx4)
Until someone starts wagging a billion dollars around for a data center.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 01:25 PM (u3HiE)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 17, 2026 01:25 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 17, 2026 01:25 PM (N39Ws)
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It never will.
Time being limited necessitates it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 01:27 PM (Zn6QU)
For every murderer Kasner lets out of jail from now on, Kasner is on the hook to serve the remainder of that murderer's sentence.
To begin immediately, with no possibility of parole.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 01:27 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 01:27 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 01:20 PM (Zn6QU)
That town did not treat him well. I read his blog.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 01:28 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 01:28 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 01:29 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 01:29 PM (l/J0j)
Legally, of course.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at June 17, 2026 01:29 PM (yFLFB)
Posted by: ace at June 17, 2026 01:30 PM (1wjle)
Is that a thing? What is that?
Posted by: gp at
It's the oath the police officers of the bottle city take.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 01:30 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 01:30 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 01:30 PM (PLxDd)
Insidious.
Friggin' commie bastard.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 01:30 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 01:30 PM (PLxDd)
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"According to this stat I just made up, Philly is safer than all of the red states."
-troll
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 01:31 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 01:31 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 01:31 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 01:31 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 01:31 PM (viF8m)
True but he has a LOT of fellow travelers, and not remotely all Democrats.
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 01:33 PM (l/J0j)
Sad that reining in blatant injustice is now notable.
No sanctions on DA Krasner? And the only plus to it at the moment is that the current AG is a republican, so if that changes in the future, PA could go right back to releasing murderers for shits and giggles, only it will require collusion between the DA and AG. That's never happened before.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 17, 2026 01:33 PM (zafwz)
You have perfect vision.
And remember;
ALL Irish are Terrorists.
ALL Roman Catholics are Pedophiles.
ALL Blacks are Criminals.
...
It's a fun game if we all play along.
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 01:34 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 01:34 PM (ufO5q)
rich liberals in Bucks and MontCo aren't loving Larry's Criminal Horde.
meanwhile, Philly will probably vote him in as mayor after Sherrell gets the boot
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 17, 2026 01:34 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 01:31 PM (viF8m)
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FIFY...He's an international ghoul.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 01:35 PM (gnNyN)
Our Founders built a system of checks and balances, where one group in power was always countered by another... at least that was the intention.
But somehow, both Judges, and Prosecutors, can unilaterally take actions for which they will never be held PERSONALLY accountable.
Note, Judge Boasberg is still on the bench, and is about to try to hold another Trump appointee in criminal contempt, on a case in which he never should have had jurisdiction at all.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 17, 2026 01:35 PM (mP0Kj)
How the heck can a lawyer accomplish anything by being "honest, transparent, and forthcoming?" I figured lawyers kept their cards as close to the chest as possible, and say nothing they don't absolutely have to.
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 01:35 PM (Jr5Lq)
He fired back at the Supreme Court, saying that he was elected, so he can do whatever the hell he wants, including violating his duty of candor in legal proceedings.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 01:35 PM (rii+a)
Is that a thing? What is that?
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 01:28 PM (Jr5Lq)
You said 'duty'
*Snort*
*giggle*
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 01:36 PM (xcxpd)
But this evil snake in the grass was reelected last November and is in office until 2030. Is he giving the Chicago treatment to other criminals -- reducing their charges to almost nothing?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 17, 2026 01:37 PM (FfOXU)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 17, 2026 01:35 PM (mP0Kj)
Over at City-Journal, there's a commenter arguing that impeachment is the remedy and since that tool has literally never been used against a prosecutor or an AG, the people - through their representatives - don't care enough.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 01:37 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 01:37 PM (Jr5Lq)
But they care A LOT about protest against them. The people letting murders go told us Ashli Babbitt deserved to be shot in the neck and Rosanne Boyland deserved to be beaten to death.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 17, 2026 01:24 PM (IfAml)
Say what you mean.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 01:37 PM (PLxDd)
*Snort*
*giggle*"
Ace said it first, and as usual, it was way funnier when he said it.
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 01:38 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 01:37 PM (rii+a)
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Krasner won re-election about 7 months ago.
He's the man Philadelphia ballots want.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 01:38 PM (Zn6QU)
Apparently the number of people I just want dead isn't high enough...
Blood pressure sufficiently high for my tasks. Damn. These people are so fricking evil....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 01:38 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 01:31 PM (viF8m)
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FIFY...He's an international ghoul.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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He is the front man that unlocks the additional grants etc. from the Leftist foundations and other oligarchs. The rest of the funding network hides in the shadows under all kinds 990 filings.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 01:39 PM (E4rtv)
Because the tools to get rid of misbehaving elected officials are not used.
Yes impeachment but if they are all corrupt you are supposed to pick up your musket and 1776 them.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)
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Was that wrong?
Should he not have done that?
Posted by: George Costanza at June 17, 2026 01:39 PM (HTcxi)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 01:39 PM (sgkY8)
There are thousands of disbarment orders, even in PA , that use exactly that language against the attorney.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 17, 2026 01:39 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: What's with those anyway? at June 17, 2026 01:39 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Ace's murder of crows at June 17, 2026 01:40 PM (QGaXH)
Let a murderer go and he kills again? You are now co-defendant in the murder case and will get the same sentence he gets only you don't get oversight not.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 17, 2026 01:41 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 17, 2026 01:39 PM (73/SM)
Krasner will not be disbarred. He won't even be diselected. He may be REelected.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 01:41 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
That's tough. They are pretty tiny.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 01:41 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 01:41 PM (Jr5Lq)
But that's all gone. If you have a Soros prosecutor he will only pursue cases that advance Soros's interests
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
Old argument and the problem is none of the Founder really anticipated the nation being divided into pro criminal and anti criminal factions.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 01:42 PM (E4rtv)
He's doing what the people that counted those ballots want. He'll be easily re-elected
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 01:41 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Well, that's because you have big jugs. I mean, your boobs are huge. I mean, I wanna squeeze 'em. Mama!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 01:43 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Bombas at June 17, 2026 01:43 PM (HTcxi)
And to be clear when things reached a certain point American patriots stopped debating the details of law under the British system and replaced it and the office holders that ruled under it
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 01:43 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 01:43 PM (Jr5Lq)
He's doing what the people that counted those ballots want. He'll be easily re-elected
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)
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He was re-elected 8 months ago.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 01:44 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Case at June 17, 2026 01:44 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 01:44 PM (ufO5q)
Ask yourself, what interest would Soros and countless DA offices have in taking over and allowing criminals, and especially murderers to go free.
This has nothing to do with criminal justice and everything to do with keeping people under their thumbs.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 17, 2026 01:44 PM (AhCY4)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 01:30 PM (0sNs1)
You mean, "shall I have this eagle feast upon my liver today"?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 01:44 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 01:44 PM (ufO5q)
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Fetterman has voted for one of Trump's judicial nominees.
Murkowski has voted for more.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 01:44 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 01:41 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Well, that's because you have big jugs. I mean, your boobs are huge. I mean, I wanna squeeze 'em. Mama!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 01:43 PM (Zn6QU)
Your honor I object!
On what grounds?
It's devastating to my case!
Overruled.
Good call!
Posted by: Funny movie at June 17, 2026 01:44 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Very expensive at June 17, 2026 01:45 PM (HTcxi)
Some lefty complaining Jerry Seinfeld only dated white women on Seinfeld and Brianna Wu, yeah that guy, commenting "I want to publicly apologize again for ever being part of the insanely stupid progressive political project."
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 01:45 PM (sKqQm)
Some lefty complaining Jerry Seinfeld only dated white women on Seinfeld and Brianna Wu, yeah that guy, commenting "I want to publicly apologize again for ever being part of the insanely stupid progressive political project."
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 01:45 PM (sKqQm)
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"But Republicans are trying to literally murder me, so I'm still going to vote Democrat forever."
-Brianna Wu, man
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 01:45 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17,
Coincidence. Planned.
Tomato. Tomahto.
Posted by: Dandalo at June 17, 2026 01:46 PM (3QsZU)
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 01:42 PM (E4rtv)
The founders never anticipated the internet either, though. I don't say that to be argumentative, but to point out that their failures to imagine the future shouldn't constrain our ability to self-correct.
Not a suicide-pact, or so I've heard...
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 01:46 PM (rii+a)
What on God's Green Earth is the motivation/ rationale/explanation for why these Soros DAs and everyone on their side even WANT to free murderers (and most other criminals) in the first place?
I mean, we on the right ascribe their motivation as being (THey want to destabilize civiliation by infecting it withvilence madmen forn the very purpose of bringing about societal collapse, so they can then stage a fake communist revolution and install themselves as totalitarian dictators" or soemthing alng those lines. But is that accurate? What I wanrt to know is:
--What is their publicly professed motivation; and
-- What is their privately believed motivation, in their own minds?
Posted by: zombie at June 17, 2026 01:46 PM (Av6i5)
Soros would have been a young teenager at the time of Hitler's death, and it seems a bit of a stretch to think that he was doing any work, even white collar, that particularly benefitted the Nazis.
However, his relationship was primarily with one Nazi. One older male Nazi. And no matter what the official current line (likely originating from Soros!) is, the Nazis were pretty likely to be homo as hell.
Like their current Muslim admirers, they would swear up and down that they hated faggots more than anything else on earth, and say this while buried up to the balls in some man's --or boy's--asshole.
So it seems likely that Soros was actually not so much Hitler Youth as he was a Nazi's catamite.
And like many catamites, he carries on the tradition to the next generation. Ever see those romantic pictures of Alex Soros and Huma Albedin? Mel Gibson and Danny Glover look more romantic saving each other's lives in the movies.
To normalize pedophilia, he does everything to make the nation dysfunctional, so that people like him can just slide into de facto acceptance.
Posted by: Ken at June 17, 2026 01:47 PM (aVf49)
Posted by: 18-1
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Yep.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 01:47 PM (E4rtv)
Doesn't Philly report 125% turnout in some districts? Of course those districts are 100% Democrat.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 01:47 PM (2ocoG)
What on God's Green Earth is the motivation/ rationale/explanation for why these Soros DAs and everyone on their side even WANT to free murderers (and most other criminals) in the first place?
Posted by: zombie at June 17, 2026 01:46 PM (Av6i5)
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They hate America and want it destroyed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 01:47 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 17, 2026 01:24 PM (IfAml)
Someone with mother who is an Evangelical Minister ?
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 01:47 PM (GD0B3)
I mean, we on the right ascribe their motivation as being (THey want to destabilize civiliation by infecting it withvilence madmen forn the very purpose of bringing about societal collapse, so they can then stage a fake communist revolution and install themselves as totalitarian dictators" or soemthing alng those lines. But is that accurate? What I wanrt to know is:
--What is their publicly professed motivation; and
-- What is their privately believed motivation, in their own minds?
Public: They're righting historic wrongs, like racism.
Private: Cloward-Piven. Overload society so it collapses and you can replace the government with Communism.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 01:48 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 01:48 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 01:49 PM (sKqQm)
The thing about being a leftard is no matter the shape of the loophole, you can use it to your advantage.
Our earthly world is not designed for both freedom and control to coexist peacefully..
Any rule or law, of absence thereof, by its nature has a backdoor "shadow" utility.
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 01:49 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 01:43 PM
And yet, both my retrospective and definitive ranking are still MIA.
Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at June 17, 2026 01:49 PM (3x5xs)
Posted by: zombie at June 17, 2026 01:46 PM (Av6i5)
They believe that all crimes committed by minorities are ONLY committed because those minorities have been systematically and deliberately held down and held back by an innately racist society and culture.
The remedy, obviously, is to stop punishing them for crimes they committed under the stresses and fears created by that innately racist society and culture.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 01:50 PM (rii+a)
How many more people have they gone on to rape and kill?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 17, 2026 01:50 PM (6ZnSC)
And remember;
ALL Irish are Terrorists.
ALL Roman Catholics are Pedophiles.
ALL Blacks are Criminals.
...
It's a fun game if we all play along.
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 01:34 PM (An6iH)
And the Scots? In Boston they, along with the Tartan Army have consumed more alcohol than what is served on St Patty's Day. Sam Adams taproom ran out. The Scots are putting the Irish to shame.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 17, 2026 01:50 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 01:43 PM
And yet, both my retrospective and definitive ranking are still MIA.
Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at June 17, 2026 01:49 PM (3x5xs)
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When I'm good and ready!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 01:50 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 01:50 PM (l/J0j)
Too fkin funny
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 01:50 PM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Darth Randall at June 17, 2026 01:51 PM (mseD3)
Oh, wait. Never mind.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 17, 2026 01:51 PM (5yDGQ)
Not a suicide-pact, or so I've heard...
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
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Didn't say that. It is merely that the Founders were men of honor and pro civilization (which is why a lot of their policies toward Indians gets a bad rap today). When politicians lack any honor, any requirement for super majorities necessary to amend, impeach, etc. goes out the window.
No one in that era could really conceive of allowing murderers to be released as a matter of course by a prosecutor. Mercy or clemency from a pardon yes, but from a top official, not an underling.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 01:51 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Max Power at June 17, 2026 01:51 PM (XyKbR)
The Ends Justify the Means -
This is the ONLY belief they share.
Until we kill ALL the Utilitarians, we will continue to suffer.
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 01:51 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2026 01:51 PM (n5tGW)
I visit friends on a regular basis, it's very depressing the change since when I lived there. Philly used to be a vibrant patchwork quilt of ethnic neighborhoods, each with its distinct flavor, and the streets were kept relatively clean,, all things considered.
Queen Village had its own neighborhood associatiion that was very active with keeping up the qualilty of life in our streets. Last year I walked through to the little green oasis around 4th and Bainbridge and was horrified, it looked like Panic in Needle Park.
Most of the ethnics are gone, replaced by gentrifying hipsters and yuppies, what fun
Posted by: kallisto at June 17, 2026 01:51 PM (kD8Fh)
The remedy, obviously, is to stop punishing them for crimes they committed under the stresses and fears created by that innately racist society and culture.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 01:50 PM (rii+a)
Some do, but the true leftist believers don't. That's just the cover story.
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 01:52 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 01:52 PM (ufO5q)
I've gotten to speak with plenty of lefties who think I am one of them and I don't know that this is it exactly.
Yes they think racism is a "big problem" but they also think being black means you are a violent savage and that policing has to "give black people room to destroy" and...just keep that room away from them.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 01:52 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Darth Randall at June 17, 2026 01:51 PM (mseD3)
When we stop punishing something, it's de facto no longer a crime.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 01:52 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 17, 2026 01:52 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Max Power at June 17, 2026 01:51 PM (XyKbR)
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"I'd rather my daughter raped by a dozen Pakistani refugees than vote for racists in Reform."
-AWFLs of London
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 01:52 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 01:31 PM (viF8m)
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FIFY...He's an international ghoul.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 01:35 PM (gnNyN)
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Unfortunately, even if he passes away he has trained his spawn Alex, to continue the destruction of America.
Posted by: redridinghood at June 17, 2026 01:53 PM (NpAcC)
-- What is their privately believed motivation, in their own minds?
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Publicly professed: Justice
Privately believed: Spite
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 01:53 PM (l/J0j)
I was reading about an incident where UK police were called to a disturbance. They found a woman claiming she had been gang raped.
They arrested her for disturbing the peace.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 01:53 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 01:51 PM (E4rtv)
True. Because the people who would were generally shunned and kept from all levers of power.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 01:53 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 01:54 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: zombie at June 17, 2026 01:46 PM (Av6i5)
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They believe that all crimes committed by minorities are ONLY committed because those minorities have been systematically and deliberately held down and held back by an innately racist society and culture.
....
Posted by: Washington Nearsider:
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It is necessary to believe this because otherwise they have to explain why some groups are so criminal.
Their whole world-view as victims deserving reparations depends on them blaming others for why they are always killing people
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 17, 2026 01:54 PM (6ZnSC)
This.
The Founders could not conceive of a World devoid of Dutiful Obligation and Honor.
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 01:54 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 01:31 PM (viF8m)
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FIFY...He's an international ghoul.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 01:35 PM (gnNyN)
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Unfortunately, even if he passes away he has trained his spawn Alex, to continue the destruction of America.
Posted by: redridinghood at June 17, 2026 01:53 PM (NpAcC)
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Remember, we found out that Soros' game wasn't directly funding stuff like this.
It was providing seed money and then getting the federal government to fund it through grants to NGOs.
Vance's fraud tastkforce has stopped a quarter of a trillion in payments on top of the ending of stuff like USAID.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 01:54 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 01:51 PM
Tanned. Rested. Ready!
Posted by: AutoPen Of The United States (APOTUS) at June 17, 2026 01:54 PM (0sNs1)
Private: Cloward-Piven. Overload society so it collapses and you can replace the government with Communism.
It also demoralizes the population. One big difference between the ghetto and regular America is the "mind your own business, keep your head down" attitude everyone has in the ghetto. In nicer areas, people will speak up when they see people behaving badly. Sometimes this goes wrong and people become "Karens", but generally this is a GOOD thing. People care about their community and they police bad behavior.
This absolutely does NOT happen in the ghetto. Everyone's terrified and demoralized. Even when there are horrible things like children and pregnant women getting murdered in front of witnesses, nobody knows nothing when the police show up.
People like this tend to vote for draconian government control and don't act when the government oversteps.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 17, 2026 01:55 PM (mkw2N)
He's a politician looking to grow his brand so he can make the jump to the federal level. Our very own Kamala.
I went so hard for Bernie in 2016 and 2020, that I became disillusioned with the Democrats after he got screwed out of the nomination twice. But the other thing that disillusioned me with the Democratic party is Larry Krasner and all his stupid bullshit like this. He's going out of his way to protect this double murderer piece of shit Lavar Brown, to the point that he's fucking over the families of his victims.
The PA AG is a Republican. This neuters our local elected governance and ties it to the whims of the Fox News loving state Republitards who think Philly is constantly burning and love to fuck over Philadelphia (SEPTA?), under the noble idea of oversight I’m sure nobody will ever manipulate. And two Democratic judges went with it.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 17, 2026 01:55 PM (JCZqz)
Philly actually bounced back from that debacle under the leadership of Mayor Rendell. Those years were great, fun for the yutes, such as I was...and the restaurant renaissance was coming into full flower
Posted by: kallisto at June 17, 2026 01:55 PM (kD8Fh)
I suspect that even the "fair" polls we see have this election fraud money being spent baked into them, and that when the GOP does MUCH better then the polls say come Nov we'll hear Trump stole the election...
...from the same people that say anyone questioning the 2020 election should be imprisoned
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 01:56 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 01:56 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 01:41 PM (Jr5Lq)
Duty of Candor will never get you re-elected
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 01:56 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 01:57 PM (sKqQm)
I have been looking at your youtube channel, your video editing is impressive!
so is your writing, does this mean you are auteur?
Posted by: kallisto at June 17, 2026 01:57 PM (kD8Fh)
-- What is their privately believed motivation, in their own minds?
Posted by: zombie at June 17, 2026 01:46 PM (Av6i5)
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1. Reducing inequitable sentencing and incarceration that was based on a racially biased and systemically racist law enforcement regime rooted in slavery and white supremacism
2. Beating on the normies, demonstration effects, general climate of fear and insecurity
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 01:57 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Kyle Richmond at June 17, 2026 01:57 PM (VOCjX)
I have been looking at your youtube channel, your video editing is impressive!
so is your writing, does this mean you are auteur?
Posted by: kallisto at June 17, 2026 01:57 PM (kD8Fh)
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Thank you for the compliments, though I find myself a harsher critic of myself than you do.
And I don't write anything. I riff. I am a riffteur.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 01:58 PM (Zn6QU)
Remains to be seen if he has the same abilities as his father.
The bulk of Soros' wealth came because he was working with the CIA/USAID. Pretty easy to bet on currency fluctuation when you are helping the CIA overthrow countries. Not sure Jr. has the brains to play at that level, he seems pretty dull.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 01:58 PM (viF8m)
This.
The Founders could not conceive of a World devoid of Dutiful Obligation and Honor.
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 01:54 PM (An6iH)
They have been preached against by the Evangelists of the Leftist Woke religion in the schools that they were just slave owning racists that were murderers of Indigenous because of greed, and furthermore were mostly not good Christians anyway ( thrown in as a pivot for the benefit of Progressive Christians).
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 01:58 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 01:58 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: 18-1
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I see the problem here -- you are looking for logical coherency from the Left.
- they believe they are victims and not to blame for their crimes
- they believe all cultures and people are equal, and good.
- they believe that everyone they interact with (whites, corporations, police,...) are evil and incapable of good intentions.
- they believe that minorities (good, and honorable) should be kept as far from them as possible
They also believe that "we" should give more money to poor, stop burning hydrocarbons,... but that "I" (them) should not do those things because it would inconvenience them.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 17, 2026 01:59 PM (6ZnSC)
Posted by: GWB at June 17, 2026 01:59 PM (kU0PQ)
how do you remember all that stuff? you sound like you have movie encyclopedia brain.
I hope your channel really takes off. I do my part, maybe I don't see every one til the end, but I do hit the likes and every now and then leave a comment for the algorithm
Posted by: kallisto at June 17, 2026 01:59 PM (kD8Fh)
The remedy, obviously, is to stop punishing them for crimes they committed under the stresses and fears created by that innately racist society and culture.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider:
Interesting1
But do they really truly believe that? Or is that just another lie they tell themselves? The litmus test would be: Would they let a violent rapist-murderer out of jail, and then volunteer to have that freed criminal sleep in the same room as his teenage daughter?
I would wager that the answer is "No," they wouldn't because they themselves know at some level that the guy is of course in reality a rapist and murderer, that even the "justification" they tell themselves is a lie.
Posted by: zombie at June 17, 2026 02:00 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 02:00 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 01:51 PM (An6iH)
For the greater good, of course. Wait, isn't that utilitarian in itself?
Posted by: *disappears in a puff of contradiction* at June 17, 2026 02:01 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Kindltot
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Are you saying The Mayor of Candor Lied?
Posted by: Harry Chapin at June 17, 2026 02:01 PM (6ZnSC)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 02:01 PM (RIvkX)
-AWFLs of London
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 01:52 PM (Zn6QU)
It wasn't their kids getting raped.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 02:02 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 02:02 PM (viF8m)
how do you remember all that stuff? you sound like you have movie encyclopedia brain.
I hope your channel really takes off. I do my part, maybe I don't see every one til the end, but I do hit the likes and every now and then leave a comment for the algorithm
Posted by: kallisto at June 17, 2026 01:59 PM (kD8Fh)
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Thank you, I do appreciate it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:02 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: bonhomme at June 17, 2026 02:03 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 02:03 PM (Gqar8)
*hangs head*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 02:04 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: pahound at June 17, 2026 02:04 PM (q383I)
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 17, 2026 02:04 PM (8JR9p)
I have been looking at your youtube channel, your video editing is impressive!
so is your writing, does this mean you are auteur?
Posted by: kallisto at June 17, 2026 01:57 PM (kD8Fh)
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Thank you for the compliments, though I find myself a harsher critic of myself than you do.
And I don't write anything. I riff. I am a riffteur.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 01:58 PM (Zn6QU)
I would never call you something as low as "auteur." Auteurs are self-important self-indulgent twats in love with the scent of their own farts who think dragging out 20-second scenes into ten minutes of cramped camera angles and bad lighting is the height of cinematography.
Posted by: Auteur my ass. You're better than that! at June 17, 2026 02:05 PM (TbWk/)
Living in New England there is this lovely game that people play.
First: Demand low income housing be built because everyone deserves a home!
Then: Demand low income housing not be built IN THEIR TOWN
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 02:05 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 02:05 PM (ufO5q)
It’s exactly what was printed in Bloomberg and other outlets this morning. No surprises.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 02:05 PM (nuNhM)
Posted by: Richard Head at June 17, 2026 02:05 PM (70cb5)
*hangs head*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 02:04 PM (bFu5X)
But, his Credentials!!
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 02:05 PM (Gqar8)
https://tinyurl.com/4vch584p
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You know, like the Nuremberg laws.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 02:05 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 02:06 PM (sgkY8)
I think that's actually too kind to the lefties. They believe, as befits being the party of the KKK, that minorities are so stupid that crime is their natural occupation. Along with rapping and basketball. And because of that, it's racist to stop them from crime.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 02:06 PM (2ocoG)
Violation of Duty of Candor?
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 02:06 PM (Jr5Lq)
The raping of girls in the UK is so disgusting.
I guarante it is happeming in our country.
They are savages and need to be put down like rabid dogs.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 02:06 PM (/QHx4)
It's funnier than that. You have to convince a "panel of experts" that you're gay.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 02:06 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Auteur my ass. You're better than that! at June 17, 2026 02:05 PM (TbWk/)
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I don't like the term.
It's used for gatekeeping and little else. "You can't like this person, he's not an auteur by my definition of what makes an auteur."
It's a thing in film fan circles, and it's stupid
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:07 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 02:07 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 02:06 PM (2ocoG)
Please don't throw me in the briar patch!
Posted by: Pete Bootygig at June 17, 2026 02:08 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: JackStraw
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FIFY...He's an international ghoul.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Unfortunately, even if he passes away he has trained his spawn Alex, to continue the destruction of America.
Posted by: redridinghood at June 17, 2026 01:53 PM (NpAcC)
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Remember, we found out that Soros' game wasn't directly funding stuff like this.
It was providing seed money and then getting the federal government to fund it through grants to NGOs.
Vance's fraud tastkforce has stopped a quarter of a trillion in payments on top of the ending of stuff like USAID.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
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Wait a minute TJM. I was told earlier on this here blog that JD can't be trusted b/c he is supposed friends with the Tucker spawn...
Lordy, I can't wait to see what is said by some of the friends that I hang out with (parents are loons so I guess that make them loons and me an associated loon - LOL).
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at June 17, 2026 02:08 PM (VkY89)
-AWFLs of London
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In exchange for getting late-night kabab shops, 250k children were raped, the UK lost its economy and it lost its high-trust society.
Only a racist would be opposed to that.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 17, 2026 02:08 PM (73/SM)
Bea Arthur in HotW Part 1:
"Oh. So you're a bottom. Did you suck dick this week? Did you try to suck dick this week?"
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 02:08 PM (u3HiE)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 02:07 PM (Gqar
Butthole Surfers
Posted by: Lollapalooza 93 at June 17, 2026 02:08 PM (TbWk/)
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From what I've seen of Alex, he seems to be much more interested in John Podesta's and Marina Abramovic's variety of sexual escapades, and pays less attention to the financial aspects of the Soros playbook.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at June 17, 2026 02:09 PM (3ImbR)
-AWFLs of London
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In exchange for getting late-night kabab shops, 250k children were raped, the UK lost its economy and it lost its high-trust society.
Only a racist would be opposed to that.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 17, 2026 02:08 PM (73/SM)
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"Actually, the rape of the children is the fault of Brexit."
-like, 90% of the UK left
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:09 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 02:09 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 02:09 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 01:19 PM (l/J0j)
I can't believe politicians would lie.
I can't believe judges are corrupt.
I can't believe cops abuse their power.
I can't believe...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) Just Can't Believe... at June 17, 2026 02:10 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 02:06 PM (/QHx4)
People like Dave Collum are being called lunatic paranoid anti-semites because they are insisting there is an industry dedicated to molesting children and covering it up.
I haven't looked at his twitter since the report came out, and a few others as well.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 02:11 PM (rbvCR)
It’s exactly what was printed in Bloomberg and other outlets this morning. No surprises.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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And you didn't even get your pony!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 17, 2026 02:11 PM (73/SM)
-like, 90% of the UK left
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:09 PM (Zn6QU)
It turns out you can just say things.
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 02:11 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: tubal
Probably anyone.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 02:09 PM (ndZc7)
Homo Erectus found at the Castro Street Fair in SF...Also Homo BallInflatus...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) Just Can't Believe... at June 17, 2026 02:12 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Darth Randall at June 17, 2026 01:51 PM (mseD3)
Not if you're in the club.
We here are NOT in the club.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 17, 2026 02:12 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 02:12 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Pudinhead at June 17, 2026 02:12 PM (1D2Ie)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 02:13 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2026 02:14 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 02:14 PM (l3cgK)
********
??
What is the difference between a "consent degree" and a "consent decree"?
Posted by: muldoon at June 17, 2026 02:14 PM (qgHp7)
I haven't looked at his twitter since the report came out, and a few others as well.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 02:11 PM (rbvCR)
There’s definitely an industry supporting that; but the great irony is that Muslims are involved in it far more than either Jews or Christian’s. Just look at the grooming report from the Uk.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 02:14 PM (nuNhM)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at June 17, 2026 02:14 PM (w9Wax)
The memes have come alive.
It's almost like a cool idea for a horror movie, but real, and lame AF.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 02:14 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2026 02:14 PM (n5tGW)
The genocide by whites is happening in South Africa right not, h8ter!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 02:15 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2026 02:14 PM (n5tGW)
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"White on black crime is underreported on purpose, suppressed by the white supremacist powers in government to keep the black man blind to what's actually killing him in the streets. You don't actually believe government crime statistics, do you?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:15 PM (Zn6QU)
The memes have come alive.
It's almost like a cool idea for a horror movie, but real, and lame AF.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 02:14 PM (BI5O2)
A Soyjack and a Chinese Bugman...sound like possible episodes for a remake of "Kolchak, the Night Stalker"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 02:16 PM (l3cgK)
It’s exactly what was printed in Bloomberg and other outlets this morning. No surprises.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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And you didn't even get your pony!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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An anonymously sourced US official no doubt. You know, I'm gonna wait until Donnie Two Scoops let's that cat out of the bag like he said. Until then, its all chatter - nothing more, nothing less.
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at June 17, 2026 02:16 PM (VkY89)
Posted by: Auteur my ass. You're better than that! at June 17, 2026 02:05 PM (TbWk/)
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I saw an X post from Guillermo del Toro today where he called a show called Widow's Bay a "mesmerizing act of narrative prestidigitation" and I almost rolled my eyes all the way out of my head while making the most exaggerated wanking motion in history.
Talk about huffing your own farts.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 02:16 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2026 02:14 PM (n5tGW)
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"White on black crime is underreported on purpose, suppressed by the white supremacist powers in government to keep the black man blind to what's actually killing him in the streets. You don't actually believe government crime statistics, do you?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:15 PM (Zn6QU)
That's right! See, Fent is white!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 02:16 PM (l3cgK)
Muslims hold up a man that had sex with a 9 year old as the greatest moral paragon in human history.
And they view sexual assault as a way to punish women for breaking Islamic rules.
It shouldn't have surprised anyone that these sex assaults would follow mass muslim immigration
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 02:16 PM (sKqQm)
"Oh. So you're a bottom. Did you suck dick this week? Did you try to suck dick this week?"
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 02:08 PM
I laughed waaaay too hard at that.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 02:16 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 02:14 PM (nuNhM)
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"The Epstein class is controlling you!"
"What do you mean by Epstein class?"
"You know, pedophiles."
"But, you don't actually care about pedophiles because you actively attack anyone who brings up the Lowe Report."
"Fine...it's not pedophiles."
"Then what is it?"
"Da JOOS. Who control everything, including the weather."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:17 PM (Zn6QU)
@JackPosobiec
PRESIDENT TRUMP CANCELS INTEL HEARING FOR DNI NOMINEE JAY CLAYTON, DEMANDS SENATE PASS SAVE AMERICA ACT
Posted by: redridinghood at June 17, 2026 02:18 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Ripley at June 17, 2026 02:18 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 02:14 PM (nuNhM)
Collum never accused the Jews, he always blamed the highest in the government, society and the permanent gatekeepers. He figured it was being managed by and for the benefit of the Intel community and their stock portfolios.
Which made calling him an antisemite a true wonder for me.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 02:18 PM (rbvCR)
@JackPosobiec
PRESIDENT TRUMP CANCELS INTEL HEARING FOR DNI NOMINEE JAY CLAYTON, DEMANDS SENATE PASS SAVE AMERICA ACT
Posted by: redridinghood at June 17, 2026 02:18 PM (NpAcC)
I saw that... Clever move
Posted by: It's me donna at June 17, 2026 02:18 PM (FtULh)
It’s exactly what was printed in Bloomberg and other outlets this morning. No surprises.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 02:05 PM (nuNhM)
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Iran accessed Trump's determination correctly and used their leverage (Hormuz and drones) effectively.
But in the end, the Iranians won't abide by the agreement and we will bomb them again at some future point.
Posted by: WisRich at June 17, 2026 02:19 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 17, 2026 02:11 PM (73/SM)
Iran got a pony. Remember when we were going to get rid of Iran’s ballistic missile program?
Trump, today: “In other words, they must have missiles to some degree, because others have them. When others have them, you need to have them too. There are people who say: 'It is forbidden to give them even one missile'. I have such people around me - I like some of them, but I don't think they are particularly smart. They say: 'We must not allow them to hold any missiles'. So I asked: What exactly are you proposing? That we allow Saudi Arabia to hold missiles, but not Iran? And they answered: 'Yes, sir'. It simply doesn't work that way. And missiles are not the real problem. Missiles can hit a specific target, but they do not destroy the world."
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 02:19 PM (nuNhM)
@JackPosobiec
PRESIDENT TRUMP CANCELS INTEL HEARING FOR DNI NOMINEE JAY CLAYTON, DEMANDS SENATE PASS SAVE AMERICA ACT
Posted by: redridinghood at June 17, 2026 02:18 PM (NpAcC)
I do not understand this, at all.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 02:19 PM (Gqar8)
196 Georgia state legislature has wimped out on redistricting for this year, maybe forever. Dem hysterics, threats and cries of racism pay off. Why even try to get along with these nutcases? Just ignore them and do whats right.
Posted by: Ripley at June 17, 2026 02:18 PM (GUOwU)
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I said months ago that the Callais case would be felt more in 2028 than 2026.
The timeline to get changes in was simply too short for most state legislatures, giving practical reasons why new districts weren't drawn and rhetorical reasons for not acting too quickly.
But, it'll keep on into the next term, for sure.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:19 PM (Zn6QU)
It’s exactly what was printed in Bloomberg and other outlets this morning. No surprises.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 02:05 PM (nuNhM)
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Iran accessed Trump's determination correctly and used their leverage (Hormuz and drones) effectively.
But in the end, the Iranians won't abide by the agreement and we will bomb them again at some future point.
Posted by: WisRich at June 17, 2026 02:19 PM (G0vdT)
The Iranian Mullahs just can't help themselves. It's like the scorpion and the frog. Best to remove the stinger and claws first.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 02:19 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Checking The Boxes at June 17, 2026 02:20 PM (ZR74N)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 02:20 PM (u3HiE)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 02:20 PM (ndZc7)
What is the difference between a "consent degree" and a "consent decree"?
Posted by: muldoon at June 17, 2026 02:14 PM
*channels inner Andrew Dice Clay*
That's what I say, muldoon...what's the f*ckin' difference?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 02:20 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 02:20 PM (ndZc7)
power of and
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 02:21 PM (l3cgK)
Iran accessed Trump's determination correctly and used their leverage (Hormuz and drones) effectively.
But in the end, the Iranians won't abide by the agreement and we will bomb them again at some future point.
Posted by: WisRich at June 17, 2026 02:19 PM (G0vdT)
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Eh.
They get to sell oil again without sanctions. Whoopdeedoo.
Never mind that we captured or sunk a good portion of their tanker fleet, Iran has made enemies of the Gulf states, and they have to spend time and money repairing their wells just to get them to pump again.
60 days of free oil revenues! That they mostly won't be able to actually make money off of.
While illiterate IRGC commanders near the strait probably end up ordering attacks on dumb Indian tankers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:21 PM (Zn6QU)
What is the difference between a "consent degree" and a "consent decree"?
Posted by: muldoon at June 17, 2026 02:14 PM
*channels inner Andrew Dice Clay*
That's what I say, muldoon...what's the f*ckin' difference?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 02:20 PM (bFu5X)
one letter
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 02:21 PM (l3cgK)
So I suspect Trump is motivated to agree to peace here due to the ramp up to congressional elections.
The problem is Iran that could start trouble in Sept/Oct specifically to try and draw us back into war then.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 02:22 PM (sKqQm)
he won't sign a bill to extend FISA without the SAVE act
he also is having Pulte in the DNI slot so he doesn't need to meet with that group bc he's not moving forward with anyone else. he's using Pulte to fill in as long as possible since the Rs are as afraid of Bill as the Ds are (but really it's the IC who doesn't like him)
it's a confusing situation made so by the Rs to make it look like the Ds "pulled one over on them" when really they were in on the op. they are all trying to stop PDJT.
and he's wise to it. so just doing what he has to do, without them. why. bother meeting with a worthless committee
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 17, 2026 02:22 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: redridinghood at June 17, 2026 02:18 PM (NpAcC)
Now... pull out your veto pen and get ready to cancel John Thune's precious FISA reauthorization.
And announce that your campaign has just opened a permanent office in Pierre, SD to begin the process of selecting his 2028 replacement in the US Senate.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 02:22 PM (BI5O2)
* spit *
Posted by: ShainS at June 17, 2026 02:22 PM (jnXw9)
Posted by: redridinghood at June 17, 2026 02:18 PM (NpAcC)
I do not understand this, at all.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 02:19 PM (Gqar
I do.. They really want this guy so Trump is holding him hostage to get the Save Act.. Probably won't work but I admire him for trying
Posted by: It's me donna at June 17, 2026 02:23 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 02:19 PM (Gqar
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The Senate is strangely eager to get this Jay Clayton guy confirmed so that Bill Pulte can't be installed as acting DNI.
Trump is taking away something they want until he gets something he wants.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 02:23 PM (oqH4h)
Waiting for the arrests, trials, and sentencings.
Where's the one who says these things will never happen?
Come back! Come back!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 17, 2026 02:23 PM (ebJJx)
Never mind that we captured or sunk a good portion of their tanker fleet, Iran has made enemies of the Gulf states, and they have to spend time and money repairing their wells just to get them to pump again.
60 days of free oil revenues! That they mostly won't be able to actually make money off of.
While illiterate IRGC commanders near the strait probably end up ordering attacks on dumb Indian tankers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:21 PM (Zn6QU)
Are there smart Indian tankers? If not, then calling them dumb Indian takers is possibly redundant...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 02:23 PM (l3cgK)
So I suspect Trump is motivated to agree to peace here due to the ramp up to congressional elections.
The problem is Iran that could start trouble in Sept/Oct specifically to try and draw us back into war then.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 02:22 PM (sKqQm)
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I suspect it's more about civilian Iranian officials trying to get their hands on a bunch of cash quickly to bribe their way to control of the country out from under the IRGC's nose.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:23 PM (Zn6QU)
I wish guys like Krasner had to live next door to, or even better live with these scumbags he springs from prosecution. I wish a judge would court order the release of custody to Krasner. Let him be responsible for them.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 17, 2026 02:23 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 02:23 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 01:27 PM (xcxpd)
Yeah, my thought exactly.
I know lawyers like to hang on to archaic crap long past its reasonable sell-by date, but it seems like they would have changed that at some point in the last 250 years.
I'm positive that Chuck Tres doesn't have any authority here, so why keep the name? State's Bench, maybe?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 02:24 PM (IG3/x)
And announce that your campaign has just opened a permanent office in Pierre, SD to begin the process of selecting his 2028 replacement in the US Senate.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 02:22 PM (BI5O2)
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And then install VP Vance permanently in the Capitol Building as President of The Senate -- to run the show -- and make Thune sit in a corner with a Dunce Cap on.
Posted by: ShainS at June 17, 2026 02:25 PM (jnXw9)
Posted by: kallisto at June 17, 2026 01:57 PM
Russ Meyer was the last American auteur.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 02:25 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:21 PM (Zn6QU)
Although the killing of Niño Geuerrero, the head of Tren de Aragua, at the request of the current government of Venezuela got all the news, Venezuela AND Brazil are starting sweeps to arrest and kill the rest of them. I suspect Iran is as shattered in control as Venezuela, and the US will be offering the services to burn out those last IRGC fanatics who decide that forever war against the Great Satan is better than having running water and an electric stove.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 02:25 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 02:19 PM (Gqar
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The Senate is strangely eager to get this Jay Clayton guy confirmed so that Bill Pulte can't be installed as acting DNI.
Trump is taking away something they want until he gets something he wants.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 02:23 PM (oqH4h)
Thanks. Senate Eagerness is always suspect.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 02:25 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: kallisto at June 17, 2026 01:57 PM
Russ Meyer was the last American auteur.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 02:25 PM (0sNs1)
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This ignores the contributions to American cinema derived from the works of Michael Bay.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:25 PM (Zn6QU)
Here's another of Krasner's little projects. The Kennsington Neighborhood of Philly has taken on the name "Zombieland and/or Zombieville". It is recognized as the largest open-air drug market on the East Coast. Kensington is heavily laced with xylazine, an unregulated animal tranquilizer, mixed with fentanyl. Xylazine profoundly sedates users, causing them to slump over in catatonic states and lose coordination, which has led to the "zombie" moniker.
And Krasner lets it happen. After a while the cops just said "screw this" and let them infest the area.
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 02:26 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 17, 2026 02:26 PM (PJdmB)
There are smart Indians. Most of them are here on H1B visas rather than driving tankers.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 02:26 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 02:27 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 02:28 PM (bXbFr)
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They have been so inculcated, since they were in school, that their psyches have been altered. If presented with facts/data that contradict the narrative that has been installed in their heads, it doesn't make it past their eyes or ears.
For Left/Lib/Prog/Dems 'truth' is highly malleable. Recall:
"We believe in truth, not facts" -- Joe Biden
Posted by: Jussie Smollett at June 17, 2026 02:28 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: redridinghood at June 17, 2026 02:18 PM (NpAcC)
I do not understand this, at all.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 02:19 PM (Gqar
I do.. They really want this guy so Trump is holding him hostage to get the Save Act.. Probably won't work but I admire him for trying
Posted by: It's me donna
From another blog the Gang of Eight is drooling over this guy.
Whether that is because he'll give them the best, the very best, insider trading; or if he'll work on framing Trump on day one is not clear.
But they want him so bad their knees are shaking.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 02:28 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 02:29 PM (XeU6L)
"Victor Davis Hanson :
Recently, there’s been more revision about World War
II. Tucker Carlson had on his show the other day a chemistry professor from Cornell University, David Collum, that was sort of resonating what a prior blogger, Darryl Cooper, had said about World War II, in the vein of Diana West, Pat Buchanan, all the way back to Herbert Hoover...The gist of it was: We should have never allied with the
Soviet Union, and we should have either let Adolf Hitler and
Josef Stalin fight it out or, in the case of David Collum, he
suggested that we might have wanted to fight with Hitler, or, in other words, he said we were on the wrong side."
It's a mystery why Collum is being called an antisemite! True mystery!
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 02:29 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Prickly Pete Salmonella at June 17, 2026 02:29 PM (dFG8E)
VICTORY: Trump Secures Reopening Of Strait That Was Open Before War
World Breathes Sigh Of Relief As Terrorists Promise To Be Good
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 02:30 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2026 02:31 PM (n5tGW)
VICTORY: Trump Secures Reopening Of Strait That Was Open Before War
World Breathes Sigh Of Relief As Terrorists Promise To Be Good
Posted by: Anonosaurus
If even The Bee sees it...
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 02:31 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2026 02:31 PM (n5tGW)
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Their GDP dropped by at least 50% in the last 2 months.
And they can't really sell much oil, assuming they can actually find buyers at all, because we've taken or sunk a bunch of their shadow fleet and it takes weeks to get anywhere by sea.
The bigger problem is that they don't have access to dollars to buy food imports unless they play along.
The point overall was to make Iran less belligerent, not to destroy the nation and turn it into glass.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:32 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 02:33 PM (GD0B3)
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It's funnier than that. You have to convince a "panel of experts" that you're gay.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 02:06 PM
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That will be operate on a corrupt basis. It could not be otherwise.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 17, 2026 02:34 PM (XeO61)
Ok I want to congratulate you you sound SUPER GAY but we have just one more test ok? Don't worry it will be FUN!
/zipper sounds
Now just come over here and pretend I'm the rich guy paying for our vacation to Provincetown and we just did a shit ton of X on the beach!
Posted by: Some gay panel of experts at June 17, 2026 02:40 PM (sKqQm)
Oh yeah?
"Coroner."
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 17, 2026 02:47 PM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Part of it is that if the strait is open for a few weeks, all the Western tankers will get out and no longer be held hostage, and the Iranian tankers will get out and be vulnerable to seizure if things go that way again. Iran loses a lot of leverage.
Meanwhile, I imagine (with no evidence) that the other gulf states are furiously laying pipe.
And reserves (US, Japan,....) are going to be filled. After 60 days, if this starts again, it is very likely that the leverage on their side will be much weaker.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 17, 2026 02:48 PM (6ZnSC)
And reserves (US, Japan,....) are going to be filled. After 60 days, if this starts again, it is very likely that the leverage on their side will be much weaker.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 17, 2026 02:48 PM (6ZnSC)
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One new major pipeline confirmed and started in April (UAE). Another proposal to cross Saudi Arabia apparently going to be approved. Another upgrading of an older pipeline as well.
Iran nuked their leverage, and they will never be able to effectively use it again.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 02:54 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: SMOD at June 17, 2026 04:16 PM (RHGPo)
Per CNN, the probe was launched last year by the US Attorney's Office in Sacramento based on a whistleblower report. NOT Trump. NOT the DOJ. A WHISTLEBLOWER.
Gavin is e KNOWS they're in some hot water!
... I wonder why Newsom didn't retaliate against the whistleblower sooner and harder.
Posted by: SMOD at June 17, 2026 04:17 PM (RHGPo)
then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.
Psalms 141:6
Posted by: R. Travis at June 18, 2026 09:50 AM (G1KMR)
"Burning Cross" Reminiscent of the Days of Jim Crow and the KKK Turns Out to Have Been a Hoax Perpetrated by a Left-Wing Gay Asian Man Who Now Claims He Had No Idea It Was a Symbol Intended to Intimidate and Terrify
He's saying this because he can be charged for making a terroristic threat, if Chicago wanted to prosecute an antifa leftist, which it doesn't.
But the possibility is there. So he's saying he had no idea the cross was used as a symbol of intimidation. See, he may have done the act, but, like Hillary Clinton, he didn't have intent. Owen Gregorian:He says it wasn't a racist act because he just wanted to terrify the black population into voting against Trump, not just terrify them generally. It's that ever-present "Because Trump" excuse.
Owen Gregorian
@OwenGregorian 3h Chicago Cross-Burning Incident Blamed on 'White Supremacists' was Carried Out by Leftist Anti-Trump/Anti-MAGA Protester | Margaret Flavin, The Gateway Pundit On June 9, 2026, police and firefighters responded to a burning cross in Chicago's Grant Park. The incident prompted immediate backlash, and one local church offered a $10,000 reward to help make an arrest, and local officials were quick to blame the incident on racism and 'white supremacists.' Block Club Chicago reports that Rev. Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church, who offered the reward, noted, "Racism has always been a part of America's DNA, and this week it has raised its head boldly and loudly," Pfleger said in a statement. "This bold rise of racism must be condemned by every race, faith community, and Chicagoan as was done with the swastika and treated as a hate crime." In a statement Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Brandon Johnson said the police investigation "remains ongoing." "Like many Chicagoans across our city, we were deeply disturbed upon seeing the images which have emerged following this incident," the statement said. "Hate has no place in our city. Every Chicagoan deserves to feel safe, protected, and respected while going about their day or enjoying our public spaces." Several members of the council's Black Caucus learned about the incident Wednesday morning when asked about it by Block Club Chicago. Ald. Greg Mitchell (7th) was initially speechless when a reporter showed him a photo of the burning cross. "I can't believe it's 2026, we are still dealing with stuff like that ... That's the simplest I can put it," Mitchell said. As it turns out, however, the cross-burner is an Asian man, Merlin Lu, who burned the cross, adorned with a MAGA hat, to protest President Trump and MAGA.Lu, a senior at the University of Illinois Chicago, spoke with NBC. "He's just scamming people," Lu told the reporter. "We're just being scammed out of money, right. And I think that's a great reflection of how this country works right now, where money controls everything." As for burning the cross, which the Anti-Defamation League says is one of the "most potent hate symbols in the United States," Lu responded, "I wanted to find something that I could do by myself, like no organization, no friends," he added. "I did know about this historical relevance beforehand, but I didn't know the severity, how racially motivated it may seem from what I did." The Gateway Pundit reached out to local police for additional comment and will be updated if a response occurs.
I look forward to Gov. Pritzker holding Merlin Lu accountable because (MAGA) hate has no home here in Illinois, right? -- Dan Proft (@DanProft) June 16, 2026
The stunt took place in the same park where former President Barack Obama delivered his acceptance speech when he was elected the nation's first black president in 2008. It sparked a furious backlash and prompted the Chicago Police Department to release photos of a suspect, which Lu has now claimed is him. Police have confirmed a person is in custody for arson, but have not confirmed if it is Lu. University of Illinois Chicago senior Lu told NBC Chicago he concocted the stunt as a way to protest President Donald Trump and the MAGA Christian nationalists that support him. 'He's just scamming people,' Lu told the outlet. 'And I think that's a great reflection of how this country works right now, where money controls everything. Money has power over health care. Money has power over transportation.' The cross was set ablaze with a red MAGA hat on top of it.So if you ever commit a hate-crime and need a defense, just say you were doing the hate-crime ironically to Raise Awareness of Trump's perfidity. Works every time. See, he just saw the burning cross on a Wikipedia page and read no further.
Pressed by NBC 5 on how he made it through four years in college without realizing how hateful burning crosses were, Lu admitted the extent of his research was reading a Wikipedia page. "I just saw the Wikipedia page with the movie with the, like, I think it's called like 'Under One Nation' or something like that," he said, misidentifying the infamous 1915 movie "Birth of a Nation," which popularized much of the modern KKK's imagery.
Turns out, the "KKK burning cross" found in Chicago was made by a socialist gay Asian: pic.twitter.com/l1ClC4QSd3
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) June 16, 2026
The “white supremacist KKK” who burned a cross in Chicago is a Leftist anti-Trump Asian dude
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 16, 2026
Another hoax.
Every. Single. Time. pic.twitter.com/JhaSL4dLYz
"It's a painful reminder of how hatred towards black Americans still permeates in our society."
Brandon Johnson is asked about the guy who set up the burning cross in Chicago:
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 16, 2026
“It's a painful reminder of how hatred towards black Americans still permeates in our society."
It was actually an Asian socialist’s protest against MAGA. Other than all of that, dead on, Mr Mayor. pic.twitter.com/d8gIM4RCJV
Note that the "reporter" repeats his claim that he just didn't know what a burning cross meant as fact, while also claiming he's only "alleged" to have set the cross on fire (which she also says he "admitted"). It's very strange which admissions in this story are "alleged" and which legal-defense claims are "facts." Happy Wednesday. The crows hung out just outside my window while I drank coffee. They'd finished eating and seemed to just want to be my friends.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:18 PM (/BPde)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:18 PM (/BPde)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:19 PM (/BPde)
Back in form Mr. Sponge.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 12:19 PM (Y8DZL)
So the SPLC has to fund it and fuck it themselves.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 17, 2026 12:19 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 12:19 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:19 PM (/BPde)
Posted by: mr tmz at June 17, 2026 12:20 PM (rJ48h)
Posted by: Hong Kong Phooey at June 17, 2026 12:20 PM (ZR74N)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 12:20 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 12:19 PM (Y8DZL)
*fistbump*
Never letting actual work get in the way of my appointed rounds.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:20 PM (/BPde)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 12:20 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:21 PM (/BPde)
Posted by: Biggus Dickus at June 17, 2026 12:21 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 12:22 PM (xGnmX)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
I Think it was the Free square.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 12:22 PM (YZ0Fo)
So the SPLC has to fund it and fuck it themselves.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
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They picked up the trick from the Not Sees and Commies. Always trying to play a victim in order to get sympathy while they grasp for power from the weak minded simps.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 12:22 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 12:22 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 12:22 PM (xGnmX)
He is a known pederast.
Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at June 17, 2026 12:22 PM (ZR74N)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 17, 2026 12:22 PM (1z8ji)
I look forward to the apologies to whites and America for such a bullshit loaded comment.
BWWWWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! What was I thinking......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:23 PM (/BPde)
Posted by: braenyard at June 17, 2026 12:23 PM (fNI17)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 17, 2026 12:23 PM (5yDGQ)
The Bears leaving is a white plot to impoverish Mayor Johnson's family.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 12:23 PM (Y8DZL)
The Michelle Obama Gender Reveal exhibit is lit.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 12:23 PM (Sco7b)
I Think it was the Free square.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 12:22 PM (YZ0Fo)
So, I'm still in the running? Sweet......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:23 PM (/BPde)
>>"I did know about this historical relevance beforehand,
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Well, that is a solid defense though.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 17, 2026 12:23 PM (6ZnSC)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 12:23 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: illiniwek at June 17, 2026 12:24 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 12:24 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: kathysaysso at June 17, 2026 12:24 PM (T9s//)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 12:24 PM (xGnmX)
George Takei hardest hit...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 17, 2026 12:25 PM (wtvvX)
Pfleger - that turd again? The only racism I ever see or read about comes from the left.
Posted by: Cheri at June 17, 2026 12:25 PM (oiNtH)
It's all so tiresome.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 17, 2026 12:25 PM (vJrRc)
"We're just being scammed out of money, right. And I think that's a great reflection of how this country works right now, where money controls everything."
Between this and that bullshit Whoopi was trying to lay down against JD Vance with "YOU'RE REMOVING BLACK HISTORY," it's AMAZING we haven't just lit everything on fire.........
It's overwhelming the amount of unrepentant bullshit they throw down and no one pushes back.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:25 PM (/BPde)
Posted by: Sponge
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Everyone in other minorities and even white females are taught to blame whitey and particularly straight white males. That is what higher education indoctrination has become at many schools.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 12:25 PM (E4rtv)
213 Simply put, you have to kill somewhere above 30 percent or so of all military age males to achieve something like unconditional surrender. But, in a place where most of these militaries are located in mosques, cities, etc., you are going to end up killing a helluva lot of civilians as well. And accept a lot of your own fine young troops are going to die, be maimed, etc. as well to root out the remainder of the regime on the ground.
As in Israel in Lebanon and Gaza. And Chicoms and Russians make sure it costs us.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 11:47 AM (E4rtv)
Then, I don't understand how The Ukraine is still standing. It seems two generations of men are gone. And now they are working on the women.
Posted by: Ann at June 17, 2026 12:25 PM (SHHm+)
Posted by: Cheri at June
They do like to play the hits.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 12:25 PM (YZ0Fo)
It was either a cross or a circle, but Home Depot was closed and the only wood he could find was straight.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 17, 2026 12:25 PM (6ZnSC)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 12:26 PM (ZeH0U)
Behold the power of the media fatwas against the right. They have inspired armies of jihadis ready to plan, fund, and act without telling a soul what they're doing. These are perfect terror cells that are very, very hard to stop.
Fortunately for us, many of them are incompetent. But look at the Middle East. Sub-retards can still be very dangerous.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 17, 2026 12:26 PM (mkw2N)
Sounds like its time for the DOJ to start an investigation
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 12:26 PM (sKqQm)
Once the lie has taken root, there's no pulling it up.
—-
Unless you have a sharp shooter and a machete.
Posted by: braenyard at June 17, 2026 12:26 PM (fNI17)
Once the lie has taken root, there's no pulling it up.
(See also, Matthew Shepherd)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 12:24 PM (O0L8i)
But the soil is so much more shallow now. All the Nightly News channels combined are only about 20 million viewers.
The true faithful heard about this. Some stragglers. I saw it on NBC and laughed.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 12:26 PM (Sco7b)
Why do you think I said 'priest third'???
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 12:24 PM (xGnmX)
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Illinois clergy. I hate Illinois clergy.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 12:26 PM (O0L8i)
Most normies are beginning to understand that racism, itself, isn't a bad thing. It's natural and developer from centuries and centuries of human interaction.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 17, 2026 12:27 PM (qoEJr)
It's all so tiresome.
Posted by: FeatherBlade
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And the proper answer to that nowadays,
"I don't care. Your fate is in your own hands, not mine."
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 12:27 PM (E4rtv)
In other words, he's as stupid as Graham Platner.
Posted by: Dave's not here at June 17, 2026 12:27 PM (kp5iD)
I suspect he is lying here. There is a bluesky or reddit thread where he discussed this in detail with other lefties.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 12:27 PM (sKqQm)
*hits self in head*
Man, how did I miss that excuse?
Posted by: Graham Platner at June 17, 2026 12:27 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 12:27 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 12:27 PM (ZeH0U)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 12:27 PM (5P5DO)
Or as Democrats call it, Thursday.
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 12:27 PM (l/J0j)
I know liberals always lie. But I also know they are amazingly stupid and uninformed.
So it is completely plausible that he had no idea burning a cross has racial undertones. BUT, he's also a leftist, so of course he must also be lying.
I have no idea what to believe.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 17, 2026 12:28 PM (XHO5P)
Posted by: dantesed at June 17, 2026 12:28 PM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: "Michelle Obama is a Man!" at June 17, 2026 12:28 PM (bNf8H)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 12:28 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 12:28 PM (xGnmX)
There is no chance he didn't know exactly what he was doing.
So he is just lying. Leftists don't know much but they do know "symbols of hate"
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 12:29 PM (sKqQm)
should be illegal anyway.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 12:29 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 12:29 PM (xGnmX)
Posted by: Cheri at June 17, 2026 12:25 PM (oiNtH)
Was he the one that ran the homo brothel in the church basement that Owebama used to frequent or was that Reverend Wright?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:29 PM (/BPde)
Most normies are beginning to understand that racism, itself, isn't a bad thing. It's natural and developer from centuries and centuries of human interaction.
Posted by: No One of Consequence
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Want to see a Eurotrash lose their shit, just mention gypsies to them and stand back to get an earful. And it is just for the reasons that you mention--centuries and centuries of human interaction with gypsies.
They don't have much experience with Arabs or Africans but they are getting a crash course now.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 12:29 PM (E4rtv)
The Reverend Michael Pfleger. The quintessential Turbulent Priest.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 12:28 PM (Gqar
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Cupich is probably egging him on.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 12:29 PM (O0L8i)
So glad that I went to school a very long time ago,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 12:27 PM (ZeH0U)
You and me both.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 12:29 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 12:30 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 12:26 PM (ZeH0U)
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They coming to get you. I can save you but I need your money and your vote.
Posted by: braenyard at June 17, 2026 12:30 PM (fNI17)
I thought Wright was the racist and Pfegler was the homo?
But them together and what do you get?
Barack Obama
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 12:30 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Graham Platner at June 17, 2026 12:30 PM (BR90O)
I'm betting he's never heard the word 'n****r' before either..........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:30 PM (/BPde)
They don't have much experience with Arabs or Africans but they are getting a crash course now.
Posted by: whig at June
To be fair I have the same reaction to gypsies errr i mean Romani.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 12:30 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Case at June 17, 2026 12:30 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 12:28 PM
ISWYDT.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 12:30 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 12:30 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 17, 2026 12:30 PM (rxwdW)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 17, 2026 12:31 PM (zafwz)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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It wasn't that way when I entered academia but after Obama and his host of millennials replaced older faculty, it was really bad by the time I left despite being in a supposedly red state.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 12:31 PM (E4rtv)
You're probably right.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 17, 2026 12:31 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Ann at June
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1/ The people pushing this war -- in both countries -- are not the ones dying.
2/ They have a convincing story that the war is existential to the people dying.
So Moscow has made life miserable for the provinces, and then sends them to die in Ukraine, unruffled by the losses because they don't like that group of "russians" much anyway. And the globalists in Ukraine send their lads to die knowing that they are the underclass and anyway, they have a yacht and property in London or Georgia or wherever they are hiding the money they steal from the US.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 17, 2026 12:31 PM (6ZnSC)
Well, he is one of the biggest - if not THE BIGGEST - anti-Christian pro-commie "reverends" out there.
Posted by: free at June 17, 2026 12:31 PM (JcwwK)
Posted by: Wally at June 17, 2026 12:31 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: dantesed at June 17, 2026 12:28 PM (Oy/m2)
He is now one of the prominent faces of the sport.
I will NEVER go back to NASCAR.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:31 PM (/BPde)
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/
posts/116764370070279119
Posted by: ShainS at June 17, 2026 12:32 PM (t6s33)
Money works pretty well at controlling stuff. Possibly better than laws and violence and moral guidance do. Itsa World of Woe.
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 12:32 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 12:32 PM (l/J0j)
Is there anything they DON'T know?
Posted by: Homer Simpson at June 17, 2026 12:32 PM (7PhS+)
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/
posts/116764370070279119
Posted by: ShainS at June 17, 2026 12:32 PM (t6s33)
So FISA never gets approved then.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 12:33 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 12:29 PM (xGnmX)
I'd love to see it fall from the heavens.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:33 PM (/BPde)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 12:33 PM (l/J0j)
Rain forecast for tomorrow's Obamaworld Grand Opening in Chicago, so prolly not ideal riot and burning conditions.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 12:33 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: mr tmz at June 17, 2026 12:34 PM (rJ48h)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 12:34 PM (xGnmX)
Ha, ha, oh my goodness, (derisively laughs in Champaignease).
UIC is for people too stupid to get into Governor's State. Hell, they're too stupid to get into Southern.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 17, 2026 12:34 PM (qwx/I)
Posted by: FeatherBlade
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My "tiresome" retired. Filling in until further notice is "fed up" and "maybe the South had point after all."
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 17, 2026 12:34 PM (6ZnSC)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 12:30 PM (l/J0j)
When was the SPLC founded?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:34 PM (/BPde)
I'm betting he's never heard the word 'n****r' before either..........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:30 PM (/BPde)
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Neither?
Nether?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 17, 2026 12:34 PM (zafwz)
"Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, 37, has a single checking account that holds up to $50,000—and he shares it with his mother, a frequent contributor to his political campaigns who pitched in to cover Talarico’s moving expenses when he was 32, records show."
https://tinyurl.com/4veuds2e
Posted by: Ann at June 17, 2026 12:34 PM (SHHm+)
If Pfleger is involved get away ASAP
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 12:34 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 17, 2026 12:35 PM (qwx/I)
Posted by: Wally at June 17, 2026 12:31 PM (0e5Te)
This.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:35 PM (/BPde)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 17, 2026 12:35 PM (dI4od)
I'm sorry. Somehow my son managed to escape much of the indoctrination, although he had mom and dad beating him over the head with non Leftist stuff when he came home.
The only thing I can recollect about any kind of leftist stuff in high school was the social studies teacher who thought the "The Population Bomb" was well- the bomb-and didn't want to have kids because of that
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 12:36 PM (7RYym)
And Mike Ditka.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie
Ditka is from PA
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 12:36 PM (YZ0Fo)
That is true. But, there will be no one left to repopulate The Ukraine when that war is over.
Posted by: Ann at June 17, 2026 12:36 PM (SHHm+)
Posted by: The Crows at June 17, 2026 12:36 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 12:36 PM (qdr3M)
For once, I would love someone to ask Goldberg, in what other country in the world could you have attained the opportunity to get on stage, get noticed and liked, and turn your comedy act in to an entire career in acting resulting in the world wide fame and riches that you now have. Please name that magical country. No where except the USA that is so racist and awful.
She should be advocating for young black women to respect themselves in the way they act and dress, study hard in school, and if they start a family, do it under marriage or at least as a couple.
Posted by: Cheri at June 17, 2026 12:36 PM (oiNtH)
Seems like they're so bored they resort to faggoty race hoaxes.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 12:36 PM (oqH4h)
Neither?
Nether?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 17, 2026 12:34 PM (zafwz)
My brain is so much mush, proper English is just NOT in my purview anymore.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:36 PM (/BPde)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 17, 2026 12:37 PM (dI4od)
Posted by: Merlin Lu at June 17, 2026 12:37 PM (PwgSL)
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Posted by: ShainS
So FISA never gets approved then.
Posted by: tubal
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My work blocks Truth Social as an unauthorized website and I work for the VA. LOL
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at June 17, 2026 12:37 PM (VkY89)
Posted by: Ann
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Brave AI suggest that has not been reached yet,
"Ukraine has lost an estimated 60,000 to 100,000 soldiers killed, with independent estimates suggesting 350,000 to 500,000 total military casualties (killed and seriously wounded). Additionally, 4% to 5% of the fighting-age male population has suffered irretrievable losses, a figure that may rise to 25% when including deserters"
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 12:37 PM (E4rtv)
Ditka is from PA
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 12:36 PM (YZ0Fo)
Made FAMOUS in Chicago.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:37 PM (/BPde)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 12:37 PM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 12:38 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Sussie Jollett at June 17, 2026 12:38 PM (8JR9p)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 12:33 PM (l/J0j)
And a plug in his butt.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:39 PM (/BPde)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 12:39 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Ann at June 17, 2026 12:34 PM (SHHm+)
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Because he's the perfect embodiment of the modern leftist "male."
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 12:39 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 12:39 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 17, 2026 12:39 PM (qwx/I)
The only thing I can recollect about any kind of leftist stuff in high school was the social studies teacher who thought the "The Population Bomb" was well- the bomb-and didn't want to have kids because of that
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Ask him sometimes about his experiences in K12 if he will talk about it. I got a lot of it from my students as I was a prelaw advisor for the whole university as well as academic advisor for my department.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 12:39 PM (E4rtv)
asia has Jews,arabs armenians,iranians ,turks, aphghans Indians , chinese, vietnamese , Koreans etc who have nothing to do with each other culturally genetically or historically.
Posted by: avi at June 17, 2026 12:40 PM (ieodf)
So, University of Illinois-Chicago has a choice:
a) We're teaching racism!
b) We're teaching people too stupid to understand racism!
Tough call.
Posted by: The_Hoser at June 17, 2026 12:40 PM (H4qGm)
Don't forget what your good prof's said
Posted by: Kneel, youngin! at June 17, 2026 12:40 PM (rgnea)
They got rid of paper money entirely in Cambodia in 1975. It didn’t work out too well for them.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 17, 2026 12:40 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Ann at June 17, 2026 12:34 PM
So she can add money to his account as he needs it.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 17, 2026 12:40 PM (OkYzo)
So Jussie lied and cried throughout his fraud, was convicted and sentenced, but has never spent a day in jail.
Our Justice.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 12:40 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 17, 2026 12:40 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 12:41 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: Black JEM at June 17, 2026 12:41 PM (GZYu7)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 12:41 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 12:42 PM (An6iH)
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Posted by: ShainS
So FISA never gets approved then.
Posted by: tubal
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Democrats and RINOs want FISA 702 more than Trump does and Trump is tightening the squeeze by delaying the new DNI appointment, allowing Pulte to become acting, and demanding that the Dems in NY allow a successor to the SDNY appointment that his DNI nominee had filled.
Pissing off the dwindling RINO bunch AND the Democrats.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 12:42 PM (E4rtv)
asia has Jews,arabs armenians,iranians ,turks, aphghans Indians , chinese, vietnamese , Koreans etc who have nothing to do with each other culturally genetically or historically.
Posted by: avi
That's the geographic definition. The US just started using it for East Asians. No idea why, but there you are.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 17, 2026 12:42 PM (diia5)
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 12:43 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 12:43 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 12:43 PM (Jr5Lq)
Don't forget what your good prof's said
Posted by: Kneel, youngin! at June 17, 2026 12:40 PM (rgnea)
Don't look back
Look straight ahead
Don't turn away, then the voice it said
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:43 PM (/BPde)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 17, 2026 12:43 PM (dI4od)
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 12:39 PM (oqH4h)
Well, that would explain why men have been fleeing the Democrat Party in droves.
Posted by: Ann at June 17, 2026 12:43 PM (SHHm+)
Same here.
Clowning on them was endless entertainment.
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 12:44 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 12:44 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: Bulg
The left is a vampire cult writ large. They produce little or nothing and yet suck the life out of any society, culture, or institution where they latch their fangs into.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 12:44 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 17, 2026 12:42 PM (diia5)
Canada distinguishes south west east etc.
but wtf do orientals have to do with each other. does a token Chinese employee block out a Japanese ? they hate each other
Posted by: avi at June 17, 2026 12:44 PM (ieodf)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:44 PM (/BPde)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 12:44 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 17, 2026 12:44 PM (dI4od)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 17, 2026 12:45 PM (zYpTz)
but wtf do orientals have to do with each other. does a token Chinese employee block out a Japanese ? they hate each other
Posted by: avi at
Some of the most astounding hatred between groups I have seen is between the different orientals.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 12:45 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 12:46 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: Black JEM at June 17, 2026 12:41 PM (GZYu7)
When Obama was elected in 2008 I predicted that the democrat party would be gone in 20 years. I might have been right.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 17, 2026 12:46 PM (k9OZB)
Zelensky is running ads on Ukrainian TV encouraging the remaining women to bang all of the black and Muslim illegals he's bringing in. The globalists have one playbook, and it ends with them being the only whites allowed to live.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 12:46 PM (2ocoG)
He mixed up Jesus and Elvis, the whole hunk of burning love thing. Easy mistake.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 12:47 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Max Power at June 17, 2026 12:47 PM (XyKbR)
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 12:36 PM (qdr3M)
*snort
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 17, 2026 12:48 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 12:48 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 17, 2026 12:48 PM (mP0Kj)
"The long-form improv style taught at Chicago institutions like The Second City and the iO Theater has its roots in theater games developed by Viola Spolin at Hull-House."
I gotta believe Aristophanes would do improv once in a while. It just didn't get written down.
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 12:49 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 12:49 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: hobbitopoly
It's increasingly called "Democratic Socialist" now in places where lying about themselves isn't important anymore.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 12:50 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 17, 2026 12:50 PM (affD0)
History Major?
Gotta be an Ed.D like DOCTOR JILL.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 12:50 PM (2ocoG)
He tried impugning americans who supported the action by pointing out that these people were in a bar when interviewed. Obviously, only a drunk beer drinking luddite would support such actions.
He got very upset when I pointed out that the Jazz Band he played in was simultaneously at a Bar that very same night.
Commies. They are almost too stupid for you to enjoy making fun of them. Almost.
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 12:50 PM (An6iH)
It's increasingly called "Democratic Socialist" now in places where lying about themselves isn't important anymore.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 12:50 PM (Y8DZL)
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Before long the "Democratic" pretense will be dropped.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 12:51 PM (O0L8i)
Blue Oyster Cult...
Posted by: man at June 17, 2026 12:51 PM (XuXeR)
The Democratic Socialists are a separate party that's hollowing out the "real" Democrat Party, as Muslims are doing all over the West with their idiot lefty hosts.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 12:52 PM (2ocoG)
TikTok dot com/NBC@chicago/video. NBC5 Investigates Exclusive (a longer video with an article accompanying it.)
Merlin Lu (a 21-year-old from Naperville, Illinois) previously identified himself as a student at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). However, university officials clarified that he has not been enrolled since the fall of 2025. UIC is located at 1200 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60607 in the Near West Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. (NBC5)
It appears Lu had work experience with Argonne National Laboratory. Argonne National Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center
From its web page: Argonne is a multidisciplinary science and engineering research center where leading scientists and engineers work together to answer the biggest questions facing humanity – from how to obtain reliable and affordable energy, to how to protect ourselves from emerging threats. Ever since we were born out of the University of Chicago’s work on the Manhattan Project in the 1940s, our goal has been to make an impact — from the atomic to the human to the global scale.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 12:52 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 12:53 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 12:53 PM (Jr5Lq)
Fuck that fucking fucker right in the fucking ear. He's a race-baiting jive-ass "down for the struggle" Obama-fellating bottom-feeder cosplaying as a man of God.
Posted by: Not that I have strong feelings about it at June 17, 2026 12:54 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: braenyard at June 17, 2026 12:54 PM (fNI17)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 17, 2026 12:54 PM (aeiyZ)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 17, 2026 12:55 PM (aeiyZ)
So in US, we generally mean yellow - china, japan, VN...
In Europe, "asian" replaced oriental. Oriental made sense but it referred to anyone who had to sail west to get there and includes everyone - it is not a race or a useful term and is now mostly used to hide the fact that they are the same damn muslim invaders that have harassed Europe for centuries.
So if anyone is wrong, it is the Europeans. A solid first order conclusion in any situation.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 17, 2026 12:55 PM (6ZnSC)
The Obamauseleum has a Micheal Jordan floor too, not that it has anything to do with his Preznitcy.
The Nelson Mandela observation floor will host ANC "Spot the White Farmer Food Truck" parties, tire necklaces optional.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 12:56 PM (Y8DZL)
Other Chicago inventions:
The skyscraper
Assembly lines
Refrigerated rail cars/meat packing
National delivery/mail order retail
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 17, 2026 12:56 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: Elric the Blade
Kick his ass first. Then kick his ass out.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 12:56 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 12:56 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: braenyard at June 17, 2026 12:54 PM (fNI17)
And worked at a place funded by Government Grants?
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 17, 2026 12:56 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 17, 2026 12:55 PM (aeiyZ)
Lu or Pfleger?
Posted by: More specificity required for twink pillowbiters at June 17, 2026 12:56 PM (TbWk/)
Do it yourself Hate Crimes are becoming quite the hobby nowdays.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 17, 2026 12:56 PM (OkYzo)
Do it yourself Hate Crimes are becoming quite the hobby nowdays.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 17, 2026 12:56 PM (OkYzo)
This performative hate crime hoax is brought to you by the SPLC.
Posted by: And the Ad Council at June 17, 2026 12:57 PM (TbWk/)
First I will give a satirical paraphrase from memory, then I will dig up the actual for copypaste, and you can decide if I'm fair (or perhaps too kind):
"Ugh, this again?? Are NGOs even *allowed* to do their own studies?! I can't believe we're still talking about this [sustained, covered-up, systemic, ongoing, mass gang rape of children]. If the State is satisfied with its response [to a kiloEpstein], then I don't care either."
Posted by: SciVo at June 17, 2026 12:58 PM (Sy6m/)
I'm actually surprised the Lu scumbag didn't use the "It's performative art" excuse.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 17, 2026 12:58 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: braenyard at June 17, 2026 12:59 PM (fNI17)
"So what did the court do? It concluded that that the DA’s office was no longer trustworthy to handle the post conviction relief process but noted it can’t conduct its own investigation either. It did give the AG’s office the ability to override the DA’s recommendation."
https://tinyurl.com/7v2wpme2
Posted by: Ann at June 17, 2026 12:59 PM (SHHm+)
30 The real question is if Reform accept the recommendations as policy. They won't want to look like they're being lead by Lowe but there could be a price if they don't accept any policy recommendations
Yeah no way Labour is accepting reccomendations from a private inquiry rather than waiting for the statutory one. I imagine reform will do the same
So this afternoon is going to be a bad afternoon on Reddit with people arguing at cross purposes about understanding statistics and failing to acknowledge their own biases when interpreting data. Cool cool cool
it'll be hot takes built from AI. someone will throw it into Claude and prompt, "tell me why brown people are bad" and spout that. No one will read it.
Be good to know why this enquiry was so important it delayed the implementation of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill. I've asked several times but no one ever has an answer.
Hasnt there already been like 3 inquiries over this? What could this report possibly contain that the 7 year IICSA/Jay inquiry didn't? It was absolutely damning towards institutions from the bottom to the top and contained extensive evidence.
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Posted by: SciVo at June 17, 2026 12:59 PM (Sy6m/)
The most talented scientists go to CERN and Fermilab, and Argonne is the home of the duds.
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 12:56 PM (Jr5Lq)
___________
Xenonne is even worse.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 01:00 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 01:00 PM (Jr5Lq)
You want a highly trained doctor to give you a test from an complex piece of equipment. This costs money.
Either you pay personally or we take that money from other people on your behalf.
Nothing like this is free.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 01:00 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 01:00 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: PabloD at June 17, 2026 01:01 PM (YwQaW)
Posted by: Ann
Well. If his step-father ?? is dead and she passes away, it's a Bitch to access that money for her expenses. And vice versa.
What about his girlfriend? Where's she at?
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 17, 2026 01:01 PM (ItWcy)
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal
Canada. You wouldn't know her.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 01:02 PM (YZ0Fo)
Even he knows that everyone hates theater kids.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 01:03 PM (2ocoG)
Warehouse holding donated supplies
Despite the upheaval of a global pandemic, many Chicago Booth alumni have thought beyond themselves and given back to their communities. The following are examples of four alumni who have demonstrated tremendous generosity to the causes that most touch their hearts. July 16, 2020
In part,
>Merlin Lu, ’16, Supports his Hometown of Wuhan
For entrepreneur Merlin Lu, ’16 (AXP-15), the site of the coronavirus outbreak had a special significance. Born, raised, and educated in Wuhan, China, Lu still has relatives in the city and deep feelings about his hometown.
"Lu donated more than $700,000 in cash and antibacterial products to the hospitals in Wuhan. Dettol, the brand Lu distributes, has a factory in Jingzhou Hubei, about 60 miles from Wuhan. Dettol also made a donation of $7 million in cash and antibacterial products to healthcare institutions and medical workers across the country."
Cross burner a legacy student? 😲 IDK.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 01:04 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 01:04 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: Ann
Well. If his step-father ?? is dead and she passes away, it's a Bitch to access that money for her expenses. And vice versa.
What about his girlfriend? Where's she at?
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 17, 2026 01:01 PM (ItWcy)
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I share a checking account with my mother. I don’t even write any checks. She has the checkbook and handles whatever needs to be paid.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 17, 2026 01:04 PM (aeiyZ)
Posted by: Boss Moss
But somehow using "oriental" for people is racist because it can also be used to describe rugs and pottery
hashtag I don't know how anyone ever took these people seriously.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 17, 2026 01:04 PM (vJrRc)
When Chicago BlacKKK mayor Brandon Johnson was asked about the now-confirmed hoax, he still insisted his political ally's attempt to frame the opposition was a frightening reminder of the KKK:
"It's a painful reminder of how hatred towards black Americans still permeates in our society."
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How hateful and stupid does this retard have to get before it costs him? So far, he's paid no price. "His people" have alwatched as he gave their welfare and victim status away to wetbacks. It doesn't matter.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 17, 2026 01:05 PM (HLgI3)
Econ 101: Individuals act in their own financial interest. They do whatever puts money in their pocket. Before I took that course, I actually naively believed that people act in accordance with their moral beliefs. Biggest thing I learned in college. It rocked my world.
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 01:07 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
He'll lose reelection to someone black and worse than him. Just like Mayor Groot before him.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 01:07 PM (YZ0Fo)
Since NBC 5 (and, apparently, everyone else in Chicago) has never heard the story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf, I think we have to accept this excuse. Both are equally plausible.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 17, 2026 01:07 PM (vTZFs)
I think it's a threat. "Get our or we'll burn your house the way we burned this cross on your lawn"
IDK, it always seemed like an odd choice of things to burn. Makes me think the KKK has always been satanic.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 17, 2026 01:07 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: Jussie Smollett at June 17, 2026 01:07 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at June 17, 2026 01:07 PM (bNf8H)
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 17, 2026 01:01 PM (ItWcy)
Shockingly, it was discovered she wasn't really his girlfriend.
Posted by: Ann at June 17, 2026 01:08 PM (SHHm+)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 01:00 PM (Jr5Lq)
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It was a warning to get the fuck out of town or next time we burn you
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 17, 2026 01:09 PM (aeiyZ)
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 01:09 PM (oqH4h)
Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico has raised a record-breaking $40.3 million for his campaign. His financial totals feature:
Quarterly Haul: Raised $27 million, the largest-ever reported Q1 sum for a U.S. Senate candidate.
Cash on Hand: $9.9 million.
Donor Profile: Relies on a massive base of over 540,000 grassroots contributors, with "teacher" being the most common profession among them.
Track the ongoing progress and top-level breakdown of the race on the OpenSecrets U.S. Senate Race portal.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 01:09 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 17, 2026 01:09 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 17, 2026 01:10 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 01:11 PM (lQ+/f)
Posted by: DaveA at June 17, 2026 01:11 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at June 17, 2026 01:07 PM (bNf8H)
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Telepathically controlled by an alien? I can believe that...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 01:11 PM (gnNyN)
Ok, he's definitely a CCP agent. Which Democrat is he fucking?
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 01:11 PM (2ocoG)
Future Jackson Park Barry Soetoro events include "Pallets of Cash" night and the yummy "Dog BBQ" Festival.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 01:11 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 17, 2026 01:04 PM (aeiyZ)
Is she supplying you the money for your bills?
I understand having a joint account if the parent is incapacitated or if he was paying his mother's bills.
However, it appears she is providing the cash.
Posted by: Ann at June 17, 2026 01:11 PM (SHHm+)
IDK, it always seemed like an odd choice of things to burn. Makes me think the KKK has always been satanic.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 17, 2026 01:07 PM (vJrRc)
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There were, historically, two types of cross-burnings.
One was the Klan would get together at their Klan-base or out in the woods somewhere, build a giant cross and set it alight. They called it "The illuminated cross" IIRC. It was a ritual intended for the Klansmen only.
The other was what you described.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 01:12 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 01:04 PM (NFX2v)
Visa overstay?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 17, 2026 01:12 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Rex B at June 17, 2026 01:12 PM (rgnea)
It's nonsense, but the KKK are Democrats, so it tracks.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 01:12 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 01:12 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: mrp at June 17, 2026 01:13 PM (rj6Yv)
Ok, he's definitely a CCP agent. Which Democrat is he fucking?
Posted by: Ian S.
Class of '16 would probably be a relation, not the match boy.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 01:14 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 01:15 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 17, 2026 01:15 PM (IfAml)
So they were staging their most secret ritual deep in the woods, but also on random black peoples' lawns. Yup, retarded Democrats.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 01:16 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Auspex
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Paddle board regattas?
Free-throw competitions?
Posted by: Jussie Smollett at June 17, 2026 01:16 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: mrp at June 17, 2026 01:13 PM (rj6Yv)
So take him into Federal custody. Rendition to Gitmo. Waterboard him until he gives up the names of the people who paid him to do this. Deport his fag ass to China.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 17, 2026 01:16 PM (1z8ji)
Special Agent Blueberries Johnson, reporting for duty!!!
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 01:16 PM (l/J0j)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 01:16 PM (2ocoG)
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Yeah, when they weren't too busy doing nuclear physics calculations and building rockets.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 01:17 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 17, 2026 01:17 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 01:17 PM (l/J0j)
Sure fag boy
Go back to your home country and try being gay there.
Attempting to start a race war should be punished by death
Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 17, 2026 01:18 PM (hauj+)
Or he's a CCP disposable asset sent to Chicago to have sex with either Brandon Johnson or Pritzker. I'm starting to think Fang Fang got off easy.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 01:19 PM (2ocoG)
One was the Klan would get together at their Klan-base or out in the woods somewhere, build a giant cross and set it alight. They called it "The illuminated cross" IIRC. It was a ritual intended for the Klansmen only.
The other was what you described.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 01:12 PM (oqH4h)
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The New Klan is/was subsidized by the Left, which uses lies and deceit on a galactic scale to fleece the Trump Deranged nutcases of their NEPO cash. When the Left Cartel members get caught, they claim to be ignorant dummies - "We didn't know what that means! We're to stupid to be arrested!"
That usually works, because there's no law against being a dummy. Heck, if that was the case, there'd be a police cordon around every DNC event.
Posted by: mrp at June 17, 2026 01:19 PM (rj6Yv)
AI confirms: "Tootsie Rolls do not claim to be, nor do they legally qualify as, real chocolate."
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 01:19 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:18 PM
Again with the crows???
They don't want to be your friend. Just like cats, they'd kill you and eat you just as soon as look at you.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 17, 2026 01:20 PM (QGaXH)
The work of an idiot, albeit likely a rich idiot by virtue of family, but nevertheless: The cross was discovered burning on June 9, 2026, in Grant Park in downtown Chicago, near Columbus and Balbo Drives. This is the exact site where Barack Obama delivered his historic 2008 election night victory speech.
F**king A
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 01:20 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 01:21 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:18 PM
Should we be concerned ?
Posted by: It's me donna at June 17, 2026 01:21 PM (bgCTr)
They don't want to be your friend. Just like cats, they'd kill you and eat you just as soon as look at you.
Eat mor chikin
Posted by: Killer cows at June 17, 2026 01:21 PM (HcoTw)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
I'm ready to crawl nekkid across broken glass while pouring rubbing alcohol all over me to vote for Paxton.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 01:22 PM (u3HiE)
They misspelled "histrionic".
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 01:23 PM (2ocoG)
Free-throw competitions?
Posted by: Jussie Smollett
Big Mike Cross-Dressing Show, it goes without saying.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 01:23 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at June 17, 2026 01:24 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 01:24 PM (xcxpd)
"I just saw the Wikipedia page with the movie with the, like, I think it's called like 'Under One Nation' or something like that," he said, misidentifying the infamous 1915 movie "Birth of a Nation," which popularized much of the modern KKK's imagery.
That would be the same "Birth of a Nation" film that Democrat Party icon Woodrow Wilson screened AT THE FUCKING WHITE HOUSE, and praised publically.
Plus ca change, and all that shit.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 17, 2026 01:24 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 01:24 PM (dIske)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 01:22 PM
Talarico might dig that, ya know?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 01:25 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 17, 2026 01:26 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 12:56 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Xenonne is even worse.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 01:00 PM
Neonne, neonne, neonne!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 01:27 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: ScottM at June 17, 2026 01:30 PM (snrH4)
And here we have a perfect example.
Posted by: From about That Time at June 17, 2026 01:42 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 17, 2026 01:50 PM (wBaIH)
It’s exactly what was printed in Bloomberg and other outlets this morning. No surprises.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 02:03 PM (nuNhM)
I did know about huge KKK parades in DC in the 1920's.
Posted by: torabora at June 17, 2026 02:07 PM (9djQQ)
Total bugman
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 02:10 PM (BI5O2)
Sounds like its time for the DOJ to start an investigation
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 12:26 PM (sKqQm)
****
I'd get right on it but Donald has me on special assignment.
Posted by: AG whatever Blondi at June 17, 2026 02:11 PM (9djQQ)
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Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026 03:53 PM (R11M+)
Wednesday Morning Rant
But neither SpaceX as a space development company nor SpaceX as a networking company are the basis of its IPO valuation. Starlink is profitable, but it isn't driving the share price. Per its own S-1, SpaceX sees both as minority components in the total enterprise value. From page 11:
We believe we have identified the largest actionable total addressable market ("TAM") in human history. We estimate that our quantifiable TAM is $28.5 trillion, consisting of $370 billion in Space from space-enabled solutions; $1.6 trillion in Connectivity across $870 billion in Starlink Broadband and $740 billion in Starlink Mobile as well as additional opportunities in enterprise and government; $26.5 trillion in AI across $2.4 trillion in AI infrastructure, $760 billion in consumer subscriptions, $600 billion in digital advertising, and $22.7 trillion in enterprise applications. For illustrative purposes of sizing our addressable market opportunity, we exclude China and Russia from our global estimates.So per the company, the market for the space part of SpaceX is about a third of a trillion dollars, the market for the Starlink part of SpaceX is about a trillion and a half, and market for the nascent AI part of SpaceX is approximately the size of the entire combined economy of the European Union. It's outlandish. Per the company's S-1, they put their total addressable market across all three business areas at very nearly a quarter of gross global product - and they don't even include Red China in the figure! Of course, that entire addressable market - even if real - wouldn't belong entirely to SpaceX, but the figure itself is absurd on its face. That market size estimate for AI - $26.5 trillion - is larger than the annual production of every country except one. If you're wondering what a mania looks like, this is it. A reasonable reaction to that estimated market size would be laughter. The actual reaction was, "shut up and take my money." Unlike many AI firms, SpaceX is a real company with real products. It has a profitable division (that division has some headwinds, but also additional potential in mobility) and a capital-intensive development arm that will continue to open new capabilities and markets. I could see betting - even betting a lot - on SpaceX. But that is not what this IPO was about. This IPO was about xAI and Musk has managed to capitalize on the mania in a very big way. I have no idea if he nailed the top of this thing or not (that old saw about irrationality and solvency remains as true as ever), but he may have come close. When the air comes out of the AI bubble - whether because eventually people start blinking as in the Dot-Com Bubble, or because the liability and market compression because of weaponization potential, or something else altogether - Musk is unlikely to still be a trillionaire. But he will still hold the dominant position in space development, orbital communications and will have used the mania to raise a stupendous amount of new capital. Every bubble has winners and losers. The odds are good that Musk walks away from this one as a winner.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 11:00 AM (u3HiE)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 17, 2026 11:00 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 11:01 AM (u3HiE)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 11:02 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 11:02 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 17, 2026 11:03 AM (U/s6V)
Tesla is $399.65/share
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 11:04 AM (u3HiE)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 17, 2026 11:05 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes
😁😁😁
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 11:05 AM (u3HiE)
It's outlandish. Per the company's S-1, they put their total addressable market across all three business areas at very nearly a quarter of gross global product - and they don't even include Red China in the figure! ... the figure itself is absurd on its face. That market size estimate for AI - $26.5 trillion - is larger than the annual production of every country except one. If you're wondering what a mania looks like, this is it. A reasonable reaction to that estimated market size would be laughter. The actual reaction was, "shut up and take my money!
I'm kind of surprised they didn't mention XTulipBulb.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 17, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)
Tesla is $399.65/share
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 11:04 AM (u3HiE
I think most people think Musk had Tesla before he created Space X .
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 11:06 AM (GseMx)
Hired at a .com startup. They catered our meals. But had no clients! So I ate well and cashed the checks.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 17, 2026 11:07 AM (Kt19C)
Well, he avoids a lot of it at any rate.
I think some of that is the services and goods he supplies are also needed by the Feds. Especially, SpaceX.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 11:07 AM (jehhT)
OOF: OpenAI’s financials have leaked, showing $21 billion in losses against $13 billion in revenue. “Is there a path to profitability? Maybe. OpenAI’s two biggest expenses are R&D and marketing. Budget cuts there, coupled with an ability to raise prices or win new sources of revenue, could see the company move into the black over time. Cutting R&D would be the most difficult part of that, given that AI companies can only hold onto their customers by generating the best-performing models.”
Switching is easy and cheap for customers, retaining them is difficult — and expensive.
https://archive.is/WC94K#selection-359.0-359.93
Posted by: Archimedes at June 17, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: RS at June 17, 2026 11:07 AM (GYx3d)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 17, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)
And consumers will keep buying every new expensive service, because consumers are all super rich from buying the high flying stocks. It's a virtuous circle, a perpetual motion machine.
Posted by: illiniwek at June 17, 2026 11:08 AM (vbXSk)
Tesla is $399.65/share
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 11:04 AM (u3HiE)
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Wasn't Tesla forecast last year to go bust?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 11:09 AM (O0L8i)
That's 2030 US dollars....
Wait until you see the price of bread....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 11:10 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 17, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 11:11 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 11:11 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: RS at June 17, 2026 11:07 AM (GYx3d)
Somebody remembers their bubbles.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 11:12 AM (dK+Kv)
Watching Chief Liz and Bernie et al howling about this is the most satisfying thing. Those political ideologue lifers have produced nothing their existences but they know more than the market and actual producers
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 11:12 AM (ufO5q)
Posted by: JackStraw
HAH! "Counting" Good one.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 17, 2026 11:12 AM (diia5)
I've yet to get an answer better then "That's Racist" or REEEEE
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:13 AM (sKqQm)
Today is Wednesday, June 17th, and California is still counting votes.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 11:11 AM (viF8m)
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And will for the next two weeks.
Do they get counted at a more or less constant rate or do they just peter out?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 11:13 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: WisRich at June 17, 2026 11:14 AM (G0vdT)
Speaking of having your peter out, how's Graham Platner?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 17, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)
"That market size estimate for AI - $26.5 trillion - is larger than the annual production of every country except one."
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So there's hope for my Matchbox car collection?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 11:15 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: WisRich at June 17, 2026 11:14 AM (G0vdT)
Cerebras (AI) took a 50% dump from its IPO afterglow. I can wait.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 11:15 AM (dK+Kv)
Speaking of having your peter out, how's Graham Platner?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 17, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)
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Ol' Thimbledick?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 11:16 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:16 AM (sKqQm)
He's blitzing the towns in Maine and having a Heil of a time avoiding questions about his favorite Austrian painter
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:17 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 11:12 AM"
Quite so. I've always been very cautious, and I'm old enough to remember a few bubbles. Never regretted refusing to jump on the bandwagon for the latest shiny thing.
Posted by: RS at June 17, 2026 11:18 AM (GYx3d)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:16 AM (sKqQm)
Institutional investors get in early, take a quick profit, wait for the metoos to sell into a loss and then, if the numbers look good, buy in again for the long haul.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 17, 2026 11:18 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 11:18 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 11:19 AM (cq1gA)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 11:15 AM
Same here get it below $100 and I might splurge and buy some.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 17, 2026 11:19 AM (0N4FZ)
I felt that way about AMZN around 1999, and I did sell it, then it went "to the moon". The "passive bid" (the money average Joes put into "the market" every paycheck) keeps stocks floating higher, with little regard for valuations.
But still, buying every dip has always worked, so why fight the trend? Well, I have been bearish since around 2000, but most have gotten much richer than I have, by just doing the Buy and Hold pattern.
Posted by: illiniwek at June 17, 2026 11:20 AM (vbXSk)
Well, he avoids a lot of it at any rate.
I think some of that is the services and goods he supplies are also needed by the Feds. Especially, SpaceX.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 11:07 AM (jehhT)"
Musk had a fuckhuge heap of cash from his first successes and the willpower to take that and build real things, instead of just coasting along and squeezing money out through MBA faggotry. He stands out because contemporary Western business culture is pathetic.
He was never particularly concerned with the opinions of our dysfunctional ruling class and their priesthood until they started turning his kids into freaks. Quite the own-goal, there. A lot of the Western rich react differently - they want social acceptance. South Africa showed Musk where navigating by feels will get you.
Posted by: heya at June 17, 2026 11:20 AM (LPSL6)
Eh, people are expecting SPCX to perform like Tesla.
Tesla was always grossly overvalued. Still is.
However, it kept rising insanely in value, even before it was selling many/any cars.
Once Elon lost his halo due to buying Twitter and supporting Trump, Tesla stock fell.
I wish I could of gotten some SPCX on the release, but sadly, no.
SPCX is roughly $190 today. If you bought on the IPO date and sold at $190. That's a 40% profit.
I expect a lot of people will sell, this week.
And then we'll see where it settles.
I'll buy some then probably, but not go hog wild about it.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 17, 2026 11:21 AM (iJfKG)
And he's an African American.
Posted by: Oh by the way at June 17, 2026 11:21 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 11:21 AM (u3HiE)
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A lot of us bypassed Matchbox and went straight to Beanie Babies. Psst, Pokemon cards are even bigger. /s
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 17, 2026 11:21 AM (Ofeq1)
Posted by: Tulip bulbs at June 17, 2026 11:22 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Case at June 17, 2026 11:23 AM (IY9No)
AMZ has been doing pretty well over the last few years along with a few of the other big tech stocks
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:23 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 11:23 AM (oqH4h)
Not only that, he made people that were minorities into millionaires. The gall of that man!
Posted by: NR Pax at June 17, 2026 11:23 AM (svLOV)
No one remembers Corvis and Dr. Huber who pioneered they way they send multiple data channels over the same fiber by using different wavelengths of light.
We built out the capacity that was needed for the internet back in the 90s.
Corvis went public at the height of the madness. Gross proceeds were approximately $1.138 billion — described contemporaneously as the largest IPO by a company that had never made a sale.
It was a seriously crazy time.
Posted by: pawn at June 17, 2026 11:23 AM (+rSJz)
I expect a lot of people will sell, this week.
And then we'll see where it settles.
I'll buy some then probably, but not go hog wild about it.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 17, 2026 11:21 AM (iJfKG)
It opened on the market at $150ish. That's 20% or 33%, if you managed to hop out at $225. Still, I've flipped TSLA on the dips and plan to with SPCX.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 11:24 AM (dK+Kv)
I feel lucky to be alive while Trump and Musk are active.
They remind me of the Great 80's Triple Threat of Reagan, Thatcher, and PopeJohn Paul II.
Now, if Trump and Musk could only get a third giant to join them.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 17, 2026 11:24 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 11:23 AM (oqH4h)
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That can't be right. A trillion a month?
Posted by: WisRich at June 17, 2026 11:25 AM (G0vdT)
I did some of the testing on this back in the day.
Wow, I'm old.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:25 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 11:25 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:13 AM (sKqQm)
Would be great if one of them was honest enough to answer "tribalism" but I don't see it happening.
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 11:25 AM (l/J0j)
I felt that way about AMZN around 1999, and I did sell it, then it went "to the moon". The "passive bid" (the money average Joes put into "the market" every paycheck) keeps stocks floating higher, with little regard for valuations.
But still, buying every dip has always worked, so why fight the trend? Well, I have been bearish since around 2000, but most have gotten much richer than I have, by just doing the Buy and Hold pattern.
Posted by: illiniwek at June 17, 2026 11:20 AM (vbXSk)
Keep in mind it took Amazon's stock price a decade to recover from 1999.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 17, 2026 11:26 AM (okun6)
So let's hope people continue thinking SpaceX is worth a quadrillion dollars.
* Looks at SpaceX holdings increasing like a Vegas Slot Machine that's finally going to hit.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 11:26 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 17, 2026 11:26 AM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Tulip bulbs
At least I'm good for something when the bottom falls out.
Posted by: Pot at June 17, 2026 11:26 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 11:26 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: WisRich at June 17, 2026 11:25 AM (G0vdT)
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Yeah I screwed that up. $950 million, nearly a billion. My brain was saying "nearly a billion" and my fingers typed something else.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 11:27 AM (oqH4h)
We have more $ in bullets, pm's, and serious weapons than most people have in their 401k's so we aren't necessarily hurting.
I still kick myself a bit for not throwing a few thousand into BTC years ago, but it's doubtful we'd have successfully navigated self-custody of the keys that whole time anyways. A number of vulnerabilities have been discovered regarding the oldest wallets, and it's to the point where you basically have to transfer your entire balance to a new wallet after certain types of transactions. You rarely hear about how many of the original big holders actually managed to keep their stash. And, of course - not your keys, not your coins. The exchanges are questionable.
Posted by: heya at June 17, 2026 11:27 AM (LPSL6)
They remind me of the Great 80's Triple Threat of Reagan, Thatcher, and PopeJohn Paul II.
Now, if Trump and Musk could only get a third giant to join them.
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Agree. Perhaps this time from South America -- Millei?
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 17, 2026 11:28 AM (Ofeq1)
That move alone has allowed me the ability to retire pretty much whenever I want to and live a very comfortable life.
Regardless of what anyone says, the US stock market has been the greatest wealth generator ever created.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 11:29 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Kramer at June 17, 2026 11:29 AM (k8aoH)
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Agree. Perhaps this time from South America -- Millei?
Or the Japanese PM but she seems more like a Helmut Kohl - supportive but not critical
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:29 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: pawn at June 17, 2026 11:29 AM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Eromero at June 17, 2026 11:30 AM (LHPAg)
They remind me of the Great 80's Triple Threat of Reagan, Thatcher, and PopeJohn Paul II.
Now, if Trump and Musk could only get a third giant to join them.
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Agree. Perhaps this time from South America -- Millei?
I thought of him or Bukele, but neither play on a big enough stage. Perhaps one of the new Euro politicians who will bring the entire EU/woke project crashing down?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 17, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)
It is an interesting change. In my lifetime owning stock was an unusual thing (though not rare exactly either) and now a majority do either directly or through a 401k
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:31 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 11:31 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Senator Bernie Sanders at June 17, 2026 11:32 AM (ZR74N)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:32 AM (sKqQm)
In rural areas, often better options are not present for internet service at a high speed. So you get clusters in market towns with decent high priced internet either fiber or cable. Outside of that, you get either wireless data or satellite. Elon focused on Starlink and satellite and put his in low earth orbit with a lot of them and it slowly branching into sat phone territory as augmentation to cell networks.
He went toward a high priced niches (sat phones and high speed internet) where he could easily outprice the existing smaller providers (Hughes and the remainder company after Iridium went belly up early) and is now extending his coverage as he built up services and capabilities. His cheap launch and cheap satellites are effectively not reproducible by competitors and wireless mobile competitors often have irritating issues on streaming and processes requiring continuing dataflows without hiccups. So he is eating into those markets as well.
Move that scenario to the third world, and Starlink suddenly becomes the easiest way to avoid censors, get reliable internet and comms, etc.
I think that part of his strategy is sound.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 11:32 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: M. Gaga at June 17, 2026 11:32 AM (zeLd4)
I've yet to get an answer better then "That's Racist" or REEEEE
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:13 AM (sKqQm)"
That's because they don't want money, they want power. And destroying our civilization is part of that quest for power.
The somali thefts further that goal. The specific use of that money is having those barbarians steal it in the first place. Musk doing Musk things and not forking over his money for them to spend on destroying us does not.
Posted by: heya at June 17, 2026 11:34 AM (LPSL6)
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I am too poor to buy any of this stuff (trust me, a new pack of Pokemon cards for grandkids' Christmas stockings is now beyond me), but I remember stock certificates and clipping coupons.
Can we buy a share of one of these and get the beautifully engraved certificates?
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 17, 2026 11:35 AM (Ofeq1)
I think that part of his strategy is sound.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 11:32 AM (E4rtv)"
The third world also gave the example of skipping old copper infrastructure entirely and going straight to cellular.
Posted by: heya at June 17, 2026 11:35 AM (LPSL6)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 17, 2026 11:35 AM (0N4FZ)
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Number of times the phrase "climate change" appears in the movie "An Inconvenient Truth: The Threat of Global Warming" - 0
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 11:35 AM (l/J0j)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 11:35 AM (Gqar8)
>>now a majority do either directly or through a 401k
If you started in a 401k and put 10-15pct pre-tax for 30 years, you should have several million dollars in it by now.
If you added even a modicum of investing in blue chips and good drips, you should have several million by now.
Even if you did a set it and forget investment strategy, you should have at a minimum, a million dollars in some vehicle.
the stock market was 2k when I started investing in the 80's, it's over 51k now.
Quite the rocket ship.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 11:35 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 17, 2026 11:36 AM (Kt19C)
It is an interesting change. In my lifetime owning stock was an unusual thing (though not rare exactly either) and now a majority do either directly or through a 401k
Posted by: 18-1
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Substantial division in population though, about half save something, and the other half spends every nickel it gets. Some of it is because welfare types look at it as their 'job' and figure they can rely on it, Some of it is people aging out and burning through pensions and savings, and some are too rich to get government assistance but don't make enough income yet to set aside much (some because they spend every nickel and some because their monthly burn for living expenses is about the same as their income).
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 11:36 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 11:29 AM (XV/Pl)"
Has been, sure. But past performance doesn't guarantee future results. Most people post-2000 have ranged from being up a bit, to breaking even, to losing their shirts. Entire swathes of demographics got turbo-fucked assuming index funds were safe, based soley on their age and intended retirement date.
Posted by: heya at June 17, 2026 11:37 AM (LPSL6)
In the article I couldn't find what type of scientists they might be because I work in a field that employees scientists in the US and it is full of foreign scientists that have come to the US.
My suspicion is the people leaving are gender studies/global warming/GoF types.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:37 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: heya
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Yep but they also viewed cell services as a cash cow and political so service quality varies quite a bit between countries depending on how much control or how much the company is being bled by government. Starlink bypasses that.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 11:37 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: M. Gaga at June 17, 2026 11:32 AM (zeLd4)
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Am I the only one here who is tired of seeing this particular dead horse continuing to be beaten?
The mullahs lie. No shit, Sherlock.
We are not going to storm Tehran, regardless of anyone's neocon warhawk dick-beating fantasies.
We had to stop them from building a working nuke. Then we had to do something so everyone can save some face and we can move on.
Can we stop this fucking nonsense?
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 11:38 AM (oqH4h)
Posted by: DaveA at June 17, 2026 11:38 AM (FhXTo)
In the article I couldn't find what type of scientists they might be because I work in a field that employees scientists in the US and it is full of foreign scientists that have come to the US.
My suspicion is the people leaving are gender studies/global warming/GoF types.
Posted by: 18-1
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The masses of legal visa holders is my guess--dot Indians and Chinese probably. H1B's, etc.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 11:38 AM (E4rtv)
Something seems off on AOS today, like the Greys and the Nordics are posting shit the Reptilians don't understand just to screw with 'em.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 11:39 AM (Y8DZL)
All that said betting against Musk has been a losing proposition. I am sitting on my hands on this one but wish them well.
Posted by: Pete Bog's agentic AI alter ego at June 17, 2026 11:39 AM (evNCU)
Net return of the SP500 over the last 10 years is over 12%.
You are right that is no guarantee, but I think investing in mid/large fund companies, and especially index funds, is a good strategy.
And remember you lose 3% or so of your wealth to inflation even with Trump having ended Bidenflation, so putting it in a savings account will get you nowhere...
But I would suggest the stock market is best for long term investment, day trading seems an insane risk to me.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:41 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 11:41 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats
What are your thoughts on white pride, big boy?
Posted by: Obese Communist Toad at June 17, 2026 11:41 AM (BI5O2)
>>Spacex will have to go back to the well for more cash as the burn rate is real.
What they are going to do with all of that capital is start buying stuff, like Cursor, and probably a crap ton of other IT/Tech stuff.
SpaceX is going to start gobbling things up and eating out the substance like the Tiki Bar in Goodfellas.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 11:42 AM (XV/Pl)
In the article I couldn't find what type of scientists they might be because I work in a field that employees scientists in the US and it is full of foreign scientists that have come to the US.
My suspicion is the people leaving are gender studies/global warming/GoF types.
Posted by: 18-1
The masses of legal visa holders is my guess--dot Indians and Chinese probably. H1B's, etc.
Posted by: whig
Medical gain of function researchers.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 11:42 AM (u3HiE)
SpaceX is going to start gobbling things up and eating out the substance like the Tiki Bar in Goodfellas.
That sounds like Amazon's early strategy.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:42 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 11:44 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: M. Gaga at June 17, 2026 11:32 AM (zeLd4)
Not sure that I'd take political advice from a corgi, but...
I think people fundamentally misunderstand what Trump is doing.
He is an Economic Warrior. Under him Economics is War by another name.
Trump's establishing something that has never been truly done seriously and that is establish a Pax Americana.
Trump likes peace and basically economics is a kinder, though relentlessly grinding down of opposition and rivals.
He used war to give Iran a shot at peaceful prosperity in a well-ordered peaceful, economically robust Pax Americana.
Will it work? eeeehhhhh, I expect the Irans will minimally comply then break the peace. My guess is by attempting to assassinate Trump.
Will see. But, it's thrilling to see the world-changing on its axis. Trump is a Titan. Can he actually succeed? Who knows?
Posted by: naturalfake at June 17, 2026 11:44 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 11:44 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 17, 2026 11:44 AM (j+aD2)
I think that part of his strategy is sound." Posted by: whig
Probably, but third world doesn't have the money like first world. I'm rural but got fiber a few years ago, from a new local company. They even brought it to me underground 1/2 mile off the blacktop. It's like $100/mo, including phone service.
Trump seem intent on "inflating our way out of the debt crisis. So I suppose stocks also have that going for them, though we'll see if the new fed chair will lower rates ... there is talk he will not. idk (is that today?)
Posted by: illiniwek at June 17, 2026 11:44 AM (vbXSk)
*Today's* gross global product. Or maybe the emphasis should be on *global*.
There's an awful lot of metal, sunshine, and real estate that isn't on the globe. Musk thinks he can get it. Can he? Remains to be seen. But it's definitely there.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:45 AM (IG3/x)
So...yep sounds like GoF and gender studies types.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:45 AM (sKqQm)
Starlink suddenly becomes the easiest way to avoid censors
Until it's not.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 11:41 AM (Cqx++)"
This is actually a big long term concern. I'm sure Musk is worried about it as well - simply having companies nationalized out from under him.
You know they've already drawn up plans for it.
Posted by: heya at June 17, 2026 11:46 AM (LPSL6)
Posted by: ballistic
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I doubt it. People see WWII as the typical war. It isn't. Most wars actually end by negotiations, not unconditional surrender. The same swan song, like in Korea with MacArthur getting fired, is that we should have went in and defeated the Chicoms. Or Patton's argument post WWII that we should arm the Germans and go after the Soviets.
When one has no skin in the game, it becomes very easy to become the most belligerent in the room like Dick Cheney and his daughter Lynn or John McCain as senator. For those of us that care about the troops and their families, not so much.
Simply put, you have to kill somewhere above 30 percent or so of all military age males to achieve something like unconditional surrender. But, in a place where most of these militaries are located in mosques, cities, etc., you are going to end up killing a helluva lot of civilians as well. And accept a lot of your own fine young troops are going to die, be maimed, etc. as well to root out the remainder of the regime on the ground.
As in Israel in Lebanon and Gaza. And Chicoms and Russians make sure it costs us.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 11:47 AM (E4rtv)
>>That sounds like Amazon's early strategy.
Yep, but more like corporate strategy 101.
I've been watching and dabbling in the markets for going on 50 years, none of this is really new.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 11:47 AM (XV/Pl)
The US blundered into this in the 40s/50s as Europe, Japan, and Russia all had their industry destroyed by WWII.
We see something of a similar opportunity here where socialism is destroying Europe's economy and all Trump has to do really is keep us from following the same path (not that we aren't already significantly socialist)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:47 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 11:44 AM (77rzZ)
I don't know if it's making any money, but he's got at least three major projects going with that. Las Vegas (already in partial operation), Nashville, and Dubai, with several other experimental and research projects.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:48 AM (IG3/x)
Trump seem intent on "inflating our way out of the debt crisis. So I suppose stocks also have that going for them, though we'll see if the new fed chair will lower rates ... there is talk he will not. idk (is that today?)
Posted by: illiniwek
Fiber costs a lot more in marginal costs to each install than Starlink. Depends on country whether local cell costs more or less to maintain.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 11:49 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 11:49 AM (Gqar8)
I'm sure I will think of something. Maybe a new chess set.
Posted by: dantesed at June 17, 2026 11:49 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Case at June 17, 2026 11:49 AM (IY9No)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:45 AM
Whoever gets to the asteroid belt first and starts large scale mining operations is going to clean up. Musk intends to the be the first to start a colony on Mars to support that vision.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 17, 2026 11:50 AM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Bulg
Don't think so. Can't find anything on the NYSE about The Boring Company. Nope. It's private.
HQ is in Bastrop, Tx.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 11:50 AM (u3HiE)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 17, 2026 11:50 AM (zdLoL)
I do have a quibble with this...the US could easily force implement a complete defeat on Iran with a truly minimal loss of American lives - level bomb every major city and industrial region.
This would be called a warcrime of course. And the reason why it would work is whether the survivors wanted to continue the conflict or not they'd have no choice - no industry and the need to focus on basic food production or starve to death.
But even under Trump we play these stupid games that mass scale bombing is off the table.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:51 AM (sKqQm)
>>I said this before but I wouldn't know what to do with a trillion dollars.
The standard answer is, two chicks at one time.
But the real answer is, vintage automobiles and castles.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 11:51 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 11:52 AM (Gqar8)
But that start up costs would be incredible.
Perhaps this is Musk's next big step?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:52 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: illiniwek
Eh, if Trump can just stabilize the debt to GDP ratio, it becomes a non issue so he is trying the extreme growth scenario where our private economy grows much faster than our government deficit (see the German economic miracle post WWII as an example). And yes, inflating away is one of the strategies on national debt but the pain is a helluva lot less if you reduce domestic consumption and handouts like to illegals. That reduces pressures on rent, housing, and food as well as getting US natives back into employment markets again and off the dole.
The key to low inflation is more productivity gains than austerity programs.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 11:53 AM (E4rtv)
The standard answer is, two chicks at one time.
I believe the math was one millions gets you 2 chicks at the same time.
So one trillions gets you 2 million chicks at the same time?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:53 AM (sKqQm)
But the real answer is, vintage automobiles and castles.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 11:51 AM (XV/Pl)
If you had a trillion dollars, I'm pretty sure you could squeeze all of those into the budget.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:53 AM (IG3/x)
Until it's not.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 11:41 AM (Cqx++)"
This is actually a big long term concern. I'm sure Musk is worried about it as well - simply having companies nationalized out from under him.
You know they've already drawn up plans for it.
Posted by: heya
Whatever they want to censor, they will have to censor it before it gets to StarLink.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 11:53 AM (u3HiE)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 11:54 AM (Gqar8)
This is pretty crazy: The 5-2 Democrat PA Supreme Court finds Larry Krasner is so quick to falsely concede error in murder cases (to try to free convicted murderers) that it has tasked the Pennsylvania Attorney General with checking to make sure he's not lying. I've *never* seen this
Posted by: SMOD at June 17, 2026 11:55 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 11:55 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:56 AM (sKqQm)
BO-ring.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 17, 2026 11:50 AM (zdLoL)
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Read that in Jo Anne Worley's voice.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 17, 2026 11:56 AM (ebJJx)
This would be called a warcrime of course. And the reason why it would work is whether the survivors wanted to continue the conflict or not they'd have no choice - no industry and the need to focus on basic food production or starve to death.
But even under Trump we play these stupid games that mass scale bombing is off the table.
Posted by: 18-1
We did that with Germany and Japan. We had to drop nukes on Japan to end it without troops on the ground and we had to invade Germany with high casualties to end that regime. Neither are politically sustainable today for speculative fix the world forever type wars. Those are no longer acceptable politically in a democracy.
And I think for the same reason that China is in a pickle, most families are much smaller than in WWI and WWII era. Lose one son out of six, doable, wipe out your kids in a war, not so much.
War, like politics, is always the art of the possible at the time.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 11:56 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:57 AM (sKqQm)
A mighty military is essential to us but the most successful wars are being won on the financial fronts.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 11:57 AM (5P5DO)
So one trillions gets you 2 million chicks at the same time?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:53 AM (sKqQm)
I think it's a step function based on the number of commas. One million gets you two chicks at the same time, man. One billion gets you 3. One trillion gets you 4.
Posted by: far cry at June 17, 2026 11:58 AM (pBJ6M)
https://tinyurl.com/23d886at
I'm sure Biblically uneducated Dems might , but they'd call anyone that who has much more money than they do and who believes in free speech.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 11:58 AM (ZeH0U)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 17, 2026 11:58 AM (dI4od)
A mighty military is essential to us but the most successful wars are being won on the financial fronts.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 11:57 AM (5P5DO)
Trump was saying at the G7 that he can't stop people from investing in Iran...so that 300B rumor tracks.
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 11:59 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 17, 2026 11:58 AM (dI4od)
Better to just recycle, or just not use metals, amirite. J/K, sarc.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 12:00 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 11:54 AM
The iron is pure in asteroids, there is no need for any smelting to get a usable product, Nickle is valuable for making alloys, Water is a bonus because it means you don't have to carry much with you, less mass equals less fuel. You can also crack the water to make Oxygen.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 17, 2026 12:00 PM (0N4FZ)
The Highland Clearances as the landlords disappeared all those inconvenient peasants.
Brits have been doing the same for a while.
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 17, 2026 12:00 PM (Ofeq1)
That's the rub. That startup costs of building the mining equipment and receiving facilities in orbit and on the ground would be very high.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 12:00 PM (sKqQm)
Whoever wants to keep fucking that chicken, and “what iffing” and “what abouting” about whatever their personal peev or hobbyhorse is, knock yourself out.
:-)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 17, 2026 12:01 PM (ppMko)
Posted by: SMOD at June 17, 2026 12:02 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 11:54 AM
The iron is pure in asteroids, there is no need for any smelting to get a usable product, Nickle is valuable for making alloys, Water is a bonus because it means you don't have to carry much with you, less mass equals less fuel. You can also crack the water to make Oxygen.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 17, 2026 12:00 PM (0N4FZ)
Okay. Thanks. Like I mentioned, no expert here. Just trying to see all the angles.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 12:02 PM (Gqar8)
But that start up costs would be incredible.
Perhaps this is Musk's next big step?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 11:52 AM (sKqQm)
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In the science fiction novel I'm currently reading (written by an astrophysicist and an engineer), they posit it's actually *cheaper* to mine the Kuiper Belt Objects for water and ice than it is to haul it up from Earth. Humans set up robots to do all the grunt work, but then the robots get ideas of their own and...well, it doesn't lead to a happy ending for humanity...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 12:02 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 17, 2026 11:28 AM (Ofeq1)
We were in Argentina a few months ago. I recall one tour guide we had that was a true socialist who really resented working. Guy hated Milei. And that guy wasn't alone.
I guess it is what you grew up with, but it seems like a minor miracle that he won.
Posted by: Ann at June 17, 2026 12:03 PM (SHHm+)
It certainly could be. We were both up very early this morning, Skip, along with some other early birds on the tech thread
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 12:03 PM (ZeH0U)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 11:54 AM (Gqar
Ice = water for drinking and reaction mass. Handy to have, especially if it's already in space.
Nickel-iron asteroids are essentially pure metal. At current prices (which of course you wouldn't get), the metal in 16 Psyche is worth $10,000 quadrillion, more than 100,000 times the global economy.
Even a small 1.6 km asteroid (of which there are many) would have $20 trillion worth of metal in it.
Again, that's at current prices. Of course the price would go down drastically if you started dumping metals on the market in that volume.
Still, it's clear that there are metric fucktons of money out there, if you can figure out a way to get it economically.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 12:03 PM (IG3/x)
In the science fiction novel I'm currently reading (written by an astrophysicist and an engineer), they posit it's actually *cheaper* to mine the Kuiper Belt Objects for water and ice than it is to haul it up from Earth. Humans set up robots to do all the grunt work, but then the robots get ideas of their own and...well, it doesn't lead to a happy ending for humanity...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 12:02 PM (gnNyN)
Uppity Robots.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 12:04 PM (Gqar8)
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Just trying to see all the angles.
it's funny, because asteroids are too small to pull themselves into a sphere, and are therefore full of angles.
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 12:04 PM (qdr3M)
I see Scientific American has a story that American scientists are "fleeing" the country to Europe and Canuckistan.
__________
Sure, lots of tenured professors are uprooting their research groups and heading off to places with no funding or jobs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 12:04 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Change my mind at June 17, 2026 12:04 PM (7PhS+)
Ghalibaf said this morning it is time for Iran to focus on an economy not a nuke or missile program .
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 12:05 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Butrous By Golly at June 17, 2026 12:06 PM (7PhS+)
The other interesting part of this is having powerful space lasers and facilities in orbit to drop material to earth also make GREAT space based weapons.
I always laugh a lot at SF alien invasions. Why send in your space marines when you can just drop asteroids on the planet until they surrender?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 12:06 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 11:54 AM (Gqar
Well, if meteorites are any indication, a lot of them are just rock, with little native metal content. Some contain carbon, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 17, 2026 12:06 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 17, 2026 12:06 PM (Ofeq1)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 12:04 PM (Gqar
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Yeah, pretty much.
I'm only about halfway through the book so far, but it's not looking good for humanity over the long term.
Robots have encased the sun with a Dyson sphere made out of the remains of the planet Mercury. This caused a global ice age on the rest of the planets, hampering Mars' terraforming efforts. Now the remnants of Man are lurking within the safety of Saturn's moons and atmosphere, in which they are able to mine Helium-3 for fuel.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 12:06 PM (gnNyN)
Something seems off on AOS today, like the Greys and the Nordics are posting shit the Reptilians don't understand just to screw with 'em.
Posted by: Auspex
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A few are new nics trying to pick a scab, others are people that want maximum war to fix things now and for the foreseeable future, others are more cautious. And almost everyone here has been burned by GWB's GWOT and those wars before that. A diversity of opinion is fine, but the key to good faith is for a person to lay out exactly what plan they propose instead of the current negotiations and what are the costs in doing what they want instead.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 12:07 PM (E4rtv)
yeah, modern knowledge is playing havoc with the ancient conspiracy theories. why would the anunaki come to earth and create humans to mine gold for them, when they could just sit in the kuiper or asteroid belt and pick it out of asteroids?
'bout the only thing they'd need to come to earth for is cow rectums, which you won't find in the asteroid belt (useful as valves in your propellant plumbing). which leaves cattle mutilation as the only alien conspiracy theory standing.
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 12:07 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 12:07 PM (77rzZ)
Are there any men in the UK? I'm seeing very little unrest.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 17, 2026 12:07 PM (mkw2N)
It’s unlikely that the ground equipment that can be nationalized is sufficient to control the satellites. There had better be, just for privacy and business security reasons, serious encryption on control of the satellites and the data in them.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 17, 2026 12:07 PM (kYmoU)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 12:04 PM (Gqar
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Yeah, pretty much.
I'm only about halfway through the book so far, but it's not looking good for humanity over the long term.
Robots have encased the sun with a Dyson sphere made out of the remains of the planet Mercury. This caused a global ice age on the rest of the planets, hampering Mars' terraforming efforts. Now the remnants of Man are lurking within the safety of Saturn's moons and atmosphere, in which they are able to mine Helium-3 for fuel.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 12:06 PM (gnNyN)
Sort of like St Louis then.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 12:07 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 12:08 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 17, 2026 12:06 PM (1z8ji)
White House said, "Put the thing in the Blue Room"
The Vatican said, "No, it belongs in Rome"
Jody said, "It's mine
But you can have it for 17 million"
Whoa, it came out of the sky
Landed just a little south of Moline...
Posted by: CCR at June 17, 2026 12:08 PM (ZR74N)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 12:06 PM (sKqQm)
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This was a rather major plot point in Babylon 5 when the Centauri did exactly this to their Narn rivals.
When it was pointed out that mass drivers were forbidden to be used as weapons, the Centauri shrugged their shoulders and said, "So? What do you plan to do about it?"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 12:08 PM (gnNyN)
Ghalibaf said this morning it is time for Iran to focus on an economy not a nuke or missile program .
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 12:05 PM (5P5DO)
👀
seriously ? ok, remember when Hamas said the same thing ? No ? 12/01/2019 :
"Hamas’s leadership in the Gaza Strip, under Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh, is currently aiming for an arrangement that will ensure calm with Israel, in order to generate economic progress that will improve the situation in the Palestinian territory, Jerusalem believes."
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 12:09 PM (GD0B3)
Nickel-iron ones are the mineable ones, if you get the energy cost under control.
Maybe a solar powered laser?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 12:09 PM (xGnmX)
Something seems off on AOS today, like the Greys and the Nordics are posting shit the Reptilians don't understand just to screw with 'em.
Posted by: Auspex
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A few are new nics trying to pick a scab, others are people that want maximum war to fix things now and for the foreseeable future, others are more cautious. And almost everyone here has been burned by GWB's GWOT and those wars before that. A diversity of opinion is fine, but the key to good faith is for a person to lay out exactly what plan they propose instead of the current negotiations and what are the costs in doing what they want instead.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 12:07 PM (E4rtv)
Maximum War Lust. Nah, never something to desire, in my opinion. History can point that out.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 12:09 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 12:04 PM (Gqar
Don’t shoot me but I really liked that Will Smith movie I Robot from years ago… good fun
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 12:10 PM (yz/88)
Posted by: far cry at June 17, 2026 12:10 PM (pBJ6M)
Anyway, I really want stock certificates in beautifully engraved form, so if they go bankrupt, I have something artistic to treasure.
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 17, 2026 12:06 PM (Ofeq1)
_____________
Like this one?
https://tinyurl.com/4854xuav
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 12:10 PM (O0L8i)
"According to military assessments, Sinwar, the head of Hamas’s political bureau in the Strip, is leading the conciliatory line of thinking and is interested in attaining significant economic achievements, by way of an arrangement with Israel.
Military leaders are of the opinion that Hamas’s decision to refrain from holding protests along the Israel-Gaza border over the past three weeks, in a departure from its previous policy, is a sign of the calming messages it is seeking to send to Israel. The IDF views this as a positive development."
Are you people fucking kidding me ?!! Who the fuck believe the shit coming out of terrorist mouthes ??!!
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 12:10 PM (GD0B3)
Yep - solar is highly efficient in space (though less so the farther you go from the sun)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 12:11 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 12:11 PM (5P5DO)
BO-ring.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 17, 2026 11:50 AM (zdLoL)
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Read that in Jo Anne Worley's voice.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
*snort
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 12:11 PM (u3HiE)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 12:11 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 12:04 PM (Gqar
Don’t shoot me but I really liked that Will Smith movie I Robot from years ago… good fun
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 12:10 PM (yz/8
A decent popcorn movie, and that’s not a criticism.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 12:11 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 12:11 PM (xGnmX)
'bout the only thing they'd need to come to earth for is cow rectums, which you won't find in the asteroid belt (useful as valves in your propellant plumbing). which leaves cattle mutilation as the only alien conspiracy theory standing.
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 12:07 PM (qdr3M)
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The sheer amount of material in the Kuiper Belt is staggering. Yes, it's spread out over an enormous volume, but if you aren't concerned with time because you can operate for centuries or millennia at a continuous pace, you can harvest enough material to last for millions, if not billions of years.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 12:11 PM (gnNyN)
As Heinlein once put it, once you've reached earth orbital velocity, you're halfway to *anywhere*, and that's not far wrong.
Launching something from Earth into Earth orbit requires a velocity change of about 11 km/s.
Bringing something from the Kuiper Belt to Earth orbit requires a velocity change of 15–16 km/s.
There's a bonus there, too. Any rocket engine launching from Earth requires an acceleration of > 1 g just to get off the ground. Something already in orbit (Kuiper Belt or wherever) can be moved with *any* acceleration, no matter how small. Depends on how much patience you have.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 12:12 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 12:12 PM (5P5DO)
I like the Oblivion movie theory for water.
They still don't know for sure where earth's water came from.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 12:12 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 12:12 PM (u3HiE)
My parents and my in-laws have given my wife and I a few smallish but generous sums of money. We didn't need them. We didn't ask for them. I was grateful, but it still felt weird to me. I know there was no subtext. They weren't trying to indicate I was failing my family financially. They were simply being generous. But it felt weird.
I can't imagine actually being financially dependent on my parents or in laws. I'd be mortified.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 17, 2026 12:12 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 17, 2026 12:06 PM (Ofeq1)
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Like this one?
https://tinyurl.com/4854xuav
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Exactly! Testaments to the engravers' art.
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 17, 2026 12:13 PM (Ofeq1)
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026
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Waiting for them to screw the pooch. Again.
Posted by: braenyard at June 17, 2026 12:13 PM (fNI17)
That would suck.
Posted by: far cry at June 17, 2026 12:10 PM (pBJ6M)
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Humans tried to destroy the robot's prototype solar collector, but the robots used the dynamic properties to turn the collector into a massive solar-powered death ray instead and obliterated the human warship in an instant.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 12:14 PM (gnNyN)
I like the Oblivion movie theory for water.
They still don't know for sure where earth's water came from.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 12:12 PM (GseMx)
A REALLY big Faucet, of course. Or a REALLY big Garden Hose.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 12:14 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 12:14 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 17, 2026 12:06 PM (1z8ji)
Sure, but the beauty there is that you can tell that from the density, which you can get from the object's orbital dynamics. No need to go out and drill holes. You can spot the ones that are nearly pure metal from here.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 12:14 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 12:15 PM (xGnmX)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 12:12 PM (5P5DO)
The cost of that mistake was untenable.
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 12:15 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 12:12 PM (IG3/x)
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That's exactly how it's portrayed in the book. It takes months or years for the water to be sent anywhere in the inner solar system, but once you have production started up, you just have to keep a continuous flow going and you are set for a long, long time.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 12:16 PM (gnNyN)
I have a buddy that his MIL doles out money every six months to her children and grandchildren. It's to eliminate the headaches that comes with probate.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 12:16 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 12:16 PM (5P5DO)
That would suck.
Posted by: far cry at June 17, 2026 12:10 PM
I'm right here, you know.
Posted by: Mega Maid at June 17, 2026 12:17 PM (bFu5X)
Pretty windy outside. The disturbance turned into Tropical Storm Arthur and while it's up the coast now we're still getting some backwash.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 12:18 PM (O0L8i)
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I have something similar with one of my kidlets. The joint account is to cover emergencies to make sure bills are paid.
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 17, 2026 12:18 PM (Ofeq1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:19 PM (/BPde)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 12:19 PM (/BPde)
That makes sense. It sounds like good estate planning.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 17, 2026 12:19 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 12:19 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: tubal
As a Jacksonian, I can see trying to finish a problem once and for all. But, as you point out, history explains that it is usually a bad idea to be a maximalist.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 12:19 PM (E4rtv)
It sounds like you have enough material to write post. Why not do that and submit it to Ace?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 12:19 PM (xGnmX)
...if meteorites are any indication, a lot of them are just rock
So how much is a ton of rock worth?
Posted by: Case at June 17, 2026 12:20 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 12:19 PM (xGnmX)
Right after Musk buys LucasFilm and puts me in charge!
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 12:22 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 12:23 PM (GseMx)
That move alone has allowed me the ability to retire pretty much whenever I want to and live a very comfortable life.
Regardless of what anyone says, the US stock market has been the greatest wealth generator ever created.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 11:29 AM (XV/Pl)
==
Bought in low 60's in 2016 - wish I had bought more. It sits very high in the current portfolio. A nice late charger has been JP Morgan Chase. Wish I had bought more of that too!
Posted by: Black JEM at June 17, 2026 12:23 PM (GZYu7)
As in Israel in Lebanon and Gaza. And Chicoms and Russians make sure it costs us.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 11:47 AM (E4rtv)
Then, I don't understand how The Ukraine is still standing. It seems two generations of men are gone. And now they are working on the women.
Posted by: Ann at June 17, 2026 12:24 PM (SHHm+)
And, my, my! how Elon and The Donald have Liz on the warpath again today; one for alleged healthcare interference and the other to get the Wealth Tax bill passed.
McGill Media
5h
Senator Elizabeth Warren criticized President Donald Trump for policies she says reduced health-care coverage for millions while benefiting wealthy Americans through tax cuts. Warren also pointed to billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk as an example of growing wealth concentration, arguing that current economic conditions strengthen the case for a federal wealth tax on the nation’s richest individuals.
The Tech Billionaires' List featuring the standard ten or so heavy hitters appears to be her, their entire Wealth Tax program. After that, dead air.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 12:25 PM (NFX2v)
They still don't know for sure where earth's water came from.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 12:12 PM (GseMx)
Perhaps they could read Genesis.
Pretty much spells it out.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 17, 2026 12:25 PM (zafwz)
While Russia classifies these individuals as mercenaries, Ukraine officially integrates them as regular military personnel into the International Legion for the Defence of Ukraine.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 12:27 PM (NFX2v)
I read a lot of astronomy and physics pop science books and watch a lot of videos/courses. Ever since LeMaître it seems as if a driving force behind a small but significant subset of physicists is constructing theories that do not look like Genesis.
As far as I know, LeMaître never publicly connected the big bang with Genesis. But he was a priest, and there was no denying the resemblance (Eddington found the resemblance “repugnant” but undeniable).
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 17, 2026 12:39 PM (kYmoU)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Sleep and His Half Brother Death
John William Waterhouse
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026 09:31 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 09:31 AM (u3HiE)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 09:32 AM (u3HiE)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 09:32 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026 09:32 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Doof at June 17, 2026 09:33 AM (Qqh23)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 09:33 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 17, 2026 09:33 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 17, 2026 09:33 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:33 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026 09:34 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 09:34 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026 09:35 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 09:31 AM (u3HiE)
C'mon man - everyone knows the correct spelling is Spomnge
Posted by: Doof at June 17, 2026 09:35 AM (Qqh23)
Posted by: dantesed at June 17, 2026 09:35 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 17, 2026 09:35 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Didfler at June 17, 2026 09:35 AM (gt5YV)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 09:36 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Doof
Damn fat thumb and tiny iPhone keyboard.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 09:37 AM (u3HiE)
Look like vampires
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 17, 2026 09:37 AM (yw9lQ)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 17, 2026 09:35 AM
Sub-contracting.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 09:37 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 09:37 AM (u3HiE)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 17, 2026 09:38 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 17, 2026 09:35 AM
Sub-contracting.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Dr. Fauci, I presume?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 09:38 AM (u3HiE)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 17, 2026 09:40 AM (ebJJx)
Posted by: Trillionaire's Club Founder Elon at June 17, 2026 09:40 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 17, 2026 09:40 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 09:40 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 17, 2026 09:40 AM (U/s6V)
C'mon man - everyone knows the correct spelling is Spomnge
Posted by: Doof at June 17, 2026 09:35 AM (Qqh23)
Good times.......
Friendly Reminder:
Don't drink and type.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 09:40 AM (2YhKe)
The twin brothers 'Sleep' and 'Death' Shearer
Had similarities that grew ever nearer
So, how to tell the diff?
"Well, one of them is stiff,
And the other can still fog a mirror!"
Posted by: muldoon at June 17, 2026 09:40 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 17, 2026 09:41 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026 09:41 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 17, 2026 09:37 AM (yw9lQ)
So, homo then?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 09:41 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: That Asian guy in the clip. at June 17, 2026 09:42 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 09:42 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 09:42 AM (m6Mib)
Posted by: That Asian guy in the clip. at June 17, 2026 09:42 AM (Riz8t)
I actually just pasted that GIF in a Teams chat I'm in.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 09:43 AM (2YhKe)
Poppies: The figure of Sleep holds poppies, which symbolize narcosis and dreamlike states, further enhancing the theme of sleep and its connection to mortality.
Waterhouse painted this work after the loss of his two younger brothers to tuberculosis, adding a personal layer of grief and reflection on mortality to the piece. It was also his first exhibit at the Royal Academy, marking an important moment in his artistic career
Posted by: redridinghood at June 17, 2026 09:43 AM (NpAcC)
Do they have the same mother and different fathers?
Or the same father and different mothers?
Any other siblings (half or whole) on their family tree?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 09:43 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 09:43 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: George Costanza at June 17, 2026 09:43 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 17, 2026 09:43 AM (ayRl+)
I assumed the one holding flowers in front is sleep. I have a 50% chance of being right.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 17, 2026 09:43 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 09:43 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 17, 2026 09:35 AM (ayRl+)
Any good look at our government and hollywood tells you he don't and is fucking off. Many stragglers.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 17, 2026 09:43 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026 09:44 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 09:44 AM (O0L8i)
"Despite their similar poses in the painting, the character in the foreground is bathed in light, while his brother is shrouded in darkness; the first therefore represents Sleep, the latter Death."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 09:44 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 17, 2026 09:44 AM (Riz8t)
No dog. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 09:44 AM (O0L8i)
What if one was a bitch or a son-of-a-bitch?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 09:45 AM (l3cgK)
Keir Starmer is probably the "dad".
Posted by: Archimedes at June 17, 2026 09:44 AM (Riz8t)
I figured his kid would be named "Rape."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 17, 2026 09:43 AM (snZF9)
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Lazy slacker...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 09:45 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: dantesed at June 17, 2026 09:45 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 09:45 AM (GseMx)
What if one was a bitch or a son-of-a-bitch?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 09:45 AM (l3cgK)
Hair of the Dog.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)
********
I'm getting to that age where I can hear The Cart rolling down the cobblestones.
Every morning before getting out of bed I check for signs of life.
Posted by: muldoon at June 17, 2026 09:46 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 17, 2026 09:35 AM
Sub-contracting.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Swings by Home Depot every morning at 6:00 in his Ford F350 Super Duty.
Posted by: Quien necesita trabajo? at June 17, 2026 09:46 AM (TbWk/)
They just finished off a really bitchin' paella. Hence the sleeping.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 17, 2026 09:46 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 17, 2026 09:46 AM (U/s6V)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 17, 2026 09:46 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: muldoon at June 17, 2026 09:46 AM (qgHp7)
They just finished off a really bitchin' paella. Hence the sleeping.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 17, 2026 09:46 AM (Riz8t)
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So they attended the TXMOME?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 09:47 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 09:47 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 17, 2026 09:47 AM (U/s6V)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 09:47 AM (gnNyN)
Chef and wife do make a good one.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 09:47 AM (2YhKe)
"Two toga-clad boys after watching the Midiclorian and Groot."
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 17, 2026 09:46 AM (U/s6V)
It got my attention!
Posted by: Tim Walz at June 17, 2026 09:48 AM (l3cgK)
No dog. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 09:44 AM (O0L8i)
Sorry.
Death's dog is dead.
Sleep's dog is under the bed.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 17, 2026 09:48 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Doof
Damn fat thumb and tiny iPhone keyboard.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 09:37 AM (u3HiE)
Add poor eyesight or random autocorrect for a typographical trifecta.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 09:48 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 17, 2026 09:48 AM (7PhS+)
The artist made an aesthetic decision not to include his CPAP machine.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 17, 2026 09:48 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026
***
Was it opium the Indians smoked in their peace pipes, or pot?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 17, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:48 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 17, 2026 09:46 AM (qBdHI)
Both are forms of "sleep"; one is temporary, the other eternal...one in the sunlight, the other in darkness...
Posted by: Tim Walz at June 17, 2026 09:49 AM (l3cgK)
I hate what the left has done to the world.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 09:49 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 09:49 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 17, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)
Tobacco, mostly.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:49 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:48 AM (rbvCR)
Did the daughter have games?
Posted by: Tim Walz at June 17, 2026 09:49 AM (l3cgK)
Was it opium the Indians smoked in their peace pipes, or pot?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 17, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)
Thought it was peyote.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 09:50 AM (2YhKe)
would be in it. Hate it.
Posted by: Gorilla TV Art Critic at June 17, 2026 09:50 AM (K3f7J)
Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026 09:50 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Case at June 17, 2026 09:50 AM (IY9No)
Darkness!!!
Posted by: Rick James at June 17, 2026 09:50 AM (HcoTw)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 17, 2026 09:46 AM (qBdHI)
Both are forms of "sleep"; one is temporary, the other eternal...one in the sunlight, the other in darkness...
The French call an orgasm la petite mort (little death). I'm kinda glad that wasn't included in this painting.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 17, 2026 09:50 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 09:50 AM (l3cgK)
I hate what the left has done to the world.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 09:49 AM (2YhKe)
Topical: The pre-AI homo appears to have a 6 foot long right arm.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 09:51 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Tim Walz at June 17, 2026 09:49 AM (l3cgK)
And sometimes in R'lyeh
Posted by: Cthulhu Eternally Dreaming at June 17, 2026 09:51 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Case at June 17, 2026 09:50 AM (IY9No)
Reminds me of Victorian death portraits...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 09:51 AM (l3cgK)
The "O"-sign and the "Q"-sign.
Look at the patient's mouth.
Is it an O or Q
...wait for it...
Posted by: muldoon at June 17, 2026 09:52 AM (qgHp7)
Topical: The pre-AI homo appears to have a 6 foot long right arm.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 09:51 AM (dK+Kv)
Rick mentioned that earlier. I agree. Kid's been laying on that arm so long, it's now dislocated at the shoulder and the tendons stretched 3 feet.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 09:52 AM (2YhKe)
Huh.
This Death has a lyre.
His method:
He sings like Geddy Lee and while you're holding your ears and wishing it would stop , he El Kabongs you with the lyre.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 17, 2026 09:52 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Case at June 17, 2026 09:50 AM (IY9No)
Reminds me of Victorian death portraits...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 09:51 AM (l3cgK)
Yes... I'll pass on this one...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 17, 2026 09:52 AM (bgCTr)
Flanders Field connection IIRC.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 09:52 AM (GseMx)
He sings like Geddy Lee and while you're holding your ears and wishing it would stop , he El Kabongs you with the lyre.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 17, 2026 09:52 AM (iJfKG)
Doof hardest hit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 09:52 AM (2YhKe)
I guess all of those selfies and posing is hazardous and difficult.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 17, 2026 09:53 AM (Z3q/j)
Posted by: Matthew 9:24 at June 17, 2026 09:53 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: redridinghood at June 17, 2026 09:53 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026 09:53 AM (R11M+)
Huh.
This Death has a lyre.
His method:
He sings like Geddy Lee and while you're holding your ears and wishing it would stop , he El Kabongs you with the lyre.
I'll be in Fort Worth on the 28th
My 8th Rush show dating back to 1984
Posted by: Rick James at June 17, 2026 09:54 AM (HcoTw)
Posted by: redridinghood at June 17, 2026 09:53 AM (NpAcC)
We need neither death nor sleep. We need coffee.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 09:54 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 09:54 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 09:54 AM (GseMx)
I love sleeping so much I can't even describe it. I don't get to do it that much because I'm a terrible sleeper, but when I get a chance, I'll go sixteen hours, no problem.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 09:54 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 09:55 AM (0sNs1)
would be in it. Hate it.
Posted by: Gorilla TV
And Ellen Paige would be the brother
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 17, 2026 09:55 AM (yw9lQ)
Posted by: Wolfus
*********
Buffalo chips.
Until the white man killed all the buffalo.
Posted by: muldoon at June 17, 2026 09:55 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: What the Sleeper is dreaming about at June 17, 2026 09:55 AM (U/s6V)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 09:56 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 09:56 AM (sgkY8)
My 8th Rush show dating back to 1984
Posted by: Rick James at June 17, 2026 09:54 AM
You'll get to see their new drummer, Anika Nilles.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 09:57 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: New York State Nursing Homes at June 17, 2026 09:57 AM (rxwdW)
TheWrap
@TheWrap
#BradleyCooper is in talks to star in Sean Penn’s next directorial effort, a film that chronicles the early life of a police officer who defended the U.S. capital on Jan. 6.
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It'll be a modern Gunfight At the OK Corral!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 09:57 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 09:55 AM (0sNs1)
Tell me you haven't read the comments without telling me you haven't read the comments.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 09:57 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 09:57 AM (GseMx)
My 8th Rush show dating back to 1984
Posted by: Rick James at June 17, 2026 09:54 AM
You'll get to see their new drummer, Anika Nilles
She sounds great in the clips I've seen from LA
Posted by: Rick James at June 17, 2026 09:58 AM (HcoTw)
Posted by: What the Sleeper is dreaming about at June 17, 2026 09:55 AM
Maybe not so good for other activities.
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at June 17, 2026 09:58 AM (0sNs1)
would be in it. Hate it.
Posted by: Gorilla TV
And Ellen Paige would be the brother
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 17, 2026 09:55 AM (yw9lQ)
Speaking of ill-conceived movie projects, Sean Penn is working on a J6 movie and Brad Cooper is playing a surely heroic DC cop.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 09:59 AM (dK+Kv)
I always knew he sucked, of course.
But he is so damn pretentious it's almost impressive.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 09:59 AM (BI5O2)
TheWrap
@TheWrap
#BradleyCooper is in talks to star in Sean Penn’s next directorial effort, a film that chronicles the early life of a police officer who defended the U.S. capital on Jan. 6.
Please tell me Cooper plays the black guy that leaves his gun in various public restrooms then allegedly shoots an unarmed Ashli Babbitt in the neck.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 09:59 AM (2YhKe)
San Francisco Chronicle
@sfchronicle
OPINION: On Pride Night, four Giants pitchers on this woebegone team opted to either deface their official uniform or ignore it altogether, hijacking the event for their own purposes.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 17, 2026 10:00 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 10:00 AM (u3HiE)
would be in it. Hate it.
Posted by: Gorilla TV
And Ellen Paige would be the brother
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 17, 2026 09:55 AM (yw9lQ)
Speaking of ill-conceived movie projects, Sean Penn is working on a J6 movie and Brad Cooper is playing a surely heroic DC cop.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 09:59 AM (dK+Kv)
Does that cop get to beat some J6'ers to death?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:00 AM (l3cgK)
One sleeping, the other was dead
Two pipes on the side
Means they're probably high
You aint no muldoon they all said
Posted by: Halfhand at June 17, 2026 10:00 AM (QzF8x)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 09:57 AM
Dude. I searched. There was not one usage of the word 'gay'.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 10:00 AM (0sNs1)
TheWrap
@TheWrap
#BradleyCooper is in talks to star in Sean Penn’s next directorial effort, a film that chronicles the early life of a police officer who defended the U.S. capital on Jan. 6.
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It'll be a modern Gunfight At the OK Corral!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at
June 17, 2026 09:57 AM (ndZc7)
Oh boy... Defended ?
Posted by: It's me donna at June 17, 2026 10:01 AM (bgCTr)
Posted by: What the Sleeper is dreaming about at June 17, 2026 09:55 AM
Maybe not so good for other activities.
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at June 17, 2026 09:58 AM (0sNs1)
It depends.
Posted by: Reach-arounds become much easier at June 17, 2026 10:01 AM (U/s6V)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 09:57 AM
Dude. I searched. There was not one usage of the word 'gay'.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 10:00 AM (0sNs1)
But you didn't look for the variants, like ghey...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:01 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)
Same here. My youngest sang Limelight for a talent show and nailed it. Bummer.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 10:01 AM (dK+Kv)
OPINION: On Pride Night, four Giants pitchers on this woebegone team opted to either deface their official uniform or ignore it altogether, hijacking the event for their own purposes.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)
Hijacking an event by putting scripture on their hat they were forced to wear that celebrates blasphemy?
F*ck off.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:01 AM (2YhKe)
Taking my son. His first concert was the R40 tour in 2016. And yes I paid way more than I thought I would ever pay.
Posted by: Rick James at June 17, 2026 10:01 AM (HcoTw)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 10:02 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 10:02 AM (d9SZG)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:01 AM (l3cgK)
That could take some time.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 10:02 AM (dK+Kv)
I pointed out before that the two most popular/well known artists of the 21st century don't rate to be in museums.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:02 AM (GseMx)
"Sleep. Those little slices of death. How I loathe them."
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 10:02 AM (l/J0j)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 10:02 AM (BI5O2)
And liar
Posted by: It's me donna at June 17, 2026 10:02 AM (bgCTr)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 17, 2026
*
Tobacco, mostly.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026
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That wild tobacco must have been some muscular stuff.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 17, 2026 10:03 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 09:59 AM (dK+Kv)
Apparently no-one is watching Birth of a Nation anymore, so there seems to be room for bald propaganda films again
Posted by: Cthulhu Eternally Dreaming at June 17, 2026 10:03 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:03 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:01 AM
This is ... true.
* hangs head *
I should have had more faith in the Horde.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 10:03 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 10:00 AM (0sNs1)
Well, vmom said they look like vampires, so homo.
Someone else said this was in time for pride month, so a couple homos.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:03 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 10:02 AM (BI5O2)
And liar
Posted by: It's me donna at June 17, 2026 10:02 AM (bgCTr)
Proved perjurer. Will probably never see a single punishment for it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:03 AM (l3cgK)
So when is Bible Night in San Francisco, where no gay or godless sentiment is allowed?
Oh they won't let us have one? Huh.
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 10:04 AM (l/J0j)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 17, 2026 10:03 AM (wzUl9)
In the northwest there was supposed to be a wild tobacco that was cultivated, and the Indians added Kinickinic-bear berry leaf to it to "stretch" it, but they clearly liked trade tobacco best
I am sure there were trade networks in the East
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 10:05 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:03 AM (l3cgK)
Cynthia Nixon.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 10:05 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin
Haters gonna hate.
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
This mentally ill man who media is referring to as a “woman”, was just arrested and sentenced to 160 days in prison for m*sturbating in front of nurses at a hospital in Wales
https://tinyurl.com/mprvpnw5
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Above the waistline, Sunshine, photo at the link.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 10:05 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)
Retard has no self awareness that forcing people to celebrate your perversion is fascist.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:05 AM (GseMx)
Rush is my son’s favorite band, but he isn’t going to go see them because the ticket prices are ridiculous.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)
I'd read that Rush is very concerned about those who can't afford their show, so-
They have arranged with a cover band, The Rush Experience, to play an authentic recreation of their concert by throwing cats under lawn mowers and into wood chippers.
Very considerate of them.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 17, 2026 10:05 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:03 AM (l3cgK)
SAG agreement says all roles must go to Mark Ruffalo, Pedro Pascal or Timotheeeeee Chalamet. I'll guess Ruffalo since he's oldest.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 10:05 AM (BI5O2)
God, SMOD or God caused SMOD.
We're overdue.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:05 AM (2YhKe)
They went ahead and....
...arrested her for disturbing the peace.
I suspect her Muslim neighbors were getting sick and tired of listening to her blow a little thing like gang rape out of proportion or something.
/s on that last paragraph of course
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 10:05 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:02 AM
There is Transparent Red Iron Oxide 187 Oil Paint in the words of polynikes for all to see.
Posted by: Hunter Biden at June 17, 2026 10:06 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 10:06 AM (l/J0j)
Cynthia Nixon.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 10:05 AM (dK+Kv)
HA!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:06 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 09:57 AM
Dude. I searched. There was not one usage of the word 'gay'.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 10:00 AM (0sNs1)
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You're doing it wrong.
I asked Grok:
https://tinyurl.com/58fcf2d2
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 17, 2026 10:06 AM (ebJJx)
Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026 10:06 AM (R11M+)
Got to get in touch with my mechanic to reschedule tomorrow's appointment to next week.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 17, 2026 10:06 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)
Retard has no self awareness that forcing people to celebrate your perversion is fascist.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:05 AM (GseMx)
The dems do love them some good old-fashioned fascism; They just don't want to call it that.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:07 AM (l3cgK)
Imagine going back 20 years ago and explaining this to people...
So if I vote for gay marriage in 20 years MLB teams are going to be celebrating homosexuality and penalizing people that won't join in? Nah, sorry man, no way that happens they just want the right to get married and that's all
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 10:07 AM (sKqQm)
They have arranged with a cover band, The Rush Experience, to play an authentic recreation of their concert by throwing cats under lawn mowers and into wood chippers.
Very considerate of them.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 17, 2026 10:05 AM (iJfKG)
I am a Rush fan, and that is funny.
But you just made the list.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 10:07 AM (dK+Kv)
Call me old school.
Gay means happy, fun, glad or exuberant.
Let them steal the language and they won't stop stealing.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 17, 2026 10:07 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 10:07 AM (rZCVI)
Queue the photo from a NAZI rally of the one guy not saluting.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 10:08 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 10:08 AM (l/J0j)
They have arranged with a cover band, The Rush Experience, to play an authentic recreation of their concert by throwing cats under lawn mowers and into wood chippers.
Very considerate of them.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 17, 2026 10:05 AM (iJfKG)
I am a Rush fan, and that is funny.
But you just made the list.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 10:07 AM (dK+Kv)
I'm sorry ,but throwing cats into lawnmowers and wood chippers wouldn't even begin to match the glory of Yoko Ono's
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:09 AM (l3cgK)
I asked Grok:
https://tinyurl.com/58fcf2d2
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 17, 2026 10:06 AM (ebJJx)
I'm so proud to be prominently listed there.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)
Brandon Johnson is asked about the guy who set up the burning cross in Chicago:
“It's a painful reminder of how hatred towards black Americans still permeates in our society."
It was actually an Asian socialist’s protest against MAGA. Other than all of that, dead on, Mr Mayor.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)
There is Transparent Red Iron Oxide 187 Oil Paint in the words of polynikes for all to see.
Posted by: Hunter Biden at June 17, 2026 10:06 AM (0sNs1)
You used your own shit.
F*ck off.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:10 AM (2YhKe)
It's a limerick so I'll try to keep it brief:
Sleep brings comfort, Death brings us grief
Oh me and oh my!
While Sleep heaves a sigh
Death heaves a scythe of relief
Posted by: muldoon at June 17, 2026 10:11 AM (qgHp7)
I asked Grok:
https://tinyurl.com/58fcf2d2
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 17, 2026 10:06 AM (ebJJx)
"The thread is lighthearted art commentary that quickly turned jokey."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:11 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 17, 2026 10:07 AM
Preach it, brother! It's in their Greek homo blood!
Posted by: Rev. Al S. at June 17, 2026 10:12 AM (0sNs1)
Call me old school.
Gay means happy, fun, glad or exuberant.
Let them steal the language and they won't stop stealing.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 17, 2026 10:07 AM (7PhS+)
Fags. Queers. Homos. Fairies. Nancies. Stool-pushers. Butt-pirates. Rump rangers. Sword-swallowers.
Posted by: Sometimes the old ways are best at June 17, 2026 10:12 AM (TbWk/)
Gay means happy, fun, glad or exuberant.
Let them steal the language and they won't stop stealing.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 17, 2026 10:07 AM (7PhS+)
Make Gay Happy Again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:13 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 10:13 AM (caIto)
Call me old school.
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Sodomites. Fairies. Fruits. Jack-rolling dandies.
Get off my lawn.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 10:13 AM (BI5O2)
They don't care if it's true or not. The ends justify the means.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:13 AM (GseMx)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Weird art. Imagine if both snored!
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 10:13 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:13 AM (2YhKe)
BREAKING: Pennsylvania House Education Committee just voted to rip 30,000 school choice scholarships from kids.
The vote was 14–12.
All Democrats voted to slash school choice.
All Republicans voted to protect school choice.
It now goes to the House floor.
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How they gonna wash the kids brains if you can't force them to go to the brainwashers?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 10:13 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 10:13 AM (caIto)
"A horse, an ass and a whore walk into a shoe store......"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:14 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:11 AM (l3cgK)
I call it the Mid Morning Snark Thread
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:14 AM (GseMx)
Imagine Keir Starmer and his friends reading this thread, lured in by the painting.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 10:15 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 10:13 AM (caIto)
I tried to think of an aging, uggo lesbian, and she's the first thing that popped into my head.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 10:15 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 10:15 AM (dK+Kv)
Not Rosie?
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:16 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: E. Dickinson at June 17, 2026 10:16 AM (7PhS+)
It won't be anything real
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 10:16 AM (sgkY8)
My favorite is from my wife's old black auntie... "ohhhh no, honey, that one's got sugar in the tank."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 10:17 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 10:15 AM (dK+Kv)
Not Rosie?
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:16 AM
May I offer a suggestion?
Posted by: Huma at June 17, 2026 10:17 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 10:17 AM (viF8m)
Was she the tall one on the horse faced one? I never watched it but did see promos.
Posted by: Will Robinson at June 17, 2026 10:18 AM (zBgIx)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 10:15 AM (dK+Kv)
Not Rosie?
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:16 AM (GseMx)
She's more of a Jeb! than a Ray Epps.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 10:18 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:18 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:18 AM (GseMx)
He peaked at Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 10:19 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 17, 2026 10:19 AM (xcxpd)
It won't be anything real
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 10:16 AM (sgkY
It will have that great scene of a baby carriage bouncing down the Capitol steps as the Magats with improvised clubs rush the noble Capitol police scrambling to close the doors
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 10:20 AM (rbvCR)
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Probably random street violence.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 10:20 AM (ndZc7)
My favorite is from my wife's old black auntie... "ohhhh no, honey, that one's got sugar in the tank."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 10:17 AM (BI5O2)
That boy goes through a barrel of loafer lightener every month.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:20 AM (GseMx)
It won't be anything real
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 10:16 AM (sgkY
Probably got the script from the January 6th committee.... They did have a Hollywood producer...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 17, 2026 10:21 AM (bgCTr)
Sean Penn's greatest acting was looking sad at Hugo Chavez' funeral, and his greatest sadz is that all his dictator frenz are dying or losing power.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 10:21 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: The ghost of Dennis Miller at June 17, 2026 10:22 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 10:20 AM (ndZc7)
There are some countries where that would have been an indication that his draft number had come up and he decided to ask for a deferment
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 10:22 AM (rbvCR)
I asked Grok:
https://tinyurl.com/58fcf2d2
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 17, 2026 10:06 AM (ebJJx)
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I'm so proud to be prominently listed there.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)
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They will find you.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 17, 2026 10:22 AM (ebJJx)
The Duke of Sussex could be set to take his family to the UK for the first time in four years to attend events in Birmingham marking one year until the Invictus Games.
The Duchess has not made a prolonged trip to the UK since the late Queen's funeral that September, apart from occasional stopovers in London for foreign tours.
The children have not seen their grandfather King Charles III in person since their last trip to Britain in June 2022 for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at June 17, 2026 10:22 AM (0sNs1)
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Probably random street violence.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 10:20 AM (ndZc7)
Why is the FSB so much better at its job than the CIA?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 17, 2026 10:23 AM (xcxpd)
He peaked at Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 10:19 AM (dK+Kv)
I've always said it was the only role he was meant to play.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:23 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:23 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 10:17 AM (BI5O2)
That's funny.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 10:23 AM (dK+Kv)
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Probably random street violence.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 10:20 AM (ndZc7)
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How about a brush with bad luck.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 17, 2026 10:23 AM (ebJJx)
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If you consider that almost no North American Indians had any sort salt or spices for their food, all flavor coming from the meat or plant, it would be pretty strong.
I've never thought about that but, you can name all sorts of cuisine from major native populations all around the world--except one:
The North American Indian.
They don't even want to eat that shit--not only shit food, but they never even invented any sort of alcohol.
Which then says: If a culture has no food or alcohol, is it really a culture?
They should just disband the reservations, they're mostly white in all but name only now.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 17, 2026 10:23 AM (73/SM)
My favorite is from my wife's old black auntie... "ohhhh no, honey, that one's got sugar in the tank."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 10:17 AM (BI5O2)
That boy goes through a barrel of loafer lightener every month.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:20 AM (GseMx)
He's got lace on his drawers.
Posted by: Another oldie but goodie at June 17, 2026 10:24 AM (TbWk/)
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It's part of their We Just Want Our Privacy Tour.
Posted by: Please go away at June 17, 2026 10:24 AM (7PhS+)
It won't be anything real
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 10:16 AM (sgkY
It will have that great scene of a baby carriage bouncing down the Capitol steps as the Magats with improvised clubs rush the noble Capitol police scrambling to close the doors
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 10:20 AM (rbvCR)
Can't wait for the scene where Brian Sitnick gets hit in the head with the imaginary fire extinguisher...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:24 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:24 AM (GseMx)
Was she the tall one on the horse faced one? I never watched it but did see promos.
Posted by: Will Robinson at June 17, 2026
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Yes.
(Not really; Sarah Jessica Parker is the one we always refer to as bearing an odd resemblance to a horse.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 17, 2026 10:24 AM (wzUl9)
Funny, that.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 10:24 AM (BI5O2)
John William Waterhouse
Oh, my. This was Waterhouse's first Royal Academy exhibit, painted in 1874, after both of his younger brothers died of tuberculosis.
I'd say 'well done,' but I couldn't hang today's art selection.
The MythologyIn Greek mythology, Hypnos (Sleep) and Thanatos (Death) are twin brothers, born to Nyx (the goddess of the Night) and Erebos (the god of Darkness). Because sleep and death are physically and visually so similar—a motionless, dreamlike state of rest—the ancients frequently grouped them as twin expressions of mortal peace and cessation.
But Muldoon rules, as always:
34. Search Their Pockets for Loose Change - a limerick
The twin brothers 'Sleep' and 'Death' Shearer
Had similarities that grew ever nearer
So, how to tell the diff?
"Well, one of them is stiff,
And the other can still fog a mirror!"
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 10:25 AM (NFX2v)
They will find you.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 17, 2026 10:22 AM (ebJJx)
Well, that's the thing. I didn't say anything wrong.
The vampire thing, well that's A&E's depiction of vampires and the fact that today's homosexuals run around talking all lispy and prancing around like a show horse.
I was being accurate.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:25 AM (2YhKe)
They should just disband the reservations, they're mostly white in all but name only now.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 17, 2026 10:23 AM (73/SM)
Haven't you heard of my totally authentic Cherokee Crab Dip?
Posted by: Senator (and Native American culinary expert) Elizabeth Warren at June 17, 2026 10:25 AM (U/s6V)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 17, 2026 10:25 AM (qFwJc)
But I think a lot of people want regime change in Teheran and that is simply not something bombing can give you. It takes boots on the ground unless the people of Iran do it themselves.
That's an interesting question. Did we do regime change in Venezuela? Maduro is out, but his "regime" is still kind of in power, although dictators can rapidly change things and aren't really bound by their predecessors. We've killed what, two Iranian presidents now? That's more regime change than Venezuela had.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 17, 2026 10:25 AM (JCZqz)
I'm conflicted on whether to visit the Nelson Mandela viewing room or the Michelle vegetable garden first at the Obama Library Saturday.
Will have to miss the Springstien performance at the opening tomorrow.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 10:26 AM (Y8DZL)
The North American Indian.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 17, 2026 10:23 AM
Are you kidding me? There's an entire cookbook filled with Native American recipes, and I'm honored that one of mine is in it.
#BeBetter
Posted by: Senator Elizabeth "Two Dogs" Warren (D-MA) at June 17, 2026 10:27 AM (0sNs1)
I'm conflicted on whether to visit the Nelson Mandela viewing room or the Michelle vegetable garden first at the Obama Library Saturday.
Will have to miss the Springstien performance at the opening tomorrow.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 10:26 AM (Y8DZL)
Beware the back nine...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:27 AM (l3cgK)
I've never thought about that but, you can name all sorts of cuisine from major native populations all around the world--except one:
The North American Indian."
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Don't wanna brag or anything, but look what I did for the spread of language, culture, and ideas.
Posted by: The spice trade at June 17, 2026 10:27 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 10:28 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 17, 2026 10:28 AM (dI4od)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 10:29 AM (l/J0j)
Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026 10:29 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 17, 2026 10:25 AM (JCZqz)
Apples and Oranges, IMO. Venezuela leaders are driven mostly by money and the desire to breath oxygen continuously. We can give then that, mostly, without boots on the ground, if we have cooperation.
Iran is driven mostly by religious fanaticism and to a much lesser extent, the desire to breath oxygen continuously, mitigated by the promise of martyrdom and 72 virgins.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 10:29 AM (dK+Kv)
Them old greek homos
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 17, 2026 10:30 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 17, 2026 10:28 AM (dI4od)
On it!
*takes long drag off crack pipe*
*shits on floor*
Posted by: Hunter Biden at June 17, 2026 10:30 AM (2YhKe)
+++
But I was a better actor.
Posted by: Mr. Ed at June 17, 2026 10:30 AM (7PhS+)
The North American Indian.
Sufferin' succotash!
Posted by: Yosemite Sam at June 17, 2026 10:30 AM (rxwdW)
https://tinyurl.com/yc628jhc
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 10:31 AM (PFs9e)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 17, 2026 10:31 AM (dI4od)
But I was a better actor.
Posted by: Mr. Ed at June 17, 2026 10:30 AM (7PhS+)
No argument there.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:31 AM (2YhKe)
A strong case can be made that Delcy Rodriguez was always a power behind the throne. Apparently, she prefers changing her ways to being in prison or dead.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 10:32 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Hey, she started it! https://tinyurl.com/3vdvn42h
Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 17, 2026 10:32 AM (JCZqz)
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They're the original, the masters.
The CIA is a bunch of posers. And leftists. The FSB is full on commie. Ruthless, not wrapped up in pronouns and cosplay.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 10:32 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: polynikes
_________
But it's got early Nicolas Cage.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 17, 2026 10:32 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:33 AM (2YhKe)
Just another repeat of 10,000 years of human history. You deal with it and move on.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:33 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:24 AM (GseMx)
I'm going to kick 100% of your ass!!
Posted by: Judge at June 17, 2026 10:34 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 17, 2026 10:35 AM (dI4od)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 10:35 AM (PFs9e)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:35 AM (2YhKe)
Noriega and Qaddafi were real nasty, too, though.
Tough call. But both those cases are instructive for her. For better or worse.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 10:35 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 10:35 AM (PFs9e)
Will the riots be spectacular?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:35 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026 10:36 AM (R11M+)
Thought they were no longer royalty?
Why are the titles still used?
Posted by: Lizzy at June 17, 2026 10:36 AM (X8xt3)
I recall reading about the main police forces where these things happened were under the same agency (different forces, same policy makers to follow). So, I went down an X rabbit hole trying to find the particulars.
While I couldn't find that post, I saw this one.
A father tried to rescue his daughter. Instead of helping him, the police arrested the father! This wasn't the only incident I read of this happening, but it does make things even more nefarious and evil. The police are in on it, as well as the lawmakers.
https://tinyurl.com/z839kw43
Posted by: Ann at June 17, 2026 10:37 AM (SHHm+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 17, 2026 10:37 AM (dI4od)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 10:35 AM (PFs9e)
No. He's opening it on Juneteenth because he is King Negro and all blacks need to understand that Juneteenth is ALL ABOUT OWEBAMA!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:37 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026 10:37 AM (R11M+)
I read it was scheduled for Juneteenth - the 19th.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 17, 2026 10:37 AM (X8xt3)
Juneteenth, I believe. Friday. $850 million for the garbage can from the planet Hoth.
Posted by: t-bird at June 17, 2026 10:37 AM (E/qck)
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We may never know the motive.
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 10:38 AM (l/J0j)
The little'uns need some rapin'?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:38 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 17, 2026 10:37 AM (dI4od)
I recognize that Thundarr reference
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:38 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:39 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: epador at June 17, 2026 10:39 AM (dXRP8)
Every morning before getting out of bed I check for signs of life.
Posted by: muldoon at June 17, 2026 09:46 AM (qgHp7)
Heh. I'm always amazed when God gives me at least one more wake-up.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 17, 2026 10:39 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:39 AM (2YhKe)
The hashish from the Arab quarter...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:39 AM (l3cgK)
Maybe if he gets the kids on British soil he can keep custody, should the divorce rumors be true.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 17, 2026 10:40 AM (X8xt3)
They've been beaten down, taught that they are the source of the world's problems, and that they should just go and die.
And one wonders why they don't "do something"?
That's funny right there.
Posted by: man at June 17, 2026 10:41 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:41 AM (l3cgK)
Hillary zigs and zags when asked about Graham Platner:
“He’s had some bumps on the road."
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Some Nazis in the wood pile.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 10:41 AM (ndZc7)
After being chased for 2 & 1/2 hours thru narrow streets, the paparazzi were finally able to lose Prince Harry & Sparkle Markle.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 10:41 AM (u3HiE)
They've been beaten down, taught that they are the source of the world's problems, and that they should just go and die.
And one wonders why they don't "do something"?
That's funny right there.
Posted by: man at June 17, 2026 10:41 AM (XuXeR)
They were disarmed, first.
Never disarm.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 10:42 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: jim
Mayor Johnson has probably already sorted out the turf issues.
Just west of there would be the place to stay out of at night.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 10:42 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 17, 2026 10:42 AM (U/s6V)
Hillary zigs and zags when asked about Graham Platner:
“He’s had some bumps on the road."
She's married to Bill. Bill has been shoving his junk in any hole he finds open.
She can cast shadows over just about anything.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:42 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 17, 2026 10:37 AM (X8xt3)
I'm surprised they didn't choose MLK's birthday.
Hey did you know that Obama is black...? He's black by the way. Hey have you heard? Obama is black.
Extra, extra! Read all about it! Obama has slightly darker skin than some other people! Doesn't look like those guys on those dollar bills, but DOES look like a guy on some three dollar bills! Extra! Extra!
Anyway Juneteenth is a good day for it since it is the day Obama's relatives would have been very unhappy, being slave holders and sellers themselves.
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 10:42 AM (l/J0j)
In other words, there will be a thumb-drive inside.
Posted by: t-bird at June 17, 2026 10:42 AM (E/qck)
I read it was scheduled for Juneteenth - the 19th.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 17, 2026 10:37 AM (X8xt3)
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Since I get that day off from work, I suppose I can do a road trip to Chicago for the unveiling of this historic monument to BHO's magnificence!
/sarc
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 10:43 AM (gnNyN)
After being chased for 2 & 1/2 hours thru narrow streets, the paparazzi were finally able to lose Prince Harry & Sparkle Markle.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 10:41 AM (u3HiE)
Heh.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:43 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Ann at June 17, 2026 10:43 AM (SHHm+)
Axshully, we didn't. De-ba'athification of Hussein's government after the war and replaced with the Coalition Provisional Authority, basically us.
Turned out to be a complete disaster which is why Iran has so much influence in Iraq.
Regime change has rarely worked out well for the US. Ukraine is a pretty good example. The only thing that works is for the indigenous people to do it. For all the talk I haven't seen the Iranian people doing much rising up.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 10:44 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 17, 2026 10:44 AM (dI4od)
US Attorney for Minnesota Daniel Rosen announced that the defendants are allegedly involved with Twin Cities Direct Action, later renamed Direct Action Minnesota, or "DAMN," a collective that organizes anti-ICE operations across the Minneapolis area. The 94-page indictment alleges the cell trained extremists in surveillance, rapid mobilization, shield tactics, blockade operations, and methods designed to interfere with federal immigration enforcement.
The indictment also identifies the Black Cat Workers Collective, a Minneapolis-based Antifa affinity group, as a key component of the network. The group promotes militant tactics, physical confrontation, and revolutionary political objectives while organizing actions against ICE and law enforcement, according to prosecutors. . .
The defendants have been charged with conspiracy to impede or injure federal agents and officers, alleging they worked together from January through June 2026 to prevent ICE and other Department of Homeland Security personnel from carrying out federal duties.
FABULOUS
Posted by: Lizzy at June 17, 2026 10:44 AM (X8xt3)
I hate what the left has done to the world.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 09:49 AM (2YhKe)
I would have probably said that 40 years ago regardless of the left. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 17, 2026 10:44 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Damn kickball!
World Cup Tensions Boil Over as Argentina and Algeria Fans Brawl in Times Square
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 10:45 AM (ndZc7)
/sarc
Obama's VIPs only, I would think!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 17, 2026 10:45 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Sponge
They were stupid enough to flaunt having enough highly enriched uranium to build a dozen bombs in negotiations. From 60 percent, it is merely a couple of weeks to refine that up to bomb grade.
That is what led to the more widespread strikes in Iran. Regime change failed as the people that would lead such a thing got killed in January and February before we struck again, the rest are a lot more cautious now. And the Kurds in Iran apparently betrayed the cause by keeping and selling the arms and Starlinks that were destined for the Iranian resistance.
So the idea of bombing the regime until the regime changes just was not going to happen and Trump is NOT going to send troops into Iran in a shooting war to retrieve the Uranium. That left destroying the civil infrastructure--power plants, water systems, transportation, and oil export facility at Kharg Island. That is what we hold in reserve along with blockade.
So we negotiate again for now and MOU is simply what each side wants without providing a guide to the order that each has to occur.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 10:45 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
>Daily Signal, July 2023, Pennsylvania Governor’s Reversal on School Choice Betrays Voters, Children
>Commonwealth Foundation
The PA House Education Committee has passed a bill that would SLASH our state's in-demand K-12 scholarship programs.
HB 2632 would immediately reduce scholarships by $102 million over two years, taking them away from 30,000 students.
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PA state teachers'/public employees' unions are known for being too domineering & profitable, and the 'average' schools terrible.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 10:45 AM (NFX2v)
That makes sense . A fake holiday ( should have called it "George Floyd Day" ) for a fake library.
I mean, no offense to Texas but isn't "Juneteenth". Celebrating the day news of the emancipation. Proclamation.Reached TWe had a poster from Texas here (.can't remember their handle )who said it wasn't even that big of a deal in most of Texas
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 10:46 AM (looXz)
World Cup Tensions Boil Over as Argentina and Algeria Fans Brawl in Times Square
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 10:45 AM (ndZc7)
Had they cleaned up the school bus fires already?
Damn. Communism moves fast.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:46 AM (2YhKe)
I guess King Chuckie the Tampon is pretty desperate to distract from the rape gangs.
15 minutes to a half hour with the Yacht Girl will give the tabloids something to cluck about.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 10:46 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 10:46 AM (looXz)
Correct.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:46 AM (2YhKe)
I don't have a daughter but I'd like to think I take after my Dad.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:47 AM (GseMx)
Jersey Mike's dethrones Chick-fil-A in newest survey about America's favorite fast-food chain
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 10:47 AM (ndZc7)
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Democrata: Come on! What's a little Nazism and Pedophilia among friends!!
They really are the subterranean parasitic scum spores on the ebola ridden jackal shit of humanity.
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 10:47 AM (l/J0j)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 17, 2026 10:48 AM (dI4od)
15 minutes to a half hour with the Yacht Girl will give the tabloids something to cluck about.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 10:46 AM (Y8DZL)
Let's give them something to cluck about.....
Posted by: Bonnie Raitt at June 17, 2026 10:48 AM (2YhKe)
My favorite is from my wife's old black auntie... "ohhhh no, honey, that one's got sugar in the tank."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 10:17 AM (BI5O2)
That boy goes through a barrel of loafer lightener every month.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:20 AM (GseMx)
He's got lace on his drawers.
Posted by: Another oldie but goodie at June 17, 2026 10:24 AM (TbWk/)
His broken wrist will never heal.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 17, 2026 10:48 AM (g8Ew8)
Turned out to be a complete disaster which is why Iran has so much influence in Iraq.
Regime change has rarely worked out well for the US. Ukraine is a pretty good example. The only thing that works is for the indigenous people to do it. For all the talk I haven't seen the Iranian people doing much rising up.
Posted by: JackStraw
Well, they did but their timing sucked and the Iranian Kurds apparently stole what aid we tried to send like arms and Starlink terminals. US forces were not in place to help them by decapitation strikes. As a result,the bravest and most fearless got slaughtered and imprisoned 60k to 100k by estimates. That survival of the regime must have caused the stupid Iranians to brag about their stash of nuke material that we knew was somewhere after the Fordow strike last summer.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 10:49 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 10:49 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
They're in America now. Don't give me this 'tie' and fake injury bullshit, which team actually won the brawl?
Posted by: t-bird at June 17, 2026 10:49 AM (E/qck)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 10:50 AM (looXz)
>>They've been beaten down, taught that they are the source of the world's problems, and that they should just go and die.
>>And one wonders why they don't "do something"?
That's funny right there.
So were we. Called Nazis and fascists. People thrown in prison for thought crimes and parading. Government weaponized against us including spying on parents at PTA meeting. Censored on social media. Borders thrown open to 3rd world criminals. And on and on.
And we took our country back, without guns.
The Brits didn't even bother to fight a little. There is no way that much rape and other criminal activity happened and they didn't know about it even if they didn't know all the details.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 10:50 AM (viF8m)
Juneteenth, I believe. Friday. $850 million for the garbage can from the planet Hoth.
Posted by: t-bird
>Are there solar panels and wind turbines for sustainability? Is there an Obamacare clinic next door?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 17, 2026 10:50 AM (Z3q/j)
Posted by: Ann at June 17, 2026 10:43 AM (SHHm+)
Just remember the first hit is free, then a sad downhill spiral.
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 10:50 AM (l/J0j)
He cannot help himself.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 10:50 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: L
Eh, about the same as Kwanzaa or from the other side, Robert E Lee's birthday.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 10:51 AM (E4rtv)
I would expect Philadelphia would do that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 10:51 AM (looXz)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 10:51 AM (l/J0j)
He cannot help himself.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 10:50 AM (jehhT)
"I'm jealous. You know how many times I wanted to do that to whitey?!?"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 17, 2026 10:51 AM (2YhKe)
He cannot help himself.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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If I had sucked a young dick, it might have resembled Karmelo's.
Posted by: SCOAMF at June 17, 2026 10:52 AM (E4rtv)
I don't have a daughter but I'd like to think I take after my Dad.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:47 AM (GseMx)
There is a lot of that.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 10:52 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Will Robinson at June 17, 2026 10:52 AM (zBgIx)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 10:49 AM
Dafuq?!
- Texas
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 10:52 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:52 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026 10:52 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Ann at June 17, 2026 10:43 AM (SHHm+)
Just remember the first hit is free, then a sad downhill spiral.
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 10:50 AM (l/J0j)
Everyone is doing it. You won't be cool if you don't.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 10:53 AM (dK+Kv)
UK Investigating Russian Warship That Allegedly Fired on British Yacht in English Channel
It is believed a Russian Frigate fired at a passing yacht in British waters in the English Channel on Tuesday, prompting the Ministry of Defence to launch an investigation.
The UK Ministry of Defence confirmed they are investigating an incident in the English Channel after a British-flagged yacht reported the Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich had fired warning shots at it on Tuesday morning.
The incident, if proven, would be the most direct confrontation by a foreign warship off the coast of Britain in many years.
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May have to change the name to the Russian Channel.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 10:54 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026 10:54 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 17, 2026 10:54 AM (gfO9L)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 10:50 AM (viF8m)
I read something on X yesterday that only about 1/4 of the people in the UK had heard about the rape gangs!
Apparently, the their news clamped down hard on reporting about it. I would hope that after the past year that that number has increased, but low information people exit everywhere.
And, the the global "elites" apparently want to keep people ignorant with the social media registrations. Except for that trusted source Bluesky. (sarcasm)
Posted by: Ann at June 17, 2026 10:55 AM (SHHm+)
Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026 10:54 AM (R11M+)
I was told . . . um . . . size doesn't matter.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 10:56 AM (dK+Kv)
Combine the two and you get death panels.
The pictures of this thing are unbelievable. Brutalism after four generations of in-breeding.
Posted by: t-bird at June 17, 2026 10:57 AM (E/qck)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 17, 2026 10:57 AM (dI4od)
low information people exit everywhere.
Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026 10:57 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 10:50 AM (viF8m)
I read something on X yesterday that only about 1/4 of the people in the UK had heard about the rape gangs!
Apparently, the their news clamped down hard on reporting about it. I would hope that after the past year that that number has increased, but low information people exit everywhere.
And, the the global "elites" apparently want to keep people ignorant with the social media registrations. Except for that trusted source Bluesky. (sarcasm)
Posted by: Ann at June 17, 2026 10:55 AM (SHHm+)
If you have not already, read the thread yesterday on the rape gangs report. Unbearable sadness and rage will result. But we all must know what Islamist have in store for American girls and be prepared.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 10:57 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026 10:58 AM (R11M+)
Boasberg will block his deportation, no doubt.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 10:58 AM (2ocoG)
I'm conflicted on whether to visit the Nelson Mandela viewing room or the Michelle vegetable garden first at the Obama Library Saturday.
Posted by: Auspex
The Urban Growers Collective &/or sessions by Chicago pro sports teams seem more appealing.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 10:58 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 17, 2026 10:59 AM (dI4od)
Nobody clamps down harder on the news than our MSM but the internet has diminished its effect .
Organized gang rapes would not go unnoticed.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 10:59 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: polynikes
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We didn't plan those uprising, the Iranians did. And what are you going to do to the Iranian Kurds? Bomb them? All that will do is complicate our basing with their cousins in N. Iraq.
Accept that sometimes there are not good options in war and we were never going to fight a war to free Iran ever. We don't have the army to do it right now, it is doubtful we would have the basing allowed to set up large impoundments in Gulf States to do it, nor would logistics be easy either.
We can pretty much keep them contained like the Soviets and keep them from nukes but not fix their society. Heck, look how long the Gaza operation has dragged on and Israel has boots on the ground, control of borders, etc. And still Gazans try to murder and kill, same in the Palestinian Authority areas or Lebanon.
Iran is not Venezuela nor is it even Iraq. But we have more or less destroyed the mullahs as a political beard for a military dictatorship under the IRGC.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 11:00 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 17, 2026 11:00 AM (u3HiE)
Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026 10:58 AM (R11M+)
*looks down*
Sadly, no.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 11:00 AM (dK+Kv)
@ABC
The scientists have been right about climate change all along, says former Vice President Al Gore on the 20th anniversary of the release of "An Inconvenient Truth," the Oscar-winning documentary about Gore's campaign to educate people about climate change.
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So there!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 11:00 AM (ndZc7)
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We thought they were happy fun camps, I swear.
Posted by: Practically Every German at June 17, 2026 11:01 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 10:53 AM (dK+Kv)
It feels so amazing, like you epitomize the height of suave sophistication and have perhaps cheated death itself. But then everyone just looks at you like you're a burnout loser. Before you know it all your friends want to have "the talk". But it's too late.
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 11:01 AM (l/J0j)
Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026 11:02 AM (R11M+)
And the Kurds in Iran apparently betrayed the cause by keeping and selling the arms and Starlinks that were destined for the Iranian resistance.
In truth, I can't say that I blame them too much. The US has been betraying and fucking over the Kurds for decades. About every 20 years we support them with small arms and ammo for awhile and then someone in Washington decides that it's time to screw the Kurds as part of a diplomatic gesture to the Turks/Iraqis/Iranians etc. Combine that with the general Middle Eastern obsession with theft and backstabbing and the outcome isn't a surprise.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 17, 2026 11:03 AM (y9nCu)
The GOP - and I don't mean the RINOs - simply don't have the stones, or the numbers, or whatever it is that takes to deal with these people. Their weakness means war is inevitable.
Posted by: heya at June 17, 2026 11:03 AM (LPSL6)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 11:03 AM (l/J0j)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 11:01 AM (l/J0j)
You move past it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 11:04 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 11:03 AM (l/J0j)
lol
That's dumb. Don't be dumb.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 11:05 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: cmeat at June 17, 2026 11:05 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
🤷♀️ 40% majority Black; 35+% well heeled Whites.
All properties, incomes, educations rising quite nicely but for the Africatown creation, southwest Philly.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 11:05 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 10:50 AM (viF8m)"
We've seen indications before, but it appears that the practice of threatening parents reporting the offenses with jail time was very widespread, for a couple of decades. Along with charging the victims and other forms of official reprisal.
That doesn't excuse the inaction, but shows the level of coercion involved.
The Brits have one option left: rivers of blood and going house to house. They are not voting their way out of this. The Irish seem to have figured that out already.
Posted by: heya at June 17, 2026 11:05 AM (LPSL6)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 11:07 AM (l/J0j)
Apparently, the their news clamped down hard on reporting about it. I would hope that after the past year that that number has increased, but low information people exit everywhere.
And, the the global "elites" apparently want to keep people ignorant with the social media registrations. Except for that trusted source Bluesky. (sarcasm)
Posted by: Ann
Euroland usually has a state official media of some sort, their main wire service is Thomson Reuters, and they have several national ideologically organized newspapers. Like in the UK, you have BBC and Sky (controlled opposition media), the Times (NYT replica), Daily Telegraph (Tory), Financial Times (WSJ clone), the Guardian (Labor-Leftie), the Independent (as it sounds but leans left), and the Daily Mail (tabloid--celebutard/royals with some nuggets of news).
The UK government and political establishment does not have to do much to stop the presses and hide the news. Where the leakage occurs is the internet which is where GB News, foreign news services, and social media including X). They want those leaks plugged.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 11:09 AM (E4rtv)
Many of our public schools, some quite well known politically.
Students and their parents ignored or threatened for years.
The Brits could be like our (us) deplorables. It's not that they don't care. They can't get backing to stay out of jail and really affect change.
Maybe.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 11:10 AM (NFX2v)
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Correct. And that coercion is present here. We'd have a lot more vigilantism in this fucked up country, if the State wasn't so omnipresent and powerful.
But daughters/sisters/wives are different than basically everything else in life.
I'm not too sanguine about the propensity for violent pushback in this country.
But I have zero doubt that if Arabs started deploying rape squads in our towns and hamlets like in England, there would be Arabs turning up very dead on a daily basis.
They are just born subjects. It's been bred into them.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 11:11 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 11:14 AM (l/J0j)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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Don't mistake the 'support' the Kurds give the US. They do their own thing in support of their own goals and they are NOT a monolith as people seem to assume here. Iraqi Kurds are not Syrian Kurds are not Turkish Kurds and certainly not Iranian Kurds. Each have their own agendas, their own enemies in those areas, and manipulate their own allies from the outside to get what they want.
We simply lacked many alternatives as Pakistan or Afghanistan were not going to be routes to provide arms which left the Kurdish corridor from Iraq to Iran in the Northwest border of Iran.
So no, we haven't 'betrayed' the Iranian Kurds, they were never a factor anyway. Likewise, the Syrian types were interested in helping their brethren in Turkey which in turn caused the Turks to enter Syria. It was the US mutual interest with the Syrian Kurds though to minimize Assad's control of the oil areas of Western Syria because that was funding the Assad regime and was also a target of ISIS to fund its ops.
We have never supported a Kurdistan fwiw.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 11:17 AM (E4rtv)
To create a Kurdistan, it would have to create a narrow strip across four states and those Kurds don't have a common political outlook, don't necessarily share the same religion (Iranian Kurds in particularly lean Shi'a), and would be beset by Iran, Turkey, Iraq, and Syrian central governments immediately.
So no, we have not maltreated the Kurds as a people as we promised to try to stop them from being massacred but not to give them their own state. That is the deal.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 11:22 AM (E4rtv)
can you believe they branded SW Philly "AfricaTown"?!?
unironically?!!?
there's a huge sign and everything! it's like ... they're proud of what southwest has become?!?! behold! a formerly nice neighborhood lies in ashes!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 17, 2026 11:26 AM (j+aD2)
The various Kurds MIGHT ally temporarily to kill Arabs or Turks, but when that's done they'll immediately start fighting tribe against tribe. And when that's done, they'll start fighting village against village. And when that's done....
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:36 AM (IG3/x)
Why is the FSB so much better at its job than the CIA?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 17, 2026 10:23 AM (xcxpd)
It has been around MUCH longer. It began as a Czarist institution.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 17, 2026 12:48 PM (T6aVk)
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